Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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EJM" ? THE NJWt* AT UKTHUNB, H* ot Intcrmt In nnd Around Our Neighbor Town. . ?y kbune, H. Auk. 5. ? After aev reek* "f exceedingly hot, dry fr tlilx nation was visited by |,liw Mouday night and Tuesday, -^have been greatly Injured by the Cjj,, <?peclaljy corn In Home plate*, ,ber?liis this week have ?uved thel EUod and We believe now that -an # yield will be harvested. ri?g a thunder showe^ last Vpl* erefling a barn wan sruck by llght , iu the Turkey ('reek section, a mile* below bere and a splendid (je which belonged to Mr. Lon Fol- j % wa* Instantly killed. Another | .j* in an adjoining stall was badly rttd- . j yr> severance, of BlsbopvUie, spent ren! days at the home of Mr* J. B. rerance, near town, the past week. Dr. Carl West, one of the phynl t it the state hospital at Colum _ gpent Saturday night aud Sunday |th the family of Postmaster X** W. Luiim Bennle and Ella Gardner, of ?nhaw, spent several days the past Irk with relatives and friends In this (tlon. 1 in Alma West was a visitor toj ids near Cassatt Saturday and lay. r. Blpley Copeland and little son, It, left^aTurday night for a couple nays' visit to Mrs. Copeland, who upending some time at Great Falls. ?Tittle Hazel King has returned to gnden after a two weeks visit to re bere. Iltaars. L. W. West and W. 0. 'King Knded the State Convention of the| pior Order in Columbia this week, pro of our sporty young men, Mes Flynn and George Kelly, purchas l fine seven-passenger touring dftV week. |ln<. Glllum Hrannon and children] last week for a ten days visit ttf Quires at Taxahaw, in Lancaster S ? * R. A. Stokes has sold out his j in the People's Grocery Co., j to Mr. H. E. Hyatt, of Bishop- J trot will continue to conduct the I as heretofore. Bra. W. H. Powell and daughter, of j polk, Va., were the guests of Mr. Mre. M. C. Thomason, near town, ?oople of days last week. Iter. I A. Graham, of Rowesvllle, j Bed his family here last week and Bidied at the Baptist church Sun-j v night. ?he Misses Young, of Darlington* the guests of Mr. L. W. West and ?lly Saturday and Sunday. V ases Mamie Mays and Alice King, JroMiethUne's prettiest young la went to McBee Tuesday after to spend a few days as the guests pfewsj Katie Holder and Edith Cur Btt protracted meeting at Harmony ntixt church cIomkI last Sunday ?it, two aervlces having been held ?7 for one week. A great deal of ?vest was manifested and large ?rib attended, especially at night. ? new names were added to the fcth membership. fr. W. C. Tiller, one of McBee's feag merchants, was here yester ?ceordlng to our understanding the IN of registration of thls__ county PH have held a meeting at Cam let Monday for the purpose of la* PI certificates to voters who did Ihavp any. lVrhnpa tha board-did ? ? meeting at that time, but if so ?tailed to see any notice of-flanie. PWwiln the newspapers, which ffW have been dono, Iore*ir ?pin ? 1 u the board desired to! do'the cor ? they would have held meet" ?J >t Camden, Bethune, I Algol! and to the county this summer for ? Accomodation of voters In view of |f*ct that the election on the llQuar W&* will Ive held the 14th of next Pth. There are numbers of people ??*? the county who have no rejg P"0? certificates and who would glad to vote in the election W ttonth. I P* notice by tho newspapers thftt l P&itlon meetings are being held atl F^Places in nearly every county W* state In order to arouse Interest election on September 14th, e% Ito this county. The writer has F*?red to Kct np a meeting or two J? place, but without any encour ^ far- However, we believe to^Jbrity of tho votern, tii thisi Will Ko f,,r pritUlMtlq^^^H ** ?* whole win be ear B** prohibition hy a very large W*9' . of the most fccathlng '?f the liquor we l u i v t ? aver ivud wan a sermon deliv ered In Dcunettesvllle recently l?y Kev. Baxter F. McLeudou, the evangelist, whl? U was published in the Pee !