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V Hamburg feralfr One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1912. Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTER.4 SOME INTERESTING HAPPENING! IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around th County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, July 8.?Quite a num ber of our town's folks wrere awa; last week. Some to the bankers convention, others visiting parent and near relatives, others out fo pleasure at Isle of Palms and pleas ure places in Florida, ana tnose ma > were not fortunate e** ough to go awa; on trips, went and enjoyed them selves at fish fries. Big meetings and college reunion are being planned for later on, s< you see something is being worke< up to fill in the time for the sum ? mer. The Hacker Mfg. Co. shut dowi for a week in order to repair som< parts of the machinery and give som< of the bosses time to visit thei homes. Miss Annie Carter and William C Ehrhardt were married at the resi dence of Rev. E. A. McDowell Sun aay moruiug. The Carolina Gin Company hav< their gin building under headwa: and will be ready to install their ma chinery ^and rea\ly to separate th< seed from the lint for the farmers. The cotton crop in this section ii not showing up for an abundant cro] r this year, and will not require ai extra amount of work to gather no: handle it. Cotton don't seem to grov "* off and put on fruit as it should Wind and rain have gotten the bes of it this year. Judge J. C. Copeland had a nove case before him week before last. Mr W. L. Warren, of Bamberg county sued David Proveaux and Ben Kinse: > for.working on the Sabbath. It seem! as if David hired Ben to move hii household and kitchen furniture fron Mr. Warren's, where he had contract ed to run^ a farm during 1912, anc he selected Sunday to do the job The court pronounced both guilty o: the offence, ''breaking the Sabbatl day by doing work which could hav< been done on another day," and finec * them accordingly. Look out, Sabbath breakers! JEE. I TT ^ JJenmarK uoings. Denmark, July 3.?A very pleasani surprise party was held at the resi denee of Mrs. L. C. Rice last Thurs 9 day evening. Miss Lill Owens, of Dunbarton, waf the guest of Miss Julia Goolsby las" week. Miss Boineau, of Columbia, was among the visitors in town last week Misses Ina Califf and Lynn Gools by spent a short while this weel with Mrs. A. M. Brabham in Bam berg. y Miss Emma Owens left Thursday for Barnwell, to spend the summei with her mother. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Guess, of Wil liston, Florida, are spending som( Hime with relatives here. Miss Mabel Ray, of Blackville, is the guest of Mrs. M. J. LaFitte foi this week. Mr. Emmet Gillam, of Leary, Ga. spent the week-end with his brothei here. * Messrs. S. D. Guess and D. K Richardson went last week for ai automobile trip through the south era part of the State. Mr. Lucius Willis, of Williston spent the week-end here, with Dr. M Robert Willis. * William Stokes, of Orangeburg, ii spending some time here with hi: aunt, Mrs. W. L. Riley. Miss Anna Goolsby is visiting he > brother, H. W. Goolsby, in. For Motte. Miss Gertrude Riley, of St. Mat thews, is here for the summer, witl 'her relatives. Craighead Goes to Montana. Dr. Edwin Boone Craighead, form , erly a member of the faculty of Wof ford college but now president of Tu lane university, New Orleans, has ac cepted the presidency of the Univer sit of Montana, and will begin hi: new work as soon as he can be re leased from Tulane. Dr. Craighead is pleasantly re membered in Spartanburg and hi ' many friends here will be pleased t< learn of his promotion. He is on* of the foremost educators of th' country. Dr. Craighead was president o Clemson college several years and al so president of Central college, Mis sissippi, between the times he was a Wofford and Tulane.?Spartanburi Journal. : "DRYS" TO PUT OUT TICKET, l ) 1 National Prohibition Convention Be5 gins Session Wednesday. g Atlantic City, N. J., July 7.?The National Prohibition ^"Convention, with nearly 1,000 delegates in attendance, will open in