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PERSONAL MENTION. v People Visiting in This City and at I Other Points. ?Mr. C. R. Brabham spent Friday in Augusta. ?Mr. D. M. Eaves spent last Friv day in Augusta. ?Mr. J. C. Hiers, Sr., of Ehrhardt, N was in the city on Monday. ?Mr. John M. Hunter, of Orangeburg. was in the city Tuesday. ?Mr. George Hiers, of the Ehr , hardt section, was in the city Tuesday. ?Mr. Will Brabham is at -home s from the B. M.I., Greenwood, for the holidays. ?Miss Lila McCue, who teaches near Manning, is at home for the p". holidays. ?Miss Alma Black spent a few days last week in Orangeburg with * relatives. ?Miss Harridell Free is at home for the holidays from Coker college, \Hartsville. ?Prof. S. A. Merchant is spending / the Christmas holidays at his home in Spartanburg. ?Prof, and Mrs. E. P. Allen have gone to Williamston to spend the 4 Christmas holidays. ?Prof. R. T. Fairey has gone to his home in Branchville. to spend the Christmas vacation. ?Miss Edith Rice, who is teaching at Levy's, is spending the holidays at her home in the city. ?Miss Carey Graham has arrived I ' to spend the holidays at home from r Lander college, Greenwood. A ?Miss Mary Molton left Tuesday for Newberry, where she will spend the holidays with Miss Julia Kibler. ?Rev. and Mrs. P. K. Rhoad, of Turbeville, are spending a few days / in the city and county with relatives. ?Miss Josephine Adams, who is teaching at Ninety-Six, is spending the holidays at her home in the city, city*. ? Miss Mildred Knight came home Saturday form the College for Wom*. enu. Columbia, to spend the holi; . . days. ?Mr. M. L. Motes is home from his school in Bamberg county to spend the holidays.?Newberry Ob-i , . server. ' ?Mesdames Norman Walker and Brabham, of Bamberg, were in town last week.?Orangeburg Times and Democrat. ?Col. and Mrs. J. R. Owens left f Tuesday for Charleston to spend a few weeks with Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Owens, Jr. ?Messrs. W. D. Rhoad, Jr., J. W. Folk and Francis Bamberg arrived in the city Saturday from Wofford for the holidays. ?Miss Estelle Rutledge, milliner for Hooton's"Ladies' Store and Millinery Parlor, leaves this week for her home in Atlanta. , , ?Mr. George A. Jennings left Sunday for Kingstree, where he is spending a few days with his son, Mr. John S. Jennings. ?Miss Aegina and Master Wilkes > ? Knight will return to-day, Wednesday, from Columbia, where they are attending school, for the Christmas ? , holidays. ?Misses Nelle Black, Marion ; . Simmons, Eulalie Coleman and Nettie Mitchell have arrived in the city from Winthrop, Rick Hill, to spend the holiday vacation. ?Mr. M. C. Livingston and family, of Washington, D. C., are spending Washington, D. C., are spending some time in the city with Mr. Livingston's mother, Mrs. L. E. Livingst on. ?Mr. C. S. Rice, postmaster at Denmark, spent Sunday in the city. - Mr. Rice has been ill for some time at a hospital, but his many friends will be pleased to learn that he has greatly improved. ?The following teachers in the graded school have gone to their respective homes to spend the Christmas holidays: Misses Julia Kibler, Newberry; Ruth Anderson. Chester; Alma Davis, Orangeburg; May Zeigler, Cope; Hattie Newsom, Williston; Kate LaFoy, Anderson; Sadie Les]pv Xorwav. Stains. K Paint and varnish are removed W* with turpentine, except from delicate ? ; colors, then use chloroform. Machine Oil?Wash with 6oap and cold water. Vaseline?Wash with turpentine. . Tar, Lamp-black, Stove polish? Saturate with coal-oil, then wash in soap and water. Iron Rust?Wet witn paste or ^ lemon juice, salt, starch and soap soap and expose to the sunlight. Tea?Sprinkle with borax, then soak in cold water, or soak spot in v glycerine, then wash. Coffee, fruit or Indigo?Stretch surface over bowl or tub, and pour i boiling water from a distance above 60 as to strike the stain with force. Medicine Stains?Soak in alcohol. , F LOSE LATEST MOVE. Atlanta Man is Denied Writ of Habens Corpus. Atlanta. Ga., Dec. in.?Leo .M. Frank, condemned to be hanged January 22 next for the murder in April, 1913. of Marv Phagan, was refused a writ of habeas corpus by Federal Judge W. T. Newman here today. A motion was immediately made by Frank's attorneys, requesting an appeal from today's decision to the United States supreme court. Judge Newman withheld action on the motion until Monday. There was some confusion with regard to the appeal and it was at first announced that Judge Newman had granted it. The judge stated tonight, however, that he announced at the close of the hearing late today that he was "inclined to grant the appeal." Later, it was said, the federal law enacted in 190S requiring a fed-1 ? -1 --- Jft.?.nnUr.