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; ~ i ' A fc ?ltf lambwg 2|mli ? 1 ~ "? One Dollar and a Half a Year. ' BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1914. Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS .1 SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. < News Items Gathered All Around the " ? County and Elsewhere. Fairfax Fancies. e _______ n Fairfax, Sept. 19.?Miss Sallie ^ Googe, of Florida, after spending a month with Mrs. Dr. Googe, has re- . turned to her home. h The Children's chapter, U. D. C., % 0 met at Mrs. Lancaster's Monday af- t] temoon. About 15 or 20 children ^ #. were present. Misses Virginia DuRant and Zelle Loadholt attended ala so, Mrs. S. L. Sanders gave a talk on "Stonewall Jack6on," which was j much enjoyed. Refreshments were e served, the doilies used having bright ^ little Confederate flags pictured on each one. Mrs. Nan Gregg, of Savannah, is spending some time with her sister, 1 Miss Jennie DuRant. Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, having h If returned from their bridal trip, the young people gave them a pound par- ' ty Friday evening. Late in the eve' ning the young men serenaded them. S( Miss Alberta Hiers, of Brunson, is now living here. * bi George McKensie, of Florida, has been spending some time with his sis- 0] ter, Mrs. G. S. O'Neal. c, Mr. and Mrs. James Preacher and CJ children accompanied by Miss Love m started on Tuesday for a long auto a] trip expecting to visit Atlanta, Hen- tc dersonville and other places. hi Mesdames McRae, Lightsey and f* Miss Josie Lou Lightsey, of Atlanta, are visiting Mrs. Fred Lightsey. Mrs. Lena DeLoach and infant are ^ visiting Mrs. P. Loadholt. She is ^ well remembered here as Miss Lena Loadholt. u, f- Miss Alma Knight, who still loves tj. her alma mater, gave a party Monriav evpnine comDlimentary to the v girls about to enter Winthrop col- -t .lege. Boys about to enter college were also invited. The contest was c letters to be written there to the p] Winthrop girls and were not to be ^ ' read until Miss Mildred Loadholt divulged the contents after they reach- ^ ed that college. Much fun and pleasure was derived from this literary creation. Refreshments were served. The sandwiches were tied with the tc Winthrop colors. L. O. Watson and C. A. McLendon. sc pathologists of Clemson college, spent 2 two days this week with G. D. Sanders. 21 Denmark Dots. 21 Denmark, Sept. 19.?On Wednes, day evening of last week Mrs. John R. Martin gave a tacky party in lionor of her guests, Misses Martin, Wigv gins, McMillan and Pilcher. Mr. Mazyck and Miss Wiggins were prep sented with a box of stationery for being the tackiest, while Campbell Tyler and Miss Lula Bess Wroton were each given an "all-day sucker" for the consolation prize. The guests were served red lemonade and gin'< ' ger cakes. Mrs. A. P. Guess is at home again, affer an extended visit to her mother, Mrs. Rosa Strait, in Rock Hill. Mrs. H. W. Goolsby of Hartsville, was here for a short while thi6 week, ? Miss- Ruby Guess entertained Wed- ^ nesday evening in honor of Miss Alba u Allen, her guest. Progressive heart dice was the chief amusement of the evening, Miss Kathryne - Wilkinson ^ making the highest score. A sweet course was served. fo Miss Eunice Turner, of Blackville, is the guest of Mrs. John Martin. Mrs. W. F. Martin, of Shelton, is ' visiting re1 atives here. jb' Miss Lalla Byrd. of Bamberg, spent^ several days this week with Mrs. R. ^ L. Zeigler. ; o( Mrs. J. W. Wyman is visiting her :" parents in Charleston. Mrs. W. L. Riley made a short stay j at Orangeburg this week. Misses Pilcher and Wiggins returned to their homes in Augusta on Mon- j day. al t~- m ec Pare]>aring St. Helena for Kaiser, * ____ bi Worcester. Sept. 11.?Two officers w on a trans-Atlantic liner, who were l: i U ^ rI reserve umveis m iur diuisn uav?,| and who were in Worcester yester- D day, are authority for a story to the effect that the British are preparing " the island of St. Helena as a place of imprisonment for Kaiser Wilhelm at the close of the war. They declared that the big furnish- w ing house of Selt'ridge. one of the ai largest in the British Isles, has been tt commissioned to get the island into shape, because the British govern- w ? ment is certain that the kaiser will C< eventually be beaten. 