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* ' ' ' -i \ V . - - ' ... I OIhe lamterg feralh One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1915. ^Established 1891. I. - ' | -1 , COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. .5 i News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. ? - ? *T I Oak urove aews. Oak Grove, Oct. 26.?We have been having some cool weather tor the last few days. Miss Grace Hoffman has gone to Ruffin, where she is the assistant teacher in the high school. ^ Miss Clara Copeland is spending some time with her atmt, Mrs. D. M. Smith. Miss Lea Carter is spending some time with Miss Carolee Hiers. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Copeland and their little daughter, Lenora, spent last Tuesday night with Mr. J. L. i, Copeland. S We are very sorry to hear of Mrs. D. M. Smith's illness. Miss Ada Clayton left several days agb to take her school at North Willow. Mr. Leroy Smith came home from his work last week very ill. We hope f he will be out again soon. T Mrs. L. W. Copeland is up from a spell of illness. We hope she will improve rapidly. We are very sorry to hear of Miss Julia Copeland's ilness. All the young folks are very busy tatting and crocheting. Miss Lizzie Rentz spent part of last week with her sister, Mrs. George - McMillan. ' . * Miss Lonie Copeland spent last Sunday evening with Miss Mamie Copeland. Mps. Cam Jones, of Bamberg, has been spending some tfcne with her ni^ce, Mrs. D. P. Smith. Mr. L. W. Copeland is having a \ new dwelling erected now. We hope he will be in our section in a few months. ' Mrs. Monnie McKenzie, of Walterhoro, has returned home from a pleasant visit to her mother, Mrs. C. f' ' P. Rentz. * TAT T XT T TTTT P nTPT. ^ ' A -1 1 ' ' 1 I 1 1 lill 1 JJJU UlXVJUt Colston Clippings. $W4'. , Colston, Oct. 25.?W? once more ^ ' have pretty weather, and everybody is glad, especially the farmers. Miss Rosalie Kirkley was the welcome guest of Miss Natilee Kearse, of the Ehrhardt section, f Miss Prozine McMillan, Prof. Tucker, and Messrs. Talbert and Clyde Padgett and Jack Kearse were the guests of Miss Evelyn Kirkland^ on V"'- Sunday. ' . Miss Laura McMillan, of Bamberg, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. McMillan. Mr. Albert McMillan, of Bamberg, and his friend, Mr. Henry Kearse, were the guests of his mother, Mrs. J. C. McMillan, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Padgett and family and Mrs. Cane Jones, of Bamberg, were the guests of Mrs. J. C. ftn Sundav. * On Saturday night last Misses Evelyn Kirkland, Rosalie Kirkley, and Frozine McMillan, and Messrs. Elgin McMillan, Clyde and Talbert Padgett, George Fender, and Marion McMillan were visitors at the home of , Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kearse. Misses Alma, Prettoe, and Annie F.v Fender, and Messrs. Rob and Le _ Roy Peters were the guests of Miss 7 Ethel McMillan on Sunday evening. Mr. and. Mrs. Wm. Kearse were . < ' the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McMillan on Sunday. ' Mr. Clyde Padgett was the welcome guest of Mr. Elgin McMillan on Saturday night. Mr. Elgin McMillan was the guest ot Mr. Marion McMillan on Sunday. Mr. J. W. McMillan and son, Elgin McMillan, spent Friday in Olar on business. Mrs. G. A. McMillan and son, Maxwell, were the guests of Mrs. J. W. ^ McMillan Friday. Mr. Elgin McMillan spent Saturday in Bamberg. Death of Mr. M. P. Bassett. Fairfax; Oct. 22.?Mr. M. P. Bassett, who died suddenly at his home, one mile-from here Wednesday night of paralysis, was buried with Masonic honors at the Googe cemetery near here yesterday afternoon after a brief funeral service conducted by the pas tor of the Methodist church, the Rev. Mr. Keener. Mr. Bassett was about 80 years of age. He is survived by his wife and three sons and eight daughters and one sister, Mrs. Susan Williams, and a great many other relatives and friends. He was a member of the Methodist church and of Brunson lodge, No. 167, A. F. M., and had been tiler of this lodge conK I ' Aeir'. :? j-'-SsSk*!?.; " ? v-.-'-'.