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i - V/38 l 01tp fttmhraj iirralb One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1915. Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. p News Items Gathered AH Around the County and Elsewhere. Cope CulJings. ? Cope, .May 31.?Yesterday after noon at 4:30 o'clock, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hayden. of near Cope, Miss Xellie Hayden was married to Mr. Washington Lee Smoak, of Cordova, the V Rev. Joe L. Hiers officiating. The young couple took the afternoon train at this place for Richmond, Va., and will also visit Washington while on their honeymoon. The bride, besides being most beautiful, is quite charming, and one oi tne most popular young laaies or L this section. The groom is the f youngest son of .Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Smoak, of Cordova, and is a prosperous young farmer. Miss Ada Sandifer. of Bamberg, spent yesterday with her brother. Mr. Maurice L. Sandifer. Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Smoak spent ^ yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hayden. Mr. Roy Hoover, of Orangeburg, visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe H. Clark yesterday. Mr. J. A. Cope, of Stilton, paid several relatives a call and dined with his uncle, Mr. Shelton B. Cope. Mr. John H. Cope left yesterday morning for Spartanburg to spend ten days or two weeks. Miss Vera Thomas, who has been teaching school at Appleton, has re turned home. The teachers of the graded school. Misses Hill and Edwards, and .Mr. Stuart, together with Misses Avis and Mary Thomas, dined with Mr. and Mrs. J. Fisher Cleckley. Miss Mary Cornelia Barton and little sisters, Kathleen and Margaret, of Walhalla, are down to spend a part of the sujnmer with their aunt. Miss Maggie E. Tatum. The Rev. C. B. Burns and family went to Bamberg yesterday to hear Bishop Kilgo preach. The closing exercises of the Cope graded school will be held on Wednesday night. The public is cordially invited. The regular monthly meeting of Cypress camp, Xo. 161. W. O. W., will be held Thursday night at 8:30 o'clock. A full attendance is dei sired. The Cope Supply company has just moved into its new brick store, 30 by IW icci. Crops are looking extremely well on account of the recent rains, and in 6ome places so is the grass. The harvesting of oats and wheat and the ' planting of stubble cotton, corn and peas is the order of the day. Fairfax Notes. Fairfax. May 31.?The Woman's Missionary institute of the Southern division of the South Carolina Baptist Woman's Missionary union "will meet with the Fairfax Baptist church Tuesday and Wednesday, June S and 9. This institute embraces the work of three associations, the Charleston, Savannah river and Colleton. Miss Eunice Williams, of Allendale, is vice president of this division and will preside over the institute. The State officers. Mrs. J. D. Chapman. * Mrs. Fizer, Mrs. Hatcher and others are expected to attend and an interesting pogramme has been prepared. The Rev. W. E. Crocker, a mission arv to China, will address the institute Tuesday evening. Mrs. E. A. McDowell is president of the Fairfax society. The locals, by winning the game Thursday afternoon from Ehrhardt. took the series, winning three of the four games played. Youmans, for the locals, held the visitors scoreless for five innings, only 19 men facing him in these innings. Smith also 9T starred by his sensational catches. Moore, for the visitors, relieved Hiers in the fourth and stemmed the tide of runs. 1 11*7 ^ Fairfax .... 305 012 01*?12 12 2 Ehrhardt .. 000 000 140? 