2i tr LAI) DIES IN COTTON. \ immie Ikxhls Smothers While at Play in Chester. Chester. Sept. 17.?While playing 1 some cotton today, Jimmie Dodds, on of W. O. Dodds, a tenant on the arm of Turner E. Lucas, in the Librty Baptist church community a few tiles from the city, smothered. The accident occurred at 12 o'clock oday. The little boy, as he had one many times before, was playing i the staple. It is thought that he ad dug a hole in it and piled a bank f cotton up, and in getting about in tie hole the other fell down upon im, taking bi6 breath away by leans of cutting off his source of ir. It was some time after the boy had ?ft the house that any concern was ntertained for his whereabouts. Af?r a careful search he was found in ae cotton. A physician of this city was buried to the scene, but all efforts at retoring life were futile. Off to Make More: Off Grain Crops. In order to give some concrete iQts showing why farmers should >w grain crops and cut out cotton, a B. Dunlap, of the National Union ink, has compiled some interesting gures which 6how the relative cost F production and the net profit seirerl on both erain and a cotton op. The article in question is leant to show that it is more profitale for croppers to sow grain than plant cotton, but, of course this aids good with those who till their tvn soil. These figures have been compiled >intly by Mr. Dunlap, Demonstrator IcKeown and a number of successil farmers and are intended to give itual facts. As will be seen the figres given are very conservative and ie profits accrued from the diversisd cropping system would probably 3 greater than given. In the article is clearly shown that it is to the Ivantage of both landowner and opper to give up cotton, at present ices, and to seed the land to oats, c? instead. The figures and facts compiled folw: The cost cf planting oats on a crop3r basis, assuming that 25 acres is ? be planted and assuming also that ie oat crop is to be followed by ?me other crop: bushels of seed oats at 80c. per bushel $ 1.60 )0 pounds of acid phosphate at $12.50 per ton 1.20 )0 pounds of soda at $50 per ton 2.50 Total cost per acre $ 5.30 Dtal cost of 25 acres $132.50 Assuming that the oats are to be anted on iana max win raise oueilf bale of cotton, 20 bushels of oats ;r acre would be a very small yield. Twenty bushels per acre on 25 :res will equal 500 bushels! * )0 bushels at 50c per bushel will equal $250.00 :raw from 500 bushels of * oats will yield 16 tons. 16 tons at $10 per ton will equal $160.00 ross yield for oats and raw $410.00 educt cost of oat6 and straw fertilizer $132.00 et profit on oats land Jor cropper and owner $277.00 In order to do some diversified rming, we will assume that we will ke 15 acres of oat land and follow with peas and will plant 1 1-2 ashels of peas to the acre with a: ill. ost of peas for planting at $2.10 per bushel $ 3.15 )0 pounds of acid phosphate 1.20 Total cost per acre $ 4.35 Total cost of 15 acres, seed and fertilizer $ *65.25 Peas planted in this- way, with the Jove amount of fertilizer, and plant1 on land that will raise one-half tie of cotton, should easily make 8 i lshels of peas per acre. 15 acres; ill make 120 bushels. 20 bushels at $2 per bushel will equal $240.00 educt cost of seed and fertilizer 65.25 Total net-profit for cropper owner $174.75 We will not cut the pea vines but; ill turn them under, so no allowlce will be made for the profit along lat line. The other 10 acres we will assume ill be planted in corn, ost of corn seed per acre ....$ .30 30 pounds of acid phosphate 1.20 IN THE PALMETTO STATE SON?k OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Heading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Friday evening a banquet was tendered W. P. Pollock and L. D. Jennings, candidates for U. S. senate in the recent primary, at the Jefferson hctel, Columbia. Jesse Jackson, a 12-year-old lad of Vance, was shot and killed Saturday afternoon, while hunting with a crowd of boys. The killing 16 declared to have been accidental. Several persons had a narrow escape Monday when the large fly wheel of the St. Matthews Oil mill burst. The accident was caused by the breaking of the main belt. Lieut. John Hutson, of Aiken, was second lieutenant and chief navigator on the revenue cutter Tahoma. which struck a reef off Seattle, Wash., Monday. The cutter was abandoned on me rocas. Burned I)oOr Down; Made Escape. A white offender by the name of Tucker made a successful escape from the guard house- in Branchville sometime during Saturday night. Tucker was arrested on the charge of being drunk and disorderly. After being locked up. he managed to set the door of his cell on fire. He kept the blaze confined to the door until he was able to force it open, when he passed through and out to freedom. There were several colored prisoners in the guardhouse at the time and they raised the alarm by their shouts for help. The* did not escape. Tucker was employed at the lumber mill at Edisto and he made his way to that place where he together with his wife got into a boat and maHo thpip ivav down the river. More than 40 per cent of the world's annual production of tin is used in the United States. 