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r- v - * _ dlip imttbmj ffmlii __ ? One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22,1914. Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS i SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. I1 News Items Gathered All Around the j 1 i County and Elsewhere. 11 Denmark Dots. i j Denmark, Oct. IV.?.Mrs. j. \v.|j Wyman entertained a congenial num-j , ber of friends Thursday morning. I, Quantities of half-blown pink roses!filled the vases in the drawing room j j and dining room. The guests were j, served an elegant three-course j, luncheon, the place cards being j ; daintily done in water colors. t Mrs. J. S. Matthews was hostess to j; a large number of ladies Thursday afternoon, the game of hidden identi- j ( ty being the amusing part of the af- j fair. After this a dainty salad course j was served. j Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Bethea have re- < turned to their home in Darlington J ( after a visit to .Mrs. Bethea's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. H. Guess. i * Mrs. James B. Guess, Jr., has re- j turned from a short visit to parents , at Ferguson. j Dr. Irving P. Carr. of Weewauken, , N. J., is spending a fortnight in town with friends. , ! Mrs. J. W. Wyman was hostess j, Friday afternoon to the book club. < Country Correspondence. ] Miss Eva McCue left last week for ( New Zion to take charge of the school j there. j, Miss Gladys Odom has gone to J , Kingstree, where she has accepted a , position as teacher. , Miss Lila McCue has accepted a , position at Manning, where she will . teach this session. The many friends of Mr. Riley < Hightower will regret to learn that , he was taken worse very suddenly | ' Sunday. ( Little Misses Corene and Wilhelrn- i ina Sandifer spent the week-end with j Miss Clara McCue. j ( Mr. Leroy Sandifer is now working j for the Sea Board Air Line railway. Winthrop News. 1 Winthrop College, Oct. 19.?In spite of the financial conditions, Winthrop has a larger enrollment this year than ever before in the history , of the college. There are eight hun- { dred and ninty-one students enrolled. Bamberg county is represented j ^ by eight girls this year. j ? In order to accommodate the great ; number of students, there has been I quite an addition added to Johnson hall. ( Dr. Johnson has been asked by the t Panama-Pacific authorities to send an exhibit of the Winthrop farm ^ school there next year. This shows ^ in some degree how Winthrop's repu- t k tation has spread. s t Dr. Henry F. Cope, general secrer tary of the Religious Educational as- c sociation has been conducting a se- ^ ries of lectures on religious educarr>t i _ 1*. lion, mese leoiuies *cie vci> ucucficial and greatly enjoyed by all. The lyceum numbers arranged for ( this year are to be especially good. , They will consist of good lectures, t concerts and other entertainment. The Winthrop students by buying c > season tickets, will get to attend these numbers for the small price of twelve and a half cents a piece. The ^ first number, the "Oratoria Artists" will be given the evening of Xovem- ^ ber 12. Reed Miller, the famous , c tenor, of our own State, is one of the , C Oratoria artists. t The Young Women's Christian association has over six hundred mem? bers this year. The association has { given two receptions this year. One ( was for the whole student body and r the other was for the new girls. The I object of these receptions was to bring the girls in closer touch with the members and the work of the t association. One big undertaking the association has undertaken this ic tn roica txrolva Hnl lars. Five hundred is to go towards i building a cottage at Blue Ridge and s the remainder is for the support of Miss Guitner, Winthrop's missionary . in India. E. M. C. ( AGED WOMAN A SUICIDE. 1 Mrs. Cynthia E. Gibson Ends Life 1 With Rat Poison. i Spartanburg. Oct. 19.?Mrs. Cyn- ! thia E. Gibson. 60 years of ase, com-! ' i ( mitted suicide at her home on Bomar i , | avenue by swallowing rat poison. It1' ' contained arsenic. | Mrs. Gibson had been in ill health! and had remarked that she was! t tempted to "end it all." |1 I / NOT TOO LATH FOR GARDENS. some Timely Hints tor Those Who Have Not Vet Planted. Clenison College. Oct. 19.?"The winter garden, of course, should now 3e on the way," says C. F. Xiven, assistant horticulturist of Clenison colege. "However, questions are coning in every day from gardeners wanting to know what they can do now in order to have winter greens. I would advise those who have not a'-eady put their gardens in to do so it once. To delay a few days more neans poor support from the garden luring the winter. Fairly good results can yet be obtained." Prof. Niven gives the following suggestions to those who are late with their gardens: Spinach?Sow ^eed in shallow irills after