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f V ? ?1ip iamterg ??ral& One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25,1915. Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IX VARIOUS SECTIONS. s . News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. News From Cope. Cope, Feb. 21.?At the regular mftetinc of Cypress camp, No. 161, , W. O. W., on Thursday night, Sovereigns W. C. Dowie and W. O. Tatum, Jr., were appointed by the consul commander to read or recite something at the next meeting relating to the benefits of woodcraft or for the upbuilding of the camp or order. Just about dusk Thursday evening Mrs. D. D. Stack, while going into the yard, stepped off the piazza and fell several feet, sustaining several bruises about the shoulders and head, as 6he struck a fence nearby and also an injured knee. She had to be carried into the house, and is still laid up from her sprains and bruises, but is getting on as well as can be expected. ? Cope is to have a new doctor. Dr. Stuckey, of Bishopville, but who had recently practiced two or three years in Alabama, was here Thursday and r Friday looking over the situation. He is to occupy the Valentine building, recently vacated by Mr. Pickering, and it is understood he will arrive next Wednesday and be ready for business. 4 Miss Fannie Stack, of Charleston, is here to see her mother, who was hurt by a fall last Thursday night. Mrs. Sue'Garris, of Anderson, is here on a visit to her sister, Mrs. S. > B. Cope. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Griffith have gone for the day to Mr. J. D. Thomas'. . Miss Kathleen .Kirkland and little Misses Eloise Kirkland and Evelyn Henerey called on. the Misses Hill, TTIJ 3 ~ nr, A TKnmoo at Mr X. J. EAittaius iuiu i . Thomas' on yesterday afternoon. Olar News. i Olar, Feb. 20.?On lastMondav af: > ternoon a crowd of young ladies met at! the home of Miss Inez Starr for the purpose of organizing an embroidery club. The organization was a great success, and the following officers were elected: President, Mrs. \H. H. Kearse, vice president, Mrs. E. ;* D. Bessinger, secretary and treasur' er, Mrs. L. A. Hartzog: correspond* ipg secretary. Miss Inez Starr; critics, Mrs.- Henry F. Starr and Miss Zelma y Rizer. The second meeting was held with Mrs. Kearse. Some handsome work had been accomplished and was exhibited at this meeting. After the business programme some very popul lar music was rendered by Mrs. E. D. Bessinger, Misses Rizer and Pearlstine and Mrs. A. H. Xeely. Light refreshments were served by the hostess. This meeting was much enjoyed and considerable interest taken. *" * * ?- ? A TTlnico Misses ?eima rusei auu uiv.ct* Brabham left for a two weeks' visit in Atlanta Wednesday morning. Misses Alma and Bessie Lee Black, of Bamberg, were the guests of Miss Eloise Brabham last week. Miss Sarah Harlev and Mrs. E. D. Bessinger visited Barnwell Sunday. Miss Bettie Matthews, of Williston, was the guest of Mrs. Paul Cook last week. Mrs. Rizer entertained at dinner one day last week in honor of Miss Bettie Matthews. Dr. George I. Odom and his bride are occupying the residence formerly ; occupied by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rogers. John W. Smith left Monday for Virginia where he was married on , Wednesday, to Miss Lottie Coleman. He returned with his bride Friday evening. The many friends of Mrs. Carrie E. Gray and W. Buist Creech were much surprised by the announcement of their marriage last week. They are living next door to the Methodist church. Fairey-Fairey. Branchville, Feb. 21.?Mrs. "Mary Sophia Fairey, and Warren Crook Fairey were married at the home of the bride's son. Laaria Fairey. on Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Only a few relatives and close friends of the contracting parties witnessed the ceremony. Immediately after the ceremony the couple left for ?heir future home at Rowesville. where the groom is a prominent business man. .Mrs. Crawford?Has she really as good a memory as she claims? Mrs. Crenshaw?Only for certain things. She can remember if one has a hat made over or a skirt turned.?Judge. r CHARLESTON YARD. Senate Naval Committee Recommends $65,000 More TJian House. SO] ] Washington, Feb. 22.?As the naval appropriation bill left the ^ house of representatives it carried $20,000 to continue draining at the Charleston navy yard and $10,000 to continue paving and grading. As the bill was reported to the senate < this evening from the senate com- the mittee on naval affairs, of which bei Senator Tillman is chairman, it car- sta ried additions aggregating $65,000, making the appropriation as recom- paJ mended by the senate committee $95,000 in all. The additions in ert committee include the following ^ items toward the construction of , the building ways for constructing tugs, rv lighters, barges and small naval aux- *' D3i iliary craft, $50,000; to make dry . cm