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I 1 t / i < ^ I lamhrrg %ntlb ? ~ = , * One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1916. Established 1891. | " "*" .iii . ~ * COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS 3^* > .* v r ; -SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. % ' News Items Gathered All Around the - County and Elsewhere. > . Fairfax Fancies. Fairfax, Feb. 5.?The last meeting of the Fairfax chapter, U. D. C., was in memory of Lee and Jackson. Mesdames Otis Due and A. L. Blount k were the hostesses. An interesting programme was carried out. Miss Maude Barber read a paper on Lee and Jackson, holding the attention of all the members. A number of iet ters were read, and the flower and I&nrcy work show planned for next Tall. At the close of the historical programme a sweet course was served, followed by hot chocolate. After a visit of ten days to Mrs. J. | V , "F. Lightsey/ Mrs. Leila Jennings has returned to her home at Emporia, Va. Miss Maude Barber gave a supper to a few of hef friends on Wednesday evening, - February 2, the final treat being a visit to the moving picture show. ^frs. Virginia McDaniel and chily !: . dren are in Fairfax on a visit to relatives. ; After a lengthy stay in Brunswick, Ga., Mrs. J. C. Preacher has returned home. . . Miss Helen Lightsey celebrated her W" \ 12th birthday annivetsary on Janur " X ary 28, inviting a number of her schoolmates. After playing many games, . refreshments were served, i v and the birthday cake cut. Mr.-and Mrs. Webb Cope are at : t home at the residence of Mt- Rabb, on Kailroad avenue. t : s - ^ Kearse KEppings. Kearse, Feb. 8.?Mr. and Mrs. J. . < v . ' \ , J. Kearse and Mrs. H. M. Brabham ' spent Sunday in Fairfax with Mrs. G. D. Sanders. ; ^ Mr. and. Mrs. Ewart Brabham, ; *: ? >. V from Virginia, are spending a few weeks with Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Brabham. ^ < ; v 4 - Mrs. Mattie Black, who makes her ti v.'( x home in Charleston now, Is Tisiting relatives here. MisseslColeman and Ayer, teachers of Whitef Point and Beaufort Bridge ; ' \ schools, accompanied by Misses Cleo and Winnie Davis Kearse, spent the ~ week end at their homes in Bamberg., Mrs. Burch, of Augusta, who teaches the Camp Hill school, spent the week-end with Miss Cressie Breeland. Mrs. W. H.* Ritter has returned from a visit to the city by the. sea. : Mrs. L. W. Ritter has as her house guests Misses Alice Ritter ana kuid ^ Hope and Miss Allen, of the Walterboro section. - . v Sunday visitors with us were: Mr. . . and Mrs. G. A. Best and Mrs. Anna Kirkland, of Ulmer; Dr. Hollman, of v Charleston; Messrs. Francis and Grady Boynton, of Ulmer; Messrs. Roy and Stacy Kearse, of Ehrhardt. v He Was Cautious. v ><; Reed,Thompson, night clerk at the Laclede Hotel, is asking his friends 4 ^ to believe this one: ? ?. j "About 8 o'clock the other night," x Thompson says, "a tall, rangy ruralite entered the lobby of the hotel , and approached the desk. After I ; had fixed him up with a room he asked me if I would take care of some money for him. I told him I would be glad to put it in the safe. He fished down in his trouser's pocket and produced a two-dollar bill. i " 'Just put that away,; he said. 'I . am going out for a little while and I don't want to take any chances with these city slickers.' "I kept my face straight and assured him it'would be safe on his re^ turn. He started to leave and then turned around and asked me how % late we kept open. ~ " 'Oh, I'll be here when you get " back,' I told him. . , " 'Well, I don't know,' he replied. 'I calculate I'll be pretty late. Most 10 o'clock, likely.' "I assured him I would be on deck, but he did not seem satisfied. After pondering a few minutes he asked:" " 'Could I see Mr. Laclede?" "That had me going for a few minutes, but when I recovered I told him Mr. Laclede had gone to bed." ? - - ' -j?- - * J? o* I Pierre Lacieae, me iouuuci ui ot. i Louis, for whom the hotel was named, died in 1778.?St. Louis Globe-Deraocrat. Only 64,977 karats of diamonds were exported from British South Africa during the first four months of 1915, whereas, in January-April, 1914, there were 1,524,649 karats exported, and 1,802,126 karats in the like period of 1913. > - . ? " ) / vV' ; *.' '?