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F: " ' . . 4 ' 33 .4 . -? (EItp lamb^rg fcatti J One Dollar and a Half a Year. ' BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 12,1914. . Established 1891. > 4| COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. > News Items Gathered AJI Around the County and Elsewhere. Colston Dots. \ Colston, March 10.?We are havi ing rough weather these days, and had a little snow Sunday. Mr. B. D. Bishop and children went to Columbia to visit his brother, Mr. C. W. Clayton, last Saturday. II* otiH VT*o M T. 7nrn on/1 littl Q iuA. . a?U AU? U* UV1U '*- 1 " AAVVAV daughter visited Mr. and Mrs. Kistler Sandifer la6t Saturday and Sunday. We are glad to know that Mrs. W. H. Folk is able to be out again. Mr. B. D. Bishop is attending court this week as a juror. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clayton were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Billie Beard last Sunday. Mr. J. G. Clayton, from Olar, visited his parents last Saturday night and Sunday. Mr. and Mts. D. P. Smith, from the Ehrhardt section, visited Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Padgett last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Beard and children were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. m. G. H. Kearse last Sunday. Mr. J. J. Moore visited Mr. J. C. Bishop last Monday night. We are glad to know that Mr. C. F. Padgett is able to sit up again from the mumps. Mr. Perry Folk, from Bamberg, ^ visited Messrs. George P. and Hammie Folk last Sunday. Mr. Frank Kirkland and sister, Miss Evelyn, visited friends at Ulmer fiatnrilav and Snndav Miss Llewellyn Zeigler and little nieee, Aline Beard, went to Bamberg last Saturday. Mr. Copeland Zeigler visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe Beard last Sunday. Messrs. George Fender and Clyde Padgett were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Abner Fender last Sunday. Miss Inez Clayton was the guest of Miss Queennie Kearse last Saturday night and Sunday. Mr. C. C. Fender went down to Charleston last Saturday to see his brother. Said he was doing as well as he could. Mr. Gordon Beard is the happiest man on Colston. It is a girl. Govan News. i ???? Govan, March 6.?Your correspondent has no explanation for his extreme silence since his last contribution in the way of news to your valuable paper. Realizing the fact that others living in the country never . v glean from the newspaper anything from this section, herewith send you a few "dots." And, too Mr. Editor, there are many of our good citizens who have taken their abode in oth? er States being subscribers to your J nlnroiro Q H tr? rod H paper, <mu <tic amaja ^>uu w anything from their home county. And I know The Herald is welcomed with delight. It is a paper that can be commended, too, for it is always full of choice news, and well gotten up. 4 Dr. L. H. Trotti, of Chesterfield, ' * has just returned from a short visit to the home of Willie Hay, Jr. Mrs. Helen Hay is spending the winter with Mr. William Hay, Sr., of this place. It will be recalled that she was here three years ago, on an extended visit. She lives in Luxora, Arkansas, part of the time, and with her son in Galveston, Tex., part of the time. She says that Galveston is a prosperous city now, having practically survived the storm of recent years. That the government / has spent a great amount of money to build the tremendous wall against the fearful tides, ?which she has been afflicted with. It is built of concrete blocks, and is several miles in length. The geographical situation of this important city makes it subject to these tremendous tidal upheavals Her daughter lives in Luxora, Ark., t in the Mississippi bottoms, where sand bags are often resorted to stay it*" the spread of the "great waters" at r the time of the floods. It is known to the reader that here is found the land only comparable to Egyptian soil. She says that fertilizer is practically unknown as a soil sustainer in that country; that it is a question of how much cotton can be gathered out there and not a question or now much can be produced. Of course one suffers the anxiety that the crop will be totally swept away and into the waters at any time, which often happens. I myself recollect hearing an uncle relate this circumstance: He was farming and his crop promised a bountiful yield, and just as the corn was almost matured in the -o ? I PRESENT LOVING CL P. Ladies of Columbia Honor I>r. Eleanora B. Saunders. 