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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1916. Established 1891.
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
R Ehrhardt Etchings.
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Ehrhardt, March 14.?The Ehrhardt
minstrel aggregation gave theii
first show last Thursday evening ir
V Copeland's hall in the presence of a
large audience, who thoroughly enjoyed
the programme. This companj
is composed of home boys only, as
follows: Messrs. Windel Ramsey
Dick Roberts, Haskel Hiers, S. C
Paysinger, Raleigh Kinard, Chas
Henerey and Harry Copeland; assisty
. ed by Miss Lalla Salley, pianist. A\
the boys appeared as negroes and
their dancing, singing and jokes
would have amused anyone in "Dixie
Land." Supper was served in the
hall immediately after the entertainment.
Quite a sum of money was
realized, which will be paid on the
new piano at the Ehrhardt school auditorium.
Mrs. Prentis Griffin, of Bamberg
nee Miss Mamie Ehrhardt, of Ehr*
hardt, came down last Thursday on a
few days' visit to her old home.
Rev. E. A. McDowell, pastor of the
Baptist church at Fairfax, was in
town last Thursday giving heartj
handshakes to his old friends.
>Mr. Frank Lemacks, of Ashepoo
the lucky shad fisherman, visited his
mother, Mrs. F. G. Lemacks, last
week. Frank states that the weathei
has been too cold for fishing.
Mrs. Willie Bishop is having a nice
dwelling house built in town, on the
lower end of Madison street.
|V Mr. Kincaid, the popular pnotographer,
who has been in town for the
past week, left today for Varnville.
Mrs. Wayne Copeland and Mies Julia
Copeland spent last Thursday at
Mrs. S. Copeland's.
The Farmers & Merchants Bank is
having a cement floor put in theii
banking house. The old one was o 1
wood and* was breaking through in
several places.
- Mr. J. D. Dannelly has begnn^bauling
away the debris from his store,
which was destroyed by fire some
time ago, preparing to rebuild.
The base ball team seems to be a
little slow about organizing. Why
not get into shape* so the "boys" can
v* know their places on the diamond
and get busy with that so much needed
practice?
Mrs. Nard Carter, of Ruffin, and
Mrs. Geo. McKenzie, of Ehrhardt, R.
F. D. No. 1, are visiting their mother,
Mrs. Lemacks.
The farmers have at last decided
? / to use some commercial fertilizer this
year. A large amount has been hauled
from here during the past ten
days and is still on the move.
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Cope Callings.
t Cope, March 13.?Mr. Stacey
Kearse, of Ehrhardt, together with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J> O.
Kearse, of Olar, were over yesterday
on a visit to Dr. and Mrs. T. M.
Stuckey.
Mr. Charles S. Henerey, of Ehrhardt,
also came along with Mr.
Kearse in his auto and spent a few
hours at home, with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. K. Henerey.
> Mrs. H. H. Crosswell, of Bishopville,
is here for a short stay with
her brother, Dr. T. M. Stuckey.
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Ott's Outings.
Ott's, March 14.?Our little burg
is still "hustling; farmers are ready to
plant corn?some are planting, others
are waiting for warmer weather.
Dr. O. D. Faust and Prof. Klein
were visitors here last Sunday as the
guests of Mr. C. C. Rowell.
Mrs. W. M. McCue has been sick,
but has fully recovered.
Mr. L. D. Odom has been sick for
7 4 the past few days, but is rapidly recuperating.
' Miss Sylvester Odom, better known
as "Aunt Sil," has been confined to
k her bed for several days with la
T grippe, but is up at this writing.
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Spurlin, of
Denmark, visited at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. L. D. Odom Sunday.
A number from here attended the
unveiling of the late Dr. Henry
Faust's monument at Denmark cemetery
Sunday afternoon. There was a
large crowTd and the service was very
w impressive.
r Mr. Henry Q. Jennings is in Bamberg
this week.
Ott's can boast of two saw mills
now. The mill knowm as the Fox
Brothers' mill, from near Edisto, has
been moved to the place of Mr. C.