100 pounds of cot':on seed meal 1.50 100 pounds of nitrate of soda 2.50 Total cost per acre $ 5.50 Total cost of 10 acres ....$ 55.00 The above amount of-fertilizers on land that will raise one-half bale of cotton should easily make 25 bushels of corn per acre. Ten acres will amount to 250 bi.sbels. 250 bushels at 80: per bushel will equal $200.00 Fodder on the above corn .... 30.00 Gross income on corn $230.00 Deduct, costs of seed corn and fertilizer " 55.00 Net profit for cropper and owner $175.00 Net returns from oats 277.50 Net returns from peas 174.75 Net returns from corn 175.00 Total net returns from grain crops $627.25 Cropper'3 net profit $313.63 Owner's net profit 313.62 As cotton requires considerably more work than anything else, and as 20 acres is a pretty big cotton r% Aronnnr u'o .hiixro fifnroH vi v/p i\ji a. v*v?^ "?*fv his crop on a 20 acre basis. Cost of good cotton seed for one acre $ .75 300 pounds of acid phosphate 1.S0 200 pounds cotton seed meal 3.00 Cost per acre for seed and fertilizers $ 5.55 Cost for 20 acres 111.00 Cost of ginning 10.00 Total cost of cotton $121.00 Figuring cotton at an Sc. basis and assuming that 10 bales will be made, total worth of cotton $400.00 Cotton seed at 25c per bushel out of 10 bales 75.00 Gross income on cotton ... $475.00 Deduct cost of seed, fertilizer and ginning 121.00 Net profit on cotton $354.00 Cropper's net profit 177.00 Owner's net profit 177.00 The land owner and cropper will each receive sivi.uu ior couon against $313.62 for grain. If the farmer continues planting cotton, it will requir^ more and more fertilizers each year to make the same yield, f he plants a grain crop and rotates, as suggested above, the yield will, from year to year, increase and the land will become better each year. Don't you think your cropper will be satisfied to plant grain instead of cotton, if you show him where he will make more money by doing so? ?Greenwood Index. THREE BRITISH SHIPS SUNK. Many Killed in IHsaster in the North Sea. London, Sept. 22.?The British warships Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy have been sunk in the North Sea by submarines, according to announcement by the official press bureau this afternoon. The announcement says a ^considerable number of the crews were saved by torpedo boat destroyers. Trawlers and their boats also aided in the work of rescue. The Aboukir was torpedoed first. The Hogue and the Cressy drew in close to her and were standing by to save her crew, when they also were torpedoed. The Cressy, Capt. Robert W. Johnson; the Aboukir, Capt. John E, Drummond, and the Hogue, Capt. Wilmot S. Nicholson, were sistei ships. They were armored cruisere of a comparatively obsolete type and were built fourteen years ago. The lists of the casualties among their crews will be published as soor as they are known. The lose of life probably will be heavy. The Abourkir, Hogue and Cressj each had a displacement of 12,000 tons. Each was 440 feet long anc 69.5 feet wide, drew 26 feet of water and had a complement of 755 men including officers. Their armaments consisted of twc 9.2-inch guns, twelve 6-inch guns tw-. .ve 12-pounders and five 3-pounders each. The Aboukir and the Cressv were built at Govan and the Hogue at Barrow. BYRNES WOULD PUSH PLAN. Would Have Every Southern Congressman Purchase Cotton. Washington, Sept. 19.?Congress lijaii D)TIiCC> U1 OUUUi vaiuwua ivuu; began a movement here to have each member of the house from the South buy at least one bale of cotton in each of the counties in his district He has already perfected arrangements to this effect in all of the counties of the Second district and Congressman Whaley has done the same in the First district. This is a good move to help the "buy-a-bale" plan along and it will be seen that if each of the congressmen from the cotton-producing States should adopt this scheme a considerable amount of cotton would find a market at 10 cents a pound, which is the amount Mr. Byrnes promises tc pay. In South Carolina alone, counting the seven districts, there are a total of 44 counties. Alabama has nine representatives in the house, Mississippi eight, Louisiana eight, Texas 10, Arkansas seven, .Missouri 16, Oklahoma five, North Carolina 10, Georgia 12, Florida four and Tennessee 10. Should one bale be bought in each of the counties in these districts, not inclusive of two districts in Texas, one of which is composed