* >' :..y_ CAUSE OF PELLAGRA BAFFLES. * Conference Just Closed Inclined to Theory of Possible Error in Diet. Columbia, Oct. 22.?That the cause of pellagra is still undertermined is the inference drawn from the third triennial meeting of the National Association for the Study of Pellagra, which closed its sessions here today. The first meeting of the association, six years ago, devoted its attention to corn as a cause of pellagra; the second, three years ago, to a possible protozoan origin; and this meeting was inclined to the theory of a possible error in diet. Scientifically the meetings at the convention indicated a distinct advance over previous meetings, according to delegates. No positive conclusions as to the cause of pellagra were announced, although many causes were suggested by contributors of papers. In previous meetings of the association the committee on resolutions has referred to this subject even if in only negative terms. This year tfie committee confined its resolutions to expressions of thanks, without attempting to express conclusions upon any phase of pellagra, the inference being that the cause of pellagra is still unknown. Dr. C. H. Lavinder, of the United States public health service, the retiring president, said tonight that some of the delegates believed that before another meeting of the association three years hence, the cause of pellagra would probably be understood, so great have been the results achieved by the study of the association members. That the meeting has been a successful one, is the unanimous opinion of those in attendance. Officers for the next three years were elected as follows: * Dr. J. M. Siler, United States army, president; Dr. R. M. Grimm, United States public health service, first vice president; Dr. H. W. Rice, Columbia, S. C., second vice president; Dr. J. W. Babcock, Columbia, secretary; Dr. J. A. Hayne, Columbia, treasurer. The secretary is the only officer/ reelected. The next meeting place was not determined. GROWS BLACK STAPLE. South Carolinian Has Already Produced Colored Cotton. About a month ago there appeared in the Sun an editorial article complimentary to me and my success in producing cotton in natural colors. Luther Burbank was quoted as saying that black cotton would not be produced in this generation if ever. You said that it would tahe much to convince the public that I could produce cotton dyed by nature. Now I am growing several sorts of tinted cotton. They can be taken to any chemist, and if he finds a trace of artificial dye; why, as a man and Mason, I shall have no more to say. A bright yellow sample is grown in Louisiana, but the other colored cotton I have grown and gathered by my own hands, my samples represent the work of five years, having no tinted cotton to start with, what may I not expect in the next five years when I now have nearly a dozen colors to work upon? . Cotton has a greater affinity for colors than any other plant in exist ence. A little help on the part of man is all that is necessary. I am getting close to my goal, black cotton. If my life is spared I hope to produce a sample of black lint a year hence. I can not respond favorably to requests for seed, as I am keeping it for my own experimenting. My mail has become burdensome, and I hope you will ^publish this so that perhaps some of the people will know that I am being bored by the public. ?A. W. Brabham, in letter to the >Jew York Sun. \ 4'Scandal" in 5 reels by Lois Weber, author of "Hypocrites," Friday night.?6 reels 6?10c and 15c. Thielfin Theatre.?adv. The word "shrewd" once signified evil or wicked. Thomas Fuller uses the. expression "a shrewd fellow," meaning a wicked man. tinuously about 40 years. At the commencement of the War Between the Sections Mr. Bassett enlisted in the First regiment of infantry which was commanded by Col. Johnson Hagood, but when this regiment was disbanded he enlisted in Company F, Third regiment, South Carolina cavalry, and remained in this command until Genr Joseph E. Johnson's army surrendered in North Carolina in April, 1865. During the half century since the I Mr RfLssett lived a auiet. peaceful life on his farm in this neighborhood. \ f IN THE PALMETTO STATE ^^^ . "v' SOME OCCURRENCES OP VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROUNA. ?? ., Stat? News Boiled Down for Quick Reading.?