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W t J X j \ # f \ tHt? lamtorg feralb One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1914. Established 1891. - - ; ; ? j OUR IS SWEPT BY FIRE % ??? DISASTROUS FLAMES RAZED MANY BUILDINGS. Postoftice and Dispensary Among Buildings to go?All the Mail ^ is Saved. Olar, April 2.?A destructive fire visited Olar this afternoon, burning all the buildings of one block and inflicting a loss of over $20,000. The flames were discovered at 4.30 o'clock between the buildings of E. t xtnrrie and L_ Morris. Seven buildings were destroyed. Among the buildings to go were the postoffice and the dispensary. Only the postoffice building was lost as the mails and fixtures were removed. The entire stock of the dispensary was burned. The losses include: E. Tr Morris, 6tore building, $1,000 with no insurance. L. Morris, store building, $1,000 with $600 insurance. Much of the stock in this store was saved. Van Sanders, building and goods, $800 with no insurance. Farmers' Mercantile Company, building and goods, $12,000 with $7,000 insurance. R. Morris, store building, $500 with $200 insurance. ? ' Postoffice building, $1,000 with $600 insurance. The stock of goods in the dispensary, total loss, $6,000 with $3,500 insurance. The building was owned by Abram Morris. It was valued at $650 with $400 insurance. The Turnip in Various Styles. Turnip Puree a la Creme.?Peel, Slice ana mmce a uozen smau mruips, blanch and drain them. Place in a saucepan with about two ounces of butter, fry for a few minutes without coloring, then add enough white stock to cover and a few stalks of parsley. Cook until quite tender, then drain and take out the parsley. x Pass it all through a sieve, reheat the puree in the saucepan with a } piece of butter and a pinch of sugar. Season with salt, pepper and grated nutmeg. If the puree-is too thick v redufce it. Finally add two or three tablespoonfuls of cream. Turnip Soup?Cook the turnips as stated in the above recipe, but add rather more stock to the puree to give it the consistency of soup. Pass it all through a sieve and reheat the soup. Let it simmer slowly for about half * an hour. Skim and add bne-half gill of milk or cream and a piece of fresh butter. Serve the soup with croutons of fried bread. Glazed Turnips.?Wash and peel a bunch of young turnips and cut them by means of a large vegetable spoon in the shape of olives or large balls. Put them in a pan with one ounce of / butter, season with salt, pepper and r a pinch of sugar and moisten with a little stock. Bring to the boil and simmer gently until cooked. They must have absorbed all their stock and be slightly colored. Turnips prepared in this way are served as a vegetable or a garnish for entrees. Turnips a TItalienne.?Wash a bunch of young turnips and peel them thin. ""If large, cut them in half, cook them for twenty niinutes in salted water. Strain off the water and drain the turnips. Melt one ounce of butter in an earthenware casserole or, failing this, use a pie dish. Put in the turnips, adding a little white sauce between each layer. Season with a little salt and pepper. Sprinkle a small handful of breadcrumbs over the top, also some grated cheese and a little melted butter. Bake in an oven for about thirty minutes and send to table in the same dish. Turnips au Gratin.?Peel lightly eight or nine medium sized young turnips, cut them into slices and wash and drain them thoroughly. Melt two ounces of butter in a stewpan. When hot put in the turnips and stir over a brisk fire, season with pepper and salt, moisten with a little stock and cook until tender. Rub through a sieve or drain them. Arrange the slices on the puree in a well buttered pie dish and pour over them a bech> amel sauce. Sprinkle the surface with fine breadcrumbs and add a few tiny bits of butter here and there. Bake in a quick oven for about ten minutes, long enough to brown the top nicely. Bechamel Sauce.?Make a white ! sauce, using equal quantities of chicken stock and cream as the liquid. If the chicken stock has not been flavored with vegetables, etc., fry a generous tablespoonful of vegetables, carrot, onion, parsley, etc., in the butter before adding the flour. Do not, however, allow them to color. Strain before serving. f A 1914 WHEAT CROP. Yield May Reach Five Hundred Fifty-one Million Bushels. Washington, April 7.?A recordbreaking winter wheat crop is in prospect this year. The department of agriculture estimated on a conservative basis the yield may exceed 551,000,000 bushels. The condition of the crop on April 1 was 95.6 per cent of a normal, or 11.5 per cent better than the average April 1 condition fnr the Dast ten years. The area planted last autumn was 36,506.000 acres, and with a comparatively good winter, it is believed the percentage of acreage abandoned has I been somewhat less