this city Wednesday morning to nominate candidates for president and vice president and ' map out plans for the fall campaign. Y The Prohibitionists believe that the 1 party is in a strong position to make s a bid for national support in Novemr ber and the convention promises to s * be one of the most interesting in a * years. ' 1 Y In addition to .the vital question " of prohibiting traffic in liquor, the r convention expects to wrestle with 1 s the problem of woman suffrage and i 3 some form of the initiative, referen* dum and recall. a Many delegates already are in the i city and practically all the members j 1 of the national committee are here 8 for the meeting of that body to-mor- j 3 row. National Chairman Charles R. T \ r Jones will have several opponents t when he comes up for" re-election, , one of the most formidable candi- t " dates spoken of being W. B. Calder' wood, of Minneapolis, secretary of the committee. s The race for the presidential nom- ^ ^ ination appears to be an open one. ^ " Eugene W. Chafin, of Illinois arid 2 Arizona, who headed the party ticket four years ago, is again being urged 5 for the place, and there is a decided . t * boom on for his running mate at 1 that time, Aaron S. Watkins, of Ohio. r The Minnesota State delegation is 7 coming to the convention instructed t for Charles Scanlon, of Pittsburg, c general secretary of the Presbyterian temperance committee. t * R. H. Patton, of Springfield, 111., _ is another candidate much talked of. ^ ? Joshua Levering, of Baltimore, the 7 prohibition standard bearer in 1896, j 3 and Madison Larkin, of Scranton, 3 Pa., both appear to have an enthu1 siastic following. Delegates to the Prohibition Con- t 1 vention are apportioned among the States according to the prohibition ^ votes cast at the recent election, a ^ 1 plan attempted several times in Re- p ' publican national conventions as a 1 means of cutting down representation " from the Southern States. The total number of delegates is 14,841. The convention this year will ad- ^ here to the plan which excited so ., much comment four years ago, of Q keeping the party platform within 400 words. Four years ago the party declared for suffrage based upon in- j telligence, and, by inference, without regard to sex. Some of the party Q leaders are said to believe that woman suffrage is unscriptural and will t fight to keep it out of the platform. Ehrhardt News. * Ehrhardt, July 8.?Mr. William s Ehrhardt and Miss Annie Carter, 8 t eldest daughter of Mr. Henry Carter, o r were married at the Baptist parson- c ~?? 1 A lVf/*riATtrAll Cnndor T] age uy ivcv. m. a. iutw?<uuuuuj ? - morning, in the presence of a few * J relatives and friends. Their friends s for them much happiness and 0 5 a long and useful life. a r Invitations have been received here to the marriage of Mr. Herbert t , Ehrhardt and Miss Alma Taylor, of 0 r Newberry, on the 17th. The young a couple will be at home to their t friends in Ehrhardt after the wed- ^ l ding. t Rev. E. A. McDowell is ?at Cope this week, assisting Rev. Richard P. 0 . Galphin in a meeting at that place. ^ Dr. J. L. Copeland, Messrs. Alex s Henderson and Max Walker attended c s the bankers' meeting at the Isle of * s Palms last week. Mrs. J. C. Kinard and Mrs. Charlie r Kinsey and children spent several t days at the Isle of Palms last week. ^ Wendel Ramsay visited the Isle c - of Palms last week. 1 -X J I x i^uue a ixuxxxuei" ui tuwxx axiu country citizens attended the campaign * meeting at Walterboro Saturday. Mr. W. P. Pate, who has been quite \ sick, is convalescent and able to be about the house. ^ - ONE DROWNED, OTHERS SAVED, t t . Trained Nurse Victim of Surf at ? s Pablo Beach. ] Jacksonville, Fla., July 7.?Miss I Mary JS. Proctor, a trained nurse, was - drowned in the surf at Pablo Beach ( s this afternoon, and her half-sister, c o Miss Louise McKinney, an employee c e in the local postoffice, was rescued | e only after a fierce struggle on the t part of two young men, who ventur- i f ed out to their assistance. s The young women ventured out too ? far. Both cried for help and while s t the young men were