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j?I?'" p X lamtorg i^ralb i i One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG-, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1916. Established 1891 *"r ' i I COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS T SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. 7 *' News Items Gathered All Around the c ; County and Elsewhere. p St. John's News. h r - -? 11 St. John's, June 13.?The weather t( v is somewhat dry and dusty, but the crops are growing well; also the grass in some places. c Miss Idell Peters, who has been in d school at Denmark, returned home a h few days ago. Glad to have her r< among us again, especially in our n Sunday-school. ^ Messrs Jim Hiers, Bradley Hiers, d J. H. Fender and families spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Merrick Kinard. F Mrs. J. W. Kinard, who was oper- 0 T ated in at Baker's sanitarium several J weeks 4go, returned to her home last fi Monday. All are glad to know she ^ is still improving. > N Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brant spent ^ Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P J. A. Peters. ^ Misses Edna Bishop, Myrtle Sease, Edith and ^alome Hiers were the n \ guests of Miss Doralee Folk last Sun- F * Next Saturday is clean-up day at [ St. John's church. Hope the mem- F I ei | bers will not forget to go. s Kf . Miss Edna Bishop spent Saturday d night with Miss Edith Hiers. I Ml There will be Sunday-school and preaching at St. John's next Sunday morning. Hope to see a large crowd c< - The St. John's annual Sunday- ^ - - - ?, P school picnic will be held on tne 22a ** day of June. The editor and public fi are cordially invited te come. Hon. J1 S. G. Mayfield has promised to give " us a talk on that day. S Mr. E. L. Hiers spent Sunday with ti his sister, Mrs. Merrick Kinard. T P > FIRST IN WARSHIPS. rr v b New Super-Dreadnaught Said to Be t< Most Powerful Afloat. u o \ Norfolk", Vaf, June 12.?The super- r< 1 * dreadnaught Pennsylvania arrived E i from the yards of the Newport News ^ | Shipbuilding and Dry Dock comf pany, her builders, this morning to ~ be placed in commission at the navy p yard this afternoon. She ? will be c< commanded by Capt. H. B. Wilson. * It is expected that the ship will be v at the local yard about ten days, pro- n ceeding from here to Philadelphia, p . where she will receive the set of sil- ll ver plate to be presented. ^ American naval experts claim that ^ the Pennsylvania is the most power- c r% Pfttl warship afloat. Her main bat- ? i, tery consists of twelve 14-inch rifles, 11 arranged in four turrets on the centre ^ line. Two of the turrets are so elevated that the ship has a dead ahead ^ fire of six of the big buns and a like f fire dead astern. In the secondary, or torpedo boat defence battery, arranged along the main and upper I decks, are twenty-two 5-inch rapid- ^ fire rifles. There also are four 21inch torpedo tubes. The Pennsylvania is equipped* with two armored decks to protect her vitals from indirect shell fire. The v > upper deck is of special steel two inches thick and the main deck is . i] three inches thick. The outboard ar' n ^ mor consists of a partial belt extend1 ~ V>nl r\-rcr + Vl Ck Wfltfif 1 in P ^ IU.& liUUX WC11 uwun l/UV ffMTVV* | ^ to the main deck and is fourteen inches thick amidships, tapering to ^ eight inches at each end. The armor on the turrets varies from eighteen inches to eight inches in thickness, with five-inch armor on top. The ^ barbette armor below decks is thirteen inches thick. The funnel base , D is protected by thirteen-inch armor, and that of the conning tower, from which the ship would be operated in battle, is of the same thickness. The Pennsylvania is 608 feet long ' over all, has a full load displacement of about 32,000 tons and her speed ^ on trials was slightly in excess of . twenty-one knots an hour. She was contracted for in October, 10, 1913, and was launched at Newport News ^ fifteen months ago. . j* Important Difference. a n t / 1 "Can you tell me," said the court, 0 r? t addressing Enrico Ufuzzi, under ex- * amination at Union Hill, N. J., as to n his qualifications for citizenship, "the difference between the powers and ^ prerogatives of the Sing of England a and those of the president of the United States?" "Yezzir," spoke up Ufuzzi promptly. "King, he got steady job."?New York Morning Telegraph. h Rea<j the Herald, $1.50 per year, g j* r , * > \ SBSSSjkT.- . * ^ >. / v PRESS CAN AID PEACE. 