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She Skmhrrg ifrralfr Thursday, April, 30. 1914. SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. The residence of Dr. G. W. Garland, on Railroad avenue, is nearing completion. The new passenger service from Charleston _to Atlanta, over the * Southern railway, will begin on May Mr. J. J. Smoak is having lumber hauled on his lot on New Bridge street, preparatory to building a residence. The passenger and freight depots in this city have recently been repaired. new floors and other work being done. The Herald Book Store .has received a shipment, of Waterman Ideal fountain pens, all prices and styles. See window display. The annual sermon at the session of the Orangeburg district conference will be preached here on the evening of May 5th by Rev. W. J. Snyder. The street department last week was busily engaged in trimming up the shade trees in the streets, which ^dds much to the beauty of the city. A banquet will be given the mem; bers of the Orangeburg district conference during the session here. The banquet will be held in Carlisle School dining hall. Monday night a near-fire occurred noit'c mnrkpt a box of litter in some way was ignited, but the fire was extinguished before any damage was done. The Atlantic Coast Line railway has announced that beginning on May 3, a through passenger train service will be inaugurated between Florence and Atlanta. & . , Work is going forward on rebuilding the road from Bamberg to Denmark, but it will be some weeks before it is finally completed, as there is much yet to be done. v - Six years ago, Senator Smith car* ried Bamberg county, the vote being: Evans 176, Smith 703. Senator Smith received in the State 70,292 and Evans received 39,712; the total being 110,004. The music club met last week with Mrs. Robert Ayer, on New Bridge street. After the business and social sessions, delightful refreshments, consisting of a salad course y - % and punch, were served. The Bamberg Democratic club will send a solid anti-Blease delegation to the county convention. Every supporters of the present adminis> V ? tration who was nominated was deL ^ 'feated, although there was no discussion of faction politics. The Bamberg fire department will receive from the one per cent insurance tax, $113.84, this being the amount the town is entitled to under the conditions of the act of the legislature imposing this tax on foreign insurance companies doing business in this State. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Cotton Oil Company will be held at the office of the company in this city on Tuesday, May 5th, at ten o'clock a. m. The mill will run until the latter part of May or the first of June, the crush this season being an unprecedented one. >j With the holding of the Democratic club meetings, the campaign has formally opened. The political pot has for some time been simmering and bubbling, and those hoping for a "red hot" campaign have the promise of their wush being ful filled, as indications point to an unusually spirited summer of it. At a meeting of Bamberg Lodge, No. 38, Knights of Pythias, held Monday evening of this week, the rank of Esquire was conferred on three candidates. Drs. Geo. F. Hair and J. B. Black were elected as delegates to the grand lodge, which meets in Chester next month, with Messrs. E. H. Henderson and B. D. Carter as alternates. The revival meeting at the Methodist church, conducted by the pastor with the assistance of Rev. H. G. Hardin, of Denmark, closed Saturday. There was a gratifying interest taken in the meeting, which lasted two weeks, and several additions were made to the church. Rev. Mr. Hardin is a young minister of mark ed ability, and made scores of friends in the city by his earnest and eloquent sermons. The Colston Club. The Colston club met on Saturday last, reorganized and elected the following officers and delegates: President?G. H. Kearse. Vice president?J. B. All. Secretary?C. M. Varn. Committeeman?G. A. McMillan. Registration committee?F. W. McMillan, D. B. Bishop, C. B. All. Delegates to county convention? W. H. Folk and G. A. McMillan. Carlisle Loses Two Games. Last Thursday the Carlisle school team went to Charleston to play the Porter Military academy. The local boys lost to Porter by 1 to 0. Friday the Carlisle team played the Charleston High school, losing again by a score of 10 to 3. Xew Advisements. Bamberg Banking Co.?Do a Little Figuring. Peoples Bank?Put it in the Bank. Enterprise Bank?An Every day Scene. Farmers & Merchants Bank? HaviV T31O?Y?O tha Warld JLSKJll t uiaiuv luv M uaiu. H. G. Delk?Prime Rib Roast. Dr. Kilmer & Co!?This Kidney Remedy a Great Healer. P. Lorillard Co.?Lost! J. B. Brickie?Knowing What and How to do. Victor Oil Co.?Salesman Wanted. H. N. Folk?For Sale. B. W. Simmons?Glendale Spring Water. Price & Johnson?" The Shoe of Quality." J. K. Mayfield?Taken Up. Denmark Marble Works?When in Need of Anything in the Monumental Line. County Dispensary Board?Statement of Profits. W. M. Brabham, Chairman?Meeting of Taxpayers. County Convention Next Monday. The