(r on a nnoQ 1 in I erai juugc giauvm^ habeas corpus proceedings to issue a certificate stating his opinion that there was probable cause for an appeal, was brought to the court's attention in chambers, and he informed the attorneys that he would hold his decision on the matter in obeyanoe until Monday. Constitutional Rights. The writ was sought on the ground that Frank's/ constitutional rights were violated in that he was "involuntarily absent" from the court room! when the verdict was announced. Attorneys Henry C. Peeples and Harry: Alexander, on Frank's behalf, argued' tha the Georgia State courts lost!, jurisdiction of the case when he was; denied the right to face the jury at the culmination of his trial. They^ contended that Frank is being de-1 prived of his liberty under a convic-: tion and judgment which was render-! ed ypid by reason of the trial court's' action. They argued that the ques-! tion was not one involving State courts' procedure, but one, for the, jurisdiction of the federal courts. The Result of One-Crop System. The present agricultural troubles of the South are not due to our crops, soils or climate, but to a faulty sys-i tem. Such a system 4ias always fail-1 ed; not so much, however, because1 of over-production, or that all the eggs have been in one basket, as" that a one-crop system always means poor soil and low crop yields. If we had a reasonable assurance; that every acre planted in oats would produuce fifty to sixty bushels, every, acre in corn forty to fifty bushels, I and every acre in cotton a bale of 500 pounds, we could snap our fin-! gers at 6ix-cent cotton, feeling con-J fident of prosperity in times of warj as well as in times of peace. If our present troubles, whatever I hardships they may have in store for' us, lead to a system of agriculture) which will build up soil fertility, the' sacrifices may not be too great. For! one year, or for even a short term of years, cotton must sell for a very) low price, indeed, to make it less attrnf?tivp from a Durely ready-cash j standpoint than any other crop available; but no system which does not produce a rich and productive soil can ever protect us against times like these. Any cotton farmer can show beyond any argument that cotton is the best money crop for the South. In fact, he can show with unanswerable figures wherein it will pay to plant cotton and buy feed and food supplies, so long as cotton brings eight or ten cents a pound; but a serious fact stands squarely against his theory. We have planted cotton and bought supplies and the records show that during the fifty years we have followed that system our yields have averaged about 175 pounds of cotton, less than tw.enty bushels of corn, and not over twenty bushels of oats per acre. And now, when cotton prices make such a yield, even of so good a crop as cotton, unprofitable, we are left stranded, because in following the one-crop system ye are reaping its inevitable consequences in an impoverished soil, ignorance of how to make other crops, and the absence of established markets and marketing systems for these crops. If we had a rich soil we could overcome all other difficulties. No country with a rich soil, if owned by the men who till it, is ever in danger of serious financial or business calamity. ?Progerssive Farmer. Could Be Trusted. There is a certain Ohio judge whose wit has enlivened many a dull An r\<i a r\r\ ontincol maHo vaoc. VU VAiV VWMWIVU VVUUMV* UiMUV in his court this statement on behalf of a plaintiff of somewhat bibulous appearance: "My client, your honor, is a most remarkable man and holds a very responsible position; he is manager of a water works." After a survey of the client, his honor replied: "Yes. he looks like a man who could be trusted with any amount of water." - v * COST OF EDUCATION IN S.C. ?