and wet borings to determine water front conditions for locating docks, piers and slips, $15,000. a 1 - - . , ChV Senator Tillman, wnen asKed it ne could say anything about Port Royal, replied that he was trying to get the Er< navy department to make Port Royal a naval training and recruiting sta- wa tion rather than a marine corps re- a cruiting and training station. This ma matter was discussed in the commit- ten tee meeting this afternoon, strong opposition being manifested toward shi any move that might take the naval ioa training station from Norfolk. wit " foe Why Billy Sunday Became Preacher. Billy Sunday is occupying so large Ed a place in the public eye, there is so bit1 much argument pro and con as to bu his motives and methods that this in short sketch of his life from the pen of Rev. Dr. James Cannon will be < found very interesting: giv "Billy Sunday was born in a two- str room log cabin in the State of Iowa on during the war. His father went to Fit i the army before he was born, and abl died in the army. His mother was so poor that when he was only six years e(j old he was placed in an orphan ^j0 home, where he stayed until he was the 14. He then went to work on a farm. ser then had a place as general utility wjj boy in a hotel, then as janitor- of the ^ phblic high school, then as helper in a furniture shop and finally, at the ^ age of 21, he became a member of TGC the Chicago White Stocking Baseball club. He was the fastest run- ,U1 / I JJlc ner in the profession, and received a large salary. lvll "One night he stopped to listen to some workers of the Pacific Garden ^ mission on the streets of Chicago, j and went with them to the mission ^(i( j rooms, and in a few days, as a penij tent sinner, he found Christ as a Savior and came out openly as a Chris- j ! tian, joining the Presbyterian church 1 and the Central Y. M. C. A., of Chi-j . i j sai j i zy I "He continued, as a professional en, | ball player for five years after his . ! conversion, but beean almost immeves diately to take part in Christian work, attending church in whatever " , city his team might be visiting, teaching in Sunday-school and speaking at Y. M. C. A. meetings. In 1S91 Sunday, after many unsuccessful atI tempts, secured a release from his ^ contract as a ball player, and accepted the position of secretary of the religious department of the Chi-1 ' cago Y. M. C. A., at a salary of I $1,000 a year. He was married and ^ ' was receiving a salary of several coa thousand dollars a year, but he workan< ed persistently to get a release from the ball club to take up the religious ~ i PIe work. me "This shows that Billv Sunday did . . , ? on not enter Christian work from any mercenary motive."?Greenville Pied- , ste I mont. , , by AMERICAN SHIP SUNK BY MINE. ow j . Yo ! Steamer Carib, Sailing From Char- rls' leston, Sinks in North Sen. car Berlin, February 23.?The Amer-j iean steamer Carib has gone to the 1 lan bottom off the German coast in the j North Sea as a result of striking aj mine. arr At the time of the disaster the Ca- 1 ' rib was not using the route laid down in the German instructions. The memorandum reiterates the on assurance of the German government as to the safety of the prescribed < course. , Pe1 Katherine?As long as you say tan von understand the language of wa ( I flowers, what does this hunch 01 j American Beauty.roses say? i Kidder?That a fool and his money a I are soon parted. Ml wli Before a man marries hevthinks lie ru! wiil be a roaring lion in his house- W'a j Iiold?afterward he usually becomes ed j a doormat.?Jacksonville Times- ant I Union. Joi ' e/ THE PALMETTO STATE VIE OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. te News Roiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Governor Manning has called for s commisisons of four of the mera s of the board of regents of the ite hospital. The act forbidding tipping was >sed by the general assembly and expected to be signed by the govlor this week. Rev. E. P. Jones, D. D., pastor of > First Baptist church of Newber1 1 ? ? ooll TA tVio nas ueen caicuucu a. van <-<_> <.uv itorate of the Edgefield Baptist ireh. The "Carib," which was sunk by nine near France Tuesday, sailed eral days ago from Charleston, ;h a cargo of cotton consigned to ?men, Germany. M. M. Foster, of Darlington, who s charged with firing his own store few days ago, pleaded guilty to licious mischief, and was seniced to one year in prison. The South Carolina Belgian relief p, the St. Helena, is now being ded at Charleston, and will sail ;hin a few days with a cargo, of >dstuffs for the Belgians. A. valuable dog, the property of mund F. Thorn, of Ridgeland, was ten by a large rattlesnake while nting last Friday. The dog died great agony a few hours after be; bitten. Gleorge W. Farrell, a tramp who es Baltimore as his home, was uck by a train while he was sitting a trestle over Lynche's river, near )rence, Saturday. He was proby fatally injured. The secretary of State has receiv181 acts from Governor Manning, re than 300 acts were passed by ! 