Democratic county convention will be held at the court house in Bamberg next Monday at 12 o'clock. The club meetings were all held last Saturday. Each club will send up one delegate for each twenty-five members or fraction. The county democratic conventions are very important to the welfare of the party, and it is hoped that there will be a large number of democrats present. Officers will be elected, and delegates will be selected to attend the State convention, which meets a few days after the county meetings. Any other matters concerning the Democratic party in Bamberg county will be discussed and acted upon. Denmark is Victor. Denmark, April 25.?In one of the prettiest games of the season Augusta was defeated here to-day by Denmark, the score being 4 to 3. Kirby pitched great ball, striking out 14 of the visitors and keeping his hits well scattered. Able, Henderson and Baxter of the locals each secured a triple from Royall's delivery. f'"* "nma tttoo nlneolv frtntootoH Q T1 H I iiu gauiC' nao tivouij wmwwwv* the result was in doubt until the ninth inning, when, with Goolsby on third, Baxter hit for three bases, scoring the winning run. The features of the game were the catching of Johnson for Augusta and the pitching of Kirby for Denmark. Under the management of T. P. McCrae the club has erected a grandstand and the ball park has been put in first class condition. Denmark has a fast aggregation and would like to meet other teams in the State. Denmark 4 10 2 Augusta 3 4 3 Kirby and Able; Royal and Johnson. Umpires Sfianklin and Boozer. Orangeburg l^istrict Conference. The Orangeburg district conference of the M. E. church, South, will convene in Trinity Methodist church, Bamberg, S. C., next Wednesday morning, May the 6th. The opening sermon will be preached the evening before by Rev. W. J. Snyder, of Barnwell. There will be two business sessions every day, and a preaching service every morning and evening. Everyone is cordially invited to attend all the meetings of the conference. W. H. HODGES, Pastor. DIRECTORY OP TRINITY METHOODIST CHURCH. Preaching every Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. i Preaching every Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Sunday-school every Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Mid-week prayermeeting every Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, Epworth League every Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Everybody is cordially invited to attend these services. W. If. HODGES, Pastor, Railroad Avenue, o n JLJCLLLXU^l ?>, KJ. V. Every local newspaper is interested in home trade sentiment, and if the local merchants would stand behind their local paper they would create a home trade sentiment that would effectively stop this continual flow of money to the city merchant and the mail order houses. EXPLOSION BURIES 200 LITTLE HOPE FOR VICTIMS OF MINE HORROR. Fifty-nine Rescued Through Shaft Which Explosion Failed to Close. Eccles, W. Va., April 28.?Four miners are known to be dead, fiftynine were rescued, many of them severely burned, and two hundred ~ rttVvorp o rfl onfnmhflrl in CLU Li 111 I CC O tti V VU t v/ XXX KJ \^KX X XX two burning mines and are believed to have but a small chance for their lives, as the result of an explosion of gas in Mines Nos. 5 and 6 of the New River Collieries Company here late to-day. The dead and rescued men were taken from Mine No. 6, and it is said all but thirteen .who entered this shaft early to-day have been accounted for. One hundred and' ninety of the entombed men are in Shaft No. 5, not a man having es-caped from this mine since the explosion. The mine to-night was burning fiercely, with government, State and volunteer rescuers working desperately to subdue the flames. The depth of the two main shafts is 600 feet and the mines are connected underground. There are two other shafts leading into the mines, but the explosion totally wrecked three out of the four. The lone entrance leads into Mine No. 6, and by means of it the rescuers were made. No. 5 mine apparently is completely shut off from the surface and rescuers hold little hope of reaching the large number of men in time to save them. Open Shaft Saves Fifty-nine. The explosion occurred in Mine No. 5. The two shafts of this mine were demolished. It is believed the explosion travelled through this mine into No. 6. One shaft of the latter mine was wrecked, but the other remains intact and was the salvation of at least fifty-nine of the workmen. This little mining community of fifteen hundred persons was shaken by the muffled rumbling of the explosion. At first there was no smoke, but men of the tipples knew that far underground the toll of death was being taken. Superintendent Thomas Donaldson, of Mine No. 3, another operation of the company, and other company officials were at the scene of the disaster within a short time. Superintendent Donaldson and an expert rescue crew were lowered down the shaft of No. 6 mine. Brings Gruesome Load. For a time the crowd of frightened women and children at the tipples waited in suspense, but soon the signal came to hoist away and the cage appeared. It bore two mem badly hurt, a few of the rescue party and two bodies. Other trips were made as rapidly as possible and each time blackened and burned miners were brought to the surface until 59 living and four dead had been brought up. The injured were assisted to nearby houses, where physicians worked to care for them. The rescued men expressed doubt that any of the 13 miners still in No. 6 shaft would be taken out alive. Some of the men said portions of No. 5 mine were badly wrecked and they believed that the entrance connecting No'. 