E. Sandifer. They have purchased
all of Mr. Sandifer's timber.
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| Mother Also Injured in Attempt to
; Save Little Boy.
Sumter, March 11.?Swinson Ray,
18 months' old, son of Mr. and Mrs.
) i TT1 T? To T-l r>r? iroo humorl t n Hoot It
AV, X UiJ 1V4 y ?l CiO lyui 11WA VV UV/Ul>ii
this morning, when his clothing
caught fire, while he and his twin
brother were playing. Mrs. Taylor
was in an adjoining room and ran
to the rescue of the little fellow upon
hearing his screams. She was
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badly burned about the hands in trying
to extinguish the flames. The
funeral services will be held at the
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resident tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock.f
Branchville Dramatic Club.
- Branchville, March 11.?Mrs. J. N.
[ Byrd entertained the Branchville
I Dramatic club on Thursday evening
; at a three course supper. The guests
j were met at the door by Mrs. J. N.
j Byrd and ushered into the parlor by
- Mrs. J. S. Wimberly. Mrs. J. M.
; Byrd received in the dining room,
i which was decorated in ferns and hy
acinths. After supper the guests
were invited back to the parlor,
, where Mrs. J. N. Byrd, Miss Marion
Byrd and Peter Watson entertained
i the crowd with their singing, accompanied
on the piano by Miss Myrtle
! McHonaker, and recitations were givi
en by Miss Mamie Paysinger, which
r wore much pnioved. Selections were
also given by Miss Ruth Byrd and
, Miss Blanche Edwins. After the mu>
sic rook was played.
Connor-Withington.
Branchville, March 11.?A ? very
pretty wedding was performed at the
home of the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. B. Connor, Branchville, when
their daughter, Miss Jennie Stokes
Connor, became the bride of Capt.
Harry Ogier Withington, a prominent
, young business man of Charleston.
Mrs. Withington is a young woman
, of many graces with attractive per,
sonality and has endeared herself to
. a large circle of friends throughout
the State.
The colonial home was decorated
for the occasion with Southern smilax
and*" cut - flotrers. At * 4 o'clock the
| bride, leaning on the arm of her sister,
Miss Cora Connor, entered the
parlor, where they were met at the
altar of smilax by the bridegroom
and his best man, W. R. Hillen, of
Charleston.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. J. H. Graves," brother-inlaw
of the bride, the ring ceremony
hointr used. The bride was dressed
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in a dark blue traveling suit with
hat and gloves to match, and carried
a shower bouquet of bride roses. The
maid of honor, Miss Cora Connor,
sister of the bride, was dressed in a
green charmeuse and carried a shower
bouquet of lilies of the valley.
| Following the ceremony Mr. and
Mrs. Withington left for Washington
and New York and will, upon their
return, reside in Charleston.
! , Among the out-of-town guests in
attendance were Misses Julia, Lottie
and Jennie Withington, of Charleston,
Mrs. P. W. Sanders and little
daughter, Margaret, Charleston; Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Withington and son,
Birmingham, Ala; Miss M. C. Thatcher,
W. R. Hillen, Percy Ortman and
Jas. S. Simmons, all of Charleston.
| Gave Him Donkey Orders.
; An Irish, drill sergeant was instructing
some recruits in the mysteries
of marching movements and
found great difficulty in getting a
countryman of his to halt when the
command was given, says the Kansas
1 City Star. After explaining and illustrating
several times he approached
the recruit, sized him up silently
for a couple of minutes, then de1
manded his name.
"Fitzgerald, sor," was the reply.
"Did you ever drive a donkey,
Fitz?"
"Yes, sor."
"What did you say when you wanted
him to stop?"
"Whoa!"
The sergeant turned away and im'
mediately put his squad in motion.
After they had advanced a couple
yards or so he bawled out at the top
of his lungs: "Squad halt! Whoa,
Fitzgerald!"
A Paraphrase.