1 A handsome, silver loving cup, gold-lined, was sent Thursday afternoon to Dr.Eleanora B. Saunders, the woman physician at the State Hospital "by the women of Columbia, as a token of their admiration for her ability, their confidence in her as a woman, their faith in her integrity of purpose and her unselfish devotion to duty." That was the inscription which the cup bore engraved upon one of its chaste, plain sides. The cup is about ten inches high with a bowl shaped vessel about 24 inches in circumference and stands upon a silver banded mirror. The 1 women of Columbia were deeply in- 1 terestea in the part Dr. Saunders < played in the recent asylum investigation and numbers of individuals, clubs and committees addressed to her letters of indorsement and of ' sympathy, before the committee made its report giving her complete vindication. i According to $he report of the dis- ' pensary auditor, the total sales of all the dispensaries in the State during the month of February amounted ( j to $305,081.36. This was a decrease < of approximately $25,000 from the January sales. 3 ' ear a freshet came and enveloped , the entire crop and took it into the , Mississippi. Nothing was left to re- j munerate him for his honest toil. Last evening a few were invited to a musical entertainment at the home of Mr. Judson Browning. Mr. Joe Lain, Mr. W. A. Hay, Sr., and Mrs. Helen Hay performed some exquisite [ harmony on the piano, violin, and 1 bones. This makes a beautiful accompaniment. Mr. William Hay uses the bones quite dexterously, and I believe would add a degree of entertainment to an opera troupe. Yesterday the sun shone with J splendor, to-day he has .vanished from mortal sight, and the prospect for immediate work on the farm is gloomy. But let us console ourselves with the matchless harmony in Longfellow's lines: ' Behind the clouds the sun is still j shining, Some days must be cold, dark and } dreary." t James Hartzog: is the healthiest , "big baby" in town. He positively j refuses to wear shoes during sever- , est weather. He is robust, and his cheeks have the appearance of a peach just as it ripens to fall from , the tree to the earth. Nature has 1 provided him with a good start on the road to achievement, and that is j "priceless health." Our school has been progressing , nicely under the leadership of Mr. Kirkley. Of course a goodly por- ( tion of the scholars were kept away from school owing to the inclement | weather recently, and the doors were ] closed a couple of days. . Miss Leda Williams is the assistant ] teacher. We are sorry to learn of , her indisposition, and hope she is ] improving by this time. Miss Letha Fail, we are sorry to re- , port, does not reclaim her health with any degree, but we are still hopeful that she will soon get on the . road to speedy recovery. The oat crop is looking as well as , can be expected, since the cold weath| er. Mrs. Paul Bolen is on a visit to 'her mother, Mrs. Luther Lancaster. The Kennedy boys, Baker and Stony, recently visited their sister, Mrs. Murray Seabrook, on Johns Island, and report a good time hunting. Stoney is a very diligent hunter. He possesses two very fine pointers. and takes a pride in caring for them. This is campaign year with a great many of our candidates, and I want to say that it is wise to take the % question of election seriously. We should not vote against a candidate just because we might discern in him a petty little objection, and we prejudice ourselves against this candidate when he might be the best man j for the position. Vote for the man who has a soul in him, and remove prejudice from your mind, and take the election seriously. I am not maning a criticism of any of the incumbents. The people ought to be able to judge for what is best for the commonwealth. And I shall say. judge a candidate by his past fruits. If he never has been in a public capacity, judge him in his private capacity. Maybe that is the best capacity to know him. Government is a sacred thing, and every voter should look at it in this manner, and always vote conscientiously. IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Steps are being taken by railroads entering Columbia for the improvement of the union station at that place. A report comes from Columbia that Dr. Babcock may remain at the head of the State hospital for the insane. Preparations are being made for holding the summer school at Winthrop college, beginning June 16 and ending July 24. At an election held Tuesday the citizens of Columbia voted for an issue of $500,000 of coupon bonds for waterworks and sewerage extension. Under a law enacted at the late 3es9ion of the legislature, the railroads entering Spartanburg are required to erect a new union station within two years. Greenwood Rogers, a negro charged with the murder of George F. foung, a white man, in Laurens county, was Tuesday found guilty and recommended to mercy. Mr. Young was a prominent farmer of Laurens, and was owner of Stomp Springs. Ife was killed January 12, and his home burned over his body. The Everlasting v Mule. The Army and Navy Journal laments the scarcity of horses that is due to the falling off of production in response to the increase of motor truck transportation. There are also fewer mules than there should be, and the Army and Navy Journal observes that insofar as the army is concerned the mule will always be in demand. Motor trucks may serve the column in the rear, but the mule must be depended upon in the field. The mule family escutcheon has :he bar sinister across