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Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-01-13
TheLastS Shot
FRED ERICK PALMER
Copyright. 1914. by Charles seribner:s sons
SYNOPSIS.

AZ their home on the frontier between
tne Browns and Grays Marta Galland and
per mother. entertaining Colonel Wester-
uns OF the Grays. see Captain Lanstron
stan Intelligence officer OF the Browns
injured by fall in his aeroplane Ten
years later. Westerling. nominal vice but
sysai chief OF STAFF. reinforces South La
tus Hfeu1tates on war, and speculates on
Sne comparative ages OF himself and Mar
"a. who is visiting In the Gray capital
Wes,erling calls on Marta. She tells him
"a ner teaching children the follies OF war
and martial patriotism begs hin, to nre
Nent war while he is chief OF staff and
predicts that IL he makes war against the
6roWns he Will not win. On the march
Win the sd OF the Browns Private Stran-
SKY. anarchist. decries war and played
OUT patriotism and is placed under arrest
NoIoneI I,anstron everhearing beCs him
OF Lanstron calls on Marta at her home
re talks with Teller. the gardner Marta
Sscis l-anstron that she believes Teller 70
DC spy. Lanstron confesses Il is true
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isn't rnac NJ AFFAIR."" she asked.
Aren't you willing to leave even that
to me after az you have been telling
how you are 70 make redoubt OF our
! lawn, Inviting the shells of the enemy
into our drawingrc,m?"
What could he say? Only call I'd
from the depths the two passions of
his life in an outburst, with all the
force OF his nature in play.
i love this soil. my country's soil,
ours by right-and love you, would
be true to both"
Love. What mockery to mention
that now" she cried chokingly It's
mOnstrous!"
II He was making an effort
to keep his nerves under control.
This time the stiffening elbow failed.
with lurching abruptness he swung
his right hand around and seized the
wrist OF that trembling, injured hand
that would not be still She could not
fail to noice the movement, and the
sight was a magic that struck anger
out OF her
"Lanny, am hurting you" she cried
| miserably
"A little" he said. will finally domi-
nant over its servant, and he was
smiling as when, half stunned and in
agony-ard ashamed of the fact-he
| had riseu Gzom the debris OF cloth and
twisted ferces. It's all right" he con-
GUIDED
She threw back her arms, her head
raised. with certain abandon as IL
| 7he would bare her heart.
Lanny. there have been moments
when | would have liked to fly to
your arms. There have been moments
when have had the call that comes to
every woman in answer to a desire.
Yet | was not ready. When / really
go it must be in a fame. in answer to
your flame."
You meau-I-"
But If the flame were about TO burst
forth she smothered it in the spark.
And all this has upset me-" she
went on incoherently We've both
been cSuel without meaning to DE, and
| were IN the shadow Of a nightmare;
and Next time you come perhaps all
the war talk will be over and-oh.
this - enough for tGday,"
She turned quickly in verita BILE flight
and hurried toward the house.
IF ii ever comes" she called. IN
let you know. III fly to you in a
chariot OF fire bearing my flame-l am
that bold. that brazen, that reckless!
For am not an old maid, yet. They've
moved the age limit up to thirty. But
you cant drill love into me as you
drill discipline into armies-no. no
more than can argue peace into
armiesi"
For while. motionIess. Lanstron
watched the point where she had dis
appeared.
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She asked. 7 though, you w,r, 70 90

