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- - ' .v _ . , . -y - -. - . k o . ' . ' ' " - : , ' '" 'H I ' 1 (Pie lamberg ijeralb 1 ? % ; . One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1915. Established 1891. L L f- COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the 1 County and Elsewhere. I Oak Grove Items. j . < " J ^ Oak Grove, Oct. 5.?Oak Grove school opened last Monday, with Miss { Annie Lou McMillan, of Round, S. 1 C., as teacher. We hope this will be ] a very successful term. 1 | Mrs. H. J. Hiers, of Ehrhardt, wJe.i + .-vrl of tV?o Vinmo r>f All". T W. " TlOXl^U U W vuv ....... v. vra. . W Rentz last Thursday. ? X Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rentz and little ? ( daughters, Rachel and Nell, spent ' last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Carter. 1 Miss Grace Hoffman went to ' k Hampton last week, as a delegate 1 m from Pleasant Hill Methodist churth, to the Ladies Missionary society. X Mr. G. W. Clayton, who had a 1 stroke of paralysis some time ago, is * improving slowly. | \ Miss Lizzie Rentz visited her * % \ > brother, Mr. J. L. Rentz at Walterhoro last week. i \ , Miss Ada Clayton and Miss Grace ^ Hoffman were guests of Mr. and Mrs. 1 H. J. Hiers last Thursday. Miss Julia Clayton left some time i ' " n ago for Lakeland, Fla., where she i will attend school this winter. . Mr. Jimmy Freeman is visiting his sister, Mrs. O. L. Copeland. Mr. Harvey Hiers left a few days > . i ago for Charleston to attend school. Misses Pollie and Essie Carter were . guests of Miss Grace Hoffman last I Sunday afternoon. Mr. Albert Smith will attend the Lodge graded school this term. Mr. Leroy Smith has secured a, traveling position, but we are glad to x have him in the neighborhood on Sunday. v ,*>r ,1 Mr. Lonnie Copeland spent a few days last week with Mr. L. W. L- Copeland, who has been ill, but is improving slowly. Mr. W. H. Carter went to Edisto Sunday evening ,to carry Mr. Tall * v mage Clayton back to his position at ^ the Edisto mill. Little Hydra Till, who has been eick ^ith fever, is able 'to be out again. ' . Ott's Outings. l! ???-?* Ott's, October 5.?The farmers in this section are gathering the fleecy ' ?* 1 ? tViint tViP Bliiym v ex v 1 apimj , uuu *, wwu v^v t " j darkies will have to have stumps 1 burning to pick by this winter. * Our little berg is coming to the * front. Mr. E. C. Hays is erecting i p- - .a syrup mill to be run^by steam. T We already have a saw mill and c V . the cotton gin makes a mighty fuss 1 for such a small place. ?ince our last writing, Mrs. Gladys c Odom Dennis, of Kjngstree, has < (spent some time with her parents, < H Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Odom, Mr. Den- * nis_ came up and spent several days 1 f; . and accompanied v her home. t Oh, how lonely it will soon be t around here; some of our girls have t I gone to college, others will leave v - soon to resume their /work as teachers. Mr. and Mrs. Mainer Sandifer and ^ * Misses Ruby and Evelyn Sandifer 1 were guests at the home of Mr. W. M. * McCue Sunday. Mrs. *!?. D. Odom and little daugh- 1 r* * J * ?.? orkATit tVtci wAAk-pnd near ^ lt?rJ 1T1J1 HO) opwuv vuv WW WW Blackville at the home of her sister, * Mrs. Florrie Free. E Miss Inez Sandifer made a visit * to Blackville Saturday. * Several from this vicinity have recently joined the Woodmen. Ann$ Easterling, a colored woman living on Mr. C. E. Sandifer's place, ^ - was shot and killed by a negro man ^ by the name of George Washington last night. No trace of the man has ^ been found at this writing. c Cope Cullings. f g Cope, October 4.?The Cope gradi if ed school commenced its regular session 'this morning with the same ^ corps of teachers as last year, . * who are Mr. C. C. Stewart, of Fountain, as principal, with Misses Berta J. Hill, of Edgefield; and Flora ^ Edwards, of Dillon, as assistants. ^ Those enrolled this morning numberF ed forty-four, but the attendance ^ will soon be increased as cotton if ? picking will soon be over and those J who are kept at home to help gather this crop will^then be free. y Hon. Thos. H. Tatum, of Bishop- S ville. will deliver an address at Union t .Methodist church on next Sunday af- 7 A ternoon at half-past four o'clock, a Public