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DEATH TOLL HEAVY. Thirty to Thirty-five Lose Life in St, Louis Disaster. St. Louis, March 9.?That from thirty to thirty-five guests of the Mis- i souri Athletic Club perished in the flames that destroyed the building this morning is the belief of officers of the club to-night. Seven bodies have been recovered and from twenty-three to twentynine occupants of the structure are still unaccounted for. At sundown to-night firemen continued the search for bodies in the smouldering ruins j under the glare of searchlights. Though a committee early to-day opened headquarters at the Press club and asked all who were guests of the Missouri Athletic club last night to report, thirty to thirty-five did not register, and hourly the feeling grew that all these were lost. Hope was given by Fire Chief Swingley late to-day that the water could be pumped out of the ruins tonight and that search for bodies might then be resumed. . [. While the search continued to-day fifteen persous injured in the fire f t," ? ; were under treatment at public and private hospitals. ... There was much difficulty in identifying recovered bodies of the dead ? and some of them were identified un/ der two or three different names. . The blaze was the most serious as to fatalities of any fire in the city's , history. It completely wrecked the seven-story bui'ding occupied jointly by the Missouri Athletic club and the Boatmen's Bank, caused a property , loss estimate at $466,000 and forced ( the abandonment of the istercolle- 1 giate track meet, to have been held in 1 St. Louis under the auspices of the 1 club Saturday n' 't. 1 The cause of the fire was a mys- < EK3U 4 terv o-night. Reports that the blaze i was accompanied by a terrific explosion, indicating that the fire was < due to efforts of bank robbers to dy- 1 namite the Boatmen's Bank, were un- J confirmed. Reports of explosions i were denounced by the night watch- < man of the bank. In the vaults of I the Boatmen's Bank, which occupied part of the first floor of the building, < was more than $1,300,000 in cur- t rency. The vaults were unharmed. ? . the bank officials reported. The bank ( 4? v* r vopened to-day in temporary quarters 1 a few block away. 1 Liquor Blights the Home. i Intoxicating liquor touches every ^ phase of human life to debase and de- r "strcy all that might be beautiful and j noble and to leave only the coarser j and more brutal characteristics. No- t where, however is its effect more pernicious or of wider range than in the home, where a drinking father brings unnumbered ills upon chil- * dren and wife. Judges in the divorce courts are becoming more ana morei familiar with the misery and hopelessness caused by the drunken husbands. In the court of domestic relations of Chicago drunkenness on the part of the husband is found to be responsible for forty-six per cent, of the cases which are tried. "Among the most discouraging men are the habitual drunkards," writes Ida M. Tarbell in an article entitled, "A Court of Hope and Goodwill." in the Jaruary American Magazine. She continues. "The havoc which drink plays in domestic troubles has never been exaggerated. It is by far the most fertile cause of separation. Last year judge Gemmill put a system into operation by which he hoped to determine approximately the cause of family separation. The conclusion was that in forty-six out of every 100 cases it is due to excessive drinkt ing. i "The discouragement lies in the ! fact that in the case of excessive 1 drinking it leaves nothing in the man which can be deeply touched. The ! stomach may hold out indefinitely, 1 the character never does. The man > gradually loses all respect for himself and for others. He becomes a < ' 1 nn T-Jo Hoc frp snameiess uaugci-uu, nv ..vw ?. ~ quently and habitually to his best friends. He tricks and cheats them 1 with unconcern. There is little or no help for such cases while they are at large." One of the Chicago judges is ad- , vocating a farm where victims of the drink habit can be cared for and kept in the open. This, no doubt, would help many a poor man to regain his manhood and bring happiness to his long-suffering family. However, it is well in working for the permanent betterment of the drinker's home to deal with causes as well as with results, and while we would dsk the best of care for the unfortunate victims of the liquor traffic, let us not cease in our efforts to usher in the,day of National Constitutional Prohibition?the day when the family will no longer be destroyed by the liquor traffic, ana children may grow to manhood and ? womanhood free from the curse of alcohol.?Exchange. Court adjourned Friday afternoon until Tuesday morning. Civil cases are being tried this week. ATTACKED BY NEGROES. Stephen Kir by Was Killed at Spar- g tanburg. Spartanburg, March 5.?At the coroner's inquest held this morning Ci before Magistrate Guntt it was de- q cided that Stephen Kirbv, the Puzo- g let man, came to his death by being ti assaulted by negroes. He was at- e, x ? -1- ? J U.. ? V,o? rjftfrrAao in o Y, O? T IclCK^U U} <t UAUU UI U ia u 1; v- J gro settlement here on Tuesday night and sustained