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r < i 1 X -J elir lambwg ffirralb :j One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8,1914. Established 1891. . |?I ? considerable number circling over the . spot, and investigation revealed the body, lying face downward, partially eaten by the vultures. While the negro had not been, up to the time of going to press Thurs- i day morning, positively identified, it is generally supposed that the body was that of Walter Kennedy, who was a cotton picker on Mr. Bruce's place. , Saturday night, during a raid, made by a party headed by Policeman Jennings, on a party of gamblers near the place where the body was found, r. several shots were fired by members of the party at fleeing negroes. It is ? snnnnsefl that Kennedv was killed bv one of these shots. Saturday night Mr. Jennings received information that some crap shooters were having a game on Mr. Bruce's place, inside of the city limits. Mr. Jennings, accompanied by Messrs. Tom Felder, of Barnwell, Henry Zeigler, of the Fork section of t Orangeburg county, and J. E. Spann. i of this city, went out to arrest the bunch. When they arrived at the place where the game was going on, two of the negroes ran, one of them being Glenn Jackson. A shot fired by some one in the party struck Jackson in the leg, and he .was captured. The other was supposed to have escaped. A search was made for him in the vicinity of the raid, but no trace of the negro was found, and the party presumed that he had made good his escape. The members of the Mmhline nartv arrested were Mike ? ? ?? Gues6, Glenn Jackson and Tom Fickling, Jackson suffering a slight wound in the leg. The body of the negro was found about 200 yards from the place where the party was raided. Coroner Zeigler and Dr. H. J. Stuckey went out to investigate, and found the body as reported. Dr. Stuckey performed an autopsy over the bodv, but failed to find the ' wound. The body was decomposed . to 6uch an extent that no wounds could be located, though Dr. Stuckey states that he is sure no wound was inflicted in the body. The vultures had torn the head so he is not positive whether or not a bullet wound had been inflicted in that region. p Mr. Jennings, when asked about the matter, stated that he did not know who did the shooting, but states that he did not fire any shots. An inquest will be held this morning over the body. It is not known what action, if any. will be taken in reference to the shooting. . A. Cure for Hecklers. * v " R. R. Waterson, one of the nine ' flTim CniltVl AfriM tlTIPfllf i > ucpvi AAV*** k/vv?vu Mrv ing at Liverpool, introduced to the English platform a method of silencing an interrupter which was as novel as it was effective. It consisted in his telling the interrupter a story about another interrupter. "There was once a meeting." he said, "addressed by a great speaker, and he was constantly interrupted, / as I have been; but he turned on the interjector and gave him a rough passage. At the end of the meeting a young lady went to the speaker and said: 'I think you were rather hard on him.* 'Why,' said the speaker, 'he was embarrassing me and deserved the dressing down I gave him. 'Yes,' rejoined the lady, 'but you * were very hard on him all the same. He is an idiot.' " Waterson, needless to say, had a perfectly attentive audience for the i rest or ms oration. Crazy Indeed. * ?.T I never saw a man so crazy over asparagus as my husband." f'ls he?" "Why, would you believe it, he wanted to call the baby 'Asparaerustus.' "?Boston Transcript. "Paw," "Well?" "When I prom- : ise to marry him, do you want him to come and ask your consent?" "No; not my consent, but I would like to have him trot in and tell me the good news, I sort of feel like I needed cheering up."?Houston Post. f ' ? t \ BODY OF NEGRO IS FOUND ] SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN IX GAMBLING PARTY. i Crap Shooters Raided Saturday Night, Shots Were Fired, Negro Found , > Dead Later. i Wednesday afternoon the dead body of a negro man was found in a cornfield on the plantation of Mr. E. C. Bruce, just outside of the city limits of Bamberg. The negro had i been dead for several days, decompo sition had set in, and the body was located by vultures flying around the body. Cotton pickers Wednesday afternoon noticed the scavengers in LEVER'S WAREHOUSE BILL. Is Rejected by the House by Vote of 163 to 100. Washington. Oct. 5.?The Lever cotton and grain warehousing bill to facilitate granting of bank credits on warehouse receipts for cotton, grain and like agricultural products, was rejected by the house today by a vote of 163 to 10ft. lacking the necessary two-thirds vote. The bill would authorize the inauguration of a nation-wide system of warehousing under federal supervision for staple and non-perishable agricultural products. Uniform warehouse receipts would