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? One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1914. Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS ] SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered A11 Around the I% County and Elsewhere. 1 ^ Fairfax Fancies. >r Fairfax, April 13.?Miss Sue Best 1 visited relatives in Savannah recently. Miss Mattie Davis, of Garnett, was a recent visitor to Mrs. C. M. Davis. Mrs. Otis Compton, now of Geor- 1 gia, visited relatives nere last wees. Mrs. S. L. Sanders attended divine services at the Presbyterian church , -fx Ai' at Allendale Sunday. She was ac- j companied home by Miss Louise Wil- , son, who spent a pleasant afternoon j here meeting old friends, of whom ( she has many. She returned on the 7 p. m. train to Ulmer, where she j has a school (or near there.) ^ Mrs. J. H. Preacher has gone to ] , Valdosta, Ga., to visit her sister, Mrs. ; A. Woodward. Mrs. Authur Youmans, of Savannah, presides over her ( home in her absence. } Rev. R. B. Griman, D. D., of Co- . lumbia, was a guest at the home of Mrs. S. L. Sanders on Tuesday. j " Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hobbs. of Savannah, were recent guests of Mrs. . ^ Fred Lightsey. Mrs. Judson Light- j sey, of Brunson, was also her guest. Misses Wilkerson and Blount, of Denmark, were charming visitors here this week to relatives. Miss Jennie DuRant, president of the U. D. C., had her junior class of that organization to engage in an Easter egg hunt at her home Tuesday afternoon. She also served them delicious refreshments. There was an entertainment at school hall Thursday evening. A musical program was nicely carried ' " ? ^ J out. The "sock party auu casid eggs brought about $20.00 for the new church. 1 Mrs. James Cullum, pleasantly re- 1 membered here as Miss Mary Spann 5 Harrison, is visiting among old * friends here. She assisted in the ' musical Friday" evening, and her 1 music was much enjoyed. Prof. L. O. Watson, of Clemson ( College, spent the week-end with 1 G. D. Sanders. Mrs. Silas Gladden and son, of Co- * lumbia, are with Mrs. G. W. Barber. J There were interesting exercises s (including Easter and missionary) * at school hall Sunday afternoon. Mr. 1 J. E. Johnston, the superintendent, s has a large Sunday-school. The reci- 4 ' ? tations and music were fine. Prof. c Lovett lead the choir. Little (very s tiny) Frances Loadholt and Lena * Johnston recited very sweetly a mis- 1 6ionary piece. Everyone wanted to c kiss them before they finished./ Mrs. Bushnell Bowers, of Prosperi ty, visited Mrs. Groseclose recently. Mr. Neal Reames, of Columbia, visited his sister-in-law, Miss Salley, also Mrs. Mary Youmans recently. Folks are admiring the pretty new i Baptist church, as it is getting on in ? size and finish. 1 ] News From Ehrhardt. ] Ehrhardt, April 15.?The town council of Ehrhardt has awarded a < contract to the Modern Equipment J Co., of Savannah, for electric lights, ? The plant is to be one of the most up-to date and efficient of any to be ] found in any town the size of this in ] the State, and will have ample capa- ] city to handle the town's growth for some time to come. ] Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ehrhardt are ( on an extended visit to Newberry and i Albermarle, N. C. The latter city be- l ing situated on Albermarle Sound, < Mr. Ehrhardt expects to have a good i time fishing. 1 Mrs. Alfred Chassereau, who had ] the misfortune several weeks ago, to ' break her ankle, and her daughter, j i Mrs. C. E. Kinsey, who is suffering I 1 with rheumatism, have both return- j ] ed from the Baker Hospital, Char- ] leston. 1 ' The music classes of Mrs. Mc- ] Dowell at Lodge and Ehrhardt gave ] a most excellent recital at uopeiana 1 hall, Ehrhardt, last Friday evening. < The frequent applause of the large audience present attested the delight 1 ? with which the efforts of the pupils < were received. The program inclua- ? ed, besides musical recitations, a few j readings by the pupils and a couple 1 of songs by the teacher. The recital 1 will he repeated at Lodge next Fri- 1 day evening. < Cards are out announcing the ap- 1 proaching marriage of Mr. Alexander Frazer Henderson, of Ehrhardt, to ] Miss Jessie Florence Harrison, of j Walterboro, April 21. : The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. I Carey Smoak, of the Bethesda com- ; munity, died Monday night of this week, and was buried Tuesday af- ] LEMONS GROW IN CHICAGO. j Fruit Averages Twelve Inches in 1 diameter. i Chicago, April 10.?Twenty-four lemons, averaging twelve inches in diameter and two pounds in weight, to-day were cut from a tree grown in a sixteen-inch pot in one of the greenhouses of the botanical department of the University of Chicago. The fruit was raised by W. J. O'Carroll, head botanist, from a tropical hybrid imported from South America. Famous Winters in Paris. The comparatively cold snap with vhich Europe has been favored of ate has led to much