injuries which caused e, his death in a hospital Wednesday p night, the cause of his death being p concussion of the brain. Twelve ne- a groes have been placed under arrest fi in connection with the crime, four as witnesses and eight as principals. The e, principals are accused of murder. t< Other arrests will be made. h From the testimony adduced at the v inquest t~-day it seems that there a was a conspiracy between certain ne- t< groes to kill Kirby. Tuesday night he j, is said to have gone to the home ot s a negro woman, and there he was attacked by a negro man named Coot s Dawkins, who grabbed Kirby by the j lapels of the coat. Kirby broke away r( and attempted to make his escape y] through the back door of the negro s house. He was pursued by a band of j negroes, was overtaken and beai^n a in the head. He was later found and s was taken to the police station. t< SEEDS AND PLANTS. a. _______ n' Tillman Secures Provision in Post- ^ . : ; / ' - yj office Appropriation Bill. St Washington, March 9.?Senator DC Tillman to-day expressed satisfaction >ver the fact 1 hat the postoffice appro- ^ priation bill, which now awaits the president's signature, contains a pro- j rision inserted at his instance ex tending parcel post rates i- reus, cuttings, bulbs, roots, s'Vi.s* and p plants." This means that after the signing ] pf the bill cabbage plants can be sent by parcel post and at pa i eel post ( rates. On account of a technicality n the law these plants have been required to pay more than the parcel post rate. ^ Senator Tillman has been working ? )n the matter for almost a pear. He tc ;ook it up with the postmaster gen- *c >ral, but that official found that he ^ muld not make the desired change .vithout specific action by congress. ai Then the senator impressed the im- *a portance of the subject upon Chairnan Bankhead, of the senate post- ei >ffice committee, who put the proision in the bill as a senate amend- ec nent. In conference committee Re- 83 presentative Finlev, who was one of 10 ;he conferees, saw to it that the louse accepted the amendment. r k< R. H. SMOAK WILL BE TRIED. -? is Charged With Luring Jacksonville Girl From Home. hi Savannah, Ga., March 7.?Upon ;he evidence of pretty 15-year-old o ToolroAnvillo iUUV^lUUCJ f CL OUVUQVUf iiiv ^ >cliool girl, Raymond H. Smoak, ec iged 20 years, a well known young ^ Javannahian, was to-day held for rial in the Federal court on a charge fa >f violating the Mann Act. The girl was the centre of attracion in the court room as she related n a straightforward manner the circumstances of her disappearance :'rom her home in Jacksonville and ;he trip to Savannah and Charleston, n which latter city she was discover- p< id. w After the hearing Mrs. McCluney, fr nother of the girl, searched out Mrs. m Smoak, the 16-year-old wife of the st iefendant, and spoke to her, explain- 01 :ng she was sorry it" all had happened. Mrs. Smoak who had borne up M pretty well during the hearing, un- d able to restrain herself any longer, tl broke down and wept piteously. It was through the arrest of Hud- T son in Charleston that evidence was C( uncovered fixing the charges upon ti Smoak. A series of letters to Hudson s< were unearthed, as well as a page f< Maimed to be a hotel register in Char- v: leston, where Smoak is said to have q registered for the girl and himself is under assumed names as "man and t( wife." p SAYS HE WAS ONLY JOKING. o Gaffney Man Says He Did Not Try to a Bribe Alderman. ^ Gaffney, March 9.?In answer to the accusation of attempted bribery, P with which J. D. Parris charges them w in regard to voting for T. H. Lockhart for chief of police, one of the parties says he was only joking, while the other denies that he offerr ed any sum whatsoever. The situation is being discussed on every side, and it is not thought that the council will elect a police force until an E alderman is elected to fill the vacn- N ev caused by the resignation of AlCivr> Cfn, rrl S uci man o ?? vaui v^.. The government of Uruguay has organized an institute of geology with ? d an American director and assistants. ^ Those wishing drain tile will save a money by calling on or writing to Wm. A. Hatchell, Bamberg, S. C. He can quote you a lower price than v you can get.?tf. t SIMS TA k KS OATH. ucceeds J. Duncan Adams as United States Marshal. Chart) *; rjnt March 10.?In open ourt yesterday James L. Sims, of irangeburg, qualified as United tates marshal for the Eastern dis ict of South Carolina and receivd liis commission from Federal udge Henry A. M. Smith. The first fficial act of the newly commissiond marshal was to reappoint N. M. orter as chief office deputy and J. i. Adams, a brother of J. ^uncan .dams, the retiring marshal, as ofce deputy. The oath of office was administerd to Mr. Sims shortly rifter noon yesvday by Judge Smith, Mr. Sims aving filed the required bond preiously. In the court room were bout a score of spectators and invested persons, local atta hes of the udicial department of the United tates being in the ft njority. Having been informed that Mr. ims was ready to begin service, udge Smith read the solemn oath squired of United States officers and [r, Sims subscribed to it in due