"There's so much good in the worst
of us
And so much bad in the best of us"
That it best becomes the rest of us
To praise the best in the worst of
n o*
no,
i And ill becomes the worst of us
: To mock at the faults in the best of
i us;
Then let the best and the worst of us,
Extol the good in both of us,
And hide the fault in the lot of us.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading.?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Hon. W. Bourke Cochran, of New
York, is to be the principal speaker
at exercises to be held in Charleston
on March 17, in celebration of
St. ratricK s aav.
Mayor John F. Floyd, of Spartanburg,
fined himself $2.50 in police
court last week because he had neglected
to properly light the lamps
on his automobile.
Governor Manning has wired the
Anderson city council that he sees
no necessity fo~ a special session of
the legislature account of the fire
insurance situation.
Enos Rogers, of Marion, was convicted
last week of manslaughter in
connection with the killing of his
nephew. He was sentenced to serve
seven years in the penitentiary.
Edward Weimus, overseer on an
Orangeburg county plantation, shot
and killed Billie Sherman, colored,
last week, following a dispute. The
negro pulled his pistol and began
shooting at the overseer when the
latter fired twice, killing him instantly.
C. H. Christopoulo, a Greek, of
Charleston, who was convicted some
time ago of falsely representing his
citizenship and illegally voting in a
primary election, has begun serving
his sentence of sixty days in the
Charleston county jail. He was also
fined $300.
Application has been filed in the
superior court of Georgia for a charter
for the Atlanta and Anderson
Construction Co., capitalized at I
$100,000, with the privilege of increasing
this sum to $1,000,000. It
is said to be the intention of the incorporators
to build a railroad from
Anderson to Atlanta which will be
affiliated with the Duke interurban
from Anderson north. i
John E. West, Baxter West, Ar-t
thur West, Sheppard and Luther
West were found guilty Friday in
the Chesterfield court of general sessions
of riot. Each of the defendants
were sentenced to pay a fine of
$150 or serve one year in prison.
The trial occupied five days. The
Wests were convicted of being involved
in a riot at Pageland on March 12,
1915. During the melee two men
were killed.
FATALLY SHOOTS HIMSELF. j
Le Grand C. Griswold Dies at Aiken
From Wound Accidentally Inflicted.
Aiken, March 10.?Mr. Le Grand
C. Griswold, of New York city, accidentally
shot himself with a doublebarrelled
shotgun, while returning
from a dove hunt on the farm of Mr.
Richardson, six miles from Aiken.
The injured man was rushed to the
city and taken to the home of Dr.
E. S. Cross, where surgical treatment
was resorted to. Upon arrival at the
office of the physician, the condition
of Mr. Griswold was seen to be hopeless,
as the wound V(as in the abdomen.
The charge of the shotgun
entered from the side, tearing a hole
in the body and penetrating the abdominal
cavity. Mr. Griswold regained
consciousness just before
reaching the city, but immediately
lapsed into a state of coma, from
which he never revived, sinking
rapidly until the end came at 6
o'clock. The dove drive had been
organzied by Mr. Oakleigh Thorne
for the entertainment of friends,
among whom was Mr. Griswold. The
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party naa just muswcu. CL O W WVWkji vc?
hunt and were on the way to the
waiting automobiles, laughing and
exchanging congratulations, and Mr.
Griswold seemed to be one of the
most animated men of the party. He
had just started to unbreach his gun
when the contents of one of the shells
were discharged, the load taking effect
as described. This accident has
cast a gloom over the Aiken winter
colony. * Mr. Griswold leaves a wife
and two children.
Only Her Husband.
Mrs. Atkins, dissatisfied with the
number of times one man came to
see her cook, spoke to her about it.
"When I engaged you, Martna," snei
said, "you told me you had no man
friends. Now whenever I come into
the kitchen 1 find the same man
here."
"Bress yo\ ma'am." smiled Martha,
"dat niggah ain't no frien' ob
mine."
"No friend?. Then who is he?"