writing on the subject of famous winters. The Fifteenth Century might justly be . ailed the cold century. In 1408 the registrars of the Parliament of Paris reported that it vas impossible to issue any of its resolutions, because the ink froze n the ink bottles of the clerks; jvery three words they had to thaw :heir pens, and this with a fire oaring in their room. Every river in France was frozen and not a itill could work. Twelve years ater, in 1429, there was a repetition 5f this winter. Foodstuffs gave out ind poor people died by tens of ;housands. In 1422 in less than three days he wine and the vr'negar froze in :he cellars; cocks and hens had their iombs frozen: the streets were full >f people who danced, jumped, vrestled and ran races, anything to ieep off frostbite. t? 1 .ion it for more than ;wo and a half months and the snowtell for 40 days without stopping. Ml the birds hidden in the trunks )f trees died. In the year of the great winter, is 1603 was called, hundreds of persons died from cold; everything vas frozen hard, even the bread served at the table of Henry IV. n 1709 all the wheat was destroyed md a new sowing had to be made n the spring. Buffon relates that 10 bread was to be had, even Mme, ie Maintenon had to go without t. In 1776 sentinels were found rrozen to death outside Versailles, ind the king put a stop to their service. In Paris great bonfires were it in the streets. Bells were shivered nto pieces as they rung; clocks stopped and in the cellars wine urned into ice. Hares and partridges :ame into the towms and hid themselves in the nooks and corners of louses where they were subsequenty found as hard as a board and [uite inedible. The Newberry Observer suggests that on account of the large number Df candidates for governor each one tie limited to one joke. We rise to second the suggestion by limiting the aspirants to one handful of mud sach.?Edgefield Advertiser. ternoon at Bethesda. Much sym- ] pathy is felt for the bereaved fami- ] iy. i Rev. Mr. Miller, of the Lutheran } Seminary, Columbia, preached at the Lutheran church, last Sunday night, 1 J /^nlirrVlfarl hie Sllditnrs AI1U gi eati j uciif,iutu iiu ? ? Attorney Bert Carter has an im- , portant case in Ehrhardt. He was \ Methodist church last Sunday night, ast. j The special Easter music at the . Methodist church last Sunday night ( iirected by Miss Elizabeth Roberts, vas well rendered and much enjoyed ; >y the audience. The entertainment ' jomnlittee of this congregation are j busy providing homes for delegates * :o the district conference to convene , aere Wednesday night, April 22. , The Baptists are looking forward |, :o the dedication of their church j building which will take place in the j near future, the exact date of which ( fias not yet been announced. Dr. W. ( T. Derrieux, of Greenville, will ] preach the dedication sermon and ( Hon. Mendel L. Smith, of Camden, ] will deliver an address on "One Hun- } 3red Years of Baptist History." ] Mrs. Pate and Mrs. McDowell have i been very much interested lately in j, waging birds, but they were greatly j ^ surprised last Monday afternoon to ] find that their beautiful and valua's rtrtl 1 ant i/-vv? tiQfl oil flown \" O W LUC LUUCVUVli Xiuu C*.*1 nv " 1*. .. | these ladies are much interested in l the purchase of patented dishwash- J ] srs and floor mops. Even much like 11 [his sometimes is life. 1 Jim Sease. one of the most highly : respected negroes of this community, iged about 65 years, without a mo- < ment's warning, droppen dead in Mr. ; 3. W. Copeland's store a few days < igo. Since then his son, a lad 18 or j 19 years old, sickened and died of : pneumonia. i 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 South Carolina Medical association is in session this week at Florence. Former President Taft has wired Commissioner Watson that he will be unable to address the Drainage Congress. Field day exercises are being held in various parts of the State by the schools. Orangeburg county held field day exercises on April 11. The South Carolina Master Plumbers association has just closed its session at Charleston. Delegates were elected to the National association. The grand lodge, Knights of Pythias, will meet at Chester on May 26 and 27. Special trains will be operated, and excursion rates have been granted by the railroads. O. H. Winges, a large planter of St. Matthews, on Monday sold his entire cotton crop of 1913, 533 bales, averaging 473 pounds each, for $32,939.40, to an Augusta cotton dealer. Three companies of State Militia failed to pass at the recent inspections, namely: Company B, first infantry, company K, third infantry and the second company, coast artillery. The physicians of Florence state that the mortality rate among infants in that city has been decreased 50 per cent on account of the inauguration of milk and food inspection. Judge Prince has refused to mandamus Comptroller General Jones in the friendly suit brought by the State company to require the