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. In a test case heard Tuesday, Judge I. W. Bowman at Columbia decided that the gallon-a-month law was constitutional. The case was brought to compel the Southern Express company to deliver more than a gallon a month. On Saturday thirty-eigbt convicted blind tigers in Charleston were sentenced by Judge .Mendel L. Smith to fines and terms in prison varying from six months to one year. The prison terms were all suspended on condition of behavior. E. Pendleton Jones, Jr., was granted a verdict of $750 in Edgefield Friday for damages alleged to have been sustained by the bite of a mad cat in the freight depot at Newberry March 31 of this year. Notice of appeal by the railroad was given. A hearing was held by Governor Manning Wednesday on the matter of ordering an election on the McCormick county project. An election was held a year or two ago, and the new county' was voted in, but the election was knocked out by the supreme court. Governor Manning has not announced his decision yet. Miss Bessie McKeithen, of Georgetown, has been made queen of the State harvest jubilee in Columbia. The folowing are her maids of honor: Misses Celeste George, of Lexington; Annie May Prior, of Chester; Ruby Langford, of Prosperity; Geneva L. Murray, of Aiken; Martha Ayer Duncan, of Barnwell; Jean Lindsey, of Camden; lone York, of Clinton; Mary L. Wilson, of WalHalla; Lou Ellena Ligon, of Anderson; Lebbye Cornelia Smith, of Greer; Marie Smith, of Dillon, and Mrs. Annie Laurie Williams, of Greenville. "UNKNOWN PARTIES." Inquest at Charleston Does Not Find Out Slayer. Charleston, Oct. 21.?At* 1:07 o'clock this morning the jury in the coroner's ^inquest into the death of Sidney J. Cohen, a reporter for the Evening Post, shot in the room of the city Democratic executive committee last Friday, announced the following verdict: "That the said Sidney J. Cohen came to his death October 15, 1915, at the Roper hospital, Charleston county, from a 38-calibre pistol shot wound, said pistol having been fired from the vicinity of doorway between ante-room and executive committee room on southwest corner King and George streets, Charleston county, by party or parties unknown to the jury, on October 15, 1915." Wonrv .T Rrnwn a former ice wagon driver, and Edward R. McDonald, a stevedore, are in the county jail subject to further orders of the court, as the result of the hearing on a writ of habeas corpus by Circuit Judge Mendel L. Smith Monday morning, the two men having been arrested by the police last Friday. The jury, composed of Andrew J. Geer, foreman; E. P. Guerard, Samuel G. Stoney, Edward N. Chilsolm, John E. Gibbs and T. Grange Simons, Jr., retired at 8:15 o'clock last night. During the three days of the inquest in the county court house sixty-nine witnesses appeared. Members of the executive committee were heard first. Ten witnesses were heard Monday, twenty-four Tuesday and thirty-five yesterday. Testimony regarding the first shoti conflicted. A number of witnesses asserted that Henry J. Brown fired the first shot, while a number ot others stated that he did not. Testimony on other points also conflicted. Yesterday Dr. Kivi Pearlstine, who ! performed the autopsy, testified that the bullet that killed young Cohen I was fired from a 38-calibre pistol. It was of lead. Sample Box Paper. The Herald Book Store has just received an unusually pretty line of sample box papers. In the lot will I . " J -11 ~ oivlac 06 IOUHU itlI UJ. me iaici5i si* ico) | shapes and qualities of fine box papers. There are many boxes in the left worth 60 cents to 75 cents per box. The price we sell them at is from 15 cents to 40 cents per box. As the shipment has just been opened, it has not yet been picked over. Better come in at once, if you want a choice box of fine paper at less than the wholesale cest. s j ARLINGTON AND PARIS TALK Honolulu Also Hears the Operate Talking; at American Station. New York, Oct. 21.?Arlingto Va., talked by wireless telephoi with Paris, France, today. Honol1 lu also heard the operator talkir from Arlington. Announcement lhat the hums voice had been projected across tl Atlantic was made tonight on beha of John J. Carty, chief engineer i the American Telephone and TeL era nil nnmnon v at tho Pfimnariv'c n b* "'f 11 Wliipuxi J