than 9.6 per cent, the average abandoned during j the past ten years, so that an unusually big acreage will be harvested if conditions continue favorable throughout the season. In'a statement to-day concerning the crop the department said: "The condition of winter wheat on April 1, viz, 95.6 per cent of normal, is 11.5 per cent higher than the average of the past ten yeare. The yield per acre in the same ten years averaged 15 bushels, an increase of 11.5 per cent, so this average would be 1 6.7*bushels. "The acreage planted last fall was estimated at 36,506,000 acres; 16.7 bushels applied to this acreage gives 609,650,000. The average of abandonment before harvest in the past ten years has been about -9.6 per cent of the area planted. If this average of abandonment be deducted from the estimated planted area and 16.7 be applied to the remaining amount, a production of about 551,000,000 would be indicated. "The wheat plant wintered un11 on/1 7 4- ic not to hp p\ USU<X.U v ? en, auu iv >o uw pected that the ten-year average of abandonment has occurred this year. "The final estimate of production of winter wheat in 1913 was 523,561,000 bushels, (the largest ever recorded,) and in 1912 it was 399,919,000 bushels." SEALS FATEM)F GUNMEN. Gov. Glynn Refuses to Commute Sentence or Grant Reprieve. Albany, N. Y., April 7.?Governor Glynn to-night refused to either commute the death sentence of the four gunmen convicted of slaying Herman Rosenthal or to grant them a reprieve until after the second trial of former Police Lieut. Charles Becker. They must die by electrocution in Sing Sing prison some time next week, nuAhahh- A t rvn H Q u jfi v/vavij iuvuuuj ? It would have been a miscarriage of justice to have granted Commutation and an improper exercise of executive power to have granted a reprieve, the governor said in a statement. The case of the gunmen does not depend on the result of the Becker case, he said. No evidence has been offered him tending to show that there is any reasonable probability of anything developing in the second Becker trial which would change the result in the gunmen's cases. The full n^raes and nicknames of the condemned men are: Frank Cirofici, ("JDago Frank;") Harry Horowitz, ("Gyp the Blood;") Louis Rosenberg, ("Lefty Louie,") and Jacob Seidenshner, ("Whitey Lewis.") Included in the governor's statement were the texts of the letters he received from Supreme Court Justice Goff and District Attorney Whitman, who acted in the case, strongly op posing a reprieve. The district attorney declared that "to delay or prevent the execution of the just judgment of the law against them would." in his opinion, "tend to destroy the sense of security which every lawabiding citizen should feel." The justice declared there was no doubt as to the prisoners' guilt. "I have carefully reviewed the record of the trial and the opinions /written in the court of appeals of the affirmance of the judgment of conviction in this case." the governor said, "and 1 am unable to discover any reason that would warrant a reprieve. "As near as absolute certainty can be attained by human means in a human tribunal it was attained when these four men were convict 1 - ^ ?. ?J TM-* y\ AAVtlTinll An VlOC etl OI Iliuruei. i iic wiiviuiuii HMO | been unanimously affirmed by the court of last resort." At first the governor was inclined toigrant the reprieve, but after studying all of the evidence and the decision of the court of appeals, his view was changed. When you want a tablet come to the Herald Book Store. I IN THE PALMETTO STATE ! SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. ?? f The annual Sumter horse show opened at that place on Tuesday afternoon. An angler or "fishing frog" has been caught near Georgetown, measuring four feet in length. The Thestone theatre at Aiken was sold Monday at auction by the master, the price paid being $16,650. Joseph H. Stokes, the first man to be appointed rural mail carrier in this State, died at St. George Monday. James Clarke has been held for I the killing of G. Levi Rish at LexI ington, by the coroner's jury. Clarke declines to make a statement. rrictmVt Attnrnpv Weston has aD pointed Senator B." W. Crouch, of Saluda, as assistant district attorney. The Barnwell Business Bosters was organized in Barnwell Tuesday, for the purpose of giving publicity to the resources and advantages of that city. A verdict of $20,000 has been awarded Mrs. Isabella F. Clifton against the L. & C. railway, for the death of James L. Clifton in the Hooper's Creek wreck. The Citadel Academy cadets will go into camp Saturday at Orangeburg for the annual outing. The I cadets left Charleston Tuesday on a march through the country. Th body of an unknown negro was found in a river near Kingstree this week. No clue as to how he came to his death was discovered. The body had been in the