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f ? h . . ' ;;| '\C Hht lamhmj iferalb ? ? * I One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1915. Established 1891. 3. _____ . COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS V IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the * County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, Jan. 4.?Well, a happy new year has arrived, but the outlook is so gloomy, that most of us ^ are content witn just uie uew .>eai, \ the happiness seemfe to be lacking. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dannellv's little son, Glen, is very sick at this writing, but we hope for the best. Mrs. W. Max Walker is improving from a severe illness. Hope she will soon be out again among her friends. Miss Marie Williams, of Allendale, j was a welcome visitor in our town T during the holidays. The Misses Crapp6, of Columbia, cousins of Mrs. E. F. K. Roof, visited her last week. Mrs. T. D. Jones, of Augusta, Ga., is visiting her mother, Mrs. Sease, on Franklin street. Rev. Smith preached his first ser5? < mon in the Baptist church here last R*. Sunday. We welcome him to our town. i * Mr. .T. M. Smith has moved to the r house recently occupied by Mr. S. W. Coreland, Mr. Copeland moving fur: ther down the same street to the property recently purchased of Mr. H. A. Hughes. ' ? A good many of the clerks lost I j ? their jobs January 1st, on account of the hard times. A free for all fight took place Sunday afternoon at a colored church r # j near Colston. Some of the particic ixacts had to have their wounds sewed up by the doctor. Nobody killed, however. A good many of our citizens attendr' ' . ' ed court Monday as witnesses and jurors. The K. of P. lodge will install the officers of the lodge for the coming year Monday night, January 11th, t; ' and serve refreshments. The public r iSjcordially /invited as the exercises s ? *111 be for all. A speaker will make an. address just after the installation. Will be glad to have you with us, Mr. Editor. Mr. Editor. JEE. Denmark Dots. itv'V-. Denmark, Jan. 2.?Miss Inez Starr, t, > of Olar, spent a short while here this . week. l Mr. and Mrs. Milton Crum, of Clemson college, are here for a few. days with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Guess. Miss Ldlla Bvrd, of Bamberg, was It the guest of Miss Louise Zeigler for h a short while last week. W 1 Miss Birge, of New York, is the guest of Mrs. S. G. Mavfield. ^ Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Goolsby and f < daughter, Frances, of Hartsville, with I Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Marvin, cf YemEj assee, spent the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Goolsby. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Milhouse, of Columbia, were among the Christmas visitors here. (The crowning event of the season's festivities was a reception tendered Mr. and Mrs. St. Claire Prothro Guess by Mr. and Mrs. J. G. H. Guess, parents of the groom, at their sururban home on Wednesday evening. /The guests were received at the door by Mrs. Julian Guess, of Appleton, and ushered into the reception hall \ by Mrs. F. V. James, who introduced , them to the bride and groom and others in- the receiving line. Mrs. ; Percy Bethea, of Darlington, conducted them to the dinning room where a salad course, with coffee, was served. The table was presided over by Mrs. A. P. Guess and Miss Ruby Guess. Repairing to an adjoining (room a sweet course with mints was teerved by Misses Virginia Faust, "Doris Goolsby and May Haynesworth. * Miss Louise Guess favored each guest i with a spray of mistletoe as a souve t nir of the occasion. The out-of-town guests were the m Rev. and Mrs. William Haynesworth, of Sumter, Mrs. Percy Bethea, of Darlington, Miss Dorothy Hart, of Estill, Miss Reba Wiggins, of Augusta: Fred Faust, of Kitching's Mill, D. M. 