Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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F Bair G. FRANK B S. C. FOOD STOCKS SMALL CONDITIONS ALARMING, SAYS COMMISSIONER WATSON. ?j State-Wide Investigation?Railroad ( f Tie-up Would Bring Want to ; Many Popple in This State. , / *. . w % < .Columbia, May 24.?If an interrup- ( tion of -railroad traffic into South . Carolina should continue for two , weeks, or if for any other cause peo- | pie of the State should be unable to secure food supplies from other mark- j ets, many men, women and children i would be brought to the verge of actual want. This alarming condition is made clear from a tabulation of , food supplies of the State completed , today by Col. E, J. Watson, com- , missioner of agriculture, carried out ( in every county in the most thorough , manner possible. Summarizing his , extended report to Governor Man- , ning, which details increases in prices as well as quantities on hand, Col. Watson says: '"'"The following conclusions seem inevitable: That practically all of the stocks, save about one-half of 1 per cent, of all commodities are imported and if transportation were interrupted the urban population would in a few days be practically helpless for food and feed: that there is an alarming proportion of stores examined reporting no stock at all of some of the most essential com-1 modities, such as corn, oats and mixed feeds; tnat tne price situation is most serious, being on some essential articles more than double as compared to a year ago, on others very nearly doubled, and on a few most materially increased: in fact, the cost of living in the towns and cities is almost doubled and this is true of man and beast, as shown by the range of wholesale prices prevailing. This is not due to any action on the part of the South Carolina merchants, but it is a condition with its cause back in the principal markets wher? the stock is bought. That this increased cost of livirfg is^. strikI ing hard the wage earner of all kinds, the city and town salaried and about 75 per cent of the farming population, in many instances producing the condition of spending the wage and salary before it is earned and producing a condition that neither wage earner nor merchant can stand long, for there is as yet no corresponding or. in fact, any kind of increase, generally, either in wages or salaries; that this situation falls accutely J its Ik TELE iberg AMBERG, Prei EXPLOSION ABOARD SHIP. Several Men On American Steamer Reported Injured. Havana, May 28.?An explosion occurred today in the hold of the American steamer Lacawanna while its cargo of coal was being unloaded at i dock in the harbor. None of the i crew was injured, nor was the vessel ! appreciably damaged by the explo- : sion or the fire which followed. The i blaze was quickly extinguished. Three workmen, two Cubans and a Spaniard, were injured, however, the Cubans seriously. Capt. Johnson advanced a theory i that bombs placed in the hold of the steamer by spies in Norfolk were resposible for the incident. First accounts were that three explosions occurred, but the majority of the crew rtprlare there was only one. They express the belief it was caused by < combustion. He Helped. On the new brakeman's first run there was a very steep grade. The engineer always had more or less trouble to get up this grade, but this time he came near sticking altogether. Eventually, however, he reached the top. Looking out ?t ^ie cal)? t*ie en?'i_ neer saw the new brakeman and said, with a sigh of relief: "We had a hard job getting up, didn't we?" "We sure did," assented the new brakeman, "and if I hadn't put on the brake we'd have slipped back." ?Railroad.,-Man's Magazine. upon the back of the 300,000 urban population, particularly the 81,845 people and their families employed in the industries, in eluding the 53,039 employes in the textiles and their families; that the condition is one that can only be relieved by some federal control of prices and is one prevailing to such an extent that such action should not oe aeiavea; that the facts produced are such as to impress upon farmers, bankers and every other interest in this State the crying necessity for planting every acre possible to some Kind of food or feed crop even at this late hour: that the amounts sent out of the State as presented herein for foods and feeds | should awaken every banker who: makes loans for planting to the un- j economic system that has grown up ; in the State, and make him an active agent for the curing of the condition if only for self-interest." $685.00 F. O. Ruts A PHONE 49 Fffl t A11 > "W sident TORNADOES* TOLL. More Than Thousand People Injured and Property Damaged. Chicago, May 27.?More than 150 persons were killed, a thousand or more injured and millions of dollars worth of property destroyed by tornadoes which swept through Kansas on Friday, Illinois and Indiana on Saturday and parts of Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky and southern Illinois Sunday. Reports indicate that a large number of farm implements, needed to produce the bumper crop desired this year, were ruined, although the spasmodic wind struck only here and there in its frightful play through the rural regions. Crop damage is said to be not heavy in grains. The heaviest toll of life was taken at Mattoon, 111., a city of 10,000 people, in the broom corn country of central Illinois, where 54 are known to be dead and 50 injured, with a property loss of $2,000,000. Charleston, Ills., ten miles east of Mattoon. was also partly wrecked Saturday evening with a loss of 39 lives and 150 injured. The property loss there is $1,000,000. The next most serious loss was at Andale,' Kan., where 26 were killed and a score injured on Friday. Dublin, Ky., suffered three dead and 1 7 injured today. South Dyserburg, Tenn., was reported to have lost six