she asked. Y thought you wers 90 60
pend on them for scouting"
I'VE shall use them. but they Arc
the least tried of all the new re-
sources" he said. "A Gray aeropiane
may cut a Brown aeroplane down be-
fore II returns with the news we want
At most, when the aviator may descend
low enough for accurate observation
he can see only what is actually being
done. Teller would know Westerlings
plans before they were even in the
first steps OF execution. This"-play-
ing the thought happily-"this would
be the ideal arrangement, while our
planes and dirigiblss were kept over
our lines to strike down theirs. And,
Marta, that is all" he concluded
III there is war, the moment that
Feller's ruse is discovered he will be
shot as a spy" she asked
L warned him OF that said Lam
stron. HE is a soldier, with a SOL
dier's fatalism. He sees nc more dan.
der In this than in commanding a bat
terry In n crisis
Suppose that the Grays wiu. Sup
pose that la Tir is permanently
theirs?"
They shall not win, They must
mott" Lanstron exclaimed. his ,oSe as
rigid as Westerling's toward her sec
ond prophecy.
Yet IL they should win and wester-
ling finds that | have been party tn
this treachery, as I shall be now that
| am In the secret. think OF the posi-
ton OF my mother and myself" she
continued. Has that occurred to you.
a friend. in making our property. our
garden, our neutrality, which Is our
only defense, a factor in one Of your
plans without our permission"
Her eyes, blue-black in appeal and
reproach, revealed the depths OF a
wound as they had on the terrace steps
before luncheon, when he had been
appraised Of feeling for him by seeing
1t dead under his blow. The logic of
the chief of intelligence withered. He
understood how a friendship to her
was. indeed, more sacred than patriotic
passion. He realized the shame of
what he had done now that he was
free of professional influences.
You are right, Marital" he replied.
1t was beastly OF me-there is no ex-
cuse."
He looked around TO see an orderly
from the nearest military wireless sta
ton.
/ was told it was urgent, sir" said
the orderly, in excuse for his intrusion.
as he passed a telegram to Lanstron.
Immediately Lanstron felt the touch
OF the paper his features seemed to
take on a mask that concealed his
thought as he read
Take night express. Come direct
from station to me. Partow."
This meant that he would be ex.
pected at Partow's Office at eight the
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Qualified Rebuke

Five-year-old Marie likes to see the
funny pictures. She had the paper
spread out on the floor looking at II
when her father turned out the light
Mary vas angry at this, and said
You've got your nerve" but as she
realized Immediately whom she was
talking TO she hastily added, -Rut roe
know your righta"
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FIRE IMsuRAncE

IL the cheapest and best security .
nun can buy. II saves him from worry.
perhaps from ruin and his family from
want The rates are not very high.
! VIII be pleased to give them TO any
one who will come IN and talk the mat
ter over Only safe companies repre-
tented T. T. McDOugal. Ceredo, w.
Va.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-21
WHEN THEY END THE WAR.
Settlements Will Be Quite Sordid, In
stead Of in High Ethics.

At Washington expectancy, hope
and ambition fill the high places. The
European war is to end; our govern
ment is to be brought in to umpire
the diplomatic negotiations the finish
will necessitate; service to humanity
is to be performed with detach-
ment hitherto unknown, and a dis
regard for incidental benefits and
privations that cannot be matched in
the history of a world which has at
least acquired its second set Of teeth.
Honor, fame, the applause Of all just
men; these are to be the rewards of
those who can already see themselves
comfortably seated on the judgment
seats of a future fondly conceived to
be not remote.
Such are the vagaries of the dream
er's mind that the actual compost
ton of the dispute may be different
never for a moment rec ives consider
alton. The delusion fondly nourish-
ed is that the nations are draining
their blood, scattering their treasure
and prostrating their interests, not
for the attainment of definite and
sordid ends, not to accomplish partic-
ular and long cherished objects, not
for purposes carefully considered and
understood, but to furnish an un-
paralleled opportunity for the appli-
cation Of disinterested academic prin-
ciples, the employment of ideals Who'll
ly unrelated to their progress and
their own conception of their needs.
When the war will end, no man is
so bold as to pretend to know. But
of it's end one thing is as certain as
anything can be in the future of a
sometimes surprising humanity;
peace will be concluded on terms fix
ed by the trafficking and bargaining
of uncommonly hard headed men,
uninfuenced by any noticeable ad-
mixture of idealism.
We gravely fear that there will be
disappointment in high places near
the banks of the Potomac river
New York Sun
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-21
"Old Time Quilting Party"

One of the most enjoyable and
unique entertainments ever given in
Bamberg was the quilting party
given last Saturday by Mrs. w. P.
Jones at her lovely home on Railroad
avenue. The guests began to arrive
at eleven o'clock and by twelve, the
quilt, which had been arranged in
the frames the day before, was we'll
under way. Just at this time when
there is so much said about the hard
ships of war, nothing could have
been, in the way of entertainment,
more appropriate than an. old time
quilting party, yet when dinner was
announced and the guests ushered
into the spacious dining room and
at sight of the large table fairly
groaning under it's weight of delicious
turkey, ham, salads, and other good
things too numerous to mention, war
talk and hard. times seemed indeed
thing of the past. The day was
spent in a jolly and most informal
way. Work was interspersed recall
ing anecdotes and jokes of the hap
py days of "Auld Lang Syne." The
hostess, not unmindful of the quilt
in the frames, offered a prize to the
one who did the most work. This
proved an incentive to the novice as
we'll as the old timers. The result
was, at five. o'clock, when the last
roll was made, and last stitch taken,
all deserved commentator, there
was nothing to do but cut for the
prize. Mrs. NJ. E. Aver was the hap
py winner of dear little silver tea
bell. AS the guests were preparing
to leave, they were again invited to
the dining room and served with ice
cream and fruit cake. The day will
ever live as a green spot in the men,
cries of all, and voted by all to have
been one of the happiest ever spent
This thought comes-who will be the
next to contribute pleasure in the
old time way?
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-21
sam DISPENSER ORANGEBURG.
Decision of Judge Shipp After Hear
ing Controversy.

