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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-09-24
EDGEFIELD COUNTY KILLING.
Collision in Public Road Results in
Tragedy.

Johnston, September 21.-Ernest
Jackson. a prominent farmer, of the
Philippi section of the county. shot
and instantly killed a negro man on
the formers place yesterday after
noon. 1t seems that while travelling
along the highway the negro ran in
to Mr.. Jackson's buggy, breaking it,
and that later Mr.. Jackson demand
ed that.the deceased pay the damage.
The negro, it is said, replied that he
would pay him with bullet, and at
tempted to draw his pistol, when Mr..
Jackson shot, the ball entering the
breast of the negro.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-09-24
Not Even First Aid.

At a certain college it was the
custom to have the students write
the following pledge at the bottom
of their examination papers:
Il hereby certify on my honor
that l have neither given nor re-
ceived aid during this examination.
Soon after handing in his paper to
a professor noted for his sarcasm, a
young fellow hurriedly entered the
class room and said:
Professor, I forgot to put the
pledge on my paper.
"Altogether unnecessary, replied
the, teacher. Il have just finished
looking over your paper, and feel
sure you did not give or receive aid"
-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-09-24
E. F.. Hammond Arrested.

Columbia, Sept. 1S.-E. Frank
Hammond, State detective, was ar
rested tonight in the lobby OF the
Jefferson hotel, after the banquet to
w. P. Pollock and L. D. Jennings,
and taken to police headquarters.
Spectators say that Hammond was
demanding to see Mr.. Pollock and
when the latter came down into the
lobby charged Mr.. Pollock with hav-
ing referred to him in his speech.
Then, it is stated, the police were
called and they removed Hammond.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-09-24
Burned Door Down; Made Escape.

A white offender by the name OF
Tucker made a successful escape
from the guard house in Branchville
sometime during Saturday night.
Tucker was arrested on the charge
of being drunk and disorderly-
After being locked up, he n1anag-
ed to set the door of his cell on fire.
He kept the blaze confined to the
door until he was able to force it
open, when he passed through and
out to freedom. There were several
colored prisoners in the guardhouse
at the time and they raised the alarm
by their shouts for help. They did
not escape.
Tucker was employed at the lum-
Der mill at Edisto and he made his
way to that place where he together
with his wife got into a boat and
made their way down the river.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-09-24
SCHOOL AT LEES.
Splendid Session is Expected by Pa
irons.

Lees. Sept. 17.-Lees graded
school opened Monday morning with
favorable promises for a successful
session. The principal and trustees
made enthusiastic talks along educa-
tional lines. Several of the patrons
were present to give their encourage
ment to teachers and children. Lees
school is in a fourishing condition.
Mr.. Notes bears the name OF being
one of the best principals in the State
and he has able and efficient help and
the educational interest OF the COM
munity will be in good hands for the
coming year.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-09-24
MANsLAUGHTER IS VERDICT.
Sullivan Tried at Laurens for Killing
Col. John Nj. Cannon.

Laurens, Sept. 1S.-"Guilty Of
manslaughter" was the verdict rem
dered today by the jury in the case
of Joseph G. Sullivan, tried at this
term of court on the charge of killing
Col. John NJ. Cannon at Gray Court,
May II last.
The case was given to the jury last
night shortly after o'clock. After
celebrating all night and until just
before noon today the jury agreed on
a verdict.
Motion for new trial will be ar
gued tomorrow. This was the second
trial Of the case, a mistrial having re-
suited at the June term Of court.
Greenwood Rodgers was today con-
victed of arson in connection with
the murder, last January, of George
F. Young at Stomp Springs, and the
subsequent burning of Youngs cot
tage over the dead mans body. The
verdict carries the death penalty.
Rogers was tried and convicted on a
charge of murder at the March term
of court, in this same case the jury
recommending mercy and saving him
from the electric chair then. Junk
Caldwell was also convicted of the
same crime and given life sentence.
Tom Young, the third party in the
alleged conspiracy turned States evil
dence, and largely on his testimony
convictions were secured in the other
cases. The case of Young will prob
ably be disposed of tomorrow.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-09-24
Pareparing st. Helena for Kaiser.

