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pF\" if I v v .^ v-- .. . ' . a * ? : ' lambmj ipralb f-;- V' .- . . ? _ * One Dollar and a Half a Tear. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPT. 28,1916. Established 1891 COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS ? SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. v News Items Gathered All Around the 1-y y ; County and Elsewhere. Colston Clippings. I Pnlrtfrtn Cf/iri+ f)C Tha Polcf ATI ' ^ i vviovvU) ucyt. ?v< * "v w<wwu graded school will open Monday, October 2nd, with Miss Sadie Boyd, of Chester, a*s principal and Miss Ethel > Logan, of Edgefield, as assistant.. Mrs. Matt Inabinet has been spending some time with her niece, Mrs. T. D. Beard. , Mr. Perry Lee McMillan left Tues^ day for Columbia to attend business college. , The friends of Mr. aricl Mrs. J. W. Beard and little daughter regret to - v know of their illness and wish for them a speedy recovery. Miss Evelyn Kirkland spent Sat-, ' urday night and Sunday with Miss . Laura McMillan. ^ .. Mr. John G. Clayton, of Walter\ ' \ boro, visited his parents, Mr. and 'Mrs. Thos. Clayton, Sunday. & Miss Dora McMillan, who is at\:"y tending the Bamberg graded school, spent last week-end with her parl^\/ ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McMillan. ' Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Kirkland spent \ :/ Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jen v nings, Jr. L Little Miss Aileen Beard spent last week-end with her aunt, Mrs. Laurie Copeland, of the Oak Grove section. ' ' > Mrs. P. /M. Varn and Mrs. A. L. McMillan are on the sick list this > week. Their many friends wish for \ them an early recovery. Little Cleo and Otis Bishop spent Saturday night with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Clayton. Miss Ethel McMillan/ of Bamberg, ' * spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. i v and Mrs. J. Ct. McMillan. There was preaching at Colston f \ Branch church Saturday afternoon / and Sunday morning by the pastor, Rev. Walter Black. Rev. Black was x 1*- J 1 ? n/\4n OA1*t7A recaueu. vy a uutuuiuuus vuic iu oti the church another year as pastor, v with an increase in salary of $25.00. j :? . ^ vi V ' Bnford Bridge Budget. Buford Bridge, Sept. 25.?The Bu.. \ ford Bridge school opened its 1916[7;* 1917 sessioi*4$st Monday, September r,\* 18, with Miss Ruth Shuler, of* Elloree, as teacher. There were fourteen present and more are expected I' ; later. \ Mr. Henry Kearse, of Bamberg; Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Lee Kearse and little daughter, Frances, of Colston, f aird Miss Lena Kearse, of Olar, spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and x V Mrs. J. B. Kearse. Miss Kathleen Kirkland, of Cope, C is spending some time with Mrs. Hampton Kirkland. Mr. Hampton Kirkland and family made a delightful trip to Aiken and Johnston, Friday in an automobile. 4 .They reported traveling on some good roads that day. . Mr. Max Walker and family, of Ehrhardt, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Robent Kearse. Mrs. Robert Kearse is spending some time with her daughter, Mr^. 'Max Walker, in Ehrhardt. Mrs. J. B. Kearse is yisiting rela7 ' tives in Fairfax. Mr. Edward Neeley left this week for Clemson college, where he will resume his studies for the winter. Rev. E. F. K. Roof and Mrs. E, C. Sease, of Ehrhardt, spent last Friday v with Mr. Henry Kirkland and family. y ' . ^ X. Y. Z. Hunter's Chapel Happenings. IJunter's Chapel, Sept. 26.?Mr. J. W. Wilson and two sons, Hazel and Leslie,, and Mr. B. F. Smoak and family went on the excursion to'Charleston .last Wednesday. Mr. arid Mrs. D. P. Smith, of Ehrhardt, attended church here Sunday afternoon. * "Old Bob," Mr. N. B. Rhoad's old family horse, died one day last week. Th? PnttiA's rrpek camD meeting I was attended last Sunday by Messrs. - John and Boyd Rhoad, Rice and Hubert Steedly and Hubert Herndon, - and Misses Eva and Kate Steedly. c? * Mr. Horace Rentz left Monday morning for Greenwood, where he will attend the B. M. I. Miss Eva Steedly spent the weekend in Branchville with her broth/ er, Mr. H. D. Steedly. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hunter and son, W. I., spent Saturday and Sunday at the home of Mr. D. 0. Hunter. Mr. Floyd Steedly, who has been working in Branchville for some time, has returned home. Messrs. Clifton Rhoad and Roy i Hunter spent Saturday night in Bam-j N * t \ / * * % ^ FILMS AND THE WAR. Large Part of Pictures of War Not for General Use. A rigid censorship is exercised over all photographic work by the governments, says the August St Nicholas, exactly as in the case of the mails and printed matter. The films may be developed in the field or in nearby cities, but they are not permitted to leave the country until they have been passed upon. A board of censors sits in a darkened room at headquarters and scans every detail of the movies as they flash past. Should some secret, valuable in any way to the.army, be revealed, it is erased or the film destroyed. The presence of the moving picture men in such numbers at the front does not mean that the governments are going into the show business. The photographs thus secured, at enormous expense, become matters of official record and are of course invaluable. In no previous war has such complete photographic reproduction been possible, and the government officials have been quick to take advantage of the opportunity, it is estimated that upward of ten thousand films have been prepared by the army movie men in Germany alone. They are intended mainly for educational work in the military training schools. "As illustration for text-books and lectures, the war movies will have a unique value in the class room. A lesson in strategy, for instance, may v _ _ . . , ,be illustrated by a moving picture showing the advance or retreat of troops in an actual engagement. Every phase of military instruction may thus be illustrated. A Confirmed Pessimist. "I never hear you discussing^ th? weather." "What's the use?" the melancholy man asked. "Every time it* rains somebody steals my umbrella and every time the sun comes out I get ink spots on my palm beach suit and have to send it to the cleaner."? Birmingham Age-Herald. FRUIT IS LARGELY WATER. Proportion in Strawberries 90 Per Cent.; 5 Per Cent. Sngar. ^ For those who in the summer fruit season like to know what they are eating it may be of interest to learn that you "eat" very little/ for fruit is practically nothing but a lot of water and a little sugar. Strawberries,* for example, are 90 per cent, water and between 5 and 6 per cent, sugar. The small balance is accounted for by a little protein and acid. But strawberries are antiseptic?a valuable quality?and are de scrvedly favorites. Grapes have twice the quantity of sugar compared with strawberries and not so much water. In currants we - get a change?a fourth of the sugar and four times as much acid as strawberries. Oranges have five times as much sugar as lemons and thd same sort of acid, but only a sixth of the quantity. Prunes (dried) have- twenty-six parts ot water, sixty-six of sugar, no acid and some ^protein. Their excellence is apparent. But for value as food the apple easily comes first. ' Now, when you eat fruit you know that water, sugar and acid are what you are really eating. Sound travels through dry air at the rate of sixty feet a second; through water at 240 feet a second, and in steel wire at 17,130 feet a second. Read the Herald, $1.50 per year. berg. Rev. J. R. Smith delivered a fine sermon Sunday evening. Mr anrl Mrs .T RAnt7 snont n few days last week in Bamberg with relatives. REMITLO. Cope Cullings. at _1_ Cope, Sept. 18.?Mr. Arthur Bates, who is suffering from a severe attack of illness, is reported somewhat better today. Miss Vera Thomas, who taught at Appleton the past two seasons, accepted a position at Williston this year, and left the first of last week to take up her duties there. Miss Lillian Tatum left for Winthrop last week, and the Misses Lucile Tatum, Nell Beckham and Mary Thomas will leave for Winthrop tomorrow. On Thursday Misses Avis and Elma Thomas will leave for the Ash-' ville Collegiate Institute. % * ?