-? s< STATK S!'K\I)S PHK CAPITA OX BOTH HACES. Charleston County Hanks First in p] Amount Sj>ent Per Capita ni Anions Negroes. je p; Columbia, Dec. 19.?The State of di Snntli Pfirnlinn snends Si 4.94 ner rv capita for whites, according to en- g< rollment, and $1.86 per capita for rf negroes, according to enrollment, in fc the schools, according to figures . compiled by J. E. Swearingen, super- st intendent of education, and made tj( public today. The expenditure per capita for both races is $7.92. cc Barnwell county ranks first in the amount spent on white children for 0j education, her record being $36.6^. Beaufort stands second in the amount per capita spent for whites, her rec- g( ord being $34.38. Richland stands third in the white column with 0j $28.09. Horry stands at the bottom m of the list with only $7.57 per capita ^ for whites. Charleston county ranks first in cc the amount spent per capita among a? negroes, her record being $6.96. ^ Charleston spenas %zo.oi ior ?uh? m and stands seventh in that column. ec Florence stands second in the per r capita spent for negroes, being $4.41. C( She spends $21.58 per capita for' S whites. Colleton stands at the foot ^ with 96 cents per capita for negroes. tj. Richland stands first in the per pi capita expenditure for both races, her w record being $14.52. The second ^ place is held by Charleston with e, $13.81. Dillon comes third with $13.52. Berkeley county stands at rj the foot of the list with $4.05. Sl Of the big up-country counties, V( Anderson spends $11.67 for whites g, and stands 32nd, and $1.32 for ne- a] groes and stands 24th; Greenville st spends $9.65 for whites and stands g( 37th. and $2.6S for negroes and p. stands 6th: Spartanburg spends $9.70 V( for whites and stands 36th, and $2.17 ^ for negroes and stands 11th. BUYING MKAT OX FOOT. tl a: As Compared With Buying From the, pi Grocer. . C( cl A reader asks the following ques- d, tions: "What is the cheaper way jr to get meat and lard, buy hogs at jr oiclit anrt nna-half cents a Dound on % I foot and cure the meat at home, or j< buy meat and lard from the grocer as they are needed throughout the ' year?" There will probably be a difference B of opinion among our readers regarding the correct answer to this question. There can be no doubt, however, if the curing of the meat and ft the making and saving of the lard is w well done, the actual outlay of cash ai will be less if the hogs are bought on in foot and the meat cured at home. as The man wlu> slaughters the hogs Hi and/eures the meat and the grocer . C who sells it must have pay for their F labor and a profit on the money, equipment and knowledge used in in handling the products. ol If the curing could be done as well fc on the farm arid facilities for doing B the work were available we would tl not. hesitate to advise that the curing w be done there, whether the hogs were ci raised or purchased on foot. It would w Prtvino- r\ f thn Timfitc Clf fVlA St uicau a oanug vl vuv v?? w ...? middlemen and good pay for the labor expended, but in the South, es- tt pecially, weather conditions are not fr favorable to the home curing of pork and facalities for doing it are not al- u ways available. Much meat is lost w and there is no denying the fact that ri a large part of the meat cured on the tl farm is not of good quality. It is as hard and tasteless, or over salted or m tainted and is not, on the average, of p( as good quality as that put up by the tl packers who have cold storage and other facilities for Joing the work b( and, having made a business of it, know better how to do it. One advantage in buying meat during the summer, in case a fresh meat market is available, is that more fresh meat may be used. On the other hand, if no fresh meat can be bought as needed then more will be available by h; slaughtering on the farm, especially pi during winter. tl Moreover, we do not think that the bi Southern housewife should use so c< much lard. *We have a cheaper and, ai all things considered, a better pro- of duct in cottonseed oil, which should la largely take the place of lard. All ft things considered, therefore, we are c< inclined to advise our reader to buy D her meat and lard?or a cottonseed oil substitute for lard needed for summer use?from the merchant instead of curing it at home, unless she has special facilities for doing f the work and possesses a thorough Jl knowledge of the curing and saving ^ of meat under Southern farm condi- ^ tions. For winter use or in cold weather there is better reason for killing the meat used at home.?Pro? tc gressive Farmer. Takes Best Picture. ai Carranza may have his failings, tl but he takes the best photograph of fe all the Mexican leaders.?New York y< Telegram. L i . / . : * & ...A*. ..." TO STUDY COTTON DEMAND. ?