' \ ?ltr iambrrg Kf^ralii Oae Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 29,1917. Established 1891 COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS | IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the] County and Elsewhere. - Clear Pond Culling. Clear Pond, .March 26.?Mr George Padgett and wife spent a few days with .Mr. Padgett's brother near Denmark last week. Mr. B. F. Hill spent the day at Mrs. P. K. Hughes's last Monday. Mr. Leroy Gunnells and little brother spent the week-end at Mr. George Padgett's. Mrs. Annie Zeigler, Mrs. Mander Priester and Mr. Probie Hiers were the guests at Mr. Robt. Morris's Sunday. Mr. G. W. Folk and daughters, Misses Pet and Dorris, with Mr. Herbert Folk and wife and Mr. Johnnie Folk and wife, also Mrs. Avis Steedly, went to Lodge Friday night to play for the entertainment, which was given by the school there. They reported a good collection. Mr. Rice Steedly was a guest in the Clear Pcnd section Sunday and spent the evening at Mr. G. W. Folk's. The Misses Padgett, accompanied by their guest, Mr. Leroy Gunnells, spent a very pleasant evening at Mr. G. W. Folk's Saturday. "n Messrs. C. R. Miller and Joe Martin were the guests of the Misses * Padgett Sunday evening. Mr. Jervey Richardson and wife, * and Mr. and Mrs. Joe DuBois spent the afternoon at Mr. P. K. Hughes's Sunday. Mr. J. Frank Jennings has finished moving his saw mill. Mr. P. K. Hughes has nearly completed his residence and h pes to be able to move in soon. Mr. George Steedly was the guest at his brother's, Mr. Duncan Steedly, \ Sunday afternoon. The Misses Padgett took their friend, Mr. Gunnells, to see Crystal Springs Sunday afternoon.; Misses Pet and Morris Folk also visited the springs. Mr. George Steedly has accepted a position with Mr. J. F. Jennings, at his saw mill. Mr. John Stroud will soon be a member of our neighborhood, coming to log Mr. Jennings's mill. Clear Pond, March 27.?Rev. J. R. \ ' Smith filled his last appointment at Bethesda church Sunday morning. There was an unusually large crowd present. Mrs. R. F. McMillan has returned from a short visit to relatives at Ehrhardt. Mr. Leroy Gunnells, of Govan, attended church here Sunday. Quite a number of Clear Pond, folks attended the play at the Lodge graded school last Friday night. Those visiting at the home of Mr. G. W. Folk Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs. Elige Goodwin, Mr. and Mrs. Connor Smoak, Messrs. Owen F. McMillan, of Asheville, X. C.; Mayfield Bessinger, Connie and Monroe Crider, a ad Mrs. Q. H. Sandifer. Miss Vera McMillan is spending ? i some time with relatives at Enrhardt. Mr. J. H. Pearson, of Bamberg, attended church here Sunday. Messrs. Charlie and G. Hugh Goodwin visued at the home of Mr. J. B. Folk Sunday. Briar Creek Breezes. Briar Creek, March 26.?Mr and Mrs. Jim Hicks spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Kinney Hicks. Mr. Eddie McMillan spent Saturday and Sunday in the Oak Grove section. Miss Hattie May Morris spent Saturday with Miss Clio Richardson. "* ~^ Uottia Mav Morris MISSES V^nu auu xxcavbxu ? and xMessrs. Wade and Eugene Morris and Mr. Odeil Sandifer spent Saturday afternoon with Misses Annie May and Josie Richardson. Miss Carrie Steedly spent Sunday with Miss Clio Richardson. Mr. B. S. Hightower, of Denmark, is spending some time with his aunt,! Mrs. W. L. McPhail. Miss Eloise Stevenson and Mr. Deney Donald spent Sunday afternoon in the Spring Branch section. Mrs. S. A. Carter is spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. F. M. Steedly. Mr. R. M. O'Quinn happened to a misfortune last Friday. While working he lost his eyesight and he has gone to Charleston to a hospital. We hope he will be home soon. Mr. Joe Wyman Hightower's mother spent the week-end with him. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. McPhail spent Sunday in Denmark. Mrs. J. A. Page spent .Monday in Denmark. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wyman Hightower spent Sunday in Denmark. Messrs. Odell Sandifer, Louis Sandifer, and Wade Richardson, and Misses Clio Richardson and Fannie Steedly visited in the Spring Branch section Sunday. Miss Sallie Smith spent Thursday with Miss Leitha Morris. Mr. Herbert Bails is very ill. Mr. Mack Collins, of Smoak's cross roads, spent Saturday night and Sunday with his aunt, Mrs. F. M. Steedl.v. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, March 27.?Prosperous Ehrhardt! Our little town is on the boom; six dwelling houses under construction! Mr. S. W. Copeland's twostory brick store building is nearing completion and now Messrs. J. M. Dannelly & Co., are clearing away for a brick building on their old stand, which will contain two or thiee stores and a barber shop. How about the school building? Stop your kicking and let us all pull together and we then can accomplish something. Some one make a move; the building is very much in need. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Goodson have moved into their new home and are now enjoying city life?artesian water, electric lights, delivery boys and fresh air. Born unto Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Copeland, last week, a bouncing, baby boy. There was an agent in town some imn orm Knirinor 11 n nlH cpran irnn 11U1C \J UUJillfe up Vtu UW up rubber and bones. Some one, in collecting and bringing in bones, brought the skeleton of a horse which still has some of the hide and flesh on parts of it and unloaded by a seed house of the Carolina Gin. Co.'s plant, right in the residential part of town. The dogs have been dragging it around and the chickens are enjoying the decayed flesh. If the authorities don't stop such things we will have to train some buzzards to help out with the so-called "sanitation." r The Ladies' Aid society served oysters, coffee, candy, etc., Saturday in the old millinery store. Quite a tidy sum- was realized. This is the beginning of a new Methodist church for Ehrhardt. Mr. C. C. Moore spent Sunday night in Walterboro, interested in the welfare of his health. The farmers are all very busy. Some are planting corn. They are using more fertilizer than they at first contemplated. The spring gardens are looking fine, but th'e ground is cold , and very wet.v Rev. J. R. Smith, pastor of the ' -1 1 *1. ~ .BcipLlSt L'Xl UI ClltJS UU UlC Diuuami vxicuit, preached his farewell sermon last Sunday. He has accepted a call at Flint Hill, and will move as soon as his children are sufficiently recovered from a slight illness. Mr. S,.:th is an able preacher and has served this pastorate well. He made many friends here and they learn of his departuf-e with much regret and we sincerely extend to him our best wishes in his new field of work. An attraction of more than ordinary interest is coming to Ehrhardt on Monday night, April 2nd. Judge Bale, a speaker of national reputation, will lecture in the Methodist church on the subject of national prohibition. He comes under the auspices of the Anti-Saloon league. Press reports speak very favorably of his lectures on this subject, and we are expecting a rare treat. Spring Branch Sayings. Spring Branch, March 27.?The missionary meeting that was to be at Spring Branch Saturday, was not held oa account of the rain. Miss Reba Williams and Messrs. Roy Williams and Eddie Walker, of Colston, spent Saturday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. O'Quinn. I Mrs. Hattie Hutto is spending some time with Mrs. H. W. Herndon. Miss Eula O'Quinn is spending some time with her uncle. Mr. C. F. O'Quinn, of Beaufort. Miss Eloise Stevenson and, Mr. Dewey Donald, of Briar Creek, were the pleasant guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. O'Quinn Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Crider gave a party Saturday night. It was very much enjoyed by the young folks. Misses Gertrude and Irene Bessinger spent Saturday night with their grandmother, Mrs. Laura Bessinger. Misses Sadie Boyd and Ethel Logan, of Colston, spent Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Herndon. Mrs. Warnie Steedly, of Briar Creek, spent Saturday night with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Goodwin. Miss Dottie Goodwin was the guest of Miss Minnie Crider Sunday. Mr. Connie Crider spent Saturday night with Mr. Monroe Crider. Mr. John Bessinger, spent Saturday night with his brother. Mr. \V. R. Bessinger. Miss Reba O'Quinn spent Monday night with Miss Dottie Goodwin. Mrs. Emma Goodwin spent a few hours at Mr. J. P. O'Quinn's Monday afternoon. A good many folks from the Spring Branch section went to Bethesda Sunday morning to hear Rev. J. R. Smith preach his farewell ser men. Rev. Walter Black spent Sunday night with .Mr. and Mrs. Sam Goodwin. Miss Xell Clayton spent last Monday night with Miss Dottie Goodwin. Mr. C. F. O'Quinn, who has been spending some time with his brother, Mr. J. P. O'Quinn, has returned to his home in Beaufort. Mr. J. P. O'Quinn and his brother, Mr. R. M. O'Quinn, spent Saturday in Orangeburg. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ivinard, of Ehfrhardt, spent last Tuesday night with Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Herndon. Colston Clippings. Colston, March 27.?Missionaryday?April 1?will be observed at Colston Branch Baptist church on that date, at 3:30 o'clock, in the afternoon, ine puouc is mvuea to attend. Misses Sadie Boyd and Ethel Logan spent Friday night and Saturday with friends in the Spring Branch section. Mr. Albert McMillan and Misses Ethel and Dora McMillan and Rebecca Dickinson, of Bamberg, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McMillan. Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Bishop spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Bishop. Miss Bessie Kirkland spent \ast week-end with her cousin, Mrs. J. A. Jennings. > Messrs. R. L. Jackson and George Curry spent last week-end in Sumter. x Messrs. Frank Kirkland and Gerald Kearse and Miss Minnie Kirkland spent Sunday in Ulmer. Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Beard and family spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Bishop. Miss Inez Clayton spent Saturday night with .miss l^aura vjooqwiu. Messrs. George Kearse and Elgin McMillan, and Misses Sadie Boyd and Ethel Logan spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Padgett. Lagripppe still holds the key to a good many homes. Mesdames F. W. McMillan and J. C. Beard, and Misses Sadie Boyd, Ethel Logan and Reba \Villiams, delegates from the Colston missionary society to the meeting at Spring Branch, went before the down-pour Saturday morning. The rain prevented the meeting, but the delegates, except Miss Williams, who spent the day at Mr. J. P. O'Quinn's, enjoyed the day with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Herndon. Mr. Will McMillan spent Sunday with Messrs. Claude and Johnnie U i r?lr lonrl I\ 11 ntauu. Messrs. Robert Kennedy and Ira Garrett, of Govan, were visitors in this section Saturday night and Sunday. Miss Evelyn Kirkland is spending some time in Olar. Oak Grove Greetings. Oak Grove, ^larch 28.?All the farmers are very busy planting their crops. Mr. Willie Carter, of Barnwell, spent last Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Carter. Mrs. J. L. Gopeland and Miss Lonie Copeland spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wilfie Bishop. There is some sickness in our neignDornooa. Mrs. Albert Hunter and little son, I 9 W. I., spent the week-end with her sister, Mrs. M. W. Rentz. Mrs. W. D. Bennett, of Ehrhardt, spent last week with her sister, Mrs. O. L. Copeiand. Miss Grace Hoffman spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. Rose Hoffman. Among those who dined with Mr. and Mrs. L. \V. Copeiand last Sun| day were: Mr. J. L. Copeiand, Mr. and .Mrs. D. E. Fender and little daughter, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Zeigler, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Beard, of Colston, and Mr. Ola Zeigler, of Clemson college. Miss Jennie Lou Martin spent last Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. John Miley, of Lodge. Miss Lonie Copeiand spent last / HIXDKXISl'llG LIXK BKFAKS. Germans Giving Ground Foot by Foot.? Desperate Hat ties. ! Notwithstanding stiffened resistance by the Germans before the Hindenburg line, British and French troops continue to make progress en both sides of the Sonime and Oise rivers in France. The west bank of the Oise from La Fere northward to Vendeuil, a dis' tan^e of about four miles has been occupied by the French troops, who also captured two of the advance forts in the defensive system of La Fere, supposed to be one of the German strong points. Vnrfli nf +Viq 5nmnio tlio riormanc *"> vi C AX Vi. 111^ k/vilimv V4*v V* have been forced back to Savy, four miles west of St. Quentin. The fighting on the west bank of the Oise, according to the French official statement, was of the most desperate character, the Germans giving ground only foot by foot and defending themselves tenaciously. Several Villages Taken. In the face of the German attempts to check the French progress south of the Oise by flooding some sections, the French have advanced on the east bank of the Aillette river, capturing several villages and forcing the Germans to retreat. Roisen, seven miles east of Peronne, and a railway junction point on the line, between Marcoing and St. Quentin, has been captured by the British. At Beaumetz-les-Cambrai, near the centre of the British line on the: Somme front, the Germans attacked and obtained a temporary footing in the village, but later were ejected. A British advance southwest and west of Eocust-St. Mein, southeast of Arras, on a_front of one and; a half