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COUNTRY NEWS LETTER! SOME INTERESTING HAPPENING IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around th County and Elsewhere. ? Colston Clippings. pp" . ?b? liambmj fcalb One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1916. Established 1891 \ Colston, Oct. 17.?The farmers ar still rushing to gather their cottor It is bringing such a good price the can hardly wait to get it to town, a! l though it is rumored that it will b twenty cents in a few weeks. Miss Laura McMillan, who ha been attending the Confederate Horn ^ college, returned home Sunday, ha\ - ing had a sudden attack of apper dicitis. . . Miss Nelle Clayton, of the Sprin Baanch section, spent last week-en with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos Clayton. s Mr. George Fender, /of Bamberg spent* Sunday at home with his pai ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Fender. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Beard and Mrs - S. P. Chisolm spent Sunday with Mrs Beard's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P Clayton. The friends of Mrs. A. L. McMi] lan are glad to know that she is no^ improving. Mr. John G. Clayton, of Waltei . boro, spent Sunday with his parents L Mr. and Mrs. Thos Clayton. 1 * . Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Beard and fam L ily spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs Jasper Zeigler. Hk Mr. and Mrs. J. B. All and Mr. an Mrs. Phillip Padgett spent Sunda H with Mr. and Mrs. F. W. McMillan. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Herndon wer the welcome guests of Mr. and Mrs Thomas Clayton Sunday. / \ The friends of Mrs/ Ephrair Bishop and Mrs. J. F. Clayton wer sorry to know that they were nc able to attend Sunday-school Sunda afternoon. \ -> Mr. and Mrs. Jeter Creech and tw ?J - sons, of Denmark, spent Sunday wit i/\ Mrs. Creech's sister, Mrs. J. F. Claj ton., A large crowd from this communi ty are planning to go to the Stat fair next week. ~Mr. Joe Stone, of Augusta, i spending some time with Mr. Presto McMillan, of this section. / Buford Bridge Budget. r , Buford Bridge, Oct. 16.?Nic Kirl land, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hammon Kirkland, was taken to Columbia las week to undergo a very serious opei ation for appendicitis. Last repoi ' from him was that he was doin much better than at first. His friend and school mates all wish for hii a speedy recovery, and hope to se him home soon. His parents ai with him now at the hospital. ^ Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Kirkland m< tored to Barnwell Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Kearse an ' Mrs. S. Breland spent last Friday i Bamberg. Misses Ruth Shuler and Pear] Kearse spent Saturday night at Coli .. ton with Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Le Kearse. Mrs. L. Brabham, of Olar, spei Sunday at the home of Mrs. Bral ham's father, Mr. B. Breland. t ?Mr. and Mrs. Max Walker, of Eh: hrfrdt, spent Sunday with Mr. Rob Kearse and family. Several of the folks around hei attended the tent meeting at Ulmei this past week. BOAGUS. ' Hunter's Chapel Happenings. Hunter's Chapel, Oct. 17,?M Hubert Steedly left Saturday f( Florida, where he will teach. The Woodrow Literary sociel held its regular meeting last Satu day night, in the new school buil< ing, and was attended by a lar? ' crowd. Miss Eva Steedly left Sunday a ternoon for Holly Hill, where she wi visit relatives. Messrs. Leon King and Press Fe com and Misses Lillie and Pear King and Lottie Miller, of Camero: spent Sunday in this vicinity. Mr. Frank Herndon, of Bamber was here Sunday. Mrs. H. M. Herndon and childre: of Bambergj attended church hei Sunday. t The Sunbeam society carried 01 a very nice programme Sunday afte noon. Messrs. D. O. Hunter, J. H. Fei der, J. L. Herndon, and Hubert Her: don left today for Healing Spring where they will attend the associ tion. REMITLO. The Italian government is autho ized to extend military