5 8 7 Youraans and Young, Hiers. Moore and Moore and Hughes. Umpire Webb. Time. 1:30. l>enmark Dots. Denmark, May 29.?Mrs. John Minor has returned from a visit to her mother in Barnwell. Miss Genevieve Wroton, of Portsmouth, Va., is spending several weeks with her sister, Mrs. M. Rob I'Ki'HT TO SAVK LKO FKAXK. Statement l?y Wife of C??n<leinne< .Man a Feature of Xew Kvidence. Atlanta, Oa., .May l.?The hear ing on Leo M. Frank's applicatioi for commutation of sentence froti death to life imprisonment, which be gan before the State prison commis sion here this morning, was com pleted late today. It is expected tha the commission's recommendation t< the governor will be transmitted b: the last of this week, or within tei days at the latest. The governo: then will take final action in tin case. No one appeared to argue it opposition to Franks application. The principal features of today': proceedings were a letter written ; few months before his death b; Judge L. S. Roan, who presided a Frank's trial, in which he sough clemency for the prisoner, and i statement by .Mrs. Frank describing her husband's actions on the nigh following Mary Phagan's murder am denying rumors of an estrangemen between herself and Frank. Judge Roan's letter was addressee to the chief counsel for Frank in hi trial. It stated that at the prope time he would ask the governor t< commute Frank's sentence to lib imprisonment, that after man: months of deliberation he still wa uncertain of the prisoner's guilt am that '"it is possible I showed undu* deference to the opinion of the jur; when. I allowed their verdict ti stand." The production of Judge Roan' letter, Frank's counsel stated, ob viated the necessity of extended ar gunient and permitted a quicker ter mination of the hearing. SEIZURES BY""CO\STABLES. Work Rone in Charleston Up to 25tl of May. Columbia, May 27.?Constable operating in Charleston have seize* a great quantity of whiskey, beer wines and other intoxicating bever ages as well as beer and wine glasse in their raids on the blind tigers The constabulary is operating unde Sheriff Martin and is evidently pro ducing results, as a view of the re pori ui me sei^uics up iv* shows, which is as follows: Three thousand, three hundre< and eighteen bottles of beer, 6 keg of -beer, 3 kegs of beer remnants 1,454 half pints of whiskey an< wine, ITS pints of whiskey. 49: quarts of whiskey, 32 gallons o whiskey, S5 pints of wine. 25: quarts of wine. 13 quarts of brandy 8 quarts of vermouth, 43 quarts o gin, 21 quarts creme de menth, l: quarts champaigne. 101 half pints o gin, 30 quarts of remnants, 68 quart of remnants, 77 half pints of rem nants, 2'5-gallon jugs of wine, 2 de canters of bitters, 1 decanter of wine 1 20-gallon keg of whiskey. 3 15-gal Ion kegs of wine. 1 15-gallon keeg o whiskey, 1 15-gallon keg of whiske: , remnant, 1 15-gallon keg of win< remnant. 2 barrels of wine remnant 1 keg of gin, 1 keg of wine, 1 keg o whiskey, 1,055 beer and whiske; glasses. Marriage at Orangeburg. Orangeburg. May 31.?Mr. K. F Fairev and Miss Lucile White, o Branchville. were married at th< Methodist parsonage, by the Rev. \V B. Duncan. D. D.. yesterday after noon. ert Willis. Mr. and Mrs. J^hn R. Martin mo tored with Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Mc Cartha, of Bamberg, to Augusta t< spend Sunday. Mrs. M. J. LaFitte has returne* from a short stay with relatives ii Columbia. Miss Lula Bess Wroton was her* for a few days this week from Co lumbia college. Miss Carey Graham, of Bamberg was among the visitors here thi: wppIt. Miss Lillian Goolsby was the gues of Mrs. J. P. Carter, of Fairfax, las week. Mrs. J. D. Milhous and littli daughter, Martha, of Columbia, ar< spending a few days here. J. Arthur Pregnall, of Charleston was among the visitors here Sunday Mrs. X. C. Chitty, of Olar. was ii town for a short while this week. Denmark lodge. A. F. M., No. 24 6 in their regular meeting Tuesday night of this week passed four can didates to the master's degree. Franl Hart, grana secretary, was pieseu and delivered the lecture of the oc casion. In rooms adjoining th< lodge the wives, daughters and sis ters of the Masons spread a ban quet, to which place the craft ad journed for refreshments about 1( o'clock. I IN THE PALMETTO STATE j 1 ? ; SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS i I KINDS IX SOUTH CAROLINA. i State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. I _____ I I j A. H. Miller, of Greer, Monday an-; 5 nounced his candidacy for congress. ' I in tlie fourth district. II Capt. Geo. W. Cliarlotte. formeri r 1 i [editor of several South Carolina pa? 1 ^ I pers, died in Greenville Friday. A new dormitory is to be built at. J the Connie Maxwell orphanage in | , ' Greenwood, to cost about $15,000. ; i 1 r I Jeff Slimmer, of West springs, was. t killed Monday afternoon by a falling! titree. He had just cut down a bee. - ' I'ul 1VOC nrptinrinp tn take the I 1 ; ncc C**AV4 " ** o ?c - - - - , ; i honey. when the accident occurred, tj His death was instantaneous. 