Orangeburg, Jan. 1S.-Judge Shipp
today announced his decision in the
Orangeburg dispensary case. There
were four interested parties to the
case, Sain and Weeks, candidates for
dispenser; Holman and Oliver, as
members Of the board of control.
Judge Ships decision upholds the
action of the governor in removing
Henry S. Holman from the board,
while overruling his action in ap-
pointing DR.. J. NJ. Oliver. In the
case of the latter the appointment
failed on the ground that DR.. Oliver
had not been recommended by the
legislative delegation. The court
held the election of Weeks as dispen-
ser void. This, therefore, leaves Mr..
VIM. Sain dispenser, and leaves a
vacancy on the board of control,
Messrs Edgar L. Cutler and A. S.
Dukes being the remaining members
of the board who will continue, it is
presumed, to act as a board.
AS soon as the decision was an
nounced this morning the dispensa-
ries opened up for business.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-21
Week of Prayer Observed.

The Woman's Missionary society
of the Baptist church observed the
week of prayer last week, begin
ming Wednesday afternoon and last
ing through Friday afternoon. The
attendance during the week was eX-
cellent, averaging 80 to 50 each day,
and much interest was taken in the
various programmes. Friday after
noon the society met at the Baptist
parsonage, and after the business
meeting, delightful refreshments were
served, consisting of salad course,
by Mrs. w. R. Mcmillan and Mrs.
R. C. Jones. The collection, amount
ing to SIT, was given over to the
missionary work in China.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-21
UNION MEETINGS.
Programme of Unions to Be Held in
BarnweIl Association.

The Barnwell Baptist association
union meetings will be held January
80 and 81 at the following churches:
Division No. l at Bamberg, No. 2 at
Olar, No. 3 at Elko, No. 4 at Mt.
Arnon.
PROGRAMME.
l. What service does the denomi-
national college render to tie king
dom of God?
II. The Lord Jesus Christ's work
and word. Cd His estimate of his
work. 10. 14:10-12. (2) His estl-
mate of His word. Tim. 3:15-17.
III. The requisites of a good Sun
day-school and the benefits from
good school.
SPEAKERS.
At Elko-I. H. J. Hair, G. E. Brit
F. H. Funderburk. II. S. A. Hair.
R. R. Johnson, w. NJ. Jones. III. R.
E. Woodward, ]. w. Kennedy, w. G.
Britton. Sermon on Sunday by F
H. Funderburk.
At Olar-I. J. o. Sanders, w. T.
Cave, J. D. Huggins. II. ]. L. Pro-
veaux, H. E. Creech, E. A. Mcdowell
III. L. w. Abstance, w. H. Collins
E. A. Mcdowell. Sermon on Sunday
by J. D. Higgins.
At Mt. Arnon-I. ]. A. Jenkins, T
J. Deer, J. R. .Cullom. H. j. W.
Bates, w. o. Barker, D. w. Heckle
III. J. R. Cullom, D. W. Heckle, w
L. Hayes. Sermon on Sunday by D.
w. Heckle.
At Bamberg-I. D. o. Hunter, j
H. Fender, j. R. Smith. II. ]. G.
Kinard, Thos. Clayton, W. R. Nc
MILAN. III. J. R. O'Quinn, J. c. Nc
MILAN. George Hopkins. Sermon or
Sunday by Rev. John Lake, of China
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-21
The Valuable Quail.

