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--m- ?V-35S??PT-?- ' *. " ' -- tpiff . ' ' ' I $lj? iamltm] fyntld One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1915. Established 1891. 1 v COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. V News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Fairfax Fancies. Fairfax, Sept. 7.?School opened ^ nwAitninor wrif V? TTt?/\onA/>tc uere iuuuua; uiuiuiug nuu ^ i of a successful session. A large number of patrons were present at the opening exercises. Mr. J. E. Johnston made a happy speech of greeting, which was followed by an earni est and appropriate address by Prof. > Chitty. The faculty for the coming year consists of Prof. F. C. Chitty, principal, and Miss Myrtle Epting for the high school. Grammar grades, Misses Marguerite Du-Rant, Jessie Whatley and Hattie Googe. Quite a number of out citizens < have motored ^0 the mountains for a season of rest and pleasure. Among those who have enjoyed such trips were Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Youjr mans and children, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Preacher and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Sanders -and Mr. William ^ Harter. Mrs. Isaac Knopff and children have returned from a pleasant visit to friends in the up-country, Greenville, Honea Path and other towns were - visited. Mrs. John Harter is at home after an operation at the Columbia Hospital. Mrs. J. P. Brooks is at home after spending some time at Yonge's Island. Rev. E. A. McDowell is spending a while at Saluda, N. C. His churches < presented him with a vacation and ^ purse, and he is enjoying a much needed rest after spending the sum<mer assisting in revival meetings. Mr. O. J. Youmans, after an operation at the Augusta hospital, is at S home again. Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Sanders leave / y for Atlanta Wednesday to take their little daughter, Maud,; for surgical V * ^ treatment. Maud's ihany friends V>/\? mn/iti Konofit fT*r?m flip < uuyo iyi uci - wuvuv ? treatment Mrs. J. -B. Johnston and children, after visiting relatives in Greenville and Gaffney, is spending some time at tile Good Samaritan hospital Chester. 1 Edward A. McDowell, Jr., after i . ^pending the winter at the Allegha ney high school, Pittsburg, Pa., is at home with his parents. Mrs. John Hucks, of Ehrhardt, Mrs. Will Hiers, of Florence, and Mrs. S. B. Bowers, of Dawson, Ga., have been spending 6ome time with their parents, Rev. and Mrs.,D. B. Groseclose. Mrs. Ed. McDowell and x children are home after spending a while with ^ her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Scott, ? at Monticello. Miss Lylete Wilson recently underwent a successful operation for ap Pv - - " pendicitis at a hospital in Charleston. I The Y. W.v A.'s ot the Baptist I church recently held an enjoyable soV cial meeting at the home of the presiEdent, Miss Alma Knight. Games and music furnished entertainment foi the evening, which was most pleasantly spent on the moon-lit lawn and porch. Ice cream and cake were I served. Miss Helen, and Edward McDowell # , were "at home" to fifty or more of their young friends Friday evening. jjH / . Music and games were enjoyed and a salad course and fruit punch were served. Miss Damaris Folk, of Allendale, was the guest of Miss Helen McDow> ell for the week-end. A,"+? ? nnmhor nf nnr vniinfi' folks U1 tC a uuuuuu* v? w ?. ^ _ 0 will leave for the colleges soon. We shall give their names later. The town will be lonely without them. ^ The splendid public library has been a favorite rendezvous for the stay-at-homes during the summer. \ Miss Edna Kearse is the popular and efficient librarian. Ott's Outings. {Ott's, Sept. 7.?Misses Eva and Lila McCue have returned home from an extended visit to Sumter, Manning and other points. } Miss Inez Sandifer has returned home from Branchville, where she r has been spending several days with f relatives and friends. The many friends of Mrs. L. D. Odom will be glad to learn that she is able to be up after being confined T. to her bed for