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t ' ' I*? ' v ' . \ v&ZSB& ' x * <% Slir Samhfrg ^rralii M*"*~"***" ,""^ ^ $2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1922. Established in 1891. " Rev.f. L. Harley Passes Away Was Once a Resident of Williston and Well Known Here. Spartanburg, S. C.,Oct. 26.?This afternoon at 8 o'clock the funeral of Rev. John L. Harley was held at the Harley home, on Charles street, and the interment took place at 3:30 .o'clock in Glendale cemetery. Rev. B. R. Turnipseed and Rev. F. E. Dibble conducted the services. The following friends served as pall bearers: O. G. Isom, W. H. Crews, A. M. DuPre, G. F. Hutchins, F. P. Robertson, and C. M. Rash. Rev. Mr. Harley died at his home ? yesterday at 8:45 p. m. He is survived by his wife and six children: Mrs. (J. A, UllSipillctii, U1 ima , Mrs. V. C. Edwards, of Arlington, N. J.; Mrs. George C. Thompson, of Inman, S. C.; J. C. Harley, of Charleston; H. N. Harley, of Charlotte, N. C., and E. H. Harley, of Lake Charles, La. Rev. Mr. Harley was one of the most widely acquainted men in the * Methodist church of the state. In the many charges that he served, and especially in hi9 work as the superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of South 'Carolina, he had; met many friends, with whom he had kept in the closest contact up to his death. The deceased was a son of a * farmer of Orangeburg county. After attending elementary school in that county, he started on his work of securing an education, and, entirely ^ by his own efforts, paid his way through preparatory school and then through Wofford college, where he finished in 1879. Two years later he was married to Miss Minnie Mc of+ck-r Vi marriaee y dllU atl>vu ? w _ taught school for several years: His next step was to enter the ministry, When on November 27, 1887, he joined the South Carolina Conferonce, to serve in succession the following charges: King's Mountain circuit, Chesterfield, Clifton, Cumberland Station, Barnwell circuit, St. Pauls, in Greenville. After this last charge, in 1903 he was appointed the superintendent of the AntiSaloon league, and there served until 1915, when he retired from that work and undertook evangelical work for the church in this state.? Spartanburg Journal. COTTON BEING HELD . State Warehouse Commissioner Comments on Matter. t Columbia, Oct. 31.?Announcing , that $14,000,000 worth of cotton had been added to the stock in State warehouses in October, which lie declared an indication that farmers of this State'are not selling their product now, J. Clifton Rivers, State I warehouse commissioner, today issued ? statement, in which he made plans \ for extending the operations of the State warehouse to receiving all nonperishable farm products, and products that are made so by canning or other process.. The .State warehouses are now receiving for storage grain, peas, velvet beans and other products, which according to Mr. Rivers' statement, ^an be stored and receipted for as effectually as cotton. "In the near future,"thestatement goes on "the commissioner expects to put on a special inspector for this work, who will be able to develop plans to carry out the law as recently * * - n it. enacted, enlarging tne scope 01 tuts State warehouse activities so as to \ Include any farm product which by its nature is non-perishable. This plan will work in connection with agencies now instituted in this State for diversified agriculture and be a part in the plan for improving the marketing organizations of the State. The system is working together with the Cotton Growers' Cooperative Association in this State in the storing of cotton at their assembling points and properly receipting and caring for it until needed for concentration and sale. This gives the association the benefit of the State receipts which enables them to properly finance their organization and also gives them the benefit of the State system of inspection counting and reporting on their cotton." 'Twas Ever Thus. "Any fool can look wise," remarked the professor. "Tee, and any wise man can loofe foolish where a woman is concerned,' answered the synic. * STATE OFFICIALS TO BE ELECTED BY LEGISLATURE Columbia, Oct. 30.?Numerous state and governmental officers and positions are be filled by the legislature which convenes in January, and already there is * a considerable amount of speculation indulged in as to the outcome of the several races. One of the most interesting offices to be filled is that of speaker of the house of representatives. The house is to select a successor to Speaker J. B. Atkinson, who did not offer for reelection to the house from Spartanburg. The two names most prominently mentioned for this office are those of Thomas S. McMillan of Charleston .and Edgar A. Brown of Barnwell. Both will likely be nominated, "and both, it is