*/> ' DEER TAKES AUTO RIDE. i After Pasture Sojourn Game Warden Gives Animal Change. i Shoppers in the business section stopped and stared at a live deer out ( on an automobile ride through the ' city. It was the buck that has been living with the cattle in Frank Weyandts farm in Frankstown township for some time. Deputy game wardens captured it, bound its legs, placing it in the car, hauled it to another section of the county and turned it loose.?Altoona, Pa,, dispatch to Philadelphia Record. SHE GOT HER MONEY BACK. St. Matthews Woman "Queers" Game of Eye "Doctor." St. Matthews, Feb. 7.?Four men, styling themselves "Dr.," and passing off as eye specialists, came here Sat- , urday and came near getting into trouble. - These "specialists," it seems, carry a pretentious looking case. The case is filled with "specs" galore, all "solid gold." The "doctors" are all gentlemen of faultless spiel and carry an important and learned look. They talk in technical terms and talk fast, too. Their habit seems to be to go casually into the work of making a thorough examination of the eye simply to see if anything should be really needed^ guided more by patriotic philanthropy than a mere desire to sell goods. During the progress of the examination a terrible defect appears in one eye and all at once the victim sees double. That is a sure sign that somebody is going blind, and they < have a pair of glasses ground for just such a case. They worked their game here in several places; but one lady discovered after she had parted with her cash that it was not Aer eye that had ^ Al? l made her see aouDie dux tne ieus that she had tried. Further, she found upon using the acid test that the "solid gold" frames fairly fumed of brass. She also learned that immediately upon making the sale the "doctor^" had secured a car of good speed and were shaking the dust of this place from their feet. A warrant was sworn out and the sheriff put in pursuit. They were discovered in Columbia late , Saturdav night, and when they were advised that they could pay up or ride back in the : sheriff's new car and try their hand at roadbuilding they paid up, and Said in addition by way pf compensa- 1 tion for the trouble of tie aggrieved ' one, that they knew a member of her family well, and had they known then who she was they would never ! have thought of playing her such a trick. . - INVITE WILSON TO COLUMBIA, i Smith and Byrnes Urge President to Inclnde Capital City in Tour. ?? . { Washington, Feb. 7.?Senator E. c D. Smith and Congressman Byrnes ~ today called at the white house and strongly urged the president to visit South Carolina on his trip to the !i South. They reminded the president that the people of Columbia were really his people and would not be * satisfied to have him visit other parts of the South and leave Columbia out. J Upon this showing the president said ? that he would give the matter serious j consideration and that he greatly ap-; . predated the invitation which had i i a been extended him. j There is little doubt now that a ^ programme for this Southern trip will be agreed upon within the next few days, everything heretofore having been of a tentatve nature. The president is understood to have said regarding his recent West. _ . c ern trip that he was greatly satisfied)^ ^*ith it and felt that a long step had ^ been taken to put his preparedness . plan through congress. ^ Woman Severely Burned. 0 .Dillon, Feb. 7.?Miss Lueile Lem-i3 mon. demonstration agent for Dillon 2 county, was severely burned Satur- I day night, while cleaning a pair of t long white kid gloves. Miss Lem-jl mon dipped the gloves over her hands and arms and after thoroughly cleaning them, she approached too near the fire and the gloves became * ignited. She. was severely burned 1 before assistance arrived. The burns 6 were painful and Miss Lemmon is * suffering from the shock. Miss Lem- * mon came to Dillon four years ago c as home demonstration agent for the 1 - . . . t county, since that time her worK nas " been far-reaching and every community has a canning club or bread ] club. * Pittsburg is to have a great con- 1 vention hall. J i / IN THE PALMETTO STATE Be SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Ca