it, but he has levertheless occupied a secure position in society since biblical times, and nobody knows how much longer, [n the biographical dictionaries his personal achievements may not be mentioned, but he is entrenched in the Encyclopedia Britannica between Gerardus Johannes Mulder, a great Dutch chemist, and Elisha Mulford, in eminent Episcopal minister and philosopher. This is saying a good leal for an animal of modest pretentions who is popularly believed to cherish a heartier regard for the A.fro-American than for others in this part of the world, and is said nev"er to give his entire confidence to the white man as an associate. In war the mule plays with high predit the role of Kipling's Gunga Din. He is bullyragged. He is blasphemed. He is belabored. But be is always on hand when needed, anS he is always needed. In peace be is sportive. His humor is sometimes mistaken for spitefulness when he kicks a well-meaning farmer into a protracted sojourn at a hospital or sends his soul sky-winding into the hereafter with his body not far behind. But when it comes to pulling a load, uphill or on the level, suosisting upon a limited menu, and starving the veterinarian, he puts it all over his handsomer and more aristocratic counsin, the horse. Whereever the footing meets the requirements of an able-bodied goat the mule can go and is willing to "tote his load." His hide is tough and weather-proof, and his expectancy of life is higher than that of a thoroughbred. Electricity relieved the mule of the task of pulling street cars. Inventive genius has provided an electric substitute for him on the tow-path along the Panama canal. The tread mill is now used chiefly as a figure of speech. Where the lay of the land is right more or less plowing is done by tractors. But there is still plenty of work for the mule to do. It is his proud distinction to cost nearly as much as a small automobile. He was perhaps 7,00(1 years old when an automobile was invented. He is built on the original model. He has the same tendency to backfire that made it a risky business to start him when Alexander set out to cross the Indus, when Tamerlane crossed the Ganges, when Hannibal crossed the Alps, when Charles Martel double-crossed the Moors, when Washington crossed *-u^ rialoro on/1 when the* farnipr 111^ JL/^I?T*i** V, U14U ?' MW* v?-W ? boy tried to cross a swollen creek in the last freshet. Although he is sometimes infernal, the mule is eternal.?Courier-Journal. ; "DEWELL" OR LUNCHEON. Q Communication Read in the House by Representative Lover. T The following is taken from the Washington Post:- B A letter which carried the hint of a possible "dewell" was read aloud in the house of representatives yesterday afternoon by Representative A. F. L. Lever, chairman of the agricultural committee. . ^ "On Tuesday morning, March 3,' t( the writer states, "I had the unconBAintio nvlvilafffi nf ViroalffaotinO' with S^iuua pi If MCfct U1 Wl vuui.wuk>uB .. . Jj you, neither of us at the time being j aware of the fact. p j What the Writer Heard. "Later in the day, upon casually SJ straying into the house of represen- 0] : tatives, I was somewhat astonished C( \ to hear resounding through the room | your words, repeating some of mine, p, : uttered, however, thoughtlessly: " 'At breakfast this morning I hap[pened to overhear a remark made by one of those two-by-four know-it-alls ^ which set me thinking. It was this: jr "No class of people can get any ja money from the government except r( [the farmer and the criminal." Con[ tinuing he said: "Do you know that p I there are appropriated every year for tl the farmers of this country," etc. 0] I "I commend, sir, to your attention, a] the coincidence, which allowed you to hear these words of mine, which how- ^ ever 'grossly ignorant,' neverthe- a( less 'set you thinking,' and my sub- ti sequent hearing of your own words g( of corrective statistics on the floor of the house. , gj "I sincerely thank you for your tc remarks on my personal appearance which is of small importance, but thf?v did not coincide with the des criptive adjectives in your opening remarks. May I say that you esti- ^ mate me wrongly; I am 2% by 5%, not 2 by 4. "In some seriousness, my remarks, I believe, reflects, at any rate, the 4<1 well founded opinion of millions of my class, that much of the money appropriated by the congress is wasted. The appropriations are increasing and so is the adverse opinion, cl We know little of the details of the te disbursements, because few congress- p< men make speeches as clearly explan- tc atory as your own, but we do know ol of the useless, free seed graft, the D abuse of the franking privilege, and c many other similar extravagances, m and unfortunately these cause more b< adverse comment than is offset by ir the real use of certain departments, A as that of agriculture. tl Regarded as "Amusing." m "I ask your pardon for addressing si you thus, but I believe that you may si find the recital of our little coinci- tl dence amusing, which it