be issued on these products when stored in government licensed warehouses and graded, weighed and certificated by licensed inspectors. The provisions would be permissive, not compulsory. CROP SECOND LARGEST? Government Forecasts 15,000,000 Bales Will Be Harvested. Washington, October 2.?Leaders of the movement to dispose of the vast cotton yield, which this year will be left in American hands because of the war in Europe, were given a more definite idea today of llie UKW L"rup w lieu liic ucfanuim of agriculture announced it would amount to approximately 15,300,000 bales of 500 pounds each. Curtailed takings of foreign spinners, who usually buy from eight to ten million bales yearly, already have resulted in the adoption of new methods for disposing of the 1914 crop, which present conditions indicate will be the second largest on record. Domestic consumption, usually approximating four and a half to five and a half million bales, is expected to be greatly increased this year by heavier exports of American cotton goods and the movement to stimulate their use at home. Official Report. The condition of the cotton crop of the United States on September 25, was 73.5 per cent, of a normal compared with 78 per cent on August 25, 64.1 per cent, last year, ro.6 in 1911, and 6S.5 per cent., the average of the past ten years on September 25. This announcement was made at" noon today by the crop reporting board, bureau of statistics, United-States department of agriculture, in its final condition report of the season, the condition beine esti mated from reports of its correspondents and agents throughout the cotton belt. Condition by States. Comparisons of conditions, by States, follows: Sept Aug Sept Ten25, 25, 25, year 1914 1914 1913 av. Virginia 80 86 75 76 N". Carolina .. 79 S2 70 73 S. Carolina ....72 77 71 72 Georgia 81 81 .72 '72 Florida 81 8-3 78 71 Alabama 78 77 67 69 Mississippi .. 68 75 63 66 Louisiana .. .:67 66 60 62 Texas .. *. 70 79 63 67 Arkansas .. .. 69 75 63 68 Tennessee .. ..-70 76 68 74 Missouri .... 72 72 64 75 Oklahoma .. ..80 80 ,42 66 California - -96 98 100 a94 United States 73.5 78 64.1 68.5 (a) Four-year average. The crop reporting board'6 final estimate of the size of this year's crop will be announced Thursday, December 10, at 2 p. m. S. O. Farmers Move Frequently. Washington, D. C., October 6.?In compiling data for the last Federal census, the enumerators ask%d every farmer in South Carolina this question: "How long have you lived on the farm you now occupy?" This question was answered by 157,406 of the 176,434 farm operators in this State. More than 50,000 stated that they had occupied their farms only one year or less: 44.590 from 2 to 4 years; 24,051 from 5 to 9 years and 38,225 10 years and over. The most restless class of people in this State is the tenant who operates his farm on the share basis. A Safe Bet. When you see two white shoes drjliig on a window sill, and a gjrl hanging out of the same window dry mg Her nair, you can oet uiat sne isn't going to eat raw onions for supper.?Cincinnati Enquirer. For the benefit of babies taken on long railroad journeys a Californian has patented a collapsible berth to be hung on the back of a car seat. v jlN THE PALMETTO STAT] | SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOU KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quic Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The Woman's Synodical of th Presbyterian synod of South Carolin convened Tuesday in Chester. At a meeting of representative {of the South Carolina division of th I Southern Cotton congress in Colun bia Tuesday, resolutions were pa:>se recommending that the legislatui enact a law prohibiting the plantin of any cotton in this State in 1915. Dr. Samson Williams, a young del tist of Aiken county, was last wee convicted of slandering the charact* of an Aiken woman, this being tl first conviction in this State und< the law passed in 1912. A fine < $1,000 was imposed or eleve months' imprisonment. Dr. George W. Dick, of Sumte has withdrawn his candidacy for tl speakership of the house of repr sentatives. This leaves only M tomoc a Hnvt of Columbia, as 2 announced candidate. Mr. Dick ga^ j as his reason for withdrawing, th; j Sumter already had the honor of b ing the home of the next governor. WEAR COTTON GOODS. | Movement Launched in Greensbor N. C. Greensboro, N. C., October 5."Wear Cotton" has been adopted I the Greensboro Chamber of Cor merce as a slogan for those who ai willing to join a movement lookir to the creation of sentiment for tl increased wearing of cotton good The adoption of this slogan was tl outcome of a letter from Mr. A. V McAlister, president of the Southei Life and Trust company, suggestir that an organized movement be star ed for popularizing the wearing i cotton goods during at least s months of each year. A committee was