discipline dock labor at Italian seaports. * J Our Correspondents. The Herald is printing a gc S many country news letters each we now, but we would like to have mo Every section of the county ought be represented every week. Some e our correspondents are as regular clock work, and some don't do qu so well. Come on, corresponder let us have the news. Write a p sonal item about everybody you kn e if you can?.we'll be glad to print L and your friends will be glad to re J it. There are some sections wh< we have not yet succeeded in getti 0 ' in-Knfnnn/lnritc Wo VlQVO Tint ' lull COJIUHUIU lO. * ? v> 11U < v uuv given it up. There must be so g person m every locality who is pi e lie spirited enough to write up 1 community news. Let us hear fr> 1 you. Remember we furnish pap envelopes and stamps/ and send ^ complimentary copy of The Her; to any correspondent who will rei larly send us the news of their co munities. r >9 Schofield Sketches. Schofield, Oct. 16.?Mr. and M John Carroll, of Colleton coun ' were visitors here on last Sunday. Mr. F. B. Drawdy spent last S urday at Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Guess, of 01 visited Mr. and Mrs. Claud R. P pies on Sunday afternoon. ' Several of our folks attended s vices at Ulmers last Sunday, whi l~ Rev. W. R. McMillan, of Bambe 5* conducted a week's tent meeting. Mr. and Mrs. J. I. 'Johnston sp< ^ Sunday at Columbia. y Master Wilbur Brabham, of Est visited relatives here last Sunday e Mrs. J. M. Odom, of Govan, wai 5* visitor here last week. DRAEBLR n e Honor Roll of Denmark School >t The following is the honor roll the Denmark public school: 0 First grade?Jennings Keller, Ri k ert Sojourner, Martha Council, Est! r" M. Riley, Rosa Sanders, Mary Smo Frances Wiggins. l~ Second grade?Albert Bean, J. e Brooker, Leslie Easterling, G. Goolsby, Hoyt Smoak, Douis spa; 8 Govan Zeigler, Dorothy Hightow n Dorothy Stevenson. Third grade?Charles Coun Clifford Ray, Roger Smoak, Hag< Zorn, Helen Brooker, Winnie C , Olive Hutto, Mamie Turner, Mi ^ Hane Walker, Grace Wiggins. Fourth grade?James McCr r_ John Turner, Edward Zeigler, Sai .t Califf, Inez Finch, Claudia Holt g Ada Hutto, Wendell LeCroy, Do thy Matthews, Julia Ray, Lena St ^ enson. i& Fifth grade?Margaret Broofc ,e Albert Folk, Frances Dozier, Regin Robinson, George Hightower, Hei Lee. Sixth grade?Ruby Abstance, \ d man Sandifer, Eldridge Hightov n Joe Matthews, Pernelle Collins, E lyn Cain, Jennie - Gillam, Li Grimes, Byrl Price, Dorothy Ril g_ H'elen Turner, Eva Zorn. ,e Seventh grade?James Bean, C lisle foik, Frea Wiggins, xvulu lt liff, Mabel Gillam, Georgia LeCi Louise Ray, Thelma Ray, Selma S mour, Louise Thomas. r_ Eighth grade?Edna Creech, Ai I Matthews, Samuel McGiever, Jai Wiggins, Frances Zeigler. .e Ninth grade?Lester Bean, Est ?s Barr, Ruth Folk, Cecil? Hope, Eli beth-McCrae, Julia McCrae, Ds Tillman. Tenth . grade?Kathryn Fai Rachael LeCroy. r Eleventh grade?David Sojouri >r Jasper Sojourner, Hazel LeCroy, M tha Wiggins,. Clara Wyman. ty * r_ What He Thought. a ro A new railroad through Louisi: strikes some of the towns abou mile from the* business centre, s< jj is necessary t6 run a bus line, salesman stopping in one of towns asked the old darKey, le driver about it. Q "Say, Uncle, why have they got depot way down here?" g After a moment's hesitation the darkey replied: "Ah dunno, bi n unless dey wanted to git it on de r road."?New Orleans States. But He Can't "See." r- \ "I suppose," ventured the inter n- ed friend of the family, "that Joh n_ still burning the midnight oil at :s, lege?" a. "Yes, indeed," responded the f . but puzzled mother, "but the coll must furnish a very inferior qua r- of oil. John wrtes me that s< to midnights the light is so poor thai can hardly read his hand."