two weeks. Mrs. Lloyd Hightower spent sev eral days Irfst week in Branchville at the home of her cousin, Mr. Ed. Simmons. ? Mrs. Florrie Free, of Blackville, is visiting her sister, Mrs. L. D. i * * i v BEAUFORT PRIMARY SEPT. 17. I Democrats Will Nominate Candidat for Mayor and Council. Beaufort, Sept. 4.?The municipa recall election, to be held Septembe ' 28, growing out of the collection o back taxes, is the all-absorbing topi here. As soon as the action of th o-rtrom r>r nrHorino- the plpptinTI Wfl ^ ? I known the executive committee o , the city Democratic primary club me and issued a call for a primary, fix ing September 17 as the date. Th qualifications for voters are the sam as for other primaries. Entries fo those to oppose the incumbents Mayor Danner and Commissione Marscher, close on Tuesday. The fight against the collection o | back taxes goes merrily forward. Th bank finally paid its tax under pro | test. The Beaufort-Savannah Steam boat company has also started pro oeedings to get its $835 back, am , Mr. George Holmes refuses to pa; . his in, alleging that City Treasure Legare "fraudulently and malicious ly" attempts to force him to pay bacl taxes that are not due. Mr. Holme yesterday tried to get Judge Shipp at Florence, to enjoin the city fror "collecting the tax. The judge re , fused after hearing arguments. Mr Holmes's attorneys- say that the; will appeal to the supreme court ? - ? 2 i. THe tax assessed agamsi um amounts to $10,000 and is said t< be on personal property. Odom. Your scribe visited Binnaker Sun day-school last Sunday. There wai a good attendance. Why can't w* have some more country Sunday schools? We have the boys ant girls, all we need is for some of oui good neighbors to take hold. Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Odom and littl* daughter, Myrtle, visited at the hom* of the latter's cousin, Mr. E. Monro* Sandifer, Sunday. Mrs. Annie Zeigler visited at th* home of her uncle, Mr. W. M. Mc Cue, last week. Mr. Olar Zeigler, of Ehrhardt, ha: been visiting relatives here the pas week. Denmark Dots. Denmark, Sept 4.?Mrs. H. W Goolsby and daughter, Frances, re turned to their home In Hartsville . after visiting relatives here, in Barn well and in Fairfax. Mrs. J. B. Guess is spending som< time with her mother, Mrs. Mitchell in Batesburg. - After a week's visit to Mrs. W. M Graham, Miss Minnie Blount has re turned to her home in Johnston. Miss Louise Zeigler was among th< guests who attended tne house part: given by Miss^ Jessie Armstrong ii Barnwell last week. ""Miss Alice Lyles is at home afte: two weeks' stay in Baltimore an< other points North. W. M. Graham spent severai day: in E?till this week. I'wigs Stuart, of Georgia, is ii town for several days. The young people enjoyed a pic nic at Holman's bridge on Thursday Mr. Hart, of Estill, is among th< visitors here. Miss Lula Bess Wroton has recent ly returned from a visit to her broth er, James Wroton, in Portsmouth VaMiss Doris Goolsby spent a fe\ days in'Yemaseee with Mrs. W. F Marvin this week. Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Guess are a home after a week's stay in Hender sonville. LeRoy Smith, of Ehrhardt, was j recent visitor here. . Clear Pond Clippings. Clear Pond, Sept. 6.?Septembe has entered with its cooler weather Makes an overcoat feel comfortabb ; these mornings. The farmers are busy picking cot ton and gathering hay. Mrs. G. W. Folk is at home from { visit to hor daughter, Mrs. J. H. San difer, near Denmark. Miss Clara Priester, of Bamberg visited Miss Mayme Morris last week Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Carter ant little son, Fred, of Lodge, wer< guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Foil Saturday and Sunday, t Misses Clemmie and Janie Fender of Caldwell,* spent last week witl Miss Vera McMillan. Miss Corrie Collins, of Hilda, re turned to her home Sunday after i pleasant visit to Mrs. Herbert Foil and Miss Lynn Walker. "* '?