3 Conductor Hugh Knight. Engineer, t: L. M. Ai d. Fireman Sam Wells and | Brakeman Hugie Henrickson were i j injured Tuesday when an engine on j s;the C., A. and \V. railroad turned r! turtle near the navy yard at Charles-j 5 ton. Two of the men are said to he e seriously injured. ' Charlie Ellisor, a negro, attempted j s to commit suicide in the Newberry i ' j county jail Sunday by drinking about j 3 a pint of disinfectant which he se-i ! cured in some way. Ellisor is charg3|ed with killing his wife tour years | ago at Hamlet, N. C., and was ars; rested a few days since at Newberry. R. H. Rountree & Co., brokers, of ,_l New York, have entered suit against j Mrs. S. W. Desportes, Miss Ulysses | Desportes, of Winnsboro. and Mrs. Gussie D. Miller, of Trenton, for more than $30,000, alleging that the 1 defendants failed to reimburse the company after it had purchased cots ton for them and had to sell at a loss j, when the market fluctuated. ^ XEBRASKAN HIT BY TORPEDO. si Skipper of American Steamer Makes r Statement on Beaching Liverpool. ; Liverpool, May 2S.?The American i steamer Xebraskan. which was disabled Tuesday night by an explosion 3 off the coast of Ireland, arrived here s shortly before midnight. The capi, tain said: 3 "I saw no submarine, but am cer> tain it was a torpedo which hit us. f "Moreover, a submarine could not 3 j have failed to see our name and na(j tionality, which was outlined in huge f letters on our siues. 2 Members of the crew of the Nef braskan were agreed that the explos sion was caused by a torpedo. The forward part of the ship is . wrecked. Lieut. Powers, the attache, was ac. companied to Liverpool by. Naval f Constructor .McBride, who is expectv ed to make an examination tornore row with the hope of ascertaining ;t definitely whether the Xebraskan was f i damaged by mine or torpedo. y The captain's affidavit will be forwarded to the State department as soon as Lieut. Powers reaches London. but any decision as to action by ' I the American government, probably I will be delayed until the construcj tor's report is received. In his first report to Consul GeneI ral Skinner, at London, by telegraph .(today, Capt. Green said his ship I either struck a mine or was torpe-j doed, and officials here think his af-1 fidavit may not be more definite. 3 | 1 *v*f.rrr*t v I'nnv tavTunvun HIT* 1~I Mjmu r,.i irr?-i mill ryir, l| j j Revenue Officers Make Raid in Greenville and Oc?nee. ? I J Greenville, May 26.?Eleven "wild cat" distilleries were demolished, ,|four alleged blockaders were arrestsi ed and criminal prosecutions will be started in the United States court t! against four other defendants as the tl result of a raid conducted by Deputy I Collector R. Q. Merrick and his men ?|on Oconee and Greenville counties ;; last week. The revenue officers ran into a nest of stills in Oconee county, and because of the convenient location they i completed the job of "cutting" the I nidntc within rwn rlavs. Thev work-1 J ed in Greenville for the remainder of i :J the week and destroyed seven stills.! The revenue men report destruc; tive fires in both Greenville and t Oconee counties and say they have - done more damage than any in many ; years. In some places all vegetation! -i has been killed and entire mountain! - sides have been burned off. The J - Dark Corner section of Greenville ) has suffered considerably in the past few months. (APT. K. K. JEXXIXtiS MEAD. Former State Treasurer Passes Away at Winnsboro. WJpncKnrn Mot* 'T. T-? H Jennings died at the home of his son, J. M. Jennings, here this evening, following an illness of