soil has been thoroughly pulverized. Before covering seed, run wheelbarrow in drill in order to press the dirt firmly about the seed, [lover with about a half inch of fine jarth. Turnips?Sow "Seventops" for greens. This is the best variety to slant at this season. Though not desirable for early planting, if sown low it will produce a very good crop if greens. Rano "Tlwarf Rscpv " This is usually sown for pasturage, but is iuite often used as a salad. Sow in drills or broadcast. Kale?"Curled Emerald Isle." Kale at this season will do fairly well. Sow in drills, as for spinach, turnips, ?tc. Onions?"White Pearl." Sets now Rill be ready for use in the early jpring. Prepare the soil as describ?d for other seed. Open out drills tw?o feet apart, placing sets four nches apart in drill. Cover with ibout an inch of fine earth. Owing to the lateness of the season, it will be necessary to produce i quick growth with all the vegetajles planted now. In view of this he soil should be made very fertile. IVork in a liberal supply of stable mature before planting. An application tf high grade fertilizer will also telp materially. HOSTILITIES ENDED. ilebel Chief Says He is Willing to Support Government, Washington. Oct. 19.?Gen. Villa las informed the United States government that, unless something unfortunate occurs, hostilities in Mexco are at an- end and that he will support any provisional government ormed by the national convention at Vguas Calientes. Villa said he would not accept Gen. ?arranza as provisional president, >ut was satisfied he would not be hosen. It generally is understood rarranza does not desire to be pro isional president, wishing to be free o eater the political race at the jucceeding election. Latest state department reports describe in detail the visit last Saturlay of Villa to the convention at ^.guas Calientes. When he arrived suspicions were awakened as to his mrposes, but when he addressed the onvention all doubt was removed, ie said he came to pledge by oath lis support to the acts of the contention so that no one' could ever say he was unpatriotic. Villa was received with storms of ipplause. Later he embraced Gen. )bregon, over whom Villa's break vith Carranza occurred. He then vrote his name on the Mexican flag tnd kissed the banner, pledging tgain to abide by the decisions of he convention. American Consular Agent Caroth;rs reported that Villa's visit has proluced a profound impression on the lelegates. Villa's pledge is taken to nean he has withdrawn his original lemand that no military man be giv?n the provisional presidency. The irevalent belief here is that Gen. Anonia Villareal will be selected. The convention is awaiting the ar ival of delegates from Gen; Zapata, ind it is reported here that the south ?rn chief himself may attend the assembly. Details of Carranza's decree vacatng mining concessions granted by 5en. Huerta reached the state department today. The instrument inralidates acts of the Huerta governnent between February 19. 1913, to August 15, 1914. As a matter of ?quity all interested persons are rranted sixty days from September > to apply for new titles, in default pf which the land will be considered is free to appropriation by any incrested person. The annual meeting of the Presbyerian Synod was he'd in Union last .veek. / V. * | IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. j State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The South Carolina Lutheran SyI nod is in annual session this week | at Greenville. The Methodist conference will be j held at Sumter beginning November ! 25th. Bishop Denny will preside. S. T. Burch, who some time ago shot and killed his foreman. Cook, was acquitted in the Florence court last week. _ The .senate has passed to third reading a bill proposing a bond issue of 535,(00.000 for the relief of the cotton situation. Tommy Grice, a negro youth, was found guilty of criminal assault in Florence last week, and sentenced to death in the electric chair. Between twenty and thirty people were injured, several raore or less seriously, when the grand stand at the Laurens county fair collapsed ! Tuesday. It is estimated S00 or 900 j persons were on the grand stand at j the time. I Up to October 15th there had been I 39.47S,421 pounds of tobacco sold ! at the 22 markets in South Carolina. ! The aggregate receipts were 53,SSI, ; 233..