hauling Miss i g McKinney ashore, Miss Proctor was s drowned. Her body was recovered. J N THE PALMETTO STATE TI ? Tr iOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. SO State News Boiled Down for Quick en Reading?Paragraphs About ta Men and Happenings. tw B1 .The Rural Letter Carriers associa- . ion selected Orangeburg as the place w or their next meeting. er On Tuesdays Will Glass, colored, ;hot and killed his wife, Betty Glass, it Cayce, Lexington county. The nurderer escaped. lai One negro was killed and five more m; endered unconscious for a time by so ightning on the Hagood convict farm tn n Sumter county on Thursday. fo Greenwood has bought an 80-horse LUto fire truck, at a cost of $6,000. It P? s a self-starter and weighs 5,800 r0 >ounds, and will carry fifty men. wc sh Labon, young son of K. T. Etheror dge, of Bethune, Kershaw county; vas killed on Thursday while helping lis father to put up a wire fence. L stump was pulled over in stretching Di he wire and fell on the lad. Would Have Taft Quit Race. Washington, July 8.?A nation- is ride movement to petition President tic raft to withdraw as the Republican co residential candidate is being back- in id by a large number of Republican /fficeholders, who feel that they face pa lefeat in November unless the breach as: n the party can be healed. pa These men include members of to ongress, members of State legisla- re: ures, which will elect senators; tn Itate and county officeholders and pa ?arty candidates. If the movement tr< o petition Mr. Taft to withdraw sue- .00 eeds in gaining any volume, it is aid these same men in the interest ?f party harmony, may ask Col. toosevelt also to withdraw as a pros- ^ lective candidate for an independent ce lomination and permit a compromise ^ election of some man agreeable to ke >oth factions of the party. j It is the desire of the promoters Qr ?f the scheme that a decision shall ke e reached before August 5, when the toosevelt faction pla/ns to hold a con- ex ention in Chicago. The circulation cQ f petitions, it was declared to-day, pould start within a week. It was aQ aid the movement would begin spon- ej? aneously in every State. The organ- ^ zers now are circulating blank forms ^ if petitions and appointing supervises, who in turn will engage can- ^ assers to solicit the signatures of CQ tepublican voters. co The authors of the plan expect to ffer to practically every Republican oter in the United States a chance (jre o express his opinion of Mr. Taft's ^ andidacy, either by signing the peition or rejecting it. ^ The movement is in the hands of ^ everal well known members of con- he ;ress. They are being aided by many if the extreme Roosevelt Republians. The enlistment of the national j irogressive organization in the move- UD oent has been sought and it was tr( ? * A - -a i-i?x tatea io-aay mat oeuttmi ujauu d ^ irganization was willing to co-oper- f te- di: Information that the petitions are o be put before the voters leaked >ut to-day. No particular person is uthority for the statement and memiers of congress concerned were unwilling to stand sponsors for it until ac he movement was under way. ve The sponsors of the plan say that fr( me of its first results would be to let fr( ,Ir. Taft know if there are any con- ca iderable number of regular Republi- s*c ans who believe he should step aside ^ n the interest of harmony. m< mi Two Hundred Tiipes Across. Two hundred times has Capt. wi "laus Russ of the Hamburg-Ameri- sti an Line steamship Pennsylvania to rossed the Atlantic ocean. He com- an >leted his two hundredth crossing H( .Ionday when he arrived in port, and hi! n these days of records for one thing lej .nd another Capt. Russ feels that his Tt ?6 years at sea have not been in Ri rain. an Captain Russ went to sea when ca hree years old. His father was in an he China trade at that time. His actual service began in 18 71, and .890 he entered the service ?f the lamburg-American line. po After considerable calculation M ?apt. Russ has figured that if he re :ould have put those two hundred wl :rossings end to end he would have be ?one around ? the world about re