The most expensive meat in
America is that of the quail. The
price Of the bird may be moderate
enough but the loss caused by kill
ing it is another matter. Competent
authorities estimate that each quail
is worth from $40 to $25 to the
American farmer, as destroyer Of
insects and devourer of weed seed.
This is particularly true in those
parts of the South afflicted by the
boil weevil. Quails are as fond of
weevils as weevils are of cotton. and
more than one farmer has noticed
that when his fields are we'll stocked
with quail the cotton crop is safe.
There is liable to be some very Wig
orous game preserving in Dixie, on
economic grounds rather than for
sport, during the next dozen years.
Chicago Journal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-21
Bamberg County Measure.

Senator J. B. Black has offered a
bill in the senate to strike out Bam-
berg county from the measure passed
at the extra session of the legisla-
ture forbidding the hunting of deer
and wild turkeys. Senator Black
states that the bill had provision
which made the killing of turkeys and
deer in this county misdemeanor
for a term of three years, but that
for some reason, the bill rs enrolled
does not contain this stipulation. The
bill which he has now introduced
strikes out Bamberg entirely, putting
this county just where it was before.
The bill passed at the extra session
applied only to Orangeburg and Bam-
berg counties.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-21
ENGLISH GUNS SHOOT FURTHER,
Garrison Compares Longest Range
Coast Guns With British.

Washington, January 16.-ln re-
sponse to Representative Gardner's
resolution making inquiry concern
ing the coast defences, Secretary
Garrison informed the huose today
that there are no guns Of more than
12-inch diameter on the defences in
the United States proper; that those
guns have a range of 1900 yards
when mounted on disappearing car
riages, but that twenty-nine mount
ed on barbette carriages have a
range of about $4,000 yards.
British dreadnaughts Of the Queen
Elizabeth type,> the secretary report
ed, carry 12-inch, 45-calibre guns
with a range of about $1,000 yards,
which, he said, was about four miles
greater than the guns on the coast
defences. The guns, however, he
said, could be brought up to prac-
tically the same range by slight
changes in the present mountings.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-21
Furnace at School Destroyed.

Last Friday morning the furnace
at the graded school was practically
completely destroyed, and fire in
the school was narrowly averted.
The school is heated by a furnace
hot water system. Friday morning,
it is stated, the furnace was fired up
as usual, and appeared to be all right.
About eleven o'clock, the steam pipes
were found to be very hot and
scorching the woodwork. An in
vestigation showed that all the water
in the boiler had escaped in some
way. The fire in the furnace was
at once extinguished, and it was
found upon inspection that the boiler
had been cracked by the heat, render
ing it of no further use. No damage
was done other than the damage to
the furnace.
The boiler was insured, and the
loss to the school will be small, but
considerable inconvenience will be
caused by the Jack of a proper heating
system for some time. A new fur
mace will be installed as early as
possible. In the mean time, oil heat
ers have been secured, and will be
used for heating until new furnace
can be secured and installed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-21
KILLS WIFE AND SELF,
Double Tragedy at Lexington.-sLan
Left Note.

Lexington, Jan. 1S.-Wallace No.
Murray, light mulatto. shot and ,s-
stantly killed his wife, Annie McMur-
ray, also mulatto, at the home Of
Boston Battles, colored, near the
Lexington depot, about 9 o'clock this
morning. A few minutes later BIC
Murray turned the gun upon himself
and blew the top of his head OFF. The
double tragedy attracted a great deal
of attention and it was not long be-
fore a large crowd gathered. DC
Murray is said to have spent last
night at the home of Battles, while
his wife is said to have spent the
night with her sister, who cooks for
travelling show which is stopping
in Lexington for the week. 1t seems
that mo- one witnessed the double
shooting. The wife Of Battles and
her daughter were in the room when
McMurray and his wife came in. The
man asked for Battles's gun, saying
that he was going bird hunting. It
is claimed he went to the depot and
purchased five shells from w. D..
George. When McMurray shot his.
wife she was on the porch of the
house. Battles's wife and little
daughter heard the woman scream.
She ran back into the room and fell
against the bed, death being almost
instantaneous. The entire load en-.
tered the left side around the heart.
AS soon as he shot the woman Nc
Murray walked out to the gate to
the corner of the yard, reloaded the
gun, placed it to his chin and fired.
The entire load took effect in the
head and he fell dead in his tracks.
H. w. Howell, magistrate, acting
coroner, conducted an inquest over
the dead bodies. The verdict of the
jury was in accordance with the facts
stated above. McMurray wrote a.
note this morning, giving his name
and the name of his father. He said
that his home was in Sylvester, Ca.
The woman came to Lexington to-
join her sister, followed by the man
yesterday. The woman's sister stat.
ed that McMurray wanted the girl
to 60 with him to Columbia. In his
pockets was found fifty cents. The
woman had 1922 on her person. The.
woman's body will be shipped to ASH
Vile for burial, while the body Of the
negro man will be sent to Sylvester,
Ga.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-21
COURT ADJOURNS.
Farmers Mercantile Co. Wins Suit.
Other Cases.

