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?li? lamkrg One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 13,1913. ' Established 1891. I COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Fairfax Fancies. vHA ??? ^g^^Fairfax, March 10.?Mrs. Dr. ^ffl?pker, of Swansea, was here on a < Hb to her daughter, Mrs. Wm. ] ^L2^^Hson. On Friday evening she was , pKn suddenly ill, and died twenty < %JTinutes later of acute indigestion. -j&The sad procession left here to escort < the remains to her former home, on Saturday. ] Mrs. Polly Best, who has been very ? ill for a long time, died last Monday < ? at her home here surrounded by her ] sone and daughters. She was buried at Swallow Savannah by the side of other loved ones. She was beloved w here. There was a debate on the 28th between the Sanders Literary Society and the society of the Brunson high school, J. B. O'Neal, Brooker Simpson and Ethel Simpson were very fine in debate, but the judges decided in favor of the Brunson scholars. Prof, r Campbell was accompanied here by Misses All and Allen, of the Brunson school, and the debaters. On Friday evening, the 7th, occurred Miss Harrison's concert of her music pupils. It was pronounced to be very fine. The first time Fairfax i has had two pianos going on the stage at c^pce. Sextettes, quartettes, etc., were well rendered. All the pupils did well, and reflected great credit on Miss Harrison's faithful training. Quite a number of visitors attended the concert. * * Mrs*. S. L. Sanders returned Sat urday from a week's visit to Wash- 2 ington, D. C., She said there were c 250,000 visitors to the inauguration, and one old lady (who was at Queen 1 i Victoria's coronation) told her that t this equaled it, only the gilded equip- 1 ages made her's more seemingly * splendid. t The Misses Grey, of Brunson, are t visiting Miss Edna Kearse. * Miss Margaret Youmans spent E the week-end with friends at Estill. 1 An interesting program was car- c ried out Sunday evening by the Y. P. c U's. r Miss Margaret Youmans recently * entertained the Girl's Business Club, f Refreshments were served and a de- t lightful evening spent with the a charming hostess. t Miss Thompson, of Rock Hill, who * is teaching at. Denmark, spent the ? week-end with Miss Harrison. t A Big Day at Bethesda. p Saturday, 22nd of March, promises c to be a day of unusual interests at Bethesda Baptist church, j In the f morning from 11 to 12 o'clock, the a Ladies' Missionary society will furnish special exercises in which the c children of the community are to take t part, and at which time will be ien- t dered a well arranged program. j At 12 o'clock, Prof. J. W. Barber, f principal of the Ehrhardt public , school, wil deliver an address on for- j eign missions. Prof. Barber is a _ a volunteer for the foreign field, and is g Nwell qualified to speak on^ this topic, j. Following Prof. Barber's address, one and one-half hours will be de- t 1 voted to social enjoyment. During ^ I this period a bountiful repast of all j imaginable good things to eat will be . served on the beautiful grounds of ^ the historic old church. . V At half past two or three o'clock in ^ the afternoon, Dr. J. E. McManaway. of the Home Mission Board of the ^ Southern Baptist Convention, will de1^ liver one of his characteristic address- c ^ es on home missions. * i This is a program, the execution of / ') which is calculated not only to de* * ?A 1 x ttta!7 if ;c llgui UUU to 1UBU Utl <XS> won, Hoped that in addition to the people of the Bethesda community, that there will be many from the neighboring communities also. That from Hunter's Chapel, St. Johns, Ehrhardt, Springtown, Colston, Spring Branch, and Bethany, there will be those who g will come to enjoy the pleasures and privileges of this day. A most cordial invitation is extended to all. im a Lanier Literary Society. \ Denmark, March ll.:?The Lanier a .Literary society met 011 iasx r nua* i <a r evening and elected the following a officers: Reynold Wiggins, presi- 1 dent; Willie C. Mathews, vice presi- c dent; Samuel B. Ray, secretary: Willie L. Califf. orderly; Fitzhugl) Cox, librarian; Miss