Worcester, Sept. 1.-Two officers
on a transatlantic liner, who were
reserve officers in the British navy,
and who were in Worcester yester-
day, are authority for a story to the
effect that the British are preparing
the island of ST. Helena as place
of imprisonment for Kaiser Wilhelm
at the close of the war.
They declared that the big furnish
ing house of Selfridge, one of the
largest in the British Isles, has been
commissioned to get the island into
shape, because the British govern
ment is certain that the kaiser will
eventually be beaten.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-09-24
BODY TAKEN TO ANDERSON.
Miss Christine Maxwell Killed in Au-
tomObile Wreck.

Anderson. Sept. 21.-The body OF
Miss Christine Maxwell, who, with
John Craig, was killed in an automo-
bile wreck north of Charlotte late
last night, arrived in Anderson to-
night and will be buried tomorrow.
Miss Maxwell was a native of Ander-
son. She was 1S years of age and
was the daughter of Col. and Mrs.
J. D. Maxwell, formerly Of this city,
hut now residents of Charlotte.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-09-24
HEMMED, CUTS HIS THROAT.
Alleged Wife Slayer Tries Suicide in
Greenville.

Greenville, Sept. 21.-Nelson Far
mer, the man who it is alleged, last
night dragged his wife from church
in this city and chopped her head off
with huge butcher knife, slit his
throat from ear to ear this afternoon
after he had been surrounded by a
posse of city and county officers,
using me same knife with which he
is said to have killed his wife. The
chase after the alleged wifeslayer
lasted through Sunday night. Farmer
was placed in the county Jail, where
he is under heavy guard.
All during the day crowd of ne
groes stood around the jail waiting
for the capture, and there was con-
siderable talk Of lynching. When
Farmer was brought to the jail the
crowd became demonstrative, and
one negro was arrested before it
quieted down. He is charged with
inciting riot.
The affair created wild excitement
in the city, as automobile after auto
mobile was rushed to the edge Of the
city loaded down with officers armed
with shotguas. 1t was the general
belief that Farmer would offer resis-
tance when cornered.
The killing is said to be one of the
most brutal in the history Of Green
vile county. 1t is probable that Far
mer will recover from his self-inflict-
ed wound.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-09-24
BAMBERG S C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
THREE BRITISH SHIPS SUNK.
Many Killed in Disaster in the North
Sea.

London, Sept. 22.-The British
warships Aboukir, Hogue and Cres-
sy have been sunk in the North Sea
by submarines, according to an
nouncement by the official press bu-
reau this afternoon.
The announcement says .consid-
erable number of the crews were
saved by torpedo boat destroyers.
Trawlers and their boats also aided
in the work Of rescue.
The Aboukir was torpedoed first.
The Hogue and the Cressy drew in
close to her and were standing by to
save her crew, when they also were
torpedoed.
The Cressy, Capt. Robert w. John
son; the Aboukir, Capt. John E..
Drummond, and the Hogue, Capt.
Wilmot S. Nicholson, were sister
ships. They were armored cruisers
of a comparatively obsolete type and
were built fourteen years ago.
The lists of the casualties among
their crews will be published as soon
as they are known. The loss of life
probably will be heavy.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-09-24

More than 40 per cent Of the
worlds annual production of tin is
used in the United States.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-09-24

The Abourkir, Hogue and Cressy
each had a displacement of $4,000
tons. Each was 440 feet long and
69.5 feet wide, drew &c feet of water
and had a complement of 755 men,
including officers.
Their armaments consisted of two
9.2-inch guns. twelve 6-inch guns.
twsIve 12-pounders and five 3-pound-
ers each. The Aboukir and the Cres-
sy we're built at Govan and the Hogue
at Barrow.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-09-24

