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- -g-' - /jwiagwipv -? ^ . v - ' , . * , ' r '" " j Slip Imnbprg llirralb One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1,1914. Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the ' County and Elsewhere. Fairfax Fancies. > Fairfax, Sept. 26.?Misses Lily 'mompson ana annie .viay duukb ui Glennvjlle, Ga., are the guests of Mrs. P. Loadholt for several weeks. Mrs. Chitty and little daughter are now at home with with Miss Sue * . Best. Mrs. Week ley, of Charleston, and J. N. Fanning, of Savannah were re_ cent guests of Miss Sue Best. There will be a mock marriage at the schoool auditorium Wednesday evening under the auspices of the Civiic league. Mrs. Robert Brabham visited Mrs. Edenfleld in Allendale recently. Mr. and Mrs. Moorer have returned" from a trip to Charleston and St. , ? George. Miss Pearl Grey, of Varnville, visited Mrs. John Smith recently. Mrs. L. A. Hartzog and son. Franklin Rizer, Misses Zelma and Daisy ? Rizer, of Olar, visited Miss Rizer recently. Buys Denmark Bale. Denmark, Sept. 26.?The following letter by G. W. Goolsby, traveling salesman for the Lynchburg Shoe company, of Lynchburg, Va., has the indorsement of his house and is sent , / out by their request: "I am authorized to say that the . Lynchburg Shoe company most heartily indorses the 'buy-a-bale-of-cotton' movement. Every member of eur organization at headquarters in Lynchburg and each member of our sales force in the cotton producing States from Virginia to Texas has bought one bale of cotton for 10 cents a pound. We believe that this movement is already having a wholesome effect on business as it proves that the larger interests all over the country have faith ir King Cotton and that they are willing to back this faith with their dollars. This I is the kind of help that means something to the farmer and the merchant. I hope every traveling man in the South will join in this movement and show to the farmer and the merchant that we are ready and willing to join hands in promoting their welfare as well as the other business interests of our Southland. "Very truly yours, "G. W. GOOLSBY." After placarding the town for three or four days, Goolsby & Son purchased, yesterday morning, in front of its store, one bale of middling cotton for the Lynchburg Shoe company. It was sold by C. C. Camp*? bell, a share cropper on E. H. Eaves' l place, near Govan. Notwithstanding Jr that the fact was well advertised that the bale would be bought at 10 o'clock Saturday morning, only one wagon was present at the hour. This is an indication of the disposition to hold cotton. C. C. Ellzey bought ten bales or cotton at 10 cents a pound on account. The bale bought yesterday for the Lynchburg Shoe company and the one bought last week by the town * council are on exhibition at Guess' barber shop. R. A. Goolsby, of the firm of Goolsby & Son, has written several firms and he expects to make purchases for some of them in a few days on j the buy-a-bale plan. Dutch Weather Prophet's Forecasts. \ The "Dutch weather prophet"! makes the Allowing forecasts: This wave of low temperature, (September 28-30) will be followed by a season of weather with real winter touch during the second week in October, the 12th being the central date around which frost will arrive. The fair weather which is to pre^ vail after the passage of the semitropical disturbances of September 23-25 will be the last opportunity ^ ?, which farmers will have to "make hay while the sun shines." Another period of rainy weather will follow j the fair weather of the period begin rung septemuer ;o. mis penuu win / extend towards the period in October ! , when slight frost, while not killing vegetables, will injure vegetation to; : such an extent that grass and peavines should have been made into' hay, so far at least as mowing can ; accomplish. Glendale Springs Water on sale at ] Mack's Drug Store, in five-gallon bot-1 ties. Delivered at house for 50c per > bottle. r *** x < RECEIVER IS NAMED. Orangeburg College Property Will I Sold. Orangeburg, Sept. 26.?Orang burg college has been placed in tl bands of a receiver. Perry M. Smo< has been named as receiver for tl institution. Proceedings were insl tuted against Orangeburg college 1 the Marchant Music company of th city. Mr. Smoak was appainted th morning as a receiver under ord< of Judge I. W. Bowman. The recei er has qualified and entered upon h duties. He will dispose of the cc lege property and doubtless Orang hnrc oollee-e will be no more. pany, of Langley, and the semino Manufacturing company, of Bath, co ton milling concerns, by Judge Hem A. M. Smith, of the United States di t^ct court here. Thfc application f< appointment of receivers was co: tained in a petition filed by W. I Langley & Co., capitalists, of Augu ta, Me., the plaintiff charging tl two concerns are indebted to the $1,600,000. Judge