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p i p| *' I , % I ', * * | r' > aTlrr lambmj One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5,1916. Established 1891 COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS ?a8 \ SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS c< IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. M lis News Items Gathered All Around the m County and Elsewhere. W fwctal Snrinor Vpivs IE ^ da Crystal Spring, Oct. 2.?The farm- Ja - * ers have just about finished picking their cotton; don't think that much ur will be left in the fields by Xmas. _0 Dfl f Mr. and Mrs. Hughes Clayton and j son, Hubert, visited Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Smoak Saturday and Sunday. D Misses Minnie Crider and Dottie j Goodwin were the guests of Miss Adrine Goodwin Sunday. j ^ We are very glad to see little gr Ansle Hughes out again. wj Mr. Monroe Crider was the guest ja of Mr. John Goodwin Sunday. Messrs. J. T. Smoak and C. K. Smoak dre on the sick list this week. Messrs. J. B. Padgett and C. W. Smoak were visitors in Bamberg Friday. V*- ^ Buford Bridge Budget. ^ : i m Buford Bridge, Oct. 2.?Everybody j". is real glad to have the cold wave, ^ but a little rain would be appreciated first. . Rev. W. C. Kirkland, of Anderson, visited his father, \Dt. N. F. Kirkar land, a few days last week. Several folks from this community I \ attended the millinery opening at 1 ^ I-. - ac : : Olar last Wednesday. , ' Mr. Ralph Goodson and Miss Eu- ^ nice Johns, of Ehrhardt, were visitors \ at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. fi ~ Kearse last Sunday. in Mrs. Hamilton Kirkland and son, Tony, and Mrs. A. L. Kirkland made fe a trip to Bamberg Monday evening. M Masters Heber and Joseph Brabham, of Olar, spent the week-end be with their grandparents,' Mr. and j Mrs. J. B. Kearse. da Miss Salome Brabham left Saturday for Charleston, where she will resume her studies at the Confeder- ^ ate Home school. "BOAGUS." Schofield Sketches. f? te: Schofield, Oct. 2.?Mr. P. K. Shultz spent Saturday in Savannah, t 6a- . . Mrs. Ogreta Beard, of the Colston gc section, is spending a few days here ig with relatives. te Mr. Woodson, a photographer of Savannah, was here yesterday. * Mr. F. B. Drawdy spent several ^otc 4r? Pninmhia wppk Mr. and Mrs. James Gunnels, of ne the Govan section, were visitors here XXx I Sunday last. ^ Mr. F. G. P. Weigand spent Sun- ' day at Fairfax. th Mrs. J. I. Johnston spent Monday q r ^ v in Columbia. I ?c Mr. F. M. Elliott and Miss Mabel | Sowers motored over to Fairfax Sunday afternoon. DRAEBLR. r . ar Hunter's Chapel Happenings. W( Hunter's Chapel, Oct. 3.?The new ca school building is nearing completion, and the pupils will meet the su teachers there Thursday morning, aD and prepare foar regular, school work br on Monday, October 10th. ro The orphanage work day was ob- in r served one day last week and on Sun- nn day the proceeds were collected, amounting to about $12.00. av We are having some cool -weather gy now, but are afraid it will be warm ju later on when we want cold weather, bu The Indian Field camp meeting | Hi was attended last Sunday by Messrs. John, Boyd, Clifton, and J. G. Rhoad, K] N. - H. Fender and Eugene Walker, lo< and Misses Katherine Rhoad, Bessie w< Lee and Clem Walker, and Miss Hay, a, of Columbia, and Mrs. N. H. Fender. in< Misses Sarah Clickscales and Gertrude Spradley, two of the Ehrhardt school teachers, spent the week-end at the home of Mr. D. O. Steedlv. Mr. G. E. Sabin, who has been ga spending some time at bfcs old home ar in Tennessee, has returned home. on Mr. H. D. Steedlv and family, of hu Branchville, and Miss Estelle Carter, so of Tarboro, passed through Sunday 0f ? xt-ott tri "Mice fartov'c hnmft ?1, Uii IUCH ?*?,,? tv/ auiuw vv ? at Tarboro. faJ ^ Miss Aline Hay, of Columbia, is ]la spending some time in this neigh- s?( borhood. REMITLO. Oak Grove Greetings. re< Oak Grove, Oct. 1.?The Oak sp Grove school opened its 1916-1917 session September 18, with Miss Jen"nie Lou Marton, of Ware Shoals, as th' teacher. There were 27 present and Z1^ X T_ t more are expected later. br Mr. Rab Carter left some time ago WE for Savannah, Ga. Mrs.. H. J. Hiers spent last Thurs- ( Vi. - , \ iy with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Copend. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hayden, of >pe, spent last Sunday week with j rs. Rose Hoffman. Those who have been on the sick >t for the past week or two are: r. and Mrs. J. L. Copeland, Mr. G. '. Clayton, and Master Lewis Copend. Mrs. D. M. Smith spent last Thursty with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Copend. Mr. J. W. Copeland, Jr^ spent Sat> 'day night and Sunday with his Lrents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Copend. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Smith and Mr. P. Smith motored to Orangeburg st Friday. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Copeland, Mr. L. Copeland, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. nifh nnrl Mice T.nnio PnnolnnH riinpri 1th Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Copeland st Sunday. Miss Grace Hoffman left last Monty for Eodge, where she will re:me her work in the high school. Colston Clippings. Colston, Oct. 3.?Almost the enre population of the Colston cornunity assembled at the school lilding Monday, October 2nd, for e opening of the Colston rural aded school. The Rev. Charles jlder, of Ehrhardt, was present and mducted the devotional exercises td made an able address, in which ) emphasized the need of the co>eration of patrons, trustees, pupils id teachers. Fifty pupils were en lied, with Miss Sadie Boyd, or omwell, Chester county, as princiil, and Miss Ethel Logan, of Edgedd, as assistant. The beginning dicates a most prosperous term. Little Lenora Copeland spent a w days last week with her aunt, rs. J. C. Beard. Miss Nelle Clayton left Sunday ?to gin teaching the Pine Grove school, the Spring Branch section, Mon-y. , * Mr. J. B. All spent a few days with s daughter, Mrs. Thomas Williams, Norway. Miss Laura McMillan left Tuesday r Charleston, where she will atnd the Confederate Home College. News From Branch ville. ??r*??? Branchville, Sept. 29.?The graded hool at this place opened the 1916>17 session Monday. An additional acher has been added in the pri ary department and an additional onth has been added to the term. Thursday night last there was an itomobile accident which came >ar resulting seriously. The autoobile was returning from the Cat3 Creek camp meeting, when it mt into a ditch, injuring some of e occupants. In the car were: Mr. larles White, Misses Sturkie, Mary >ttingham, Thelma Harvin, Sarah hite and Mr. Berry Grimes. Miss )ttingham sustained a cut on her m and Miss Harvin was severely ocked and bruised. The injured sre taken to Branch vill?, for medi1 attention. An automobile accident which reIted in ,the wrecking of a buggy id injury to the occupants of the iggy occurred Sunday while the ad was filled with vehicles returng from camp meeting. An autoHrivon hv a vrmn.cr man frnm U1 i I VX1 Kf J W v' \/ ***** ? - ^ iwesville caused a horse to run ray, the horse dashing into a bug in front, smashing same and inring the occupants. The wrecked iggy was the property of Mr. Olin unt. The 11th district convention of the [lights of Pythias, composed of dges in this and Calhoun counties, is held here Monday. There was large number of Pythians present eluding some prominent visitors. Word From "Occasional." Kearse, Oct. 3.?The people of sarse are not satisfied with just Hoping along with the gang. They e abreast of the times. We know e farmer who owns more than a mdred head of hogs, another who Id more than fifty dollars worth hogs on the hoof in two days, cat>, mules, and horses are generally t and "the world do move." Per,ps automobiles help to fatten 1 )CK. A gentleman offered our friend, r. Harry Kearse, a joy ride cently, and it happened on the ur of the moment that his chaufnr could not go, so they picked upx o amateurs to take them across e river to Ulmer. Harry says they ^zaged across the road so much at when they got to the different idges he expected to land in the iter, if there is any such thing as Continued on page 8, colum 4) ? > IN THE PALMETTO STATE Aut< SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS c KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. C< nells Stat? News Boiled Down for Quick Qen( Reading.?Paragraphs About cai Men and Happenings. the and M. O. Oxner, of Kinards, lost his au*? ginnery, sawmill and several bales of ^ cotton by fire Sunday morning. The 4 An i property was valued at $3,500. to st T-i j o o _ i? ! 