y W V/ v W44X|/v%**fc' 1^ V fices here. Later Mr. Carty tel phoned from Chicago confirming tl announcement. To B. B. Webb, a telephone e] gineer, fell the honor of being tl first man to span with his voice tl space between the old world and tl new. Sitting in the navy's powe ful wireless plant at Arlington, M Webb shortly after, midnight th morning asked the wireless telegrap to signal the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The wireless snapped out the si| nal and soon there came back a r< sponse. Awaiting word from Wet at the Paris end of the wireless rj dio station were H. E. Shreeve an A. M. Curtis, army engineers, and group of French officers, listenin with especially designed apparatu In Honolulu, 8,000 miles from Ai lington, Mr. Espenchied, anotlu telephone engineer at the Pearl Ha: bor navy yard, also was waiting. Webb, at Arlington, had a tran: mitting instrument, but no receivin ? ? TT^ 1??V avw 4- V* +Vw apparatus, rie iv cw, mciciuic, mc he would have to wait for the cab] to confirm the success or failure c the experiment. "Hello Shreeve," he shouted i the mouthpiece. "Hello, Shreeve." He then began to count, "one, tw< three, four; one, two, three, foui good-bye." Late this afternoon the messag came. It said that Webb's "hello and "good-bye" had been distinct! heard by the engineers and Frenc army officers in Paris and that po: tions of his test figures had als been picked up. At about the sam time there came a message , froi JJpnolulu saying that Webb's tal had beei understood in full by th receiving engineer there, and tto even the voice had been recognize as Webb's. Carty said over the.1, telephone t< night that much experimental wor will have to be done yet before tel< phone communication across the A lantic becomes an every day affair. Several Cars Smashed. About 10 'o'clock Saturday mon ing, as an extra through freigh headed for Augusta, op the Atlant Coast Line, was passing -throug Cope, by some means after son twenty odd cars of a train of fori cars had passed the switch, one < the cars became switched off to tl sidetrack, forcing the switch shut 1 the main line. The box car on tl: side track struck some other cars c the siding, which caused the train 1 part. A loaded seed car that seemed 1 be the cause of the affair was derai ed and badly damaged, tne car. iu lowing was derailed at the front enc a box car on the siding was smashe on the end and side to the door. Tt main line and side track were bat badly torn up and twisted for length of seven or more rails, < about two hundred and ten to fori feet. Flagman Straughn, who wi in the caboose writing a report at tt time, was thrown several <eet againi a barrel near the cooler and wi slightly hurt about the stomach au the left arm seemed to cause coi siderable pain, although no bon< were broken. Had the accident happened at 3 mond's siding, the first siding east < Cope, there is little doubt that thin* would have been much worse, but 2 the train had come down to aboi twelve or fifteen miles an hour whi passing through the town limits ar street crossings, that accounts f< i matters not being any worse. Christmas Goods. The Herald Book Store has ju received two shipments of Christm? goods, and another shipment is e: pected within the next few days. J the goods on sale will be four Christmas postcards, seals, stamp cards, tags, etc.; Christmas books fc children, Christmas novelties, gi goods, blocks, toys, etc. We als have just received a large shipmei of boys' and girte' books, consistir of the Boy Scout series, Henty ar Alger, and other books, suitable f< gifts. The people of the county ai invited to call and inspect the stoc! whether they wish to buy yet or no r ' . \ x ;BYRNES FAVORS DEFENSE 31' TO VOTE FOR INCREASE IN APPROPRIATION. n, le Should Improve Navy.?Regards Coast Fortifications an Essential Part of Any Plan of Defense. 111 __ ie Aiken, Oct. 23.?Congressman Jas. if F. Byrnes is in sympathy with the movement to improve the country's national defenses. "In order to acf complish this I shall favor increased e"1 appropriations for the army, navy and ie coast fortifications, says Mr. Byrnes. I , "I regard the coast fortifications an essential part of anv plan of dele fense. In order to garrison the tortile fications at Panama and other posle sessions, the garrisons at all the coast fortifications have been reducr. ed to about one-third of their normal is strength.. The extent of this reduction can be judged by the reduction y of the garrison at Sullivan's Island. 