river several weeks. The United States Supreme Court has affirmed the $20,000 judgment awarded Mrs. Hattie E. Bennett for the death of her husband, a Southern railway conductor, who was kill^ ed in a wreck at Alston. I The Charleston Northern, North j anH Snnth nnrnlina. South Carolina ! Western and the South Carolina Western Extension railroads have been merged.into one system, with a capital stock of $2,525,000. English as Used in India. In reply to the question in a Civil Service examination in India "What is a horse?" the reply was, "The horse is a noble animal with four legs situated on the four corners and a tail, but when irritated he refuses to do so." In haste to report the cause of a big head-on collision on an Indian railway one station master telegraphed: "To all concerned, accident class D. Xo. 1 up mail left my station at 10.30 at full speed with line clear message to time. Xo. 2 down mail has left the station beyond purporting under similar conditions falsely. Eternity is likely to supervene to the passengers of both trains. Please arrange!" As the result of a violent storm two wagons were blown along the mail line, and the station master concerned telegraphed to their superintendent, "Two loaded wagons flewed away from my station to Mahabad Station, line is now blocked." Tin-* fttho. man ronlioH oftor a ch Art i X1C XUUU A UA V\/A ur M*? V V time to the superintendent and the first man: "Yours accident telegram. Two flewed away wagons arrived at my station by violent tempest, line is now clear." One poor fellow wanting employment badly was gulled by others into coming ints my office with the re-1 mark, "Sir, 1 desire employment in your line, as for my qualifications I am a hell of a fellow." The astonishing mixture is the native brain of Shakespeare, Scripture,1 etc., was shown in a letter from one I I man who deprecated the distrust of his superintendent in the following words, "Sir, believe them not, I 3r i to you, sir, like St. Peter was to our Lord, true he denied him thrice, but lo! then what a man he became, lo! j what a man I shall become say to the i neophytes who surround you, 'Hence, | hence ye spotted snakes' and take me only me to your bosom and see whp the result will be!" But for some such amusing ebullitions the long, long Indian day m office would be unbearable, but so long as higher education has the ill effect it has, so long at least will the Babu continue to exploit it for the furtherance of his objects and the ovnncnro nf hi? npdantrv VAy v v * ? - w r ~ ^ SOUTH CAROLINA ONE OF SIX. This State, Georgia, Alabama, Miss., and Texas Without Law. Washington, April G.?Although six States in the Union are still without compulsory school-attendance laws, and four others have laws that apply only partially, definite progress during the past decade is reported in a bulletin just issued by the United States Bureau of Education. Since 190G eight States previously without compulsory laws have adopted them, and it is thought to be a matter of only a few years when compulsory school attendance will be in effect in every State and territory of the United States. The six States still witnout compulsory school laws are: South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas. The four local-option States, where the law is in effect in certain counties only, are Maryland, Virginia, Arkansas and Louisiana. The bureau's investigation of the subject reveals a close connection between lack of compulsory attendance laws and illiteracy. The States rank in percentage of illiteracy very much in accordance with the length of time compulsory schooling has been in effect and the completeness with which it is enforced. The States vary widely in number of years and amount of attendance required each year. The period of compulsory attendance is from 8 to 12 in North Carolina and Virginia. In most States it is 8 to 14 or 15. The Dresent tendency is to raise the up perlimit of compulsion. In 17 States the compulsory age limit is 16 years or above;' in Idaho it is 18. As a general rule, however, children in all these States are allowed to leave school at 14 years of age if they secure employment or have completed the 8th grade in school. There is a constantly increasing effort to safeguard the child between 14 and 16 years of age, the period of special importance for the vocational preparation of most children. As little as 12 weeks of school attendance during any one year may be required in Virginia, Oklahoma, Delaware, and Nebraska, while in Vermont and other States there must be 150 or more days of actual school attendance every year. Many States require attendance "during the full time school is in session," which may mean anything from 41 to 194 days. Some Statefe secure attendance during long terms by conditioning State appropriations upon the number of days of actual