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Vy , . W~ - i [ lambm; feralb ) | One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. 0. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1916. Established 1891. J COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS ______ I SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Aronnd the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. *' Ehrhardt, Feb. 1.?Saturday afternoon, Mrs. E. P. Copeland entertain-., ed a number of ladies in honor of her grandmother, Mrs. N. J. Stewart. | . The guests were met at the door by - Mrs. Copeland, and were seated about on the porch and in the parlor. Af- ? $ "ter spending some time in pleasant ^ conversation, a delightful salad ' course, followed with cake and coffee, was served by Mesdames Copeland, E. D. Dannelly and H. W. Ehrhardt. Each guest was given a souvenir card, bearing the name and address of the honored guest, and was requested to send her greetings j, on a postcard on her coming birth& day, at which time she will be four f score years. ' Mrs. Stewart, or "Mudder," as she is well known, who was the guest of honor on this enjoyable occasion^ has many friends in Ehrhardt, and is loved dearly for her kindness toward everybody and her sunny disposition. C Those who Enjoyed Mrs. Cope) land's hospitality were: Mesdames 4 N. J. Stewart, J. C. Kinard, G. A. k McMillan, Kirkland, D. C. Copeland, i*\ Henry Ehrhardt, A. B. Coggins, Jake l \ Copeland, Chas. Ehrhardt, E. D. Danr X nelly; Jno. Hartz and H. W. Ehr\ hardti and Miss Myrtie Stafford, of Canton, Ga. Mr. John Frank Chassereau had on exhibition last week one of the largest turnips that has been seen in town this season. It was of the red top variety and was grown on uis f place south of Ehrhardt by a colored tenant, Patrick Loadholt. The / turnip, weighed five and one-tenth ( pounds, after all dirt had been washed off. It was perfectly round with a slight taper at its roots, and measured six inches in diameter. Some turnip, eh? Providence has not forgotten us, a very small cotton crop last.year, but sugar cane, potatoes > ^ and turnips have been record breakers. Little Lina Bishop, 11 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe \ Bishop, died last Friday and was buried Saturday at Mt. Pleasant Lutheran church cemetery. Miss Biddime Carter and Mr. Marvin Bishop were married last Thursday. They are making their abode at Lodge, where Mr. Bishop is connected with his brother in the mercantile business, i Mrs. A. L. Baxter is on a visit to Mr. Baxter's parents at Denmark. Miss Inez Hutson is visiting her friend, Miss Ada Smith, of Colleton. Miss OIlie /Morris is visiting her cousin, Miss Mamie Morris, at Clear Pond. * Mr. O. E. Kinsey made a quick trip to the "City by the Sea" last week. / < Mrs. L. P. McMillan, of Bamberg, visited her mother, Mrs. F. G. Lemacks. last week. Mrs. T. W. Davis and daughter, Miss Mamie, enjoyed a trip -to Walh terboro last week. A Mr. C. L. Clayton and Miss CaroCr lee Hiers made their solemn pledges last Thursdav afternoon at the Bapjt tist parsonage before Rev. J. R. Smith, to live together as man and wife. We wish them a calm sea to sail upon. JEF. r One of the largest audiences that \ ever visited Copeland hall attended the wedding last evening, when Miss (Mr.) J. F. Chassereau became the -N wife of Mr. A. F. Henderson. The i ' - , V (ceremony was performed by Rev. . (Mr.) S. W. Copeland from a very A 1 - a r%y\A__ large naraware catalogue. xuc a.^ience thoroughly enjoyed the marriage. Miss (Mr.) W. Max Walker w sang a solo before the entrance of | the bridal party. The attendants were very^pretty considering the fact that they were men clad in ladies' ' attire. Some were at least ridiculous but not to the extreme. Quite a tidy sum was realized, the proceeds from the entertainment and wedding going to the Baptist church. Ott's Outings. %, - Ott's, Jan. 31.?Such beautiful weather makes the ladies want to go to gardening and the men think of corn planting, but don't be in too Hicr ?? hnrrv folks, for there will be -*x. ^ > ' [ % plenty of cold weather yet. L J ' A new store building is going up ' m ^ in our little berg. It will be occuL sucr- - ^je(j ^jr q q Rowell going and ^Irg l D. Odom visited ^ -can 37 the home of the latter's brother, I J' LIQUOR WORTH $94,533.28. Charleston First in Sales for'December With Total of $144,304.95. Columbia, Jan. 31.?There is $94.533.28 worth of liquor left on hand in seven of the fifteen counties which had dispensaries. Reports were not received of the amount left over in Barnwell, Beaufort and Georgetown counties. The counties of Bamberg. Florence, Jasper, Lexington, and Williamsburg sold out. The counties having left over stock on hand were: Richland with $34,385.76, Aiken with $8,837.08, Calhoun with $2,434.31, Charleston with $19,340.19, Dorchester with $635, Orangeburg with $11,082.52, Union with $17,818.42. Fourteen of the fifteen counties reported sales for the month of December amounting to $512,271.22, Charleston leading with ^144,304.95, and Richland second with $128,613.63. The county of Beaufort made no report as to sales in December. The following are the figures which were issued today by L. L. Bultman, State dispensary auditor, of the sales in the month of December: Aiken, sales, $33,954.84, profits, $19,833.02; Bamberg, sales, $6,993,42, profits, $5,710.92; Barnwell, sales, $12,558.13, profits, no report; Beaufort, sales, no report, profits, no report; Calhoun, $12,582.27, profits, $2,0114.101; Charleston, sales,* $144,304.95, profits, no report; Dorchester, sales, $11,163.27, profits, $5,473.45; Florence, sales, $33,257.43, profits, $24,680.54; Georgetown, sales, $19,470.24, profits, no report; Jasper, sales, $4,030.45, profits, $1,680.34; Lexington, sales, $16,756.19, profits, $13,658.96; Orangeburg, sales, $47,283.45, profits, $27,675.52; Richland, sales, $128,613.63, profits, $75,497.85; Union, sales, $35,661.10, profits, $17,499.89; Williamsburg, sales, $5,581.85, profits, $6,525.55. Total sales, $512,271.22, total profits, $200,247.05. Lived in Mecklenburg. Gen. Jose Roderiguez, one of the most prominent of the Villa generals, ordered to be executed for being implicated in the killing of 18 unarmed Americans in the state of Chihuahua, was a resident of Mecklenburg county for two years,> relates a Charlotte dispatch of last Friday. He came to this county at the age of 13, to attend school at Huntersville, in upper * l-T iUeCKitJIIUurs. Rev. Dr. W. W. Orr, now pastor of East Avenue Presbyterian Tabernacle, was principal of the Huntersville school at that time. Young Roderiguez. came to Huntersville through the influence of a friend of Dr. Orr in Mexico, a friend who knew the boy well. Young Roderiguez impressed all who knew him as a youth of fine qualities. He and his mother were of the class of aristocrats, the latter owTning 200 square miles of land near Les Palmas, in eastern Mexico. Their pride of birth was strong. Coming to Mecklenburg with Roderiguez was another boy, Fritz Stussy, whose father was Swiss, his mother German, and both Lutherans. Roderiguez's mother was a Catholic. Both boys joined the A. R. P. church while at Huntersville. Between Dr. Orr and family and young Roderiguez there existed a strong attachment. In the years intervening between his leaving Huntersville and up to a year ago Roderiguez frequently remembered Dr. Orr and family by sending them boxes of fruit from Mexico. Th*3 average family of moderate means, as ascertained by the United States bureau of labor, after studying the home budgets of 10,000 families, spends 45 per cent, of its income for food, ?0 per cent, on rent, 14 per sent, on miscellaneous items, such as amusements, newspapers, doctors and so on. Mr. G. L. Sandifer, near Binnaker's \ Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Spurlin, of Denmark, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. ~Odom yesterday. Misses Reba and Gladys Free, of Bamberg, visited Miss Inez Sandifer last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Sandifer were of lirtmo r>f "\fr "R Sandi ^ UCiStO at lilt> AAViiXV VI. ? - fer Sunday. Miss Inez Sandifer was a guest at the home of Mr. B. F. Free Monday. Mrs. Martin Blake, of Orangeburg county, is spending some time at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. Sandifer. Mrs. Gete Hightower has been spending several days with her