^ A T\wn trr/1 tr /*vf "TT*nll 'o onOTI .VII'b. o ?v u,? ) ui r aiiv>ii O) u^fvn ; Saturday and Sunday with her daugh ter, Mrs. J. B. Folk. Miss Ethel Hutto, of Blackville , visited Mrs. Herbert Folk last week. AMICUS. i t i' ' - I ' \ ;. j f' ^ " ' v IN THE PALMETTO STATE e SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. A r' Stat? News Boiled Down for Quick f Reading.?Paragraphs About fc Men and Happenings. s t T. E. Stribling, of Seneca, aged 53 t, years, committed suicide on Tuesday - i A V? ? M.ni/vl f?Vt kirVTfinl f 1 W f V? Q - | Willi <A yi&LUi, SllUUllllg, UllllOdl tu L14V/ e head. b Emma Smalls was committed to r Walterboro jail Saturday night charg>J ed with killing Jim Monroe, aged 75 r ?both colored/ Herbert Moses, of Sumter, has resigned as private secretary of Gov. Manning and O. K. LaRoque, of Marion, has been appointed in his place. Jno. H. Earle, of Greenville, forj mer railroad commissioner, commitj ted suicide in his office on Wednesj day, shooting himself in the head with a pistol, t Jesse McNeil, a negro, was electros' cuted at the State penitentiary Thursi day. He confessed some time ago to a the murder of his wife, and made no . further statement. Warohnncfl Pnmmissinnpr McEail y j rin praises the president and his ad! ministration for what they are doing i for cotton, and says if the crop is 3 marketed right the price will go to 12 cents. Lightning struck M. T. Walton's barn, at Johnston, on Sunday night, s fire resulting and consuming the 3 building and twenty-one bales of cotton. No insurance was carried on 1 the building or cotton. r Solicitor R. A. Cooper, of Laurens, was in Columbia Friday and called 3 on Gov. Manning. In response to *} questions by newspaper reporters, he I 3 had nothing to say as to the guber-( j natorial race next summer. $ J The safe in the office of the Stand-1 -.ard Oil company in Greenville was blown open with . nitroglycerine 3 Thursday night and $135.65 was t stolen. It is supposed to have been the work of professionals. State constables operating under; Sheriff Martin in Charleston seized 13,400 bottles of beer during the month of August, in addition to nine barrels of beer, 376 gallons of whiskey and a lot of brandy and champagne. . a ' Lawrence- Talley, 3-year-old son of M. C. Talley, was struck by an au' ... TT _A A ni - lomoDiie on nanover street, t^uaneston, Friday and died an hour later. Richard Nelson, the chauffeur, was sent to the police station awaiting 3 the inquest. j Edward E. Felder, a prominent i banker of St. George, S. C., who was spending the summer at Asheville, N. r C., with his family, ended his life 1 Monday night by cutting his throat with a razor. Friends said the banks er had been suffering from insomnia. T. U. Vaughn, under sentence of 1 death, was carried to Greenville from the State penitentiary last week to - have his insanity tried by a jury, but . the trial was postponed. Vaughn b has not spoken a word in a year, and h.e is a physical wreck and perfectly - helpless, but there is doubt whether - he is sane or not. ? Governor Manning issued the following requisitions Thursday: On the v governor of North Carolina for the ' return of R. S. Wilson, escaped from the chain gang; on the governor ot t New Jersey for H. P. Banks, charged " with bigamy; on the chief justice of the district of Cqlumbla for Robert 1 Whitney, charged^ with breach of trust. Read The Herald, $1.50 year. r To Correspondents. The Herald wants the .news from every sectioh of Bamberg county. If the news of your community does not appear regularly 1 in The Herald, make it a point yourself to send it in. This newspaper is published for its subscrib" ers, and news is always welcomed ,* to its columns. We want a reguI lar correspondent in every neigha ' borhood. Stationery is furnished * free to anyone who will use it. Get your news letters in by Tuesday morning at latest. Write only on one side of the paper, and be sure to sign your letter with your name. We will not print a ?o*>-irv Vint t>;q mnof L"T) r?TV y \J U.L JJ. a. II J"C, UUl lit, lUUCb J1UV n v who writes the letters; otherwise we have no means of knowing * whether they are genuine or not. If you write a letter to The Herald