"Uo'o mo hnchfln' "
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IX BEHALF OF NEWSPAPERS. |)
Bill to Repeal Law Requiring Circulation
Statements. j>
Washington, March 11.?Senator
Bankhead, of Alabama, chairman of
the postoffice committee, today in- V
troduced and had referred to his
committee a bill to repeal the law
requiring editors, publishers and
owners of newspapers, magazines
and periodicals to file with the postmaster
general every six months v
sworn statements of names of edi- t;
tors, owners, stockholders, securi- t
ties and, in the case of newspapers, P
sworn statements of average circu- li
lation. F
Senator Bankhead said he was act- a
ing on his own initiative in behalf of a
the small country newspapers. ii
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HENRY G. DAVIS DEAD. h
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Was Former U. S. Senator and Once p
Presidential Candidate.
Washington, March 11.?Former c
United States Senator Henry Gassa- v
way Davis, of West Virginia, presi- a
dential candidate on the Parker a
Democratic ticket in 1 904, died here d
at 1:45 a. m. today, after a brief ill- y
ness. He was 95 years old. e
Mr. Davis was stricken with grippe o
about a fortnight ago, while on a a
visit to his daughter, Mrs. Stephen n
B,. Elkins, and on account'of his ad- i]
vanced age, was unable to withstand y
the attack.
Funeral arrangements were being fj
completed today. Interment will be t:
at Elkins, W. Va., home of the for- g
mer Senator. t
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Is It Legal. _
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Francis F. Carroll, a lawyer of
Bamberg, has raised the point that a
the circuit created at the recent ses- g
sion of the legislature is illegal be- n
i* /lonpivo.certain Dersons ^
C<?Utofc} It win utpi ? v t
of -their constitutional rights. Sec- ^
tion 2 of article 6 of the constitution g
of the State provides that either par- j.
ty to a suit in the circuit court shall {
have the right to a change of venue v
whenever it cai* be shown to the
court that a fair and impartial trial t:
rannot be bad in the-county--wfcer*the
trial or action has been com- a
menced or offence has been commit- a
ted. The same section further pro- n
vides that where a change of venue s,
is ordered the trial must be had in a
a county in the same judicial district.
"Now," asks Mr. Carroll, "how can
a change of venue be ordered and the e
trial held in another county within p
the same judicial district if Charles-{ e
ton county is alone in the judicial n
district? The act would deprive a f;
party of substantial constitutional
rights!" a
The News and Courier comments t]
on ftjr. Carroll's card as follows: e
"Mr. Francis F. Carroll, whose n
communication will be found in an- ?(
other column on this -page today, is t]
thp second disinterested lawyer to ex
press the opinion that the recent act
of the legislature providing for a new t
judicial circuit is unconstitutional. j
Mr. E. F. Warren, of Hampton, took
the view that the general assembly f
was without authority under the con- t
stitution to transfer a solicitor from a
one circuit to another, as the act un- a
der discussion did. The law-makers v
ignored his suggestion. It now re- u
mains to be seen if the courts will
be able to ignore the point raised by c
Mr. Carroll. If he is right, his ob- s
jection is certainly one of the utmost 2
gravity. The right under certain ^
conditions to obtain a change of s
venure is fundamental, and Mr: Carroll
maintains that no Charleston liti- v
gant or defendant would be able to a
obtain such a change of venure un- n
j? *1,^ rxf *Vick ant makine: n
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Charleston a circuit to itself. If Mr. M
Carroll knows what he is talking e
about, will the courts in any of the a
counties affected by this legislation n
have authority to try cases at all j
during the present year?" 0
It seems that the points raised in ^
connection with -this new circuit g
should be passed on immediately. We t<
are inclined to think that of the two p
points raised the one brought forward
by Mr. Carroll is the more se- fi
rious.?Spartanburg Journal.
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Palatable Combination.
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One dav Luther Burbank was V
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walking in his garden, when he was .
accosted by an officious acquaintance
who said:
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"Well, what are you working on J
now?"
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"Trying to cross an eggplant ana
milkweed," said .Air. Burbank.
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"And what under heaven do you
expect to get from that?"
Mr. Burbank calmly resumed his te
walk. fr
"Custard pie," he said. B
RINTERS A RE CATCHING IT
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HICK OF PAPKR GOING UP BY
LKAPS AND BOUNDS.
