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_ Sa fcraks One DoUar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1916. Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around thej County and Elsewhere. Ehrliardt Etchings. i ,i Ehrhardt, Jan. ? ">.?.Miss Ada | Smith, of Colleton, was the guest of j her friend, .Miss Inez Hutson, a few days last week. Mrs. B. D. Carter, of Bamberg, is visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J.j H. Roberts. The mail order houses and the ex-1 V press company should appreciate the j way that we are having prohibition : down this way; as it is a big item for them?three, ten to fifteen gallons! handled per day at this station. So j we see now that prohibition does not | prohibit. The one-gallon-a-month j law should be killed, or go back to! the dispensary where our schools and * towns could derive some good from the profits. Why not have the dis-j pensary and only sell one gallon to j each customer per month? Or cut out the exception (one gallon a j month) and have prohibition in full ! force. L Xo fertilizer has been shipped to I 1 town yet. Farmers are all busy | Bk clearing away all the hedge rows so i as to get in some good fresh ground. J Y They seem to be early with their L plowing, as the yellow dirt can be B ^ seen in nearly all fields now. Guess j r they think that the old saying, "The early bird catches the worm," is a true one. Mr. H. H. Clayton and Mrs. Sarah Ayer were married at the Baptist parsonage last Wednesday, January 19th, by the pastor, Rev. J. R. Smith. JEF. > ^ Cope Cullings. Cope, Jan. 22.?Miss Elise Black, after spending three weeks with her cousin. Miss Kathleen Kirkiand, has returned home, accompanied by Missi Kirkiand. Mr. Tom Broxton, more familiarly known as "Uncle Tommie," who has been living in and near Cope for a t year or more, has moved back to his * - * * - T-? T~> /I oia nome in irn? Dru.\iun diiugc: neighborhood of Colleton county. | Mr. Leon Garrick, who has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. B. B. Brickie, during the past year, has also left Cope. Chief Dowie, who went home Sunday with a light attack of la grippe, ^ returned Thursday afternoon, and I that night suffered a relapse. W Mr. E. P. Garrick is adding to the house bought from Mr. J. D. Croft, and will occupy same as soon as it is finished. The teachers of the Cope graded school, Misses Berta Hill and Flora ** Edwards, and Mr. C. C. Stewart, at^ tended the county meeting of ,teachm ers at Orangeburg today. Mr. E. Parker Henerey, of Charleston, spent last Saturday and Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Henerey. Just a short time ago the carpeni ter force repaired the depot plat- j form at this place, and yesterday the section master had his force clean all trash, etc., from under the depot, platform and adjacent property. Colston Clippings. Colston, Jan. 25.?Last Saturday Mrs. Mary Beard celebrated her S9th birthday. Quite a large crowd attended and in spite of the rain it was enjoyed by all. Let us hope she will v live to celebrate her 90th birthday. % ^ although she is in bad health. Mr. J. G. Clayton, was the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clayton, last week-end. Miss Cora McMillan was a visitor; in Bamberg last Saturday and Sun-1 day. Mr. and Mrs. John Frank Smoak spent last Sunday with friends in ^ fh-io <pr*rinn B Last Saturday Mr. and Mrs. J. F. J W Clayton gave a party in honor ot' the! bride and groom. .Mr. and Mrs. Have-! lock Clayton, who were married January 1 Oth, at the Ehrhardt Baptist parsonage. All present enjoyed the kind hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton. Mrs. Havelock Clayton was k formerly Mrs. Aaron Ayer. of the Olar section, and before her marriage to Mr. Ayer she was a Miss Smoak.j We extend our heartiest congratula-l tions to the happy couple. " 1 * 1!- * irit! t lin o iloct I All", .-iiu^rt xi icixi uiv of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. I McMillan. las* Sunday. Mrs. D. J. Zorn and Mr. Willie bZorn. of Charleston, were the guests i of their sister and aunt Mrs. Thomas Clayton, during the past week. SALAKY 1\( K?:\Si: HILL. j . J House Denies State Officials Haise in: Day.?Camel Datable I'setl. | ^ Columbia. Jan. 24.?.Mr. Smith's j hi 11 to increase the salaries of State i S officers was killed in the house last J night by the decisive majority of k.