cordially invited to attend. t Mrs. B. H. Knotts, of North, i6 u here on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. g r * * , J A -V- *4 . V > CONSCRIPTION COMING. j L'nless Men are Compelled to Serve, England Lost, Says Lloyd-George. ? David Lloyd-George, minister of nunitions, in a letter to one of his ^ constituents, issued by the official press bureau a few days ago-, makes m appeal to the public to give the government a fair chance to decide die question of compulsory service md reiterates his view that the sit- i nation is a serious one, which de- ( nands that the country, if victory is to fall to the allies, must exert its c whole strength. Mr. Lloyd-George < k says: ( "You say, and say rightly, that the government ought to give the nation i lead on the question whether the cnoral obligation of every ablebodied man to defend his country should be converted during this war into a legal obligation. * "The government, I can assure 1 :ou, is fully alive to the necessity 1 :or giving a definite lead. It is s engaged in examining the subject with a view to coming to the right t iecision. < VIf the figures demonstrate that * win thrnnfh and with the ( '? U VUU n Jiu v v.QM voluntary system, it would be folly i :o provoke a controversy in the mid*. 31e of a world war by attempts to \ substitute a totally different method, t 3n the other hand, if these figures < demonstrate to every unprejudiced ? person that the voluntary system has j exhausted its utility, and nothing but legal pressure can give us the armies t lecessary to defend the honor of z jreat Britain and save Europe from ;he triumph of military despotism, I 1 lave not yet heard of the man who j vould resist compulsion. "It is all a question of ascertainible facts. Why then all this prenature anger? The determining facts have not yet been published. IVhen they have been sifted and made mown, the advocates of one view or ? 1 ( ;he other will surely find that the vhole cycles of fevor and ferocity lave been wasted in attacking posi- T ions which they will then discover hey should defend. Let the govern- 1 nent have a fair chance to decide. A "The opinions I have formed as to * he essential action are prompted by 1 he sincere persuasion that nothing * >ut the exertion of our whole itrength will enable us to obtain vie- t ory, upon which so much depends, r "The issue is the gravest any ^ :ountry has ever been called upoq to I lecide. Let it be settled in a spirit c worthy of its gravity. v I withdraw t lothing I have said as, to the serious- t less of the position. I, for months, lave called attention to the dangers n the present war. Events along vill prove whether I have been unluly alarmed. So far, I regret, they t lave justified my apprehensions. ( "I should indeed be a traitor if I 3 lid not hope fervently that the course 1 >f the war would prove that I have T >ver estimated the worst evils, but I 1 lave not written without warrant in i acts known to the enemy as well as ( o us?facts which I should have ( hought would have already sobered ( he most fatuous optimist." * Brother Killed in Battle) Gaffney, September 30.?Mrs. Lula iurth, the new violin teacher at E limestone college, received informa- _ ion last week to the effect that her 1 jrother, who was in the German a irmy, was killed a few days ago. 1 drs. Kurth. has made many friends * iince she has been in' Gaffney and hey all sympathize with her in her lereavement. r Hurt Hk Fftftlinsrs. ? - ? t Lytway, the butcher, had been very ? >usy for a few moments with a well mown dictionary. Suddenly he clos- f d it with a snap and growled at his t rife at the cash desk. ^ "That Mrs. Smarte is getting too t lever," he growled. * "What's the matter?" asked the s ;ood lady, surprised at this criticism s f a good customer. "When she came in just now she old me I ought to rename my scale? K A mKne/io/lo hron rl " LIO Alii u uovau^/ vi uiiu* "Well, why-?" 1 "I've just looked up the word," * rent on the infuriated man, "and the c_ ictionary says that ambuscade c leans 'to lie in weight!' "?Chicago c lerald. 