certainly * y< was tu iiic. "I commend to you again, in real in earnest, the desirability, of catering g'< somewhat to us 'two-by-fours,' for ts we are legion in number, and really h" show signs of restlessness when we see you chaps, in congress spending our money too freely. ^ "Very sincerely, yours. a > * Postscript: "I will be at the Shoreham until Saturday night, and if you v desire to challenge me to a "dewell," or would honor me by lunching with ^ me, I should be gratified. I assure you that you would be taking no ^ more chances than I." a; Fears W. C. T. U. Delegation. ST "It has long been a matter of com- V ment in Washington," says the spec- t< ial correspondent, "that the only* way Ii in which temperance legislation can w bp nrevented in congress i6 by hold- Ii ing the bills in committee and keep a< ing them from the floor of the house a< or senate. When the average con- "is ! gressman is face to face with the e< liquor question, and'a delegation of s< W. C. T. U.'s, although he may drink ti I like a fish himself, he will promptly h record his vote in favor of the o: I 'drys.' " , a ! : H Missionary Institute. S( d' The ladies of all Baptist churches QJ are asked to read the following an- g nouncement: The W. M. U. of S. C. announces n a missionary institute to be held at Batesburg, March 28-29. ^ March 28th, 10.30 a. m., 3.00 and 8.00 p. m. March 29th, 11.00 a. m. a n Speakers: Mrs. J. D. Chapman, president; Mrs. J. R. Fizer, corre-j ? '? r\ T7i I sponding secretary; Mrs. ueu. m. Davis, Y. W. A. superintendent, ' Mrs. W. J. Hatcher, Y. P. S. superintendent. Each church is urged to send two ^ delegates, where there are more than ^ two organizations, a delegate from each. Send delegates' names to Mrs. E. Jones, Batesburg. tl \ -~ .V . . * v , r: HARLESTON AS BIS PORT ' I ILLMAN WOULD HAVE SENATE KNOW CITY'S ADVANTAGES. lames Railroads?Wants Them to ^ Build Proposed Piers, "Put Up or Shut Up." ? Washington, March 10.?Charg- * lg that the Southern Railroad was ominated by men not financially invested in coal mines in its own teritory, but in mines elsewhere, and lat for this reason the Southern was ot allowed to jnove coal through the ort of Charleston, Senator Tillman >-day introduced a resolution for a pecial investigation into advantages f Charleston as a permanent port of Dal distribution as compared with orfolk and other Chesapeake Bay orts. The committee would be directed ) investigate the character and proxnity of the coal supply; rates oblinable between railroads leading ito Charleston and other South Attntic ports, and between these railDads and owners of bituminous elds in Virginia, West Virginia, ennsylvania, Tennessee and Kenlcky; and conditions of ownership I wharfage property in Charleston id Norfolk. Senator Overman suggested that Wilmington and Newbern, N. C., be ided to the ports specifically men^ oned in the Tillman resolution, but *nator Swansea, Of Virginia, who is member of the naval committee, lid: "Let the resolution be referred s the naval Committee, and well all Id something," which was done. Senator Tillman explained that his ^ iject in introducing the resolution ^ as to smoke out the Southern and C. ^ . and Ot railroads, and maKe tnem ) ahead and build coal piers at Charsston. His idea, he said, is to comc al the railroads to show their hand, . ' j to make them put up or shut up." Temperance Lecture in Court. t a People do not have to attend i lurch nowadays in order to hear smperance sermons. It is becoming 1 ipular foi the judge from the bench t > deliver discourses upon the evils f the drink habit. Justice Otto von c etter, of Stockton, Cal., very' re- c jntly spoke pointedly to the dozen r len and one woman who appeared a afore him the other morning, pleadig guilty to having been intoxicated, s reported by The Home Alliance, le Justice said: "This city governlent in Stockton is a farce. The iloons turn,drunkards out into the ;reets faster than we can handle lem in court. The people and the * Dvernment license saloons that put 0 iu in the gutters. The hard work- a ig man, paying off a heavy mort- 1 age on his little home, must pay c ixes to keep you drunkards in the p ospital and care for you." * GEORGE VANDERBILT. o c wner of "Biltmore" Passes away f After Operation for Appendicitis. ^ t Washington, March 6.?George W. d anderbilt, aged 52, multimillionaire, e hilanthropist and sportsman of in- c jrnational reputation, died here at o'clock this afternoon from heart t lilure, following an operation for c ppendicitis Tuesday. His death came c lddenly. c Mr. Vanderbilt was born in the old 1 anderbilt home at New Dorp, Sta- 1 m Island, N. Y., November 14, 1862. a l 1885 he became interested in the I ild region of western North Caro- f na and by successive purchases he a ^cumulated an estate of 100,000 t ;res on the French Broad river, and f lid out there a vast park and erect- v 1 buildings on a scale which has t jldom been equaled in this coun y. Mr. Vanderbilt devoted most of ^ is time to the personal supervision ? f this estate. In the valley he built * model town and called it Biltmore. 