father, Mr. J. J. Sandifer, at Denmark. Read the Herald, $1.50 per year. IN THE PALMETTO STATE S SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS i KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. t State News Boiled Down for Quick y Reading.?Paragraphs About 0 Men and Happenings. p a \ President Wilson has been invited 1 to speak in Greenville during his s campaign in promulgation of his I nr?l inv r?f nrPllfl rpfl TT PSS. Jt/VilVJ +- WV- ???.. e Rev. S. H. Hay, pastor of the firsi ^ Presbyterian church of Marion, has j. received a call to the First Presbyterian church of Mooresville, N. C. C. E. Daniel has been appointed receiver for the Southern Marble and g Granite company of Spartanburg to succeed A. M. Law, who resigned on account of ill health. / c It is reported in Columbia that the ? Southern raiway will soon commence g the building of immense railroad t shops at Roysters, near Columbia. c The Southern owns about 100 acres of land at Roysters. Congressman Ragsdale, of South Carolina, has introduced in congress a bill providing payment in the sum of $1,600 for loss and damage done the McColl Baptist church by federal j troops during the Civil war. E. P. McCravey, of Easley, has brought suit against the Southern r railway for $10,000 damages on ac- t i. .e Jn iiirioo enetoirioH q COUUL 111 aiicgcu iuj 111 ico M, j, few months ago when he was struck t by an incoming passenger train. ( A mistrial was order Friday in the $ Spartanburg coujt of general ses- $ sions in the case of Peter Pack, ad- ^ ministrator, against W. T. Finch, for t $50,000 growing out of the death of i Mrs. Martin Pack, as the result of i being struck by an automobile owned 1 by Mr. Finch. i Will J. Hughes, wanted in Spartan- ? burg for the murder of Chain Gang 1 Guard Robert Stephens several f months ago, has been taken back to i Spartanburg from New Orleans, La., where he was captured several days ago. Hughes was serving a life sen- ( tence on the Spartanburg county < chain gang for the murder of C. N. ^ Cox when he killed Stephens and es- ? caped. 1 ' 1 RADIUM OUTPUT SIX GRAMS. Q t Pound of Precious Substance AVould , Cost $9,000,000. i t Washington, Jan. 31.?More than ^ $9,000,000 a pound would be the , nripQ aclrod for radium wprft that _ quantity of tbe valuable metal available and for sale at one time. Late in 1915 there was sold in this country one and one-tenth grams of ra- 1 dium (element) at the rate of $120,000 a gram, according to a report issued today by the United States geological survey. The entire output of ] the United States last year, however, c was only six grams, or about 1-76 of ] a pound avoirdupois. The European j war caused a great slump in the pro- ( duction of radium, as in 1914 there t were 22.3 grams produced. t "The United States has the largest i known radfcim-bearing deposits in c the world," says the geological sur- f vey, "but the market for radium is i mostly in Europe, fc>f, although ] Americans like to feel that they are sufficiently progressive to take hold i of and use to the full new discover- g ies, inventions and processes, yet the t European municipalities and hos- < pitals have been buying amd utilizing | most of the radium produced. When ] the war began, therefore, causing \ European money to flow into other * channels, the demand for radium fell t off so greatly that there was prac- c tically no market for racium or ura- } ! nium ores in the early part of 1915, e and very little market during any g part of /the year." j As a result of the collapse of the t radium market mining for radiumbearing ores, except for such work as c was necessary to hold claims, was 3 nearly stopped. Through the efforts i of the experts of the United States c bureau of mines a process has been g developed by which radium has been produced at a cost of $37,599 a gram. The principal fields of the radiumbearing ores are in Colorado and 1 Utah. 1 m r BIG FIRE AT ORANGEBURG. r I Plant of Fertilizer Company Totally ^ Bftstroved. / v ? ? k t Orangeburg, Jan. 31.?The plant of the Orangeburg Fertilizer com- c pany. valued at approximately $100,- T 000. was totally destroyed by fire late ^ tonight. Besides the building and ^ contents, nine box cars, most of them