Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Gg:. _ <5hr iamhrnj irralft { _ i ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. ' I Published every Thursday in The c Herald building, on Main street, in i the live and growing City of Bam- t berg, being issued from a printing t office which is equipped with Mer- t genthaler linotype machine, Babcock t cylinder press, folder, two jobbers a i fine Miehle cylinder press, all run by F electric power with other material 1 onH niflfhinprv in keeDing. the whole f equipment representing an invest-1 c ment of $10,000 and upwards. Subscriptions?By the year $1.50; -six months, 75 cents; three months. 50 cents. All subscriptions payable L ^ strictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch j for first insertion, subsequent insertions 50 cents per inch. Legal advertisements at the rates allowed by law. Local reading notices 5 cents r line each insertion. Wants and s other advertisements under special ? head, 1 cent a word each insertion, v Liberal contracts made for three, six and twelve months. Write for rates. r Obituaries, tributes of respect, reso- | lutions, cards of thanks, and all notices of a personal or political character are charged for as regular ad- j vertising. Contracts for advertising not subject to cancellation after first insertion. ! Communications?We are always glad to publish news letters or those g pertaining to matters of public interest. We require the name and ad- c < dress of the writer in every case. ^ No article which is defamatory or \ offensively personal can find place in our columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions ex- s pressed in any communication. li Thursday, April 6, 1916. b ? ? 1 fijgfel The county convention, which will meet the first Monday in May, should put itself on record as being in favor of or opposed to the county-to-county A vk x State campaign. Let the people be a thinking upon this matter and come T to the convention prepared to vote. t< a One of our exchanges of last week f1 V J contained a full column editorial on how a woman gained twenty-seven I pounds of flesh after being sick for years. Three bottles of a well known I1 patent medicine turned the trick for her. Now is a mighty good time to ^ L: - think about the organization of the Bamberg county fair. If it is to be p < held this fall, something will have to be done about the organization ? . pretty soon. Fairs are being held every year all around us. Shall we 1 allow Bamberg to occupy a rear I seat? ? Yvarehouse Commissioner John L. D McLaurin has urged the governor to c< L": , call an extra session of the legisla- s< ture to consider the fire insurance situation in South Carolina. It costs, we believe, some $50,000 or more to hold an extra session of the legisla- * ture, and we suspect that the gover? " ill n l/-m nr nnnn tllo JL1U1 W Hi lililli A CL lVli^ tiiu u^/vu v^v | matter before he will order it. A | speYial session was held in 1914. and ^ % ' if any good ever came of it we have | yet to hear about it. CJ - ni ' The possibilities of "the success of: 0 field day exercises in Bamberg coun- w ty was shown by the magnitude of \c the Hampton county held day. It ~ 5<is stated in the news dispatches that; a there were two thousand school chil-j s] dren present, and that the total at-! tl tendance was something like eight to; n ten thousand. There is no reason j whv field day exercises next year in 11 -Vv T Bamberg should not be quite as successful. With the limited time in V which the Bamberg events were advertised and worked up in Bamberg this year, the occasion exceeded the expectations of a great many. We have the assurance of those interest- t< ed in the field day exercises that next a year there will be an early start, and ]< that the people may expect the big- f, gest occasion ever held in Bamberg. r, The two-quarts-per-month law ' onvKnrlr TlllC ^ t seem sun, iin* uuu . x ^ law was enacted by the last legislature, and it is now in the hands of 0 jte-tVr- ^ J] the governor. Whether he will sign ?4?-' e the measure or not, he has not indi- ^ cated, but it is pretty certain that he is giving the matter careful considerJ] ation. The measure will become law, if it is approved by the governor. 20 days after he attaches his signature. The measure has recently been widely ^ discussed by the newspapers. The following from the News and Courier may throw some light on why the governor has not yet signed the bill: c Although the Greenwood Journal and the Spartanburg Journal, both of which are strong for prohibition, have been insisting that Governor ^ Planning hurry up and sign the twoquart bill, the Manning Herald, which v is edited by Mr. J. K. Breedin, the of- a ficial snnkpsman for the nrohibition t movement in last year's campaign, denounces the new law as "a travesty on the cause of temperance." The Herald is especially indignant that 8 the legislature should have allowed t sixty pints of beer a month to be im- t ported and asserts that this is a de- ( fiance of the spirit of prohibition. But it also brings another count ^ against the measure. "Somewhere," it says, "the bill contains provisions so faultily phrased that a wholesale druggist?a man widely respected, and himself a leading prohibitionist s ?says that it is possible so to interpret the new act as to drive out of "business every drug store in the State." 