expected, will receive strong votes. Mr. McMillan has been speaker pro tern and has presided over many sessions. Mr. Brown is state chairman of the Democratic party. Two circuit judges are to be elec-i ted by the joint assembly, successors to the late Judge Edward Mclver of Cheraw, and the late Judge Ernest Moore of Lancaster, both of whom have died this year. A superintendent of the penitentiary is to be elected, the term of office expiring with 1923, Col. A. K. Sanders, the present superintendent, will be a candidate for reelection, and many think his administration will probably result in his re election, it is stated. At the same time he has about a half dozen opponents, already announced, including Paul W. Cantwell and J. Felder Hunter of Orangeburg. A railroad commissioner is to be elected, the term of Commissioner Canslefr expiring. Mr. Cansler and Major John G. Richards of Kershaw county being candidates so far announced for the office. YEAR WITHOCT A SUMMER t * Snow Fell Every Month During the Year 1816. In 1816 there wa9 no summer in the United States. Snow fell every month of the year. Since that time 1816 has been generally called ."poverty year" because practically all crops were total failures. Others have called it "eighteen ! hundred and frozen to death." Still | others have referred to it as "mackj erel year" because so little pork was available that the people lived on fish. x The Weather Bureau writes us that snow fell on the seventh of June sufficient to cover the ground at Newton, Mass., and at Hopkinton, N. H., it was four inches deep. At,Salem, Mass., on.Saturday, June 8, there was a slight fall of snow, but it was not deep enough to make good sleighing. Along the northern portion of Massachusetts, large icicles were pendant and the foliage of the forest trees was blasted by the frosts. In Williamstown, Mass., the snow was twelve inches deep on June 8.and in Cabot, eighten inches. Joseph Walker, an old gentleman of eighty-eight years, lost himself in the woods at Peacham in the snowstorm on the night of the seventh and remained there through the night, his feet becoming so severely frostbitten that it was necessary to amputate one of his great toes. Many people perished in the snow drifts, birds flew- into houses for shelter and great numbers of them were found dead in the fields. Almost. i A Scotsman was spending his honeymoon by the sea, where an air plane took passengers up for a pounds a flight. McWhistle thought this was far too much, but made the aviator a sporting offer of 5 shillings each for himself and his bride. The aviator seeing* a chance for some easy money accepted, on the condition that McWhistle was to pay 1 pound extra for every word he spoke during the flight. Duly they set out; The pilot nosedived, looped the loop, and did everything he could to scare the Scotsman, but it was no good. McWhistle was as silent as the grave. When they came down, the flying man remarked: "Well, I think you did remarkably well not to speak all the while we were up/' "Aye," said McWhistle. "But I nearly did when the wife fell out!" Margaret and Ellenf Heany, sisters, : of New York city, have spurned offers ' to go on 'he stage and will enter a Convent. Mittle is Free Pending Appeal Columbia, Oct. 30.?Considerable interest throughout South Carolina attaches to the outcome of the contest between Governor Harvey, chief executive and law enforcement officer, and the courts of the state in two recent cases. In one the governor announces that he has been defeated, at least so far as immediate results go, but in the other he is pushing his side vigorously. r\ry/s. f V* nottOd ic offoinot T? liM v/uc \JJL tu^ vao^o AO a^uinov ?? Mittle, convicted of killing J. H. Patterson, an engineer at Rowesville, in Orangeburg county, in November, 1920. Mittle was sentenced to serve nine years, but because of legal maneuvers he is at liberty and the governor stated that he is confident it will be two years or may be three years or more before the United States court can consider the case, due to its congested docket. In the Mittle case an appeal was made to the supreme court and the verdict of the lower court was sustained, in two separate decisions. A motion for a rehearing was then refused by the supreme court. In August, last, Judge Mauldin signed an order of the supreme court for I ninety ' days, on petition setting forth that Mittle intended to appeal to the United States supreme court. The governor, however, immediately ordered Mittle arrested. Appeals were then made to ^he governor for a temporary > release of Mittle, that he might arrange his private affairs. These the governor refused, taking the position that he had had twenty-one mdnths from the ftime of his sentence. Mittle then moved before Associate Justice Watts, of the supreme court under the exparte proceedings, to be released