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r ?1jp lambrrg foralii One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1914. Established 1891. V f -7 - - - j COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. t \ > Ehrfcardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, July 20.?Rain a plenty falling every day and night, farmers are uneasy about their fine cotton fields, never say anything about their corn fields. ^ Prof. S. C. Paysinger came to town Sunday afternoon. Don't Know whether he is looking after the interests of his school or some calico. Which is it Professor? Quite a big time thie week?candidates to hold their meeting and tell the people what they intend to try to do. ' On the same day the students of Newberry College will hold a service ( at Mt. Pleasant Lutheran church, and will have speaking and rally for Newberry college. So we will be divided in attendance and dinner. Hope the cadidates will have all the time they are looking for and get elected to , office and get all the boys to go to Ann crnt nffioa qti/) tUixcgC) oy iucj vau qvw hold it honorably, when they get through college. Say, I forgot to say, base ball in the afternoon. All this will be pulled off on the 22nd instant. Too much for one day, can't see hfcw we will take all of it in, but all these appointments have come at once, so will have to go throhgh as best we can. JEE. Cope Callings. ' Cope, July 17.?The protracted meeting which has been going on at the Baptist church since Sunday will close to-night. Brother Clark, of Augusta, who has been doing the preaching, has surely done his part, and did it well, and the large audiences have surely enjoyed everyone of his fine sermons. . There are a good* many young folks visiting here at this time, and * attendeVthe meeting. Below are the names of some of the visitors: Misses Rosebud and Dovie Smoak, of Cordova, are at Mrs. Sophie F. Jer o? Misses Minnie Stroble and Harcis Joiner, also of Cordova, are stopping with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Brickie. Miss Azalie Darnell, of Norway, is with Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. ^ Brickie. Miss Pecnetta Smoak, of Cordova, is spending some time at Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hayden's. Miss Arrie Auglev, of the millinery department of the, firm of Croft & Augley, has just returned from a three-weeks' visit to her home in Sycamore. Mrs. W. R. Hoover and children, of Orangeburg, are spending some m. time with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clark. r AGAINST GOVERNOR. Court Rules He Can't Discharge Magistrates Without Hearing. Columbia, July 20.?The supreme court in a decision today by Chief Tncti/<o flarv rotrorcoH nrrtor rtf the Anderson circuit court requiring the officers of Anderson county to pay the salary of A. B. Sullivan, on the ground that he was the duly appointed magistrate for the ciey of Anderson during the time specified in his petition. In the petition it is alleged that in April, 1913, B. F. Wilson, holding the office of magistrate in Anderson, wa6 suspended from the office by the governor, "after due notice and hearing and is still suspended from said ^ office." The supreme court reaches the following conclusion: "The office of magistrate at Anderson, S. C., was not vacant at the time the petitioner j alleges: that he was appointed and commissioned by the governor. State vs. Bowden, 92 S. C., 393. "The governor has not the power to suspend a magistrate without first if giving him a reasonable opportunity to be heard on the charge of miscon* / duct. McDowell vs. Burnett, 92 S. C., 469. "The facts stated in answer of B. F. Wilson, to the rule to show cause, are sufficient upon their face, to show that he was not afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard ?n the f>har?pi; of niisrnndnrt in of flee; and, the agreement of counsel hereinbefore mentioned, is to the effect that the facts alleged in said answer should be deemed as taken as .?-? true. Therefore, the action of the governor, purporting to suspend the incumbent -Wilson, and the appointment of the petitioner, A. B. Sullivan, in his place, was null and void." Wr \ IMPRISONED BY BEES. | Man in Tree Held Captive by Wild Honeymakers. g Milton Robb, of Colesville, had a thrilling experience, says the Pittsburg Gazette-Times, when a swarm of wild honey bees he was attempting to capture" settled on him after he had dislodged them from the limb of a tree, and for 2% hours he clung with one arm to the tree, 40 feet S above the ground, while his brother R ran 2 miles for a ladder and help. n Robb and his brother Sherwood S went two milee up the mountain to a tree bearing a big swarm. Milton climbed the tree to the bee limb and g began to saw it off, holding the limb . with one hand so it would not drop d too suddenly. 