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\_ * 0b? lautbrrg ffirralb One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22,1917. Established 1891 COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Colston Clippings. Colston, Feb. 20.?The president of the Woman's Missionary society, of the Colston Branch Baptist church, wishes to announce that it will hold its first meeting after Sunday-school and preaching next Sunday, February 25, and requests the presence of every officer and member. Miss Sadie Bovd spent last week end with friends in the Spring Branch section. ' Messrs. George Kearse, Wilson Beard, and Talbert Padgett spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Frank Kirkland. Mr. Layton Kinard, and Misses Laura'Goodwin and Reba Williams spent Saturday night and Sunday with Misses Eula and Clara O'Quinn, of Spring Branch. Rev. Walter Black, the pastor of the Colston Branch church, will preach there next Sunday afternoon promptly at 3:30 o'clock. Mrs. Ogreta Beard is visiting relatives at Schofield at present. Mr. Grady McMillan, of Ehrhardt,. spent last week-end at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. McMil1 let II. I Misses Mamie McMillan and Gussie Hutto, of Bamberg, spent several days last week with Misses Natalie and Alberta Kearse. A Valentine party was given at the home of Mr. J. A. Jennings, Sr., Wed. nesday night. There was a jolly crowd present and all seemed to enjoy it immensely. Mr. Sammie Clayton spent Saturday night with Mr. Grady McMillan. Mrs. A. L. McMillan is spending some time with her aunt, Mrs. Janie Brabham, of Olar. The friends of Mrs. Sudie Barnes are glad to know she is doing very nicely at the Baptist hospital in Columbia. Spring Branch Sayings. Spring Branch, February 20.?We are having some very warm weather; it seems almost like spring. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Sandifer spent last Sunday afternoon at Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Bessinger's. Misses Pet and Dorris Folk spent Saturday night and Sunday with Misses Eula and Clara O'Quinn. Messrs. Mayfield Bessinger afnd Charley Goodwin were visitors in the Clear Pond section Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Crider and little daughter spent (Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Herndon. Miss Dottie Goodwin spent Monday night with Misses Eula and Clara O'Quinn. Miss Carrie Sweatman and grandmother spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. L. G. San^ difer. The many friends of Mrs. Leila 4 Goodwin are glad to know that she is improving. Miss Gussie Hutto, of Bamberg, spent a few days last week with her aunt, Mrs. J. P. O'Quinn. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Zeigler and children were the pleasant guests at Mr. and Mrs. Elige Goodwin's Sunday. Misses Katie and Ottielee O'Quinn spent Saturday night with Misses . Eula and Clara O'Quinn. Mrs. Georgeann Padgett spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Elige Goodwin. Rev. Walter Black will conduct services at Spring Branch Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, and Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. VC"D/\K? Wfill ?mn T o nr*Q .UlSdCS ucua ?> luiaiuo uuu mmm Goodwin spent Saturday night and Sunday with Misses Eula and Clara O'Quinn. Mr. Leighton Kinard spent Saturday night with Mr. Hansford O'Quinn. Messrs. Earl and Clifton O'Quini* spent Saturday night with Mr. Hansford O'Quinn. The young folks are having a fine time at the* pinder shellings. We only have from two to three a week. Fairfax Fancies. Fairfax, Feb. 20.?The Civic league held its regular monthly meeting on last Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. F. G. Craddock and Miss Virginia DuRant, at the home of Miss DuRant. Mrs. J. E. Johnston, the president, presided over the i i m. meeting. An interesting programme was presented. A paper on "Helpfulness in Community Life," was read by Mrs. F. G. Craddock. A paper on "winter gardening," prepared by Mrs. C. A. Move, was read by Miss Alberta Hiers. Mrs. Martin Lightsey gave a piano selection and Mrs. E. A. McDowell read a humorous selection. Plans were discussed for spring work. A delicious sweet course, coffee and crackers were served. The regular monthly meeting of the U. D. C. was held Monday afternoon of last week with Mesdames Cleo H. and George D. Sanders, at the home of the latter. The meeting was conducted by the president, Miss DuRant. A number of business matters were disposed of. Features of ' V... tne programme were a yapc 1 <j? .uws Maud Barber, and a piano selection by Mrs. Horace Young. A salad course, coffee and crackers were served. The Y. W. A.'s, of the Baptist church, gave an enjoyable Valentine party at the home of Miss Helen McDowell, on last Friday evening. A love story contest and an archery contest were features of entertainment. In the first contest, Miss Zoe Thomas and William Harter and Miss Virginia Harter and Leland Barber tied for the prize, the latter couple winning in the draw. In the archery contest, Raymond Hammond was declared the best marksman. The many friends of Mrs. J. F. Lightsev hope for her a speedy recovery at the Columbia hospital, where she has been for some time, under treatment. Mr. Chester Lancaster has recently undergone a serious operation at the * ??i.