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: \ ' r~Jl w\ . Bamberg Cotton Market. s'stt^'XTo^rrs; IP L f|r llflrTTTl llr ill Tlr lH 111 " ?' I cefed ^ WlU ^ thankfully r " 4fk jK ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Closed 11.66 || |(9ne Dollar and a Half a Year. ' BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1915. Established 1891. M a1 = ! COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS A . SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. |* ^ News Items Gathered All Aronnd the ' County and Elsewhere. Ott's Outings. Otts, November 16.?Jack frost visited us last night; fires and over * \ coats are comfortable this morning. ? x ' Ott's steam syrup mill is running and tilings are quite sweet around p here at present. Ws 3f8weet potato digging and cane v' grinding are the order of -the day, - but hog killing and sausage making will soon be added to it. Miss Clara May Grimes, of Denmark, is a guest at the home of Mr. ^ , . and Mrs. L. D. Odom this week. , Mrs. Annie Zeigler and little son, . Carl, spent the week end at the home . v < of Mr. W. M. McCue. ^ ? This is court week, and the jovial IP face of Mr. E. L. Price is missed at fef'- our little burg, as he is on the jury pcJ this week. M;\ Mis. L. D. Odom and little daugh..fir ter, Myrtle, made a visit to Black I . vile and Lees last weeK. | Little Miss Myrtle Odom is rev cuperating after several week's ill;*' ?> ness. x Keane Klippings. Olar, Nov. 15.?The bird law is g&V out today. Hurrah! for real country ?ijR? life! The boys are whistling, buy? ' * ing shells and shining their guns, the ^ dogs are barking and frisking and " ttying to be still?^11 in vain. The ;V r r girls are smiling and hunting up ?idr old khaki suits, already for the first big hunt. Some of (our young ladies went on a hunt a few days ago, but they said they were hunting hickory nuts. They borrowed a J ^ mule and a "Josie" wagon, armed ^ themselves with a shot gun and a few big sticks and started for the SaUcehatchie woods. They came tack later in the day with three walnuts, nine hickory nuts, some turkey i- berries and a stalk of sugar cane. They said they saw a squirrel but he ran up a tree and they couldn't A1 i -J' ? catch nun; saia iney uwiu <* uuu * holler but they couldn't get to it for the briars. Another party tells us he saw a party of young ladies [ prizing a wagon out of a ditch near Ik Schofield railroad, and that he of| ^ fered Me- assistance, but the said . young ladies Were so busy hollering I "whoa Janle," they failed to hear him. Such is country life. V Mrs. Geo. B. Kearse is visiting , friends at Ellenton. % W. VH. Ritter spent several days in Savannah last week. The chain gang is doing some good p: work through this section this^week Bjst ^ op t&6 ?5arawen uuu w ai^ci uui v road.- > r - Miss Sudy Ritter entertained the \ young folks on Tuesday evening of Fa ; , last week. The guests were invited ||?v!- : into the kitchen as soon as all had arrived. The most ''dressed up" ?pt| young man in the crowd was requesti *ed to build a fire in the stove and ? act as fireman foT the next hour, f Another young man was given a ; piece of chicken with the privilege t of selecting any young lady to help > him fry it; another couple was re$ y quested to make an oyster stew; anm other a pot of coffee. So with much ffe good humor and wit the supper was II \ ? cooked, ana an voieu iv mc uwi per ever. After supper was over b ?those who had been excused from the cooking committees were requested tp clear the table and wash the dishes; here's where the real fun be. gan.r We especially recommend Miss gg?-' \Coleman and Bill Ritter to anyone f in need of dish washers. Stacy ) Kearse makes good fires; Roy Kearse can grind coffee without much fus6; ^ Cressie Breeland can make an oystet stew if she has plenty of help; r , f Mrs. W. H. Ritter is learning "slow4; > . lyV to fry oysters, while Sudy Ritter |v can boss the whole business and keep I two dozen people busy at one time. ^ We truly hope she\will try it again soon. f. Ehrhardt Etchings. Elfrhrfrdt, Nov. 16.?We had a real touch of winter weather yesterday and today, first cold this season. The farmers have had an ideal fall for ?;?: v gathering their crops and those that I made use of it have long ago finished, r as the average farmer had small crops i j' i and now they are about finished their y r J fall planting, they are happy grindine their cane and watching their \ ? boss grow fat in the pindar fields. if Mr. J. B. Ehrhardt has on exhibit in his store some freak potatoes; one has grown through the handle of a JTDSOX MILLS REOPEX. 