appointed to d sign an appropriate lapel buttoi., at to adopt resolutions suggesting tl movement to the cotton manufactu ers' associations of both New Englar and the South. Mr. McAlister's letter reads : part as follows: 'I believe as much encouragemei as possible should be given the 'bu: a-bale' plan, but this plan should 1 supplemented by an organized mov ment for the use of cotton as wea ing apparel, and the Chamber ( Commerce might father such a mov ment in such a way that it migl ultimately extend over the entii country. "If such a thing is undertaken, should be launched now in order th; it may be worked out and extend* to its utmost possibilities, and tl necessary preparations made by mai ufacturers and dealers for the sprir and summer trade of 1915. "In many States for at least s months in the year, cotton goods ca be worn comfortably and can fulfi entirely the requirements of tl wardrobe. Suits, dresses, unde wear, shoes and hats can all be mac of cotton in attractive designs ar can be worn with much more cor fort and greater economy than mai things which we are accustomed I wear made of other materials. N< only would the people be more cor fortably and more inexpensive' dressed than ever before, but the would at the same time coi tribute greatly to the pro perity of cotton producing ar cotton manufacturing, two of tl most important industries, and woul thereby add very materially to tl wealth of the Southern States and 1 a very considerable extent would coi sume, themselves, the surplus of co ton which the European war has le without a market." GERMAN BASE DESTROYED? Tokio Makes Announcement Concen ing JaiKinese Fleet. Tokio, October 6.?The navy di partment early today issued the fo lowing statement: "The Japanese squadron delegate to destroy the German fleet in th South Seas has landed blue jacket on Jaluit island, the seat of goven ment in the .Marsjall Archipelag< which was annexed by Germany i 1886. "It is believed the German bas was destroyed and the fortification: arms and ammunition were seize* A British steamer in port was r* leased. There was no resistance t the Japanese." n PLAN HOME ORCHARD. Season Here for Making Preparation: S Things to be done. Clemson College. 0ct.-6.?Anion ^ the things that farmers should t planning at this season is the horn orchard. There is no one thing o the farm, according to C. F. Nivei assistant horticulturist of Clemso ie college, that gives more pleasur a aside from the profit gained then from, than the orchard. There wi is be fresh fruit all summer and a su ie plu? to put away in cans to furnis i_ an adequate supply the year aroum d The real profit in a home orchard e usually found in that portion of ti lg fruit that goes to waste. Farmei too often utilize merely what the 1_ can during the ripening season ar allow the surplus to fall to tl jr ground and go to waste. Under sue ie conditions there is always a scarcil ir during the fall, winter and sprir months, when the supply has to con >n directly from the grocer. When planning a home orchar says Prof. Niven, the farmer mu J* ' bear in mind that an orchard require 16 attention, else all trees and vim gput out will soon go as thousam r have gone in this State and the farr er will get for his labor and mom only disappointment. If the tre< are given a fair trial, results w1 come. The methods of caring ft an orchard are simple and inexpe: sive. # The profits will greatly e ceec. the expense. If there is ai o? farmer in the State who does n feel sufficiently familiar with tl methods to put them into practic ~ he will receive personal directions )J he will write to Clemson college. Q~ " Prof. Xiven sums up as follows tl re orchard work to be done this fa 18 and winter: le 1. Select site for orchard, whi< S- should be on an elevated sectio: *re not a high hill, but, as the farm! would call it, & little knoll. Th n gives good air drainage and lessei lg danger of fro6t. | 2. Prepare soil thoroughly befo setting trees. Break deep, followii 1X with cutaway in order to get soil i fine as possible. It is better to < e~ this two to four weeks before tre are set out. 16 3. If soil is not in good state r" fertility when setting trees, it is wt to haul in a little woods earth place about roots. Lacking this, g in a little barnyard manure and mix thoroughly with soil that is plac< around roots. 4. Be sure to dig holes in whi< )e trees are placed deep enough to a ^ low trees to he about two inch r" deeper in the soil than they were 3 the nursery row and wide enough e~ allow all roots to spread out fully. 