11? jonn junes, agea oi ijrieenvine, ^is was arrested in Spartanburg this ,p, week on the charge of seduction. He t^.g has offered to marry the young wo- vicej man in the case. noor The State printing contract was the awarded on Saturday by the legislative* committee on printing to The garr State company and the Bryan Print- car ing company, of Columbia. ajso Ernest Foster, a garage owner in mob Union, attempting to crank a car rapi< Saturday, was struck over the right shou eye and his skull was fractured. He cons was carried to a Chester hospital. thou Joe Lines, proprietor of a Columbia candy store and kitchen, was rpfined $10 Saturday by Magistrate one Fowles for working women in his establishment after ten o'clock at night. , mile The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. sisti Palmer Wright, of Greenville, was Simi killed Sunday afternoon when he Bole rolled to the edge of the bed and in 0ut some unknown manner got his head dove caught. car. James Hopkins, colored, was ar- Ban rested in Columbia last week on the in a charge of killing a negro in Rich- man mond, Va. He admitted the killing the and returned to yirginia without re- rend quisition. four Coroner J. Henry Gladden, of alon Chester, reports that six negroes who theE met death in a dynamite explosion helP at Great Falls Monday afternoon was liava hpan nr?r?nnntpri fnr a/nri spvp.ral 1HJU ? V MVV** W\/W ? V* w WW . ? - ? ? others are missing. ' 1S S{ Joe Gainey, a young boy, rescued SC101 wer< Miss Bertha Lockany, aged 15, from drowning in Hot Water branch near cou^ Columbia, Friday. The girl had gone part down two or three times when she me(* was pulled out by the boy. A A. H. Monteith, of Columbia, has been appointed special agent of the touc State sinking fund commission to a have charge of the work of collecting back taxes. He will be allowed ,, to a 25 peri cent, of the amount he col- ^ron lects. , / over Ebb Gallman, a negro about 30 p^a] years, of age, killed his wife, Lizzie, ^at in Newberry county last Saturday be- ?ure cause the woman did not have sup- oper per ready at the time he thought it 0f s should be. The slayer later surren- ]je(j dered. befo The ginnery and saw mill of A. M. ' M Gordon & Son, at Gourdin, Williams- ing ; burg county, together with forty-four and bales of cotton and thirty tons of cot- resp ton seed, were destroyed by fire last ing i week. The property was valued at A: $10,000 and only $1,500 of insur- at h ance was carried. ty, The Barnwell county Democratic the ] executive committee met Thursday in I an declared A. W. Owens the nomi- deat nee of the party for the house of rep- Expi resentatives. Owens and R. B. Cole derti were -recently in a third primary, the man former defeating the later by a ma- brou jority of two votes, the votes stand- frier ing: Owens, 721; Cole 719. vivei Mrs. Cora Sons, wife of Edward Gen< Sons, a farmer of Fredonia, Lexing- ^ell ton county, died in the Baptist hos- Jam< pital in Columbia Saturday night !and from injuries received that afternoon siste when a railroad train at Leesville Hem ran into the wagon she and her hus- Mrsband and child were riding in. Milh ? E. B AT THE MEDICAL COLLEGE. H, ??? the Gov. Manning Appoints Twelve ^ ^ Young Men to Scholarships. W. ( Columbia, Sept. 28.?Gov. Man- . ning has appointed the following to nove scholarships in the State Medical college: First district?Medicine: W. H. Se Frampton, Charleston. St. I Second district?Medicine: E. H. battl Prescott, Modoc; pharmacy, Rudolph "I Strom, Plum Branch. "It's Third district?Medicine: Francis the < Mabry, Abbeville: pharmacy, H. O. venti Speed, Abbeville. ' "C -Fourth district?Medicine: Jno. R. row. Harrison, Duncan. than Fifth district?Medicine: Frank