>???? Advocate of last week. Of the man who will vote against prohibition on Septemlwr 14th, Mr. Bfofondon ?ald i "If you pour an emetic Into hell and make it vomit up all the. black, vile, slimy filth f of the accumulated apces, the lant miserable demon to t>e h|h?w <*l out of the abysmal depths of the Iwttomless pit would l>e a white wing ed angel compared to the blear-eyed, red-nwded* conscienceless criminal who will vote on Heptember 14 to fasten the dlsj>ensary on the hoys of South Carolina." The following notice, taken from the Hackensack, (N. J.) Evening Record Of July ltt, will be read with interest: "Messrs. I. B. McLean and William King, of Bethune, South Carolina, who act as hosts and guides to C. P. Van Auken, Eddie Schiuults, George Van Buukirk and Dr. G. F. Hunter when these local hunters Infest that South ern ' clime, are having a great time during their visit here. Yesterday they were motored to Moe's place in the mountains above Greenwood Lake and they , reveled In the mysteries of this famous resort. The visitors are 'still talking of the pleasure* on the Elks' excursion to Rockaway Beach. Today Mr. King left for Niagara Falls. Mr. McLean exi?ect8 to remain here until Friday. The visitors seem to enjoy the wonders of a. big city, but they declare they won't be sorry to get back to the wilds again. They are loud' in their praise of the way tlieir hosts are treating them." News reached here last week of the death of Mrs. -Samuel N. Newman, which occurred, at her home at Salter's Depot in Williamsburg county oh last Wednesday, July 28. Mrs. Newman had been ill a long time. She was formerly a resident of this section, whete she has a number of relatives. 1 - A game of baseball will be played jat the park . here tomorrow afternoon between Bethune and the Haley's Mill team. . Fell From Wagon and Wu Killed. Ida Goff, a young white man, 23 yearn of age, fell from a wagon- Mon day afternoon and. was Instantly kill ed. Mr. Goff, in company with' other ,1 was returning from a flour mill neir Blaney, and seeiug a storm bre the wagon was being driven -at a rapid gait. The ^oung man was thrpwn from the wagon, one of the wheels passing over his head, crushing his skull from which he died instantly. Mr. Goff was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Goff, of near Bl&ney, and was held in high esteem in his neighborhood. Besides his parents he is survivedby four brothers and one sister. . j* ? ' ' ? - Hart in Runaway. V -Joe Neeley, of Blaney, who had a several (lays ago in a runaway, acci dent, was brought to the Columbia hospital yesterday for treatment Mr. Neeley's condition te not' thought to be serious. Ida Goff, 23 years old, wqs killed at the same time, thfc wagon wheel crushing his skull. ? Thursday's State. , '.-i-ai New Motor Company. ? The Kershaw Motor company of Camden has been commissioned, with a capital of $5,000. The . petitioners are George D. Shore and & D. Shaw, both of Sumter. . ? Report Says Water is Good. Following Is a report by P. L. Park* er, Chemist, for tt?4 state board of health, on sample of water from Com mlssloners of Public Works of Cam; deii? sample drawn from residence of D. McCutchan : . ' J "Bacterial- Analy Bis.yteacterlai I mil cations of eontaminattons : Negative. Remarks : Analysis indicates water to be free from contamination." Corrected Schedule Lancaster Excur sion for Home-Comlng Week. L_1 Account Home-Coming Popular Ex cursion to Lancaster via Southern Rail way, Tuesday, August 10, 1015. Low round trip -fares r ? - - - v Leave Camden 7:80 a. m., $1.25 Leave Westvllle 8:17 a. m., 80c Leave Kershaw 8:40 a. m., 60c ~ Leave Heath Springs 0.02 a. m.. 40c . Arrive Lancaster 0.85 a. m. Returning leave Lancaster 10 p. m. For further information and tickets call on J. N. Anderson, Agent, Cam den, S, C. "" libel Taken From Coffin. New York, Aug. 1.? The poltce, It was announced tonight had had re movo^from the coffin of Charles Beck er a sliver plate placed there by his witjow ? on which was Inscribed the charge that the former police lieuten ant, electrocuted Friday, >wqs "mur dered by Gov. Wttltman." Mrs Backer was informed that the Inscription waa a criminal libel on .the governor and waa prevailed on to permit Its re movaL - PROHIBITION KIJCCTION. . ' W ? i . ?? % Mw Governing Content To lit; ||Hd Tuesday, Hepttniber M<" J Following i? the law bearing on the prohibition edition to be held In 8ep tember, an Htated by D. W. Robinson, secretary of the ateerlug committee of the All) I -Saloon I^e?K???