and do not sign your name to it, do not be surprised if it is not printed. /l ' 1 . . * BODY IS RECOVERED. | Young Leon Motz Was Drowned on August 27. C Rock Hill, September 5.?The body of Leon Motz, who was drowned in the Catawba River Friday, August 27, was found yesterday by some boys who went to attend a fish basket. The point at which the discovery was made was on Jas. A. Barber's plantation, between three and t four miles below where young Motz j? was drowned eight days ago, while he, also, was attending, a fish basket. When the young man was drowned he had grasped the basket tj and this was torn loose from its anchorage by the combined weight of his body and the basket in the whirl- . ing water of the flooded river as he W was carried down. It is stated that g. when the body was found the hands still held the basket in the death . grip. The badly disfigured but recognizable remains were brought to the city this afternoon, and interred in Laurelwood cemetery. The condi- ^ tion of O. Motz, the older brother, who was with the drowned man at t( the time of the accident, is still piti- ^ able. He has not been rational since he left the river after seeing his _ OJ brother go down. EDUCATION BOARD'S WORK. C< T List of Scholarship Winners Approv- ** ed by Body. u tc Columbia, ^September 4.?The State board of education adjourned $ - 4.1 at noon today, after a two days' ses- ^ sion in the office of the State super- 1; intendent. w The date of the regular fall teach- to era* examination was set for Friday, 8' October 1. This examination is con- lc i , dieted by the county superintend- y< jj&nts, and will be held at every county court house. The questions were prepared by* Si the State board and will be mailed w out in due time. in The list of scholarship winners 4; recommended for Winthrop, Clem- tt son, the University and the Citadel O were confirmed as submitted by the U! respective college faculties. The m Scholarship committee of the State T board-was requested to recommend h" some needed changes in the scholar- ol ship law as soon as practicable. $ The preliminary list of high y< schools receiving State aid was approved for the session 1915-16. The oi list showed ninety-two of the one Is hundred and thirty schools in opera- w tion last year. T In7 the appeal case concerning the e] consolidation of districts 2-C, 2-D T and 2-E, of Greenville county, the ac- w tion of the county board was sus- S tained and the appeal dismissed. The 2 attorneys appearing before the board Is were A. G. Hart for the appellants a: and J. A. McCullough for the respondents. T The members in attendance on the ^ meeting were: Governor Manning, T State Superintendent Swearingen, h the Hon. D. B. Peurifoy, first dis- P trict; the Hon. S. McG. Simkins, sec- d ond district; Dr. A. G. Rembert, si fourth district; Superintendent W. w R. Koon, fifth district; Superintend- si ent D. T. Kinard, sixth district; Superintendent A. J. Thackston, seventh district. ^ Wealthy Nobleman at Work. Lord Norbury, aged 52 years, one of England's wealthiest nobles, has d ''taken a job" in an aeroplane factory, and is doing his share as a reg- A ular workman, receiving 7 pence (14 ei siAm+at am Vl />ll r PlnCQ t Ct th#> WOrks! P V/Cuio; au uvui VIVWU WV V ?? ? . is a 'tiny lodge tenanted by a butler. llord Norbury has engaged a small bedroom, fitted plainly and simply. s* "He's paying a workman's rent," c< said the butler, "and he'll do his own valeting and feed with the other men cl in the canteen." The charge for P meals is 5d for breakfast, 8d for din- *1 ner, 3 l-2d for tea. Lord Norbury m hands in an 8d dinner ticket and eats with the others. He works from n 6 a. m. till 6 p. m. each day. "No ei leisure time,' he said, smiling, "just sI bed and work." Lord Norbury finished his first day's work at 7 p. m. and T ! then engaged in volunteer overtime T erecting steps for the canteen. He tf : was cheery and smiling and seemed well content with his first day's 61 labor.?London Chronicle. w Impossible. pi g] Mrs. Jonsing?Dis hyah new min c( ister am a fine preachah, but