1 , The bill, then, satisfies nobody who 3 I?:.. .' Lj; ?. .v -c * " , * - / >.-? \' -S ' -'j; y>-. * * -- ^,v" , . las given it any serious consideraion and if Governor Manning signs t he will find it even more of a rouble-maker in its way than the new nsurance laws have proved. The )rohibitionists will be offended beause of the notable increases in beer mportations which may be expected; he anti-prohibitionists will resent he fact that the act makes a lawirpaker out of anvbodv who has more han two quarts of wines or liquor n his possession, no matter for what >urpose. Such a law could never tave been passed if the legislature tad been willing to listen to reason m this subject. WILL1STOX LADS WIX. Two Successful in Annapolis Examination. Washington, March 30.?Congressnan Byrnes today announced two uccessful candidates for Annapolis? Jurray Smith and C. B. Johnson, >oth of Williston?as the result of ecent examinations held in Aiken. CHECK FOR XEW BOXI) ISSUE. Jonds to Re Delivered to Brokers in Charleston. Columbia, April 1.?S. T. Carter, itate treasurer, today received a j heck for $4,772,037.20 from J. P. Iatthews, cashier of the Palmetto rational bank, in payment for the ew issue of State bonds. At the a me thing the new bonds were deivered to brokers in Charleston, laltimore and New York. The State ill savp about $25.000 a vear bv re imding the bonds. Gives Distress Signal. Columbia, March 31.?Governor Ianning has received a letter from colored citizen who is in trouble, he writer's daughter has given birth d twins on three separate occasions nd the latter appeals for aid from lie State. NYITES WILSON TO COLUMBIA. 'ress Association and Columbia Trade Body Send Invitation. Washington, March 31.?President Wilson this morning received an initation from South Carolina State 'ress association and the chamber f commerce of Columbia to visit iat city May 19 or 22. The invitalon was presented by Senator E. D. mith. Mr. Wilson said that he was oing to try to go to Charlotte at :ie celebration of the Mecklenburg declaration, May 20, and that if he ould get to Charlotte, he would al3 go to Columbia. SHERIFF FEARED LYNCHING, cur Negroes Taken From Barnwell IU Jl CUUCIIWUI^I Barnwell, March 30.?Fearing a nching. of which rumors were j eard yesterday. Sheriff J. B. Morris i irried four negroes arrested in collection with the assault and murder I a white woman near Barnwell last eek, to Columbia last night and >dged them* in the penitentiary for ifekeeping. The trip was made in utomobiles, the party leaving here tiortly after S o'clock. It is said lat the evidence against one of the egroes is very strong. :OLL BUM ED OX LONG ISLAND. hoover Mysteries in Connection With Millionaire's Death. New York, March'31.?Buried uner a tree at "the extreme tip of Long sland, a detective late today found roll of bills which Eugene Oliver lane, the embalmer, asserted was 3rced upon him by Dr. Arthur Waren Waite in an effort to induce him i swear there was arsenic in the mbalming fluid, used on the body of Taite's father-in-law, John E. Peck, f Grand Rapids, Mich., for whose mrder the young dentist was indictd today. The roll totalled only $7.00 when found by the detective. Cane said he never counted the Lioney and therefore did not know rhether Waite's count was accurate. Detective John Cuniffe, accompaned by Kane, early today went to \ I )rient Point, Long Island, where Cane told the district attorney he tad buried the money. Kane led the ray to a grove. One of the trees was onspicuously tall and under it was turied a roll of bills. According to the story told by Vaite he also gave Kane a check for 19,400, which Kane admitted having iccepted. This check has not yet >een located. District Attorney Swann said toil ght that Waite, who is a prisoner it Bellevue hospital, recovering from he effects of drugs taken just before lis arrest, will be arraigned Monday >n the indictment which charges him vith murder in the first degree. Slightly Sarcastic. "Then you maintain there is no >uch thing as luck?" "I do." "How about a waif adopted by a millionaire? Pure efficiency, I suppose?" - SPECIE SESSION URGED McLAl'KIX SUGGESTS STATE GO INTO IXSURAXCE BUSINESS. Declares Big- Concerns Are Whipping the Little Fellows Into Line. Columbia, March 30.?An extra session of the general assembly, to be called for the purpose of enacting a law for State insurance, was suggested to Governor Manning this afternoon by John L. McLaurin, State warehouse commissioner, who, in a letter to the governor, says: "The situation has reached a point where it is necessary that you call the legislature together to provide for State insurance." He says that he is convinced that the fire insurance com panies are determined to make the fight to the finish, and he does not believe in surrendering to them, and the only alternative is for the State to go into the fire insurance business. The warehouse commissioner in "passing the buck" to the governor says he thought he had the cotton warehouse insurance safe, but that the big companies