1 ? c . I. Cleckley. i Missionary Day was observed on t esterday by the Sunday-school of c lawyer Memorial Baptist church, of t his place. Appropriate exercises t rere carried out by the little ones i nd Mr. J. Herbert Hayden addressed r he audience with timely talks on c aissions. Supt. Tom Pickering also 11 ;ave a very interesting little talk. 11 IN THE PALMETTO STATE iOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading.?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The State fair will be held in Coumbia on October 25th to 29th, in elusive. The Lancaster Parent-Teacher association was organized in Lancaster Saturday, to further the cause of education in that county. Prior to September 15th, there hac Deen ginned in this State 259,07( Dales of cotton, against 303,794 or ;he same date last year. It is stated from Washington thai Congressman Byrnes may be given ? ilace on the appropriations commit :ee, to sticceed Congressman Johnson. Gov. Manning has issued requisi/ Jon papers on the governor of Nortl Carolina for the return of James landers, a negro, who is wanted ii Chester county on the charge of assault with intent to kill. The State board of canvassers mel n Columbia Tuesday and declarec ;he result of the recent prohibitior election. The official returns were 4 is follows: For prohibition 41,735; igainst prohibition 16,809. Eight negro prisoners in the Sun* ;er county jail escaped on Sundaj light by digging up the floor anc iropping to the room below, front vhich they escaped by picking the ^rirks from the window casing. S. W. Hughes, a well known insurmce man of Florence, sustained se ious injury Tuesday when he was ;hrown from an automobile, whict ;he driver swerved quickly to one ude to prevent a collision with an)ther machine. E. B. Sanders, formerly of Hartveil, Ga., was run down by a ga* dectric car on the Blue Ridge rai^vay in Anderson Saturday night. He vas asleep on the tracks. The exent of his injuries are not known, >ut it is thought they will prove atal. At.a recent sitting of the Charleson grand jury, 42 indictments wrere eturned against persons charged nth violation of the dispensary law. n June the same grand jury threw >ut thirty-odd cases, many of them he same persons against whom true ills were found at the last sitting. Going to Greece to Fight. Florence, Sept. 30.?Gus D. Cotros, a well-known resident of this jity and proprietor of the "Busy Bee" restaurant, and a subject oi 110 niAtViar <*nnnfrv Crpppp hflA fl.fi HO liiifi.in.i vvr UU Vi J y , ? ? rertised all of his property and holdngs in this city and country for sale, is he has to return to his country's call and to Greece. Some significance in this, especially with the recent announcement of Greece's call 'or soldiers. I The De'il of a Trick.. It wasn't a Missouri editor, but4 a Printer's devil who was going hrdugh his first experience on "makng up" forms. The paper was late md the boy got the galleys mixed. ?he first part of the obituary of a prominent citizen had beeh dumped n the forms and the next nandful of ype came off-a galley describing a ecent fire. It read like this: "The >allbearers lowered the body to the rrave and as it was consigned to he grave there were few if any resets. for the old wreck had been an yesore to the town for years. Of ourse there was individual loss, hut hat was fully covered by insurance." ^he widow thinks the editor wrote he obituary that way because the amented partner of her joys and orrows owed him five years' subcription.?Exchange. New Western Ideas in Selling. ?^ f. Some of the largest grocery stores n Southern California have adopted he system of quoting regular prices >n their goods, with a reduction of I per cent, for cash, if there is no leliverv. This separation of the >rice of merchandise from the cost >f service has been widely discussed n the trade throughout the country, >ut in only a few cities have the lealers begun to make the distincion. The California dealers adverise the regular prices, with a sepaate column for the price after the eductions have been made. The lifference is enough to tempt many mvers to nav cash and carry bundles Lome.?Nebraska State Journal. i ? j BYRNES ON THE JOB. ? Second District Congressman Looking After Local Affairs. p The following Washington dispatch of the 29th, will J>e of interest : to the county: q Congressman James F. Byrnes, of the 2nd South Carolina district, was informed