* ? . .. ~' ' . ' . " y. . ' \ . ..." - * Ctr J," -. - y \ IN THE PALMETTO STAT SOME OCCURRENCES OP VARIOl KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. """ " State News Boiled Down for Qui* -Reading.?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Col. T. J. Cpnningham has bei given a recess appointment as poj master at Chester by President W son. Tas Boseman, a white man, w arrested in Horry county last on the charge of operating an illi< distillery. The election held in Columb Tuesday resulted in a victory for t commission form of government a vote of 4 to 1. Fred and William Reeves, you] white men are under arrest in Gree ville, charged with having robbed railway freight car. r Clyde Taylor, a white boy of Gree ville, was arrested in Spartanbu this week on the charge of hou breaking and larceny. Timothy Mance, a negro, is in j; in McCormick charged with trying wreck a passenger train on the Chj leston & Western Carolina railroac Claud Whitlock, a white man, ag 40 years, is in jail in Lexingt charged with attempting criminal i sault upon his 10-yeax-old step chi Hartwell M. Ayer, a well kno^ South Carolina newspaper man, h i been elected editor and manager the Florence Daily Times,, vice Jam D. Evans, resigned. The Columbia cityx council li week awarded contracts for twenl three miles of sewer mains and fi miles of water mains. The conirj price was nearly $39,000. John L. McLaurin, State wai house commissioner, who receni announced his intention to resig has changed his mind, and says j will continue to hold the position. Mrs. Alice Eliza Spencer, aged $ [ of Marion, died at her home Tu< day morning. Mrs. Spencer was } real daughter of the American Re\ lution. She was the daughter of t late Stephen Godbold, a soldier of t Revolution and she xwas born March, 1823. Solicitor Albert E. Hill, of Sp? tanburg, has returned from N< York where he spent two weeks the headquarters of the iDemocra party. He has been chosen to sp<5; for the Democratic cause iri the wt and will leave for Chicago within t next few days. On account of the continued illpe of Judge Spain, Governor Manni: has appointed the following spec: juctges:* R. G. Holman, Bam we Charles Carroll Simms, Barnwell, 1 B. Wilson, Rock Hill; William Greene, Abbeville; Jos. A. McCi lough, Greenville. Rural Policeman E. J. Alsobrool of Marlboro county, was shot and ki ed near McColl Monday night ])y ; unknown negro. The negro w wanted on a minor charge and wh the policeman approached the hou where he was stopping, to arrest hi: the negro drew a pistol and fir without warning, the policeman d ing two hours later. Seen in the Cemetery. X Take a walk through the cemete alone and you will pass the resti: place of a man who blew into t muzzle of a gun to see if it- w loaded, says a western editor. A 1 tie further down the slope is a crai whotried to show how close he cou stand to a moving train while passed. In strolling about you w see the monument of the hired gi who tried to show how close he cou osene, and a grass-covered knoll th covers the boy who put a cob und a mule's tail. The tall shaft is ov the boy who tried to get on a mo ing train. Side by side the pret creature who always had her cors laced on the last hole, and the inte ligent idiot who rode a bicycle nil miles in ten minutes, asleep unm lested. At repose is a doctor wl took a dose of his own medicin There with the top of a shoe b( driven over his head is a rich o man who married a young wif Away over there reposes a boy wl went fishing on Sunday, and a w man who kept strychinne powder : the cupboard. The man who stoc in front of the moving machine i oil the sickle is quiet now and besic the careless brakeman who fed hir self to the 70-ton engine and nearl may be seen the grave of the ma whn tried to whin the editor. I ? " \ 1 ' v ' ." -* n BIG PRICE FOR COTTON. >Ir. B. M. Pearce Sells Twenty-One jg Bales for Neat Sum of $2,8*26.50. -\ Mr. B. M. Pearce and several of his ' neighbors probably hold the record ^ for high price cotton on the Camden | market. Last Friday he brought to j Camden twenty-one bales belonging to himself and two sons and