3 I believe we should provide, a sufficient force to garrison all of our coast fortifications, and the latest iand most improved guns should be constructed at all of these forts. a "Inasmuch as the army is not now Lg recruited to its full strength, I do not understand how the mere authorr ization of congress for its increase ' will accomplish anything. If this branch of the service has failed to prove itself attractive to young men, I do not believe that legislation au' ^ thorizing an increase will induce , more of them to enlist. I think the ie ^ failure to secure a greater number of recruits is due to the fact that our people are not a military people, and they do not like military service. That this is true is shown by the large number of men in the navy who .. fail to reinlist. Last spring the navy department was severely criticised because of the failure of the fleet to .6 ,, make a better showing in annual target practice. By officials of the deh partment this failure was attributed to the fact that the size of the target rhad been reduced, and in order to * save the guns a full charge of powder is no longer used, and with the real y ' k duced charge the accuracy is lessened. But by a captain of one of these te ^ ships I have been informed that the d failure to show any marked improvement in target practice is due to the ^ fact that so many men fail to rein,k list, and gunners who had the advantage of target practice last year have left the service and inexperienced men take part in practiceeachyear. "I believe the improvement of the / navy of first importance and am heartily in favor of an increased appropriation for this branch of the .' service. It should not be forgotten IC that we have greatly increased the h naval appropriations. Up to 1897 i +V??, lororacf annual annrnnriatinn for 1U1 UUUUUJ. A.V ( ^ naval purposes was $40,000,000. j Since the Spanish-American war the ^ naval appropriation has been annual- . 0 ly increased until last year we ap- ; 18 propriated $150,000,000. ?n t v k ''Before the naval committee, officials of the department and officers of ] .Q the fleet admitted that the American i l_ navy was second only to Great Bri- ] ' tain. As we have but 40 first-class ] Ill o v* /I T7r? rrln V? O fi 70 if 1C 1 J . UaiLitXSXIips ctiiu JUj 11 g, i a. 11 li uao i -J, k j k(j apparent that we cannot eveij by the < ie adoption of the plan now proposed i k by the navy department hope to make j a the American navy as large as that of ] )r Great Britain. Nevertheless I believe ] y we fchould continue to improve it, ls and while not prepared to commit le myself to the details of the plan proposed at this time, I shall certainly ' ls favor increased appropriations for d such purposes as in the opinion of j. the naval board will best develop the JS navy. It is certain that more submarines will be authorized, that battle i_ cruisers will be built, and if confi- 1 jf dence can be placed in the statements ; of those who are acquainted with 5? 1 , ls naval conditions, the navy must be ' furnished with a hospital ship, scout ' <4nnnTl1onOO ' [0 | Ui UidCiO anu aoi vpiuiAVkJ# id VI am frank to say that I do not )r know where the money is coming from for these increased appropriations, unless bonds are issued. If be- . cause of lack of funds there is to be . st any discrimination between the is branches of the service, I deem it s- of far greater importance that we ( n have an improved navy than that we id maintain a large standing army. I " ' +1-.