1 | Good Xuniber Return to Work and no I . Trouble Ensues With Union Men. g Greenville, Nov. 15.?The Judson Mill, which has been closed for the c j past three week6 on account of a strike, was reopened at 1 o'clock today, when a number of the operatives returned to work. The union operatives refused to work though they did not bother the non-union employees, except to ask them not to ^ return to work. Normally there are some 700 operatives. The mill men j i claim that 400 returned to work, while the labor leaders claim that ] less than 200 returned to work. After the opening of the mill Sheriff ' Rector and President Geer spoke to- ' the union operatives, who refused to ( return to their machines within the mill. Both congratulated the operatives for their quiet conduct and 1 good behavior. Mr. Geer stated that 1 while he differed from many of them in their opinions that he had noth- < ing but the most kindly feeling for ] those who did no>t return to work. There were some who believed that trouble would result when the mill . was reopened, though there was not .. the slightest indication of this. ( Glendale springs water for sale at Herndon's Grocery Store and Mack's Drug Store.?adv. Shelled Almonds at Hoffman's.?adv. Head The Herajd. $1.50 per year. Call on Mack's Drug Store or W.. P. Herndon for Glendale Springs water. 50c for 5-gallon jug.?adv. pair of scissors, forming a small size potato op. each side; another is one ( with a boy's string through it. Where ( the string goes through the potato the hole is about the size of a pencil, with the potato thoroughly covered with its skin. Miss Ella Moore attended the fair at Walterboro last week and is now on a visit at her friend's, Mrs. F. W. Towles. / Mr. Frank Lemacks, who for the past several months has been in Alabama, returned home last week. Miss Myrtle Stafford, of Canton, Ga., is on a visit to her sister, Mrs, John Hartz. * Miss Grace Moore, a student of Carlisle school, came down Saturday on a visit to her parents, accompanied by her school mate, Miss Vissie Kiser, of St. George, returning to their duties Monday morning. Oreat are the anticipations, prepa rations and presentations for the Roberts-Carter wedding. There is a carnival in town for this week, but so far it is in a box car on the siding. Must have struck a knot some way. However the motion picture department made a move today and is holding forth in the town hall this evening. Mr. Frank Morris, slayer of Mr. W. H. Barnes, succeeded in getting bail and is now out and at home. We all feel at a great loss with our friend, Mr. Jacob gone to a better world, we know, and can only console our sorrows by knowing that it was done by "He that doeth all things well." \It seems very lonely to visit his, office now and when ^ne looks around and sees his high top shoes in the corner, fishing poles in the loft, his hat on the wall, or the old clock on the shelf (which he seemed to enjoy tinkering with), we can only * J- 'lU ^ wipe away a tear ana wan* out wun a\ sob. . , I' Our/ school under the management i of Prof. Paysinger and his assistants^ is prospering very nicely with a good enrollment. It was noticed Sunday that several of our non-church attendants were at preaching instead of hanging around the stores. This is a good break?keep it up. . Some say they will go in mourning next year if every way is blocked for getting "booze." Must love it with all their hearts, eh? JEF. Meeting of Graham" Chapter. Denmark, November 13.?The| Graham chapter, U. D. C., npet with \ Mrs. L. C. Rice Thursday afternoon. | There was no meeting in October on! < account of the unfavorable weather at the scheduled time so the business 1 programme was unusually interesting. The historian was not present so the president asked any of the members to relate incidents of the : War Between the Sections. Miss Lillie Cooper responded with a talk 1 about the Red Shirts who went from 1 this section under the leadership of < J. E. Steadman. A salad and sweet course was \ rJ hv the hostess assisted bv I Mrs. F. H. McCrae and Miss Marv Belle Inabinet. The meeting ad- i journed to meet in December with i Mrs. Lyles. < IN THE PALMETTO STATE I f ? >OME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS \ KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Stat? News Boiled Down for Quick Reading.?