the property of the Southern Railway, were burned. SELL OUTSIDE OF STATE. I ienate Favors Having Sheriffs Dispose of Left-over Dispensary Stock. I Columbia, Jan. 31.?The senate onight passed to third reading the ill providing for disposal of the leftover stocks of liquors in former disloncarv prmntip<5 Thp hill was mended so as to allow the sheriffs n the counties to dispose of the tocks outside of the State, and alows the sheriffs the same fees for ransacting this business as provid;d for their regular business. The ixtures and furniture will be sold r >y the sheriffs at public auction. Shops Won't Reopen. It was seen by those behind the bill hat it was impossible to get through my legislation allowing dispensaries o be reopened in this State. They Lgreed on the amendment, which was >ffered by Senator Lide, for the itocks left on hand to be sold in ome of the "wet" States. The money o be received from such sales, after leducting expenses, will go into the ordinary and school funds of the :ounties. Senator Carlisle has an amendnent, which he will offer, cutting lown the quantity of liquor one can >rder for personal use, from one gal011 to one quart a month. Printing Bill to House. The bill providing for a joint comnittee from the Senate and House, .0 supervise all printing, passed the senate to-night and was ordered sent .0 the House. This committee will smploy a clerk for five months in jach year at a salary not exceeding ? 1,000, who will have charge of fhe ivuik uiiuer uuecuun ui tut; cuuiuiru- f ;ee. All contracts for public printng are to be advertised three weeks n advance of the date for opening )ids in at least one daily newspaper ' n Charleston, Columbia, Greenville ind Spartanburg, Those behind this )ill estimate that the State will save from $3,000 to $5,000 yearly on the )ublic printing. First Business To-day. An effort was made by Senator Carlisle to take from the hea'd of the calendar the bill repealing the State rax Commission Act and place it on i parity with the other special orders. . i point of order from Senator Wil- . iams, of Lancaster, which was that lenator Carlisle was not present when . < ;his bill was made a special order, , md that he could not, therefore, ( nove to reconsider the vote, was sus- ^ ;ained by the chair. The bill stands vi-th precedence over all other mat- , :ers and will come up in the morning c mmediately after the morning hour. " CONVICT BACK IN CHAINS. < < LVill Hno-hAc Save "TAfv is .Inst a 5 Game of Cards.'1 Spartanburg, Jan. 28.?Will J. lughes, who was convicted on the ' jharge of murdering his guard, ^ Robert Stephens, and who escaped 1 4 < )ursuit by officers of this county-* in October, 1914, is back in chains in ' ;he county jail, having been landed ' ;here last night by Sheriff W. J. White and Capt. R. C. Hall, of the 1 iity police force, who brought him 1 torn New Orleans, where he was ar- { *ested last week by Pinkerton and 3urns detectives. ' Hughes in jail here today talked to, ep.orters freely, of his wanderings >ince leaving Spartanburg, showing ;hat he had been in the West the . greater part of the time,, but had ] tone to New Orleans only recently. n making his way out of Spartan-J )urg county he said he walked, trav- \ ding only at night, and staying in j 1 he woods during the day. He first \ { :ame to the railroad at Saluda, N. C., ( le said, forty-eight hours after his ' ?cape, having had no food whatever, ind there caught a freight train to ^.sheville. From that point he went 1 o Memphis. "Life is just a card game," he said, "and if you win all right. If 1 ou lose you lose and that is all there c s to it. You are going to get what's 5 ;oming to you in this world and I ^ juess I can take my medipine, what- * ?ver it may be." ^ Lobsters and shad are becoming i ncreasinglv scarce. The decrease of 1 he former has aroused such uneasi- ? less that a conference of fishing ex- j )erts was held recently at Wood's j lole, Mass.,to devise means for coun-i s eracting it. The supply of shad is ? jecoming rapidly depleted because ( he fish do not get adequate protec ion on their way to the sea from the i pawning grounds. The most se- t 'ious conditions are in the Chesa- ( )eake Basin, where last year's