Mr. Gal! loway, a neighbor. It was of the Bn long staple variety and was sold to 5 | J. Blake Steedman, the cotton buyer, j at 25 cents per pound, the entire lot | bringing them $2,826.50. These genas! tlemen are well pleased with the ek i price, stating that it \? the highest -it ever received by them. They have a good deal more of this cotton which na tney expect to put on tne marKet he soon.?Camden Chronicle. by] . ' " ? Griffith Will Xot Seek Reelection. Columbia, Sept 26.?Col. D. J. Griffith, for the past eighteen years a superintendent of the State penitentiary, announced today that he in~. would not stand for reelection when r& j his term expires in January. Col. se Griffith will retire to his farm and spend the remainder of his years in ail private life. to One of the foremost men of thej ir- State, a brave Confederate soldier, I. Col. Griffith- has been for years a ed j faithful servant of the people. He on j was born in Lexington county and ISJ entered the service of the Confederals ! cy in the Fifteenth South Carolina, vn which was a part of Kershaw's brias gade. He began his military service as a corporal and rose steadily es through each grade until, when the conflict ended, he was a captain. The record which Col. Griffith made in the army of the Confederacy was that of a brave and daring soldier, one ve f who was loved by his men and held in high esteem by all who had the pleasure of hi^ acquaintance. In the re" years following that terrible conflict Col. Griffith took a leading part in ,rn? rebuilding the State anci was one of he those w,ho organized and won the fight that restored South Carolina to 54, the rule of the white people and 3s- drove out the carpet-baggers and a vultures who preyed on the people ro- during the dark days of Reconstriiche tion. he . Peanut Crdp to Help Workers. Thirty-five oil milt men of Texas, ir- at a meeting recently held to discuss their plaA^or handling the 1916; at crop'pf^fiknuts, brought out one fact tic that has not heretofore been empha: ak sized in discussing the benefit that ist will come to Texas from the growing lie of peanuts. ; "Heretofore the cotton-seed oil ;gg mill worker has been employed in the mill at just the time of the year when ial every **ne business was rushed jj. and when men were in demand every-jrr' where," says the Houston Post. "Bep' ginning with the first of September ^ and extending through to March, no man in Texas who wants to work ever wants for a job. And just at *s> this time the oil mill has demanded workers. an .'Then with the coming of March as the cbtton money of the farmers has en been spent- and dull times have arse rived. There are few jobs open, and for every one there are a dozen ape(* plicants. And it has been just at this ^y~ time that the cotton oil mill workers have found work becoming slack and their mills shutting.down. Both men and machinery have usually been idle for half of each ye^r, and the ry idleness of six months has played Qfif k? haVoc with the savings of the six busy months. n ? ^ "The peanut is to,change this, and , the oil mill men are contemplating lk ' with satisfaction a crop which will permit them to run all the year at a profit and maintain their same force of employees from one year's end to the next without change. The gain to the workers will be equally as! S.L great. They will have a steady and I er lucrative employment which will perer ' mit them to add to the bank account vevery month in the year without havty ing to look for new jobs every six , months. >1"The profit is going to be general le all down the line, and the country 0 merchant and the city wholesaler will 10 benefit from the steady employment e* and the sales of peanuts just as much )X . o c ,T7,*11 +V, A TYI 1 11c. a r> r? tVioir omnlnvOPS ! ! CLO Win Ulic IIIIIIO U"U H'V?1 Viuyivj . Diversification is a great thing, and e i * i the peanut seems destined to be one i of the most remarkable examples of ! the profits from its practice." in i ^ J This year the peanut crop in Texas } will yield about 60,000 barrels of t0 edible oil and 40,000 tons of peanut , meal. Q-| )y:- Dr. J. M. Love, the veterinary sur- < in geon, is back in town. Call on him.?adv. . i / .'