'alcott Williams Addresses Edito: of State. York, June 9.?Beaufort will hw he pleasure of entertaining the 191 onvention of the South Carolir 'ress association. It was so decide y the convention in session hei his afternoon. Today was devote 3 business matters of interest on 3 newspaper workers, although irge number of York people attem d the two day sessions, and an a ience that packed the York ope] ouse heard Dr. Talcott Williams, d ector of the Pulitzer School of Jou alism of Columbia University, d ver an insDiring and instructive ai ress on "The American Press." Officers Elected. The following officers were electe< 'resident, William Banks, the Re rd, Columbia; first vice presideu . L. Mims, the Advertiser, Edg eld; second vice president, A. ] ordan, the Herald, Dillon; seer ary, Joe Sparks, the State, Colui ia; treasurer, B. P. Davies, the Pe le, Barnwell; chaplain, Dr. W. ] acobs, Thornwell Messenger, Clii an. Members of the executive cor littee: August Kohn, Columbia; ] f. Wannamaker, Charleston; Mi: uanita Wylie, Lancaster. Today was work day at the Sta 'ress association. Two {msy se ions were held, when addresses we: elivered by newspaper workers ar lymen. To Fight Tuberculosis. The Press association promised 1 ooperate in every way in a campaig gainst tuberculosis. The movemei ras presented to the association I Irs. Annie I. Remfcert, of Columbi eld secretary for the State board < ealth. She is making a campaig 1 the interest of the South Carolir anitarium. The following resoli on in part was adopted: "Resolve hat this association pledge its suj ort a^d cooperation of the mov lent towards the eradication of ti erculosis, and that it give its ai > thi6 work now being carried c nder the auspices of the State boai f health of South Carolina." Th ^solution was supported in talks I ?r. Talcott* Williams, August Koh ud Thomas F. McNally. Printing House Insurance. This morning the question of rinting House mutual ore msuraui jmpany was discussed by several < le members. A committee to i) estigate the matter of forming lutual concern was appointed I resident Banks, acting upon a res< ition which was adopted. The mer ers of the committee were: J. 1 [cGhee, August Kohn, Ed. H. D amp, A. B. Jordan and W. "V moak. This committee will repo iter on the proposition. THE HIGH COST OF WAR, l Prediction Apparently to Be Ft tilled. At the beginning of the world wa rrites Martin Marshall, in Leslie' >avid Lloyd George, then chancelli f the British exchequer, was quot< 3 the effect that victory would go tie side that could raise the last bi on dollars; in other words, that th ras to be a war of financial r ources. Events seem to be justif lg this prediction. Financiers est late that the present cost of tl rar to all the belligerent gover: lonta ic ahmit $25.000.000.000 ear, divided as follows: Great Bi lin $5,000,000,000. Germany ai Lussia each $6,000,000,000, Fran< 400,000,000, the remaining ' $2 00,000,000 divided among Au ria-Hungary and an the varioi mall belligerents. Germany hi een financing Austria-Hungary to onsiderable extent, subscribing ovi 2,000,000,000 of the $6,250,00C 00 borrowed by the Austro-Hung ian government. Another loan wi eing floated in April and the pre eports stated that great anxiety wj alt over the danger of its failur s Germany had not responded wil ubscriptions as heretofore. The German war loan, subscri ions to which closed at the end < larch, resulted in the raising < bout $2,500,000,000. The loan ir lediately preceding was over $2 00,000,000. Large industrial co orations absorbed 144,000,0( larks, or about $38,000,000, tl irgest individual subscription beii y the Krupp concern, which toe bout $10,000,000. There's a Reason. "Do you know you're growii andsome, hubby?" "Yes; it's a way I have when ets anywhere near your birthday.' t IN THE PALMETTO STATE rs SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. /e [7 State News Boiled Down for Quick 1a id Reading.?Paragraphs About * re Men and Happenings. id ly The Beach Island Lumber coma pany, of Timmonsville, has been comd missioned with a capital of $50,000. u" Mrs. Wilson, of Darlington, and ra hpr two sons were seriously injured in an automobile accident near Lanr" caster Friday. 0 ^ Closing exercises of the Due West Woman's college were held last week. The graduating class was the largest , in the history of the college. c_ Madame Thomassine Barry,- an Urt suline nun who took the vows of the e_ order nearly 59 years ago, died in B Columbia, Friday, aged 75 years. e- John Davenport, who is wanted in a- Anderson county on the charge of o- operating an illicit distillery, has p. been captured in Philadelphia, Pa., n- and brought back to Anderson. a- A few days ago the mayor of DarU lington received a letter containing ss three $100 notes. The letter was unsigned, and merely stated that on te account of an error made "long ago" s- the money was due the town. The re mayor turned the money over to the id city treasurer. ' A. B. Patterson and E. L. Patterson and C. N. Burkhalter jointly, to druggists of Barnwell, were acquitted >n in the United States court in Charleston last week of the charge of in>y fraction of the Harrison drug act and a' conspiracy to issue prescriptions to persons in violation thereof. The 'n cases against A. B. Patterson and E. ia L. Patterson and C. N. Burkhalter, a" jointly, resulted in a