6 mine with No. 5 had been destroyed. Of the bodies recovered two are Americans, one a foreigner and the fourth a negro. A large portion of the miners employed here are Americans. / Rescue Car on Way. A United States government rescue car attached to mines from Bluefield, W. Va., at 5 o'clock and anoth er will arrive nere rrom riusuuig, Pa., at noon to-morrow. The New River Colleries Company is connected with the Guggenheim interests. The rescue parties worked throughout the evening. Their combined efforts were directed to Mine No. 5, where the 190 men are entombed. Notwithstanding the feverish haste of the rescuers they made little progress from Shaft 6 into Shaft 5, because of the intense heat and gases. WIN FOR DENMARK. Bamberg Graded School Beaten by the Score of 11 to 4. Denmark, April 28.?A very in tere&LUlg game ui yju.il II ao j^iia; bu here this afternoon between the Bamberg graded school and the Denmark graded school, the score being 11 to 4 in favor of Denmark. Bamberg 4 Denmark 11 Priester and MacGuire; Zeigler and Zeigler. Umpires Ray and Martin. Shipment of initial cards and en- J velopes just received. Beautifully designed gold initials. Only 25c a box. Any initial can be supplied. I DEMOCRATIC CLUB MEETS. Bamberg Central Club Reorganized, with I>r. Black as President. Saturday the Bamberg Central Democratic club met and reorganized at the court house. About 75 Democrats were in attendance upon the meeting, which was called to order by President J. B. Black, who stated the object of the club meeting. Factional politics was not discussed, and aside from a resolution endorsing .Mr. J. A. Hunter, the reorgani zation and election or ciud omcers. was the only business transacted. The following officers were elected: President?Dr. J. B. Black. Vice President?Dr. G. F. Hair. Secretary?R. W. D. Rowell. County executive committeeman J. A. Wyman. Executive committee?J. R. Owens, W. M. Brabham, W. D. Rhoad. Registration committee?G. F. Bamberg, J. M. Grimes, J. D. Felder. Delegates to county convention? H. C. Folk, G. F. Hair, A. Rice, J. B. Black, J. J. Cleckley, D. M. Eaves, J. R. Owens, W. E. Spann, E. C. Bruce, W. D. Rhoad, W. M. Brab| ham, J. F. Carter, H. F. Bamberg, F. j F. Carroll, J. W. Stewart, J. A. Wyman, D. F. Hooton, J. W. Stokes, A. M. Brabham. I Mr. J. F. Carter introduced a resolution endorsing the candidacy of Representative J. A. Hunter for lieutenant governor. The resolution was adopted. HARRISON-HENDERSON. Pretty Wedding in Presbyterian Chnrch at Wmlterboro. Walterboro, April 22.?The historic old Presbyterian church of Walterboro was the scene yesterday of one of the most beautiful weddings ever witnessed in Walterboro, when Miss Jessie Harrison became the bride of Mr. A. F. Henderson. To the strains of the "Wedding March," delightfully rendered by Mrs. N. G. Morrall, the bridal party enfered the church in the following order: Mesrs. I. M. Fishburne and A. H. Wichman, ushers; Mr. Henry Henderson, of Bamberg, with Miss Mattie Vance Von Lehe; Mr. C. G. Henderson, of Tennessee, with Miss Algle Wichman, and last came the bride and groom, who were met at the altar by the Rev. Charles G. Holland, who in the most impressive manner pronounced the beautiful wedding ceremony of the Presbyterian church. The bride was dressed in a brown travelling suit and carried a bouquet of sweet peas. The bridesmaids were daintily clad in gowns of white and also carried sweet peas. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Henderson left Walterboro for an extended bridal tour. The bride is one of Walterboro's most popular young ladies and has frionHs here bv the score. She is accomplished and beautiful and has the love and esteem of all who know her. Mr. Henderson is the efficient cashier of the Ehrhardt Banking Company, and is one of the most prominent business men in the city of Ehrhardt. Mr. Henderson has many friends and relatives in Walterboro, whe* It he formerly lived. This popular couple will receive the congratulations of many friends and the best wishes of all for a successful journey through the sea of life. Among the out-of-town guests present were: Mrs. A. M. Henderson, of Ehrhardt, mother of the grom; Mrs. E. H. Robertson, of Charleston, sister of the groom; Mrs. F. C. Fishburne, of Charleston; Mrs. Ashley, of Baltimore; Mr. C. G. Henderson, of Tennessee, brother of the groom, and Mr. E. H. Henderson, of Bamberg. When you want a tablet come to the Herald Book Store. SPECIAL NOTICES. Advertisements Under This Head 25c. For 25 Words or Less. | For Sale.?Horse and buggy. H. N. FOLK, Bamberg, S. C.?tf. Com for Sale?