wenty-five times. He has a gold be nedal, received for his command of ha ;everal colliers in the Russian-Jap- th tnese war, and a British government wz ierviee medal for saving the lives of ar !83 persons when a British steamihip went ashore off the Azores.? on sTew York Herald. Or IREE KILLED, OTHERS HURT. ^ olley Cars Crash Head-on?Injured Woman Robbed of $100. Marion, Ind., July 7.?Three perns were killed and more than a doz- ? seriously hurt, some perhaps faLly, in a head-on collision between o interurban cars on the Marion, uffton and Eastern Traction line, this city, this afternoon. The dead: t illiam Lentz, Marion, glass work- ol ; George Dolgouffee, Upland, Ind., tl snj. C. Silvers, Marion, National tl ilitary Home. tl The collision was between a regu- tl r car and one loaded with merry- 31 ikers bound for an amusement re- w rt, and occurred on a straight n ick. No cause had been assigned w r the accident late to-night. ir Soon after the wreck it was re- cl rted some of the injured had been ai bbed. One man said he saw a tc >man robbed of her purse, which q e said contained $100. The police it e investigating. LPER MONEY MORE POPULAR. h e: splacing Silver Coin, Formerly ei Preferred in South. b< Washington, July 7.?Paper money ai becoming the medium of circula- ir m in the South, displacing silver w in, which for years was preferred 111 that section. 1 This change has taken place in the ai st few months. It began, officials sert, when the government ceased ying for the transportation of coin 11 banks. Banks now apply for cur- 1E ncy, which is less expensive to al ansport. By compelling bankers to w y the expressage on money, the r( sasury expects to save about $200,- Cl 0 annually. sc Judge Gary on Whiskey. pi Some assertions in Judge Gary's ig arge to the grand jury at the re- ^ at term of court deserves more ^ an a casual notice. For instance, said that, in his opinion, nothing more conducive to crime and disder than the illicit traffic in whisy a< When a man of Judge Gary's legal jj perience and ability comes to this w nclusion it should be taken seriousIf any one thing causes crimes c( d disorder more than anything c( le public opinion should be so w ong against it that it would be Eficult for that thing to exist. He who places the proper value on gi e peace and good behavior of his a] mmunity could not consistently en- (j1 urage blind tigers in their corrup>n of the boys. ir Another serious charge by Judge w try is that it is not real whiskey, bl t a chemical stuff that makes peop- ^ 5 foolish. Nobody would dispute* at this would sooner or later kill aj e drinker. But before this is done might kill somebody else. g; Why could we not have a law that w >uld subject all whiskey shipped to this State to an analysis? We iderstand that such a bill was in- a Dduced last session. We hope that w ndidates for the legislature will in- tc rm themselves on this subject and scuss it during the campaign.? lurensville Herald. w Two Hurt in Auto Accident. Walhalla, July 8.?An automobile cident, which came near proving ry serious, occurred about a mile Dm here late Sunday, when the w Dnt tire of an automobile exploded, tl using the car to turn over on its w ie. The five occupants were if rown .out, three escaping anything a] Dre than a severe shaking up and ul nor bruises. sc Gray Macauley sustained a badly tl -enched back, from which he is a] 11 suffering. He was brought to wn in a semi-conscious condition bi d looked after by physicians, w mry White had several fingers on fc 5 right hand broken, his shoulder, ec I and foot being badly sprained, le car was being driven by Klaren in tter at a speed of thirty-eight miles b< hour. The other occupants of the in r were Herman Keys, of Walhalla, rc d Marvin Phinney, of West Union. p< Man Apprehended. c( A call was received by the local g< lice department last night from ei agistrate Copeland, of Ehrhardt, tc questing that one, Greer Proveau, 10 was supposed to be in this city, s? apprehended and placed under ar- tl until tVio nanprs eonld k SI anu iiciu liix in ?"