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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1914. Established 1891.
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OUR IS SWEPT BY FIRE
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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.
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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\
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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,
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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
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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.
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I IN THE PALMETTO STATE
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
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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.
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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
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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
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man who deprecated the distrust of
his superintendent in the following
words, "Sir, believe them not, I 3r
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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
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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
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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 '
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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
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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,
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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- *
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"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."
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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.
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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
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