Emma C. Thompson, literary critic. ^ Wonder if the Western woman who t > spent a thousand dollars on her pet a dog's funeral ever heard of a child s dying from starvation? i MAY RUN FOR GOVERNOR. | l>r. Clinkscales Would Champion Cause of Compulsory Education. S Spartanburg, March 6.?Dr. John G. Clinkscales, professor of mathe- < niatics at Wofford College, to-night authorized the announcement that unless one of the candidates for governor should come out positively and aggressively in favor of compulsory education on that platform and would * preach the doctrine of compulsory r education from the mountains to the sea. s Dr. Clinkscales is a magnetic ^ etump speaker and has perhaps a s wider acquaintance in South Caro- t [ina than any other man in the State. s rhe degree of doctor of laws was conferred upon him last spring by r Erskine college. . e c Letter from Old Timer. t Wanderer's Rest, March 10.?The t :hird crop of violets this year are >miling up and seeming to say, cheer lp, good times are coming, listen at F she mocking bird, he too is happy, * md the roses have the soft tinge of ^ ove on her cheeks and the sweet smell of nectar from her heart, while b ;he spirea and the verbena wave :heir heads in the breeze, all smiles, ^ n full bloom, and over there in that s rase sets miss geranium laughing, 0 'or she, too, boasts of her flower# of 7 ielicate pink. Cheer up, for life and c jeauty are here and will be for a long ;ime to come. Then the cabbage, C low they grow, and the seeds all up t o a fine stand, even the tomatoes b lot killed by the high wind of last 1; veek; then the oats, what a harvest a n sight, hundreds of acres to be ready h ' - i ^ J ? or me Harvest, ill eigui^v ua_y?, w uno he fields are turned or being turned r leeper and better than ever before, g ill point to a better time to come if a >nly too much cotton is not planted. t< Not far away is a young man and j lis charming wife and little babe, h hese two have been planning not to n eave the farm but to improve and >eautify the home and grounds, sow he garden and look after chickens. urkeys, pigs, and cows; these plans lave matured and workmen are now vmtting up a house to be the future ^ tome of these young people who have n ast their lot here where success will rown their efforts. This to an old ? nan's notion is a wise choice, for k lere is room for many more, but how "V ew seem to want the farm, where he birds sing and the cricket chirps, & tnd when in only a few short years he so-called drudgery of the past will C >e gone and the click of machines ;uided by human brains will largely ake the place of an old mule prodied on, hitched to a shaky Georgia H ilow stock, both held by human musle, and weary steps taken to keep C he mule and plow going, yes, a rosy uture is in sight to the young men ^ md women who stay on the farm. a How lonely is the old farmer whose hildren all leave the home-nest and 0 distant cities and towns seek |pr- C une, fame and pleasure and wind up n the end with a sigh, oh! the old L arm days were my best. Only a few lays ago an old farmer received a etter from one of his daughters from c 1 far Northern city telling of the ;rand sights and places, seeing mov- si ng pictures that talked and grand ^ nusic and singing listened to in the S heatres there, and the beauties of the Vhite House at Washington, when on- "V y the day after from a son who was n deep trouble, only married a few lays, his bride sinking under the E iread pneumonia, case pronounced lopeless by the physicians, but would C vrite each day to tell how she was ?hen a letter written a week later, >ost marked in a North-western State, received, and to the young % * " * -? - ? x- 1 ^14 iriae or a weeK taKen to utr um 0 lome for burial, this boy stricken nth grief, made the old man exclaim f, nth his boy, what fate leads me hith- a >r; this is tragedy to his mind, but & :ommon, too common in the lives ^ >f men, still the boy remembers the ^ >ld folks at home and the farm where le roamed the fields and forest and j( :aught fish out of the brook, scenes a o familiar, yet so far away, and while