~ i forwarded for his return to Ehrrdt. Within a short while after e message was received, the man S< mted was located and placed under vi rest. T It is understood that he is wanted h< the charge of breach of trust.? se angeburg Evening News, July 9. n< i I KILLED IN EXPLOSION AS IX AX EXGLISH COLLIERY CAUSES DISASTER. ut for the Fact That Many Miners Were Taking Holiday, Fatalities Would be Larger. Conisbrough, England, July 9.? he bodies of 69 victims of a series ' explosions in the Cadeby colliery lis morning have been brought tc le surface. It is feared that a furler search of the mine will increase le death roll to 80. Of the killed, [) were mine workers; the others ere men who went into the pits tc iscue those entombed. Among these ere three government inspectors, tcluding William Henry Pickering: lief inspector of mines, Yorkshire id north Midland district, who was > have explained to King George and ueen Mary this afternoon the worktgs of another Yorkshire colliery. The king yesterday visited a colery adjacent to that in which the (plosions occurred to-day. The presice of their majesties in the dis ict greatly minimized the fatalities icause the miners were celebrating id had taken a holiday. Therefore; istead of the usual 136, only 32 mer ere working in that part of the tine where the accident happened, hirty of these were killed outrighl id one, the manager of the pit, was rougnt up aiive, out aiea iu-mgm,. The first explosion which killed the liners occurred early in the mornig. It was followed by an explosion bout five o'clock in the afternoon hich resulted in the collapse of the )of, overwhelming the entire resling brigade. The King and Queen visited the :ene to-night and personally exressed their sympathy. An accumulation of eras which was ;nited by the firing of a shot is beeved to have been the cause of the isaster. Wearing Slippers. One of the very best customs tc lopt in the home, whether the famy be large or small, is that of alays wearing slippers. In the first place slippers are more jmfortable than shoes, and they are msidered more healthful. Also, this ill appeal to the ladies, slippers car 5 far more becoming than shoes. We all realize that the streets dewalks and even our own yards re full of germ-laden dust. This ust, to a certain extent, adheres tc le bottom of the shoe, is broughl ito the house and we have to live ith it. Perhaps our systems may be ;rong enough to throw off the ili lects of any germs that are in the usty floor coverings or air; ther ?ain, our children may play aboul le floor and not be so fortunate ickness and disease follow, and we ondej where they caught the infecon. In England, among all classes, it is household law to wear slippers, anc - * *? ? J n x ~ - J 4-1+ ^ 6 snouia ao wen lu ituu^i iuc tuo>m as one of our own. We will soon grow to like it so well lat the wonder will be how shoes ere ever tolerated in our homes at 11.?Augusta Chronicle. "Near Beer" Dealer Arrested. Newberry, July 8.?J. P. Lawson ho has become well known here irough his dealing in "near beer/ as arrested this afternoon, by Sherf Buford charged with dealing ir Icoholic beverages. He was released Qder bond of $300. It is said Lawm will resume his business and ir lat case Sheriff Buford says he wilj rrest him again. Lawson first began his "near beer'1 usiness in the town of Newberry but hen the council fixed the license >r such a venture at $1,500 he retir1 just outside the city limits. June 20 he secured a temporary function trom Juage uary at du?ville restraining the officers from iterfering with him. The order was iturnable at Laurens to-day but was Dstponed until Friday. It is understood that the sheriff inferred with the solicitor and the svernor and secured affidavits to the Tect that the beverage sold will indicate. A bottle of the "near beer" was ;nt to Columbia for examination but le result of the examination is not nown vet. \ A. O. Cook, conductor on the Duthern Railway between Summerille and Charleston, was shot on hursday by a drunken negro while e was taking up tickets from pasrngers on the train. The wound is ot serious. ELECTRIC CHAIR ARRIVES. Legal Instrument of Death to be Installed at