ha? Strait, Rock Hill; Pharmacy, Richard marr H. Bouhvare, Winnsboro. so a^ Sixth district?Medicine: Pressly S. Thomas, Rome; pharmacy, W. C. said Reedy, Clio. you Seventh district?Medicine: E. D. all. Andrews, Oswego; pharmacy, W. Cal- an e houn Wolfe, Fort Motte. wan. % ARTHUR MOORE DIES. >mobile Turned Turtle.?Others >f Party Hurt are Improving. )lumbia, Sept. 30.?Arthur Run5 Moere, brother of Adjutant sral W. W. Moore, died at a lohospital early this morning as result of a fracture of the skull other injuries received when an mobile in which he and several rs were riding turned turtle near lwell late yesterday afternoon. operation after midnight failed ay the hand of death and at 4:30 morning Mr. Moore passed away. remains were taken to Barnwell afternoon, where funeral ser3 will take place tomorrow afteri at 4 o'clock. Burial will be in # Baptist cemetery at Barnwen. arold A. Simrris, the other young lwell man, who was riding in the with young Mr. Moore and who suffered injuries when the autoiie turned over, is recovering dly. He was bruised in the i ilder and arm. He had regained | ciousness this morning and was! Lght to be out of danger. Five in Party, he accident which cost the life of young man and the injury of an;r occurred between 5 and 6 >ck yesterday afternoon, three :s from Barnwell. A party conng of Arthur Moore, Harold A. ms, V. Seymour Owens, E. G. in, and Dr. J. G. Wooley started in an automobile to shoot some js. Mr. Moore was driving the When some* three miles out of iwell and while rounding a curve . sandy spot the car became unageable and finally upset pinning occupants underneath. All were lered unconscious. They were id by a lady who was driving g the road some distance behind o, and she gave?the alarm. When reached ther overturned car it found that Mr. Moore was badly red and Mr. Simons seriously. Tt lid that Dr. Wooley was unconns. Mr. Owens and Mr. Bolen 5 dazed and for some minutes d not take in the situation. The y was hurried to Barnwell, where ical attention was given. Taken on Special Train, dintant Opnpral AToore was noti of the accident and he got in h with -th'e Southern railroad and >ecial train was made up and tght Mr. Moore and Mr. Simms , hospital in Columbia, the run 1 Barnwell being made in a little an hour. On reaching the hos[ an X-ray examination disclosed Mr. Moore had suffered a fracat the base of the skull. An ation was performed in the hope aving his life, but he never raland this morning passed away re daylight. r. Simms was found to be sufferfrom a bruised shoulder and arm on being given medical attention onded favorably and this mornis thought to be out of danger, rthur Runnels tyoore was born lendersonville, in Colleton coun-| twenty-nine years ago, but forj past fifteen years of his life lived! Barnwell. At the time of his j h he was agent for the Southern j 'ess company and also in the unaking business. He was a young of promise, and his death has ght sorrow to hundreds ot ids all over the State. He is sura by three brothers,. Adjutant *ral W. W. Moore, George HasMoore, of Colleton county, and, es H. Moore, of Hutchinson Is. He also leaves the following rs: Mrs. William A. White, of iersonville, Colleton county; R. C. Kirkland and Mrs. W. C. ouse, both of Barnwell, and Mrs. !. Norton, of Warsaw, N. Y. arold A. Simms, who was hurt in accident which resulted in the h of Mr. Moore, is a lawyer of iwell. He is a son of the late Jilmore Simms, and a grandson William Gilmore Simms, the list. Truthful Creature! nator Ollie James was talking in; jouis about the North Sea naval e. 3oth sides claim victory," he said, siv nf nne and a. half-dozen of! Dther. It's like the seashore ad11 re. rood-by dearest. I'm off tomorYou've made my holiday more pleasant for me. But?ha, ha, -but if you'd known that I'm a ied man, you Wouldn't have been ^reeable, would you?" Yes, I guess very likely I would,' the young woman. 