'Eaves, of Bamberg, Ralph Walker, of Appleton and Mr. Prothro, of Wililiston. Jasper Sojourner was nost to a I number of his younu uieuus uu ' Thursday evening to watch the ushering in of the new year. The guests were met at the daar by Mesdames E. P. Sojourner and Mrs. R. ? Goolsby and ushered into the parlors to participate in progressive ' rook. , Miss Vera Wiggins was winper of t the first prize and Miss Genie Fogle the consolation. A sweet course was PALESTINE FOlt THE JEWS. One-Third Purchasable Xow, Knight of Zion Are Told. St. Louis. Jan. 1.?One-third o Palestine could be bought now fo restoration as the home of the Jewish race if funds were available, ac cording to Dr. Kaplan Kaplanskv, o The Hague, speaking today befor the annual convention of the Knight of Zion. Heretofore, the chief argu ment of opponents of Zionism ha been that Palestine was unpurchas able. Dr. Kaplanskv is general secretar; of the Jewish national fund bureau The fund now totals $1,000,000. H< said, three-fourths of which is invest ed in Palestine farm lands. The to tal Jewish population of that country he said, is about 120,000, thougl there is room for more than 3,000, 000 people. The Largest Thermometer. The Eiffel Tower, rising high abov the city of Paris, is in itself a ther mometer, undoubtedly the largest ii the world, says the American Boy Just as the column of mercury in th glass t;ibe expands and contracts wit] changes in the temperature, so als' does this great tower of steel. Am as we measure temperature by notic ing the rise and fall of the mercur; column, SO ao Uie r reutu seieuusi determine temperature by measurinj the expansion or contraction of thi huge structure. Fiance's most powerful wireles station is located in the Eiffel Towei and so it is the especial target of th German airmen who sail over Pari dropping bombs. The Germans woul< very much like to destroy this towe and interrupt wireless communica tions now maintained with Londoi and Petrograd, as well as with al parts of France. It is guarded b; rapid-fire guns and searchlight mounted upon it. DROWNED IN THE CONGAREE. ? Parties Search for Body of Williar Lester. Columbia. Jan. ?3.?Parties wer searching today for the body of Wil liam Lester, native of Washington D. C., who was drowned early Fri day morning in the Congaree rivei thirty miles below Columbia. He wa employed by the government as launch engineer. The launch wa accompanying a sandsucker, whic was being towed to Columbia fron Georgetown. Friday morning voun; Lester tried to jump from a tug t the launch. He slipped on frosl formed on the bow of the boat an< fell- into the river.1 His mother ar rived this morning from Washing ton. Clear Pond Scltool. Honor roll of Clear Pond schoc for month ending Dec. 25th. High school, first year?Wilhelme na Folk. Seventh grade?Dorris Folk, Ver: McMillan, Rosa Walker. Sixth grade?Ruth Morris. Fourth grade?Roy Morris. Third grade?Reba Steedley. Second grade?Adrine Morris, Jo Martin. First grade?Mary Martin, Ven Pearson. Married Christmas Eve. Lodge, Jan. 2.?An event of inter est to this community was the mar fiage. on Christmas Eve night, o ttlr. Otis L. Copeland. of Ehrhardt and Miss Kuoy freeman, 01 iaiuoi -ton, G. The ceremony was perform ed at the Baptist parsonage by th Rev. J. B. Lawson, in the presence o a. few relatives and friends. Th bride is a sister of Mrs. W. D. Ben nett, of this place. She is a hand some brunette and presented a strik ing appearance in her bridal attire a perfectly fitting coat suit of whit serge. She has many friends here The groom belongs to a large an< influential family and is a young mai of sterling worth. Owing to the ill ness of Mr. Copeland's parents. th< marriage was a very quiet affair. Th> young couple will reside in Ehrhardt serve*! just before the midnight hour Miss Orie Brux. of Midville. Ga., i visiting friends here. Miss Marguerite McMillan, of Sa vannah, Ga., and Miss Reba Wiggins of Augusta, Ga., are guests of Mrs T- 1 T> JUiiU x\. .uai tiu. .Misses Louise Zeigler and Rutl peymour are at home for the holi days from Winthrop college. Miss Dorothy Hart, of Estill, i visiting her sister, Mrs. J. Wes'iC; Crum. J Mrs. Von Etta and Helen Milhous of Columbia, have been spending thi week with Miss Martha Ray. IN THE PALMETTO STATE! i s j T SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS f KINDS IX SOUTH CAROLINA. r tl * State News Boiled Down for Quick n Beading?Paragraphs About ei Men and Hap|>en{ngs. *r e , 0 s The recent election creating Ale- f( s Duffie county has been contested by - the opponents of the new county. S1 A government building is being ^ ^ erected in Bennettsville for the post- r' _ U..I1J: n.ZM hn omce. i He uunumg ?xu muu completed.. P A bill is expected to be introduced . at the coming session of the State T legislature for a referendum on the matter of State-wide prohibition. ^ Charles O'Day, paroled by the governor recently, was bound over in g the United States court Tuesday, ^ charged with robbing a postoffice in t] e Virginia. A seaboard train was derailed at CI Whitmire Tuesday. Several of the t] train crew were injured, but all of ? the passengers escaped injury. The engine and tender were demolished, h o j James Norman has been held for S criminal negligence for the killing of c .. his father, Mack Norman, at Gaffney. h 5 Norman was killed as he was getting ii * ?4 ~ ~ Vv,,/v/rv Vnrmnn ohontin? o\ g 1I11U a UUggJ, .IUUU6 ? s at toy balloons at the time. v p EASY TO PRONOUNCE IT. s 1 g Name of Noted Fortress Familiar in Ii s I*rint as "Przemysl." ? a h r The proper pronunciation of Prze- H - mysl, the Austrian fortress so promi- c' a nent in the war news, continues to be 6 il one of the mysteries of the war, says ti y a London dispatch. ' ti s Grand Duke Michael himself has c added zest to the controversy by offer- J ing to supply the pronunciation of n the word to all Britishers who con- S tribute 5 shillings to the "Comforts A i* for British Soldiers' " fund. 1* A well known British authority of- E e fers the following rule to pronounce * _ the word: j "Say 'A damp chemise'll make you _ sneeze.' Extract from the sentence y . 'p chemise'll,' throw the rest away, s and you have 'Przemysl.' " a Boy Killed in Runaway. ^ ^ Greenville, Jan. 4.?Oscar Black, a 14-year-old lad, was killed this af?? A.} ternoon when a team of mules ran . o ' t( , away with him, catching the lines about his neck and dragging hita to w his death. His neck was broken and ^ skull fractured. ? I PAIIDOX CAME T(K) LATE. tl r Xegro Woman on Blease's Clemency I' i List Dead Two Years. h tl _ Spartanburg. Jan. 5.?One of the governor's recent pardons was grant- a a ed to Anna Drummond, a negress, t< two years after her death, it develop- c ed today when county authorities here received notice of the extension w of clemency in her case. The woman tl e was convicted for the murder of her ^ husband nearly three years ago and li a died in the county jail soon after she i* was sentenced to a life term in the 0 State penitentiary. To Get South American Trade. p C As a retired salesman who has p f traveled a good deal in Latin Amer- v> , ica, allow me to give your readers - snmft snee'estions that the exDerience - has dictated to me. It is necessary e to have your catalogues translated C f into good Spanish. Most of the e translations of the American cata logues that I have seen down there - were jokes. It is a good plan not to fr - mention in your circulars and cata- a ' logues that you have the largest fac- a ejtory or store in the world, as your H ' neighbor may say the same, and un- v i fortunately, the Americans indulge P 1 themselves in this "autoeclame." It sl " is better not to print or say that 0 e your articles are the best in the 11 e wor'd; let the goods speak for them- P j selves. M I Pack your goods properly; ren^em- p e I ber that they are going to have niany 0 rough transfers and if they arrive in . I bad condition you may not have re- u | orders. If it is possible use the met- 0 rical system in your measures, ana | make your catalogues with such a 0 t! system. u ei Advertise freely in the local newspapers of those countries. Not hav- {j s ing trade publications down there, tj ? the daily papers and magazines . (what are good and cheaper than the i, American) are the best channels to s advertise in.?Letter to the New York p Times. g; ' BRITISH LOSE BATTLESHIP. J lie Formidable is Sunk by Either a Torpedo or