payment of j printing bills against the State of! South Carolina. Senator Smith has secured a favorable report on the amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill, setting aside $100,000 for the placing of standard grading systems at local cotton markets. Objections are being raised against the encampment of Southern national guard companies at the Isle of Palms. It is alleged by those opposed to the encampment there that it is dangerous on account of the mosquitoes. In Rural Carrier Service. Washington, April 12.?Representative Byrnes has been notified by the postoffice department that Thr?mn? .T Wppklpv has hppn annnint ed to fill a vacancy in the rural carrier service at Ulmers, Barnwell county. Frtghtening. The public is often put in a panic by scientific persons who seem to have little fear for themselves. Learned men announce one thing after another that strikes terror to the multitude. Common persons cannot dispute those who think in cycles and figure with logarithms, and must take any scientific declaration without question. An astronomer now says that with modern refinements of mathematical analysis and increased accuracy of Dbservation it has been found that Mercury does not conform to the Newtonian theory of gravitation* rhat planet, it is added, is going too fast and has a "kink' in its orbit. They haven't yet figured out just what this "kink" will do to us, but rhpv r>nmp forward with another theory that has an awful "kick" in it. The moon is misbelieving, they affirm. It is possible that the sights observed by Luna in modern times :>n this earth may have demoralized tier. She is "going faster" than ever, the astronomers say, and is moving toward the earth. When she reaches the earth, even the astronomers will probably take to the woods. When will the moon get here? Why, she is coming at the rate of 14 feet in 200 years, and is expected to arrive in 1,945,000,000 years!?Judge. Woman's place may be the home, t, says the Baltimore Sun, judging from recent statistics, she seems to /lAliKni?ofnlr iomnrnH fonf fnr lave UOIlUCiaiClJ vu wiiV/ A civ w, AV* :here are 239,077 stenographers, 327.635 teachers and professors, IS 1,159 in various trades, 770,055 engaged in agricultural pursuits, 7,300 physicians and surgeons, 7,395 clergymen, 2,193 journalists, 1,037 irchitects, designers and draftsmen, 1,010 lawyers, 529,497 women in various professions. GUXMEX DIE IX CHAIR. "Dago Frank" Exonerates Beekei in Statement. Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, X. Y. April 13.?The four gunmen convict ed of the murder of Herman Rosen thai died in the electric chair at Sin* Sing prison at break of day this morning. None confessed his guilt Frank Seidenschner ("White] Lewis") made a statement, but h< did not flatly assert his innocence. "Gentlemen," he mumbled, as the: strapped him in the chair. "I did no shoot at Rosenthal. Them who sait I did was perjurers. For the sake of justice, I say I did not. The wit ness, Stannish?" "Whitey" did not finish the sen tence. The strange harness had beei adjusted and the current threw hi< body forward in the chair. He hac meant to say that Stannish, a waite: and a witness at the murder trial had lied, but death intervened. Seidenschner was the second mai to die. "Dago Frank" (Frank; Cirofici) came first. "Gyp thi Blood" (Harry Horowitz) was thin and "Lefty Louie" (Louis Rosen berg, last. Over in Forty Minutes. In forty minutes flat all four wer< dispatched. This time would hav< been shortened had it not been fo the overcrowding of newspaper re porters. Their numbers necessitate< a shifting of witnesses for each exe cution. ^here was no untoward inciden throughout the procedure. All walke< quietly to the chair and only thei quaking knees and the sickly greei pallor of their faces attested that th< realization of death was upon them William E. Cashin, Roman Catho lie chaplain of the prison, accompani ed "Dago Frank" to the chair. Witl , ,-r-r-r,. .. -r j ~ Dl/vn/^' " \Y IllL6y L<ewjs cliiu me was Rabbi Joseph Goldstein, of Xev York. Rabbi Mayer Koofstein, loni the spiritual adviser of the Rosen berg family, stood by "Lefty Louie.' Priest and rabbi alike averted thei drawn faces from the chair of death struggled to control themselves a: they intoned a prayer for the dying After the Electrocution. "Gentlemen," said Rabbi Gold stein, as he left the death chamber "if you -ask me whether the Jewisl boys were guilty, I will say I do no know. They did not confess to me As for the Italian, I do not believ< he was at the scene of the crime, do not think any of them should hav< been convicted on the testimony of fered." t An anaemic moon still' hung in th< sky when those who were to witnesi the executions gathered in front o the prison. Faint lights glimmeret at corridor ends of the buildings, bu no sound came from within. Th< hideous noises whjch convicts hav< been said to emit when one of thei] number is to die were spared thos< who waited. Dawn was breaking