?Life. / f IN THE PALMETTO STATE >od r el< SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS re KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. to of ( as Stat? News Boiled Down for Quick .ite Beading.?Paragraphs About ? lts? Men and Happenings. ( er- c ow t Douglass Jackson, colored, of Sumjad ter county' Quarreled with his wife 1 ^re Sunday afternoon and later killed her 1 ? with a table leg. ing j T. Frank Sellers, a lineman, was me badly burned when he touched a live ^ wire on a pole on which he was work- . the ing near Cheraw. om Eighty persons were tried before j, er, the city recorder of Columbia oft, vaa rious charges Monday morning. More 1 aid than $400 in fines were collected. , =u" J. Frank Stewart, an employee of < ,m~ the Southern Cotton Oil company in Chester, is in a Chester hospital suf- ] fering with a badly lacerated hand. 1 Congressman A. F. Lever, of the 1 rs Seventh South Carolina district, is in the West speaking in the interest of * the candidacy of President Wilson ^ aj._ for reelection. In a third primary held in Abbe- { ar, ville county Tuesday, Dr. G. A. N$uf- . ee- feur was elected to the house of rep- ' resentatives, defeating Sam Adams er- by thirty-eight votes, ere The recorder of Spartanburg on rg, Friday fined Jasper Sanders $5 for j strapping a few weeks' old calf over ( 3nt the handle bars of his bicycle while ( enroute to a slaughter pen with the ( ill, animal. \ The town of Orangeburg proposes -j 3 a to organize a cooperative creamery, j " farmers and business men of the town and community having pledged ] themselves to purchase $ 4,OD0 stock ^ in tne enterprise. ^ Walter Jackson, colored, is in the ] State penitentiary for safe keeping { following his arrest on the charge of ( ^er attempting criminal assault upon a , ak prominent white woman of Orange- . ' burg, Saturday night. 2 Boyce R. Wolff, son of J. H. Wolff, j ^ a well known citizen of Laurens coun- j nn, ty? was shot an(* killed in Missiisip- . er pi, last week. The particulars ' are , not known. Mr. Wolff was a gradu Cl\t ate of Clemson college. , )od a bridge across Middle Tiger river ! ox, near Duncan, Spartanburg county, 1 ary fell Thursday while a wagon team and nine linemen of the Postal Tele- ! ae? graph company were crossing. No rah one was seriously injured. n The Charleston county grand jury TOhas brought in a true bill against the Southern Express company and E. P. Berry, charging delivery of contraald kanc* liquor and handling of contraband liq(uor in the night time. ary I Ed Johnson, a lineman in the em-| Vy- ploy of the Southern Bell Telephone rer, company at Aiken, was killed Tuesve day afternoon when a pole on which Hie he was working broke near the ley, ground and fell, crushing him to death. ;ar- j. d. Tilyou, a young man, memCa ber of a well known Florence family, 'oy, is under arrest in Columbia charged ?ey- with passing counterfeit money. It is alleged that he passed two counma terfeit specie dollars on Columbia nes storekeepers. Sam Underwood, aged 18, of Saluker da, was instantly killed Wednesday iza" afternoon when he was run over by 11S^ Southern train No. 38 at a grade crossing. The two mules which he Llst' was driving to a wagon load of sand, were also killed. ier r ' Miss Anne Rosette Shelton, of Mobile, Ala., kindergarten teacher in the Wesley House school in Spartanburg, died Thursday afternoon as a result of burns received September 29, when she overturned an alcohol lamp, ana n. . She was 24 years of age. t a Patrick Quinn, for a number of A years a policeman of Charleston, died the Sunday. He was a defendant in one bus of the cases growing out of the killing of Sidney Cohen, a newspaper rethe P?rter> during the riots following the municipal election in Charleston in old the spring. DSSt W. R. Reid, E. M. Martin, Leo ail- Hamilton and W. R. Keith were in jured Thursday when their automobile turned turtle a few miles north of Greenwood. Fred Summers, the fifth, member of the car was uninjurest_ ed and managed to lift the machine n jg off the others. The party were on col- their way from Chappels to Anderson. Governor Manning has revoked the ond commissions of W. F. Meyers, of Coege lumbia, H. H. Mobley, Columbia, lity James Stokes, Florence and J. I. )me Washington, Beaufort, as notaries t he public of South Carolina. All the parties are negroes. The governor I \ DANGEROUS STORM. i Tropical Disturbance Continues to ' Move Northward. 