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The Barnwell county fair opened in Tuesday morning, and will continue through Saturday. The State D. A. R. convention convened at Greenville on Monday evening for the annual session. Willie Bethune, under sentence of A' ? ? MArtMiAtTA KIT aeaui, lias uetni given a rcyncvc uj Governor Manning until next Monday. Camden has been selected by the U. S. war department as a site for the business and professional men's training camp. The Judson Mills, Greenville, resumed work Monday morning. The mill has been closed since October 26 on account of a strike. Hon. W. J. Bryan,, former secretary of State, spoke at several points in South Carolina this week. Monday night he addressed an audience at Winthrop college. W. M. U. ADJOURNS. Will Meet in Orangeburg for Next Meeting. Spartanburg, Nov. 13.?The 13th annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary union, of the Baptist church, concluded its three-day session here at #he First Baptist church with the election of officers and the selection of the next meeting place. Mrs. J. D. Chapman, president of the union, was reelected. She de clared the meeting just enaea to navti. been one of the best in the history of the union. Orangeburg was selected as the place of the 1916 meeting union to be held during the week of . November 15. Mrs. J. D. Chapman was reelected president and the following other reccommendations of the committee on nominations were unanimonly 1 adopted at the closing meeting today: Mrs. W. H. Hunt, Newberry, vice president; Mrs. C. E. Watson, Greenville, vice president for1 the northern division; Mrs. L. K. Stuckie, Orangeburg, vice president of central division; -Miss May Adams, Arlington, vice president of eastern division; Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman, Edgefield, vice president of the western division; Mrs. T. T. Lyde, Charleston, vice president of southern division; Mrs. J. R. Fizer, Columbia, corresponding secretary, re-elected; Mrs. E. A. McDowell, Fairfax, recording secretary; Miss Jessie Kiilg, Pnlnmhia . trP-Asiirpr* Mi&s Annie Olmer, Columbia, auditor. Mrs. G. E. Davis, of Orangeburg, was elected superintendent of the Y. W. A. Mrs. Edwin Carpenter, Georgetown, superintendent of the R. A.'s; Mrs. W. J. Hatcher, Johnston, superintendent of sunbeam bands; Mrs. J. R. Boatwright, Mullins, superintendent of mission study. Thanksgiving Day and the Orphan. * t President Wilson has appointed November 25 th as the national Thanksgiving day. It has been our annual custoWi on that day, or the Sabbath following, to remember the orphans. We hope that every reader of these lines will gladly do so. You have a wonderful amount to be grateful for. Put your gratitude to the proof. Send to the Orphanage of your church your thank-offering. Presbyterian people in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina will remember that they are united in supporting the Thorn well orphanage, Clinton, S. C., which is the property of those three synods. The children are all orphans, some three hundred in number. There are 17 cottage homes, each occupied by some 15 to 25 children, with a good motherly woman in charge. The children are regularly in school for forty weeks each year, and are taught some trade or occupation, by which they can earn an honest living. Usually they leave the home at the age of 16 to 1.8, unless an earlier discharge is found advisable. Their support denonrJo imnn cift.Q nf ffnnd men and fJ V U kj Q ? ?rw V* ? women. Especially at Thanksgiving times, they ought to be remembered. There are 180 