over the hills when the witnesses were admittec to the bare court yard of the deatl house. .Many were ashen-faced anc trembling. From a printed list i clerk read off the names of thos< who were to see the first man die A moment more and the door, of th< death chamber had closed behinc them. Warden Clancey had announc ed that "Gyp the Blood" would di< first, followed by "Lefty Louie,' "Dago Frank" and "Whitey Lewis.' Dago Frank First. But as it transpired the man wh( first came through the little iror door at the right was "Dago Frank.' He had shown signs of collapsing anc it was deemed expedient to shielc him from the ordeal of waiting. Seven Ages and Socialism. Chairman Elliott, of the Xew Haven Railroad, condemning social ism, said: Man is an acquisitive animal, anc' socialism can't come until he lose* his acquisitiveness. That will be never. The seven ages of man have beer well tabulated by somebody or othei on an acquisitive basis. Thus: First Age?Sees the earth. Second Age?Wants it. Third Age?Hustles to get it. Fourth Age?Decides to be satisfied with only about half of it. Fifth Age?Becomes still more moderate. Sixth Age?Now content to possess a six-by-two strip of it. Seventh Age?Gets the strip.? Wall Street Journal. The site of Dyea, Alaska, which ir the days of the Klondike boom had a population of twenty thousand, has to-day a population of three, one Indian woman and two Americans one of whom is establishing a foa farm. FORCE RIIERTA TO SALUTE r 46 FIGHTING CRAFT WILL ASSKMBLE OFF TAMFICO. 9 - Orders for Movement Issued by Navy Department After Cabinet Conference. 5 _ Washington, April 14.?President 7 Wilson to-day ordered virtually the , 5 entire Atlantic fleet to Mexican waters to force a public salute to the Stars and Stripes from the Huerta t government as an apology for the ar* rest of American marines at Tampico ' last Thursday. No ultimatum has been issued, that is, no specific time . . ? . ?v.: .1. * v. ? ti,. ' nas Deen sent wiuim wmcu iao nucita government must comply, but the 1 naval demonstration has been order5 ed as a concrete evidence of the fix1 ed determination of the United States ( r to back up Admiral Mayo's demand j ' for a salute. Up to to-night Gen. Huerta had not made satisfactory 1 response to that demand. ' "Future developments depend on 5 Huerta himself," was the way a high * administration official close to the 1 president summarized the situation. ^ Conference With Land. ^ e The decision to send the fleet was ( B reached after the president and Se-' ] r cretary Bryan had conferred for an , . hour with John Lind, personal re- ( I presentative of the president in Mexi_ co, and after a two-hour cabinet . meeting, during which dispatches ( t from Charge O'Shaughnessy revealed 3 that the Huerta government disputes . r the right of American marines to be 3 ashore at Tampico, and contended . g that its recent public statement of 1 apology was ample. Immediately after the cabinet ( _ meeting adjourned Secretary Daniels j issued his order to the Atlantic fleet . ? and wireless messages flashed up and v down the Atlantic coast to put the x fleet under steam for Tampico. It will be the largest fighting force the American government has asr sembled for positive action since the Spanish-American war. Eleven great ' s battleships, with auxiliaries, carrying in all about 15,000 men will comprise, the force at Tampico. Believe Huerta Will Accede. Everywhere, at the White House, i the State department ana tne navy t department, the hope was expressed that the dispatch of the fleet would a not lead to serious consequences, and I there was a confident prediction a among administration officials that _ Gen. Huerta would satisfy the American demand and close the incident, a Officials were careful to point out 5 that negotiations with the Huerta f government had not ended, and the 1 way was still open for Huerta to t make amends. 3 Meanwhile, the navy' department 3 sent complete instructions to Rear r Admiral Badger, commander-in-chief a nf fVio Atlantic flppt nn hoard the bat tleship Arkansas, at Hampton Roads, s Rear Admiral Fiske, chief of the I bureau of operations, left here for 1 the Roads to-night to personally exi plain to Admiral Badger the diploi matic side of the situation and dis- ' 3 patches from Rear Admiral Mayo. 1 . Indicating the exact ships which will 3 accompany Admiral Badger, the navy I department issued the following: Six More Battleships Going. \ "Admiral Badger will take with him the battleships Arkansas, Louisiana, New Hampshire, Michigan, Ver- , mont, New Jersey and South Caro} lina, which last ship has been inter\ cepted on her way from Haiti to Hampton Roads. "The gunboat Tacoma, now at Bos- , * ton, Mass., has been ordered also to Tampico by way of Newport, R. I., , and will start to-day or to-morrow. 