mistrial. At its meeting in Laurens last P~ week the South Carolina Epworth league decided to divide into two sec., tions, along the same line of division ?16 [D6 lvieuiuuisi tuuicicuvc. xuu ID present name of the league will be js retained by the division and will embrace that territory now included in )y the South Carolina conference, while Ln the other division will be known as the Upper South Carolina Epworth league. a ^ e Rev. Thomas H. Leitch Dead. 3f a" The Rev. Thomas H. Leitch, fora merly superintendent of the Oliver )y Gospel Mission, died suddenly at a Columbia hospital Sunday night Q" about 10:30 o'clock. For 30 years Mr. Leitch has been ^ an evangelist of the Methodist Episcopal church and in this capacity has rt been throughout South Carolina and in many sections of the United States, froih New York to Denver and in the South. . Mr. Leitch, who became editor of ilThe Way of Faith about a year ago, succeeding the Rev. James M. Pike, was born in London, England, in ,r, . 1850. He came to America at the s, _ age of 3 years and up until three 3i ^ years ago had spent a large part of his life in Charleston, where he be ,_w came a local preacher in the Methodist church and as not connected diis ' rectly with the conference. Funeral arrangements have been postponed until his sons reach Columbia. 16 Mrs. Leitch is survived by his wife, two . daughters, Misses Jennie and ^ Maybelle Leitch, all of Columbia; a son, T. J. Leitch, in the United States navy, and two sons in this ,ce city, W. W. and B. M. Leitch. Mr. Leitch and his family lived at the Oliver Gospel Mission, of which he was the active superintendent on going to Columbia. He has con a tinued his connection with the miset ^ sion since assuming the duties of editor of The Way of Faith, a weekly religious paper published in ColumIS bia with an international circulation, ss ? ^ ? is Finds Baby Dead on Track. i th Florence, June 7.?Cecil Jean Rogers, the 2-year-old son of Mr. and P- Mrs. H. K. Rogers, of Ebenezer, was of run down by an Atlantic Coast Line of fast "peach special" at Ebenezer, a- this county, this morning and killed. The little fellow was playing about r- the yard, near the track, and when )0 his mother heard the train approachie ing she looked for her offspring. Aflg ter the train had passed the mother >k found the lifeless body on the track ground to pieces, one arm was severed from the body. In this condi tion the mother took the dead Dooy in her arms and ran screaming into the house, when neighbors came to her assistance. The engineer or fireit man, it is claimed knew nothing of ' the terrible accident. j SHOOTING AFFAIR AT AIKEN. D. Chester Boyd Desperately Wounded in His Own House. Aiken, June 7.?An unfortunate shooting affair occurred in this city last night about 10 o'clock, as a result of which D. Chester Boyd lies desperately wounded at the sanitarium of Dr. Harry H. Wyman, with a pi6tol bullet through his intestines and one through his lungs. The shooting occurred at the home of Mr. Boyd on Newberry street. It is reported that his little sister-inlaw, Miss Inez Berry, is held responsible for the shooting. There are several reports as to the cause of the shooting, but the one that is generally believed is that there was ' "1? * Dfturw trtnl? a iamny iuss, auu iuiss ucn; the part of her sister, Mrs. Boyd. Miss Berry is said to have secured Mr. Boyd's pistol and fired at him a number of times. Two shots took effect, one in the breast and one in the side. An operation was performed on the wounded n^n this morning, and it was found that his intestines were punctured in two places, and one shot penetrated the lungs. There are grave fears expressed for his recovery. Mr. Boyd has charge of the Aiken motor fire truck, and is well known, having run a garage here for years. HEAVY LOSS BY LIGHTING. Calhoun County Farmer Loses Barn During Storm. St. Matthews, June 7.?Last night about midnight, while the electrical storm was at its height and the rain was pouring heaviest, lightning struck and set on fire the barn of T. A. Amaker, resulting in a total loss. In the barn was stored all of Mr. Amaker's recently harvested oat crop, amounting to about $2,000. Housed in the lower story were sixteen mules and forty hogs, which * 1 xV _ ~ .. J /il. (nnnf Vl mi trV>f were saveo. Dy m w luicmuugm of Dixon Whetstone. Mr. Whetstone had just gone home and just at the moment the lightning struck, happened to be looking in the direction of the barn. He saw the stroke and in a few moments saw the flames burst from the building. He dashed upon the scene, opened doors and ran the mules and hogs out. The fire companies did good work in saving all nearby buildings. Mr, Amaker's loss including building, will be about $2,500, with no insurance. HONOLULU. First Ipipression of the Hawaiian Islands. To most people who have never been to the islands, and who have never contemplated going there long enough to get ujya