form, tanding near the hew marshal was . Duncan Adams, his predecessor, fter administering the oath Judge mith spoke a few words of greeting ) Mr. Sims and took occasion to pay tribute to Mr. Adams for the maner in which he had performed the uties of the office during his serice as marshal. To Mr. Sims he lid that he could wish for no more itisfactory relations with him I ban ad existed between Mr. Adams ana imself. Mr. Sims will begin Hip discharge F his duties to-day. Yesterdav* his ily official action was the reappointed of his two assistants, Messrs. orter and Adams. FIGHT OYER PAIR OF PANTS. ustomer and Clerk at' Spartanburg in Bloody l>uel. Spartanbur. March 9.?Efforts of . YV. Eason, a salesman in J. D. ollins's store, on East Main street, ? sell a pair of small boy's trousers W. Y. J. Brown, a farmer of near ; / . j andrum, resulted this evening in ason's being shot in three places id in Brown having his throat and .ce severely slashed. Brown tried to buy a pair of trous's for himself, but failed to find anyting which suited him. As he ?tartl to leave the store, Eason, it is tid, held out a pair of boy's panta- 1 ons and asked him if he didn't want i buy them. "Don't try to make a damned monjy out of me," said Brown. "Everybody's wearin' 'em," Eason alleged to have retorted. Then the I ouble started. Before Brown got j 8 pistol into action Eason had slash- ! I his face and throat in several aces with a pocket knife. Saleswoen and others in the store hid un?r counters when Brown unlimberI his gun. It was said at the hospi .1 that none of Eason's wounds are! msidered serious. After Brown's I ce had been sewed together he was leased on bond. BEAUFORT "DRY". overnor Closed Dispensaries, Keason Xot Stated. Beaufort, March 9.?The five dissnsaries of Beaufort county, which ere closed by telegraphic orders om~ the governor on Thursday orning, are still closed and no one sems to know why they were < losed * when they will reopen. The dispatch, which was received 'ednesday night, ordered all county ! ispensaries to be closed until furler orders from the governor. The prohibitionists are delighted, he county is as dry as a bone, exjpt where the blind tigers are getng in action. The thirsty who were ?rved by the dispensaries at Beau>rt, Port Royal, Bluffton, Hardeeille and Yemassee, are anxiously inuiring how long the drought is to ist. The coui. zy schools and the five >wns receive a revenue from the disensaries amounting: to about $4,00 a month, so that to the anxieties f the citizens above referred to, are dded the financial worries of those rho do not want to see the public :easury embarrassed. If the disensaries are closed for a considerble length of time the school terms 'ill have to be shortened and public rork greatly curtailed. Not only are le revenues stopped, but the exenses of the dispensaries go merily on. KILLED BY LIGHTNING. Ilectrical Engineer Meets Instant Death at Columbia. Columbia, March 6.?Frank A. loan, electrical engineer for a con ? ,!ntinn pnmnanv. was instantly I lectrocuted here at 4 o'clock this fternor 1. when lightning struck a are upon which he was working at n electrical substation. The wire ;as not charged with electricity nor ,-as the machinery in operation at he time of the accident. | We will I POUND 0 for ? Pound of Dry Farmers j Bamberg n *13001 ^ Jl* I jfl^6 BKklr^^ WIWHS^ ?lll*??l UNH MHitHll 'a \ll y V m^Q *H*i ?H?h * ?< Q. Ufl T ?Mftt jtf WMfaM(r??(l ft jMHHT NENT PAF^T THEY HAVE jf IWH ING CROP SUCCESS FOR T] * CAROLINA FARMERS. K> THE PLANT FROM START TO FINISH WE' SOURCES OF AMMONIA (NITROGEN) WHICH TIME TO. TIME, SO THAT YOUR CROP IS NEITH WE DO NOT USE N In our fertilizers for cotton and corn. It is not the p and should only be used as a top dresser and for tru< FISH, BLOOD AND OTHER Mainly, as sources of ammonia, knowing them to be tl meal mixtures. If your dealer can not supply you ^ purse and fertilizer booklet on request. We guaranl mechanical condition. . * Order Early and Av* .( SOUTHERN STATES PHOSPHATE AUGUSTA, GA. 1 pfptTi 1 Llllli \ ? | C 16 per ce $8.50 f.o.b. S. STEWART corroi NOTICE FINAL DISCHARGE. j I On Saturday, March 21st, 1914, l| I will file my final account as admin- ?*? ? ! istrator of estate of Mrs. Hennie L. Knight, deceased, with Geo. P. Jjyr TPL Harmon, Judge of Probate for Bam- * j[ JQ berg county, and will at the same I time ask for letters dismissory as gttk | such administrator. ! A. W. KNIGHT J**# Bamberg, S. C., Feb. 20th, 1914. 27S\ White LODGE MEETING. ^ ^ Bamberg, Lodge, No. 38, Knights Royal of Pythias meets first and fourth hum *j (Monday nights at 7:30 p. m. Visit- m^1t\ MrS? K ! ing brethren cordially invited. ! A. M. DENBOW, jNtf# "Whlfp. Chancellor Commander, ** UIIC C. R. GILLIAM, , Keeper of Records and Seal. gSur# 15eecill CHICHESTER SPILLS! a M ? ""i' iHAuitxn RRAKII A | mmii\ eLadiral Adkyoiirttriigffistfor/A Z Cbl-cbea-ter a l>imnond vrandAfYX ^71/* XT Pills in Red and Gold metaIlic\V/ X'M# 1\PVT TO boxes, sealed -with Blue Ribbon. \/ Aaw.A.1. fcV Take no other- Buy of your " f flfi Druggist. AskforClll.CIIES.TEBS g? fgft DIAMOND BRAND PILLS, for 25 AT years known as Best. 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