Stat? News Boiled Down for Quick st; Reading.?Paragraphs About ur Men and Happenings. ex . m; W j A knitting mill plarnt to cost $50,co 000, will be built in Spartanburg at an early date. br The seventh annual session of the South Carolina negro race conference was held in Columbia this week. 1 nc Burglars robbed the postoffice at jn James Crossing in Richland county er on Tuesday night. The postoffice was m, located in a store, ine roDoers sc- bj cured about $10. ed Attorney General Thos. H. Peeples has rendered an opinion that it is un- fir Uwful to whip prisoners who are con- ro fined in the State penitentiary or on pr the county chaingangs. ar William McMahan, a well known ^ farmer, living near Easley, met in- P stant death Friday morning when he w< fell "through the scuttle-hole of his ve barn loft and crushed his skull. XL Sam Gibbs was killed in Charleston last week by a man known to the police as "Sparrow," following an no argument over a game of pool. The alleged slayer has not been captured. m bi The federal court of claims at _ ae Washington on Friday made an unfavorable report on the claim of Da- Qf' vid Moore, of Columbia, for compen- . sation as janitor for the postoffice . building in Columbia in excess of eight hours a day, the claim amount- w. ing to $1,044.92. ^ Meriwether Not Forgotten. ? North Augusta, Feb. 4.?An event in which there is much local interest is scheduled to occur soon when the monument to Thomas McKie Meriwether is to be unveiled. It will be recalled that he lost his life in the S0] famous Hamburg riot during 1876. sic3 Efforts have been made to erect a nc monument to his memory and these WJ have been successful. The monu- -AX ment has been provided by the State!tc" and also friends of Meriwether. The | bil contract was awarded to the Owen mi Bros. Marble company, - of Green- 011 wood, and it has announnced that the job is practically completed. It has e(l been decided to place the monument th( on the public square of North Au- to gusta, near the intersection of Geor- mi gia and Carolina avenues. The m6 monument is of Winnsboro granite and is 21 feet in height. Appropri- re< ate exercises for the uoveiling have wt been arranged and Col. D. S. Hen- T? dqrson, of Aiken, the only living attorney who was engaged in the trial tio of the case, will make the principal mc address. Pa wii Newberry Man Killed. V01 Columbia, Feb. 5.?David A. Lang- fui ord, who was shot at Newberry last hit Saturday afternoon by Ira Burton, lied at a hospital in Columbia at shj LI:25 o'clock night before last. Mr. dir ^angford was operated on Saturday the light. bil The late Mr. Langford, one of the mi iroprietors of the Coca-Cola Bottling tyworks of Newberry, was about 30 fo: -ears of age. He was the son of the enl Ota A T/anp-fnrrl Hia moth-lwa VI VV* , I .. ? ir, who is now Mrs. J. H. Riser, of to ^eesville; his wife, who was Miss Lilly Griffin, of Newberry; one child, me md the follow ig brothers and sis- the ers survive: V. Smith Langford, ma ulius J. Langford, Stanmore Lang* Un ord. Robert Langford, of Newberry,; see Mrs. White, of Columbia, and Mrs. Th "isbill. cla The trouble occurred at a time rui ^*hen Newberry's Main street was bui rowded. The bullet hit the sleeve go> >utton on Langford s wrist and en- use ered his abdomen on the left side 00( ust above the hip bone. Burton vas arrested and held pending the ^ lUtcome of the injuries. The trouble is alleged to have K" risen over a rumor which Langford isked Burton if he had circulated. ^ try Viovo nollorl Rltr. i /dilglUi U lo OU1U LU 41U T U VUA *V>U JL/w* on a liar and to have struck him. H. "he shooting followed. raE fro E. R. Steedly Round Over. gUI Orangeburg, Feb. 8.?E. R. Steed- a 1 y, who is charged with using the wo1 nails to defraud, has been bound ov- Wa ir by United States Commissioner J. hat ^eroy Dukes for trial at the Florence ed ;erm of the United States district int< .'ourt, which convenes in March. It his s alleged that Steedly placed adver- Mil isements in a number of daily pa- wh )ers for the sale of dogs and when har >arties sent him the money, he kept at t. and sent no dog. It is said that hea here are several cases against Steed- T y for using the mails to defraud, to Steedly is from Bamberg county. Ichi: t - . ' , . ' / j / . " ) .'