* : "Tbl# "Wtection will be held on Tuea <lay, Meptemher 14. There will be two ballot*, an provided by the atatute, one, "For the manufacture and aale of alcoholic liquors and beverages in Mouth Carolina," the other "Against the sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors and leverages in South Caro llna." 'There will l>e hut one ballot box. If the reuult of tlie election la ngaliiMt the m^iufacture and nalo, the county dispensary will be closed after the .'Hut of December, and the sale of alcoholic liquora ami leverages withiu the atate will he unlawful after that time. ^ 'Thla ha* nothing to do with the gallon-a-month law, regulating the lm* porta tlou of liquor* from outaide the atate. - "All peraona who are eligible ^and deaire to vote in .thia election must have a registration certificate and a receipt showing the payment *of all bin taxes for the ye^r 1014: 4To vote in this election a person must have. been registered more than ^0 days before the election, unless' he becomes of age within the 30 days, The only remaining opportunity to register for thlA election will be In Au gust. Tb^ books will be open for It at 'least thfee days in August, in every county and at such place In the couji ty as the board of registartion may designate, by two weeks' public no tice. In those counties having 80,000* people or more, the books will beopen for the first 15 days of August. * (.It Is earnestly desired by those fa voring prohibition that the election shall be a full expression of the peo ple, both for and against prohibition. And" fpr that reason, all persons who are eligible to do so, are urged 'to reg ister aijd vote., - ?" '-r ?, ? ? ' A Sample of Flour. The Chronicle received this week a sample of flour in an envelope from the "Three T's Milling Co."? Team, Tiller and Thurmond, at Lugoff. It Is pretty and white and looks good, but how in the world could a hungry newspaper man tell anything 'bout the quality of an envelope full of floqr? It is said that this mill on the old Jordan place is running on full time, wheat being received from all section** and if the "sample" sent us is a fair sample it certainly , "looks" good. A Staple Ohnra. The Pearce- Young Hardware Co., have on ^display at their store one of the simplest, yet useful chums ever exhibited here. It Is made of two coll springs and a tin vessel and is guar anteed to make butter in three min utes. This simple device is said to have made the inventor Immensely wealthy, it will be worth looking at. John L. McLaurln to Speak. > State Warehouse Commissioner John Jj. McLaurin will speak in the court house at Camden next * Saturday, 7th inst., on the state warehouse plan. The meeting will be regarded- in the nature of % farmers cotton rally, and it is hoped that they will be' there In full force. - * ' . .. ? ' ' . ' ' . "? ' ? ' ? ' Annual Meeting to Be Held at Bir mingham This Month." " " The third annual * meeting of "the Southern Cat.tlemen's Association will be held at Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 18, 19 and 20, 1915. Special reduced pas senger rates for the round trip have been secured on all lines in this terri tory of the Southwestern Passenger as sociation, ahd summer tourist rates, 2c. a mile, from points in Southwestern J*assenger association. On the program are a large number of men who are prcflhlnent among the cattlemen of the south because they have done things. AThe program is one of instruction, Because we have passed the stage where we need to be told "What to do," we now want to ho told "how to do." An auction safe of 00 head of pure bred breeding cattle will of itrfelf be a liberal education for any one start ing to raise or handle cattle, v, j No man Interests in the development [tof the cattle Industry in the south can afford to miss this meeting. For pro gram mod other information write the secretary, Tait Butler, box 080, Mem phis, ' Hem*. SSSfer-' 1 I , '? Jr. T i BAIK1NU COLORED COTTON. ^ ? A. W. Hrabliaiii, of OUr, Huh Produced Heveral Shades of Staple. A. NV. lirabhain, of Olar, H. 0y 1m attempting to raise colored cotton, lie hat* shown already speeluiens of brown, yellow and green, and is at work for the future hues. He 1h sure that black, reo ?