0 He miscaculated the weight of the ^ bees, for when the limb was about severed he could not hold it with one hand and it swished downward M against his body before it broke and ^ dropped to the ground. n The queen bee was knocked off e and took refuge under his left arm, Cl which he had flung around a limb of e the tree to hold himself from falling. Instantly the bees followed their queen and swarmed on him, covering c his left side, shoulder and arm and S( partly encircling the tree. He did b not move for fear of being stung to death or insensibility, as in the latter c case he would fall to death on the ^ rocks below. Y Sherwood Robb started on a run y down the mountain. He returned with a ladder and Oscar Hendricks and Elmer Broon. ^ They assisted Milton, bees and all 0 "to the ground. There one of the men ' threw the blanket around him and v pulled away as many bees as pos- & sible, while Hendricks tore off Robb's a shirt with the rest of the bees and b - - VI told him to run. He could not run, * however, and after all the bees had v been switched off with towels, the c men started down the mountain, sup- 9 porting Robb between them. A pry- a sician had to be summoned, as his e face, hands, arms and legs were swollen. Both Broon and Hendricks b were stung, but did not require medical attention. ^ WILL RETURN TO WORK. t 1< Weavers at Monaghan Mills to Take t1 Up Differences Later. tl Greenville, July 17.?After a con- c< ference with the mill management r this morning the operatives of Mon- s aghan Mills agreed to return to t work Monday morning. After the 0 resumption of work they will take up v with the management the issue which, on [July 9, caused 750 em- a ployees of the weave room to walk a out. For two days the mill has been ^ running, though not to its full ca- d pacity. The trouble arose over a a conflict in the rules of the company t and of the Industrial Workers of i? the World. Joseph J. Ettor came to q Greenville Thursday to take charge ^ of the situation for the I. W. W. He f| took no part in the proceedings to- ? da>*- d The Country's Great Wheat Crop. * t: "This country has never seen such a wheap crop as this year," says President H. U. Mudge, of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railway, who is in New York after completing a p trip over the company's lines. p "The winter wheap crop is made ti and half harvested. The yield is o enormous. In Kansas alone the lowest tl estimates are for 135,000,000 bush- y els. while ours are for 150,000,000 e bushels. Yet they never produced n 100,000,000 bushels of Winter wheat tl in that State before. t "There is always fear of insuffi- n cient help to harvest the big crops and it is the same this year although f< we have never lost a crop yet on ac- tl count of lack of men. "This year's great crop is more q largely the result of good conditions s< of the soil and plant than of greater | c< acreage; increase in area piaiuea in u Winter wheat is not particularly ri large. c' "First shipments of wheat will probably be from the Southwest to the Gulf for export. This will be the * first time in five or six years tl.Xt there has been any extensive movement of wheat for export." _ ^ * A Mover. * _____ * Patience?I hear .Mrs. Flatte has * lived in 16 different apartments in * 12 months. * Practice?She must be "the queen * of the movies." * ^ ?Jc la Christian citizenship a re sola- * lion shows how the resoiver feels; * a ballot shows where he stands.? * John G. Wooley. * \\ / N THE PALMETTO STAT OME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOI KINDS EN SOUTH CAROLINA. tate News Boiled Down for Qui< Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Capt. Iredell Jones, a prominei outh Carolinian, died at his home ock Hill Friday afternoon, inte lent taking place at that place c unday. Mies Mamie Brown, aged 25, of M on, Ga., was drowned in the surf i ullivan's Island on Friday. Hi riend, Miss Lena Rankin, would ha1 rowned also but for Henry Rawort f Georgia, who rushed into the wat ith his clothes on and rescued he Durant Haile, of Sumter count ho shot and killed his wife, Lc laile, on the night of May 7, a fe liles south of Camden, was convic d of murder at the summer term ourt, and waa sentenced to die in tl lectric chair on Friday, August 2 A memorial was dedicated in Cha ;ston Monday to the late Capt. Jot !. Mithchell, a valiant Confedera oldier, who was killed during tl ombardment of Fort Sumter in tl i'af Between the Sections. The pri ipal speaker at the dedication w layor John Pueroy Mitchell, of Ne ork city, who is a nephew of Cap litchell. J. T. Williams, who lives ne he Cowpens battle ground, in Che kee county, found in a field ne o, af minnrol r'ucrc 11VC9 a picvt VI miiiviui ery peculiar formation, which h< een cut in the shape of a daggt nd which had no doubt been us< y some Indian as a weapon. M Villiams, although quite a geologi: . as unable to determine just in wh lass to place the mineral. He h ufte a valuable collection of mine Is and metals which he has gathe d in this vicinity. Many remarkable incidents ha een reported, following the gie torm which swept large sections rork county some time ago. One hese is told by John T. Roddey, w] Dst ten fine cows in Fewell's pa ure, west of Yorkville a few mile Ir. Roddey says that in one place he pasture were found dead thr ows. two partridges, five doves, thr abbits and three good sized blai nakes. The animals, birds and re iles, had either all perished togeth r had been piled up by the flood ater. Meeks and Tom Griffin, Xelse Bri nd John Crosby, who were senteno few days ago by Judge Moore ie in the electric chair for the mu er of John O. Lewis, have secur stay of execution on an appeal he State supreme court. This st; ; based on after discovered evident ?A?