'You see, haven't got anything on me at What if you are married? I'm scaped lunatic from Mattea' "?New York Herald. CROP OF 11,637,000 BALES CONDITION ON SEPTEMBER 2." WAS 56.3 OF NORMAL. Loss Due to Storms and Ravages of Insects.?Government Figures Given. Washington, Oct. 2.?Storms and insect damage have wrought havoc with the cotton crop this year and caused a loss of almost 3,000,000 hales throughout the growing season. This year's crop will be approximately 11,637,000 equivalent 500 bales, according to the department of agriculture's report, made public today. It is the first forecast of production made from conditions existing since June 25, when the quantity was estimated at 14,266,000 bales, The condition of the crop on September 25 was 56.3 of a normal, which is the lowest condition on record for that time of the year. Cotton this year was planted or the fourth largest acreage ever record pd?25.944.000 acres. In 1911 when 33,965,000 acres were planted the crop was 15,693,000 bales; ir 1913, when there were 37,039,00C acres, the crop was 14,156,000 bales and in 1914, when the acreage was 36,832,000-, the crop amounted t( 16,135,000 bales. Fewer Pounds to Acre. Indications are that this crop wil yield only 156.3 pounds per acr< compared with 207.7 pounds in 1911 120.8 pounds in 1915, and 209.' pounds in 1914. In a statement issued today the re porting board said: "There was a heavy deterioratioi in cotton again this month in th< central portion States. Boll weevil: in Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Louisi ana and Florida have taken a heav: toll, puncturing and destroying growi bolls to a larger extent than ever be fore known. This insect has, in ad dition, seriously damaged the crop ii Af Alrlo V? ATVI o rioAror?0 o r? t pui liuiio ui viviaiiuina^ auv Tennessee. Caterpillars have injuree the late cotton in Southern Texas an( eastern Florida. "Late cotton in the Carolinas ant northern Georgia will need a lat< killing frost to reach anything lik< full maturity." ONLY SINGLE VOTE APART. Catts and Knott Close in Guberna torial Contest. - Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 28.?Bui one vote separated W. V. Knott anc Sidney J. Catts today in the contesi for the. Democratic gubernatorial nomination of Florida, according tc figures announced by Knott head quarters here today. The one vote was in favor of Mr. Knott, who nov holds the certificate of nominatior as a result of the recanvass by the State oanvassiner board last week At that time Mr. Knott was declarec entitled to the certificate of nomination, which since June 6 had beer held by Sdney J. Catts, by a lead 01 21 votes. Since that time furthei recounts have been made to increase Mr. Knott's lead, but it has been decreased. These figures are based on the assumption that Mr. Catts will secure the 69 votes in Alachua precinct No 3, which were not counted for hirr in the original count because the inspectors failed to sign the returns The vote for all other candidates except those for governor were counted and now that Catts is petitioning the court that he be given credit fol them it is expected that the vote will be included in his total. COST HAS ADVANCED. Democrats Need Fund Nearly 50 Per Cent. Greater Than in 1912. New York, Sei)t. 29.?A fund of $1,500,000 will be required to conduct the Democratic national campaign, according to a statement made here tonight by Henry Morgenthau, treasurer of the national campaign committee. He declared New York was expected to contribute about onethird of this amount, which exceeded v..- nKniit ^inn nnn tho cum snpnt in V> auuui y 1 v v , w v ^z- ~ ? v, - ? the 1912 campaign. lYinting 200 Per Cent. Higher. As an example of the increased cost of the present campaign, Mr. Morgenthau said that the printing bill alone would be three times as much as it was in 1912 because of the increased price of paper. He announced that contributions thus far received exceeded by 5 per cent, those which had been sent in up to the same date in 1912. There have been several contributions of $10,000 each, but only three of more than that amount, he said. SON KILLS HIS FATHER. i J. C. CrossweH Shot and Killed by I Horace Crosswell. McCormick, Sept. 28.?J. C. Crosswell, aged 55, was shot and killed this afternoon by his son, Horace, aged 17. From what can be learned the father was in argument with his wife, which