1 Washington, Oct. 17.?The weather bureau tonight reported the tropical storm still moving northward icross the Gulf of .Mexico but its jxact location and probable point of striking the coast could not be decermined. Storm warnings were con:inued from Carrabelle, Fla., to the r nouth of the .Mississippi river, but it , ivas said no further advices would be ssued tonight. ( A wireless message this afternoon Tom the battleship Nebraska, about L 25 miles north of Yucatan, said a , south wind was blowing ninety miles ! in hour. j Low pressure and moderate winds . vere recorded along the Gulf coast ( vith rain between Pensacola and New Drleans. At Burwood, La., nine inches of , *ain fell during the day. Heavier vinds were forecasted for later tolight. , Late tonight the weather bureau ' announced that no hurricane warning would be issued tonight, but said :he storm apparently still was of a . rery dangerous character, though small in diameter. Its centre could lot be definitely located. ! k J Job Paper Prices. ' 1 People who use stationery are having to pay pretty dearly for it these lays, it is generally understood by j everybody that the prices on all kinds ; if papers have advanced "out of ( sight." This advance applies espec- . [ally to fine papers. Notwithstand ing the fact that the price of paper j has been widely discussed in the aewspapers, some of the customers if The Herald's job department do aot fully understand why we have , tiad to advance our prices. We do < aot know a great deal about the , 2ause of the advance. About all we 2an say is that the mills and jobbers ascribe it to the war. At any rate, . we do know that all papers are costing us about fifty per cent, more than formerly. On some lines the advance is much higher. Envelopes that we used to pay 72 cents per thousand for now costs us $1.36; bond paper we used to get for 10 cents a pound now costs us 15 cents; Strathmore parchment paper, one of the finest known to the printing trade, formerly cost 24 cents a pound, and it now costs 35 1-2 cents. The increase in expense is not confined to papers, either; everything else we have to use costs according to paper. We have not increased our prices fifty per cent., although we would be justifiable in doing so, but there is nothing else for us to do but to advance our prices to cover the increased cost of paper. One paper that has been affected more than any other is the ordinary colored circular paper. It now costs 10 cents per pound?when it can be had at all? which is about fifty per cent, higher than the best grade of news paper. rn'u - ~ nli'minotae tha 11CP> n f 1IIlb pi tt^LUJailJ CHUiiuaiM ?colored poster paper. As ordinary white paper is high enough, most customers are contented to cut out the colored circulars, and use white paper instead. The Spider and the Top. "See that spider, my son, spinning its web," said the instructive parent to his small son. "Is it not wonderful? Do you reflect that no man could spin that web, no matter how hard he might try?" "Well, what of it?" replied the up-to-date offspring. "Watch me spin this top. No spider can do that, no matter how hard he may try."? Washington Herald. Strange, Isn't It? "Isn't our ice bill rather high, dear?" asked the young husband as he looked over the household accounts. "I was just going to ask you about that, love," said tne bride. "I can't understand it at all. I've been just as economical as I possibly could, but we never seem to have enough ice. Why, I've even left the icebox door open on hot days to cool off the ice." ?Louisville Courier-Journal. revoked the commission of Eli Chapman, a Spartanburg negro, last week. Leonard Bushmann, of Louisville, Ky., won the first prize of $75 in the intercollegiate prohibition contest which was held at Converse college Monday night. The second prize was won bv