--J. t??~ i u; r. T-i;,. DcipUSl liuspiiai, ^uiuuiuia. ma friends will be glad to know that he is expected home this week.' Rev. A. J. Foster, of the Baptist Courier, was a visitor in town this week, preaching two good sermons in the Baptist church on Sunday. Oak Grove Greetings. Oak Grove, Feb. 12.'-?(Written for last week.) We have been having some cold weather for the past few days. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Carter, of Barnwell, Spent the week-end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Carter. Mrs. L. W. Copeland and little daughter, Lenora, spent part of last week in Bamberg with relatives. We had the coldest snap February 2nd we have had this year. It killed all the gardens and grain where the farmers had planted. Miss Sallie Carter spent part of last week with her aunt, Mrs. John Miley, of Lodge. Mr. and Mrs. J. w. uopeiana ana familyxand *Ir. J. L. Copeland spent last Sunday with Mr. M. A. Kinard and family. Mr. Johnnie Sease is spending some time with his aunt, Mrs. B. H. Carter. Mr. Phillip Clayton, of Columbia, was suddenly called near Ehrhardt last week on account of the death of his father, Mr. G. W. Clayton. Mr. Clayton and all the family have the sympathy of their many friends. Miss Lucy Carter is pending some time with her sister, Mrs. M. W. Rentz. Buford Bridge Budget. Buford Bridge, Feb. 20.?Well, Boagus's letters can't compete with Jef's Jef, your letters are always interesting and so full of wit. Your recipe to mothers was great. Come again. I am sure everyone, especially those who are interested in Ehrhardt, enjoy them. Mrs. R. M.'Kearse is in Charleston with her daughter, Mrs. Max Walker, of Ehrhardt, who has gone there to undergo an operation. Mrs. J. B. Kearse and daughter, Miss Pearle, were delightfully entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ^ T Tr _ x 1 A. mi n. Li. i\earse, ai uoision, last mursday. Misses Cleo Kearse and Elizabeth Kirkland and Fletcher Kirkland, of Carlisle, spent Sunday at home. Miss Ruth Shuler was very pleasantly entertained at the home of Mr. Elgior Copeland, at Ehrhardt, last week-end. Miss Anna Belle Williams, a missionary returned from Japan, made a very interesting talk at Mizpah last Sunday evening. Owing to the bad weather only a few were present. Nevertheless, all enjoyed it. Mr. A. L. Kirkland, our clerk of court, spends his week-ends at home. BOAGUS. Schofield Sketches. Schofield, Feb. 20.?Mr. G. R. Morris and son, of Olar, were visitors IN THE PALMETTO STATE ! r SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 1 State News Boiled Down for Quick ( Reading.?Paragraphs About i Men and Happenings. i A forest fire on Paris mountain near Greenville last week, did considerable damage. j Fire Tuesday afternoon destroyed j the nurses' dwelling connected with < the pellagra hospital in Spartanburg. , Annie Jackson, a negro woman, 1 was killed in Greenwood, Saturday, < hv a nasseneer train of the C. & W. i C. railroad. The Ware Shoals Manufacturing company, of* Greenville, has granted its employes a ten per cent, increase in wages. John J. Brown, head of the Knights of Pythias, will deliver ad- 1 dresses in Columbia, Charleston, and 1 Greenville in the near future. May Allen Ferguson, 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Fer- 1 guson, of Greenville, was severely ' burned last week when her dress ' caught fire from matches with which she was playing. ' Governor Manning has announced . that he will not accept the resigna- : tions of any more members of the South Carolina National Guard. In the event of war, South Carolina could furnish 45,000 men. Eugene H. Blake, of Greenwood, "D "D Uorioc nf "Rnrnwpll. W. H. I JL?. X JL/U * t W) VTA. .. w..7 ... Keith, of Timmonsville, J. C. Duckworth, of Williamston, G. D. Walker, , of Johnston, and E. A. Hill, of Tuca- i pau, have been appointed lieutenant , colonels on the staff of Gov. Man- j ning. ( here on Sunday afternoon. Some brand of weather we have been having for the past few weeks. ] Mr. D. L. Shiplett is expected to re- ' turn in a few days from his home in 1 Virginia, where he went to visit* his ' family. 1 Mr. James L. Owen is spending a 1 few days with his parents at Fegstig. ' Miss Mabel Sowers will return ' home this week, after spending sev- ' eral weeks with relatives at Buffalo, 1 N. Y., and other points in the North. J Mr. C. A. Peters has returned to j his post of duty after a week's visit j to his home in Kentucky. DRAEBLR. 1 Oak Grove Greetings. ] I Oak Grove, Feb. 20.?The weather seems to be very unpleasant; it has been raining for several days. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hiers and little ( child visited Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Car- , ter Sunday. Misses Mamie and Lonie Copeland visited Miss Jennie Lou Martin Sun ^ day. , Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hunter and j little son, of Hunters Chapel, visited Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Rentz Sunday. i Misses Grace Hoffman and Thelma , Rentz visited Mr. and Mrs. H. J. ! Hiers, of Ehrhardt, Saturday. Mesdames J. L. and L. W. Copeland were visitors near St. John's Saturday night. Messrs. Tillman and Robert Car- 1 ter dined with their grandfather, Mr. I. W. Rentz, Sunday. 1 Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Fender visited Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Rent Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Miley, of Lodge, . were visitors in this section Satur- 1 day. , Mrs. (jr. \V. uiayton ana uaugmer, . Julia, dined with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. McKenzie Sunday. St. John's Jottings. St. John's, Fso. 20.?Misses Mag- . gie and Norma Ltshop, of Hampton, . spent the week-end with Miss Sue J Carter. ! Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hiers visited at the home of Mr. William Fender Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Preacher were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. ! Hiers Sunday. Miss Ruth Bishop spent Friday . night with Miss Sue Carter. Mr. Raleigh Kinard with his friends, Messrs. Stacy Kearse and Sammie Mace, visited at the home of < his father, Mr. A. M. Kinard, Sunday. ' Miss Lizzie Kinard spent Saturday night with Miss Ruth Bishop. Miss Myrtle Sease spent Saturday night with Miss Lola Fender. v , Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Kinard visited ! at the home of Mr. C. S. Hiers Sunday. t Miss Clara Mae Sease spent Saturday night with Miss Sue Carter. c Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brant and Mr. , and Mrs. C. M. Mears visited Mr. and Mrs. Merrick Kinard Sunday. STABBED; DRAGGED ON TRACK. Train Passes Over Body of Ed. Norton, Fatally Cut in Bow at McColl. Bennettsville, Feb. 19.?Another Dloody homicide blackens the record 3f Marlboro county. Saturday night it McColl, this county, Ed. Norton, W. T. Norton, Anderson Wright and Albert Wright, all white men, got into a row just after dark, north of the town corporation. Ed. Norton received a knife wound, from which tie died. His body was carried six miles, and placed on the track of the Seaboard Railway below Clio. Saturday night a train ran over the body. It is said the knife wound was plainly visible despite the mangled condition of the body. The iead man's coat and hat were found in McColl with long slash under the arm of the coat. Coroner T. F. McRae and Sheriff Patterson held the inquest yesterday and today. Dr. Reedy made post mortem examination and stated that death was caussd by a knife "wound. The verdict was that "Ed. Norton came to his death from a wound inflicted by some sharp instrument, and that W. T. Korton, principal; Anderson Wright, and Albert Wright, accessories, did the killing." All three defendants are in jail. It is claimed all parties were under the influence of whiskey when they became involved in the row. CLOTHING PRICES HIGHER. Vork Clothier Refers to Article Indicating Prices Will Be Raised. ? <<u n T ?? VJC11C1 di II, Vj. U., ? nu 10 known by his full name of "High Cost of Living," is on the rampage again and has announced that although he has been running living prices up for some time, what he had done thus far is only a starter. He has announced that he intends to hit Mr. Clothes Wearing Man another pop, since he will advance the prices Df clothing this coming fall and winter from $3 to $5 more than they have been heretofore. A York county clothing merchant who is in close touch with the manufacturing end of the business, on yesterday pointed out the practical certainty of increased prices for clothing this year and to substantiate his predictions handed the reporter a clipping from a recent issue of the Daily Trade Record, which has the^ollowing sad tidings for those who have to buy clothes: Plans are now being made by the largest clothing manufacturers in the country for a complete reconstruction of their business along lines to conform with the new standard of costs of all materials which enter into the making of men's garments. These new cost standards will in the majority of instances, take effect with the fall season's lines, according to statements made by the representative factors in the men's apparel industry. Up to the present time, manufacturers of prominence have worked on a basis of cost of supplies they have had in stock long before the increased prices took effect with the resuli that no material changes have been apparent in the prices charged for their products in comparison with former seasons. Some idea of the radical change in the manufacturing cost of clothing can be obtained from the following figures representative of the best merchandise in every instance. The table shows the increased cost to the manufacturer of items which enter Into his business, compared with prices of the same goods prior to the European war: Per cent. Labor 20 Piece goods 50 Linings .... 