Hawaiian dossier, writes Katharine F. Gerould, in Scribner, the name of Honolulu suggests, perhaps, half a dozen things: Sugar, surf-riding, volcanoes, lels, missionaries and poi. * * * Certainly we knew originally little more than the list suggests. But knowledge somehow bursts upon one when one is contemplating a specific jour. ney. The detached air of the steamship clerk and the railway agent breed in one a kind of knowingness. Long before we saw Diamond Head we had made a hundred traveller's choices, and could be glib ourselves about island problems. We had made out not only that Honolulu was the tourist's paradise?our luggage labels said so?but also that it was a paradise with a grievance. Free sugar, the seaman's bill, the prevailing yello^ tinge of the population, and the perishing Kanaka, , were all familiar formulae before a single maile wreath had been flung about our necks. There were island 1 ~ .+Aniviflp> onH wViorpvpr ptSUpiW UJLl Lilt? Sicauiui , uuu H ??v. v . island people are met together, to pass the - time or to instruct the stranger, island problems are hot in the mouth. To talk about the insularity of an island is to be tautological; but the insular American on Oahu is more insular, so to speak, thap the insular Englishman in London. England is the centre of an empire; but Hawaii is the mere outpost of a republic, a territory, something as helpless in the hands of congress as a ward in chancery is helpless; bent, therefore, on self-preservation solely, and on keeping up its own little state and luxury in its own midPacific Eden.* Disappointed. "My bride is disappointed about housekeeping." "What's the trouble?" "She can't get a maid who will curtsey like they do in the musical comedies she goes to see." BUSHES AND ROOSEVELT REPUBLICAN AND PROGRESSIVE NOMINEES. Roosevelt Declines the Nomination. Democrats Disappointed That Roosevelt Will Not Run. Chicago, June 10.?The Republican national convention today nominated Charles Evans Hughes, of New York, and Charles W. Fairbanks^ of Indiana, as the candidates of their party for president and vice president. Almost at the same moment Theo dore Roosevelt was nominated by the national Progressive convention, and later in the day John M. Parker, of Louisiana, was named as running mate. The Republican nomination required a ballot, the third of the convention, while the Progressive nomination was made by acclamation. Mr. Roosevelt's provisional declination to accept the Progressive nomination is believed by the politically wise to leave the door ajar, if not wide open, for eventual withdrawal of the third ticket in the event Mr. Hughes's position on what the Progressives feel to be the vital issues of the campaign meet their approval. To this extent, at least, the leaders in both parties feel that the efforts at harmony, even if not directly fruitful of result,. may yet be realized. Hughes and Fairbanks. Chicago, June 10.?Charles Evans Hughes, former governor o^ New York, and associate justice of the supreme court, was nominated today for the presidency by the Republican national convention. Charles Warren Fairbanks, of Indiana, elected vice president with Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, again was chosen for second place on the Republican ticket. Both nominations, made by overwhelming majorities on the first ballot of the day?the third ballot of the convention for the presidency?were, by acclamation, made unanimous. Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, presented by Col. Roosevelt as a compromise candidate, received seven votes. Col. Roosevelt himself received eighteen and one-half, scattered over twelve States. The nominating ballot showed this count: Hughes, 949 1-2; Roosevelt, 18 1-2; Lodge 7; DuPont, 5; Weeks, 3; LaFollette, 3; absent 1. Total, 987. Although Frank H. Hitchcock, leader of the Hughes supporters, let it be known that the Hughes men wanted Burton for second place, Ohio withdrew Burton's name, leaving the field to Mr. Fairbanks and former Senator Burkett, of Nebraska. The ballot for vice president showed this count: Fairbanks, 863; Burkett, 108; Borah, 8; Burton, 1; Johnson, 1; absent, scattering and not voting, 6. Total, 987. Roosevelt and Parker. Chicago, June 10.?The Progressive national convention, after four days' tumult with only one purpose in view, today nominated Col. Roosevelt for president and a few hours later listened without protest to a message from Oyster Bay that he would not "accept at this time." The convention adjourned at 4:58 p. m. Col. Roosevelt's declination was conditional and it was placed in the hands of the Progressive national + Kfl Vialr? until cilr>V) timp VJlflLlUlillCC IU UC u^iu uui.1t uuuu vitiiw as statements to be issued by Justice Hughes, the nominee of the Republican party, "shall satisfy the committee that it is for the interest of the country that he be elected." In the event the committee shall be satisfied that aid