The court of common pleas ad-
journed Friday after a two-weeks
session. Very few cases were tried,
the time of the court being taken up
with a number of large railroad
cases.
The case of the Farmers Mercan-
tile company. of Olar, against the
S. A. L. Railway company resulted
in a verdict for the plaintiff in the
sum OF $4,000.
The following cases were tried
with one jury, the trial Judge direct
ing the verdicts in each case:
E. C.. Hays against J. A. Spann,
verdict for s1,OSO in favor of plain
tifi.
Nixon Grocery company against
Spann & Simmons, verdict for plain
tiff in the sum of s191.50.
Augusta Grocery company against
spann & Simmons, verdict for plain
tiff in the sum OF s36.7O.
Black and Black against ]. A
Spann, verdict for plaintiffs in the
sum of S1,303.50.
Pringle Bros. against j. A. Spann,
verdict for plaintiff for s597.50.
w. B. Brigham & Son against
Spann & Simmons, verdict for plain
tiff for S11.61.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-21
The Sleepy Egyptian.

Egyptians can lie down and go to
sleep anywhere. They look around
until they find a particularly busy
place in the street where there is g.:
patch of shade, wrap dusty cloth
around their faces, curl up and peace
fully glide off into a dreamless sleep.
In walking along the street one has
to be careful of every spotch of sha-
dow that he comes to for fear of step
ing on natives face. Even when.
you do step on this usually sensitive
part of the anatomy, they merely sit
up, yawn thankfully that you are g.
mediumsized man and lazily turn
over on the other side. But these
are the people that the papers are
quoting as being in bloody revolt
The only danger of revolt would be-
if some country should come along
and pass a law prohibiting the use
of all shady spots from one till three.
Then there would be trouDie-tne
amount of bloodshed makes even the
most uninteresting shudder.
As soon as an Egyptian finds out
that a person is an American his
first breathless question, is, Will {
there be many Americans eoming over
this winter?" High and low, mer-
chants and donkey boys, they ask
the same question, for half of Egypt:
lives on the tourists and the great
est number of these are from the
United States. Last winter 1000
Americans came to Egypt, so that the
Egyptians know that if the war holds
back the Americans there will be a.
good many tight belts in and around
the Pyramids.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-21
Bankruptcy Matters.

Mr.. H. ]. Brabham has been ad-
judged a bankrupt, and Mr.. w. l..
Douglas, of Charleston, has been ap-
pointed trustee. Mr.. Brabham is a
merchant doing business in this city.
MIR. ]. D. Dannelly, of Ehrhardt,
has been adjudged a bankrupt, and
Mr.. w. L. Douglas has also been ap-
pointed trustee in this matter
Mr.. E. E. Ritter, merchant OF
Cope, a former resident of this coun-
ty, has also been adjudged bank
rupt, and a hearing was to have been
held Yesterday on this matter. b
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-21
The Bamberg Delegation.

The Bamberg delegation to the
general assembly, consisting Of ena-
tor ]. B., Black and Representatives
B. D. Carter and J. Wesley Crum, Jr.,
have been assigned to the following
committees:
= Senator Black-Medical affairs,
chairman; mines and mining, manu-
factures, police regulations.
Representative Carter-Priviieges
and elections, chairman; commerce
and manufactures, State Hospital for
the Insane.
Representative Crum-Ways and
means.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-01-21
New Advertisements.

Ellis & Co.-You Can Save.
Mrs. W. P. Sandifer-Wanted.
Delk's Market-Cabbage Plants.
Standard Oil Co.-Rayo Lamps.
Enterprise Bank-An Owl Fool.
County Dispensary Board-List Of
Purchases.
G.. Frank Bamberg-We Have
Them for Sale.
Peoples Bank-There's No Time
Like the Present.
J. B. Brickle-When Your Motor
cycle Goes Wrong.
Bamberg Banking Co.-Old Age
Tells Youth to Save.
Farmers & Merchants Bank-The
Prudent Man Hides His Money in
Our Bank.