*> I to 24. The bill bad received a major-j ity unfavorable report from the ways! and means committee, although its j i provisions were not to become effect-; ^ ive until after the expiration of the 0 ; a terms of the incumbents. \ The psychology of the situation, asi , j c seen by a member of the ways and ; means committee, was presented thus! 1 i i by .Mr. Sellers: "Do you not realize that once the camel has his head un- i . der the edge of the tent he will not he! " satisfied until he gets his entire body g inside the tent?" The bill provided that the salary of the governor be increased to $4,000, those of other State officers to i 0 ? - . ^ . > _ f A _ i? . 1 . _ IP $Z,4UU. inose 01 justices 01 me su-: preme court to $3,">00 and those of| n circuit judges to $3,500. The salary j ^ of the superintendent of the State j ^ Hospital for the Insane was to be de-j creased to $2,500 and the salaries -I of superintendents of other institu-jt tions were to he made $2,400. j it Proponents of the measure held j ti out in vain .that it is a big blight on j c the name of the State to pay its offi- e cials a salarv of onlv $1,900. i .Mr. .Moore moved to strike out the| w enacting w^rds. j s Author Defends Measure. j p .Mr. Smith, author of the bill, said i j i that the salaries of the State officers) ij were fixed several years ago, since J f< which time new offices, such as those | of insurance commissioner, ware- \ ^ house commissioner and secretary of j n | -1 the State board of charities and cor- j rections, have been created with sala-1 I * ries of $2,500 as compared with the j n $1,900 now paid State officers. ^e|tl pointed out that a man of ordinary j . means cannot be governor at the I present salary of only $3,500. Heltj said that a number of professors in j the State colleges get more than the j secretary of State. I * ' h "Do you realize that clerks often ^ get $1,800 in a department where the head of it receives only $1,000?" asked Mr. Smith. "We must not al-j? ' ii low the judiciary, the State offices and other offices to deteriorate. It is an indictment against the State to 11 have such low salaries for our offices." He pointed out that the work s and travel of the judges necessitated i a an increase. ^ Mr. McMahan said that the present s' salaries of $1,900 were fixed in the s< early '90s, since when the expenses *J of living have materially increased. He insisted?that it is vital to the It principle of true Democracy to give S adequate salaries. Mr. McMahan e wanted the salary of the governor c; made $6,000 and the salaries of cir- j h cuit judges $5,000. S Mr. Moore, opposing the bill, said a that there are men in the State ready n and willing to step in and take the n position of any State officer at the present salary. He urged the legislature to proceed with care: especially ( as the return of good times is not yet assured in his opinion. "Let us not increase our appropriations," lie said. J "but pursue a policy of retrenchment | and reform." Mr. Smith and Mr. Moore sot into ^ a colloquy over supposed remarks re- , srarding the abilitv of members of the . a ways and means committee. ^ Mr. Sellers said that the unfavorable report had been submitted as a 1 o result of the resolution adopted by i the ways and means committee to , stay the appropriation bill within $2,000,000. with the exception of I / , ! u such monev as is realized irom otnerf i o sources than the State tax .ew. . t Mr. Searson favored the bill and , said that it is not fair to tak~ advan:age of a man's partriotism. j The bill was kiiled on a ' -a an ; < . I i? nay vote of *5" to 24. I , In Advance. i ?? hi a rural court the old squire had ." * made a ruling .so unfair that three '' young lawyers at once protested against such a miscarriage of jus- J e tice. The squire immediately fined " each of the lawyers five dollars for j y contempt of court. ! 