under bond, and the bail was granted, bond being fixed in the amount of $10,000, and he recently left the penitentiary. Mittle is said to be a wealthy man. In another case the governor has taken his contest with a circuit judge to the supreme court on appeal. This is the Reed Shaw, case, of Anderson. Shaw was under parole. Governor Harvey ordered his parole revoked, but when the chief executive .ordered him to be brought back to the state penitentiary, habeas corpus proceedings stopped him, and Judge Prince, of Anderson, ordered Shaw released. The governor had received reports that Shaw was violating the law, thereby breaking the condition^of the parole. Shaw, it is said, was armed when arrested. The governor ordered the sheriff to arrest Shaw. The judge ordered the sheriff to release him. The governor appealed the case to the supreme court. There is considerable demand for changes in the criminal laws, whereby to prevent the up-setting of the orders of the chief law enforcement office and of the court by tricks at law or appeals fpom various decisions of various judges. IX COLUMBIA HOSPITAL. L. B. Tuten of Brunson Accidentally Shot. L. B. Tuten, prominent planter at Brunson, was brought to the Baptist hospital yesterday afternoon, suffering from a gunshot wound on the left leg. Dr. J. W. Mole accompanied Mr. Tuten to Columbia and assisted Dr. S. E. Harmon in the operation. Mr. Tuten was accidentally shot at about 1 o'clock. He was handling a shotgun at his home when it fired and a part of the load lacerated the left leg. Physicians said the wounds are painful but not necessarily dangerous. Mr. Tuten is about 50 years old and a leading planter in his section of the state.?The State, Oct 30. Saving the Day. A certain clergyman's wife possesses great tact and quickness of wit. One afternoon the parson observed a woman whom he much disliked comi,n Viic? fr-rtnf otane Tolfinc rpfll^p 1 II 3 U XllO il VUt O A 0 v in his library on the second floor, he left hig wife to entertain the visitor. About half an hour later he came out, listened carefully on the landing, and hearing nothing in the living room below, called to his wife: "Harriet, has that old bore gone?" The disliked person was still in the living room but the minister's wife proved quite equal to the occasion, for she called back. "Yes, dear, she went long ago. Mrs. Smith is here now." * Renew your subscription today. Clansman Hero Sleeps in York York, Oct. 28.?The death a day or two ago near York of Hose Norman, the original of the character of that name in Thomas Dixon's stirring novel, "The Leopard's Spots," has served to remind York people that ? - f M Col. Leroy .McAfee, the original 01 the "Little Colonel," hero of Dixon's "The Clansmen," sleeps in an unmarked grave in Rose Hill cemetery here Colonel McAfee, a gallant Confederate soldier, was a native of Shelby, N. C., but married a York woman and spent the later years of his life in this town. Deploring the fact that no stone marks his restjfhg place several years ago the president of the Winnie D^vis chapter, U. D. C.,? communicated with his kinsman. Thomas Dixon, on the subject and received the following reply: "It has been a plan of mine for some time to have a bronze equestrian statue of my uncle built in the public square of Shelby, where he organized the Ku Klux Klan. At the same time I hope to have his grave in York marked by an appropriate slab. I am obliged to you for calling my attention to the fact that the grave is unmarked. . "Colonel McAfee was an ideal of mine as a small boy, his home inShel by, my daily nauni, ana i noye to see a beautiful bronze of him in Klan regalia, which will symbolize for the white South the high principles for which hef stood, I am now looking for the proper artist to do the statue and shall propose that the people of Cleveland and York counties build a granite pedestal of native stone." Though this letter was written August 16, 1916, the grave has never been marked. York people regret the matter and yet hope that some day a suitable monument will indicate the spot beneath the elms in Rose Hill where sleeps the intrepid "Little Colonel," hero of '"/he Clansman." HAS WONDERFUL TOWER. Young Venetian Girfis able to Locate Oil and Water. Augusta Del Rio Luogo, a beautiful young girl of Venice is looking forward to a^period of profitable and pleasant employment, says a Rome, Italy, dispatch. Italy is particularly interested just now to two thing9, the location of petroleum, for all the world wants oil, and the finding of water, for the drought of the past two summers is said to be but the beginning of a long dry spell. To Augusta Del Rio Luogo is ascribed the ability to locate the deposit, within the earth, of both oil and water, and v,?.? i-n/ioflccfln Viavp hpp.n sn remark-1 able that her services are being sought byf companies