|id gray cotton can l>e produced, and he beard recently of the develop iu?nt of blue cotton. Experiments are being made In Mex ico with blaek cotton, and Mr. Brab ham Is in correspondence with an ex pert there who hopes to produce a fibre of Holld black, Instead of white. Owing to unsettled condition of af fairs in Mexico, however, uo details of the effort* on Mexican soil, to grow black cotton, have been obUthed. A short while ago Mr. Brabham heard through C. H. Clark, of Boston, M?u?s., that bjue cotton had l>een pro duced, and he has since added this 1 # hue to the hIx colors he is attempting to perfect. He thinks .lt>at the color of cotton can be controlled and diversified by combinations, at} , the* color and other characteristics of stodk are controlled. "The making of these ? different shades of cottoft,'? he says is "no guess work, no hypothesis, but a plain, sim ple fact. Look how soon Jacob chang ed the color of the entire herd of Lallan's cows. Look how soon a hog dealer can change the color of his hogs ; a poultry raiser the color of his chickens ; or a kennel keeper the color of his dogs.? Florence Times. ? - Married. On Sunday afternoon, Aug. 1st, Mr. Willie Ellis to Miss Nettle Owens, both of Westvllle, Judge of Probate W. L. Mel >mvell, ? Officiating. On Their Jobs. Yesterday morning shortly at terr Southern passerfger train No. 85, Con ductor Albergottl and Engineer Ham wepaly parsed Yorkville at 7-22, one ..of thetra Inmen belonging to the freight crews that camp here every other night; while about his duties in making up the ? outgrowing trains, found on the track east of the station, a piece of a %heel flange.andfroin its appearance and the application of Sherlock Holmes reasoning, figured it out that the flange was frojm. an engine truck wheel. Quick examination of the engine^ in the yard proved them to be all right. Then it must be elsewhere. Coming to the tel ?egraph ofQCe the agent at Hickory -Grove was notified- to tell Mr. Ham iherrfty-' to examine his engine for a broken flange and sure enough there it was on a wheel of the hind truck of his engine. The locomotive wim set on the side track and the train held at Hickory Grove until another engine, No. 88, a freighter, came along to con ;tinue the train, No. 30 on its way. Railroad iben do not like to contem 'plate the fearful wrecks that are some* times caused by broken flanges and in this case they are thanking the vigi lence of the finder of the broken flange and the ideation of the engine to which U belonged, which was liable to jump* the track at any moment: ? Yorkville Enquirer. COLLEGES CONSOLIDATED. President of Chicora Sees Great Future For Presbyterian College. Columbia, S. C., July 27. ? The suc cess of Chicora College at Greenville^ <X, has been so great during the past nine years, and its growth so rapid that, Respite frequent enlnrge ments and improvements of the old plant, the Board of Trustees found it imperative to seek a new site. ' Co incident with their negotiations . in Greenville, the Board of Trustees of the College for Women In Columbia offered its magnificent property to .Chicora, according to the terms of the original charter under which the Col lege^or ; Women operated. The Chicora BoardACceptod th?