should be given to the Republican party Col. Roosevelt's refusal to make a campaign is to be considered final. It will then be authorized for the representatives of the Progressive party to say whether to endorse the position tak en by Mr. Roosevelt or whether they will name another man to fight for their party principles. John M. Parker, of Louisiana, was nominated for vice president, the selection being by acclamation. Out of Politics, Says T. R. Oyster Bay, N. Y., June 11.?Theodore Roosevelt reiterated tonight that he is "out of politics." "I want to tell you newspaper men," he said, "that it's of no use for you to come up here to see me. I will have nothing to say. I will answer no questions, please don't ask me to. I am out of politics." 1 . , * * - .v**.;-- - V"> *?v '-iZ> 'A PLEAS OF GUILTY. ! Four Charleston Defendants Must M Serve Sentences. Charleston, June 10.?Four more defendants under indictment for violating the liquor laws pleaded guilty and were sentenced in the court of general sessions today. A. Tsiropoulo was tried in his absence on Vcharge of violating the dispensary law anrl frvnnH trnilfv Vmf tiro e r?r?t " wwvi jtvriAAAv* j muw " UrtJ UUV sentenced. The grand jury made no report to the court today. Those entering pleas of guilty of violating the liquor law were: S. Apostalatos, C. J. F.^Rabens, Peter Magoula and G. G. Farado. All were sentenced to six months in the penitentiary or on the chaingang with four months of the sentence to be suspended upon payment of a fine, or twro months on the gang. The fine in the cases of Apostalatos and Magoula, which was paid, was $75. In the other cases the fine was $100 which Rabens paid. Farado was given until 2 o'clock Monday afternoon to pay his fine. A bench warrant has been issued for Tsiropoulo. The second week of the June term of court with Judge R. W. Memminger presiding and Solocitor William H. Grimball prosecuting, will begin at 10 o'clock Monday morning. Antonio Rosa, found guilty yesterday by a jury of selling liquor in violation of the law and sentenced to the penitentiary or gang for three months with two months suspended upon payment of a fine of $100 and during good behavior, is in jail and may not begin serving his sentence until after the present term of court .. ' Mi is over. HAD "HARDTACK" 50 YEARS. - Veteran of Pickett's Division Has Souvenir of Gettysburg. \ Among the interesting mementos'., of the great war the "vets" are bringing to Birmingham, one of the strangest is a piece of hardtack in possession of T. F. Perkins, of Hartsville, Tenn. The hardtack was among the last pieces of rations served at Gettysburg. Hard as a brick is the piece of hardtack, and Mr. Perkins says it "always was." Mr. Perkins served in Pickett's divisions, 11th Virginia cavalry, Longstreet's corp, and is attending the annual reunion of Confederate Veterans.?Birmingham, Ala., dispatch to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Hamburg has an experimental ^ plant that obtains power from the ebb and flow of North sea tides. 1 ' 1 If the former president has any plans for the immediate future other ' than to continue his literary work, he has not made them public. His secretary, John W. McGrath, is ex- . pected to arrive here tomorrow from Chicago with a detailed report of the happenings at both the Republican and Progressive conventions. PA! D AAoavfllf affanHcH 11 T*pVl VU1< XIUUOCTCII. ui>l>vuuvu vuu> v? this morning with Mrs. Roosevelt, but remained in seclusion at Sagamore Hill the remainder of the day. The telegraph lines brought him a flood of messages and it ,was announced that most of them approved his action in declining to become a candidate upon the Progressive ticket. While Col. Roosevelt would not discuss the qiiestion today, his intimates considered it altogether unlikely that he would reconsider his conditional refusal to head a third ticket. He has not yet made it clear whether or not he will support the Hughes candidacy. -M Democrats Sorry. Washington, June 10.?News of Col. Roosevelt's refusal to head a third ticket came like a thunderbolt to President Wilson's supporters. They had hoped earnestly that both Hughes and Roosevelt would run. While no statement was forthcom ing from the white house, there was no mistaking the gloom that supplanted the optimism caused by the earlier reports that two tickets had been named. The president's closest friends would make no statement as to his feelings, but they were plainly downcast over the course decided upon by Col. Roosevelt. "Hughes will be much easier to beat than Roosevelt," said Senator Ollie James, who will be the permanent chairman of the St. Louis convention. Uppermost in the mind of the president's friends was the question of what Col. Roosevelt would do or have done for him. When Hughes was nominated white house officials and callers turned their interest to the Bull Moose convention to see if Roosevelt would be nominated. . Y|