ried to the scene, but all efforts at re-
storing life were futile.
How to Make More Off Grain Crops.
In order to give some concrete
facts showing why farmers should
SOW grain crops and cut out cotton,
Ira B. Dunlap, of the National Union
bank, has compiled some interesting
figures which show the relative cost
of production and the net profit Sc
cured on both grain and cotton
crop. The article in question is
meant to show that it is more profit
able for troopers to SOW grain than
to plant cotton, but, of course this
holds good with those who till their
own soil.
These figures have been compiled
jointly by Mr.. Dunlap, Demonstrator
McKeown and a number of success
full farmers and are intended to give
actual facts. AS will be seen the fg-
ures given are very conservative and
the profits accrued from the diversi-
fed cropping system would probably
be greater than given. In the article
it is clearly shown that it is to the
advantage of both landowner and
cropper to give up cotton, at present
prices. and to seed the land to oats,
ETC., instead.
The figures and facts compiled fol-
low:
The cost CT planting oats on a CROP
per basis, assuming that 25 acres is
to be planted and assuming also that
the oat crop is to be followed by
some other crop:
2 bushels of seed oats at SOC.
per buShel 49,. ~ LOU
200 pounds of acid phosphate
at $3.50 per ton -. 49,. 80. 1.2C
100 pounds of soda at $50 per
ton I.'V
Total cost per acre .... .--.--S $50
Total cost of 25 acres --.. -...$132.5O
Assuming that the oats are to be
planted on land that will raise one
half bale of cotton, 20 bushels of oats
per acre would be very small yield.
Twenty bushels per acre on 25
acres will equal 500 bushels!
500 bushels at soc per bushel
will equal .... -.-.S2oo.Oo
Straw from 500 bushels of
oats will yield 16 tons. 16
tons at $40 per ton will
equal .-.. -..- ~ 1oO.Oo
Gross yield for oats and
straw ---9 9f1o.oV
Deduct cost of oats and straw
fertilizer 49,. 49,. .... .--.S132.00
Net profit On oats land for
cropper and owner .-.- --.S277.O0
In order to do some diversified
farming, we will assume that we will
take Is acres of oat land and follow
it with peas and will plant l IL
bushels of peas to the acre with a
drill.
Cost of peas for planting at
s2.10 per bushel 80. .... IS 3.l3
200 pounds of acid phosphate 1.2O
Total cost per acre 49,. IS 4.33
Total cost of ) acres, seed
and fertilizer 80. .... IS 63.25
Peas planted in this way, with the
above amount of fertilizer, and plant
ed on land that will raise one-half
bale of cotton, should easily make s
bushels of peas per acre. Is acres
will make 120 bushels.
12O bushels at So per bushel
will equal w 49,. 49,. 49,. $4,000
Deduct cost of seed and ferti-
llZer oo.zo
Total net profit for cropper
owner w go. 49,. go. ...S174.70
We will not cut the pea vines but
will turn them under. so no allow
ance will be made for the profit along
that line.
The other 10 acres We will assume
will be planted in corn.
Cost of corn seed per acre IS 80
200 pounds of acid phosphate 1.20
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-09-24

Total net.profit for cropper
owner 80. -.--S ll4.Io
We will not cut the pea vines but
will turn them under, so no allow
ance will be made for the profit along
that line.
The other 10 acres We will assume
will be planted in corn.
Cost of corn seed per acre IS 80
200 pounds of acid phosphate 1.20
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-09-24

100 pounds of cotton seed
meal 49,. .... -... 1.oO
100 pounds of nitrate of soda ESQ
Total cost per acre 49,. IS $50
Total cost of 10 acres IS $500
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-09-24

TOTAL COSL OF IU dCIeS ----3 0J'VV
The above amount of.fertilizers on
land that will raise one-half bale Of
cotton should easily make 25 bushels
of corn per acre. Ten acres Will
amount to $50 bushels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
STEADY CLOSE AT
 ADVANCE IN WHEAT Belief Stocks Would Be Re- duced in Near Future Is
 Responsible for Rally

Chicago, May 2.-Belief that wheat stocks here would be reduced to an im- pressive extent in the near future had much to do today with causing the mar ket to rally The outcome was a steady close at shade to tsdssc net advance. Corn wound up 1sm7sc above last night, oats with gain of isc tolsa ssc and pro- visions unchanged to Dc higher.
 Canceling of warehouse receipts on a large scale aroused mlsgivng among shorts in wheat. More than 500.Do0 bush- els of No. 2 hard were reported as hay ing been ordered out of Chicago elevators yesterday, and there were notices of lake charters having been taken 750,00o bushels of wheat from here in the last As hours. Moreover. cash business today in old wheat here exceed 25o.oca bushels. chiefly to milers and exporters. There were also sales of 100000 bushels new for ex- port in August and September. the largest aggregate of such transactions so far this season
 May delivery led the advance in wheat, although the biggest trade was in the new crop months. One leading elevator
 concern alone purchased fully 100000
 bushels of September. Principal offer ings came from some of yesterdays buy CTS, who were rendered timid on account of an early decline brought about mainly through good rains all the way from North Dakota to the central part of
 Texas, and because Of sensatonally bear ish state crop report from Nebraska. Shorts in corn evinced nervousness from the outset and covered freely, especially for May. The chief incentives were the higher cables, the absence of good deliv- cries here, and the prospect of stocks here showing a big decrease for the week. There have been general defaults on April contracts for shipments from Ar gentina. Expected lively clearing out of stocks here led to an upturn for the oats market.
 Buying said to be for Milwaukee pack CTS gcve provisions lift. Demand. how ever, did not arise until quotations had undergone some setback.
 Future quotations we're as follows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
Weekly Cotton Goods Review