shad i ishing yielded the poorest result i >ver recorded. Read the Herald, $1.50 per year. 1 IOBBERS SECURE BIG SUM ( jOCK CASH1KH IX VAULT AT SMOAKS. / ?? j bloodhounds Were Put on Trail ( of Men Going in the Direction i of Bamberg. s C ( Branchville, Jan. 27.?A most ^ laring robbery was pulled off at , Jm a? lr'fi o f o 1 1 t/\u?r? o honf t 3 111 vsCL 2\ O, CL O 111 CL 11 IU 11 AUUUt l it cn v j niles south of here, this afternoon T ibout 2 o'clock. While Cashier ^ rhomas, of the Smoaks Banking com- ( )any, was at work on his books two , nen entered. On looking up, Mr. , rhomas found that he was covered )y a revolver. One man immediate- j y jumped over the counter and seiz- ] id him. Mr. Thomas resisted and .. nanaged to keep this party between , limself and the other who held the j 'evolver. In a minute the other man s said to have jumped over the counter and struck Mr. Thomas a severe blow over the right eye. It is 1 ilsb stated that he threw some liquid drug in the cashier's face, which rendered him unconscious. The robbers, it is said, then placed the cashier in the vault and made Dff with about $2,000, mostly in currency. The robbers are said to have been riding in a Ford runabout, and when the deed was discovered two hours later, were traced going in the direction of Bamberg. One was described as being about six feet in height, rather slender, dark complected and wore a cap. The other was not as tall, but a little stouter, dark, and also wore cap. Cashier rhomas recalled that the smaller of these men came into the bank a week ago today, at which time he asked him to cash a Southern Railway check for $400. He said to the str?nger that he could not do it without identification. The stranger is said to have asked the cashier if any others worked in the bank with him. A reward of $100 has been offered by the Smoaks Banking company for the arrest of the robbers. , Xo Trace of the Robbers. Walterboro, Jan. 28.?Careful investigation by several officers today in charge of Deputy Sheriff Lucas C. Padgett has failed to reveal any clue is to the identity of the two robbers who in open daylight yesterday succeeded in getting away with quite a big sum of money from the Smoaks Banking company. The two robbers were not seen to enter the town of Smoaks during the day at all and they made their exit through a rear window and from there to a nearby swamp, where it is thought they had in automobile concealed. Taking advantage of a rainy day, when very few people would be using the streets of th.e small town of Smoaks, the two robbers entered the bank as the cashier was in the act of getting one thousand dollars to be sent here today. After drawing a gun rm the rashier one of the robbers grappled with him while the other struck him with some instrument, causing unconsciousness. He was then sprayed with some kind of drug. A handkerchief, saturated with the drug, was the only property left by the robbers. It was fastened over the mouth and nose of Mr. Thomas. He owes his life to the fact that the robbers failed to turn on the combination to the vault lock. Had this been done searchers would in all probability have thought that Mr. rhomas had closed up for the day md left the bank. At any rate the nnly other person in possession of the 2ombination was the president, Mr. 3moak, who was at the time in Bam-J ierg. Mr. Thomas is at work again j :oda\\ little the worse for his nerve-; 'acking experience. A careful checking of the bank's Dooks reveals the exact amount of noney secured to be nineteen hunJred, seventy-five dollars and eighty- 1 >ix cents. The bank carried burgary insurance in such an amount as ' ;o be protected. ; Mr. .Thomas is positive in his iden;ification of one of the robbers as the nan who asked him to cash a four lundred dollar check from the ; Southern Railway about a week ago, ' md it appears that these men were ' somewhere in the community of ' Smoaks, waiting for a rainy day as 1 i cloak for their operations. Tin ' jfficers are still hopeful of securing 1 some results. Xo one has been ?ound who will definitely identify ' ;he auto as a runabout or a touring 1 ;ar, and very little of a definite ( 1 lature can be secured as to the ' -oute taken by