children from South Carolina, 70 from Georgia, and 28 from Florida. The rest came from seven other States. Contributions should be sent simply to Thornwell Orphanage, Clin ton, S. <J. unecKs ana posi-omce orders should be seat to the same address. c r STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE. Man Hurt Xear Prosperity Says He From Spartanburg. Prosperity, November 13.?An ol man, giving his name as John Brag? and his home as Spartanburg, wa srruck by an automobile about tw miles from here Thursday night an badly injured. The town authority are taking care of him and with th proper medical attention he may r< cover. He is badly bruised about th head and arm, but no bones are brol en. As yet none of his friends c relatives have been fpund. He wa very poorly dressed and had on] I V LCUIO vil liio puiovu, PROFITS OF KRUPP WORKS. Estimated to be $21,500,000 La; Year. Berlin, November 10.?Althoug the profits of the Krupp Works lai year, 86,000,000 marks ($21,500 000) would permit a 24 per cbn dividend, after payment of a div dend of 12 per cent., a surplus < about 24,000,000 marks will be d< voted to charity. To the relief fur of families of soldiers killed in battl 20,000,000 marks will be given ar 3,700,000 marks will go to the ge: eral relief fund. / BILL PASSED IN GEORGIA. r? ^ * n l . j* r A Will Slop sate ana laanuiaciare < Liquor |n State After May 1, 1916 Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 12.?The Iot er house of 'the Georgia legislate last night passed a bill to prohib the manufacture or sale of liquor Georgia. The bill already had pas ed the State "senate. The only chanj in the bill taade by the house w; that the proposed law would becon effective 1, 1916, instead i January 1 next, as provided by tl senate. The bill defines "liquor" ; any drink containing more than on half of 1 per cent, of alcohol, .generally is understood at the cai tal that Governor Harris will appro the measure. The vote in the hou was 142 to 22. , Advocates of the bill declare it w eliminate all breweries, so-calli "near beer" saloons and "lock clubs," now operating in Georgia u der present prohibition laws, whic as defined by the court of appea allow the manufacture and sale drinks containing not over 4"p cent, of alcohol, and liquor to kept in clubs to be -served. to the members. The senate already h passed bills to prohibit liquor advo tisements in Georgia, and to limit i amount of liquor each individual m have shipped to him from wnno the State. The hill limiting liqu shipments also would provide th liquor so shipped may be receiv only at a person's home. These bi are to be taken up by the house Mo day. , The legislature met in special ? sion November 3 at the call of Go ernor Harris, -to pass the annual a propriation bill, which failed of pas age the last regular session becau of a fight over prohibition bil Prohibition and several other su jects. were included in the governoi call. COTTON CONSUMED IN OCTOBE Amount Shows Increase Over La Year. Big Stocks on Hand. Washington, Nov. 13.?Cott< used during October was 500,'6J * 1 J ill. A T 1 Oftft oaies, cpmparea wuu uai in October last year, the census b reau today announced. Cotton on hand October 31 in co suming establishments was 1,345,7^ bales compared with 715,623 a yei ago, and in public storage and i compresses, 4,171,474, compan with 3,777,469 a year ago. Linters consumed during Octobe and not included in above figure 68,944 bales, against 30,102 a yej ? - - ? /N . j O # J ago. Linters on nana uciooer 6i : consuming establishments 130,05 bales, compared with 65,174 a ye* ago, and in public storage and ; warehouses 71,372 bales, again 41,753 a year ago. Exports were 674,655 bales again: 497,132 in October a year ago. In ports were 131,506 bales,, again: 12,150 a year ago. Spindles active during Ootob< were 31,379,385 against 30,461,32 a ,\c?i agu. Preferable. A fond mother, hearing that a earthquake was expected, sent h< boys to a friend in the country 1 be out of the way of it. In a fe days she got a note from the friend "Please take your boys home an send along the earthquake." i A TERROR FOR THE GUILTY 'S JUDGE SMITH GIVES ANTIDOTE FOR KILLINGS. d y LS So Many