5. Be sure to trim off all roots i pa jured in removing from the nurse: row. Cut them off just back of tl it bruise, leaving a smooth cut, to he Ort them to heal quickly and lessen da ! ger of diseases. Also trim off a ie small branches. In case of peach< a" cut them off from 15 to 18 inch' lg abo^e ground. Cut off apples aboi two feet above ground. ix 6. Give trees the proper distanc lIj The following distances do well f< the home orchard: peaches, 18 fe ie each way; apples, 30 feet each wa; r" pears, same as apples; plums ar ? cherries, 20 feet each way; blac! 1 berries and dewberries, make rox 5 feet wide and set 3 feet in dril dewberries are often planted 4 x t0 and grapes 8x8. 31 7. The following varieties are re a~ commended for the home orchard: Apples: Red June, Horse, Ear iy Harvest, Staymen, Winesap. Shoe! a" ley, Ben Davis and .Mrs. Bryan. s Pears: Kieffer, LeConte, Bartl 1 and Seek el. Plums: Wild Goose. Climax ar Abundance. 16 Cherries: Early Richmond. t0 Peaches: Mayflower, Greensbor 3" Red Bird, Hiley. Georgia Belle, Ca man, Elberta, Old MLxon Fre Crowther's Late. Blackberries: Early Harvest, E dorado, Lovet and Wilson. Dewberries: Lucretia. i- Grapes: Moore's Early. Luti Lindley. Delaware, Niagara, Concori Brighton, Norton and Goethe. 5- - mm ? Poor Willie! "What on earth are you cryin d about, little boy?" asked the neigl ie bor who was strolling by an Ea< ts End dooryard, the other afternooi i- "Because I'm so mean and se 3, fish!" sobbed the little one. n "Oh, I guess? you are not ver mean and selfish?if it affects yo ;e this way," commented the paeser-b: s, "What makes you think you are?" i. "See this bread-an'-jellv? Wei i- I'm so mean an' selfish that I ain o a-goin' to give Willie none of it. Boc ooh-hoo." ; MANY COTTON MEASURES S. SPECIAL SESSION' KKADV TO BE<;ix WORK. g ,e Acreage Reduction and Warehouse Bills Will Be Chief Business in j ' Transacted, n e, Columbia, Oct. 6.?The extraordi2 nary session of the general assembly 11 met today responsive to the call of r- the governor. h it is evident that the purpose is & to consider only such legislation as is is imperative or is related t.o the te present exceptional conditions which rs were brought about by the European sy war. id it was determined to clear the ie legislative decks of all left-over bills :h ami start afresh with 6uch bills as ty are related to the present emergency, ig A motion to limit the pay of memie bers to ten days was practically kill-ed. d, A dozen bills were presented, all st relating to the reduction of acreage, es the extension of time for the payes meat of the taxes due this fall, a prois position to extend the time for morta gages that may be due, authority to ?y borrow money with which to operate es the State, a commission to confer '11 -'Al- or?/^ Ill Wllfl ULIier CUll-UII-glUM 1U5 UUIUCS GllAvt ar a warehouse bill. Mr. Summers prou posed a bill looking to the reduction x- of the rate of interest. iy Mr. Fortner has again proposed ot his bill relative to white teachers in le connection with colored schools and e, a passenger rate reduction bill. if To Cover Situation. The matter which today received jj most attention was how the general assembly should get to work and how >h best to frame one bill on such topics " as might be undertaken as would best stand the test of law and pracer is ticablity. Mr. Welch, of Columbia, Qs has a plan whereby it is proposed to have a Committee of fifteen consider re all emergency matters and frame l<r such bills as may be thought best. The committee is to invite farmers, bankers, manufacturers, merchants and others interested, and after heares ing expert opinions frame such bills 0? as may be deemed best and wise. jj Messrs. Belser and Epps had a simtQ ilar proposition only that this spe. cial committee undertake to frame et t the be$t acreage reduction measure. Mr. Sturkie, of Calhoun, proposed the formation of a special committee of twelve to consider all emergency bills-Mr. Welch wanted a joint commites in tee, .while -Mr. Sturkie's idea was tc t refer all matters to a special house committee. Nothing was done with any of these resolutions today. n^ Mr. James, of Bishopville, has ie pending a resolution looking to the I State securing from the federal gov? ernment $25,000,000 with which tc nhandle the cotton crop. The plan in es brief is to pledge cotton against such eg a fund, properly insuring and holdut ing the cotton and to sell the cotton and refund the loan when cotton reaches 12 cents per pound. 3r The special session was called to et consider the situation brought about by the war and as affecting the peo^ pie of the State. k- Measures Proposed. The bills proposed today were as 1; follows: 4 By Mr. Wyche: To authorize the borrowing of funds with which to c- operate the government. By .Mr. Wyche: To extend the time ly for the payment of taxes due in 1914. k- Bv' Mr. Wyche: To authorize the appointment of a commission to conet;fer with other cotton-growing States. By Mr. Wyche: To provide for the id reduction of cotton acreage. By Mr. Wyche: To exempt certain taxpayers in York and Laurens from the payment of taxes, r- By .Mr. Fortner: To regulate the e. appointment of managers in primaries. 