of 58 counties and another 48, the "buy-a-bale" movement will be considerably accelerated. SCHOOL AT LEES. Splendid Session is Expected by Patrons. Lees. Sept. 17.?Lees graded school opened Monday morning with favorable promises for a successful session. The principal and trustees made enthusiastic talks along educational lines. Several of the patrons were present to give their encouragement to teachers and children. Lees school is in a flourishing condition. Mr. Motes bears the name of being j one of the best principals in the State and he has able and efficient help and the educational interest of the community will be in good hands for the coming year. Xot Tlieir Style. The young man who eats ail 'round the circuit ran against this quick lunch incident recently: A fastidious person made his way charily into the place. A tumbler of murky water was thumped before him by the young woman on the other side of the counter. "What's yours?" "Coffee and rolls, my girl." One of those iron heavy, quarterinch thick mugs of coffee was pushed over the counter. The fastidious person seemed dazed. He looked under the mug and over it. "But where is the saucer?" he queried. "We don't give no saucers here. If we did some low brow'd come pilin' in an' drink out his saucer, an' we'd lose a lot of our swellest trade." C ; SMITH FOR CHEAPER MONt1 i j OXK !?KIS C'EXT OX OOVERXMEX KMEKWEX< Y < XKREXCY. i . Junior Senator's Plan Would Als Reduce Hate .Made to Borrowers. Washington, Sept. 22.?Senate 1 Ellison D. Smith today introduce an amendment to the Aldrich-Vre< land emergency currency act, whicl if adopted, will reduce the rate' c interest charged by the governmer 1 for this mohey from 3 per cent, t ' 1 per cent., and providing that th ! reduction made in the interest to th bankers shall likewise be made b ' the banks to the farmers borrowin the money. The section pertaining to fan loans reads: "Loans secured b 1 notes, bills and drafts, issued fc ' agricultural purposes, made I national banking associations herei provided for, shall not charge upo 1 euch loans a rate of interest in e: ' cess of the legal rate or interest, les 2 per cent., within the State, withi which such loans are made." i MANSLAUGHTER IS VERDICT. 1 . Sullivan Tried at Laurens for Killin Col. John M. Cannon. ( Laurens, Sept. 18.?"Guilty < manslaughter" was the verdict rei dered today by the jury in the caf of Joseph G. Sullivan, tried at th: term of court on the charge of killin Col. John M. Cannon at Gray Cour May 12 last. The case was given to the jury las night shortly after 6 o'clock. Aft? , deliberating all night and until jus before noon today the jury agreed o a verdict. Motion for a new trial will be a: gued tomorrow. This was the secon trial of the case, a mistrial having r< suited at the June term of court. Greenwood Rodgers was today coi victed of arson in connection wit the murder, last January, of Geori F. Young at Stomp Springs, and tb subsequent burning of Young's co tage over the dead man's body. Tb verdict carries the death penalt; Rogers was tried and convicted on j charge of murder at the March ten of court, in this s?me case the jui recommending mercy and saving hi] from the electric chair then. Jun Caldwell was also convicted of tb L same crime and given a life sentence Tom Young, the third party in tb alleged conspiracy turned State's ev dence, and largely on his testimon | convictions were secured in the oth( cases. The case of Young will prol ably be disposed of tomorrow. > E. F. Hammond Arrested. Columbia, Sept. 18.?E. Fran . Hammond, State detective, was a: rested tonight in the lobby of tb . Jefferson hotel, after the banquet t ; W. P. Pollock and L. D. Jenning [ and taken to police headquarter i Spectators say that Hammond wj . demanding to see Mr. Pollock an when the latter came dowp into th lobby charged Mr. Pollock with hai ing referred to him in his speed Then, it is stated, the police wer called and they removed Haramoni EIKiEFJELI) COUNTY KILLING. Collision in Public Road Results i Tragedy. 