."4 : ? * WRECKS CANADIAN CAPITOL. xlies of Two Women Removed From Galleries. Ottawa, February 4.?The historic .nadian parliament building was deroyed last night by a fire declared [officially to have been cause by the plosion of a gas bomb or infernal achine. Two women, guests of the ife 01 Speaker Sevigny, were overme by smoke and perished. Seval policemen and firemen were tried under debris when one end the building collapsed. The numr of persons taken to hospitals had >t been determined earlv this morn g. Frederick F. Pardee, chief Libal whip, and William S. Loggie, a ember of parliament from New uinswick, are missing and it is fearl they have lost their lives. It has been established that the st burst of flame in the reading om of the house of commons was eceded by at least one explosion, id probably by two. The force of e concussion was so severe that srsons standing some distance away *re hurled to the floor. A rigid instigation to determine the cause of e fire already has been taken by e Dominion authorities. Sir Robert Borden, the Canadian emier, who was in the building, es,ped safely, but Martin Burrell, inister of agriculture, was severely irned about the head, and Dr. Michil Clark, member for Red Deer, as burned aboi^t the hands. Many the legislators who were in the lilding experienced great\ difficulty groping their way through smokeled corridors. Several fled through indows and down ladders to the reet. ' -* <* AUTHORIZES $75 000 LOAN. f !5,000 for Military Equipment and $50,000 for Prohibition. t ? Columbia, Feb. 4.?There was mething doing today on the house le. Whether there is anything or rt in the suggestion, the statement is openly made by Mr. Bingham, of ken, and by Mr. Smith, of Collel, that there was an apparent comlation between the enthusiastic litarists and prohibitionists, the e to get authority for $25,00(Twith tiich, if necessary, to pay for lost uipment, and the other to place in 3 hands of the governor authority expend as much as $50,000, if so ich be necessary, for the enforcemt of the prohibition law. The house refused to make a di:t appropriation of $25,000 with lich to pay for the lost equipment, day, whether there should be anying in the suggestion of combinan or not, it voted authority for the >ney to be borrowed with which to y this charge, if it could not otherse be arranged; and then the house ted authorization of the $50,000 id for the enforcement of tfie pro)ition law. The two items were voted in the ipe of authority to borrow and not ect appropriations to be added to 3 sum total of the appropriation 1. The item for the relief of the litary was passed by a vote of sixfour to thirty, and the authority r the borrowing of $50,000 for the forcement of the prohibition law s adopted by a vote of fifty-three thirty-five. The fight came up on these amendnts of the appropriation bill, and i successful suggestion as to both tters came from Mr. Wagndn, of ion, an ardent prohibitionist, who >ms to know how to turn a trick, e original proposition contained a use with reference to the use of al nnlino in flip various COUntieS. ^ V/ ' iVV AAA VAAW . t this was withdrawn after the pernor was given the authority to ) a law enforcement fund of $50,). HILL WORKER RUNS AMUCK. Is One Man and Seriously Wounds Another. Spartanburg, Feb. 7.?Theodore Upton, a cotton mill employee, i amuck on the highway leading m Greer, to Appalachia Mill, early iday morning, killing Lafoy Minis, Greenville man, and seriously unding A. B. Waddell, of Greer, ddell was shot in the shoulder, ring knocked the gun up and savhis heart from receiving the ball snded for it. Upton continued on | way until he came upon Lafoy ns, John Walker and Cliff Brown, om he ordered to throw up their ids. They did so and Upton fired Mims, shooting him through the trt, killing him instantly. Jpton is in jail here. He is said be a married man and has several ldren. / '" ' * ' ' - V/ : i .i- i- W\.. ' ' GOVERNOR URGES ACTION. ASKS ASSEMBLY TO ACT ON STATE-WIDE BILLS. Special Message Bequests Passage of Six Important Administra uvsu Columbia, Feb. 8.?Gov. Manning in a special message urged upon the legislature tonight immediate