a few days. Capt. Jennings was in his 77th year. He was a foremost figure in the .Methodist church, being on the board of the South Carolina conference for forty years, trustee of Columbia Female college and serving in other capacities of the church | for longer periods. Capt. Jennings! was a musical teacher and a man pro- j fic-ient in this art. Capt. Jennings was born in Fairfield county. His first war service | was with the Richland Guards, of! Kershaw's 2nd regiment. He sawservice on the coast at .Morris Island. Later he enlisted in Company G, Aiken Guards, of this county. His | promotion followed to the office of! third lieutenant. His brilliant war record was further enriched by active j service at the battles of second .Manassas. Fredericksburg, Chancellors ville and Gettysburg, in the latter I struggle he was wounded by shrap-j nel. Having been previously wounded in the leg at Chickamauga he re-' luctantly accepted a furlough, but af-: ter four months rejoined his com-J mand. Next followed the severe encounters of the Wilderness. Cold Harbor, Hanover and Spottsylvania. Further active service on his part! was rendered impossible by a severe j wound in his arm received in the fighting around Newmarket Height. | This member was amputated on the' field of battle and he was soon after carried to the Jackson hospital at Richmond until the 1st of September, when he returned to his native State. After the war Capt. Jennings began to repair his education by teaching school. He entered politics in 1865 and held the office of tax collector until 1868. Twelve years in the office of the clerk of court of Fairfield county was followed by his election to the office of State treasurer. where he served two terms, voluntarily retiring from control of the State's finances two years ago. Capt. Jennings was a Christian man and a central figure in the circles of Methof Cfnfn Tnnnrol corvi POC UIOII1 U1 Hid Oiaic. a IIUU'UI av< > 4vv? of the deceased were held at Winnsboro Friday morning, followed by interment in the Bethel cemetery, the old family burying ground. LAWYER .COMMITS SUICIDE. Wm, H. Irvine, of Greenville, Ends Life With Pistol. Greenville, .May 26.?William H. Irvine, prominent lawyer and business man, was found dead in his Main street office this morning at 9:30 o'clock with a bullet hole through his temple and a revolver clasped in his hand across his breast. Mr. Irvine, who filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy last Wednesday, estimating his liabilities at nearly a quarter of a million dollars, is said to have had an appointment to meet one of his largest creditors at his office at 10 o'clock. About 9:30 his body was discovered by his brother, Frank H. Irvine. The body was lying fiat upon the floor with the head resting on an overturned office chair. Beneath it lay a narrow strip of white curtain cloth, as if the victim had prearranged his death bed. The bullet was fired from a .32 Smith and Wesson revolver. A search of Mr. Irvine's wearing apparel and office disclosed no note. The family waived the right of an inquest. Mr. Irvine was the son of a prominent family, and was one of the city's best known business men. HAS LOST 130 MERCHANTMEN. Fifty-six Sunk by Cruisers. 12 by Mines and 62 by Submarines. London, May 31.?An admiralty statement, giving the number of British merchant and fishing vessels sunk or captured since the beginning of the war, shows that 56 merchant snips have been sent to the bottom by cruisers of the enemy, 12 by mines and 62 by submarines, a total of 130. Eighty-three fishing craft have been lost, and of these 24 were sunk by mines. Since German submarines began their attack on merchant shipping, January 27, the merchant vessels sunk by them number 59 and the fishing craft 31. Looking at the losses from the standpoint of tonnage it is seen that since the war began Great Britain has lost 45S.006 tons in merchant | shipping and 13.585 tons in fishingI craft. J > DEFERS DIRECT ANSWER (.'KKMAXV MAKKS KKl'LY TO I*. S. COMPLAINT. Offers Cay When Germany is at Kanlt.?Ileal Complaint