1 j There was silence, and then an j older lawyer walked slowly to the | front of the room and deposited a < $10 bill with the clerk. He then ad-! p dressed the judge as follows: I , J 11 "Vnnv lionnr. I wish, to sta*e that a I have twice as much contempt for ? this court as any man in the room." His Specialty. "I never knew that man yonder ever to treat anybody well.'' "Why not?" : n "They have to be ill first; he's a' i] doctor." ; a N THE PALMETTO STATE! OMR OCCURKFXC KS OF VARIOUS KINDS IX SOUTH CAROLINA. I tate News Boiled Down for Quirk Heading.?Paragraphs About >Ien and Happenings. w j J. C. Rangley, of Calhoun Falls, kbbeville county, who was recently djudged a bankrupt, has been arested charged with trying to eoneal his assets. The Oaklawn public school buildup in Greenville caught fire Thursay. The 600 children in the buildng inarched out in perfect order, 'he damage to the building was mall. Governor .Manning's requisition! or the return to Greenville county f Sampson Williams, colored, chargd with the murder of Alfred Brechian last November, was honored by ustice Covington, of the District of 'olumbia supreme court. .Malcolm J. .Miller, chief clerk to E. I . Watson, commissioner of agricul-i lire and immigration, has resigned | ic nnoitiAH t r\ Iiacaiiia plliof plpl'k" nf ID I \J UtVVliiV/ * V. Vi it v. , I lie sinking fund commission to succeed T. J. Johnstone, who has secur(1 a position in a Xewberrw bank. Barnard B. Evans, of Columbia. I i ,as restored to the practice of law in outh Carolina by an order of the su-j reme court, signed by Associate ustices Watts and Gage. Me was! i idefinitelv suspended two years ago.; allowing the presentation of charges. A bill proposing an amendment to lie constitution changing the time of1 leeting of the General Assembly was ltroduced Thursday. The bill pro-; oses to have the meeting of the law-! lakers in the summer, beginning on j lie fourth Tuesday in July, instead of; i January. E. J. Watson, of Columbia, has re-; ired as president of the National j >rainage congress, to which position 1 e was elected in 1914 at a meeting eld in Savannah. He is succeeded: y George Parsons, former mayor of airo. Ilk The next annual meeting f the drainage congress will be held ] i .Memphis. In the United States district court i Columbia, Wednesday, C. X. Burkalter, a druggist of Barnwell, plead uilty to violation of the Harrison ct relating to the sale of narcotics, ie sold morphine illegally. He was entenced to pay a fine of $100 and erve a sentence of two months in lie Barnwell county jail. William Hughes, a convict, who illed Guard Robert Stephens of the nQrtanliiirp' fountv rhflin srane" spv vuiivw*-) vw v..v#. ? o ral months ago and made his esape, has been captured in New Or?ans. La., and will be taken back to partanburg. Hughes was serving life sentence on the chain gang for lurder when he killed the guard and lade his escape. 10,700,202 BALKS GINNED. ensus Bureau's Ninth Deport of 1015. Washington, Jan. 24.--The ninth otton ginning report of the season, ompiled from reports of census bueau correspondents and agents hroughout the cotton belt and issued t in a. m. today announced that n.766,202 bales of cotton, counting s round as Ijalf bales, of the growth f 11?1 r?. lias been ginned prior tol anuary iThat compares with 4.91 r?.S51? bales, or ;?3.S per cent, of be entire crop ginned prior to Jan-1 ary Ik last year. 1 :i.582.0:-i?; bales.] r 9 7.1 per cent, in 191:5. and 13.Ss.931' bale?, or 9 7.0 per cent, in 91-. The average quantity of cot[>n ginned prior to January 10 in fi? last ten years was 12.231.494 ; ales or 97...7 per cent, of the crop. [ Included in the ginning? were loH.-i 90 round bales, compared with 70,4 2 ginned prior to January Hi last ear. 90.*07 in 1913, and 7S,690 in 911'. Sea island cotton included nuinberd 90,7:5C bales, compared with 79.15 ginned prior to January 16 last ear, 72,277 in 1913 and 70,778 in 912. A Practical Application. "When Josh got home from his j duration," said Farmer Corntassel. e started right in instructin' me. I bout agriculture. So I didn't lose! ( o time to try him out." j "What did lie do?" "Sent him out to round up a! warm of bees." "Was the experiment successful?" j ] "Some. It didn't hur: the bees one. an' kep" Josh from gettin' in 1 be way fur most two weeks."?Phil-! delphia Ledger. i liYRXKS PLKADS KOAI> BILL. South Carolinian Crges Kederal Aid. Must Work Together. Washington, Jan. - I. -Representa-1 tive Byrnes today addressed the house advocating the passage of the road hill authorizing an appropriat inn o f V' > * 11 11 i l ll II II t/\ Iwi n coil Tit i?