30 Sewing silks 75 Buttons 33 Canvas 100 Haircloth 150 rapes, cotton, etc :. 75 Sleeve lining 50 Pattern paper 50 Buckles, etc 150 A unanimity of opinion prevails that on suits and overcoats for the fall and winter of 1917-18f- the in creased prices based on the new standard of coats of raw materials, will range from $3 to $5 per garment and that in scores of instances, manufacturers who have started their lines at $ 13.50 will commence with $16.50 and so on through the entire industry. The retailer will receive the same quality garment for $25 that he bought last year for $20, according to those who have made a :areful study of the new conditions.? Forkville Enquirer. Read The Herald, $1.50 per year. NO LIQUOR FOR BEVERAGE QUART PER MONTH ON CERTIFICATE. Measure as Agreed on by Free Conference Committee Passed by House and Senate. Columbia, Feb. 21.?The DuRant quart a month liqior bill, modified in free conference, was adopted by both houses of the generahassembly yesterday. Provisions of the measure are that a quart of whiskey may be procured each month on certificates issued by the judge of probate. The permit is issued upon payment of a fee of 3 0 cents, accompanied by affidavit that the whiskey is for medicinal purposes. A gallon of wine may be procured each month by congregations for sacramental or religious purposes. Women, not the heads of families, students and minors are excluded from the provisions of the bill. Punishment for violation is not to exceed one year's imprisonment or a fine of $1,000, or both. The law is to become effective within 60 days. It reads: v "Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or company \o receive, store, keep, or have in possession, or to ship, transport, or convey any alcoholic liquors from any point without the State into this State, or from one point to another in this State, or to deliver the same to any person, firm, corporation or company within this State, except as hereinafter provided. "Sec. 2. Any natural person over the age of 21 years, except as hereinafter forbidden, may order and receive or transport in his personal Daggage irom any point wunoui tms State not exceeding one quart of alcoholic liquors containing not more than 50 per centum by volume of alcohol within any one calendar month, for medicinal purposes for his or her own use or the use of his or her immediate family, and not more than one gallon of wine for religious purposes. "Sec. 3. . It shall be unlawful for any common carrier to deliver or any person to receive any package containing such liquors in the night time, which shall be construed to mean from sunset to sunrise. "Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the common carrier to keep a true and correct record of all alcoholic liquors transported and delivered by them to any person or persons, and to file with the clerk of court of the county in which such liquors are delivered, at least once a week, a verified statement, either printed, plainly written or typewritten in duplicate, clearly stating what liquors were delivered by it since its last statement, the date on which the said alcoholic liquors were delivered, the name and postoffice address of the consignee, the place of delivery, and the kind arid amount of alcoholic liquors delivered, and the canceled permits upon which said deliveries were made. Said report and permits shall be kept in condition for convenient reference for two years and then destroyed. Provides for Publicity. "Sec. 5. Sucn common carrier shall permit any person to inspect and examine from time to time said records, kept as required in the preceding paragraph, as and when they may make reasonable request therefor, and any person shall have * right at any time to examine and inspect the reports filed by such common carrier in the office of the clerk of court or other officer as herein provided. "Sec. 6. Any peace officer shall have the right at any time to inspect all packages of alcoholic liquors in the possession of any common carrier in this State, and seize such as are being transported for unlawful sale or in violation of law. "Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful for any person or any common carrier, servant, agent or employe thereof, to knowingly ship or transport from without this State into this State, or from any one point or place in this State to another point or place in this State, any trunk, valise, or package - * /->nnin in <r onv alrnhnlie UI 'dLLLy KiliU, UUUtaiuiu^ liquors, unless the true nature and