Not Answered. Berlin. May 29.?The German reply to the American note after the sinking of the Lusitania was signed by Herr Von Jagow. the foreign minister. at 11 o'clock last night, and handed to Ambassador Gerard this morning for transmission to Washington. The note expresses Germany's regret for injuries sustained by Americans as the result of submarine and aeroplane attacks, and offers compensation in cases in which Germany is found to be in the wrong. As indicated previously in the dispatches, the note defers a direct answer to the questions raised by President Wilson, pending a further exchange of views. Germany desires to establish whether the Lusitania was a defenceless merchant ship or was being used for the transportation of war munitions and soldiers, on which unsuspecting passengers were per - Ak IllllltMI IU lilJve iu daicguaiu the war materials. The American representations regarding: the torpedoing of the British steamer Falaba, in which an American citizen lost his life, are answered with the statement that it was intended to offer ample time for the passengers and crew to leave the ship. The action of the captain in attempting to escape, however necessitated more summary action. Even then the commander of the submarine granted 10 minutes for those on board to leave the vessel and subsequently extended the time to 23 minutes before sinking the ship. "Unintentional Attacks." Germany expresses regrets for "the unintentional attacks" on the American steamer Cushing and the Gulflight. The Cushing was attacked by German airmen in the North Sea. and the Gulflight was torpedoed off Scilly Islands. Germany disavows] any intention to attack harmless neutral craft. She offers to pay compensation wherever she is found to be in the wrong, and to refer doubtful cases to The Hague for a decision, j The passages in the American note concerning a possible disavowal by Germany of intent to sink the Lusitania and the discontinuance of her present practices of submarine warfare are not mentioned specifically in the reply. The note states that pending the reply of the American cnvornment tn the German assump tions of fact regarding the real character of the Lusitania and her cargo, no attempt will be made to answer the demands contained in the American communication. Assumption of Fart. The Lustiania was built as an auxiliary cruiser, subsidized and carried on the navy lists as such. She carried, according to German information, two guns mounted and concealed below decks. British steamers sailing frohi New York, according to information received from passengers and other sources, repeatedly carried soldiers, war supplies and contraband to England. the Lusitania on this trip car-| rving. specifically r>.400 cases of ammunition. in addition to other war1 supplies and Canadian troops en route to the front. Reference is here made -to the factj that carrying explosives on passenger! ships is contrary to American law. j t* ;- + fl->z-v Hnrmtin o-nv. 11 IS lliliiiiaicu til at iug vjv>u?.u 0 ? . . ernment would be glad to receive in- J formation as to how it happened that! ammunition was permitted to be, shipped on the Lusitania, the vessel; crowded with passengers. Strong i phrases are used regarding what is considered as apparently the delib-i erate policy of British shipping companies to protect war shipments by embarking American passengers on the ships. Germany contends it is impossible 1 to settle the question whether prop-! er opportunity was given to place the passengers and crew in safety until it is determined whether the regulations adopted after the sinking of the Titanic, regarding a proper supply of boats and water-tight bulkheads, which are now a part of the American law, were observed in the case of the Lusitania. Finally, the American mediatory proposals designed to end submarine warfare and the throttling of food supplies and other conditional contraband for Germany are recalled. The government expresses the desire to know what steps, if any, have /N I'YTH I.AXS < HOOSK OFFICIOUS. H. K. (Jyles. of Aiken. Heroines