$1.00 per bushel. J. A. WYMAN, Bamberg, S. C.?5-16 Indian Runner Duck Eggs for sale. $1.00 the setting. J. A. WYMAN, Bamberg, S. C.?tf. Taken Up one large white sow on our Dowling place. J. K. MAYFIELD, Denmark, S. C.-lt. Automobiles Insured.?1912 models 2% per cent; 1913 models 2 per cent. Old line company. H. M. GRAHAM, Agent, Bamberg, S. C. For Sale?One second hand reaper and binder for sale in very good shape, price $75.00 cash. Apply to H. W. BEARD, Bamberg, S. C?tf. Salesman Wanted to look after our interest in Bamberg and adjacent counties. Salarv or commission. Address THE VICTOR OIL COMPANY, Cleveland, O.?It. Eggs for Hatching?From my heavy laying S. C. R. I. Reds. First pen $2 per setting; second pen $1 per setting, 15 eggs. MRS. J. E. MCMILLAN, Ehrhardt, S. C.?5-8. SMITH STRONG IN NEWBERRY. It Appears Likely That Smith Forces Will Control Convention. Columbia, April 27.?Supporters of United States Senator E. D. Smith are pointing to the victory of the anti-administration forces in the Newberry county democratic club meetings on Saturday afternoon and night as significant. For the first time since he has been in office the governor's followers were beaten in the majority of the club meetings in the home county of the governor on Saturday, accurumg iu icpui is num there. A long distance telephone communication from Newberry said this morning that, with only a few clubs not heard from, and conceding all of them to the Bleasites, the Smith, or anti-administration forces would control the county convention overwhelmingly. The report stated that in the five wards in Newberry city 35 anti-administration and 13- Blease delegates were elected to the convention, and in the county, with a few small clubs missing, 84 anti-administration delegates were chosen and 44 administration delegates. , This insures control of the county convention to the anti-administration forces by a 2 to 1 vote, will give them dominance of the county executive committee and make certain a delegation of eight anti-administration men to the State convention. Governor a Delegate. The governor himself was elected a delegate to the Newberry county convention from Ward 5. In that club meeting, with 48 present, the governor is said to have received 28 votes, while one of his followers polled 36. The anti-administration vote in that club was 20. In Ward 3 in Newberry the antiadministration delegation was elected, polling 99 votes to the highest cast for an administration candidate, that being 17, which went to Assistant Attorney General Fred H. Dominick. Neither Col. John K. Aull, private secretary to the governor, or Col. E. H. Aull were elected delegates to the county convention, it was stated in the telephone conversation. Senator Alan Johnstone headed the delegation from Ward 3, and, it is stated, will likely head the county delegation to the State convention. Reports from all parts of the State indicate that the great majority of the county conventions will be dominated by the anti-administration, which insures control of the State convention to the supporters of Sen- . ator Smith. If the indications are true, the State executive committee will be controlled by the Smith faction. While the lines were not drawn in many counties, wherever they were the administration forces seem to have lost out in the majority of instances. In Richland county a close examination of the delegates elected from the various clubs will indicate that the county convention will be overwhelmingly dominated by the anti-administration forces. Smith Strong in Anderson. It is reported from Anderson .that the Smith forces will likely control that convention, as they will probably dominate the Greenville, Oconee, . Pickens, Greenwood and other coun- i *-r nnnvnnH'nnc in fhp. nn-countrv. t J V/VU ? W _ Laurens county appears to be again : in control of the administration forces, but that county and Jasper seem to be the only out and out s counties conceded to the administra- 1 tion faction, as far as incomplete re- J ports from club meetings have been received. It is taken for a fact in Columbia that the State convention will be in ( charge of ^ the anti-administration 1 forces and attention is now turned J to issues which will be presented to that body for settlement. Reform of : the primary will be the one big matter for consideration. Several of the 1 club meetings throughout the State < have instructed delegations in the various county conventions to intro- * duce and work for reform of the ( primary. Just what shape this will < take is not now apparent, it will have 1 to be worked over after the county conventions are held on next Monday. However, it appears certain that some reform measure will have a good chance of getting through and will probably take the shape of . allowing names on only one club roll and provide for the closing of the club lists some ten days or earlier 1 before the first primary and the filing of such list with the clerk of : court or some other officer. This list ; will be the official one to guide the managers of each precinct on the day of the primaries. Resolutions endorsing the Nation- . al administration and the record of President Wilson, especially with reference to Mexico, were adopted in club meetings in various counties. 