<retary McAdoo Seeking to I/earn Actual Demands. The world's need for cotton at the resent time and the estimated deand for next year is to be the subset of an investigation by state deirtment officials, says a Washington ispatch of yesterday. The treasury irtment tonight announced that jcretary McAdoo had requested Sectary Bryan to secure all possible inflation on this subject. United States consuls have been inructed to make careful investigaon. The report from the consuls will be impiled here each month and prob>ly will be made public for the use ! cotton producers. The treasury atement says: "Secretary McAdoo has requested jcretary Bryan to make an inquiry, trough American consuls in all parts the world, regarding the actual deand for cotton at this time and the ilculated demand for 1915. "Accurate information regarding >tton consumption will be valuable > it will give an intelligent idea as to te demand and will permit the foration of correct judgment as to the :onomic value of cotton. The secitarv of state and the secretary of immerce are co-operating with the scretary of the treasury to get re'iae information of this character and le figures when received will be nblished. Reports by the consuls ill be made beginning the first of ecember and on the first of ich month following. "In prosecuting this inquiry, Sectary Bryan has instructed all conlls by cable to make a careful instigation and report, beginning the rst of December, and monthly thereFter, of statistics .relating to the ocks of raw cotton and cotton Dods in mills and warehouses comired with the same period last ?ar: the present rate) of cotton anufacture a month, together with ie number of spindles engaged and le number of persons employed; ad information showing the comirative stocks of cotton goods and imparauve esumaie 01 tne purlases of cotton goods for delivery iiring 1915. The consuls in Egypt, idia, China and Russia have been istructed to report the most reliable stimates of the cotton yield? for 914."v Traveling in piano box. oys Had made It Into Cozy Flat for Far Journey. * \ Three Binghamton lads started for le Pacific coast on November 13 ith a piano box for" their conveyice and the Erie railroad furnishig the motive power, but got only j far as Chicago. They are Howilard Edward Montague, chauffeur; arl Epsy, machinist, and William ox, druggist's clerk. Montague, who had been featured i local newspapers as the inventor f a new type of submarine, offers >r which had been made by Great ritain and Japan, told his friends lat he had been left $25,000 by the ill of an uncle who had died re;ntly in Alemeda, Cal., and that he as going to make the trip there in yle. Two days later he and his vo comDanions were pulled out of te piano box in the Erie railroad eight house in Chicago. The box was marked "This Side p," and addressed "D. M. Spencer, rhittier, Los Angeles, Cal." On arval in Chicago safely it was put in ie freight house for transfer. Just j William Schimmell, a night watchan, was making his rounds a head jpped out of a piano box not more lan ten feet away. "Have you got any water around ere?" inquired the head. Schimmell didn't stop to hear ore, but notified his chief. fnv,A V, A wJaA f/v avnloin that he l ixc ucau uicu iu ca[/ihiu ?.MM? ??v ad three vicious snakes in the box, ut it didn't work. Examination showed that the box ad been carefully padded and comartments for food installed. Undei ie false floor were water tanks and reakfast food, condensed milk, barn and coffee. A small alcohol stove id a frying pan with an equipment f tin plates and forks completed the .yout. A small storage battery irnished current for an incandes;nt light.?Binghamton (N. Y.) ispatch to New York World. An Anxious Moment. "Indeed," the lecturer went on in quizzical way. "I believe I am istified in asserting that nine woien out of ten practically propose ? the men they become engaged to. s a test, I would ask all married on in the audience whose wives vir tally popped the question to them > rise." There was a 6ubdued rustle in the iditorium, and in the tense silence iat ensued could be heard jubilant tminine wispers in concert, "Just )u dare stand up!"