1 Johnston, September 21.?Erne: Jackson, a prominent farmer, of th 1 Philippi section of the county, she and instantly killed a negro man o 1 the former's place yesterday aftei noon. It seems that while travelin along the highway the negro ran ir to Mr. Jackson's buggy, breaking i and that later Mr. Jackson demanc ed that-the deceased pay the damage The negro, it is said, replied that h would pay him with a bullet, and ai tempted to draw his pistol, when Mi Jackson shot, the ball entering th breast of the negro. Not Even First Aid. At a certain college it was th custom to have the students writ the following pledge at the bottor of their examination papers: "I hereby certify on my hono that I have neither given nor re ceived aid during this examination. Soon after handing in his paper t a professor noted for his sarcasm, young fellow hurriedly entered th class room and said: "Professor, I forgot to put th pledge on my paper." "Altogether unnecessary," replie* the, teacher. "I have just finishei looking over your paper, and I fee sure you did not give or receive aid.1 ?Lippincott's Magazine. t 17 ! HEMMED, Cl'TS HIS THROAT. | Alleged \\ ife Slayer Tries Suicide in T Greenville. Greenville, Sept. 21.?Nelson Farmer, the man who it is alleged, last ? night dragged his wife from a church in this city and chopped her head off with a huge butcher knife, slit his ' throat from ear to ear this afternoon ir after he had been surrounded by a d posse of city and county officers, i- i using the same knife with which he i, is said to have killed his wife. The >f! chase after the alleged wifeslayer it! lasted through Sunday night. Farmer o j was placed in the -county jail, where e | he is under heavy guara. e All during the day a crowd of ne- *"j y groes stood around the jail waiting g for the capture, and there was considerable talk of lynching. When u Farmer was brought to the jail the u y crowd became demonstrative, and >r one negro was arrested before it iy quieted down. He ie charged with in inciting riot. n The affair creajed wild excitement j. in the city, as automobile after autojs mobile was rushed to the edge of the xi city loaded down with officers armed with shotguns. It was the general belief that Farmer would offer resistance when cornered. The killing is said to be one of the ? most brutal in the history of Greenville county. It is probable that Far^ mer will recover from his self-inflictj. ed wound. !6 URGE GOVERNMENT LOAN. is ' Advocates of Plan Appear Before House Banking Committee. st ;r Washington, Sept. 21.?A Govern3t ment loan of $500,000,000 to cotton n farmers at the rate of $35 on a bale was advocated before the house r_ banking committee today by South(j ern congressmen and representatives of the National Farmers' union. Representative Henry, of Texas, one of j. those who favored such a step, urgh ed the committee to put a stop to ,e the issue of emergency currency, ie which he said would not help the t_ people in distress. Mr. Henry said the banks in the y South were withholding the currency a from the cotton farmers, who needed 1 n immediate help. He wanted the ,y money apportioned among the Southjjj em States according to the cotton k production in 1913 and suggested. ie that the loans be made through e banks or by postmasters. ie P. S. Mobley, of the Arkansas Farj. mers* union, explained how cotton lV trade had been paralyzed by the war ,r | and urged the necessity of some ac3_! tion along the lines emphasized by Mr. Henry. He said the bankers were not loaning money because they were afraid to put out funds on longterm notes and declared agricultural k interests should be given the same r" emergency consideration accorded ie commercial interests. The cotton 0 farmers, he said, were ready to give s* the government 100 per cent, securi3" ty. ts ^ Sacred Singing in the Country. ie r" Far down in the country where grand opera methods have not yet e been applied to church singing a blessed old minister arose and announced the number of the hymn he desired the congregation to sing, a says the Popular Magazine. He fol | lowed ine oia custom 01 umug uui . the hymn. That is. he would read 5t J a line in a loud voice and then the e j congregation would sing it. )t! The first line was as follows: n j "We praise thee. O God. for Thy r_ ! power ten thousand strong." g J The congregation tried the line j. I and was on such a high key that t when "ten thousand strong" was [. reached every body was up in a ; screech. e i "I'm afraid that's too high," said the benevolent old man, "too high r- on the 'ten thousand strong.' " e His difficulty was solved by an old fellow who stood up far back in the church and exclaimed in a nasal voice: "All right, then; bring it down to e one thousand." e ^ i ! BODY TAKEN TO ANDERSON. I r! Miss Christine Maxwell Killed in Au i ionn?oiie \t m K. "I oj Anderson. Sept. 21.?The body of a Miss Christine Maxwell, who, with e John Craig, was killed in an automobile wreck north of Charlotte late e last night, arrived in Anderson tonight and will be buried tomorrow, d Miss Maxwell was a native of Anderd son. She was 18 years of age and .1 was the daughter of Col. and Mrs. " J. D. Maxwell, formerly of this city, but now residents of Charlotte. * j ; |