killed and 32 injured in a tornado that swept Dyer county today. Near Blytheville, Ark., nine persons were reported j killed and a dozen hurt and reports received in Birmingham said several j were killed and many injured when j a tornado struck Say re, Ala., today, j Reports from Indiana show at least seven persons killed at Hebron, Kouts and other places and the death list mav raach 20. .More than 200 1 were injured in the Indiana territory swept by the storm. | Smaller towns in Illinois lost a | dozen dead on Saturday with two score injured, while in the southern point of Illinois wind storms today killed a half dozen and injured a score. A Safe Refuge. The mining stock promoter dashed into his office and locked the door. "Where can I hide, he cried. "The police are coming." "Get into that simplified card-index case." said the head clerk. "I defy anyone to nnd anything there/' ?System. B. DETROIT nd Pull; R DEMONSTRA MBBBBHUHWa ito C NOTICE OF MASTER'S SALE. Pursuant to a decretal order in the case of W. T. Jones, et al., vs. Lula Barrs, et al., signed by His Honor, Judge Hayne F. Rice, April 26th, 1917, I, the undersigned Judge of Probate, as .Master, for Bamberg county, will sell to the highest bidder for cash at public auction before the court house door at Bamberg, South Carolina, on the 4th day of June, 1917 between the legal hours of sale on said day the following described lands, to wit: LOT NO. 1. All that certain tract or parcel of land, situate in Fish Pond Township, county of Bamberg, State of South Carolina, containing twenty-five (25) acres, more or less, and bounded as follows: On the North and East, by lands of J. E. Byrd; on the South, by lands of Robert Brunson and Jesse Kinsey, and on the West, by lands of J. K. Mayfield. said tract of land being the same described in deed of conveyance, executed by J. E. Byrd and Mrs. Luraine Jones, bearing date January 30th. 1S97, and recorded in the office of Clerk of Court for Bamberg county in deed book "A," page 270-271. LOT NO. 2. All that certain other tra't of land situate in Fish Pond Township, county of Bamberg, State of South Carolina, containing ten and one-half (10 1-2) acres, more or less, and bounded as follows: On the North, by lands of William Kinsey and lands of the said Mrs. Luraine Jones and lands of Lewis Neal; on the East and South, by lands of William Kinsey, and on the West, by lands of Johnnie Neal, said tract of land being the same described in deed of conveyance, executed by W. E. Kinsey to Mrs. Luraine Jones, bearing date December 27th, 189S, and recorded in the office of Clerk of Court for ! Bamberg county in deed book *B," jpage 265. Also, that certain othpr tract or j parcel of land, situate in Fish Pond 1 UWlidliip, t'UUUlJ Ul L?auiuvi ti, ukuw , of South Carolina, containing one | (1) acre, more or less, and bounded | as follows. On the North, by lands I of W. T. Jones and P. H. Jones; on j the East, by lands of W. E. Kinsey; on the South, by lands of the said Luraine Jones; and on the West, by lands of Johnnie Neal, said tract of land being the same described in deed of conveyance, executed by L. jXeal to the said .Mrs. Luraine Jones, j bearing date October 5th, 1883. and ! recorded in the office of Clerk of I Court for Barnwell county in deed j book "6-G." page 128. : Said lands will be sold in two lots j as above described. Purchaser to ; pay for papers. J. J. BRABHAM. JR.. ; Judge of Probate, as Master, for ' Bamberg County. CARTER & CARTER. Plaintiff's Attorneys. > Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System The Old Standard general strengthening tonic GROVE'S TAS* ELESG chill TONIC, drives om Malaria,enriches the blood.and builds up the sys tem. A true tonic. For adults and children. 50c ruw > lighter _ u A r noN I 4 v' - 'jV' j : ^ - -{&,? . 7^4 Company Bamberg, South Carolina Southern Railway PREMIER CARRIER OF THE SOUTH. PASSENGER TRAINS SCHEDULES EFFECEIVE SEPT. 17, 1916. All Trains Run Daily. ; . * 4 inHro Ranihm'? FVom No. LeaTC BambOTg Fo f 1 24 Augusta and intermedi- 24 Branchville, Charleston ate stations 5:05 a. m. and intermediate sta-_ 25 Charleston, Branchville _ tione 5:05 a.m. ^ and intermediate sta- 25 Augusta and internum tions 6:2o a. m. diate stations 6:25 a. m. 18 Augusta and intermedi- 18 Branchville, Charleston ate stations 8:43 a. m. and intermediate sta35 Charleston and inter- 0_ . tions.... --- --- ....8.43 a.m. mediate stations ....10:57 a.m. 3o Augusta and intermedi00 . . _ . . .. ate stations 10:57a.m. 22 Augusta and intermedi- 22 Branchville, Charleston ate stations 6:37 p. m. an(j intermediate sta7 Charleston, Branchville, tions 6:37 p.m. and intermediate sta- 17 Augusta and intermeditions 8:17 p. m. ate stations 8:17 p. m. Trains Nos. 17 and 24?Through sleeping car service between Bamberg and Atlanta. t;" N. B.?Schedules published as information only. Not guaranteed. < For information, tickets, etc., call on S. C. HOLLIFIELD, Agent, THE SOUTHERN SERVES THE SOUTH. I ??| , ?it??1????i wT$11-75 from Denmark, S. C. 1 \ 9 TO WASHINGTON 9 \ ' IT ACCOUNT CONFEDERATE J ] V |j VETERANS REUNION J \ V From Virginia and the Carolines, 9 V/^V June 2nd-7th, me 'I From Georgia, Florida and Alabama, wfl C/; June lst-6th, inc H Tickets limited to reach final destination *^B jvi) Dot later than midnight June 21st, exten* ' pwu sion of final limit to July 6th, 1917, may ^ L^. jjm '? he obtained by deposit with Terminal i fcH jtafTfap Agent and payment of fee of 50 cts. Hj vl LOWEST RATES EVER OFFERED 4 I ^ WwlM/ '( f\ TO THE NATIONAL CAPITAL A Bj "zSmH* '/J/ IF \ For reservations or any information, 9 -v * 19s// 11? \ address any agent of the >3a j 4Jm ATLANTIC COAST UNE T. C. WHITE, G. P. A. ' 4JjW/' 11|\ Wilmington, N. C. ^ ^???? Tint Ail Pan At* very you have beet | ; 1 inicu I dptJI j looking for. Come before it, is picked over. Only 50c boi. HERALD BOOK STORE. r : " .