(\ HWli ui l/^r 14 "* V_ VI 111 V W j I operating with the States in the construction of roads. He answered criticism of Representative Walsh, of Massachusetts I that the bill discriminated against the Xew England States, in that they, already had built good roads, and j that under the provisions of the bill, they would receive but a small por-j tion in proportion to the amount that j they had contributed to the federal; funds, by the statement that Boston and New York and the other great cities of the East were dependent upon the South and West, in great measure, for their prosperity, audi that by reason of the increased use' of automobiles the road problem was j no longer a local one. the use of roads i not being confined to adjoining land; owners, but extending to owners of; automobiles who lived in other conn-! ties and States, and contributed noth-j ing to the roads over which they traveled in their machines. He explained in detail the provisions of the bill, stating that it re-; quired that every State by 11?20 j should have a highway commission j if it expects to participate in it. and] that South Carolina today had no] such commission. He said he favored the hill because j it was impossible for the United I States government to cooperate with j any unit smaller than the State; that it was required before aid could be given to a road that plans and specifications of the road should be presented to the secretary of agriculture, and that, it was impossible for the counties of the various States to have in their employ engineers who could prepare these plans and the only way in which it could be made practicable would be for the States to have engineers in their employ who could do this work for the counties. He argued that if the United States government was forced to keep accounts with the 4.000 or more counties or 30,000 townships of the United States, most of the fund would be consumed in salaries to bookkeepers and never would reach the roads: that under the provisions of the bill a State like South Carolina would receive $4 50,000 and it would be left] to the State instead of to the seore-j A ? 11 " ? ^ on ! ifli t]l fl iarv ui ugi iluiuu e uu v?ucic: i roads should be built, and this pro-' vision also made it possible tor the J work to be done under the laws of the State instead of the laws of the United States, and did not give to the United States government any jurisdiction over the road after it was built. He declared that if the highway commission of a State was arbitrary in its action, the people of the State j could remedy it at the next election, but if it were left to the secretary of agriculture, and he should, through lack of knowledge of local conditions, or for other reasons be arbitrary in the selection of the roads to be improved, the people of the State would have no remedy, and therefore, the requirements that a State in order to participate should have a highway commission would be beneficial in - i * a - - i l ~ stead ot injurious to me Mate, nej 111 the I'nion having no such com- j i said that there were only five States! missions, and without such provision I it was impossible for the bill to pass. He called attention to the fact| that the Democratic platform declared in favor of federal aid to the State:- in the construction of roads, and caiied upon the party to redeem j its pledge. HFRXS PKOVK FATAL. J. Cooley Hill at Son's Kershaw] Home. Camden. Jan. 21.?J. Cooley Hill. J - - i aged aoout no years, aieu jmuiuum ai j the home or' his son. Edgar Hill, in j the Marshall's section from the et'-i t'eets of burns received early that j morning. Mr. Hill had been partially paralyzed and was living at the home of his son. The son left him sitting by the fire while he went to the barn.! i Returning a few minutes later lie, found iris father lying with his head in the fireplace. Being unable to move himself the unfortunate man's I face was horribly burned, causing such injuries that lie died before a physician could reach him. ^ 1 1 HIS w) 10 (110CI S0\ 01 tt 1 C ijiu. He is survived by r'our children, all of that section. The burial took place at Marshall's church the following day. . i SECOND WEEK