Grand Chancellor of State l/xlge. Orangeburg, -May 2fi.?The next meeting of the South Carolina Grand Lodge. Knights of Pythias, will be held at Chicks Springs. There were several invitations, but the vigorous efforts of the delegation from Chick Springs resulted in the selection of that popular resort for the 1916 meeting. The officers of the grand lodge elected for the ensuing year are as follows: Grand chancellor. H. E. Gyles, of Aiken: grand vice chancellor, Alva M. Lumpkin, of Columbia; grand prelate, Walter Edward Derrick, of Orangeburg; grand keeper records and seal, C. D. Brown, of Abbeville: grand master, of exchequer. Wilson G. Harvey, of Charleston; grand master at arms, E. R. Cox, of Darlington: grand inner guard, H. A. McCormick, of Nichols; grand outer guard, W. H. Fewell, of Rock Hill. A. G. Rembert, of Spartanburg, and B. A. Morgan, of Green- , ville, were elected representatives to the supreme lodge. The election of W. E. Derrick as ,3 n-oe in nv&n&Ann in t; i cimj, pi cuuc ?ao uupigvwuvutvu, *? that it was unanimous, the opposing candidate, tile Rev. Louis J. Bristow, of Abbeville, having withdrawn. At 3:30 the newly-elected otSoers were installed. Before the final ad- ? journment the lodge expressed by a , rising vote their thanks and appre- . ciation for the hearty welcome accorded the grand lodge and the ef- s | forts of the people of Orangeburg to make their visit one of real pleasure. Between the hours of 6 and 8 an automobile ride over the city was enjoyed. The route taken by the long train of cars was arranged so as to take in all points of interest in and around the city. At 8:30 p. m. about 600 visiting and local Knights and invited guests assembled at Sifly & Frith's hall for the last, and perhaps, the most im-. [ portant social event of the conven- . tion, the grand banquet. The tables were covered with all that is neces- > sary for a 6umptious repast, and each i one of the many hosts present came with the determination of giving the visitors a "send-off" in keeping with , the unqualified welcome they received on their arrival. The grand chancellor, Herbert E. / ' ~L' ire | Gyles, announced the following ap- ' a ! pointments this afternoon: I Grand tribune?O. J. Bond, Char! leston; W. W. Johnson, Union; A. Earle Boozer, Columbia, i Judiciary?Thos. F. Brantley, ! Orangeburg; H. C. Tillman, Green| wood; J. M. F. Doar, Charleston, i Ways and means?Mion Bonnoitt, ' Darlington; Wm. McXab, Barnwell; H. A. Smith, Charleston; W. K. Gun* ter, Gaffney. State of the order?Hartwell M. Aver, Florence: J. S. Eargle, Graniteville: W. W. Harris, Clinton; D. W. Hiott, Easley. Credentials?A. E. Adams, Greenwood; J. E. Wier, Ninety-Six; J. R. Unger, Batesburg. Printing?R. L. Dargan. Abbeville. Libraries?A. G. Rembert, Spartanburg; H. N. Schroder, Aiken. Board of publication?J. Thomas i Arnold, Greenville: J. F. Williams, ; Columbia; Geo. 'W. Dick, Sumter; D. C. Hey ward, Columbia: Louis J. Bristow, Abbeville. HAIL AND WIND STORM. Much Damage lX>ne at Troy, in I Greenwood County. Greenwood, .May 26.?Two sections of Greenwood county were visited b\ destructive hail and wind storms Sunday afternoon, Troy and Breezewood. The damage was great er in and around Troy tnan any- where else, grain and other growing crops were ruined, fruit and shade trees uprooted and some small houses blown do\yh. In the Breezewood section cotton was ruined and replanting will be necessary. . / . S ?^? / Furman Glee Club concert, Carlisle auditorium, auspices U. D. C., Friday evening, June 4th.?adv. been taken to induce Great Britain to embark on negotiations to this end, after Germany indicated her willingness to discuss a settlement on this general basis. The delivery of the note to Ambassador Gerard was not attended by &, any special ceremony. A functionary of the foreign office carried it across the square to the American embassy, where it was placed in the hands of the ambassador. The embassy staff immediately began coding the message and transmitting it to Washington. Mr. Gerard in the meantime called at the foreign office. ' .v.- "