Once. Columbia, July 8.?The electric 1 chair, for use at the execution of criminals, has arrived and the work of installing it will begin at once under the supervision of State Elec. .trician T. Q. Boozer, and C. F. [ Adams, of the New Jersey firm, which has the contract for installing the , chair. Work on the death house was . completed to-day, and as soon as the house has been wired the work of putting in the chair will begin. The first electrocution will take place on August 6, when a Charleston negro, convicted of rape, will have to pay for his crime by dying in the electric chair. Govan Gossips. I - Sf* ' Govan, July 9.?The 4th passed off " quietly but very merry. There were a great many picnics around. A crowd of young folks, chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Lancaster and Mrs. Annie Lancaster, had one on the banks of Little Saltkehatchie > river, the ci'owd going on lever cars, ?, which were kindly loaned by H. E. ? Gunnels, section foreman. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hutto, of Syca5 more, were in our happy midst Sat urday and Sunday. Mr. I. R. Wheeler, of Webster, 1 Fia., was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Ray Saturday and Sunday. J Miss Rosa Hay is visiting relatives at Springfield. L Misses Iren?, Lila Lancaster, Jessie 1 Zorn, Nettie Nimmons and Letha * Fail will depart soon to visit rela" tives and friends. The Misses Lancaster for Savannah; Zorn, Aiken; - Nimmons, Hardeeville; Fail, Eden, Ga. Miss Laura Hutto, of Bamberg, ! who has been visiting Miss Narcissa * Ray, returned to her home Saturday. - Miss Lila Lancaster was the guest of Miss Irene Lancaster Saturday and Sunday. Miss Lucile Hutto has returned home after a very pleasant stay of ' three weeks at Sycamore. She at* tended the campaign picnic at. Ul* mers on the 4th. Mr. Talbert Lancaster has gone to 5 Anniston, Alabama, with the Bam1 berg Guards. v 1 Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Laine are think1 ing. of moving to Greenville in the very near future. - Mrs. J. S. Fields returned Sunday, 1 after a very pleasant visit of a few 5 days to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence > Kearse, of Denmark. . j t Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ayer spent the week-end in the Kearse neighbor* hood. I Mr. Jesse Sander*, of Columbia, 5 yas at home for the 4th. He visited 1 our town on Thursday afternoon and : Sunday. Miss Rebecca Hutto, of Bamberg, J is visiting Miss Narcissa Ray. Little Miss Julia Kennedy is visting her sisters, Mrs. John F. Brickie 5 and Lizzie Kennedy at Augusta. Will 1 return Saturday, accompanied by " Miss Lizzie. Mr. Willie Bessinger, who is em1 ployed on the S. A. L. carpenter gang, 5 was home Saturday and Sunday. : Mr. Ray Kennedy is home for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Templeton have a very sick child with whooping cough. ? The protracted meeting will com* mence at the Methodist church the third Sunday, Rev. A. C. Walker, of " Orangeburg, pastor. Haven't learned 1 who will assist. Trust it will be a 1 good meeting. General Green is still raging in 1 some parts, but from 'the general I standpoint the crops look nice, as it nroc ciiph a pnlri snrine? NAOMI. > Columbia Church Burned. Columbia, July 8.?St. Timothy's Episcopal church and G. H. All's home, at 907 Calhoun street, were destroyed by fire to-day, the origin of i which Is unknown. The home of B. > S. Bates was partially destroyed. St. > Timothy's church was completely destroyed, as were the organ and valu: able church records. The building j i was valued 'at 32,500 and the furn- i ishing- at 3500 and the insurance was 32,000, leaving a net loss of 31,000. at*. aii'c inct> i o ? 9 t;nn with nut. - > -M 1 . .?5.11 O 1WOO lis " ; any insurance, all of his household ; effects, clothing and furniture being destroyed. His family had a narrow escape, The loss of Mr. Bates is > about |500. The corner-stone of St. Timothy's i church was laid in 1805, and the ! church had recently purchased a lot on which to erect a new building. The ; Rev. W. S. Poyner is the rector of the church. / V-' % v/ %