1915 session of the general, asnblv, and it is expected that all 1 be signed by the governor. Ed Abbott, a white man, widely own in sporting circles in the two roHnas, and who bears a shady :ord with the police of Spartanrg, killed Ben Twitty, a negro, in ! western part of Spartanburg Sunr afternoon. He claims that the ling was in self defense. iMERICAX SHIP DESTROYED. rident to the Evelyn Occurred Off Horkum Island. Berlin, via London, Feb. 21.?The lerican steamer Evelyn, which led from New York on January with a cargo of cotton for Bremstruck a mine off Borkum Island, the North Sea, yesterday. The isel sank. Her captain and twenseven of her crew were saved. It has not been learned of what :ionality was the mine which deoyed the Evelyn. ' I rhe Evelyn is the first American ;sel to meet with disaster as a ret of the sea warfare of the Euro^ in nations. She did not sink withthe war zone included in the rman admiralty's decree. Borkum md lies directly off the German ist. at the mouth of the Ems river, 1 is German territory. Maritime records give the comment of the Evelyn at twenty-five n, so that it is possible that all board the vessel were rescued. The Evelyn was a single screw el steamsh'p and was commanded Capt. Smith. She was formerly ned by A. H. Bull & Co., of New rk. and is now owned by the Har-Irbv Cotton company to take a go of cotton to Bremen. She was I feet long and l,18o\tons net. 5 was built in Southhampton, Engd, in 1883. Her home port was iladelphia. The Evelyn was last reported as iving at Rotterdam on February VETERAN EDITOR DIES. ;>t. Charles Petty Passes Away in Spartanburg. Spartanburg, Feb. 23.?Capt Chas. :ty. associate editor of the Sparburg Journal, died here today. lie s SI years of age. 'apt. Petty served as a captain of ith Carolina troops during the ir Between the Sections and was member of tlie State legislature iclf in 1S7?'. overthrew Republican e in South Carolina and elected ;de Hampton governor. He editthe Carolina Spartan for 31 years 1 had been associate editor of the irnal for five years. / - *1 FUNERAL.OF FRANK JAMES. . I Body to Be Cremated and Ashes De incited in Safe Vault. Excelsior Sp%ngs, Mo., Feb. 20.? Funeral services for Frank James last survivor of the James outlav band, who died last Thursday, wert held today on his farm near here John F. Phillips, former federa judge, who defended James when h< was tried for murder and acquittec in Gallatin, delivered the funeral ad dress. The body will be cremated in ac cordance with James' last wish, anc the ashes places in a safe deposi vault here. He said he did not wan his grave to be a mecca for sight seers. MESSENGER HELD UP. Bandits Break Into Express Gar o "Palmetto Limited." Florence, Feb. 20.?The expres: j messenger on the Atlantic Coas I Line train 83, the "Palmetto Limit ed," which left Washington for th< South, was held up Thursday nigh shortly after leaving Alexandria, Va. and made to "fork over" what casl he had and open up his safe for th< robbers. The messenger in charge was A Y. Chambliss, of Emporia, Va., an< he had in the car with him M. Wil iiams, of Rose Hil, N. C., anothe messenger, who was sick and wh< was "deadheading" to Rocky Mount X. C.t to go to his home on a leavi of absence. t RECORDS BROKEN AT SAN FRA Attendance at Panama-Pacific Expo sition Surpasses Previous Shows. San Francisco, Feb. 20.?All rec ords for exposition first day attend ance were broken today at the open ing of the Panama-Pacific Interna tional Exposition. By 4 o'clock thi: afternoon the turnstiles had clicked off 225,000 admissions and it wai i expected that by midnight the tota would have reached more than 300, 000. The previous record was a the openihg day of the St. Loui: World's Fair, 176,453, in 1A04. The crowd was a spectacle in it self. It filled the grand stands, i packed the great courts and con courses, it poured through th( aisles, it overflowed from the side walks into the avenues, from thi hills to the bay, as far as the ey< could reach, in unending rivers o bobbing heads. The president's personal envoy Secretary Lane, was heard with th< closest attention. In the mon solemn passages of Jms oration thi vibration of his voice stirred th< audience in sympathy and there wer< tears in many eyes as he pointed t< the "slender, dauntless, plodding fig ure standing beside two oxen whicl In/tVa/l rlnwn nrinn the COUTt Of th< nations, where East and West eann face to face." American Pioneer. That figure was the Americai pioneer. His sufferings and triumph; were the orator's theme. This ex position was his house in whicl should be taught the gospel of ai advancing democracy, strong, va liant. confident, conquering. With out him there had been no exposi tion, no San Francisco. As President Wilson opened th< exposition