1 [is farms were filled with blooded ? :ock and he devoted thousands of 3 ollars to the scientific conservation c f the forests which covered the ; reater part of his property. y George Vanderbilt's fortune was 1 ever a factor in Wall street. He as supposed, however, to be one^of * merica's wealthiest men. He had a rffimber of charities and he spent r lonev without stint upon the devel- 0 ? Y pment of his mountain estate, rie sldom went to New York, but spent v art of his summers at Bar Harbor, s Fe., where he had a handsome home. T In 1898 Mr. Vanderbilt married * liss Edith Stuyvesant Dresser. Mrs. ^ anderbilt and one child, a daugh- * f jr, survive him. m c Dust on electric light globes robs ii lem of their light-giving efficiency. d \ A --.v . _ _ . JNEMPLOYED SEEKS TO MARCH. <rloods and Authorities. However, Bar Way. 4 Sacramento, Cal., March 10.? rVith the "army" of unemployed en \ oute to Washington, D. C., isolated icross the Sacramento river in Yolo bounty, while Sacramento and Yolo bounties settle their dispute as to the ormer's right to keep it there, the >rosecution of leaders was begun late o-dav with the arraignment of 19 nen arrested yesterday as vagran^. The "army" occupies a peculiar >osition, according to Yolo county >fficials. With flood water shutting )ff a march to the south, west or lorth, they have but one direction to .. ake and that is eastward across the jridges into Sacramento. The "army" ate to-day voted to march peace- y '^}jm ully through the city on its way ; jastward if the police would permit,,. ? )ut the Sacramento authorities re-? ected the proposal. ? Yolo county officials asked that/ ? he Sacramento guards be removed rom the bridge and the arnjy be al- . ?: owed to cross. This request also vas refused. The Yolo officials then hreatened to start legal proceedings :o enjoin Sacramento from guarding he bridges, and there the situation ests. Sacramento deputies again jrepared for a night vigil. William y.hern, former chief of police, was )ut in charge of several hundred rho will establish a patrol system. At the preliminary hearing "Gen." Tames Kelly pleaded not guilty to a :harge of vagrancy before a townhip justice and demanded a jury rial; tvro of his lieutenants made limilar pleas. Their cases will be ailed before juries Thursday. Three ublieutenants also pleaded not guily. Harris Weinstock, a member of , he United States industrial relations :ommission, interviewed Kelley in /ail today and obtained his views on abor conditions. He told Kelly a rip to Washington would be futile w-|| md Kelley finally admitted the jour- v ley would avail nothing. The discovery that "Maj." W. A. ^horne, one of the most active agistors in the "army," was not caught In the police drag net yesterday aused a flurry in police circles tolay. Thorne has disappeared. The nan arrested for him proved to be i private. WOMEN AND OUTDOOR WORK. lealthy Girl Corn Growers Impress Wholesomeness of Open Air. There were about 300 girls in the wentieth century children's crusade >f 1,005 members that came to Phil- T delphia from the cornfields of Ohio, a fulfillment of the plans of the corn lub of that State to reward the competitive efforts of the ycung agriculurist. ~ / ' The sparkling eyes and rosy cheeks if these comely maidens gave proof >f the health and strength derived rom their out-of-door labors. One pho saw them recalled the words of he celebrated ^ong from "Florolora," and "realized that there were i ' - r uany more at home like them, to the redit of the Buckeye State. These girls were representatives of he modern movement that brings pen air employment for women inreasingly into acceptance andvevilence. The Boy Scouts are paraleled by the Campflre Girls, who earn how to be at home in the woods J rnd fields like trne votarists of )iana. Women are successful as oresters and landscape gardeners~ - l.nii . md farm managers, oucu au msnution as the school of Horticulture or women at Ambler, Pa., gives a roman practical knowledge that used o be the monoply of men. There is no danger in America that vomen working in the iields will be legraded to the level of beasts of ?urden, as in some foreign countries, "he varied employment cf the market , ;arden may profitably provide an tgreeable interlude for domestic ares within doors. Many a woman velcomes the relief of caring for egetables and flowers, after attendng to the importunities of a houselold of lively children. It is time 0 refute the. old superstitution that 1 woman's work must be under a r oof and within walls, and that the >rchard and the cornfield are outside ler province. These girls from Ohio rho suddenly invaded Philadelphia's treets, still tanned with the sun and rind of honest toil, have discovered hat it is fun to hoe and to dig, as veil as to play golf or tennis, and he girl who keeps her pallid beauty rom the sun and will not soil her > lelicate fingers witfy Mother Earth s a type they heartily and honestly lespise.