are whipping the little companies into line and that nothing can be done. The only thing, he says, to do is for the State to go into the insurance business. Senator McLaurin suggests the formation of a State warehouse insur' ance by each warehouse taking stock in a central company, pay the premiums a year in advance and the cen-' tral company to reinsure. He also anrroves of the formation of mutuals and suggests that the State make arrangements to borrow $1,000,000 to start off\ the State insurance company. SMITH'S BILL REPORTED. Siuth Carolina Senator Believes It Will I nslire Fairer Prices. Washington, March 2$.?By an almost unanimous vote th'e senate committee on agriculture today favorably reported to the senate the important bill recently introduced by Senator Smith, of South Carolina, looking to the establishment of nitrate plants by the government to furnish materials for munitions of \yar and for fertilizers. "I believe the passage of this bill, which now seems assured," said Senator Smith, "will guarantee the farmers fertilizers at a fair and A - - n-ATTA-VMrn Ant JUSL priCO. VVII'tJU 11IC 5UVC1 umcui shall have* established its plains'it will be in a position to determine the cost price of nitrates and potash and will then, though it may never produce a pound of munitions of war or fertilizer ingredients, the factories established for it will be the means of holding private corporations to fair prices." TO BETTED CHINESE SILK. N'ectl for Doing This is One of the Besults of the War. Jn connection with the attempt to obtain China silks in a Condition suitable for purposes of manufacture in the American mills, Minister Kai Fu Shah will carry back with him to his country samples of the grades reop.ired, together with skeins showing the delects that it is hoped will be eliminated, says the Xew York Times. An exhibition of these samples was held recently in the rooms of the Silk association of America, and the silks were packed for their journey back to China. Behind the movement to standardize China silks there is the desire on the part of the domestic silk manufacturers to make available supplies of a suitably nature to take the place of that product, which will be withdrawn as a result of the war. In France and Italy, it seems, there has been an exodus of workers from the field of raw silk culture, owing to the better wage inducements offered in other lines. D. E. Douty, of the United State Condition and Finishing company, said recently that, on his last visit to Lyons, the French silk centre, just before the war, a prominent silk man told him that the number of people employed in a silk filatures was diminishing then. With the higher wages to be paid for reconstruction work of all kinds after the war, .Mr. Douty said that it would be natural to expect that even the women in the industry would be drawn away from the silk production. This loss; of labor, with its consequent drop in the amount of raw silk produced, will mean that France will have to purchase more of her needs in the outside markets. On the present basis of wages paid to American silk workers, it would be impossible to employ them profitohm in rho work of re-reeline the C4"l,? A AJL ' v - - w China silk that does not come up to the standard requirements. If, however, the Chinese can be taught to eliminate the defects that are causing trouble, the situation will be saved. The exhibition held by the Silk association was for the purpose of gaining the views of the silk manufacturers who may be interested in the question. v. > # BIG FIRK AT LEXINGTON. Damage Estimated Over $100,000, Insurance About $45,000. Lexington, March 28.?Fanned by a stiff breeze blowing from the west, fire swept over the principal business section of Lexington early this morning. leaving the heart of the busi mess district in ashes and inflicting a loss estimated at more than $160,000. The fire originated in the rear of Taylor's drug store before midnight, and when it was checked shortly before daylight one block on both sides of Main street were smouldering embers. Lack of any fire protection left the people almost helpless, and only such help as could be rendered by volunteer bucket brigades were available. Heroic work was done by citizens carrying water in buckets and ether available vehicles^ Only gaunt brick walls and smouldering embers this morning markied what was until last night the main business centre of Lexington. Several of the principal business houses were gutted, among them being the Bank of Western Carolina and the building occupied by the telephone exchange. The burning of this build-1 ing cut off Lexington from wire com-' mu.nication with the outside world, j and it was not until this morning that a temporary exchange was established and communication with distant points resumed. Kditor Harmon's Loss. Undaunted by their great loss the people of Lexington set about this morning taking stock and making plans for rebuilding. While there o prim^ inciiron/ifl couoral of thp >> CLO CUiiJC iiioui uuv-t- uv. ? ui ui vt viiv business people are heavy hit, and the insurance will not be anywhere near what they lost in the fire. One of^the heavy losers was G. M. Harmon, owner and editor of