Smith set tl hearing on the application to mal receiverships permanent for Octobi 6. No statements of the assets < liabilities of the affected compani* was available here tonight. SUMTER RINK TELLER SHOR1 E. H. Rhame, Jr., of the Bank < Sumter Embezzles $31,759.01. Sumter Sept. 26.?Rumors th?there was a shortage in the accoun of one of the employes of the Ban of Sumter were confirmed today t officers of the bank. E. H. Rham Jr., teller, was found by accountan making the annual audit to be sho: $31,759.01. His family and frienc immediately took steps that will pri tect the bank fully, and the institi tion will not suffer. The bank has capital of $200,000 and a surplus < $64,000. Expressions of regret are heard o all sides, as Mr. Rhame. who is on] 23 years of age. was a capable an efficient young man, well liked. H trouble is looked on as the result < bad judgment in business deals moi than from any intent to defraud. The officers of the bank gave 01 the following official statement: "An examination of the accourn of the Bank of Sumter by expert a countants has disclosed a shortage i the accounts of the teller, whose cci nection with the bank was severe yesterday. The bank is amply pri tected and will suffer no loss throug this unfortunate defalcation. "The auditing company has give us the following statement: # " 'Mr. Richard I. Manning, pres dent the Bank of Sumter, Sumte S. C. " 'Dear Sir: In the course of 01 examination of your bank at tl close of business, September 2 1914, we beg to advise that we ha\ discovered a shortage existing in tl accounts of the teller. We desire i state further that the bank is full protected against any loss whic might have resulted from the abo\ mentioned shortage. This matter one of those unfortunate kinds an under the circumstances could n< have been detected only by expe: bank accountants making a thoroug and detailed audit of the bank. ShallAu- Ontimism. Buck White, who got a six montl jail sentence for interrupting se vices in John D. Rockfeller's churc! is noted for his fund of anecdotes. "I detest the shallow optimist, White said at a vegetarian banqu< in New York. "I detest the shallo optimist who, shutting his eyes t the numberless evils that surroun us. insists that the world is gettin better.. "This man. in fact, reminds me < the "-rse whose mistress said: ' "''as Johnny good at the part; nur' " ,r,h. yes, ma'am,' she repliei "n]y broke two vases and kicke :'tle girls.' " A little over a year ago a car paign was waged to 6ecure funds f< an endowment for the 'college, has been talked here that if the cc lege property is sold, after payii the debts, the proceeds should 1 turned over to the people who su scribed to this endowment, the su scribers who paid in receiving the piuraia euaie. RECEIVERS FOR COTTON MILL Concerns at Langley and Bath Alle ed to Owe $1,600,000. Charleston, Sept. 26.?George ] Lombard, of Augusta, Ga., ar George E. Spofford, of Bath, we: today appointed temporary receive of the Langley Manufacturing cor Fin the palmetto sm S^fE OCCURRENCES OF VARIOI KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. e ie k State News Boiled Down for Qui* ie Reading?Paragraphs About ti- Men and Happenings. jy is H. C. Fortesque, a special detect! is of the Southern railway, was acqu er ted Saturday at Lexington of t charge of criminal assault. The ca is ^ had excited a great deal of interef and the court house was pack* throughout the trial. Q_ The International Typesetting M 3r chine compaiby has placed an ord It for one bale of cotton in this Stat (j_ also one bale in nine other Stat( lg and will devote the proceeds of tl ^ sale of one intertype machine to t! buying of cotton at ten cents, b- Work on the depening of the Wa ir camaw rivei to facilitate the wat trade of Conway will begin Octob 23, according to a letter received 1 Representative Ragsdale from C< Kingman, chief of the army engi S" eers, who says that if the prese contractors are not ready to proce* by that date the work will be turn* over to other parties..' id re The automobile of W. C. Cru rs was stolen from the court hou ^ square at Orangeburg on Saturd: je night. The person taking it start* lt_ up the road toward St, Matthev ry The car was found a few miles abo s*_ Orangeburg in a demolished cone 5r titfn. The machine must have be* a_ driven at a terrific rate of speed ai ^ when the machine was rounding s_ curve to cross a railway the dama; ie was done. The car has been broug m to Orangeburg. , * SESSION MAY COST $75,000. "X If This Were Put in "Buy-a-Bali >r Plan it Would Buy Many Bales. Columbia, Sept. 28.?The ext ' session of the general assembly th is called to meet here next Tuesda October 6, is going to have a difficu road to travel. If the members a cept pay they are liable to be cril cisec"; and if they do not they are e pected to spend their good monj k and then perhaps do no real good. ,y It will be interesting to note th e' the actual payments to the mei ts bers and employees of the gener rt assembly last year for one sessi< ls aggregated $61,3114.94. This is f > salaries, mileage and employees the assembly anc does not inclu< a printing or consequental expend tures. Of this $61,334.94 more tht half was used for the pay of mei 'n bers Under the terms of the la lv * members and ser.ators are paid d flat salary of $290 and mileag 1S There are 124 members of the hous ^ which, exclusive of mileage, amoun ^ 4/* O A OAA on/1 Pat* tli a cortofo 11 IU ?wl,WVV, auu LVl 141V BVUUVV H pay is $8,800. 