S( le had new found friends who did all hat could be done to save his bride ^ ind console his grief, still he writes, q ve may never meet on the old farm ^ igain but will across the river. After q ill where is better than the old farm g md what memory is sweeter than y lome, sweet home of my childhood ^ lays. OLD TIMER. Wm, h. Ijfcwis Resians. Washington, March 10.?William 3. Lewis, a negro lawyer, whose ap- T )ointment as assistant Attorney Gen?ral raised a row in official circles n tnd a contest over Lewis's member- E ;hip in the American Bar Association, d esigned to-day. ti IN THE PALMETTO STATE T\ JOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. SI state News Boiled Down for Quick lie Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. hi ed The State reunion of Confederate a 'eterans is to be held in Aiken next nonth, the 23rd and 24th. n Two white men were tried and h< entenced to death last week, one in at chesterfield county and one in Kerhaw county. The Chesterfield coun- th y man killed his wife and the Ker- hi hawr man his father-in-law. in The governor threatens to declare th oartial law in Columbia and appoint st: aetropolitan police for that city be- w< ause hisx chaffeur has been arrested th he second time for speeding the au- as - - - omobile of the chief executive. ?? Governor Blease has refused to apioint Jas. H. Fowles, Jr., judge of w< he Columbia district court, created >y a new act of the legislature. Fow2s was recommended for appointment y the Richland county delegation. * w* Rev. Jno. F. Vines, D. D., pastor ^ f the First Baptist church in Ander- ^ on, has been offered the presidency f the Anderson Female college. He a, wl nil remain pastor of the church and arry on the college at the same time. Luther, the 12-year-old son of Rev. Qn !. L. Miller, of Greenville, claimed ch hat he was kidnapped from his home co y a strange man and carried to At- . mta Saturday, where he escaped and t ppealed to the police, who sent hiin ome- so The express companies have been iai efusing to deliver whiskey in this ve tate for several days, but they have gain begun delivery, as Columbia atarneys secured an order from Chief ustice Gary. The matter is to be ev eard by the State Supreme Court ho ext month. wi pa Honor Roll of Olar School. mj inj The following is the list of pupils 0_ cLZi ^hose average for the three months' g 3rm, ending March 3, has reached an inety or above: Grade 1?Fredna Creech, Myrtle pa ;arker, Estelle Collins, Urban Mill- ^ ouse, Mildred Cook, William Oxner gQ arn. Grade 2?Pearl Brabham, Mar- j. uerite Cook, Gladys Brabham. en Grade 3?Coy Barker, George cLLL ave, Caroline Starr, Zeke Brant. qu Grade 5?Eva Harrison. on Grade 7?Maggie Milhouse. j Grade 8?Lottie Proveaux, Rosa- Qn e Reid. gUl Grade 10?Flossie Layne, Delma w c ook' an Those who made an average of jss than ninety and more than eighty Qr re: I ,tl Grade 1?B. B. Cave. q8 Grade 2?Wade Hiers, Benjamin M] lave. Hi Grade 3?J. D. Morris, David iayne, pc Grade 4?Leroy Lard. H Grade 5?Girlie Barker, Sallie gn lave, Reba Williams. ^ Grade 6?Roy Barker, Marie Bes- wi inger, Julian Cave, Millard Morris, Qa lonroe Morris, Daisy Rizer, Wilton q mith, Olive Varn. te] Grade 7?Clara Joyner, Malone Ju rarn, Bessie May Cave. be Grade 8?Virgie Barker, Earl Rizer sic Grade 9?Zenobia Morris, Pearl lic iarker th( Grade 10?Roy Barker, De Wit th( bitty, Jennie Rogers. da Rook Party. Fc . ev On last Friday evening Miss Melle learse charmingly entertained a few nil f her friends at a Rook Party. to< The delighful three course re- gr reshments?grape fruit and cherries, co: salad course and fruit nectar were erved in a tasty manner by Miss Kathleen Oswald and Mr. Faber learse. Miss Ettie Kearse added much enDyment to the occasion by rendering choice selection of instrumental DlOS. The invited guests were: Misses .lma Black, Bamberg; Jessie Boyd, Fe hester; Annie Gaskin, St. Matthews; Iary Mace, Marion; Ettie Kearse, )lar; Messrs. Tillman Felder and Idwin McLaurin, Bamberg; John Mclillan, Ulmers; Horace Kearse, Ehrardt; Drs. Ray and Gnann, Olar. ? Presents Thurmond's Name. Washington, March 10.?Senator 'illman called on Attorney General IcReynolds to-day and presented the ag ame of William J. Thurmond, of Mi Idgefield, S. C., for the position of da istrict attorney for the Federal dis- Le rict of South Carolina. lai AIKEX FUGITIVE CAUGHT. 