he am ti de leanest an' skinniest young man rz I ebbah see! sc Mrs. Black?Yes, an' he done tole ; mah husband, what weighs two hun- A dred and fo'ty to bewar' les' he in should be weighed in de balance an' h< found wantin'!?Puck. r? i ' ' . TV , " ' t EXIILE BUSINESS GROWS KXSCS SHOWS IXCRKASE DURIXG YEAR. lie Consumption of Cotton Has Al most Reached the Million-Bale Mark. Columbia^ September 5.?At this me when so much stress is being lid on the question erf consumption f cotton by the American textile lants the completion of the census f the textiles in South Carolina for le past year running exactly with le period of the first year of the reat European war is of peculiar iterest. The results of the census ere issued yesterday by Commisioner Watson, of the State departlent of agriculture, commerce and ldustries. Commissioner Watson, in speaking f the report, said: "These figures have an Important earing on the cotton situation at lis moment as they tell the story as ) how qur chief manufacturing inustry has fared since the war bean, and they carry a message full f hope from the standpoint of the itton market this year and of out immercial and industrial future. he figures cover the first year oi ie war and the comparisons are ith figures for the year period up ) the outbreak of the world war. > "There has been an increase of 2,106,703 in the capital stock of ie plants, the total now oeing $75,34,189, and up to August 1 there ere 4,708,414 spindles?very nearr 5,000,000 at last?an increase of 7,549. We have now also 113,168 >oms, or 2,497 more looms than a sar ago. * Consumption of Cotton. "The consumption of cotton by the 3uth Carolina mills has almost iached the million-bale mark. Durig this first year of the war 857,34 bales, or 29,066 bales more than ie preceding year, were consumed, ver half a million tons of coal were sed?567,031, which was 123,343 tore tons than in the preceding year, he value, of the annual product, owever, as was to be expected, fell IT, the total being $77,945,256, or 6,663,930 less than in the previous gar. The total number of emloyees is now 51,485, an increase f 1,548 persons, and the mill vilige population is now 126,746, hich is 5,786 larger than last year. he principal increase in number or tnployees has' been in white women, here are 273 less negro men and omen than last year, the total nero help employed now being only ,898. In the employment of child ibor the situation is about the same s last year, but the bulk of the bildren are above 14 years of age. hose between 12 and 14 now only umber 3,518 out of a total of 8,450. here has been a marked increase in orse power employed, the horse ower being 18,677. The power is ivided as follows: Water, 26,950; team, 80,792; electric generated by ater, 73,883; electric generated by team, 13,160." BECOMES MENACE. pproximately Guerrilla Warfare Between Mexicans and Americans. Washington, September 4.?Borer raids, now approximately guerilla warfare between Mexicans and merican troopers and Texas Rangrs, have overshadowed the internal olitical situation in Mexico, and in le view of American citizens have ecome a menace to the already :rained relations between the two :>untries. Although Major Gen. Funston, in iarge of troops at the border, has ractically all the mobile forces in le United States under his com^ land, today's reports of firing across le frontier and encounters with the liders led to discussion as to wheth/ r some more positive measures lould be taken. Army officers recalled that Gen. aylor in 184 6 took stern steps to uell a situation which was almost ie same. There were no official advices to lpport reports that Mexican troops ere massing along the northeast 3rder of Texas, but the question of rotecting the line was regarded with rowing apprehension. The military jmmanders in that section deny lat any of their men are among the tiders, but it has been reported that >me of those killed wore uniforms. Gen. Carranza's reply to the Panmerican peace appeal still was lackLg today, and among his supporters sre it was predicted it would be a Section. V ( BRITAIN'S FLEET WAITING. Queen Elizabeth and Many Others Busy at Target Practice. London, September 4.? (Delayed in Transmission.)