action upon six pending measures: That enacting the Torrens systems of land title registration, one -creating a scheme of rural credits, the TooleLaGrone bill for the teaching of agriculture in the common schools, the McCullough bill raising the child labor age limit to 14 years, the BuckMills-Johnstone bill providing for a workmen's compensation plan and the Nicholson bill for the certification of teachers by a State board. "These measures are in my judgment of State-wide importance," the governor said, "and I feel that the interests of the people demand the enactment of these bills into law. Your desire and ability to serve your State are unquestioned. I, therefore, urge again, with earnestness and sincerity, that active efforts be made to enact these laws. The people are pleading for them and should have them. Let me again urge upon you the necessity for definite action on these most important State-wide measures." r Torrens Land Registration. The special message is as ionows: ''Permit me respectfully to call your attention to the importance of pressing the consideration of certain measures on your calendars, which I deem of importance to the great body of our citizens whom you and I represent. # "My reason for this message is that we are approaching the closing days .of the session and I earnestly desire that these matters should not be overlooked. "There have been meetings of citizens in many localities throughout the State, calling on the legislature to adopt the Torrens system of land registration and enact the same into law. This is a necessary prerequisite to a system of rural credits. It will reduce expenses in borrowing money on land; it gives the State's warrant to title, and puts an end to litigation on land titles. Such an act would be a boon to the State, and I earnestly urge its adoption. "Forty-three per cent, of our white j farmers are tenants. The dream of the South Carolina patriot is to see these tenants become the owners of their homes and farms. If we are to progress, we must help these tenants to help themselves in their ambition to become home owners; and we must make this possible by adopting measures hitherto untried, even if this may seem radical.. The result is important. I deem it of .the utmost importance to take the steps necessary to bring it about. "Let us not adjourn this session until these two measures are made into laws. Then our vision for future development will be turned into a reality and our rural population will find full scope for their soaring and elevating ambitions, to find realization in a people happy in the prospect of future comfort, contentedness and happiness. Agriculture in the Schools. "I earnestly urge upon you the desirability of enacting into law the Toole and LaGrone bill, providing for the teaching of agriculture in the common schools. Agriculture is the basis of our material prosperity. The common school is the keystone of our educational system. Provide for the [ teaching of agriculture in the common school, so that agricultural education will reach those who cannot get an agricultural course and an enlightened prosperity is the result among this large body of our citizens. "The McCulIough bill, which province fnr thp rm'sine of the child la bor age limit to 14 years, is of great importance and should be speedily enacted. The very wording of this bill is the greatest argument in favor of its passage. The longer the child is kept in school the greater his efficiency when he begins work. "The workmen's compensation bills introduced by Senator Buck and Representatives .Mills and Johnstone have been carefully worked out and in my judgment win meet conditional existing in South Carolina. There is nothing in the act that can injure the honest employer or employee: it is a protection to both; it is fair and just to all parties, and the sooner it becomes a law the sooner will our court dockets be cleared, and kept clear, of personal damage suits; and justice .. . ' WOMAN SENATOR SPEAKS. ~ Helen Ring Robinson Talks on Votes for Women. Columbia, Feb. 7.?.Mrs. Helen Ring Robinson, who is a member of the State senate, addressed the people of Columbia tonight under the auspices of the Equal Suffrage League of South Carolina