% ? 4 ZEPPELIN RAID RILLS 36. I SEVEN ZEPPELINS MAKE VISIT TO ENGLAND. h Second Raid of a Week Takes Heavy j. Toll of Innocent Lives.?One o Zeppelin Destroyed. r t London, Sept. 26.?Thirty-six persons were killed in last night's Zep- . pelin raid, it was announced official- ^ ly today. The announcement follows: "Seven airships raided England last night and in the early hours of this morning. The districts attacked were the south coast, the east t coast, and the northeast coast and ^ the north midlands. The principal attack was aimed against the industrial centres in the last mentioned s area. . J "Up to the present time no dam age to factories or works of military ^ importance has been reported. It is regretted, however, that a number of . c small houses and cottages were wrecked or damaged at some places and 36 deaths have been reported. "No attempt was made to approach London. The raiders were engaged I by our anti-aircraft defenses and were successfully driven off from sev% eral large industrial centres. "One of the Zeppelin airships par- c ticipating in the raid on England last 1 night took a new course and visited 1 the south coast. No damage result- J ing froiji its visit so far has been re- ^ ported. As the airship crossed the 1 southern district it was soon picked 1 up and heavily fired at whereupon it * quickly ascended." s It was announced officially today 1 the identity of the two Zeppelins brought down in the raid on ; the nightV of September 23-24 hiad been determined. The statement follows: "It is now established that the two airships brought down on Sunday were the naval Zeppelin L-32 and L-33, both of very recent construction. "The first airship was finally destroyed by an aeroplane after passing through an effective gunfire. The second airship was hit by gunfire from the London defenses and was" forced to descend in Essex through lost gas. "Owing to deaths from injuries^ having occurred and the casualties not having been reported by the police immediately, some amendment) must be made to the list of casualties \ caused during Sunday night's raid. The corrected figures follow: "Killed, 23 meij, 12 women and 3 children; total 38. "Injured, 56 men, 43 women and 26 children; total 125. "Last night's raid total casualties,; so far reported are: "Killed..36: injured. 27. '? - ' w fi "Very slight damage was done at 8 military places." ? - s Gallon-a-MontJi Law in Court. ^ Columbia, Sept. 21.?Eugene B.; f Gary, chief justice, in an order hand- j i ed down this afternoon,- called an en ; t banc session of the State supreme1 < court for Friday and Saturday, October 13 and 14, at 10 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of considering several cases in which constitutional ques- j tions are involved, among which is j that of Brennen against the South-1 . ern Express company, contesting the! validity of the "gallon-a-month" law. I / i The case to test the constitutionality of the "gallon-a-month" law was . brought by Thomas Brennen, of Co- ^ lumbia, on the refusal of the South ern Express company to deliver him a gallon of intoxicants. He has since died. ? Should the "gallon-a-month" law e be found to be unconstitutional,- as 1: the "two-quarts-a-month" bill is still s unsigned in the governor's office, it p is thought probable that the chief t executive would give it his approval s in order that indiscriminate ship- t ment of intoxicants' into' the State 1< would be prohibited. h i1 Golden Moments. ^ Caller?Have you a few moments to spare, sir? Capitalist?Young man, my time is worth $100 an hour, but I'll give you ten minutes. v Caller?Thanks, but if it's all the v same to you, sir, I'd rather take it in v cash,?Boston Transcript. ti Tim /ioncrVitore nf the late Thnmas 5 1 "V ~ " ( if) W. Hanshew, creator of "Cleek," and y a prolific American writer, are mak- p, ing London take notice by their ener- jgy and ability. One of them is an b, authority on dress. Another completed a set of Cleek stories her father left unfinished and later success- a fully dramatized them for