interested in oil production and irrigation. Augusta first noticed the ability when a child; When walking into the country she would notice little shocks passing from her feet to -her head, causing distinct pain. In 1909 she met a famous water diver. Chiabrers, and found that his diving rod acted as well for her as it did for him. A year later she went to Argentina and, making use of her power, indicated a number of places where water would be found, sometime, at a depth of 600 feet. Ih each case water was found, but in some instances it turned out to be salt. Back in Italy after the war Augusta, in the presence of two engineers, has located not only water, but petroleum and deposits of pyrities. She no longer uses the divining rod, but a chronometer. It is said that thus equipped she can tell with remarkable accuracy the depth at which water will be discovered and whether it is scanty or abundant. Progress in Road Bnilding. Washington, Oct. 29.?Ten thous and miles of completed federal aid highways were added to the mileage of the nation's good roads the last fiscal year, it is announced today by the bureau of public roads. At the beginning of the last fiscal year the total mileage was 7,500. There were under construction at that time 18,000 miles. At the close of the year the completed mileage totaled 17,700 miles. Under construction at the close of the year were 14,500. Expenditures the ensuing fiscal year will approximate $742,000,000. | Texas led all states with completed mileage last year with 933 miles. States which completed 500 miles were Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Minnestota and North Carolina. i - k .<& .- -i ' L-r. IN THE SHADE OF THE SUNFLOWER The Calhoun Times is a booster of diversified farming. It is an unwavering believer in the doctrine of a reasonable boycott on cotton. It , wants, above all things, this community and county to hit the trail of prosperity again. It is coming slowly. Mr. John R. Herlong has been hauling sunflower seed to St. , Matthews and to The Shep Pearlstine Wholesale Cq. We asked him about it. He said he planted 15 acres of his poorest land and knew nothing about the details of the mak -1 J J ing. usea no leruuaer ttuu 'wurwu it only once. Put the rows 5 feet wide when they should have been 3' 1-2. In spite of these handicaps he made more money out of the sunflower crop than his cotton. Has sold over 200 dollars worth at the price of 80 dollars ner ton. He believes he can easily make a ton to the acre next year. Charlie Staley, Jr., told us he had also planted the crop to a limited extent. Mr. "Tump" Wacter of ' the same (Advance) community rolled in Thursday afternoon with a huge truck load of peanuts for the same wholesale company. It is a great pleasure to see and hear about these things. The people who have cut the biggest 9Wath, as , a rule, in cotton farming are the ones who have hurt themselves the wbrst , and made innocent people squeal the loudest. There is no hope for the all- < cotton Ephraims who will not learn. Their days are numbered. Their oc- . cupation is too uncertain and risky. Let us go forward like sensible peo- ? pie.?Calhoun Times. DIVORCE COMES HIGH. * . 1 Stillinan Must Pay Referee $150 a . Day For 148 Days. , i Supreme Court Justice Morschauser , at White Plains, N. J., on Tuesday { awarded John E. Mack, guardian of { Baby Guy Stillman, $25,000 for Ms \ services in defending the infant ( against the charge of illegitimacy ^ brought by James Stillman, million- , aire banker, in his suit for divorce } from Mrs. Anne U. Stillman. He also 1 allowed Mr. Mack $4,901.11 which ] the guardian reported he had ex- x pended in Guy's behalf. The court allowed Referee Daniel ] J. Gleason, who heard evidence in the case, compensation at the rate of $150 a day for 148 days devoted to the case?a total of $22,200. Justice Morschauser also signed on Tuesday the final order in Stillman's suit, denying him a divorce and affirming the legitimacy of Baby Guy, who Stillman had alleged fo be the son .of Fred Beauvais, Indian guide, who was named as co-respondent. The order held that Stillmamhad failed to ' i prove Mrs. Stillman guilty of adultery but that Stillman himself had been proved guilty of adultery with Florence Leeds, former show girl. s. * * Country Life. - I Let me live the years of my stay upon earth, 'way out in the country, close to nature and nature's God. I want to feel the touch of the seasons as they come and go, making up the years. I want to feel the chill of winter in my frame, not too severe, but enough to make the blood tingle. I want to fefel the gentle warmth of spring with her gentle touch of magic she awakens new life in dead things. I want to feel the heart of summer as the golden sunshine ripens the harvest and matures fruit and flowers. Lastly I want to catch the cold breath of autumn coming to fan away the heat and lethargy of summer. 