'alter Griffin to Stand Tidal t Killing Wife. Aiken, March 9.?Deputized leriff Henry H. Howard, Rural P ieman Musco Samuels has return om .Savannah, Ga., bringing wi m one Walter Griffin, a negro, wai [ here since June 29, of last year, i charge of murder. City Detecti urphy, of Savannah, arrested t igro last Tuesday, notifying Sher ward, who sent for him with t love result. There was no rewai In the charges preferred agair e n.egro it is alleged that he sh s wife, the load from the gun ent( g just above the knee, shatteri: e bones, killing the nerves and c roying the muscles. Surviving t Dund a week she died on July 4, ai e physician in attendance gave his professional opinion that h iath was the result of her inabili survive the pain and shock of t jund. The homicide occurred eir home near Boggy Branch, < hultz Hill. Immediately after shooting t fe. Griffin made his escaDe. mg lerading under the name of Frai hnson. He first made his way cksonville, Fla, where he remain' week, then going to Savanna lere he remained up to the time 3 capture Tuesday. It has been stated that the pri er admits the allegations in t' arge resting against him,butplea If-defence in extinuation of the ki g, averring that several times pri the fatal difficulty his wife hi ide efforts to cut him, was doi] when he shot her, and that the r tions existing between them we ry strained. Party Near Ehrhardt. . Ehrhardt, March 10.?On Saturd; oninff Marfh 8 ttlP hflfinitat) "?'V" W, X me of .Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Copelai is the scene of a merry birthd; rty given in honor of Misses M :e and Malone Copeland. Recei ? with the honor guests were M d Mrs. D. M. Smith, Mr. and Mi W. Copeland, Miss Clara Copelan d Miss Elizabeth Smith, of Hopki The guests were ushered into tl rlors, which were tastefully decc 3d with ferns, cut flowers ai uthern 6milax. After several games and some d ;htful music, Mrs. L. W. Copelai tered bearing a tray of lovely feri d violets separated into small bo. ets and tied with ribbon, to ea< e was attached the name of a youi ly present, each gentleman dre e, thus choosing his partner f pper. Receiving in the dining roo >re Mr. and Mrs. J. Willie Copelai d Mr. and Mrs. J. Laz Copeland.' The guests entered in the followii der; Mr. George McMillian wi ss Mamie Copeland; Mr. Tillmj .rter with Miss Malone Copelam r. Barnie Hiers with Miss Do ers; Mr. Talmage Clayton wi ss Clara Copeland; Mr. Herbe ?lk with Miss Ethel Smith; M J. Hiers with Miss Elizabe lith; Mr. Clyde Padgette with Mi la Clayton; Mr. Maurecc Clayt< th Miss Carolee Hiers;. Mr. Robe .rter with Miss Sallie Carter; M lorge Fender with Miss Pollie Ca r; Mr. Albert Smith with Mi lia Clayton. The dining room w autifully decorated with a prof >n of lovely yellow jessamine, a d ious supper was served, after whi< e guests returned to the parlor ai ere enjoyed many games, music ai ncing. Messrs. John and Herbe >lk furnished music throughout tl ening. When the clock struck the mi ?ht hour the guests reluctant 3k their departure, each one r etting that birthday parties did n me oftener. Heyward School Honor Roll.' Honor roll of the Heyward scho r the month ending March 7, 191! First grade?Coral Zeigler. Fourth grade?Bessie Bikle, Lii shop, Ida Bishop, Gladys Zeigler Fifth grade?Roberts Kinard. Sixth grade?Laura Fender, Haul nder. Eight grade?Alma Bishop. Ninth grade?Alma Bishop. Distinguished?First grade?He a. Zeigler, Lennie Fender, Erm* shop. Second grade?Leon Fender. Fourth grade?Leon Bishop. Fifth grade?Lizzie Lee Priester Dies at Great Age. Raleigh, N. C., March 11.?At tl e of 100 years and" five month rs. Cornelia Holleman died here t y. She was the great aunt of D in G. Broughton, formerly of A ita, buj, now living in London. S. C. SENATORS DISAGREE 'or EACH HAS HIS CANDIDATES FOR FEDERAL OFFICES. by *0James L. Siinms, of Orangeburg, for th