*.AA(? nrofa f A Kotfo Hio/1 ' t no UC51UCO r? ^ tyj ii??v ' lugust 7. The attorney for the d endants says that if the arter-di overed evidence which he will intr uce will hot secure them anoth rial that he will carry the case he United States supreme court. What He Did. A little town boasts a church who iastor, besides being an eloque reacher, is a man of stalwart propc ions, says Pittsburg Dispatch. . ne of his evening prayer meetin, he services were disturbed by tv oung men who audibly scoffed verything they saw or heard. F ally the pastor remonstrated wi hem on their behavior and ask< hem why they had attended tl jeeting. "We came to see 'miracles pe irmed.' " imprudently replied one he rascals. Leaving the pulpit and walkii uietly down the aisle, the minist oftor t V? o ntlior hv tl ollar and as they disappeared out lie door with an imprint of his hoc e^narked: "We don't perform mir les here, but we do cast out devil ********** There remains only five days in which to enroll for voting in the Democratic primary on August 2o. The hooks will close on the 28tli of July and will not l>e opened again l>efore the primary. All those who have not yet enrolled should do so at once. Also those who enrolled by signing only their initials should see that their full names are written on the enrollment books, as it is probable that all such persons will not- be allowed to vote. ********** ? MUST PAY BACK $25,000. Court Rules Garlington Must Retun JS Big Sum of Money. Anderson, S. C., July 20.?At hi; chambers late today Judge Prince overruled exceptions of defendant's at torney to ruling of Master McFad din, of Richland county, and gav< judgment against John Y. Garlington at in the sum of $25,000 for Wad< in Hampton Cobb, receiver for the Car r" olina Agency company. The com m pany receiver brought suit againa Garlington for an accounting for al a- funds received by him as genera at manager and treasurer of the com er pany. The matter was referred t< re Master McFaddin to take testimony h, and make report of findings. H< er found in the sum of $26,000 foi :r. the company receiver, but on othei ? hand gave Garlington $5,000 for com ^ pensation for selling stock. Judge Prince ruled that Garlingtoi ,t_ should not receive compensation foi selling stock, since he was employee by the company for full time, an< 2 that Garlington exceeded his author ity if he advanced money to agents r" The complaint asked $25,000 judg in ment against Garlington ant t? the court ruled that hi ie could not give judgment foi ae $26,000 as the master did, for tha reason. as Garlington. who is absent from thi !W State, has an interest in several thou '* sand acres of land in Jack's Town ship, Laurens county, but the inter est in the land will not near brinj ar r_ the amount of judgment given toda; ? against him. The Carolina Agenc; of company was organized as Stat agents for the Mutual Life Insurant company, of Rome, Ga. >r, . Judge Prince, in handing down th decree, took occasion to criticize th [ r. directors of the company for thei ?? clfpaieUL IlCgllgCUV-C iu V the affairs of the company, as r- VICTIMS OF WHEATSICKXESS. T Train Passengers in Kansas Upset b, 7e Tlie Billowy Grain Fields. at 0f Seasckness in the heart of Kansas o{ in the geographical centre of th ^ United States, has arrived. The mala lS_ dy is caused by the wheat fields is Travelers on railway trains in centra and western Kansas tell some wein ee tales about the sickness. On nearl; ee every line in the State long, unbrokei cj. fields of wheat, five and six foo p. stalks, can be seen as far as the ey er can reach. And it is known far am wide that a wind more or less gentl blows most of the time in the Sun flower State. The wind, blowini ce against the thousands of acres e ed wheat, produces all there is to it, bu to persons have become violently ill be ir- cause of the wheat. ed a tale is told of one man who ha to been to Europe several times. Sitting ay in his Pullman on a through trail :e. the traveller looked out to admire th an luxurious wheat lands. As usual th le- wheat was waving. It caught the ey Is- of the traveler. It worried him. H o- ceased looking at the wheat and de er cided to soothe his feelings with t to cigar. He arose to enter the smok ing compartment, and made his wa; there with some difficulty. In