11 Suppose this money were all pi into a "buv-a-balfe" movement; ts' would purchase many a bale ai c" margin a great many more. in It is safe to figure a session of tl 1_ general assembly, if all accept pa ** at $75,000, covering printing. 3Impossible to Forecast. 'No one can even speculate on wh (n the general assembly will undertal to do and in this connection it is ii_ be noted that when the govern' r> called the extra session he reservi the right to recall the proclamati< ir if conditions changed. ie It is stated that the governors 3, Georgia and North Carolina have d re clined to call extra sessions on tl ie ground that individual State actit to will be of no avail in the gener ly crisis. :h There is a general desire to he -e the farmers. "Buy-a-bale" mov is ments have done much goo I, but tl d flood of cotton is being sold at rui 3t ous prices, largely because of tl rt knowledge that there is such a larj h stock in reserve. His {Seasoning Was <^kk1. js A certain young man's friem r- thought he was dead, but he w; i, only in a state of coma. When, ample time to avoid being burie he showed signs of life, he was as! ;t ed how it seemed to be dead, w "Dead!" he exclaimed. "I wasn ;o dead. 1 knew all the time what w; d going on. And I knew I wasn't dea g too, because my feet were cold ar I was hungry." >f "But how did the fact make yc think you were still alive," ask( y. one of the curious. "Well, this way. I knew that if 3. were in heaven J. wouldn't be hui :d gry. And if I was in the other plac my feet wouldn't be cold." jj PAY OF CONSTABLES. I Board of Control ^Will Meet in JS Orangeburg. Orangeburg, September 26.?The Orangeburg county board of control of the dispensary has not held a meeting since Solicitor Hildebrand wrote a letter stating that the grand jury of Orangeburg county had unve animously presented that the dispen t sary constables located in this county should not be paid. A meeting of ge the board of control will probably be held during next week. The solicitor ' has written the board of control a ed second letter stating further grounds why these dispensary constables a" should not be pajd. er m e; URGES AID OF STATE BANKS. he McAdoo to Know if They Are Also he Tioardinff Cash. I ic- Washington, Sept. 24.?The antier money hoarding campaign launched er by Secretary McAdoo against nationby al banks, particularly those which dI. have received federal crop moving n- money, or which have taken out nt emergency currency, was broadened ed today to take in State institutions, ed Mr. McAdoo sent a telegram to superintendents of banking in each State, announcing the restriction of credits by national banks and the S6 high interest rate charged, and apa* pealing for all available information 0Q regarding State banks and trust Vompanies. He declered that if the ve j. banks will be persuaded to use resources intelligently the present sitBn ^ uation will be great relieved. Earlier Secretary McAdoo made public a statement in which he anF? nounced that if the Stale of TennesDt see continues to find bankers unwilling to renew a $1,400,000 loan he himself will take up the task of finding banks to make such a loan. It was hot a lict rwf hanks which ?*9 UUUC1 CIWWU luub C* V* are piling up reserves or hoarding money will *be made public tomorrow, and *that, as announced last ra ' night the practice will be kept up as long as there is occasion for it. * T* Mr. McAdoo's telegram to the lit State banking superintendents folZ lows: x_ McAdoo's Message. ey "Reports now being received by the comptroller of the currency from naat tional banks ihrougout the country n- indicate that money scarcity is beal ing occassioned in large measure bejn cause of the hoarding of funds by or many national banks, which are carof rying reserves, in some cases, two or de three times as great as requirec by li- law and also that credits are being m restricted and excessive rates of inn terest are being charged to customw ers. There is at this time more cura rency in the country than at any e. time in its previous history, there e, having been issued through the ts treasury department since August 4 ie more than $300,000,<)0C of additional national bank currency, which, tocofhor with the relaxation in tusi Ul OW..V. it ness, should create an abundanc-5 of id loanable funds. Asks for Cooperation. 