with the touch of a but ton in the white house, the sun": I long slanting rays glinted in a minia ture rainbow through the spurtint streams of the Fountain of Energ: that was at that moment unleashed Flags of all the nations rose or manifold poles and pinnacles. Sig nal bombs were detonated fron towers. An aeroplane circled aboui the Tower of Jewels, scattering aoves of peace. The doors of the Palace ol Machinery swung open and the ex hibits within were seen in motion. The dedictatory ceremonies were made as simple and short as possible The citizens, headed by Governor Hiram W. Johnson and Mayor Rolph representing the State and the city w'ere welcomed to the grounds by the officers and directors of the exposition and federal officers. Addresses were delivered by President C. C Moore, of the exposition; Dr. Frederick J. V. Skiff, director-in-chief: Governor Johnson and Secretary Lane. Faith Needed. Brown (on fishing trip?Boys, the hoat is sinking. Is there any one here who knows how to pray. Jones '(eagerly 1?T do. Brown?All right. You pray and the rest of us will put on life belts. They're one shy. Read The Herald. ?1.50 per year. -V CONSTRUCTIVE WORK DONE ( FIRST FOUR WKKKS OF SESSION* WERE UNPRODUCTIVE. ' Legislature Shows Itself Notably Pro- 1 gressive.?Reforms of Several i Sorts Ordered. _ ( 'ine iyio session pi tne general ' ' assembly was signalized by the pas- ' 1 sage of a number of laws distinctly : constructive in their intent. All of 1 these measures have been enacted 1 " in the last two weeks. The first four ' weeks were practically without result 1 in so far as the passage of Statewide 1 laws of a constructive nature was concerned. There was a disposition when the , general assembly convened to wait until Gov. Manning was inaugurated f before proceeding to grapple with big propositions. The three weeks ; following the inauguration of Gov3 ernor Manning were unproductive of t results, but in the last two of the : six weeks of the session many bills , ; of importance were passed. t Administration Fares Well. As a result of activity in the last : ; third of the session, the administra- i 5 tion programme outlined in the in- i augural address of Gov. Manning was carried out almost in its entirei * In his address to the general as- i r semblv on January 19, Gov. Manning 3 advocated the enactment into law of the rules of the Democratic party, s the making of provisions for carrying on welfare work in cotton mill villages and help for mill schools, - the raising of the age limit in the child labor law from 12 to 14 years, " the establishment of a State board of charities and corrections, the passage of a compulsory school attendance - law and providing ample State aid - for rural schools. Of the eight separate recommenda tions of Gov. Manning named above s four were complied with in full, two I 1 in part and two were refused at this; s session. | 1 Almost without change the general - assembly enacted into law the rules t and regulations under which the Tast I s Democratic primary was held. In j addition the general assembly passed - a special primary election law for ( t Charleston, containing t-he Austral ran ballot feature. 2 After receiving favorable action in - the house, the two bills carrying out1 5 the recommendations of the governor; 2 in regard to mill welfare work and! : f help for mill schools were continued 1 by the senate. J The bill specifically raising the age 2 limit in the child labor law from 12 2 to 14 years was not introduced in the = general assembly. One of the com- . 2 pulsory education measures had a ( 5 provision to this effect, but the com5 pulsory attendance bill that became; < - law did not contain this section. It L 1 is thought that the raising of the | j 2 child labor age limit will be accom2 plished in part as the compulsory education law contains a provision that children between the ages of eight 1 and 14 years must attend school for i 5 the full term. i Foi- Tax Reform. < 1 One of the big features in the ad- j 1 ministration programme was the ere-1 j ation of a State tax commission to ] have supervision over State and coun- ] " tv taxation systems. Although the j proposal for the commission was con- ] - siderably modified by amendments to " the original bill, it is believed by ad- ( 3 ministration leaders that the new , - ctotQ tav pnmmission will have power | ; ?! under the act to put needed reforms j ' into effect. j Gov. .Manning's proposal that the j 1 fertilizer laws of the State be re- ; " vised by a commission was not ac- i 1 cepted by the general assembly. < H Following the recommendation of j 3J Gov. .Manning, the general assembly j f created the State board of charities < " and corrections, which is to have su- , pervision over the State Hospital for ( J| the Insane, the State penitentiary, < county jails and almshouses and pri- i " vate institutions of an eleemosynary j > character. j The compulsory school attendance j " law passed by the general assembly " as distinctly an administration meas- i 5 ure in the form in which it was i passed. The free conference commit- j " tee responsible for the final draft of i ' the law consulted Gov. .Manning and l Superintendent Swearingen before ( making its report. It was said that j the measure was acceptable to both of them. The compulsory school at- ( , tendance law is strictly local option. \ It makes the school districts the ( units for enforcement and provides ( that the law go into effect in them ? either on petition or election. t Large appropriations for the aid of ( rural schools were made by the gen- t eral assembly, carrying out the gov- e .