New York. May 2.-Torward orders for cotton goods continue very light and prices on the medium count lines In wholesale markets are easier. Heavy duck is firmer at the shortened discounts announced week ago. but sales have as yet made no inroads 10 speak of on the abundant stocks. The mills making certain of the specialties such as tire duck and certain grades of light weight ducks are busy. Prints and print cioths are quiet with mills engaged on orders that will expire in the next 30 to 50 days. Ginghams are quiet. Bieached goods are steady on the best known joh- blng lines. but easy on the low count unbranded lines. Wash goods are not moving in their normal volume at this period of the year and the adverse wealth CT has had an influence in delaying nor nal retail sales.
 Both yarn and cloth mills are begin ming to curtail their output hecause of a lack of forward orders. Prices on cot ton goods are as follows
 Print cloths 2S-inch 6lx6is. sasc nomi- nal 64x6o's. sssc; ssis-mch 6ix6i's. i-i6c: standard southern brown sheeting. 7z.6r Sc; denims. 9 oz., He; tickings. & oz, 134c; standard prints. 5sc; standard staple snghams, 6'4e; dress ginghams. 9a,c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
New England Thrift

Anyone with an automobile and ar appetite is considered good game by tht proprietors of eating houses along tn, roads most frequented by pleasure riders says the New York Times High prices and moderate quality of food continue tc be the rule, as it was in the beginning ofhte automobile touring fad. Probably the last thing in trying to squeeze a little ibt more out of the auto tourist devel. oped last week at resort on the Connec. ticut shore, where many parties stop foI a bite to eat.
 The proprietress is a typical New Eng. land woman, with a well-deserved repu- tation as a cook. Incidentally she has 6 reputation for what the New Englanderi call nearness and the Scotch thrift. Being close to an oyster ground 1t il natural that oysters should be one of tho features of the bill of fare. It would seem equally natural. too. that her pa. irons should get about the best in the way of those bivalves. Madame Caterer has her own ideas as to what the bar. barians who patrorlize her do and do not know about oysters. Putting these ideas into execution led to the discovery of her method of applying the song, Every lit- tie bit added to what you've got makes just a little bit more.''
 Raw on the half-shelp' had been or dered by a man who happened to know oysters. When put before him he noticed that the oysters were served with about half of them in the shells with the "heel of the oyster where tho head" should be- After the meal he sat fin the office enjoy ing smoke, when the owner of the near by oyster beds happened in. To him the patron spoke of the peculiar way the pro- prietress served the raws.
 ''Just little trick of hers to get little the best of both you and me- explained the grower. You see. she buys by the gallon the open culls' or oysters we can- not ship in the shell because of the un- desirable shape or size. They come cheap CT than buying them unopened. Then she puts them in stock shells she keeps on hand, and not one person in 100 notices the difference. She usually supervisors the placing of the oysters in the shell, so that they look all right, but this time she must have let the oysters get by her without personal inspection. So you dis covered her trick, which nets her a good many dollars in the course of a season It hurts the reputation of my oysters. but as it fattens her bank account there Is no use fin kicking.
 . 'It's like the fresh-iaid egg you get here. She discovered that eggs laid in summer could be put down in what they call water glass and kept in pretty good trim for use in winter. So she puts down quantities of them in summer. when she can get them for 26 cents a; dozen, and serves them in winter whom fresh egga are worth 50 to 60 cents dozen, and mighty few ever discover the difference.
 i've are honest people up this way, but we are mighty thrifty when opportu- nifty offers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'S Letter

New York, May 2.--tSpecial.)-Be ter weather conditions in the south | is the underlying reason for the slow decline today We think the near po- lsition reached point from where a
 reaction is likely. but no new demand has appeared.
 The action of Liverpool will prob ably control the near deliveries If they become anxious sellers of their stock the premium abroad may become small CT under the prospect of comparative better weather conditions
 | We do not see that merchants throughout the country are as yet changing their attitude of extreme cau- tion in buying goods, They see the prospect for large wheat crop, but they are more impressed by the men out of employment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
SLOW DECLINE TAXES EDGE OFF ADVANCE Coalers and Coppers Heav- jest; Steel Gives Way on
 Pig Iron Cuts