Marshal, and J. Wm. Thurmond, it- for District Attorney. on ve Washington, March 11.?At the he time this dispatch is sent it appears likely that the South Carolina Senahe tors -will endorse rival candidates for 'd. the positions of district attorney and tst United States marshal of South Caroot lina. sr- Senator Tillman yesterday presentag ed to Attorney General McReynolds le- the name of J. Wm. Thurmond, of he Edgefield, for the district attorneyad ship, and will doubtless present in it a day or two the name of Mr. James er L. Sims, of Orangeburg, for the marty shalship. he Senator E. D. Smith is believed to at favor Mr. Francis H. Weston, of Co on lumbia, for the former place and Mr. J. A. Drake, of Bennettsville, for the lie latter. is- If the Senators do not agree upon lk two men, the Administration will to have to choose between their candied xiates in each case. Senators Till.h, man and Smith both called at the of White House this morning at different times and talked with President is Wilson briefly. he The senior South Carolina Senator ds called on Secretary of State Bryan 11- also but would not say what for. It or is conjectured that the Senator may id have talked with Mr. Bryan about ag the situation in the Senate, where e- there is a fight among the Democrats re against his having the chairmanship of the appropriations committee with the outcome in dobt. rressing vaauiuovj< ay Former Governor John Gary de Evans, President Henry N. Snyder, ad of Wofford College, Ralph K. Carson, ay of Spartanburg, president of the State a- Bar Association, and P. A. Willcox, a v- prominent lawyer of Florence, called Ir. on Attorney General McReynolds to*s. day in behalf of the candidacy of d, Judge Woods, of Marion, for the van. cancy in the 4th Federal judicial ciriae cuit caused by the election of Judge ?r- Nathan Goff to the Senate from West id Virginia. Both of the South Carolina Senators have endorsed Judge e- Woods for this position, and so has id Congressman Ragsdale. 1 as u- CITY WON T REFUND FINES. zh 1g Denies Governor's Authority to Par!W don Hi# Chauffeur. or ? Columbia, March 11.?City Attorm ^ ney Harry N. Edmunds to-night presented his opinion to city council re2g garding the Governor's action in pardoning his colored chauffeur, who was twice fined in the Recorder's Court [j. for exceeding the speed limit and as many times pardoned by the Chief Executive. The city attorney int formed council that it was his opin[r ion that the Governor had no authority to pardon those convicted in a ss Municipal Court for such offences 3n that are strictly municipal. t Acting Mayor R. C. Keenan was int structed by city council to inform the r_ Governor that the city would noi ' recognize his pardon and that the ag fines that have been paid by the u_ chauffeur would not be refunded. e_ The Governor has said that if the fiaes are not refunded he will sue the 1(j city. He will be informed of the city's stand to-morrow. W. F. C. rt FORM "CLINKSCALES CLUB." tie Not Suffragettes, However, Declare d- Converse Students. ly ^ ' -* ? 1. -ii g- spartan Durg, lviarcn n.?uaiaiot ing that John G. Clinkscales is their choice for Governor of South Carolina, a large number of the young women of Converse College to-day ol organized a "Clinkscales Club." Miss 3: Carrie Connor, of Eutawville, was elected president, and Miss Rachel la Brown, of No. 105 Cannon street, Charleston, secretary and treasurer. The object of the organization was Ik said to be the procuring of Dr.-Clinkscales's election. The young women adopted resolutions approving the compulsory edur cation plank in Dr. Clinkscales's platin form. They hailed him as the exponent of clean politics and a strong, Christian gentleman, and they found in his knowledge of men and women, derived from his long experience in teaching, a vital qualification for the Governorship. They wi6h it underie stood, however, that they are not lS' suffragettes. t. ' The Kinard and Risher case cost t- the county a little more than four hundred dollars. v i LAD KILLED BY TRAIN. I Henry Hartly, Aged 14, Meets Horrible Death at AIcolu. Manning, March 8.?Henry