* . . iir*' . .^L' ' . . ..Wl, -iiBLi- . , BECKER TO ASK NEW TRIAL. : < Counsel for Condemned Man Serves Notice. New York, Feb. 20.?Counsel for Charles Becker, now in the death house at Sing Sing for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, served notice today upon District Attorney Perkins that he would move in the supreme court on February 25 for a new trial for Becker. The affidavit in Philadelphia by James Marshall, repudiating testimony given by him at Becker's second trial, counsel said, is to be the basis for the motion. BERNHARDT MAY LOSE LIMB. Actress Described as Cheerful Under ' Suffering. Bordeaux, France, via Paris, Feb. 20.?The surgeons at the hospital of St. Augustin of Arcachon probably will amputate the right leg of Sarah Bernhardt Monday. She is described as cheerful in the belief that the N operation will free her of the sufferings caused by the affection of her knee. ernor's recommendations in this regard. Reorganizing Asylum. Aside from the matters recommended specifically in the inaugural address, Gov. Manning laid most ' stress during the session upon remodeling the State Hospital for the v Insane and making changes in the method of its management. The governor had an examination of the State hispital made by Arthur P. Herring, M. D., an expert on the organization and management of hospitals for the insane. The report of Dr. Herring, trans mittea to,me general asseinuiy, wa? made the basis for action in regard to the asylum. A special levy of onehalf mill was placed in the general appropriation bill to raise revenue for carrying out the recommended remodelihg of the plant of the hospital. The house committee on State Hospital for the ^Insane fathered the measures intended to improve the method of management of the hospital. Apart from the measures advocate'd by the administration, the two bills passed by the general assembly which will have the mo^t far-reaching effect are those providing ror a referendum on September 14, 1915, on prohibition and regulating the shipment of liquor into dry counties . in the State. The two prohibition measures went through both the house and senate by large majorities. Assembly Adjourns. Columbia, Feb. 21.?Adjourning at 5:30 this morning the South Carolina general assembly completed a forty-day session marked by the sen- * sational episode of the State having ' three governors within one week, and by the adoption of a prohibition referendum by which the people of the State are to vote on a State-wide prohibition law September 14 next. The appropriation and supply bills, the last of the session's work, after a night spent in free conference and clerical work, were ratified early this morning and the general assembly :hen adjourned. Though it was nearly 6 o'clock the clocks in the two houses were turned back, so that officially adjournment was recorded as before midnight. Besides the prohibition referendum other acts of note were a measure to reform the tax system of the State, one to limit the importation into dry counties of liquor even for private use to a maximum of one gallon a month for any individual, i local option compulsory school attendance law, a law reorganizing the State Hospital for the Insane and the authorization of county bonds issued for good roads purposes carrying $5,000,000; the creation or a sraie charities board and the establishment 5f a commission to study workmen's compensation and the enactment in:o law- of the primary rules of the Democratic party in South Carolina. A. law- prohibiting 'tipping also was passed. The session as a whole has been "narked by few- serious fights. There ,vas considerable opposition to the i 1? +^l-_ Prohibition referendum, larger ia^~ ng the form of futile effort to add ligh license as a third option instead )f limiting the choice to county dispensaries or State-wide prohibition. / The three governors within five y lays were Cole BJease. who, without varning, resigned on January 14; 1. A. Smith, who as lieutenant governor. succeeded to the office and ;erved until the term expired Janlary 19, and Richard f. Manning, >n that day inaugurated for the full wo-year term to which he was elected in November. * ' M