on "Votes for Women." Senator Robinson is a \t >< pleasing speaker and she presented the cause for women in an able and convincing manner. Mrs. Robinson was a member of the Ford Pacification party to which Lieutenant Governor Andrew J. Bethea, of this State, belonded. Several members of the general assembly who were in the city attended the lecture and ' Vv#f? not only heard a woman legislator speak, but saw just exactly what equal suffrage would mean. Senator Robinson will go from here to Charleston, where she will make || an address on equal suffrage. She ."i has speaking engagements at several points in the Southern States. While in Columbia Senator Robinson was the guest of the members of | the local suffrage league and met jf many of the leading women of the city. She made many friends while here. ^ The End of Old "3,824." York, Feb. 5.?"Old 3,824" is ! zl rtTi-n ntA nut ay curin' n cr Vl or UU n u auu uul, n.uti ovi t uv> ' masters faithfully twenty-eight years j and taking an active and very important part in the business and commercial life of 150 miles of terri-' jtory, "Old 3824" has been condemned to spend the balance of her days ' in the society of other "has-beens." | "Old 3824," as she is familiarly | known to the hundreds of people in . ; this section who have known her-for / ^ |many years, is the second oldest-en- -'M 'gine on the Marion and Kingville di- V >. vision of the Southern railroad and ; for the past twenty-eight years has |f daily run into York. Orders have re- :4|| cently been sent forth from the railway officials that "Old 3824" is to be,~ sent to the Rock Hill railroad yards * ^ land into the scrap heap. But before ' Jm the faithful old iron horse takes the '"'gjl place of honor among the denizens of '/3| the junk pile, all her brass trimmings -4 'and_ other parts that can be used will ' -%M , be stripped from her ard placed upon some other engine of the road, and ;> J| she will, therefore, still be of some service to the owners. But the old 'engine as an engine has made her J i last run along the crooked old track, ,^!? jand scores of boys and girls yester! day, grown up to manhood and wo- / 'manhood while "Old 3824 has been ' ^ on the rails, and who are fond of the old engine, have seen her coming ^ snorting and puffing up to the little jdepot here for the last time. No. 3824 was one of the first coalj burning engines placed in service on jthe old Charleston, Columbia and j Cincinnati roalroad after the track |was laid to Yorkville in 1888. At > the time 'these four locomotives were considered the last word in passen- ^ ger engines. They were numbered j consecutively from 1 to 4, although , the numbers have since been changied to conform to the numbers of 4-^ | other engines owned by the South- || jern. On the panel of each cab jvas 4|| j painted the name of a town along the line. One of them bore the name | ("Yorkville." Another, the "Lancas- / jter," was the first coal-burning loco- r| | motive ever run to Yorkville. This ?S (was in October, 1S88, when tne en-' . igine was in charge of Engineer. Mid Manning and his son.. What name "Old 3824" bore has been forgotten* rM The four engines were built by the ! Hinckley Locomotive company, a Ifirm whose products have lived long- -M er than it did. Only one of the original engines will remain in active ! service now since the decree that "Old 3824" shall run no more. The survivor is No. 3826, which is occas- ^ ionally used in extra passenger service between Columbia and Charlotte and Columbia and York. It is , considered too light for hauling the [heavy cars that have taKen tne piace | of those ih use when it, like "Old^ i 3824," was considered "some engine," and it will doubtless only be a short time until it will follow "Old 3824" to the place where all wornout engines go, and then will have passed the last veteran of many years of faithful service on the Three C's. Phosphate of lime has been discovered in Canadian Rockies. British Columbia reports appearance of quail in large numbers. will be done to all parties. I urge the enactment of this law. - ;Jg "I earnestly urge upon you the importance of the passage of the Nicholson bill providing for the certification of teachers by a State board." M A