1 The endorsement of United States Senator E. D. Smith by the James Island democratic clubs in Charleston ' county, gratified friends of the sena- ; tor. The resolutions read: ( "Resolved, That the Hon. E. D. '/ Smith, United States senator for the last six years with dignity, fearlessness and efficiency, and being in touch with the agricultural and other interests of our State, and in perfect harmony with the present administration, is thus enabled to render signal service to the State of South Carolina; be it "Resolved, That the members of, / the James Island democratic club do hereby endorse his campaign for re-election, and commend him to the democratic voters of the State." The situation in Charleston is of much interest to the rest of the State. Charleston has the largest delegation in the State convention, , being entitled to eighteen delegates, ' and naturally both factions are extremely anxious to control the coun ty convention. -4, No mention of factional lines appears in the report of the Spartan- , burg county club meetings, but a reading of the delegates to the county convention, especially those chosen from the city wards, would indicate many strong anti-administration men in the list. The county has the second largest delegation in the State convention, being entitled to sixteen. Leaders in Convention. Many well-known leaders in the State who have taken the prominent parts in the fight on the governor in the past will sit in their home coun- r ty conventions and help make up the ? tickets and may themselves be in the 336 delegates which will make up the State convention when it assembles in the hall of the house of rev j i j -/v" presentatives in Columbia on May 30 at noon. Judge Ira B. Jones, who unsuccessfully contested with the Governor in 1912, heads the delegation from his club to the Lancaster county convention. United States Senator B. R. Tillman will sit in the . 5^ Edgefield county convention. ExGovernor and State Chairman John Gary Evans, Ex-Solicitor J. C. Otte, former Representative H. K. Osborne, Representative J. W. Boyd are among several of the better- m ..,. ' known anti-administration men who will be members of the Spartanburg county convention. Mention has already been made of the election of Senator Alan Johnstone to the Newberry county convention. Senator G. W. Sullivan was. :'!H sent as a delegate from Williamson to the Anderson county convention, . N and Ex-Senator J. K. Hood, Gen. M. L. Bonham, L. R. Rice and others will sit with him as anti-administration men in that gathering. Over in Greenville Senator W. H. Earle will be in the convention to help pilot the anti-administration men. Down in Beaufort senator in ens Christensen will participate in the - p county convention, and the Beaufort club fired the first gun for reform of ^" the primary and will work for such a resolution and instruction of delegates in the county convention. . r. / . v SIGNS RELIEF MEASURED * I s ~ Bill Appropriating $500,00 for Kef- - ugees Becomes Law. : v .j'i" Washington, April 25.?The president late to-day signed the bill pass- -J ed by congress appropriating $500r 000 for the relief and transporta- - . >j tion to the United States of Ameri- 4 . can citizens in Mexico. CANDIDATES CARDS I ~ i | COUNTY COMMISSIONER. I am a candidate to succeed my-. self as County Commissioner of Bam)erg County, in the Democratic prinary, of course. H. W. CHITTY. COTTON WEIGHER AT OLAR. I hereby announce myself a can- ^ didate for cotton weigher at Olar, ?. C., subject to the rules of the Demo- ; cratic party. D. J. TEMPLETON. / EHRHARDT COTTON WEIGHER. __ ???? I hereby announce myself a candidate for Cotton Weigher at Ehrhardt in the Democratic primary, subject to the rules of the party. JESSE C. RENTZ., I hereby announce myself a can- ? didate in the Democratic primary for Cotton Weigher at Ehrhardt, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. J. D. CARTER, JR. I hereby announce myself a candidate in the Democratic primary for Cotton Weigher at Ehrhardt, subject to the rules of the party. f J. H. CARTER. I hereby announce my candidacy for Cotton Weigher at Ehrhardt,. in .f the Democratic primary, subject to the rules of the party. B. W. HIERS. I MAGISTRATE AT EHRHARDT. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Magistrate at Ehrhardt, subject to the rules of the Democratic, primary. ISAAC W. CARTER. ' I hereby respectfully announce myself a candidate for Magistrate at . Ehrhardt, Three Mile Township, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. J. H. KINARD. I am a candidate for magistrate at Ehrhardt in the approaching De- f mocratic primary and will abide the result thereof. That I can "hold ?. down" the job none will deny. ' WM. D. BENNETT. 0 St J . w L . " " ' "" " t ' ii"laiiMf)wH