the mo- si tion pictures. B \ > - iv. - . i/? ii. FIVE MEET DEATH. * ^borers on Power Dam Blown to Pieces by Dynamite Charge. Chester, Sept. 25.?Five colored iborers, Tom Mobley, Ed. Brown, lenry Jackson, John Taylor and anther, who was mangled so badly as o defy identification, were killed outight this afternoon at Nitrolee, on he Catawba river, where the Hardware Constructing company is buildug a power dam for the Southern >ower company. The Italian fore* nan. Antonio Anz, was seriously in t ured. The men were at work in the luarry when a charge of dynamite vhich was being placed in a hole yent off prematurely, exploding foureen other charges, 400 pounds in all, L vast shower of rock and debris was ent high in the air and the terrific / * ixplosion alarmed the whole countryide. Coroner Gladden has gone to tfitrolee to hold an inquest over the ' emains of the five negroes. Mr. Anz, vho is suffering from a broken arm ind a general shaking-up, was >rought to Chester for medical" treatnent. GIVE THE HORSE COFFEE. ? *' -r \ 1 f Heat Weakens Animal, Shade and a Stimulant are Needed. c On some farms horses are never >verheated; on others it is the comnon thing in summer for one or nore horses permanently to be inured or even killed outright by heat. The difference is in the care of the lorses, and mainly in the feeding, vatering and stabling. Horses that ire watchfully cared for in summer, 50 as to keep them in the best of lealth and vigor, can endure a decree of exertion in the hottest days hat would strike down an ill-noiir* J&k shed; weakened animal. If a horse gets too hot to eat it is ^ ;ime to look after it and not wait un;il it plays out the next day. It takes i big daily supply of grain to furnish he energy for hard work in hot veather. Without that energy the' lorse gets weak and is also less able - j j o get rid of the surplus heat from jxercise. When horses are working in hot veather and sweat suddenly stops, it \ s time to examine them closely. If he horse's hair is dry when expected , * 0 be wet and it is panting rapidly, >r if it staggers when walking and >races the legs when standing, with 1 general appearance of depression, ,t has been pushed ahead too long. I , 3efore the animal gets worse off than ;hat, it is best to get it into the ^ hade. If the signs of distress continue, >r if the horse has gone down, the lsual course is to wash it all oveif j jr., vith water, apply cold water or ice :o the head and cold water to the egs. A good home stimulant for mch cases is two ounces of aromatic jpirits of ammonia, or two ounces of meet spirits, of niter, in a pint of vater; or- giy^a pint of warm cof- | !ee. These are the measures especally recommended to teamsters by . he Boston Work Horse Relief assojiation.?Breeders' Gazette. Close Race in Barnwell. Barnwell, Sept. 26.?With two J* )oxes to hear from, polling a total w ;{ )f probably not more than fifty votes, y v n the third primary today, the race or the third place in the house of ; epresentatives from Barnwell counv is pxtremelv close, the vote stand ng: A. W. Owens, 721; R. Boyd .. yOle, 712. ?1?**"- . zM Petroleum for Hog Cholera. . zm % -jIt is certain that hog cholera is lever known among the swine that ive around oil wells and bathe in the , alt water and oil that collects in ?ools nearby. Some have claimed z" ' i hat this immunity was due to the alt water, but others gave credit to he curative qualities of the petroeum. The dose for a sick hog is alf a teacupful, either poured down * ts throat or given in a mess.?Oil Jity Derrick. m , V;;Woman Convicted of Larceny. Mrs. Polly Hedgepath, a white foman, of Peak, Lexington county, as convicted of grand larceny last ' . ^ eek and was sentenced to serve i +Vin T ftvi'norfAn r>n lin uree IllUlltiib in tut: u^Aiu^wv/u wum / jail. She was accused of stealing 49.60 from her friend and neighbor, Trs. Daley. The case has been apealed to the supreme court an4 Mrs. fedgepath had been released on a ond of $500. . ?,?? If you have a sick horse or mule, ill on Dr. J. M. Love, veterinary urgeon. Headquarters at Jones ros.'s stables.?adv. ""' '' % ' ' - /v Srl