a Mine. A London, Jan. 1.?The British batesliip Formidable was sunk this lorning in the English channel by ^ ither a mine or a submarine, accord- 1 lg to announcement given out by the flicial information bureau. The text of the bureau's statement jllows: "The battleship Formidable was p link this morning in the channel, 11 ut whether by a mine or a subma- ? ine is not yet certain. a "Seventy-one survivors have been ^ icked by a British light cruiser and . is possible that others may have s een rescued by other vessels." g The exact locality of the disaster ^ as not been revealed, but the fact 0 aat it occurred in the British chan- 0 el recalls the circumstances that iritish ships have been engaged in 7 ombnrding the German positions on 0 le Belgian coast and that German e ubmarines on several occasions in r ie past have attempted to torpedo * lem. a The British battleship Formidable v ad a displacement of 15,000 tons. 0 he was 430 feet long and carried a a ompleriient of 750 men. She was c eavily armored and carried four 12- C ich guns, twelve 6-inch guns and * ixteen 12-pounders. She was pro- E ided also with.four submerged tor- b edo tubes. . J The Formidable was launched in ?! 908 and was a sister ship to the a rresistible and Implacable. v The Formidable had assigned to v er, according to the British navy b st of December, Various fleet oifl- t ers, and consequently she undoubt- * dly was acting as a flagship at the! a ime of her destruction. Her caplin was Arthur N. Loxley and her c omruander Charles F. Ballard. Capt. P ohn C. Deed was in command of the n larines on board while the fleet sur- o eon, was Godfrey Taylor and the 0 eet paymaster P. J. Ling. The chap- t lin is given as the Rev. George B. t lobinson. On board the Formidable 11 ere also 16 midshipmen. t WOMEN* LASSO WILI) BOARS. u a [other and Daughter Capture Ani- ^ nials Escaped From Zoo. a Mrs F. A. Alexander and her * aughter, Ruth May field, of 3,439 ielgany street, do not know how tie two wild boars that escaped rom the City Park zoo, in the-later part of June, got down in their eighborhood, but they will be glad . hen they receive the $10 reward a or the capture of the animals. When the two hogs escaped from r be zoo systematic search of the sur- . ounding country failed to find them, t was supposed that they could not ^ ave gone far. The argument was bat two hogs couldn't wander far rom the park without being seen, nd being seen would be reported . o police headquarters and their apture would speedily follow. * However, the two animals did a ander more than two miles across tie city and were found by the two 'omen in the block in which they ived. They captured them with I issoes and began a search for their v wners. i: One of the women notified the 5 olice and in this way the park de- S artment heard of the capture, e ,'ommissioneb Thum, (head of the v ark department, agreed to send the 5 omen $10.?From the Denver Post. E ? g 1914 BANNER YEAR. j o top Value Slightly Less on Account t: of 300-Million Cotton Loss. h b Washington, Dec. 30.?American h irm products during 1914 eclipsed j [1 records for value, with a total of Imost ten billion dollars. Secretary \ [ouston announced today that the g alue of all farm crops, farm animal roducts and farm animals sold and a aughtered aggregated $9,872,936,- p 00. That was $83,000,000 more|u lan the grand total for 1913, the 0 revious record year. It was more jj tan double the value of all farm g roducts in 1899. jj Crops this year were valued at $G,- g 44.480,000 and farm animal prod- C( cts at $3,828,456,000. The value q f crops was slightly less than in 913, on acount of the reduced value A ?? a1 TT-Vioot eronc [ CO IIUI1. lilt; colli <X1IU ere the most valuable ever producd. They brought the year's crop c< alue total to only $88,279,000 less p P lan the total for last year, despite le loss of more than $300,000,000 e 1 the value of coton. ? Pumping engines in a large sewage d lant in Australia are run by sewer s< as. n EGISLATURE TO DO MUCI MHITIOI S I'ROUKAMMK OF COX STKl'CTIYK LEGISLATION. 