Homicides in South Carolina o Show That There is an Outbreak d of Lawlessness in State. ss V le Walterboro, Nov. 16.?Court of " general sessions opened here tliis ^ morning with a most impressive r charge from Judge Mendel L. Smith, who is presiding, the charge being ^ comprehensive and eloquently delivered. Judge Smith gave as the remedy for the present disregard of human life in South Carolina "the fearless grand juror, the conscientious st petit juror, the conscientious use of , pardoning power." The delivery of the charge was in the presence or one ;h of the largest crowds ever attending st in court. The charge was consider, ed especially timely, there being a t. very heavy docket of homicide cases, i- nine of which are set for trial here Df this week. e- Solicitor Gasque, of Florence, is id here to represent the State, e, Judge, Smith opened his remarks id to the grand jury with the statement a- that upon his elevation to the bench he determined to attempt the accomplishment of one thing, the impressing of the grand1 juries of the State j of their duty and importance. Judge Smith requested the grand jury to investigate the methods ot v selecting petit jurors calling particuin? + +/\ fVlO font tVlot tha nATI. __ 1<XI atlUil HUH IU 111^ JLCbV^l/ luav 1,11V Wli. re t stitution provided that they be men of good moral character. Showing in i s_ that often there were on petit juries yQ men not sufficiently impressed with as law, in fact open violators of law, he asked why blind tigers should sit in j judgment on blind tigers. He expressly condemned the use of whisag key by petit jurors during court e_ week and stated that if one came before him using whiskey he would place him in jail for contempt, of court. x ^e I ge The conclusion of the charge was devoted to the discussion- of the jj cheapness of human life in South Carolina, and figures from Maine and - the Western States were used by the er n_ judge in contrast with statistics of ^ this State. The judge said that even j ' if all the alleged murderers for trial here were innocent, the fact that so er many killings had occurred showed ke an outburst of lawiessness, showing gr that as there was only one legal deas *ence' defence, murder had to be in some one's heart, either the one >rke who shot or the one who was shot. He pleaded for a stronger jury syst tern, and urged that the jury room or be made the terror of the quilty but t the defense of the liberty of the innocent person accused. 1,6 fa'tally shoots himself. n York Hears News of A. M. Haddon's v Heath in Cornelia, Ga. ,p- ~ York, November 13.?Information 56- / was received at Sharon, this county, se on Wednesday afternoon, that A. M. ^ Haddon, formerly cashier of the First , National Bank of Sharon and at the r s time of his death cashier of the First National Bank of Cornelia, Ga., shot R. himself to death in his bed Tuesday night, his dead body being found ist when members of his family went to wake him on Wednesday morning. No reason for the act is known here. >n It is said that there are no irregu^ 15 larities at the First National bank es of Cornelia, the bank opening for u- business at the usual hour Wednesday morning. In addition to his n- work as cashier of the Georgia bank, 1 1 ?" ~ insiiwQfina 12 lie Wits ctiSU eugagcu ill mc iuouiauv?| ar business and was interested in a nuraat ber of other enterprises. He was a id resident of Sharon for about two years and was largely responsible for t, the organization there in 1909 of the ts, bank, of which he became cashier, ir Before going to Sharon he was emin ployed in the Nation Union bank, of !1 Rock Hill. He was well known all 11 over the county, but more especially at in the Sharon section, where he had st many warm personal friends. He was a native of West Virginia and i st was about thirty years of age. Hei a- was a son of the Rev. and Mrs. S. W.! st Haddon, now of Statesville, N. C.,| who, together with a number of other j 5r relatives, survive him. Soon after | i I A I T m a r_ I 'U gUlllg LU VyUI UCliat .