A BESV ONE somi: important mi:asi i:ks ihsi'oski) ol in asskmrly. r ree luitioii I Tm leges 111 state < <>ileges Leads to Debate.?Equal Suffrage Defeated. Columbia. Jan. 23.?The second week of the 1 D1 *? session of the general assembly was a busy one in legislative circles. .Many important measures were disposed of: the majority of the bills introduced at this session have been reported out of committee; most important of all. the law makers have shown a disposition to reduce the calendar, which 011 account of the large number of bills introduced is a 38-page document in the house and an 1 S-page one in the senate. Each week sees the prohibition law strengthened, directly or indirectly. Early in the week the house passed the Liles bill, providing for a term sentence 'without the option of a fine to be imposed on any person violating any law of the State regarding the sale or shipment of ini ? a.: t: T1. . 1.. loxicaung liquors. 1 ue lesiMiiuur had already passed a measure to make drunkenness on the public highway a misden eanor. It is probable also that the house will this week disposed of the bill by .Messrs. Orum, Sellers and Wagnon. to make an appropriation of $50,Don for the enforcement of the prohibition and gallon-a-month laws: the bill received a favorable report from the committee. Scholarships Live Topic. The abuse of free tuition and scholarships in the State colleges has led to suggestions of remedial legislation in the senate. A bill by Senator Yerner is now pending 011 second reading to abolish free tuition and scholarships and providing that students shall pay at least $4 0 tuition each year: an amendment is urged by Senator Carlisle to allow the students to sign notes payable two years after leaving school. The question will be disposed of this week. A plan suggested by Senator Laney, of Chesterfield, is to have the State board of education to act as a clearing house for scholarships and free tuition, which board would investigate the particular merits of each application. An amendment which has been highly commended by some of the senators has been offered by Senator Padgett, of Colleton county, who would have the fiscal agent of the State hoard of charities and corrections investigate the financial status of the parents or guardians of students seeking State aid and report to the general assembly. Abuse of the privilege would automatically forfeit State aid. Woman suffrage, for the first time seriously considered and fought for 011 the floor of the house, met defeat Thursday night by a vote of 01 to 51. The unexpected strength of the equal suffrage cause was gratifying to the suffragists of the State. The courtesv of the floor was exI tended during the week to three speakers from other States. Tuesday night the joint assembly was ad! dressed by Alexander Johnson, of Philadelphia, field secretary of tiie !.??,. t'/M' t !,n faolilil CO III III 1 I tee Ull JJI IH miuil I 171 lilt' itrtriiitr minded: Wednesday night the members of the house heard an able exposition of the single tax theory by John Z. White, of Chicago, representing the Henry George lecture bureau; Thursday night Clarence I'oe. of Raleigh, editor of the Progressive Farmer, spoke to the lower house on "Needed Legislation for Our Rural Communities." The general assembily has submitted an invitation to r i ?? -: ^ \ \ * t 1.., \ t ovrtioin } i : ig ITt'SltlfU i wjimm iu views on the question of national preparedness. One of the important features of the coining' week is the elections hy the joint assembly to fill vacancies in the following offices: Comptroller general, insurance commissioner, one associate justice, two circuit judges, warehouse commissioner, code commissioner. State librarian, two trustees of Winthrop college, two directors of the State penitentiary, two trustees of the University of South j Carolina, three trustees of Clenison college, two trustees of the State colfnr notrrnes. two members of tile hoard of visitors of the Citadel. Interest centres principally in the races for warehouse commissioner and code commissioner, and it is understood that Associate .Justice Fraser will be opposed for reelection by; I George S. Mower, representative from J Xewberrv county. The policy of "let well enough [ alone" was observed