C. M. Cox, of Emery, Vir ginia. E. D. Whisonant, of Wofford college, was the only representative of a South Carolina school participating. SALLON-MONTH LAW 0. L DECLARED TO BE CONSTITUTIONAL BY COURT. , High Tribunal in En Banc Session Also Upholds Constitutionality of Webb-Ken yon Act. Columbia, Oct. 14.?The gallon-anonth law was held constitutional in i decision rendered by the supreme court en banc here tonight. The decision, which was written by Associate Justice Hydrick, upheld the constitutionality of the Webb-Kenton act passed by congress. The majority decision was concurred in by four members of the supreme court, and eight of the circuit judges. A iissenting opinion was filed in this case by Associate Justice Watts, wnicn was concurrea m Dy mree circuit judges. The case arose from Richland county, entitled Brennen against the Southern Express company and involved the refusal of the express company to deliver to the plaintiff more than one gallon of whiskey ordered for personal use a month.^ In his petition the plaintiff attacked the constitutionality of the Webb-Kenyon [aw, and the gallon-a-month act, both of which, ho,wever, are. declared to be constitutional. Majority's Opinion. The majority opinion sets forth that the legislature has the power to limit the amount of whiskey which a citizen may order for his personal use and says such action is not in contravention of the immunities and privileges guaranteed to citizens by the constitution of the United States. It also holds that congress has the power to withdraw interstate protection from liquor shipments into States which have laws against the sale or., use of whiskey. rni.^4. nnttfir cVii'nmflnt r?f 1 UcLC Ctu ill UC1 11U111J i3uipiiivui> v>. liquor, interstate in character, intended by the party to be notified for unlawful use, is subject to seizure under the laws of South Carolina, before delivery to the party for whom, under certain conditions it is designed, was the opinion of the en banc session of the supreme court delivered here tonight. The opinion was written by Chief Justice Gary and concurred in by Associate Justice Gage and eight circuit judeges. Associate Justice Hydrick wrote a concurring opinion which was concurred in -by Associate Justice Fraser. A dissenting opinion was filed by Associate Justice Watts which was concurred in by three of the circuit judges. The case was entitled the Charleston and Western Railway company, plaintiffs-appellants, against Reubent Gosnell, et al., defendants-respondents. It arose from the seizure by the Greenville county police of an "order notify" shipment of liquor consigned to certain parties in Greenville. It was an action in claim and delivery to recover possession of shipment. Wilson's Neutrality. Under much provocation and temptation our government has thus far, with great difficulty, maintained the neutral attitude of the United States. That was its highest duty, and it was inevitable that in its performance it would not satisfy either party to the war or those who sympathized strongly with either side. It was inevitable that more or less of a mistake would be made on account of human limitations in foresight and judgment, but there is doubt whether, with others in command, the result would have been better achieved. But there could be no others in command and a position has been maintained that may give the United States far more influence with both sides when it comes to establishing and maintaining the peace of the world hereafter than if it had favored one side in the war struggle and incurred the undying enmity of the other. Better to displease both in many details than tc join one against the other, if we are to take an effective part in securing a league to enforce peace hereafter Much will depend upon first seeing a peace established in which the seeds of war will not be implanted.? New York Journal of Commerce. Lucky Find. << a v> io l-imicol.