<11 . iiauuun ?iu? ried a Miss Reid, of that town, who1 survives him. It is understood that! he carried a considerable sum of life! n insurance and owned other valuable! -r property. w Telephone 69, at Hoffman's.?adv. | ** Order Glendale Springs water from l<* H. Wick Johnson, druggist, Bamberg, I S. C.?adv. i BANK CASH 1KB FOUND DEAD. 'Viyfisi A. >1. Haddon Caine From Bock Hill, South Carolina. Cornelia, Ga., November 10.?A. M. Haddon, cashier of the First National Bank, of Cornelia, was found dead in his bed room here today. Friends indicated their belief that he had shot himself, but assigned no motive for such an act. T. H. Little, president of the bank, stat ed that an invesigation showed that there was no connection between Haddon's death and the institution's business affairs. Haddon, who was about 30 years - rM old, came here several years ago from Rock Hill, S. C. It was not known whether an inquest will be held. SAM PATCH IS RECALLED. X M Famous Old-Time Jumper Whose Story Few People Know. Sam Patch, the famous jumper, whose exploits almost 90 years ago thrilled old and young, lived for a time in Paterson, N. J. His first big leap was off the Passaic Falls. In a small volume by J. Kennaday, pubr lished in 1837, there is some local ? information about Patch, which not only adds to facts about his career, but shows his connection with this State. Patch was born in 1807 at Pawtucket, R. I. For a time he'worked there in the cotton mills. He learned the habit that made him famous through jumping from the windows of the mill into the river below, vying tfith other lads in jumping from the highest windows pf the building. Coming to Paterson before 1827, ' VJ1 Patch lived with the Fifield family /"J just west of the falls and near the raceway. Possibly he originally had come to work in the mills, but Jie was engaged, as hired' help to do V chores. According to Kennadav he was prone to idleness and drink. With a little wit, we are told, he could make a great amount of amusement for vulgar people. They would laugh at his jokes and he would drink at their expense. It was in 1827 that a man named Crane, who lived, near the falls, swung a bridge across the chasm, and ithe placing of this bridge was an indirect cause of Sam Patch's first ; ,;V|| great exploit. Sam watched the preparations for spanning the gorge, and said to Crane that when the^ \ .' ? bridge should be completed he would jump off. He was not taken serious- v ly, but he several limes said: "Well, \ some things can be done as well as others, and when a bridge gets there I'll make a jump." The bridge was constructed as a / whole prior to its placing over the gorge. Then cables were strung from precipice to'precipice and the bridge, mounted upon axletrees and wheels, was hauled by a great crowd of men across the cables until it spanned the gorge. Many onlookers were there, expecting .the cables to part or look- ^ . 0 ing for some unforeseen disaster. Patch determined to make on this occasion his threatened leap.- Some endeavored to dissuade him, but ! there were others who gave him open | or sly encouragement. He rushed j unhindered to the precipice and leap! ed down, narrowly missing the gre^; rock below the bridge that rises j* I usually just above the surface. He sank from sight, but was later seen' swimming to shore. The multitude, we are told, rent the air with shouts. The notoriety gainecTby Sam Patch ..M 'at Passaic Falls led .to engagements to thrill the public at other places. He jumped from a masthead at Ho- * g boken soon afterward on a 4th of - -4 July. Then he went to Niagara Falls and jumped from a height of 125 i feet. At the Genesee Falls, near Rochester, in 1829, he jumped for the last time. Before a great crowd of \ v/ l sight-seeing people, many of them N ' } laughipg, he sank to rise alive no more.?Newark News. A vga v High Cost of Living. Hungry Harold?Can't yous gimmie a bit o' meat to eat wit' 'de bread? Mrs. Goodsole?Not at the present price of meat, but I'll cut your bread with the knife I've been slicing the * ' f si bacon with. According to the Book. "Do you know, dear," said the young husband, "there's something wrong with the cake? It doesn't taste right." "That is all your imagination," answered the bride triumphantly; "for it says in my new cooking book that it's delicious." - t V v. :%