at the navy department today that just as soon as a transport could be obtained the commandant of * ! ? ? vi ? tt - 111 A non/1 Q A fl niQ. H i LUC lilCLi 1 liC LU1 pO n UU1U iStxxix uvu xxiu, u' rines to Port Royal, and that the M number would be increased later. It C will be recalled that some months c< - vago the secretary of the navy decid- rr ed to move the marine recruiting I station from Norfolk to Port Royal. I3 1 Yesterday Mr. Byrnes argued be- el l fore the river and harbor engineers n an appeal from the adverse report v< t; of the district engineer on the pro- b t. ject for improving the North Fork E of the Edisto river. The congress- G . man urged that the same recommen- a: dation for improvement should be made of the South Fork as for the tl t North Fork, so that whenever con- a 5 gress considers the question of apt propriating for the improvement ot n the waterway from Orangeburg to 0 Charleston, the South Fork project ri can be taken up at the same time. a Annthor mflttpr in which the 2nd n ^ district representative is interesting t< 1 himself is the complaint of lumber ti % ' shippers in Hampton county that the w ' interstate railroad rate from points P . in that county to Savannah, by the n ' Atlantic Coast Line, is, greater than 1 the rate from the same points to I Charleston, though the distance to tl I Savannah is less. Mr. Byrnes dis- fc * cussed this subject at the* interstate commerce commission today. n The railway company explains that ii - the Charleston rate is fixed by the ei > | State railroad commission and is tl II forced upon the company, and that c< i it is unreasonable. The railroad pi - claims that the interstate rate is a T reasonable one. Mr. Byrnes says he h . is going to have a formal complaint p 5 filed with the commerce commission n . to test the reasonableness of the 11 \1 rate. The principle involved is causJing trouble in many States and has fi' , | in some cases gone to the United s< > | States supreme court on appeals ti | from the commission. j M When asked if he had any com-ci , ment to make on the state of the' a' [ country and the sentiment of his s? constituents towards the Wilson ad- a] . ministration, -Representative Byrnes pi said: -1 r< , "The people of my section of the ol South are feeling much better at this tl time than they were , two or three! months ago on account of the in- bi creased price of cotton. Many of the o] . persons who bought cotton during. tl ; j the buy-a-bale movement with the p< -1 expectation of suffering a loss have is !: during the last week been able to' c< i sell at a net profit. As a result ot pi . the rise in cotton much of the feel, ing that existed among the people m i of the South against Great Britain . beoause of interference with cotton shipments has disappeared. [ "The interest of our people in the T exportation of cotton causes them to take an interest also in the question of preparedness so far as the navy is concerned, the sentiment being ^ > that while there should be a reason- t< ' able increase in both army and navy, li ' it is more important that we should; 11 > have a stronger navy than we should h maintain a larger standing army. P nr\? ^^ nf + Vt o nnminn ' UUI MCUWJC CLin .,1 I,uv | ^ that the coast fortifications should j a b.e improved and that they should be j t* - sufficiently garrisoned. Following d ! the construction of the forts at Pan- e' 'jama, Hawaii and in the Philippines, ^ ' | the garrisons at the coast fortifica- n ' tions in 'Charleston harbor was cut to the bone; and I understand that ^ this is true, in a measure, of all the, ^ : other important, coast fortifications a in the country. a ! "South Carolina's people are en thusiastic in their support of President Wilson, and whatever pro- tc gramme of preparedness is recommended by him to the congress will undoubtedly influence their view on fT the subject. Today the president is stronger with our people than ever before." _ a Polished. ai p< A newspaper artist, noted for his large feet as well as his facility with a{ the pencil sat down tb have his shoes w polished, relates the Literary Digest, al "Give me a fine shine, Tony," he said to the operator. "I'm going to ly see a pretty girl and want to make ui a hit." When the