-opriin'" cair II SCC J yj is nuuwv"?vvi--? , Mrs. Snow White. "Yes," replied Mrs. Marsh Green "dey is nothin' like movin' things 'round once in a while. Why, I des come across a pair of slippers undei de bed dat Ah haidn't see foh fiv< yeahs."?Dallas News. FORMER SENTENCE EFFECTIVE. Merchant Said to Have Violated Conditions of Suspended Sentence. Charleston, Oct. 12.?Judge Rice late this afternoon handed down a decision on the return of T. W. Mappus ruling that the defendant had violated the conditions of his suspended sentence, and so must serve six months on the chain gang. The defendant gave notice of appeal, and furnished bond in the sum of $1,000. A sensation was sprung in court today, when the Mappus case came before Judge Rice in a return on an order to show cause why the defendant, T. W. Mappus, a merchant at Four Mile, should not serve a suspended sentence of six months on the chain gang for violating the prohibition law. He was sentenced last June, by Judge Memminger, a fine of $500 being paid, and six months left to become effective if he violated the liquor law again. Rutledge Rivers, counsel for the defendant, attacked the legality of the fall term of court as well as the June term, on the grounds that appointments of Judge Memminger and of Judge Rice by the chief justice to serve here were incomplete under the new law, and he also challenged the constitutionality of the act creating Charleston county as the Ninth circuit, on the ground # that it deprived a defendant in this _ _ A _ ^ 11. . ?.L.l ^ 4? Circuit Ol ine rigiu in uaauge ui venue, since he could not go to another county in the same circuit for trial, as was specified by the consti-. tution, since there was only one county in this circuit. Judge Rice overruled his objections entered under his plea. Judge Rice refused a jury hearing in the Mappus case, declaring that he felt it his duty to decide the issues. ^ ? rl|P3 Union Meetings. f. Union meetings of the Barnwell association will meet with the following churches on the 5th Sunday: No. 1, Spring Branch; No. 2, Ghent's Branch; No. 3, Cypress Chapel; No. 4, Sycamore. TOPICS. 1. "When should the pastor's salary be paid, weekly, monthly, or annually?" , -^Jfj 2. "Our State Mission Board?its work and needs." 3. "What, in your opinion, is the greatest need of our churches?" , > SPEAKERS AT NO. 1. . Topic 1.-?D. O. Hunter, J. C. McMillan, J. H. Fender. Topic 2.?J. H. Stoudemire, Thos. Clayton, W. R. McMillan. v |g Topic 3.?Walter Black, G. J. Herndon, J. H. Pearson. Missionary sermon?W. R, McMillan. ' SPEAKERS AT NO. 2. Topic 1.?J. M. Grubbs, J. O. San> ders, E. H. Grayson. Topic 2.?J. D. Huggins, W. ! H. Hutto, W-. T. Cave. Topic 3.?W. H. Collins, J. M. Grubbs, J. O. Sanders, W. H. Hutto, , J. R. McCormack, M. D. v Missionary sermon?J. D. Huggins. ^ - jsJf SPEAKERS AT NO. 3. Topic 1.?T. J. Grubbs, G. W. Hut- v. | . son, R. E. Woodward. Topic 2.?W. L. Hayes, R. B. FickM-ner \\T W JohtlS. J HJJLgj, I > . T ? . ? Topic 3.?S. A. Hair, E. C. Watson, | D. W. Heckle. Missionary sermon?W. M. Jones. ( SPEAKERS AT NO. 4. Topic 1.?O. W. Barker, J. W. j Walker, A. W. Manuel. Topic 2.?J. R. Cullom, W. I. . Johns, J. K. Snelling. Topic 3.?D. A. Tedder, A. P. . Manville, J. A. Goodson. i Missionary sermon?J. R. Cullom. ' ->! Unregenerate Pittsburgh. M A theological student who was spending his vacation with a college chum near Pittsburgh telephoned to j one of the book stores in the city to , find out if they had in stock a book called Seeking After God. The proprietor of the store informed the student that if he did not have the book in stock he would try t IJ 11 kirn ^ to procure a copy ana wouiu can mu up later. About an hour later the ) student received the following mes[ sage: "No Seekers After God in Pittsburgh. Would recommend that you trv Philadelphia."?New York Jaur nal. Sure Enough. i "The word 'reviver' spells the X I r' A , same backward or forward." It was > the frivolous man who spoke. "Can 3 you think of another?" r The serious man scowled up from j his newspaper. "Tut-tut!" he cried contemptuously.?Judge. I - u-.-El^