character of the contents of such package is clearly and legibly marked on te outside thereof in letters at least one inch high. This provision shall not apply to one quart or less of such liquors in the baggage of a passenger and carried for his personal use or that of his immediate family, or for sacramental purposes. "Sec. 8. In prosecution under this act for unlawful shipment or trans_ / portation of alcoholic liquors, the offense shall be held to be committed in any county of the State through which or into which said alcoholic liquors have been carried or transported, or to which they have been conveyed or delivered. "Sec. 9. No person shall receive any alcoholic liquors shipped to him within the State except at the office of the common carrier transporting same nearest the residence of the consignee. Must Have Certificate. "Sec. 10. Any person desiring to import any alcoholic liquors under this act shall apply to the judge of probate of the county in which he resides and file with him an affidavit that he has nqt received any like permit during the same calendar month, and containing one of the following statements: "(a) The amount and kind of alcoholic liquors desired, not exceeding one quart, that the consignee is nnt a minnr nnr a ctnriAnt nf anv in? stitution of learning, and if a woman, that she is 'the head of family; the office of the common car- r ' from which delivery is desired and that same is the nearest office of said common carrier to the residence of the applicant, and that same is desired for medicinal purposes; or v "(b) Applicant is a minister, pastor, priest, rabbi or regularly constituted officer or a regularly organized religious congregation for which the same is desired, and that the same is purchased in good faith to be used for sacramental or religious pur- ? . poses, and no other, the amount and kind of alcoholic liquors not exceeding one gallon of wine; or "(c) That the applicant is the head of a family of the Hebrew faith, is not a minor, the amount and kind of alcoholic , liquors desired not exceeding one gallon of wine, and that the same is desired for religious purposes for use during Passover. This / / application shall only be filed during the month of March of any year. "Upon the receipt of such affidavit and the payment of a fee of 10 cents the said probate judge shall issue a permit under his hand and official seal to receive' the alcoholic liquors specified, which permit shall contain the name of the consignee, the amount and kind of alcoholic liquors and the office of the common carrier from which delivery is to be made. "The said probate judge shall keep a record of . all permits issued in a permanently bound book, in which the names of the applicants are en-' t^red alphabetically and said permits shall be numbered consecutveiy and the number, the name of the consignee, the amount of alcoholic liquors and the office of the delivering carrier and the date of said permit shall be entered on said record. The said probate judge shall, out of the fees received, procure the permits and records herein required to be kept, and shall keep the remainder as his compensation for the issuance of the said permit. "Sec. 11. No common carrier ? i__.ii J -li nnT* aIio linn Arc tn SIlC&Il U^HVCl ail * aiv/uuuiiv lixjuvio ?v any person until he has filed with the delivering carrier a permit issued as above provided and dated within -S two weeks of said delivery, which permit shall be immediately cancelled by said common carrier. "Sec. 12. The making, uttering, or using of any false permit shall constitute the crime of forgery. "Sec. 13. Whoever shall knowingly transport or convey from one place to another, or from one person to another, any alcoholic, liquors known by him to have been illegally sold or procured, shall receive the same punishment as if convicted of the illegal sale of such alcoholic linnnrs. f!harees of illegal sale of al coholic liquors and illegal transportation thereof may be joined in the same indictment. "Sec. 14. It shall be unlawful for any intoxicating liquors to be stored or kept except for one's own personal use, or that of his immediate family, or for religious purposes, and ! then only at his usual place of residence and only when the same shall have been procured in a lawful manner. The residence of a person shall n'tmra v>ic fa mil v resides, if he has I WO *> 11^1 V/ 1L1U . , a family residing in this State, and if not, at the place where he usually sleeps: Provided, however, That it shall be unlawful for any person to have in his possession, or to store or keep, for any purpose, any quantity of such liquors in any room in which, or in connection with which, there is maintained or conducted any place of amusement, club house, fraternity house, lodge or meeting place, cafe, rest room, store, office, shop or factory, and no such place shall be considered a residence within the mean(Continued on page 4, column 3.) . .