>4, the average price per pound i being S.S1. Last year the average j price was 13.23 for 33,299.561 pounds. SAYS WAS ACT OF MURDER. i Judge Brashears Comments on An. napolis Hazing Case. Annapolis, Md., Oct. IS.?Assert: ing that the death of Cadet William ! R. Bowlus, of Middletown, Md., as a | result of a hazing escapade at St. John's college here May 26. was an act of murder, Judge Brashears, charging an Ann Arundel county grand jury urged that the tragedy be probed. The five freshmen held responsible for Bovlus's death are George H. Weaver, New York; Ilenrv I.. Valdoz. Havana, Cuba; Fendell Marbury, Baltimore; R. A. Jones, Cambridge, Md., and John M. Noble, Preston, Md. PISTOL WOUND IS FATAL. Jesse Henderson, Shot by Landrum Police Chief, Dies. Spartanburg, Oct. 1 9.?Jesse Henderson, a young white man. died late j Sunday night of a pistol wound which i he received Friday at the hands of ) C. M. Steadman, chief of police at Landrum, in the northern part of the county. Steadman came to Spartan\ burg Sunday and surrendered to Sheriff W. J. White. The shooting occurred in connection with the efforts of the Landrum police to arrest Henderson for a rpisdemeanor. He resisted arrest and knocked down a policeman with a blow on the head with a baseball bat. Steel Ties. Steel ties are coming into use in this country. Steel ties firmly fixed in concrete roadbeds hav? long been employed by the steam and electric railroads of Europe. They have been found to be much more durable and much less expensixe than the use of wooden ties with, their constant renewal. According to European economy, it was a waste of nature's gifts continually to harvest forests for the i Af oh Art-llVD^ tranV nn derpinning when the steel tie, protected by concrete, meant a permanent construction. Apparently, American railway men are beginning to favor the use of the steel products. The recent construction of 4,700 feet of double track in a small Ohio city makes use of the steel tie and the concrete bedding. One objection which has been raised in this country against employment of such railway track structures has been that they do not allow trains to ride as smoothly as do the wood-tie tracks. Euj ropean railway travel is cited in sup| port of this assertion. While the j European cars do not riae as smootn| ly as those operated in this ocuntry, perhaps, it must be remembered that they are of far lighter construction I than the American cars, and, so, more subject to jars and swayings. A lot of opportunities come at in| opportune times. | Also the dental student takes les| sons in the art of drawing. 11 liLOODHOl \I)S TRAIL NKGRO. { i| t j Man Who Owned House Damaged by Fire Arrested. I Johnston, October 19.?There was; much excitement in town today at | :j 2 t)'clock and quite a crowd gathered; ] J around the auto that arrived from j Columbia bringing Robbin, of the Co-i Numbia penitentiary, and his bloodj hounds, who came at the call of the; "j mayor to find out if possible the j j party or parties who was supposed! I 1 to have set fire to a negro house in ! a .'the suburbs this morning. The fire ? . was discovered by the tenants in time t to save the house, their lives and ait number of negro dwellings, with the J t negro M. E. church, irom tne names, t The dogs struck a trail at a branch t near by, scenting through the woods t to a negro house occupied by Peter c Mathis. As a test four men were i ! told to go in different directions and ! Peter .Mathis was told to climb a g tree. The dogs trailed to the tree i and in the crowd where the negro stood it was with difficulty that the ( dogs were kept at bay. The negro < was taken into custody and carried i to Edgefield county jail. .Mathis \ ' owned the house that was fired. He ( 1 carried $4 00 insurance on same. ? Mathis denies the charge. The negro ( bears a good name and hold a posi- j tion at Eidson's gin. I FOURTH CRUISER TORPEDOED. J C Germans Sink Another British Ship. ."30 Lives are Lost. ? c London, October 16.?The British , cruiser Hawke has been torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by a German submarine. Out of a crew of 400 men 50 were saved. The news has been officially confirmed. The admiralty gave out this an: nouncement: "His majesty's ship Theseus, Capt. Hugh Edwards, was attacked by a submarine in the northern waters of the North Sea yesterday afternoon, but was missed. His majesty's ship Hawke, Capt. N. P. E. Williams, was attacked about the same time and was sunk. The following officers, with 4 9 men of the crew, have been landed at Aberdeen' from a trawler: Boatswain Sydney Austin, Gunner James Dennison and Acting Gunner Harry Evitt.; The remaining officers and men are missing. "Further particulars will be published as soon as available. "The Hawke was a cruiser built in 1SS9." PHILIPPINE BILL PASSES HOUSE. A Will Not Be Considered in the Senate This Session. 