1 want to hear the cry of whippoorwills'as the twilight settles o'er the hill and hollow. I want to be near where Bob White is calling to his mate, where the fields of ripening wheat gently to the passing breeze. I want to hear the tinkle of bells on the distant hillside, as the sun is go ? lr o f it H i H a pftmmflnce mg utrrru. auu. their night-long chatter. Then old Jack Frost passes by, with his touch of white. I want to wander down the old rail fence and on to where the muscadines hang in rich profusion; and there for a time fast and forget. Yet, let me live out the years of my stay upon the earth in the fullness of the country, and then, dying, let me rest in the quiet church yard near where father and mother sleep? i Where the sunbeams play in summer and the snow drifts high in winter.?Phillips Brooks. The House of Deputies of the Protestant Episcopal Church has approved the licensing of women as lay readers in the church. . ? . ./ ,, Is Credited With Miraculous Cure Gaffney Man Has Singular Experience While at Bat Cave. - 1 (Spartanburg Herald) * Gaffney, Oct. 2j^?A citizen of Gaffney had a very curious experience at Bat Cave, N. C., recently. He had been suffering for months from a chronic sore on one of his limbs, the doctors being unable, according to his statement, to give him relief. While sojourning at Bat Cave, a storekeeper there told him that there \ was a man somewhere in the moun tains who could cure him without medfcine of any kind, but that neitlrer he nor any of the people in ' the community knew where he lived; /\~ he also said that no one knew his right name, as he used more than one name, and that he always went on foot, in fact was never known to ride. One day, according to the citizen, . he was sitting in this man's store when a ragged looking mountaineer came into the building, and the citizen was informed that this was the man-who could heal his sore. The storekeeper told the man that the , >|j citizen Was suffering from a chronic sore, and that he wished him to heal same "Do you believe in God?" asked the man. "I do," answered the citizen, "but you are not God." "That is true," answered the man, 'but if you believe in God, I can heal \$ your sore." The citizen said he had absolute- . [y no faith in the man's power, but ; told him to go ahead after he said he would use no medicine. The man then nade the sign of the cross on the ' . jore after a moment of silent prayer, ind although he had been suffering icutely, the pain left immediately, ind the sore was soon healed. When * ;he man started to leave the citizen :alled to him, stating that he wished v to pay him for what he had done, Jrat without answering or stopping the nan went on his way. The citizen vho made the forgoing statement is reliable in every respect and looks lpon his cure as miraculous. V V'B 4 i? m ' ETEAR ARGUMENTS IN MILLER CASE Chester Man Appeals to State Supreme Court. - . ? Involving issues almost identical with the questions to be raised before the supreme court in the "narole uases" the case of Israel Miller of Chester, appellant, vs. the state, respondent, was argued before the state supreme court yesterday morn- x ing. The case^iinges around the conditional suspension of sentence, imposed upon Miller, the conditions of which, the state alleges, Miller has violated. Miller, according to the admitted svidence, ^as convicted Maxell, 1921, in the court of general sessions for Chester county on a charge of violating the state prohibition laws and was sentenced to serve one year at hard labor, either upon the county chaingang or in the state penitentiary. Upon payment of $100 and the serving of 30 days the remainder of the sentence was suspended during Miller's "good behavior."'In January, 1922, Miller was arretted on the charge of transporting whiskey and' was tried in the mayor's court for violation of ^he city prohibition laws. The defendant entered a plea of guilty and served a sentence of 30 days on the public works.?The State ^ i?I ? BOY DIES FROM WOUND Accidentally Made With Scissors bjr His Sister. Aiken, Oct. 31.?Clarence Green, sixteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. V. W. F. Green, of the Jackson section. f died late last night at the Aiken hospital from the effects of a wound accidentally made with a pair of scissors, by his sister, Miss George Green. The boy flipped his sister on the back of the neck with a small rubber band to frighten her and she playfully reached back from the sewing machine, at which she was working and struck at him, the point of the scissors striking him in the thigh, and severing an artery. The girl is heart-broken over the affair. Clarence was buried today at four o'clock from Green Pond Baptist church. New York boasts of haying more than 2,500 women engaged in limber and furniture work.