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far is the Chief Cause.?All Manu- 1
facturers of Paper and Other
Material Have Haised Prices.
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Job printers and stationers are
ery much disturbed over the uncer- ]
ain condition of the market in every- <
hing used in the manufacture of I
rinted work, and of the standard 1
rnes carried by stationery stores. 1
'aper prices have advanced sharply,
nd as a rule rates on printing inks i
re given only on request, all stand- 1
rig quotations being withdrawn. A <
rominent ink maker writes -that one <
igredient entering into the manufac- <
ure of black inks has advanced 300 s
er cent. s
Unprecedented Advances. 1
January and February witnessed
ontinuous and unprecedented adances
^in the prices of raw material,! <
nd the failure of sulphite importers'
nd rag packers to make adeq.uate
eliveries on existing contracts forced
writing paper mills making the highr.
grades, to obtain a large portion ;
f raw material on the open market j
t current prices, necessitating the
lost marked advances that 'the writ- <
rig paper business has experienced in
ears.
.Manufacturers of high explosives
nd that they can buy rags, process <
hem and utilize them as a base for
uncotton at a cast of two cents to i
hree cents less per pound than the
resent price of raw cotton, and thus
ffer a new outlet for packers of the j
CLLCI giaucs.
The further fact that Great Brit- :
in, on February 1, placed an embar- i
o on the export of all paper makers' i
laterials, and that Sweden placed <
ne on the export of all pulp, has not !
elped in holding down prices. Those
rades in -which new rag cuttings are :
irgely employed have had to take 1
he sharpest and heaviest of the ad- 1
ances made. J
To aggrevate further the situation,
he demand for bond and writing j
a]w?~has-^een~frrcreasing~ by leaps 1
nd bounds, so that manufacturers 1
re sadly behind their orders, and 1
lany, on account of their inability to< 1
ecure deliveries of raw materials, 11
re unable to obtain full production i
rom their mills. | 1
The demand for these grades for ( 1
xport has reached a point where j
rices offered for immediate delivries
are alluring to some of the i
lanufacturers and adds another bull j
actor to the general situation. j
Practically all manufacturers have <
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uvauceu pi icca t*\j iu ov pci v^ut, . i
he market showing examples where 1
ven heavier advances have been
lade on medium priced grades hereofore
sold at prices slightly "under he
market for similar qualities.
Some Increases Cited.
One of the largest paper mills in
he country recently wrot^ as fol
dws :
"Realizing that it may be difficult
or you to explain to your customers.
he advances in prices of paper, we,
re giving you below the old as well!
s new prices on. various materials j
rhich we use in making coated and
ncoated papers: | \
"Casein was 6% cents, now 17 to 23 i
ents; alum was 1 cent, now 3 cents;
oda ash was 65 cents hundred, now ;
Vz cents pound; rosin was $3.75 ,
arrel, now $6.50 barrel; bleached \
ulphite was $2.65 hundred, now 3% <
o 4% cents pound; satin white dry 1
weight was 5 cents, now 9 cents; j
niline color was 40 cents per pound, \
ow S20 nound; fourdrinier wire was ]
9 cents square foot, now 39 cents; \
roolen and cotton felts have advahc- 1
d 10 per cent to 40 per cent; thirds 1
nd blues were $1.35 per hundred, l
ow 2% cents pound; bleach was 1
cents pound, now 7 cents (un- j
btainable). If you will make use of <
his information we believe you will 1
nd it easier to explain to your cus- ]
Dmers the advance in the cost of |
apers.". <
The color situation grows more dif- 1
cult?some dyes and colors former:
employed are no longer obtainable i
; any price. Manufacturers are com- t
elled to use substitutes, less reliable 1
1 the matter of uniformity in 1
:rength and density and variations 1
1 sjiade are common and must De
spec-ted. White paper also must be' ?
spected to show some variation in j a
lade, as practically all whites arej e
rtificial and the delicate corrective! c
Mors formerly employed are not! 2
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OW avaiiauie.? i iic olcilc i
Full line of Waterman I<Jeal FounLin
Pens, the new self-filing kind,
om $2.50 to $6.50. The Herald t
ook Store. I
BOKX A SLAVK, DIKS IUCH.