2 Washington, October 14.?The Jones Philippine bill, which declares the purpose of the United States to , recognize the independence of the islands "as soon as a stable government can be established there," passed the house late?today by a vote of 211 to 59. It will not be considered in the senate at this session of congress. Five Republicans, Representatives Cooper, Davis, Dillon. Griest and Rogers: four Progressives, Representatives Falconer, Chandler, Rupley and Thompson, of Illinois, and Representative Farr, Progressive-Republican, voted with the solid Democratic membership for the bill. Speaker Clark also had his vote recorded for the measure. Representative Bran, of Washington, Progressive, voted against it. Uncle Sam's Policy. The bill declares the policy of the United States op recognition of the independence of the islands in the preamble and makes both branches of the Philippine legislature elective . by tbe Filipino people, nxmg me term of office of Philippine senators . and the resident commissioner of the ' Philippines in congress at six years, while representatives shall serve three years. 5 The purpose of the measure is dedeclared in the preamble to enlarge the self-government of the Filipinos, to define the nature of the relation . between the United States and the i; islands, to give qualified veto to the government general and absolute P veto power to the president of the r United States over acts of the Philip- p pine legislature. All efforts to amend the principles; of the bill failed. Republican oppo-|f nents charged that it was unwise and j ^ misleading to the Filipino people. | I 4_ - . i.on. i V All tfllUI I UI lilt? iiuuv/ih; cw w- ^ graft upon its provisions for woman' suffrage and prohibition failed. At-! tempts to secure the neutralization of the islands by international agree-; ment pending independence and pro- 1 josals to altar the salarv of the gov! i ernor general, fixed in the bill at j _ .'5 IS.000 a year, were fruitless. \ \ p VKI'DK T IX GUILD'S FAVOR. Sued Augustus Heinze for Recovery ' of $1,200,0(H). I r, I I Xev.* York, October 14.?Instructed to bring a verdict for $1,200,000 . ' or nothing, a jury in the State su! preme court today decided for Ed; win Gould in his suit against F. Au! gustus Heinze for the recovery of j S1,200,000, a part of the purchase as'price, with interest, of stock in the se | .Mercantile National Bank. u_ At the request of counsel for dsi Heinze, a thirty-day stay of execution ,t.1 was granted. JOj The sale of .Mercantile National n.iBank stock by Gould to Heinze was u_! made in 1907. Heinze paid $350,000 ,11 in cash and gave notes for the baJ)n ance. His defence in the suit decided ' * ' * -a-* 3 ~ J 525,(100,060.00 BOND ISSUI HI.!. IXTKODIC'KD IX BOTH Til HOlSK AXI> SKXATK. i' Measure i'as>cs, it Will Be Submi te<! to Voters in (General Klectiou. .Columbia, Oct. 21.?A bill h )een introduced both in the hou md stnaie providing for the iss nee of $25,o00,0o0 worth of bon o be Irnown as South Carolina cc on bonds, and to submit the iss: o the qualified electors in the ge ;ral election to be held on Xovei >er It is the purpose of the b o loan the fund to the farmers < :otton as security. The text of tl neasure is as follows: "Be it enacted by the general a sembly of the State of South Car ilia"Section 1. That the State of Sou Carolina issue twenty-five millW !$29,000,000) dollars, if so much 1 lece^sary, in five per cent, coup* jonds, bearing interest from tl iate of issue, payable annually, f t term of five (5) years, and with tl jption to the State to call the sa ;onds or any portion thereof by nui >er for payment at any time; sa rnnds to be issued in form and ma ler and for the purposes hereinaft ;et forth: Provided, that the que ion of issuing the said bonds 1 submitted to the qualified electo >f this State at the next general eie ion, on the third day of Xovembe 1914, for the consent of the peop )f the State; that at said electi' here shall be provided a sufhcie lumber of ballots as follows: ' F be issuing of not exceeding twent ive million ($25,000,000) dollars South Carolina coupon bonds, to >xchanged for or loaned upon cotti ly the State?Yes,' and a sufficie lumber of ballots shall be provid< is follows: 'For the issuing of n ;xceeding twenty-five million ($2; )00,000) dollars in South Carolii :oupon bonds to be exchanged for < oaned upon cotton by the State<o.' - Only such notice of said ele ion shall be required and extendi iv advertisement as may be practic )le after the passage of this a< rhat in case two-thirds of the qua ied electors of this State vbting < lie question of said issue shall vo Yes,' then the said bonds shall 1 ssued as provided in this act. "Section 2. That said bonds sht >e issued in denominations of fif S50) dollars, one hundred ($10( lollars, five hundred ($500) dollai md one thousand ($1,000) dollai ind shall be executed as now pr ided for by an act entitled 'An a o provide the redemption of th >art of the State debt known as tl irown Consol Bonds and stocks 1 ssue of other bonds and stocks, a iroved December 22, A. D. 189i md acts amendatory thereof. Sa >onds shall be issued in such for it shall be prescribed by the Sta inking fund commission: Provide hat the cotton taken in exchanj or said bonds shall be pledged f< he payment of the same and inte (St, also all forfeitures, fines and i erest collected under the provisioi if this act shall be held by the Sta reasurer for the payment of sa londs, except as otherwise here irovided. "Section 3. That the sinking fur ommission shall deposit said bom kith the State treasurer and sha lispose of them as hereinafter pr cribed. In exchange for South Car ina produced cotton, evidenced 1 ertificates or receipts from bondt ir State managed warehouses, shot ig the weight, grade, mark and nur ier of bales of such cotton, accori Li w, tu tut; oiaiiuaiu picauiucu *he federal government, the sinkir und commission shall deliver wa ant or warrants in the 6um repr ented by the value of said cottc t ten (10) cents per pound on tl >asis of middling, the price of ti Dwer grades to be fixed by the sinl ag fund commission, and in no cas t a higher price than ten cents p< lound: Provided, that the persoi eceiving such warrants shall be tl iroducer of the cotton represents iy such certificates or receipts. < he owner of the land upon which ias produced, or the holder therei or the benefit of the producer < andowner. and shall deposit in cas nth the sinking fund commissic en per cent, of the face of such wa ant, to he held in the State trea iry for the purpose of the pavmei if interest on said bonds and e lenses. 'Section 4. On delivery of note < lotes of any person except as her (Continued on page 8, column 4. tip today was tnat ne was aeirauueu, Heinze declaring the stock was not 3_ worth the price Gould set. 0_ Involved in the suit decided today was counter action for $400,000 brought by Heinze against Gould. ; Heinze, under the verdict,* receives be nothing, retaining, however, the privJn ilege of again suing Gould for this he ain0UDt ?r OPEN CANAL "iN TEN DAYS, tie _____ Slide in Culebra Cut Not as Serious n" as at First Thought. n" Panama, October 16.?Col. George er W. Goethals, governor of the Pana's'! ma Canal Zone, tonight said it would > j be ten days before the canal would rs j again be ready for traffic, which has < !2'j been suspended as a result of the }r>! landslide on the west side of the lie | waterway north of Gold Hill WednesJn j day night. ntj The colonel also said that he would or i have the channel ready for thirtyy-i foot draft ships by October 27, barin, ring accidents. It' is planned by be, then to have the channel one hun- _ 3n: dred feet wide and thirty teet deep ntj along the west bank, where the chan2d I nel was least affected. In that scoot I tion there is an average depth of >?" twenty feet. 3aj The slide was not as serious as at or| first reported, although it will require ?; many months of constant dredging IC"I to regain the full width of three hun2(1j dred feet and the depth of forty-five a" feet. -t- Capt. Hugh Rodman, superintendli~-ent of transportation of the Panama )n j Canal, already is preparing to put te the maximum number of ships be! through on the first day the wateri | way is passable. There are now j fourteen ships anchored at the terminal points and others are coming. s. U. S. SOLDIERS WOUNDED. s. 0. j Five Men Struck by Mexican Bullets ctl Fired'Across Boundary. at ie Xaco, Ariz, Oct. 17.?Five men, a 3V civilian and four soldiers of the p. United States cavalry, were wounded > today by Mexican bullets that flew id far over the international boundary m during an attack by Gov. Maytorena's te troops on the Carranza garrison of 3 Xaco. Sonora. ;e One of the soldiers was shot 3r I through the head while on duty at a r_ railroad embankment 400 yards from \ n_ the boundary. He is still alive. The ^ as civilian, a railroad carpenter, was te shot through the right lung while id walking on a sidewalk on the Amerijn can side of the line. i me storm 01 ouneis iuuay was l(j I heavier than any that heretofore has js struck on the American side. They Ljl came from .Maytorena troops which e. attacked the Naco garrison directly 0. on the south side of the town. The )y attack began before daylight and con}(j tinued more than six hours with v_ brisk fire on both sides. COTTON-WOOL FABRIC. d>y lg Manufacturers are Trying to Secure r- Suitable Material. e (n Washington, Oct. 19.?Quarterie master General Aleshire, in his anie nual report today, says that the man ufacturers are maaing enoris 10 pro3e vide a suitable washable material, ar combining wool and from twenty to jg .thirty per cent, cotton, for soldiers Je uniforms. Until a satisfactory re,d suit has been reached the issue of )r cotton service uniforms will be continued throughout the service. 3f PUT THK CASHIER IX VAULT. )r ' Fled With $500, Hut Was Captured ,n * i Later. r- ' S Byars, Okla., Oct. 19.?William Al:lt lison. 24 years old, today locked the * x | cashier of the First State Bank of j Byars in the vault and fled on horse3r back with $500. A posse in an au^ tomobile captured Alison. The money was recovered. ! ... '