contract was completed y< and payment made, Tony said: d< "Say, boss! if youse doesn't make a hit wid dat skirt tonight it won't oi be because you doesn't shine down- pi M - on I Btairs. i * v . v< " - \ .. OLIIMBIA POLICE CHANGE . M. l>ul?KK HAS CHARGE OF DEPARTMENT. r ouiici] and Citizens' Committee IHscuss Charges Against Mayor r Griffith. ' s ( fnlnmhin Ortnhpr 4 ?The noliop apartment was today taken from !ayor L. A. Griffith and placed under 1 ouncilman E. M. DuPre by the city ' Duncil in executive session in a ( leeting which lasted over an hour. 1 The change is effective immediater. The resolution calling for the ' tiange was introduced by Council- ( lan C. M. Asbill and adopted by a 1 ote of 3 to 2, the affirmative votes ( i eing cast by Council C. M. Asbill, !. M. DuPre and M. M. Rice. Mayor riffith and Councilman R. C. Keenn voted against the resolution. The mayor was placed in charge of le electrical department and chosen member of the city school board.. City council will hold a special 1 leeting tomorrow afternoon at 4 'clock for the purpose of "confering with the citizens' committee reltive to the charges against the rayor of disorderly conduct on Sep* imber 18," according to the resoluon calling for the meeting, which ' as introduced by Councilman Dure and unanimously adopted at a 1 iQQfinor r?f that hnriv this monTine V 1 CAAMV M V\?^ W" * ?/ AM v* Text of Resolution. The resolution changing control of le police department in its entirety 1 )llows: "Resolved: Whereas, in the judg- : lent of council it is necessary to the ' iterest of the city of Columbia, and specially to the police department 1 lereof, that a change be made in the >uncilman superintendent of said de- 1 artment; therefore be it resolved 1 hat Ernest M. DuPre be, and is ereby, assigned to the council su- i erintendency of the police depart-.1 tent in the place of L. A. Griffith, to i ike effect immediately." 1 Mr. Asbil! moved that "L. A. Grif-!1 i th be elected a member of the city j1 shool board and assigned the elec-11 ical department in the place of E. j [. DuPre," read the minutes of the; ? ty clerk, G. F. Cooper. The minutes; ^ [so record that Councilman DuPre j' lid he wanted the question settled, ad not that he wanted the police de artment. This was ascribed as his 1 sason for favoring the change. None ^ t the other councilmen are quoted in j le minutes. j( The minutes of the meeting state ^ riefly that the reason for the vote 1 f the mayorand Mr. Keenan against { le change of the council head of the olice department is that the mayor i to be investigated by the citizens' 1 immittee and that the resolution is 1 remature. i 1 Mayor Griffith had no comment to 1 lake on the action of council. 1 1 PAYS UP AFTER 16 YEARS. ? ? 1 ramp Returns Prosperous, Reim- < bursing Bank for Charity. 1 i Sixteen years ago a stranger who < ad neither place to stay nor money 5 buy food, called on David L. Conk- j ng, of this city, and asked him for j < elp. Mr. Conkling took him to a h ? * ?1 fr\y Vi ?o InHffin P" QllTl? ! ( UltJI dUU yCLlKJ. 1U1 uio 1UUQ1UQ) w-r er and breakfast. ] The next day the man disappeared; < nd nothing was heard of him from j 1 lat day until last week, when a well-, 1 ressed, fine appearing stranger call- < d at the First National bank, where: j [r. Conkling has been employed < lany years, and asked to see him. r When they met the stranger told < [r. Conkling he was the man he be- < iended sixteen years ago and had j 1 illed to repay him, as he was < bundantly able to do so. He then < aid the money back, with some in- ; irp.ct ?Middletown. N. Y., dispatch ] ) New York Herard. < He Answered the Question. * Pat was called into court to testi- j r to a talk that he had with the de- j mdant in a civil suit, and every- 1 lipg went along as swimmingly as ( flock of bullfrogs until the lawyer t ttempted to bring out the important t Dints of the conversation. "Now, then, Pat/' said the encour?ing lawyer, "please tell the court g hat you and the defendant talked ( DOUt." T "Yes, sir," answered Pat, willing- x "We talked about fifteen mintes." "No, no, no!" interposed the law- c "t moan what did vou and the i Pendant talk over?" \ "Yis, sor," was the calm rejoinder j : Pat. "We talked over the tele- s aone, sor."