came to a heated discussion, when the younger Crosswell interceded in behalf of his mother. When the father turned on him he is said to have grabbed a shotgun and fired, the whole load taking effect in the face of his father. t Death was instantaneous. Magistrate Holloway went immediately to the scene and held an innuest. the verdict being' that the man met death by gunshot wounds at the hands of Horace Crosswell. Iilease Editor in Trouble. i Greenville, Oct. 3.?Shortly after federal court was convened this morning, United States District Ati torney J. William Thurmond handed - an indictment to the grand jury , against Victor B. Cheshire, editor of , the Anderson Farmers' Tribune, i charging the sending of obscene mat) ter through the mails. This after, noon the grand jury returned a true 3 bill. Cheshire was not present and ) a bench warrant, it was announced, would be issued for his arrest. The charge against Cheshire was 1 instituted by Postoffice Inspector 3 Curran, who took the matter up with ; the district attorney and directed I that prosecution be started. Some timfe ago Cheshire was up - before the city recorder under a charge of reckless driving, for which 1 he was fined. It is alleged that the 9 subject matter charged to be obscene s grew out of an editorial criticising . ? - the city officials and some of the y most prominent members - of the 1 Greenville bar. j A County Matter. Washington, Oct. 2?Because the j cattle tick always has been in the j South is no reason why it always j should be. When the federal government, as a result of its investigaj tions into the harm done by the pest, a determined in 1906 to undertake the a work of systematic eradication, its first step was to quarantine the in- r fested area. This territory included /? at that time 728,543 square miles. It has since been reduced to 444,022 - square miles and tens of thousands of miles are being freed from quarantine each year. t It is obvious, therefore, that the 1 tick can be driven out. The process* t is a simple one and its efficiency 1 proven. Regular dipping in arsenical ) baths of all the cattle in a county - will put an end to the pest in the > course of nno season This fact is in r disputable. The lack of success in 1 some cases has invariably been due j to conditions which have made dip. ping irregular or incomplete. There I are always some persons who, if left - to themselves, will shirk their share 1 in the work and neglect to bring f their cattle to tte vats. In some way * these must be forced to do their part. i Again, the number of vats may be - too few to handle all the stock and the consequent delays may seriously - interfere with the progress of the 5 work. Such obstacles, however, al. ways can be overcome. They do not l affect the essential point that the - tick can be eliminated whenever and . wherever the people are determined - to do so. I Primarily tick eradication is a } county matter ana must De accom plished by county effort. The United i States department of Agriculture, however, stands ready to lend the ; services of its trained men to any county in which the people are sufficiently in earnest in the matter to > build the necessary vats and enforce the necesarv dfpping regulations. If the people are not willing to do this, it is useless to expect anything from the federal men. They can only help those who want to help themselves. The first step, therefore, is to determine whether the people really do want the ticks to go. If they decide they do, the federal inspectors will supervise the construction of the vats, the preparation of the baths and the actual dipping of the cattle. They will assist the local men in every way within their power but they cannot supply the money that the work demands. As a matter of fact, however, the amount required is not large. In a number of counties which are now free from quarantine, tick eradication has been accomplished at a cost of from 19 to 50 cents per head of cattle. As it is a conservative estimate that cattle in a tick-free County are worth $10 a head more than in a ticky one, the investment seems to be a sound one. j - 'A ' 7