~?r Her, deciding on a consolidation of the two schools, the consolldated< institu tion to be '"located on the Columbia property. The Presbyteries ratified this action of the Board, seven voting for it, only one against it Dr. S. C. Byrd, for nine years the efficient' president of ChicOra College, will continue as the executive head of the new school, and with him practical ly nil of ChlcjQi* facultjwand as many of the teachers of the College for Wo men as were available at -the time of the oonsolldatlon. The friends of the college are en thusiastic and certain t>t its greatly increasing success. The Alumnae As sociation of the College for Women voted to continue their ? organization, and gradoualy offered the contribution of their donation* to the Kelley Me morial Library. lloth of tin* QniQlMtlOQI ?r^ as sured of the warm lntcrc*t and friend ship of the C'lilcora College for Women, and the prenldent Ik?k? that they will eaHt feel aaaured of the i>ermauency of their own Alma Mater. The college will he a standard achool, conducted along modern llueH of high est educational efficiency. President Bynl in a recent Interview said, "One thing la certain, there will he no hack ward step." The many friends of the school who knew the prealdent aud hla Ideals l>esi>cak an Immediate suc cess in Columbia, and are happy to think of the great Hcrvlce the instl tutlon will render to the Church and the cause of education. Columbia seems to be in every way an ideal location for a college fot women. ? The winter climate la mild and reeognizedly healthful. The loca tion there of the Theological Bemlty or y, the University, aud other educa tional Institutions contrlbutea to an Academic atmosphere that la at once a spur to ambition aud an aid to achievement. The political life of the state capital adds greatly to the bril liance of a city's soctal life, atad af fords: an opportunity to study the pro cesaeH of government at close range. The great interest and belief in the college Is widened by the large number of inquiries and applications already on file in the president's office. BIO DAY AT CANTKY. People Planning Big Picnic With* Prom inent Speakers Present. Oantey, S. C., Aug. 4. ? The hospita ble people of Cantey, a few miles north of Camden are planning a big picnic for Thursday, August 12th. An address will be made, by Commissioner ? ' of Agriculture E. J. Watson aud there will be other speakers present After dinner $here will be a base ball ggme to amuse the crowd. Invitation to attend is extended to .jivery one, aud all are requested to bring a well filled basket. Messrs. Otho J. Rose, J. E. Creed and p. E. Watts will hare charge of] arrangements. Messrs. \v. R/Barfleld, j Henry Smyrl, E. E. Holtand, 8. 0. Rose, Lewis Hornsby and Jesse Rose are members of the reception commlUj tee. Messrs. Ixmnle Watts, S.' W. Hornsby, R. A. McDowell, Mrs. E. E. Holland, Mrs. R. L. 8myrl, Mrs. 8. C. Rose and Mrs. J; C. Huckabee will see after the bankets. This is an annual affair among the | Cantey folks- and their picnics never '? 1 '? . /\ Mrs. Gardner Dead. Mrs. 8allie Gardner died Monday af ternoon at the Hermitage Mill village after a'; lingering Illness. The hody was sent to Westvllle Tuesday after noon for burial. Mrs. Gardner was the widow of the late Will Gardner, who. was killed several years ago In the northern section df the county* by a man named Williams, who has s&ce been granted a parole. Death. Harold R. Davis, son of Mr. J. R. Davis, *of the Pine Creek Mill died Wednesday morning at three o'clock. The body was burled at the Pine Creek ?churchyard after funeral services by. Rev. J. C. Rowan. STATE NEWS. Grlce, a colored youth ofi Florence county was electrocuted Wed nesday ^ morning at the death house in Columbia. - He was convicted of criminal assault upon a white woman and confessed his crime. The two year old daughter of Mrs. Annie Garris, of near Wallerboro, met . ahorrlble death Monday from the bite of a rattlesnake on Sunday. . ? On last Friday afternoon, at about seven okclock, Calhoun Cason, of Ab beville, and William McColVeytv of Mt.j Cannel, lost their lives in die Savan nah river, at Millwood. Winnsboro contributes the following : "At a negro hot supper finmn Trftftaflpj ago the regulation fight took place, one man was shot and another slash ed with a knife. Onto man explaining' the fight stated that the man receiv ing the bullet wound "was shot volun tarily" as he was only looking oa? so to 'apeak* Malflno T?ren*o, an Italian sailor, has been awarded a verdict of $2,000 1 against the Atlantic. Coast Line rail I road on account of i " received while he rj <? .