?Philadelphia Tele- I aph. c A * V ' THE MILITIA OKDEKKD OUT. Arizona Sheriff Admits Strike is Beyond Control. Phoenix, Ariz, October 3.?The nilitia today was ordered to Clifton, \riz., where Sheriff J. J. Cash has eported that the situation as a result of a mine strike is beyond his control. Mine managers who went to Lords^nrcr V \T v<actorrlnv* aftor thpv v vw -5 , - ^ J ; vwvv*uu; v* *. v*4vj " v* v -* " *escued from miners by a sheriff's ^osse, telegraphed to Governor Hunt, Df Arizona, to "protect lives and property." In asking Governor Hunt to assume charge of the situation Sheriff 3ash said that the strikers were parading the streets and making dempnstrations. He feared serious trou- V ' Li _ ' m ble. ^ SMITH PREDICTS RISE. N Believes Price Will Go Beyond 15 Cents. Columbia, Sept. 28.?"Cotton will go beyond 15 cents. Just how much I won't say, nor will I repeat what I said to a Columbia banker this morning. But cotton is going above 15 cents a pound." The above was United States Sena- tor E. D. Smith's optimistic summary of the cotton situation when in Co^ 1 < y lUXXiUlct odiui uciv . xna tuuuiuoiuu, uc explained, was based on two factors: One that the 1915 crop will not be more than 10,500,000 bales; the other the exorbitant demand for cotton for the manufacture of war mu- % nitions, which is becoming more urgent each day to meet heavy orders from Europe, plus the impending crisis in Mexico and the appeal for increased armament in the United States, incident to threatened complications with European countries. Senator Smith also ma(de a striking analogy between the present crop and that of 1914. "Last year . we produced more than 16,000,000 bales. Despite the demoralization of the European spinners, and the fact i that the cotton exchanges were closed a large portion of the season, we have consumed practically all of last year's crop.- This year we'll market only about 10,500,000 bales. You can draw your own conclusion." i nrixu. T? n ui> upnuimi ?i IUI unii&Bt Recent disquieting rumors that bankers were not properly "respond- * -' ing to the federal reserve board ruling that money should be loaned on sotton at 6 per cent, also came in fdr beated arguments by the junior senator. He explained that he had re-, uently been in Washington in session with the reserve board, and that while there, at his suggestion, the board had agreed that the stream of money available for discounting cotton receipts would be shut off from* that bank which discounted Cotton paper at a higher rate of interest than 6 per cent. Such ruling, he added, precluded the idea of the bank's acquiesence in the provision Df the law as being optional. The banks were compelled to cqmply, he asserted, to remain an active part 3f the federal reserve system. "It seems that you just can't drive it into the bankers' heads that they 4 :an discount any volume of cotton receipts, irrespective of the size of capital stock or assets of the bank," be continued. "If the cotton is propsrly insured, and graded and placed where there will be no exposure to d weather conditions, by the provisions Df the law the cotton is a banking isset, and the bank is compelled to Jiscount the paper at 6 per cent. This discounted paper is then sent 3n to the reserve bank and redisjounted at 3 per cent. And any tank can discount $5,000,000 worth Df commercial paper if it should be jailed on to do so. There's no limit, just so the farmer complies with the provisions of the law in housing, insuring and grading his cotton. The central reserve bank issues a steady stream of notes to discount this paper, and the capital of a member Dank has absolutely nothing to do with the volume of paper it discounts ; HTVio nntoc nrp issijpn Oil J11 WltUU* i 11V ukvvvu V%A ~_ hree-fourths of the market value of he cotton." Senator Smith claims the authorship of that section of the federal reserve act which places cotton in the ;lass with other commodities, upon * vhich the government will issue lotes. ^ The flag of the United Kingdom, :ommonly known as the British flag, , , ? s the official flag of the whole em)ire, though of course, the various )rovinces have their flaglets, just as some States of the American union lave theirs, while "Old oiory" #mes Ver