a shor time he was seasick. Doctors tried to diagnose th< se trouble, but failed. Finally one o nt them reached the conclusion that i >r- was a new illness, wheatsickness. An< ^.t later circumstances point out tha gs it is true. Trainmen report daily tha i'o passengers have slight or serious at at tacks of wheatsickness 'i_ th M'DERMOTT GIVES UP SEAT. 2d Illinois Representative Resigns Fron House. r 0f Washington, July 21.?By resign ing from the house of representative: jjr James T. McDermott of the Fourtl er Illinois district to-day brought to ai ie end the agitation in the house tha 0f followed the publication and invest! )t gation of the lobby charges made b: a_ M. M. Mulhall, a former agent of th< s National Association of Manufactur ers. With resolutions pending pro * posing punishment ranging from i * reprimand to expulsion for his con * duct as disclosed in the inquiry. Rep * I rocontotivn M^Dormnft annminCPf * his resignation and asserted that he * would seek re-election, "appealing his * case from the judiciary committee o * the house to the people of his dis * trict." * Chairman Webb of the judiciarj * committee said later no action woulc * be sought on the report of the judi * ciary committee recommending reso * Iutions reprimanding McDermott anc * officers of the National Association ol * Manufacturers. These resolutions hac * been fixed by a special order for con * sideration in the house Thursday. COUNTY CAMPAIGN OPENS i COUNTY CANDIDATES SPEAK A1 FA UDELL'S CROSS ROADS. - Rentz Attacks Mlley's Record.?MucI Interest in Legislative and Snpervisor's Race. ? What promises to be the most in i teresting campaign ever conducted ir " Bamberg county was inaugurated lasi " Friday, July 17th, at Farrell's Cross 1 Roads. 1 Despite the threatening weather 1 there were in attendance possibly tw( ' hundred voters, principally from th< > FishDond section, who gave everj 7 speaker close, courteous attention anc 2 displayed the aoility of veteran aud r itors when it came to winnowing th< r chaff from the wheat in the argu " ments of the speakers. Every point worthy of their applause received it 1 in generous portion, but at no tim< r was there any suggestion of boister * ousness or disorder. What litth * heckling was indulged in was almosi " entirely good natured and there seem * ed to be an inclination to respectful " ly listen in order that each speaket * might be weighed. 2 The principal ihterest was center r ed on the candidates for the house o 1 representatives, with candidates fo: supervisor running a close second 3 candidates for other offices arousinf " but little enthusiasm among thei " auditors. The meeting was called to orde: ? at 11:00 a. m., by the chairman o * * the "?ocal club, Mr. A. G. W. Hill ' Hon. H. C. Folk, county chairman e being present, was called to the chai e by Mr. Hill and presided over th< meeting from that point on. Bamberg Cotton Weigher. The first speaker to address thi 0 voters was NT. Z. Felder, who i a candidate for cotton weigher a Bamberg. He was followed by F. E Steedley, who is seeking the sam y honor. T. J. Rentz, the third candidat for this office, was absent when hi j, name was called, but arrived late e and presented his claims to the of fice. i. Fishpond Magistrate. * Candidates for magistrate at Fisl ^ pond were next on the list and o ' these G. L. Herndon was the first a Being at home, he contented himsel 1 with announcement of his candidac: e and gave the balance of his time t ^ others. e J. W. Zeigler followed his exam " pie, simply announcing his candidacy ^ County Commissioner. W. D. Bessinger was the first o 1 the candidates for county commission er to speak. He said he was n speaker, but promised his best effort 3 to the county if elected. y 3 W. R. Bessinger, the next candi a date for county commissioner, an e nounced his candidacy and asked thi e support of the voters. 1 H. W. Chitty, seeking reelection t e the office of county commissioner was greeted with cheers of "Hurra! a for Chitty," and several cries o "Show him the way to Fishpond,' \ to which he replied that he under L stood quite well the reason for want ing to show him the way down there e as he had heard it rumored befori the meeting that he would be expect ed to explain his absence in that sec tion since election. He explaine< it by stating that under an agreemen among the commissioners the coun ty was divided into districts and hi: was another part of the county. H( called on the other commissioners t< verify this, which they did later. , A. G. \V. Hill, also candidate fo county commissioner, laid claim t< ability to solve road working prob lems and promised to do his duty i , elected. ^ J. C. McMillan, in announcing hi: t candidacy for county commissioner t stated that he had no record to fal back on, but that he would be th< . next commissioner. s D. W. Phillips thanked the voter; [ for their support in the past and an nounced his candidacy for count} t commissioner. E. M. Sandifer announced his cam didacv, also, and asked the supporl j of the voters. 