Levi Kirkland I^eaves Kstate Worth
Probably $65,000.
Camden, .Maiyh 11.?Levi Kirkland,
one of the best known negroes .J*in
this pnniitv. and nrnhahlv thp
wealthiest negro in this section of
the State, died at his home near
IVestville on March 1. He was quite
aged, having been born a slave.
Kirkland, by thrift and wise business
judgment, had accumulated
luite a fortune. He paid taxes on
four tracts of land, amounting in all
to 3,005 acres, and owned sixty-three
lots and buildings in the town of
Westville, besides personal property
and cash money amounting to around
five thousand dollars. At the time
nf his death he had forty bales of
cotton stored on his farm, and it is
estimated that his estate is worth
around $60,000 to $70,000. He was
a good farmer and was well liked by
both races.
HOW GEN. CAR SUCCEEDED
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Says Newspaper Advertising Was
liasis of His Success
The story of how newspaper advertising
and a trademark built up . |
a fortune of $4,000,000 from an
investment of $12,000 in twenty-five
years was related by General J. S.
Carr, of Durham, X. C., when he arrived
in New York from Honolulu
recently.
Carr was the first manufacturer
of Bull Durham tobacco. He told
how he had spent $100,000 in law
suits to protect his trademark, but
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he added advertising had done the
mrkct tn makp the success of the
brand. Mr. Carr said:
"When I signed my first advertising
contract for $250,000 I didn't
sleep for a week. I thought I was
ruined. But the results justified the
expenditure, and soon I was spending
$500,000 a year for advertising.
The biggest part of it went to the < ^
newspapers, for I had learned that
the newspaper ad is the best in the
world. There is no line of business
that it does not help.
; "I was in the banking business,
and I built up as much trade as my
two- nearest competitors combined - ,
by newspaper advertising. My four
boys are the biggest hosiery manufacturers
in the country, and they
have relied on newspaper advertising
to make their success. The first
thing, of course, is to have the goods,
biit after that you must make your
?oods known."
General Carr js one of the few re?
maining generals who surrendered
at Appomattox. He is now lieutenant
general of the veterans of the
Confederacy. He is retired from
business now, having sold out his
tobacco industry in 1898. ^
BURNS PROVE FATAL. I
Frank W. Bean Dies at Home in
Georgia.
Clinton, March 14.?On Sunday
night, March 5, Dr. W. S. Bean, of
this city, was summoned by a telephone
message to leave for Washington,
Ga., where his son, Frank W.
Bean, had been severely, perhaps
fatally, burned. Dr. Bean left at
2:30 a. m. Monday, but reached
Washington about noon, only to find
that his son had died about 6 o'clock
that morning.
The accident occurred Sunday
morning while Frank Bean was
dressing, his night clothing catching
fire. In his excitement he ran down
stairs seeking help, which only made
the flames worse. The physicians
reached him very soon and relieved
the intense pain, and he seemed to
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regain nis normal cntj?riunic&&. dui
there was no pulse perceptible at his
wrist, and the injury to so much of
the skin caused a nervous shock
t'rom which he never rallied. He
was 40 years of age last December
ind unmarried. He was a graduate
)f the University of Georgia and had
seen admitted to the bar, but never
sracticed. His disposition was very
generous and unselfish, and he was a
consistent Christian and church
nember.
During his last hours he was always
considerate and expressed to
;hose attending him the hope that
le was not troubling them. He fell
isleep without a struggle in the early
ight of the day.
The funeral was held from his
rrandfather's old home, where he
vas born, and the casket was cover
>d with flowers. So sudden a death
:ame as a great shock to his relatives
tnd friends, but his pure life and his
jeaceful departure softened their sorow
for his death.
Senator Hoch Schmidt should coton
more to Uncle Sam and less to
Caiser Bill.
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