school attendance. A variety of exemptions are found in the laws of the different States. Connecticut and Arkansas will not enforce the compulsory attendance law "if the parent is not able to provide proper clothing" for the child. Physical or mental incapacity is a general exemption; another customary exemption is remoteness from school facilities. Occasionally ex eruptions are made on religious grounds. Thus the Michigan law exempts children from compulsory attendance between the ages of 12 and 14 while in attendance at confirmation classes for a period not to exceed 5 months in each of the two years. Necessary factors in the enforcement of compulsory attendance laws are summed up as follows: An annual school census taken by the school authorities; prompt reports of unexcused absences by . teachers in public and private schools; properly qualified attendance officers; State agents to see that the laws are enforced; special schools for truants and pupils irregular in attendance; relief for indigent parents having children of compulsory age; a definite annual pf.iod of attendance; wellenforced child-labor laws; employment certificate made out to the em j plover; and proper penalties for all i concerned in the enforcement of the SENDS BULLET INTO HEAD. Mrs. James Murdoek Kills Herself in Son's Presence. Anderson, April 7.?Mrs. James Murdoch, 30-year-old daughter of John Thomas Ashley, Sr., to-day placed a pistol against her head and fired, the bullet entering between the eyes. She died instantly. She left a note for her husband reading as follows: "Darling: Take care of the baby and the other boys. I know you are + ! >?> floaract nmn in the WOrld." The 8-year-old son was in the room and a witness to the act. Bad health is thought to have been' the cause. She and Mr. Murdoch had been married ten years and their married life has been a happy one. She leaves three children. CONDITION OF S. C. BANKS EXAMINER MAULDIN ISSUES C<)NS()L11 )ATEI> STATEMENT. Three Hundred and Forty-two Ranks I Report Overdrafts Exceeding Half Million Dollars. 1 Columbia. April 7.?Overdrafts on the 322 State bank and trust companies and 20 branch banks in South : Pornlina a m nil n tn S(H 02 at the close of business March 4, ' according to a statement issued yesterday from the office of the State bank examiner, Ivy M. Mauldin, who i recently succeeded B. J. Rhame. The resources were $77,057,628.96. FolLowing consolidated statement was issued as of March 4: Resources. Loans and discounts ..$58,001,714.45 Overdrafts 567,801.03 Bonds and stocks owned by the banks 3,660,608.94 Other real estate owned 595,098.36 Furniture and fixtures 1,459,920.36 Banking house 588,680.04 Due from banks and ! bankers 9,653,842.14 Currency 1,156,326.50 Gold 106,860.00 1 Silver and other minor < coin 363,076.81 Checks and cash i item6 334,598.63 Exchanges for the clearing house 225,566.15 : Other resources 343,535.55 ' TW?1 177 fli;? R9S! Qfi < 1 UlAl.... .... .... .... y ) v v y vm\/* v v Liabilities. Capital stock paid in$13,163,216.77 Surplus fund 4,854,841.00 Undivided profits, less current expenses , and taxes paid .... 2,713,724.33 < Due to banks and i bankers 1,137,544.12 1 Dividends unpaid .... 27,140.25 i Individual deposits subject to check.... 26,834,184.79 Saving deposits 19,237,546.87 Demand certificates of i deposit 207,433.00 Time certificates of deposit 4,724,653.35 Certified checks 194,450.96 Cashier's checks 206,354.05 ; Notes and bills redis- i counted 628,987.48 Bills payable, includ- 1 ing certificates for money borrowed.... 2,323,595.69 ; Reserve fund 285,416.69 Other liabilities 518,539.64 ( Total.... $77,057,628.96 UNDERWOOD WINS. Democratic House Leader Sure to < Wear Senate Toga. ' Birmingham, Ala., April 7.?Oscar > W. Underwood, for nearly twenty : years representative of the 9th Alabama district in the lower house of nnn?rpss. sweDt the State in his bat- ' tie with Congressman Richmond < Pearson Hobson for the nomination i for United States senator, according to to-night's returns from yesterday's democratic primaries. Mr. < Hobson conceded the victory to his rival candidate before noon to-day, < although returns still were incomplete to-night. Mr. Underwood's nomination terminated one of the most spectacular political contests in the history of , the State. With the exception of a j whirlwind speaking tour during the . Christmas holidays, the successful candidate's campaign was conducted j by his friends. One of the chief , claims for recognition for their can- ^ didate advanced by Mr. Underwood's j friends was the charge that Repre- , sentative Hobson was neglecting his ^ dutfes as a congressman to conduct the campaign. Mr. Hobson entered the senatorial 1 race nearly two years ago. He visited every county and town in the 1 State. In stump speeches he charged ^ his opponent with having been influenced by the