3e "This department will withdraw ,y' government deposits from banks found to be hoarding money and charging excessive rates of interest at and will redeposite then with- banks *e whose funds are being loaned at reato sonable rates to meet the legitimate or demands of business and for moving ;d the crops. in "This department would like very much to have your cooperation in its of efforts to remedy these unsatisface tory conditions, and respectfully asks ie if it would not be possible for you >n to secure from all State banks and al trust companies in your State statements which will show iheir cash relp serves as of a recent date, the rates e- of interest which they are charging ie on existing loans and the rates which n- they are demanding for new aecomoie dations, and give this department the ;e benefit of the information disclosed by these reports. "It is confidently believed that if al! banks can be persuaded to use their resources intelligently and conis siderately and at reasonable rates of as interest to meet the legitimate dein mands in their respective communid. ties, the whole situation can be k- greatly relieved and business restored to a satisfactory, if not an entirei't lv nonial basis. Kindly answer." as r ? (j Bobby's Idea. ul "Bobby, I suppose you say your >u prayers every night." id "Yes'm." "And what are the things you pray I for?" n- "Mostly that pop won't find out e, what I've been doin' through the I day." BAMBERG SOIL SURVEYED FEDERAL EXPERTS MAKE REPORT OF FINDINGS. Fields Average Less Than Third of Possible Yield?Too Little Diversification. That the beginning of the agricultural possibilities of Bamberg county are yet to be realized; that the soils on the average are not proi ducing more than one-third of what they should; that they are being used in many instances for crops for which they are not adapted; that every year the farmers realize the importance of diversified farming, are, tersely, the findings of a soil survey of the county recently made by the bureau c f soils, United States department of agriculture. Thf. onrvev H7?* marie fnr the our pose of classifying the different types of soil in the county and to determine to what crops they are best adapted. The report is accompanied by a map in colors, showing the location of the types of soil encountered by the surveying party, as well as the location of churches, school houses, roads and streams in thp county. Condemn One-Crop Plan. The farmers do not generally realize that the existing system of growing cotton as the only money crop and buying a large part of the necessities for home use can not lead to any substantial prosperity. Many of the soils are more admirably adapted I for other crops. Greater thorough ness in the preparation of soils for crops as well as in subsequent cultivation is needed. ^ While frequent^-cultivation is necessary in order to keep down grasses and weeds, an equal important function of cultivation is to conserve, the moisture in the soil for the use of the plants. The farmers too often plant their crops on poorly-prepared land and afterwards try to get the soils in good condition while' cultivating the crop, generally by deep plowing. The rotation of crops has been given little or no attention by the majority of farmers of the county and its importance as a means of increasing the resources of the farm or of keeping the'soil in a productive 6tate is not understood. For ex' ample, cotton may be grown upon \ the same land' for a long term ot years or it may be alternated with corn and oats in a regular way. One of the great factors in maintaining the soil in a productive state is to keep it well supplied with humus. The present one-crop system in the county is largely responsible for the very low humus content found in the 60ils and their correspondingly low state of productiveness. A good rotation is cotton one or two years, corn one year, and oats and mwnMe thA third vear. followed by cotton again, or such other crop as the conditions demand. Cowpeas are best planted in the corn middles. In the late fall rye, vetch, burr clover or some other suitable winter-cover crop should be planted. Types of Soils. The" most important of the 19 i types of soil found in the county during the survey are the Norfolk sand, Norfolk fine sand, Norfolk sandy loam, Norfolk fine sandy loam and the Orangeburg sandy loam. About 60 per cent, of the Norfolk sand is cleared and under cultivation, being used principally for cotton and for corn, which gives light and uncertain yields. Some of the minor crops grown are oats, cowpeas. sorghum and sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes do well. The present system of farming with the prevailing low yields is not profitable,' but by careful management, including the proper rotation of crops and liberal use