the Lexington Dispatch, who lost his building and entire plant in the flames. He carried only a small amount of insurance, but he plans to rebuild immediately. Mr. Harmon is one of the oldest newspaper men in the State, but his spirit of not wasting one minute in rebuilding is typical of that of Lexington. There was much sympathy expressed for all of those who suffered in the fire. Senator John L. McLaurin came over this morning from Columbia, and when he saw the total loss of the Lexington Dispatch immediately handed Mr. Harmon a check for $ ">(). Telephone and electric wires were burned and several telephone and eJectric light poles. The heat from the burning buildings was so great thar cpvprsl parts of the sidewalk ''buckled" and were much damaged. Yeomanry work in fighting the flames was done by Frank W. Shealy, railroad commissioner, and C. L. Shealy, clerk of court, and they remained on .the job all night and all day today attending to the every want and doing their part in cheeking up the loss and assisting in the work of getting started over again. They were exceedingly accommodating to the newspaper men in gathering information. "Yaller" ,X e wsj >a?>eis. Have you noticed that many of the newspapers have the look of old papers that have been laying around until they have grown yellow? This appearance is owing to the lack ot dye-stuffs that have been about exhausted and a new supply of which cannot be obtained, owing to the war in Europe. A recent shipment of bland news received by the Chronicle is of a decided yellow and our readers will nolice the difference. The average man would wonder what sort of dye-stuff was needed to make paper white, but if he investigated the matter he would find that the paper upon which his news is printed is not white when it is first made, but a sort of light wood color. An application of blue dye is made to it that turns i! the white tint that has heretofore always been used. This blueing cannot, be obtained now. | and as the supply of white paper is nearly exhausted in the country the yellowish looking material is being used. The blueing used for whitening the paper came from Germany, as did so many other dye-stuffs that were used in this country, and it is impossible to get it any more until there is a cessation of hostilities among the warring nations. Many papers, in consequence, are becoming "yaller journals," in spite of themselves.?Camden Chronicle. Holding the Forms. The newspaper humorist went courting. He stayed late, very late, so late that the old man called down to his daughter, "Phyllis, hasn't the morning paper come yet?" "Xo, sir," answered the funny man, "we are holding the forms for an important decision." And the old man went-back to bed wondering if they would keep house or live with him.?Boston Transcript. > NAILS THIS COW'S 1)IKT. Butcher Makes Unusual Discovery at St. Matt Dews. Sr. Matthews, April 2.?This is 110 April fool. It is a fact: A reliable merchant sold a cow to a reliable market man yesterday. The market m&n killed the cow for beef, and when he had severed the body, he v .1 ii J.i ? . _ j.i lounu mai mere was nearly a quan of nails in the cow's stomach, ranging in size from the smallest to the ten-penny. The cow had never shown any signs of indisposition and seemed to be in the, thriftiest condition on this staple article of diet. Poultry Feeding. There is mo economy in feeding fowls one kind of grain, for that compels them to eat more than they ought in order to get a sufficient quantity of food elements. A large part of the egg is water, a fact which shows the necessity of providing layers with an ample supply of pure, clean water in fountains or dishes which are frequently disinfected. A sluggish hen is never a good laver. The flock should be made to exercise by scratching for whole and cracked grains in a deep litter of clean material and jumping for green food, such as a cabbage or a mangel. ?Ohio Agricultural College. CANDIDATES' CARDS The rates for cards inserted under this head are as follows: For magistrate, coroner, cotton weigher and county commissioner, $3.00; for all other county offices, $5.00; for congress and all State offices, $10.00. Checks must accompany card. Please do not ask that we insert your card unless you send check or cash along with same. All cards will be published until the primaries. CLERK OF COURT. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Clerk of Court of Bamberg county, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. R. L. ZEIGLER. I hereby announce myself a candidate for clerk of court of Bamberg county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. W. MAX WALKER. I hereby announce myself a candidate for clerk of court of Bamberg county in the Democratic primary, and pledge myself to abide by the rules of the party. H. D. FREE. T hereby announce myself a candidate for Clerk of Court of Bamberg county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. J. D. COPELAXD, JR. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Clerk of Court of Bam-1 berg county, subject to the rules and | regulations of the Democratic print arv. A. L. KIRKLAXD. i I hereby announce my candidacy , for the office of Clerk of Court of j Bamberg county in the Democratic ! primary, subject to the rules of the party, pledging my support to the nominees thereof. J.Z. BROOKER. T have decided to become a candidate for the office of Clerk of Court for Bamberg county, and will appreciate the support of my friends throughout the county for that posits H C FOLK. HUli, ? I I PROBATE JUDGE. I hereby announce myself a candi- \ date for the office of Probate Judge of Bamberg county, and pledge my- ! self to abide by the rules of the Democratic primary. R. S. SIMMONS. I hereby announce mysel* a candi| date lor the office of Judge of Prohate of Bamberg county'in the Democratic primary, subject to the rules of the partv. FRAXCflS F. CARROLL. - T hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Probate Judge of Bamberg county, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary, and pledge myself to support the nominees thereof. R. P. BELLINGER. ^ I hereby announce myself a candij date for the office of Probate Judge | of Bamberg county in the Democratic ! primary, subject to the rules of the party. ALBERT M. DEXBOW. I hereby announce myself a candij date for reelection to the office of I Probate Judge of Bamberg county, i subject to the rules of the Democratic party. G. P. HARMON. I thereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Judge of Probate of Bamberg county, subject to the rules of the Democratic party, pledging mv support to the nominees thereof. J. J. BRABHAM, JR. AUDITOR AM) SUPT. EDUCATION. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Auditor and ' 1 J i- rdnnotinn nf I SiU|'6nillGIH.lt!Ill UI LiUUV.ai,:uii I Bamberg county, subject to the rules of the Democratic nartv. EDGAR PRTCE. SHERIFF. I hereby announce myself a candi- j date for Sheriff of Bamberg County in the Democratic primary, subject to the rules of the party, pledging my support to the nominees thereof. I D. J. DELK. I hereby announce my candidacy for reelection to the office of Sheriff of Bamberg county in the Democratic primary, subject to the rules of the t / r -v party, pledging my support to the nominees thereof. S. G. RAY. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the otfice 01 Sheriff of Bamberg county, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. J. P. O'QUIXN. STATE SKXATK. " I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection to the State senate. subject to the rules and regulations cf the Democratic party. J. B. BLACK. CO V X T Y COM MISSION KU. - ? ? rtn r\ i_ I hereby announce in>sen a >.auu?date for the office of County Commissioner of Bamberg county in the Democratic primary, subject to the rules of the party. , ! OTIS L. COPELAND. Thanking the voters of Bamberg county for their past support, I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection to the office of County Commissioner, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. W. D. BESSIXGER. COTTON WEIGHER AT BAMBERG. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Cotton Weigher at Bamberg, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. NEB CRIDER. " ~ ~ 9 Deeply appreciating the confidence of the voters in the past, I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection as Cotton weigher at Bamberg in the primary election, subject to the rules of the party. F. E. STEEDLY. EHRHARDT COTTON WEIGHER. J I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Cotton Weigher at Ehrhardt, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. - BRADLEY C. HIERS. 4 * MAGISTRATE AT EHRHARDT. I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection as Magistrate at Ehrhardt, subject to the rules of the a Democratic primary, pledging myself M to support the nominees thereof. J. H. KIXARD. notice. The patrons and the qual?fied voters of Denmark School District No. 21, are requested to meet at the school auditorium, Friday afternoon, April 14th, 4:30 o'clock, for the pur- I pose of nominating three trustees to serve the coming two years. . S. D. M.- GUESS, Chairman, Board of Trustees Denmark School v District, No. 21. Denmark, S. C., April 4, 1916.?It. _____________________________ \ $17.00. Washington, D. C., and return. Tickets on sale April 11th. 12th, 14th, loth and 16th. Limited to return to original destination by May 12th. $39.25. Saratoga Springs, N. Y.. and return. Account General Conference Methodist church. Tickets on sale April 27th, 28th, May 9th and 16th, good to return until June 6th. $22.45. Philadelphia, Pa., and return. Ac- j count of General Conference A. M. E. Church. Tickets on sale April 29th, 30th, May 1st. Limited to June 4th, 1916. $8.15. Birmingham, Ala., and return. Account United Confederate Veterans Reunion. Tickets on sale May 13th to 17th inclusive. Limited until * Mav 25th. atlantic coast line. HOMMHnrjuw, .u.. ....... P.M THIELEN THEATRE 1' FRIDAY, APRIL 7 ? - ? THE STARTLING SOCIETY' DRAMA ' ' i' ^ :- 1 Li DiRtciicN wj , J44 woptp f?iw coftP^I . | ' v^v:-s< <:y-;':'. * ?? { The Price h ...OF .. Happiness ...WITH... Mary Bcland A picture that will wire fiom your heavt all envy of your rich friends and teach yoa to know contentment. f r THRILLING! DRAMATIC j \ * POWERFUL! MATINEE AT 5:30 \ ^ ? 1 " ' y " '""ftfrrtli 1*1irifci'f I - i