by the house' when it defeated a bill by Mr. Harper T\\(M I:\T KA'I i: BILL. j Mouse, l?y \ ote of IS to lo, lief uses ? to Ilecoruinit .Measure Columbia, Jan. - I. Tho house to; niulit ashed Lbmtenaiit Coventor Bej tliea to address the .ueneral assembly i weiim'sciay mum on reace as \ itn\j ed by thv Ford Peace Party." The I resolution was offered by ,\h\ MulI | drow. and the point of the invitation j is: "Whereas, it would be of great j benefit to us to Know at first hand 1 just how the warring nations view | these subjects (peace and preparedi ness) from one who has been interested enough to go over to see for himself." There was a fight tonight 011 the 2-cent passenger rate bill. Mr. Odom wanted the bill recommitted. .Mr. Boyd, of Spartanburg, insisted that the 2-cent rate bill was wrong at this time. Mr. Alan Johnstone, Jr., made a sensible talk and urged that the house lacked figures and exact data on which to base such a reduction. He held that it was wrong to force such an arbitrary reduction without regard to the actual facts. Mr. Moore, of Abbeville, said he ; wanted the 2-cent rate for the masses j and not for the two travelling asso! ciations. He did not blame the T. P. A. and V. C. T. for getting a good bargain, but it was a selfish agreement on their part, he said, and he spoke for the masses. The house refused to recommit the bill and by a vote of 4S to 40 passed the measure and sent it to the senate. G. W. TUIWKLL AKKKSTKD. i Mail Wanted in South Carolina Held i 011 Cgly Charge. .Mobile, Ala., .Jan. 21.?G. \V. Atwell, alias "Tidwell." said to be from Greenville, S. C., was arrested in Gulfport, Mississippi, today at the request of federal authorities at Pensacola, Fla., who charged him with transporting his wife. Mrs. Isabel Atwell, from Florala, Aia., to Pensacola. for immoral purposes. Atwell or Tidwell is said to be wanted in South Carolina under sentence to serve seven years far manslaughter, and also for jumping a $5,000 bond. The wife of the man, in company with J. W. Ferrell, alias "G. \V. Woods,V was arrested here last Saturday for the Pensar-ola authorities on the charge of white slavery. Both were sent back to that place, where they are in jail, under heavy bond. The Atwell woman, who is very pretty, attempted to commit suicide in jail here, hut doctors removed the poison from her system in time. Liquid Smoke at G. A. Ducker & Bro's.?adv. 2-10. to place the compulsory school attendance law in the next general election for the purpose of having | the county made tlie unit instead of the school district. Looking at the matter as a busij ness proposition, the senate by a de| cided majority favored the reorgani! zation of the engrossing department, i Figures were produced to show that i this department uses an appropria! tion of about on each year, . whereas, if typewriters and eompe, tent stenographers were used the ; cost would aggregate little more ! more than >5! .000. This action bv ! | the senate is in accordance with the . policy of retrenchment determined j upon by rim legislature, and it is | said tkat the bill by Senator Verner ! will meet with comparatively little opposition in the house. In the house the --cent mileage bill, the rate to apply on railroads i more than "?0 miles in length on intrastate business, passed with comparative ease. it was maintained that the increased travel due to the ; deceased rate would more than comI ; pensate the railroads for the reduc; tion. I Sural Credits Hill. The problem of rural credits, a , K'unio /\t' . 1 avf.l,->iiiti or linnio ini'nor. j iuraiiD i wt/? iivntv. v/ 11 iiv* 1 ship, will come up first in the senare, where a hill by Senator Sherard is now on the calendar to authorize upon the approval of the voters in a general election the issuance of not more than $10,ooo.ooo in bonds, the proceeds to be loaned to tillers of the soil on long term credits at a low rate of interest. It is presumed now that the tight against the South Carolina tax commission, created last year, will centre principally upon amendments to the act rather than the abolition of the board. It. is thought also that the bill to abolish the State board of charities and corrections, which , was reported unfavorably in both houses, will not receive much support.