of manure and commercial fertilizers, the type can be made to produce one-half to one bale of cotton and 25 to 50 bushels of corn per' acre. The best results are obtained from the use of commercial fertilizers when only part of the amount to be used is applied at the time of planting and the remainder as the crop is growing. Soluble nitrogenous fertilizer, such as nitrate of soda, is best applied as a top dressing. About half of the Norfolk fine sand is under cultivation, being used principally for the production of cotton and corn. The average yields are light and unprofitable. The yield of cotton rarely exceeds one-half bale and of corn ten to 15 bushels per acre. Half of these amounts is more nearly the average. Those areas in which the clay occurs at greater depths and having irregular surface features are not suited to cultivate x VILLA LEADS X^W REVOLT. i>enounces Government of Carranza. Defies First Chief. El Paso, Texas, Sept. 23.?Gen. Francisco Villa, dominant leader in Northern Mexico, tonight denounced the central government headed by Carranza and formally announced his independence. This placed the State of Chihuahua in open revolt against the* party in power at Mexico City as well as Sonora, the next border State to the west, where Governor Maytorena previously had proclaimed his .independence of the Constitutionalist party as represented by Carranza. All available troops udder Villa's command were rushed tonight to meet what was reported as a strong force of Carranza troops, moving north from Zacatecas. Even the two brigades which were sent on an overland march to Sonora to assist the Maytorena revolt were recalled hurriedly. They passed through Juarez tonight on their way back to Chihuahua City, Villa's capital. . -t NEW BABY IS GREAT-AUNT. Father 74 Years CHd, First Married in 1862. i - ^ A twelve pound baby girl, who is already a great-aunt, whose father had two great-grandchildren before she was bom, whose sister in a grandmother and whose brother is a grandfather, made her appearance in South ' Boston on Sunday evening. The stork left this remarkable youngster at the home of Air. and Mrs. Edwin H. Rich, and she is, according to her delightful father, "just about the prettiest young one you ever sa^." , c? Patrolman. Rich, who for several | ' years has been on night duty at City Hall, will be seventy-four years ot ?~ XTAtTAmKor onrl VHc wifA ifl ago 1U HUTClUU^l, UUU ? thirty-five. Mr. Rich's first marriage was in 1862, and his wife was Mi9s Evelyn Dyer, of Maine, who died several years ago. Pour children were born, three of whom are still living and * two of them have reached the estate of grand-parenthood. In 1912 Mr. Rich married Miss Ellen McDonough, of this city. Mr. Rich's mother died last year at the age of ninety-four after she had become a great-great-grandmother. The Things They Say*. 1 The gushing young thing?O professor! you must come to our affair tomorrow. All my friends are coming, though they say they haven't a rag to wear!! . He?I shall be delighted.?London Opinion. ^ crops. The better areas can be made to produce fairly good and remunerative crops by applying rough manures onH porr.mprrial fertilizers and erow ing cowpeas and other legumes in systematic rotations. While the type is too light for general farming, it is used successfully for some lines of special farming, including the growing of early vegetables for market. The best areas produce good yields of asparagus, Irish potatoes, beans, lettuce, etc., and are suited to the production of peaches, figs, j grapes, raspberries, blackberries and watermelons. Many crops suitable for hog feed, such as chufas, rape, artichoke and sorghum will find the type congenial. Intensive Farming. v Owing to its light sandy nature, the Norfolk sandy loam is best adapted to intensive farming, including the production of a wide variety of crops, which include tobacco, asparagus, watermelons, cabbage, canteloupes, peas, beans, Irish potatoes, ' raddishes, lettuce and strawberries. i t* so otcn /-.no nf the hpst snils of the i 1L U1CU U?v v* vmv -ww j section for pecans. ! The crop yields of the Norfolk fine ! sandy loam vary widely, depending ; upon the method of cultivation and ^ : the amount of fertilizer used. Cotton j yields from one-third to one bale, ! corn from ten to 50 bushels and oats j from 15 to 60 bushels rer ^cre. With ! improved methods of cultivation the yields secured can be greatly increased. The Orangeburg sandy loam is the best land in the county for cotton as well as one of the best in the State for all lines of'genera! farming, ex | cept that of growing bright leaf toj baeco. The soil is easily handled J and with careful management, including its deep preparation and rotation of crops, can be kept in a high state of productiveness. Cotton and corn are the principal crops but a large area is devote'' to oate and cowpeas. *