^ a t->-i-n ticatiIq aro nf O, Ut/UCVC LiiC -TV 111 Cl JVUI1 V-* V)r the opinion that no matter what it ft costs, the navy should be improved 50 to the end that this country, so rapit idly growing in wealth, shall be proig tected against invasion, and also that 1 id our commerce, of which the cotton )r from this section forms so large a re part, shall not be interfered with by k, j Great Britain, Germany or any other j 't.; nation." -v * t J CITIZENS EXONERATE MAYOR. Vote 011 Committee Report Bringing Charges 84 to 74 in Griffith's Favor. Columbia, Oct. 22.?Mayor Lewie A. Griffith was exonerated of unbecoming conduct in visiting the restricted district on the night of September 18 for the purpose of inspection and for misuse of power in remission of fines by a mass meeting of citizens in the Richland county co*irt house tonight by a vote of 84 to 74. The vote came on the motion of Mr. Williams, which was to accept the report of the citizens' committee, which was in effect a condemnation of the mayor. The mayor was warmly congratulated by his friends on the result of the vote which^rejected the report and findings of the citizens' committee. Mayor Makes Speech. Mayor Griffith, preceding;the vote, made a speech, in which he defended his acts and in which he charged that the committee had acted on a partisan basis strictly against him, r | terming their action "analogous to mob rule." He also charged that / sity council was working against him and said that many of the reports and charges against him originated by council talking with the people in a partisan way with the idea of injuring him, which he denounced as "the most damnable way 3n earth to fight a man." He also attacked the newspapers with being nnfair. Mr. W. A. Clark, president of the Carolina National bank, in a speech 1 vj said his sympathies were with Mayor IriffifVi in fhie ficrVit T-Tic cnn Wflflh ^ XX XXX I, XX XXX VXXA0 M^UV< AAMJ *? ngton Clark, also took a prominent part in the fight against adopting ;he report of the committee. It is mderstood here tonight that in all probability petitions for th'e recall of :he mayor will be circulated imme- , ^ liately. There is talk from some :hat if any recall is started it will _ nclude the whole city council. It M will take 574 signatures of citizens - ^ before the governor can order a re;all election. piarges Against Mayor. s The citizens' committee appointed Py the first mass meeting of Colum- Jj bians to investigate charges against Mayor Lewie A. Griffith reported to mother mass meeting in the court house tonight that the mayor had sxercised the power to remit fines in Jl such a way "as to largely nullify the prdinances for the good government pf the city," and that he had "abused the power." They reported further that the conduct of the mayor on the night of the 18th of September "was entirely unbecoming his official posi- . .1 tion, was not calculated to give re-" 3pect to law and authority, but was more calculated to bring it <'% into ill repute, and under similar circumstances we think that a ease ^ ^ j of disorderly conduct would have been lodged against those who took part in the occurrence of that night if the participants had been the ordi- . nary, average citizen, not connected with the officials of the city." Further, the committee recommended: ."We think the city coun- ^ . $ cil properly took away from the mayor the position of head of the police department, and also the supposed power of remitting fines and suspending sentences. We are of the opinion that our city should have i mayor wnuse siaiiuaru ui uuty ouu propriety to our community is of the highest order." CORPORATION LICENSE TAX. t i - *jjjJ Six Railroads Pay Into Treasury Over $2,200. Columbia, October 22.?Over $2,-- * 200 has been paid into the State treasury by six railroads for the cor- ^ J *2 poration license tax. These roads /, are not making any fight against the assessment put on them by the -tax commission. Some of the other roads are fighting in the courts against the assessment and the amount of tax attempted to be collected againstthem by the State tax commission. _ v M The six roads which paid and the amount of each follows: Carolina, Atlantic and Western Railway company, $714.08; Georgetown and Western Railway company, $996.98; Greenville and Western Railway company, $41.28; North and South Carolina Railway^ompanv, $138.15; Northwestern Railroad of South Carolina, $127.45; South Carolina and Western Railway company, $208.62. Bamberg Cotton Market. >1 Quotations for Wednesday, October 27. \J| Opened 11 % Closed 11% ' ? .J Call on Mack's Drug Store or W. v ?. Herndon for Glendale Springs yater. 50c for 5-gallon jug.?adv. ^ I .1 ' ... J... > n