?For the first time the veil of secrecy over British naval operations has been lifted. A correspondent last week visited the grand fleet and the naval bases. At one base he saw dry docks capable of dockine the lareest dreadnausrhts. which had been built since tire war began. Maps were shown the correspondent, marking points where German submarines had been sighted, and in which the results of the attacks were classified under "captured," "supposed sunk" and "sunk." When bubbles are observed rising ; "S for a long time at the same spot in smooth water it is taken for granted that a submarine's career has been , ended. -/J! When an officer was asked: "How do you get them?" his answer was: "Sometimes by ramming, sometimes by gun fire, sometimes by explosions and other ways we will not tell of." , % All of the officers aboard the battleships and armored cruisers are envious of those engaged in submarine U ??M in A/1 n n OTKAof iiuiibD, wmuu is i cgai ucu as 51 cat sport. The professional opinion .was expressed that the reason the Germans are declared to be ready to forego submarine attacks on liners V is the want of submarines and the personnel to carry on their campaign. Auxiliaries on Duty. (J The admiral commanding at an important naval base told the corre- 13 spondent that England had 2,300 auxiliaries on duty from the British channel to Iceland, and that their ^ reservist crews had been zealous in their important part in overcoming - | the kind of warfare which Germany wages. As the torpedo boat destroyer on which the correspondent was a pas- . senger turned into the harbor where the great fleet lay at anchor, he saw a target being towed in the customary manner for firing practice. "We keep at it all the time," an officer explained. The practice of the cruisers finish* ? ?1 i? ? 3 ea, tney iook meir pmces m uwc. formation among the immense field of gray shapes at anchor in precise order, which as the torpedo boat destroyer drew nearer, became lane after lane of dreadnaughts. The Queen Elizabeth, back from the Dardanelles, was in the fleet. Every deck was stripped ready for action, steam was up in every ship, , and as the destroyer threaded her way, turrets were seen turning and guns being elevated and lowered in the course of drills. Seaplanes had their home on a famous Atlantic liner. -? Cotton Seed for Beef Cattle, J It would be well for feeders to bear in mind the following points: 1. Do not feed young calves heavily on cottonseed meal. . 2. Secure prices on both cottonseed meal and linseed meal and use the cheaper feed. 3. If cottonseed meal does not cost over $34 a ton it can probably be used to advantage in wintering the breeding herd. ' 4. By feeding a ration of two pounds of cottonseed cake with corn silage, or two and one-half pounds of cottonseed cake with coarse roughages such as oat straw, corn stover, etc., mature cattle can be wintered very economically. 5. One pound of cottonseed meal is usually worth as much as two pounds of corn for feeding cattle. 6. In sections where much corn, stover, fodder, timothy, or other carbohydrate feeds are used, it is extremely important that some feed . like cottonseed meal be used. 7. Cottonseed meal stimulates the appetite of fattening animals and causes them to consume more feed and likewise to make greater gains. 8. Heavy feeding of cottonseed meal should be discontinued after 100 to 120 days where dry roughage is fed and after 150 days where ' * & cii/vMilont fppHs arp. liRPd. 9. Cottonseed cake can be used very profitably as a supplemental . feed for fattening cattle on pasture. 10. Five times as many farmers x should be using cottonseed meal as are doing so at the present time. Are you one of them? No Fit Associate. /.j Mother?Johnny, stop using such dreadful language! , Johnny?Well, mother, Shakesnfioro lioaH if yVAAU UtJVVl AV. Mother?Then don't play with him, he's no fit companion for you.?London Tit-Bits. .'