3 f "The gunboat Nashville, now at Monte Christi, San Domingo, has 1 been ordered to Guantanamo, to coal . I and thence to Tampico. "The Rhode Island, Nebraska, Vir 4 ginia and Georgia are now docking; i i* l.oo + H Hod vot \.vhpthf?r 1 L lias 11UL UCCll uwuvu ~ , they will join Admiral Badger's i . forces. i "The transport Hancock will leave ( New Orleans for Tampico to-day with ; the 1st regiment of the expeditionary ( force of marines." 1 The foregoing ships are in addi- ; tion to the Utah, Connecticut, Minne- j 4 sota, Des Moines, Chester, Dolphin and San Francisco, at Tampico, and < the Florida and Prairie, at Vera i Cruz. j The torpedo boat flotilla at Pensa- ( cola, Fla., has been ordered to stand , by for orders. < - - - * - -- -4-1 A A. I [ While the navy movea on uie ai- i L lantic coast, Secretary Daniels to- ; night was giving his attention to the , } situation in the Pacific. Most of the American war craft in the Pacific al- , ? > ready are in Mexican waters. ] While the navy was active there ] A. E. HILL, GREAT SACHEM. South Carolina Red Men Meet Next Year in Newberry. Rock Hill, April 14.?The election of officers was the feature of the concluding session to-day of the Great Council of the Improved Order of Red Men, Reservation of South Carols! lina. A. E. Hill, of Spartanburg, was elected great sachem. Newberry was selected as the place of the next annual meeting. Wilson Brooks, of Chicago, Grand Chief of Records, made an address. What She Was. ???? There is a lawyer with an office :n one of the largest buildings down town who is famous as a man who aever loses his temper or allows his svords to grow intemperate, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The other Jay when he was very busy, a female book canvasser entered his private office. 1 "I should like to show you a very valuable work," she began. "Madam," said the attorney rising Prom his chair, "you must excuse me, [ am sorry, but I am engaged." The agent had heard the same thing, before, probably, for she kept Dn getting closer. And though the lawyer repeated his plea of an engagement she came nearer and nearer, and 6he talked and talked. "Madam," he cried desperately, "I am busy, and if you don't go at once you will force me to be what I have never been before?guilty of rudeness to a woman!" That did the business. Like a true woman, she had the last word, even though she knew she was licked. As she retreated toward the door she cried: "I'll have you know I ain't a woman?I'm a lady!" The Yellowstone National Park has an area of 3,575, square miles. Of the 477 women doctors in Eng- 'j land the greater majority are married. was no army movement. Two explanations for this were advanced?the desire that the constitutionalists in control of Northern Mexico should not misinterpret the action, and the fact that the United States has al- v ready a big fighting force within striking distance of Mexico. Twelve thousand troops are at Texas Cky, where four army transports are at anchor, and thousands of cavalry and infantry are spread all along the border, where they can be moved quickly. High administration officials did not expect critical development, but they are prepared ior any emergency, Secretary Bryan, who is ill, had intended to leave to-night for Miami, Fla. He cancelled his reservation and announced that he would stay in Washington indefinitely. Senator Shively, acting chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, conferred with Mr. Bryan, and called at the White House as well. He said that at the regular meeting of the committee to-morrow he would transnit all the information he had obtained to-day. The status of the case, as summoned up by cabinet officers and other officials was described as follows: The Incident at Tampico. "Assistant Paymaster Charles C. Copp and a boatload of marines landed at Tampico last Thursday to obtain supplies. They were arrested, but later discharged. In accordance with regulations in all navies of the world Rear Admiral Mayo, on considering that an unwarranted arrest had been made and that the uniform of the American navy had been disregarded, demanded reparation in the form of a salute of twenty-one guns. The American flag, while not taken ashore, was flying at the stern of the whaleboat and all tne marines were in uniform. Rear Admiral Mayo allowed the Huerta commander until 6 o'clock that evening to fire a salute, but later extended the time to afford the commander an opportunity to communicate with his superior officers in Mexico City. A statement of apology was issued in Mexico City by Gen. Huerta, and the officer who arrested the marines was ordered punished. "This did not satisfy the United States government and the salute was insisted upon. Gen. Huerta himself at tio time agreed to comply, but an under secretary in the Mexican foreign office did inquire of Charge D'Shaughnessv if a salute fired to tne gunboat Dolphin and responded to by the American ship would be acceptable. This was emphatically rejected by the United States and word was sent that nothing .short of a publie salute to the American flag would be satisfactory." V * ,,