New York. May A slow decline in stocks today took off the edge of the weeks advance. The movement was there was no real weakness and in a majority of cases losses were small
 After such an uptuni as occurred this week, the reaction came in natural se- quence, The advance of the last few days put the popular shares to points higher. Not for months had the bulls seen such profits in a week Selling to- day was principally realizing on specu- lative profits, and there was no aggres- sive operations on the pear side. Offer ings were accepted readily at concessions tion was taking on stocks in the ex- pectation of further upturn, provided no unforeseen change should occur in the Mexican situation.
 Coalers and coppers were heaviest. These stocks were affected by labor troubles in the bituminous fields and less favorable conditions in the copper trade. Steel held up fairly well until the late trading, when it gave way on reports of further cuts in prices of pig iron and certain steel products. The financial problems of Rock Island were reflected in further decline in these securities Both common and preferred stock made new. low marks.
 The gold export movement. discussed as a possibility for some time. began today with the engagement of s1, ,0oo, GOO for Paris.
 The bank statement was a disappoint- ment, though it showed an actual cash gain of more than $5,000,OOO, and a still larger increase in surplus A cash gain or $2O00o,0OO had been predicted.
 Bonds were irregular. Total sales. sl,s00,00o. United Sta,es 2s declined Z per cent and Panama 2s on call on the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
New York Cotton Futures
Port Movement

New Orleans: Middling 1sc: receipts,
 3662; exports, 67oo; sales. 1862: stock. 1S9.-
 740. Galveston: Middling. 1sc; receipts, 2366:
 exports. 752; sales, 600; stock 22i,lS5
 Mobile: sMiddling, 127se; receipts, 1l27; exports, 234; stock, 25 s5S. Savannah Middling. 1shc; receipts. 1895; exports, 11,S4o; sales, 2Ss; stock, e. 4SS.
 Charleston: Middling. 1sise; receipts, 25; exports, 275; stock, 59o2 Wilmington: Receipts, 159; stock, 19, ,0s6. Norfolk: Middling, 13c; receipts 500; exports, 7s4; sales. 122; stock, 33,520. Baltimore: Middling, 13ssc stock, 1852. Boston Middling, 1Sc; receipts, 21, ex- ports, 14; stock, 10,900. Philadelphia: Midding, .25c; exports. 1850; stock, 1929. New York: Middlng. 13c; receipts, 51; exports, 562; stock 123,f19. Minor ports: Receipts, 3294 exports, S2l5; stock, 11,050. Total todayi Receipts, 12,300i exports, 30Si7; stock, 6bS,504. Total for weeks. Receipts, 12,300; ex- ports. 30.S47. Total for season: Receipts s,935, 925; exports, S,0S7,63S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
COTTON LESS ACTIVE LATE IN FORENOON
Pressure Mostly Appears to Be Against July and
 December


 New York. May 2.-There were some May buying orders around the ring at the opening of the cotton market today and first prices were steady. 1 point higher on that position. Other months were 1 to points lower. Prices then sold to Il points down during the early dealings as a result of further scatter ing liquidation and bear pressure. The position of May eased off soon after the opening but most of the pressure seemed to be against July and December
 Prospects for better weather in the south was most generally advanced as to the cause of the selling movement
 The cotton trade was less active late in the forenoon. There was corrected spurt of covering. This came in the last hour which caused slight rallies. The close was steady at a net decline of to s points on misgivings for the weekend.
 Cotton futures closed firm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
Coffee Market

New York, May 2.-There was no fresh feature in coffee today and trading was quiet. 1Nae opening was dull, unchanged to 1 point higher. and prices ruled steady on scattered covering, with the close steady net 3 to points higher. Sales, 2000.
 May S.43c; July S.61c; September, sS0c; October. S.SSc; December, 9.02c; January, 9.0Sc; March, 9.22c. Spot. quiet; Rio Ts. Sss Santos 4s 111a; mild, dull; Cordova, 12h nominal.
 Havre unchanged to A franc lower. Hamburg unchanged to A pfennig higher. Rio unchanged. Santos receipts mild. Rio 40OO; Jundiahy 70oO Santos cable re- ported As unchanged. Futures unchanged to 25 lower.