-<? WILL KNFOKCK BLOCK All*. Note to Amerit? 8ay? ||riUtio Course U Not Illegal. Washington, Auk 3. ? Great Britain's replies to the Intent American repre sentations skhIiihI Interferences with neutral coiuweriv reject tnUnljf th* contention that tbe orders-ln-councll are Illegal and Justfy the British course an being wholly wlthlu International law. "Unsustainable either In point of law or upon principles of international equity," la the British reply to the American protest against the blockade ? >f neutral port*, with an invitation to submit to International arbitration any cases in which the United Btateft in dissatisfied with the action of the Brit ish prise courts. tireat Britain's reply in two notes was made public here tonight and in I^ndon simultaneously by agreement between the Governments. With the r.ote was made public also the cor respondence over the Americun steamer. Neches seized by the British while en route from Rotterdam to the United Htates with goods of Germau origin. Changed condition of warfare, the British note contends require a new application of the principles of inter national law. The advent of the sub marine, the airship and the ' alleged atrocities by German troops in Bel gium are cited as Justification for the exercise of extreme measures. The blockade is justified on tbe contention that the universally recognised funda mental \ principle of a blockade is that a belligerent is entitled to "cut off by effective means the sea-borne commerce of his enemy." The not? reiterates that Great .Brit ain will continue to apply the ordars i ii council complained of, although not without every effort to avoid embar rassment to neutrals, and observes that the American statistics show that any tyfi* In trfde with Germany and Aus tria has .been more than over-balanced by tl?e Increase of other industrial ac tivities-due to the war. > In the general reply to the Ameri can representation^ against the ortlers ln-councll, 81r Edward Grey, the For eign Minister, addressing Ambassador Page, begins by expressing the hope that he may be able to . convince the Administration in Washington "that the measures we have announced are not only reasonable and necessary in themselves, but constitute no more than an adaptation of the old princi ples of blockade to the peculiar elreum- ' stances with which we are confronted. "I need scarcely dwell," witote Sir Edward, "on the obligations incumbent upon the Allies to take every step in their power to overcome their common enemy lu view *of the shocking vio lation of the recognised rules and prin ciples of olvillzed warfare of which he has been guilty during the present struggling." ' Sir Edward refers to atrocities iff Belgium, poisoning of wells in Ger man SoutHWesfr Africa, use of pois onous gases against the Allied troops In Flanders an d the sinking of the Lusltanla to show "how indispensable it Is that we should leave unused na justifiable method of defending our selves." * . - ' ? ? . ? ? CATCHES PRIZE BASS. ' ; ?- *5^ - - jk- .' *-V kxz : V V ~ : ? ? Columbia Leader in "Field and Stream*' Competition. .ITS ? The next issue of Field jlnd Stream will carry the story cif the prize trout catch for the month of July by J.'M. Cantey, of Columbia. Each month prizes are offered by this periodical for the largest vflsh of any particular variety taken with rod and reel &nd artificial bait. Competition 1* nation wide In scope. Mr. Cjgntey's catch, a small mouthed bass, weighing eight pounds, wsfe taken from White pond, near Blaney. This is an imported species of the trout family ju)d rar^r grows beyond, eight or nine pounds. In recompense . Mr. Cantey?, has received $23 in cash, fish ing paraphanSMa approximating $25 in ~ value and a pair of hunting boots.? ? Charleston Post Closed Successful Meeting. ' Rev. T. J. Cujutld, of Blaney, was in Camden fiaturoay on his returu from the northern part of the county > where he has been conducting a re vival. meeting at ^ Buffalo Baptist church, t. The nfeeUng was a very suc cessful one In every way? about 86 being mrfdrjk the chnrch? mostly