miles, also Is reported b> London. Grand Duke Nicholas has been ousted from the chief command of the Russian armies because of his connection with the Romanoff dynasty. * Gen. Alexieff has taken temporary^command of the Russian forces. On Roumanian Frontier. Activity has been resumed on the Roumanian frontier, where German 1 troops have stormeG the Russian positions between the Zolyomtar and Czobanos valleys and have taken 500 prisoners. Between the Silcha and Chvanich rivers the Russians have withdrawn about two-thirds of a mile under German pressure. The fighting between lakes Ochrida and Presba on the Macedonian, near .Monastir, is reported to be always present, with Teuton forces still in possession of the dominating heights in the district north and west of the .Monastir basis, which is said to have been the object of the French at4 J tatiio. Russian Advance Continues. j The advance of Russian troops toward the Mesopotamian border continues and the capture of the Persian town of Kerind, forty miles from the border, was announced Saturday. Gen. Letchitzsky, who was in command of the southern wing of the Russian armies in Gen. Brusiloff's offensive last summer, ha9 been placed in command of the Russian armies on the central front, succeeding Gen. Alexie E. Evert. | Announcement has been made in Washington that Brand Whitlock, the | American minister, and the American relief workers in Belgium have been | I withdrawn and will be replaced as far jas possible by members of a joint neuI tral commission supervised principally by Dutch military officials. Tuesday night with Miss Julia Clayton. Mr. Jule Rhoad and daughter, Annie. and Mrs. Mattie Fender spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. J. A. Carter. A good many folks attended the play at Lodge last Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Copeland spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kinard. Mr. Barnie Hiers dined with his sister, Mrs. Willie Bishop. Buford Bridge Budget. Buford Bridge, March 27.?Mr. Ben Darlington, of Barnwell, is a pleasant visitor at the home of Mr. S. E. Xeeley. Mrs. H. M. Graham and children and Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Graham, of Bamberg, were visitors at Mr. A. L. KlTKiailU S lcS.dC nccn-tnu. Mr. Henry Kearse and sister and Miss Clara McMillan, of Bamberg, were pleasantly entertained by Mr. J. B. Kearse and family last Sunday. Mr. R. L. Kearse and family, of Colston, were visitors at Mr. J. B. Kearse's Sunday. Mrs. Roscoe Kearse is still at the hospital in Columbia. Last reports IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading.?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The German steamship, Lieben-1 fels, recently sunk in Charleston har- j bor, has been raised and formally j turned over to the navy department, j The State railroad commission has orderoed the Southern railway to put in service an addition passenger train between Columbia and Spartanburg. During the session of the court of general sessions for Clarendon county, last week, Judge Memminger presided, 40 of the 48 cases on the docket were cleaned up. Rev. William Thomas Russell was formally installed Thursday as bishop of the Catholic diocese of Charleston. The formal installation was by Cardi- 1 nal Gibbons, of Baltimore. Ira O. Burton, charged with the! murder of David A. Langford, on the streets of dewberry on January 24, i 1916, was convicted Thursday, the jury bringing in a verdict of man- j slaughter. , Chas. M. Smith, of the Merchants & Planters National bank, of Gaffney, purchased $12,000 worth of 5 per cent, twenty-year uanney Donas at a premium of $350. There were twelve bidders. Alex J. Ferguson, of Charleston, and Herbert Rivers, of Atlanta, Ga., were drowned off the Isle of Palms, Sunday afternoon, when their motorboat capsized. A third member of the party was rescued in an exhausted condition. Roxie Gamble and Will Moore, negroes, were arrested in Greenville Monday, by United States secret service agents, on suspicion that the pair was passing counterfeit coins. The counterfeit coins are of the $1 denomination. Charleston on Tuesday voted to purchase the property of the Charleston Light and Water company for $1,360,000 and to issue $140,000 in bonds for the improvement of the plants which will now be run by the municipality. Forty-five negroes were captured in a gambling den on upper King street, Charleston, Sunday morning. Forty of them were released on $10 bail bonds, four were held without K#?;l ? >?>/} ftno rolaacorl \fnst fif the UCL1 I y aiiU VU