1- By Mr. Fortner: To regulate and fix passenger rates in this State. By Mr. Fortner: To prohibit the e. employment of white teachers for L schools attended by colored pupils. By Mr. Summers: To prohibit the foreclosure of certain mortgages and Daners. " By .Mr.. Summers: To extend the time for the payment of taxes. ;t By .Mr. Summers: To regulate the * legal rate of interest. By Mr. McQueen: To regulate the acreage of cotton in this State. y By Messrs Epps and Belser: To u regulate cotton acreage. By Mr. Stevenson: To provide for a warehouse system. 1, t Good roads broaden our sympathy, )- lessen distance and increase our usefulness. DEPUTY SHERIFF KILLKI>. * J. F. Lindsay Slain by W. S. Clifld- ' wick <?f Greenville. r -j Greenville, Oct. 5.?J. F. Lindsay a deputy sheriff at the Dunean mills, was 6hot and instantly killed this ja morning at 4:30 o'clock by W. S. Chadwick, an itinerant mill operative, who is said to have been a minister at one time. The killing occurred when the deputy sought to protect Chadwick's wife from an at- $ tack by her enraged husband. At the appeal of the frightened woman, - ' nf Deputy Lindsay went to the Chadwick house and told Chadwick to consider himself under arrest. Chadwick, it is alleged, drew a 38 calibre revolver and without speaking a word fired a ehot into the deputy's brain Lindsav fell to the floor Of the front porch and Chadwick ran into the dark mist. He has not yet been arrested. Chadwick and his wife had been separated for some time because of maltreatment of her, said Mrs. Chadwick, This morning he came to her house unexpectedly, arriving abont 4 o'clock. Recently Chadwick has / J-; ^ lived in Georgia. Mrs. Chadwick'a brother, Alfred T. Abbott, met him at the door and upon assurance that he had come for no ill purpose admitted him. Chadwick and his wife had some words and Abbott forced ^ him to leave the house, Mrs. Chad wick locking the front door upon him. Then Deputy Lindsay was sent for, young Lafayette Chadwick going for the deputy. When Lindsay arrived he went - up to Chadwick to place him under arrest but was kfll- ,"^j ed in the attempt News of the killing spread rapidly and soon a posse consisting of officers and citizens of the mill village be- ' i gan a search. All outgoing trains >>*j? , were searched and stations here- pa . about notified to be on the lookout -/-M The fugitive is described as 38 years i of age, five feet, eight Inches tall. "}^M > He has light hair and light complex! ion and wears a No. .8 shoe. Until July last he was employed at the ;-rj3 Dunean mills as a loom fixer but then ' i went to south Georgia. Recently he 'Wfk . wrote his wife that he would be back i soon and "would make things rough." Several rewards have been offered . ^|g . for his arrest. Sheriff Rector offers .rajfi i $100; Chief Gosnell of the rural police, $50; citizens of Dunean by popu- . ? [ lar subscription, about $100; Deputy "|ja . Huntsinger, $25, and Deputy Jake . > Gosnell, $25. ' ' Phfldwiek has gone by the name . of W. C. Sanders. Tonight posses , are scouring the surrounding country ^ > for him. 1 SIXTEEN KILLED IN EXPLOSION. 1 Accident in Alabama Due to Uncov! ered Gas Pocket. i Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 5.?Sixteen men are known to be dead and twelve injured as a result of an ex plosion today at the Mulga mines of the Woodward Iron company, eighteen miles northwest of Birmingham. Officials of the Woodward Iron | i company declare that the explosion was purely local resulting from a pocket of gas being uncovered. Mine machinery was not badly damaged. At 4 o'clock four more bodies were brought to the surface and the restW cuers started into a room in the -i mine that had caved in. They expected to find more bodies there, increasing the list qf dead to fifteen or twenty. B. Sutton, in charge of the federal mine car in this district, is aiding in the rescue work. None of the* injured is expected to die. Ownership of Bamberg Homes. The United States census department at Washington has just issued a bulletin dealing, with the ownership of Bamberg county homes. The . important facts contained in the bulI letin relating to this county are as follows: There are 3,678 homes in Bamberg county. Of this number 2,167 are farm homes. 461 of the farm homes are owned by their occupaqts and are free of mortgaged incumberance. The mortgage^ farm homes 1 number 147. Renters occupy 1,534 farm homes in this county. % Out of a total of 3,678 homes in the county. 1,511 are urban homes. There are 317 urban home owners inthe countv. Of this number 45 are - mortgaged. 268 of the urban owned homes are free of incumberance. There are 1,036 rented urban homes in the county. The census enumerators were unable to secure data pertaining to the ownership of a small percentage of both the rural and urban homes in this county. I . J?