liquor interests. He also charged that corporation in- j fluence was behind the campaign of ^ Mr. Underwood for the presidential , nomination in 1912. All of the J charges were denied by Mr. Under, < wood. The activities of the distinguished candidates attracted nation-wide in- e terest in the outcome of the primaries, which was first definitely known to-dav. when Mr. Hobson sent the fol- * C * " ^ -1 - *? k J owing leiegiiiiiJ iu mx. ^ uu^i ii wu. "Accept my congratulations upon your nomination. As the democratic C nominee you can count on my sup- 1 port in the election. Richmond P. 1 Hobson." ? ! Read The Herald, $1.50 a year, j SENSATIONAL TURN. Howard S. Clark Arrested on Charge of Killing Wife. Florence, April 6.?Howard S. Clark, a well-known young farmer, of Black Swamp Township, was arrested to-day under a warrant, charging him with the killing of his young wife, Mrs. Parrott Clark, on last Tuesday at their home. It will -y be remembered that it was at first ( reported that Mrs. Clark had committed suicide by shooting herself through the head, and that her hushand with twn nf his hands whilp in the yard near the house heard the shots, and ran to her, finding her mortally wounded lying across the bed with a pistol bullet through her temple, from which she died a few moments later. Not content with the verdict of the \ coroner's jury which investigated the death of this young wife, who, it is reported was soon to become a mother, the brother of the deceased, Mr. Carl Parrott, of Hartsville, so it is reliably stated, had a warrant issued for Clark, charging him with the killing. The warrant was sent to Sheriff Burch, and to-day Rural Policeman Sam J. Cole and Deputy Sheriff Maxey Burch went to Mr. Clark's home, just across Black \ Creek, and placed him under arrest, bringing him to Florence later and turning him over to the sheriff. It is said that Clark was somewhat indifferent when the officers informed him of the nature of their visit, and without any words came on to Florence with them. The arrest of Clark has created a great sensation throughout the city. As soon as he reached the city he was permitted to see attorneys. ? -? ? 1- . ~ Xma ws J * /%f mver since me suucKiug iia.geuy ui last week there has been all kinds of rumors afloat throughout the city concerning the death of Mrs. Clark, but nothing definite could be learned until to-day when Mr. Clark was brought to the city. Mr. Clark is the son of the late Fred Clark, who at the tipie of his death was a member of the house of representatives from this county. The Clark family are among the verybest people in the county. Mrs. Parrott Clark was only about. 23_. * years old, and is a member of one of the well known Parrott families of old Darlington county. Mrs. Clark was married to Howard Clark less than three years ago and was a most charming and clever young woman, and was admired by her many friends for her lovely traits of character and womanly virtues. Killed by Railroad Train. Estill, April 4\?A deplorable accident shocked Estill about 11.30 o'clock this morning in the accidental death of John W. Peeples, Sr., one of the town's most prominent citizens. He was caught between three trains on the main crossing of the Seaboard tracks and was knocked rinwn and hadlv mansrled. He was given immediate attention by local surgeons and taken on a special a few minutes afterward to Savannah for further surgical attention, but suecumbed to his injuries en route. Mr. Peeples leaves a widow, nine children and a large number of friends to mourn his lose. The Sweet Potato Remedy. There ought to be a ready market for sweet potatoes at 50 cents a bushel. There is more good eating, including palatability, bone and sinew building and blood nutriment, in a bushel of sweet potatoes than anything else on earth that can be bad for half a dollar. There are hungry people all over the world who could be fattened on sweet po atnec at the nearlv nominal exDense pf $2 a head a month. If there were plenty of sweet potatoes there need Pe no poverty in the world. Sweet potatoes are fundamentally more prenous than gold or gems. If there vere but one man left in the world, )r one woman, and one sweet potato md one diamond of the same size, ;he human survivor would grab off :he sweet potato and ignore the ^ jewel. We strain after complex laws cvhich we imagine would relieve misery a^d banish suffering from earth ?and never succeed in getting them ?nacted. If we would only pass one simple little law, ,one brief statute, vhich would compel the head of ivery family to raise 50 bushels of sweet potatoes per annum, the gaunt igure of hunger would in one year ?ease to stalk the earth and terrify "he population thereof.?Galveston (Tex.) News. m ?: Full line legal blanks and blank books can be had at Herald Book Store. Mail orders promptly filled. i Y i - -