'ompulsory Education and Propose Referendum on Prohibition lading Questions. Columbia, Jan. 2.?An ambitiou rogramme of constructive legisle ion faces the general assembly c outh Carolina, which convenes i nnual session one week from Tues ay. Probably not before in a quai 2r of a century has a legislative see ion been looked forward to wit reater hope that something will b one for the uplift and bettermec f the State than is the one which i nly ten days distant. Organisation of the two house -ill consume the Irst part of th pening day. The house will be cab d to order by James A. Hoyt, tn etiring clerk, and himself a membc rom Richland county. As soon 3 emporary organization is perfecte lr. Hoyt will be elected speake cithout opposition. The clerkshi f the house is attracting attentio nd a vigorous campaign from si andidates, J. Wilson Gibbes and I ). DePass, both of Columbia; J. V lamel, of Kershaw; J. R. McGee, c latesburg; H. C. Booker, of Spartai urg, and J. C. Mays, of Greenwoo< ohn S. Wilson, of Lancaster, wh 3 offering for reelection as seargen t-arms, is opposed by E. P. McCn ey, of Pickens, a former membe vhile S. McG. Simpkins, of Edgefleli 3 encountering opposition for reelei ion as reading clerk from A. I lutchinson, of Rock Hill, who ws . member of the last house. The death of Senator P. L. Hardi] T Chester, leaves the position < resident pro tern to be filled. Th ames of Senators Alan Johnston* f Newberry, and Legrand Walke f Georgetown, are mentioned f< he position. Both are leaders < he upper chamber and both con nand the respect and popularity < heir fellow members. M. M. Mann, of St. Matthews, inopposed for reelection as cler .nd J. Fred Shumpert, of N'ewbqrr; will ag^in be elected seargent-a .rme without opposition. It is b< ieved that Senator Christensen wi ie reelected chairman of the finan< ommittee, a position to which I ras elevated on the resignation < he late Senator Hardin in the exti ession. Senator Carlisle will t tgain named as the chairman of tl udiciarv committee, it is general iccepted. The annual message of the ?ove lor will be re/ad in both branch* mmediately after the organization >erfected. The message has alreac >een prepared and the governor hj tated that this will probably be h >nly communication to the gener; .ssembly. His reasons for clement n the various number of cases i rhich he has paroled or pardone onvicts will be reported to the Sei ,te as required by the constitution. On Lee's Birthday. The birthday of Gen Robert 1 ..ee, the great Confederate chieftaii rill be celebrated this year by th nauguration of Hon. Richard Ianning, of Sumter, as governor < innth rnrniina to succeed the prei nt governor, who will retire to pr ate life. The inauguration of M fanning as governor and Mr. A. . lethea, of Columbia, as lieutenar overnor will take place at noon o anuary 19 in the hall of the hous f representatives in the presence c he joint session of the senate an ouse, the chief Justice and men ers of the supreme court, Stat ouse officials and the people. Chi( ustice Gary will probably adminis ?r the oath of office to Governc lanning and Lieutenant Governc lethea. Governor Manning in his inaugurj ddress is expected to outline th olicies of his administration an rge on the legislature the adoptio f those things which he advocate 1 his last platform in the race fo overnor last summer. Particula vtorp?t will attach to what the ne^ overnor will have to say on taxatior ampulsory education, the liquo uestion, and appropriations. Leading Questions. Two of the main questions to com efore the general assembly will b ampulsorv education and the pre osed referendum on prohibitior rohibitionists will ask for a refer ndum by the people along abou ext September on the question o le driving of liquor from the boi ers of the State. While compul jry education is a prominent issu lany view the injection of the liquo j WITHOUT PENALTY UNTIL FEB. 1 1 ' :|<l Time for Paying Taxes Has Been Ex1 tended. Columbia, Dec. 31.?The time for the payment of State and county d eaxes is extended until February without penalty, under an order issued tonight by Comptroller General Jones and approved by the governor. 