?Philadelphia edger. A MOST APPROPRIATE GIFT I for Christmas is a savings bank book with the first deposit entered. The recipient will be pleased beyond expression and it will, in turn, offer an opporj. tunity to save. By adding week| ly a small amount to the prinI cipal it will, with the interest, increase amazingly fast. Let us explain how you may present a gift that will grow. 4 per cent. pd. on Sav. Deposits Bamberg Banking Co. L, llothini % "The Store IT Iff of Quality" HI IVL We offer all M , coats, and Pan DAYS ONLY. r to buy goods at reductions. Ju and the Great over. Don't m i i KLAl "The Store of Qualil ; - AT THIS, THE SEAS IN THE" SPIRIT OP "I l GOOD WILL TOWAR OUR HEARTIEST GC ONE AND ALL, FOR SUCCEEDED BY A ft NESS AND PROSPER B. W. SIMfl ^ ^ Telephone No. 18 Why? / "ripntipman." beean an innocent faced old man as he approached a couple of men waiting on a corner 1 for a car. "I was kicked by a cow a few weeks ago, and I find that my i memory is not what it was. Perhaps you will answer a question." "We will," was chorussed, according to the Pittsburg Dispatch. , "If I hadn't been kicked by a cow, I shouldn't have to trouble you." "Oh, no trouble at all." "She kicked me in the back of the | head." "Too bad." "She kicked with both heels to once." "Yes?" "And it was two days later before ' I come to." "Yes, but the question you wanted to ask?" "Yes, the question. Sure it won't bother you to answer?" "uenainiy u wuu i. "The gentlemen, for what reason do we celebrate Hallowe'en?" The men looked down, and then looked up, and then looked at each other. Thus for a long minute and i then they turned away and left the man who had been kicked by a cow. They couldn't answer his question. XOTICEr The Cotton Oil Co. will close down their plant during the Holidays from Wednesday night, December 23rd, to 1 Monday morning, January 4th, 1915. The office will be closed December 25th and 26th only. Gin days after January 4. 1915, will be Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays. THE COTTON OIL CO. It. N : i i . ' " Capital and Surplus $100,000.00 I i at Cost AITDEDC "TOe Store AUDUlJ of Quality" ' I - -;J M 1 [en's Suits, Overts At Cost for 2 Your last chance * ? dm : such unheard or J ist 2 Days More i \ . >i War Sale will be i ^ iss the bargains. 1 H . ">& m v JBER'S 1 v M ty" Bamberg, S. C. _ '' l4 ^_ ION WHICH ABOUNDS , . ? PEACE ON EARTH AND D MEN," WE EXTEND >0D WISHES TO YOU, A JOYOUS YULETIDE, rEW YEAR OF HAPPIITY AONS & CO. Bamberg, S. C. ' ?? V I f,' BANKRUPT NOTICE. ( | In the District Court of the United, / States, for the District of South Carolina?In bankruptcy. ; In the matter of R. S. Simmons, ; bankrupt. 1 . * j.'i .a r> r% nj | io me creators 01 rv. o. oimiuuus r of Bamberg, in the County of i Bamberg and District aforesaid, a j bankrupt. Notice is hereby given, that on the 111th day of Dec., A. D. 1914, the said IR. S. Simmons was duly adjudicated bankrupt, and that a meeting of his creditors will be held at my office in Orangeburg, S. C., on the 29th day of December, A. D., 1914, at eleven o'clock a. m., at i which time the said creditors may j attend, prove their claims, appoint a trustee, examine the bankrupt and | transact such other business as may j properly come before saitf meeting. [Notice is further given that at this meeting application will be made for ; an order for sale of both real and 'personal property, and if offered, a composition to creditors will be voted on. ANDREW J, HYDRICK, JR., Referee in Bankruptcy. Dated at Orangeburg, S. C., DeJcember 19, 1914. ; j ATTENTION CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. I I will be in the sheriff's office on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays in January 1915, from 10 o'clock a. m. unI til 2 p. m., for the purpose of writi ing up and preparing applications for j all those that wish to go before the j county pension board which meets on list Monday in Feb. 1915. I respectj fully ask that those interested meet me on those days; all those already Ion the pension roll report to me in person or by mail at Ehrhardt, S. C. C. K. Clayton, Pen. Commissioner. . ; I New line of Waterman's Fountain j Pens at The Herald Book Store.