4 G. H. Smoak said he had entered thp rafp fnr rnnntv rommissioner al ! the last minute, and then only ir response to the urgent call of his friends. He said he was not in the , race for personal gain, but for the . good of the county. Said he was a judge of deep water, that no bridge Vas too low nor any water too high . to prevent his answering the call foi , assistance. He was well received. , J. J. Zeigler thanked the voters for the vote given him two years age (Continued on page 2, column 2.) v . .. ... - -* -tf v'afrrtVidii j AIKEX COUNTY KILLING. Willie Brown Dead and Lee Yaun ^ Accused. Aiken, July 21.?The place of Mr. I Albert Yaun, in the Shaw's Fork section of Aiken county, was the scene of a killing -on Saturday night, when Lee Yaun, son of the former, shot . and killed Willie Brown, a farm t hand. t There were only two eye-witne6ses 5 to the occurrence and the testimony of each was in contrast at the inquest, which was held by Coroner ) Spradley Sunday morning. One, Mr. ? E. C. Moseley, testified that the shootr ing was justifiable homicide and the 1 other claimed that it was without . provocation. ? The dead man and Sam Hightower, . it seems, had been to a frolic in that t neighborhood on Saturday night and I when returning went to t^e well at 5 Mr. Yaun's place to get water. While . there they cut a watermelon. Some j claim that Mr. Lee Yaun came out t and asked them where they got the . melon and that the fuss started over . that, and the shooting was in selfr defence. Others claim that Mr. Yaun stated that he would eettle with . Brown and began firing, f Mr. Albert Yaun, father of the young man, is one of Aiken county's progressive farmers and is promir nently connected. His son came to r Aiken Sunday morning and surrend ered to Sheriff Howard. J THIS SNAKE A NATURE FAKER. ' Black Reptile Swallows Bells and Makes Noise Like a Rattler. r Curtis E. Spicer, of Laurel, Del., a well-known business man had the surprise of his life to-day. While walking through a swamp with seve eral sportsmen as companions he s he^rd a sound that strangely ret sembled the rattling of a rattle snake. As this species of poisonous reptile ' is unknown in Delaware, Spicer and e ljis friends were all the more startled. They were armed with clubs and guns, e and. going into the undergrowth, they s finally unearthed a black snake r measuring exactly six feet nine inches " in length. It was coiled and ready to spring. With difficulty the snake was killed, h An examination failed to reveal any f rattles. The reptile was thereupon cut open, and, to the surprise of the f sportsmen, they discovered two sleigh y bells and a metal harness buckle. It 0 was the actual jingling of the sleigh bells against the buckle that sounded . like the deadly warning of a rattler. The snake had swallowed the articles. Ir. order to prove the truth j of their find to a credulous public, the men took the remains of the 0 snake and the sleigh bells and the buckle to Laurel, where they were shown to a large number of persons. ?Wilmington, Del., dispatch to Cincinnati Enquirer. e Old-Fashioned Memories. In a certain New England home, 0 even so late as 40 years ago, all the ' sugar used was made on the farm 1 from maple sap. The starch was f strained from boiled potatoes, the saleratus was scraped, as pearly ash (hence called "pear-ash") from burned wood. The blankets and most of the woolen outer and under gar5 ments worn were spun and woven from wool raised on the place. The big fiax-patch supplied the linen, * slowly and laboriously hetchelled and 1 finally manufactured into wonderful AWMH Th/v mArtf notAri TT' O C* O 1 1 [ y&L UtTi US. l lie meat eaten ??uo ?u s j home-raised. The pork and beef 51 were salted, dried, pickled or chop5 ped into sausage by the women of the family. All of their vegetables and r fruit grew in their gardens and or3 | chards, and were transformed in their " own busy kitchen into jellies, marf j malades, preserves, and pickles, and | there was always a barrel of cider-ap5: pie sauce on a stout shelf near the | back door.j A tailoress came to the 1 j house occasionally to cut and partly i make the men's clothes (which lasted, so to speak, forever) but the 5 women cut and made their own clothes. Palm-leaf hats were worn around the farm by both men and women, wno turned an nonest penny by braiding them also for merchants ^ in the nearest large town. The stockings were all knit at home. "We don't have to get much of t anything from the store but tea and 1 coffee." said the bent and wrinkled, i but soft-voiced and sweet-faced far' mer's wife to me one day, "and half ' the time we drink some kind of herb ' tea. We like it first rate." This was "woman's work" in the 1 olden time. Now it is done almost entirely in the factories?yet still it has to be done by women. That is ' the secret of the sincere part of the | feminist movement.?Leslie's Weekly. - ' " ' '