'm This power is given the comptroller s general by the law. Without this exL" tension the taxes paid after today ,1: would have entailed a penalty of 1 n per cent, in January. 5" The order for the extension of time for payment of taxes was drawn up this afternoon. It was presented h to the governor by Chief Clerk Carle ton W. Sawyer and was promptly aplt proved by the governor. The order s follows: "Columbia, S. C., December 31, \ 56 1914. To the county treasurers In e the State of South Carolina: Under and by virtue of power conferred upe on the comptroller general, with the r approval of the governor, in section m 18 767, of Volume 1, code of laws of d South Carolina, 1912,' J do hereby ex IfcJII U. LLitJ ULIiC 1ui iuc v/UHCV/i'ivu vl ? .. p taxes, without penalty, until the n 1st day of "February, *A. D. 1915. You will please govern yourself ac,Jm cordi'ngly. L "A. W. JONES, Comptroller Gen)f eral. . *t^| 1_ "Approved, Cole L. Blease, Governor." 0 The governor this morning adt '^5 dressed a letter to the comptroller . $ l" general suggesting that he extend the c' time for the payment of taxes. The governor's approval is neccessary. The general assembly at its extra , . <J' session refused to extend the time for ' , ) . IS the payment of taxes as recommended by the governor. The interest on a' the State debt is in hand and will be paid promptly. e. MORE THAN HALF MILLION. j >r Allies Held Prisoners of War in Ger )f many. ? ** 5f Berlin, Jan. 1.?War prisoners held in Germany at the end of the year js numbered 8,138 officers and 577,875 k men, according to a sdmmary Issued y from headquarters today, which points out that 'the list does not ine. elude civilians interned in Germany, 1] nor the prisoners taken during the >e pursuit in Russian Poland, or those ie in transport. , 3f Of the number the French contri a bute 3,459 officers, including seven )e generals and 215,905 men; the RusIe sians, 3,575 officers, of whom 18 are [y generals and 306,290 men; the Belgians, 612 officers, including three r. generals and 36,852 men, and the ag British 492 officers and 18,828 men. is Headquarters declares the report ly that 1,104 German officers and 134,- . iS 700 are prisoners of war in Russia i ' is is misleading since the list includes oiirdiano Prnhahlv not al miciucu - , .y more than 15 per cent, of the total [n are military prisoners, it declared. ? ANDERSON FARMER A SUICIDE. U. E. Seybt Shoots Himself While Talking to Family. 3. Anderson, Jan. 4.?U. E. Seybt, a, large farmer and prominent business ie man of the county, committed suicide I. at his home, one mile east of this >f city, at 3 o'clock this afternoon. He . ( 3- had been in the city during the day i- and had returned home only a few r. minutes before he shot himself. Mrs. J. Sebyt and their son, Harry, a stuit dent at Auburn, were in the living n room with Mr. Sebyt. They were le talking about Harry's .return to col>f lege tomorrow. Without any warnd ing whatever Mr. Sebyt picked up a l- pistol off his desk, placed the muzzle :e against his right temple and fired, it the ball going entirely through his 3- head. Harry Sebyt saw the move >r and jumped to grab his father's arm, >r but was too late. Mr. Sebyt fell to the floor and expired. Financial il trouble is given as the cause. The e Sebyts moved into their new $15,000 d home only a few months ago. He is n survived by his wife, who was Miss d Watson; one daughter, Mrs. Thomas r F. Hill, and one son, Harry. He ,r was liked by all the people and the jf news of his act was a distinct shock i, to the people of the county. He was r about 48 years of age. question with apprehension. Child labor laws, workingmen's compensae tion, readjustment of the taxation, e j assessment, good roads, and the polii cv to be adopted toward the State . 1 ^ ineona qw <!r>mp r>f I nusfUiai iUI LliC in^uiiv M.v '- the leading matters to be acted on t by the lawmakers, f The State officials are getting their reports ready for submission to the i- legislature. Some have theirs com6 pleted while others are now in the r hands of the printers.