Hartly, a white boy aged 14 years a son J. H. Hartly, was run over and instantly killed by a local freight train on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad at AIcolu about 10 o'clock Thursday night. He had been engaged in work in the lumber mill with his father, and they were going home after quitting work, each carrying some firewood from the .. j mill. Upon nearing the depot the boy asked his father to take the wood as it was heavy, and after pausing a moment proposed that they cross the track and go on home. Just as he was in the act of crossing the railroad a section of seven or eight cars that was being backed- down the track knocked him down and ran over him, cutting his body almost completely in two and otherwise mutilating it. Coroner Gray held an inquest yesterday upon the return of the train crew. There was some conflict of testimony as to whether the boy was in the habit of swinging trains in the v yard, but there was no evidence that he had attempted to swing the train that killed him. There was no light on the end of the,train, it is said, and though the engine bell was singing, it * was seven or eight car lengths up the track. The coroner's jury returned a verdict that the deceased came to his death by being run over by Atlantic Coast Line train No. 333. without at tempting to fix the blame on any one. , The Mother and the Teacher. Do you know the name of the lady N who teaches your child? Do you know anything else about her? Have you called on. her? Have you invited her to dinner with you during the session? Then it is time you were including this,subject in your Lenten meditations. The prayer book tells us about sins of omission, as well as some others. Put yourself in her place a moment. The young woman leaves home and friends and all the pleasure included therein. She comes here to work, courageous in the face of the salary, pitifully small compared with the price of board in a decent place, which you demand of her. She is cut off from all social life, except the association of her fellow teachers, who, like her, are strangers. She works faithfully five mornings in the week, studies at night to keep u^ with the frills or modern methods, and by way of recreation corrects your child's ex-, ercises. And yet in return for this output of human energy, you expect her to I Vm oinrovo wail drpsspri fllwavs cheer MV U1 Tl UJ U vr %/w-rww, .. * 7 V ful, sympathetic and helpful to your child, always just and enthusiastic,, while you repay her, in what? Don't you think it is time you were thinking of the social needs of your child's teacher??Spartanburg Journal. Shot at Great Falls. Chester, March 9.?Wm. R. Young shot Austin Lybrand last night, at Great Falls, with a pistol. He fired twice, only one shot proving effective. The bullet entered below one of the shoulder blades, glancing upwards. It is believed that Lybrand will live. The shooting is said to have been the result of a quarrel at a base-ball game Saturday afternoon. Young, who surrendered to Magistrate J. P. Gibson and was brought to the county jail this evening, says the shooting was in self-defence. The affair caused much commotion at the village. Waits Death From Bite. Fredericksburg, Va., March 11.? Lee Sheppard, a railroad employe, to-day lies strapped in a local hospital suffering from what is believed to be a hopeless case of hydrophobia, the result of being bitten by a mad | dog, several weens ago. Aiiuuugu I rational, the patient asked that he be strapped in bed to prevent his harming any one when the paroxysm sets in. Physicians declare his death is / merely a matter of hours. ORDERS INVESTIGATION. California Senate Directs Inquiry Into Social Evil. Sacramento, Cal., March 11.? Sweeping investigation of white slavery and the social evil in California was ordered by the senate to day by a two-thirds majority, alter a three hours' debate. A committee was authorized to begin the inquiry at once. The resolution suggests that the committee report at the earliest possible moment, in order that' remedial legislation may be enacted at the present session. i ... . <\ V-J - V- *-'