the car. - 1 Liquid Smoke at G. A. Ducker & i Bro's.?adv. 2-10. i / SWIFT JUSTICE FOR NEGRO. V 1 Convicted of Assault and Sentenced to Electrocution. York, Jan. 31.?Israel Good, a ne*ro, was sentenced to die by electrocution Friday, February 25, followng his conviction of assault at a special term of the court of general sessions here today. The jury was )ut eighteen minutes. The entire ;rial consumed only two hours apd > *3 i half. A crowd of people from Bethel township, where the assault ipon a little white girl, for which Jood must die, occurred, occupied jvery seat in the court room and all ivailable standing room. Good order was maintained. John R. Hart and Herbert M. Dunlap, of the York and Rock Hill bars, respectively, were appointed to de- j fend the negro, who did not take the stand in his own behalf, and who bad no witnesses. HOMICIDE IN EDGEFIELD. i One Negro Charged With Killing * Another. -1 Edgefield, Feb. 1.?Sunday night Mart Morgan was killed on the plantation of Mr. J. 0. Zeigler, in this county, John Price is charged with the crime. From the testimony taken at the inquest it appears that the dead man was at the home of Price raising a row. Price demanded that he leave, whereupon Morgan is said to have fired upon him. It is claimed Price returned the fire, the ball entering the heart and causing instant death. Price was granted bail . this afternoon by Judge DeVore, Theparties are negroes. 1- v STOCKS FOR BRIDGE PRIZES. Mrs. E. H. Gary Gives Steel Preferred to Her Card Guests. j The New York Times says: Jf|| Mrs. Elbbrt H. Gary entertaned J with a bridge party at her residence, 856 Fifth avenue, on Saturday, the guests including many well-known members of society. The prize at each table was one share of United States Steel preferred stock. Bridge parties are of ordinary occurrence in society, and handsome t prizes are given as a rule, but Mrs. Gary's party will go down in social ii history as something entirely new, in this respect at least. The first intimation that the stock had been awarded as prizes was heard yesterday in Wall street, and it was not , v long before it was being talked about on the stock exchange. 1 The stock given out in prizes, in - * ^ the aggregate, was worth about ' $702, as it is quoted at $117 a share. Prizes of much greater value have - h been awarded at society bridge par- f ties, but it was the novelty that gave ; significance to Mrs. Gary's awards. There were six tables and twenty? * A 1. _ J _ /> A 1 ' : *? iour piayers. ai me ena or me < &% game there was considerable speculation as to the nature of the prizes, . M as is always the case at any spirited game of bridge." If the women win-* :t ners expected to receive silver bonbon dishes, powder puff boxes, or. vanity cases they were no doubt .. agreeably surprised when they re- ^ ceived the stock, indorsed in blank. The stock draws dividends of 7 per * "i cent. The names of the winners are ' not known. '74 Mr. Gary, who is chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, confirmed the report yesterday of the nature of the prizes at Mrs. Gary's bridge party, but declined to comment on it in any way, saying that it was a private affair. Mrs. Gary entertains frequently in the winter season at her home, and she gives a bridge party once a year. Editing a Newspaper. Editing a newspaper is a pleasing business?if you can stand it. If subscribers want to bawl out anybody ?the editor's the goat. If the town is lagging behind and people won't get out and mak-e things hum?it's because the town paper is on the bum. If business is bad?it's because the editor wants too much money for his advertising space. If business is good?advertising hasn't anything to do with it, but conditions are right. If we print what pleases people?that, is our duty and we deI f u'o nrint n* Vi o f" Jcs VC 11 KJ V.1CU11. 1 JL VTC " iiuv displeasing?we are a grouch and a ?repe-hanger, and don't deserve the patronage of the public. If weprint Lhe news as it is actually?people :all us over the phone and tell us :o stop their paper. If we garble it ?they tell us we are subsidized by :he corporate interests. Editing a newspaper is a pleasing business? t is not!?Fort Mill Times. . . .;r -