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1 ' Jl ?hr lambwg l^ntlii 1 i ? ?? ????| . ? ? ^????^??????? MMMM?^???^?????????MM?^^ *> One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1914. Established 1891. Jg| " * - Vs"?? . .. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the Ir County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, S. C., May 11.?We are experiencing dusty streets and plenty of dust now, making it disagreeable to travel or to stay at home. Can't keep the dust out, unless one * keeps dusting all the time. The Methodist church will have a , weeks' service in it this week. Mt. Pleasant Sunday-school will ? V l ' 1 ?: - ? nn? o i noia tneir anauai piumu uu maj *1. All are invited to go with the Sun day-school and enjoy the day with ( the school. Mr. tf. C. Guilds, of Bam- 3 ? berg, hae consented to be the orator of the day. j .Mr. Charley Shealy preached to us j Sunday afternoon. ( D. L. Ming, of this section, was { taken to Beaufort, S. C., by a deputy { marshal for some violation of the j pension law. Have no information ^ as to what the violation was. It , leaves a crop on Mr. D. M. Smith's if* hands to be worked and attended to. Breaks into his arrangements. No > one else to be gotten at this time; . all are taken up. The only thing that happened Saturday to break the quiet of our town was a scared mule. Besides breakis?/ .. ing the buggy, there was very little damage done. The mule's nerves ' did not damage him any. A young man was hurt by a belt at the Hacker manufacturing Co. last week. Had his arm all broken to pieces. Was sent to Charleston, J S. C., to get attention and fixed in ; TT*T7? shape. jcacj. Fairfax Fancies. 3 1 Fairfax, May 11.?Ralph and Lee j Lightsey, of Brunson, were her ^ vis- j iting relatives recently. , Miss Sallie May Gray, of Brunson, \ . was a recent guest of Mrs. Lily ; Jb;* Myrick. ? Miss Alice Reedy and mother, of j Charleston, and Mrs. Emma Lovett were guests of Mrs. Anderson re- s cently. Sis Robert K?nny, a student of Wof- ford college, was a visitor to his . sister here this week. } Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Rivers, of Es- j till, have been visiting G. Young's j family. . All are congratulating O. B. Lynes ] upon the arrival at his home of twin ] boys. ( W. W. Anderson and C. Davis are j also receiving congratulations for , their very fine boys, a few days old. < tt n p T?nirfav chaDter. cele- < X uu C A/. V/., - ? - ^ ? brated Sunday afternoon as mem- j orial day to the soldiers. A large ( ^ * crowd came. To the strains of a < funeral march played by Mrs. S. L. : * Sanders the townsmen, school chil% dren, and U. D. C. marched in, Rev. j D. B. Groseclose was chairman of the ? meeting. After selections, inter- ^ spered v^ith hymns, the speaker of ] the occasion, Hon. R. M. Mixson, of Williston, gave a speech. All looked for something extra, and w6re not -y ' disappointed. After his fine address, music and a closing prayer followed, then the ladies and children strewed J the soldiers' graves with beautiful ?- flowers. A large crowd was present, and the occasion was one to be long I remembered, especially by the school 1 children, who took an active part in decorating the graves. Denmark Honor Roll. Honor roll of Denmark public 1 schools for eighth month: First grade?John Turner, Edward Zeigler, Sarah Califf, Claudie Holton, 1 Dorothy Matthews.. Second grade?Margaret Brooker, ( Aleen Ellzey, Veta Lou Milhous, Albert Folk. Third Grade?Eldridge Hightower, Ruby Abstance, Evelyn Cain, Leona ' 1 ^ New, BvtI Price, Dorothy Riley, Helen Turner, Hillary Wilkinson. Fourth grade?Fred Wiggins, Edward Cox, Carlisle Folk. Fifth grade?Earle Rice, Julia M. Riley, Edna Creech, Frank McMillan, , TamM Wieeins. Sixth grade?Elizabeth McCrae, Julia McCrae, Daisy Tillman. Seventh grade?Gertrude Cox, ( Sadelle Cain, Willie Delle Kutto. Eighth grade?Weiters Califf, Phillip Cox, Ruby Corbett, Hazel Lecroy, Genie Fogle, Martha Wig' gins, Clara Wyman. ; Ninth grade?Annie Mae Griffith, ' Frances Guess, Virginia Hutto, Vera Wiggins, Christobel Mayfield. Tenth grade?Bernard Faust, Kathleen Fogle, Agnes Goza. i i A TEAM OF CRIPPLES. Baseball Nine Possesses Just 12 Legs 7 1-2 Feet, and 17 Arms. At a meeting in Inwood, W. Va. to-night the most remarkable baseball team in the country was organized. The nine players have twelve legs, seven and one-half feet, and seventeen arms. Most of them were maimed at one time or another in the industries oi the town. The players are: William Robusky, manager and shortstop, one leg and one arm; Joe Lick, first base, no legs; ''Leg' Lanon, second base, one leg; George Ottomiller, third base, one leg; Ralph Ford, catcher, one foot; "Crip" Ironsides, pitcher, one foot; "Cotton" JBowers, leu neia, one ioot; Edward Earl, center field, one and ane-half feet; George Miller, right field, one leg. The manager has issued a challenge to any club of maimed baseball players in this section of the country. Each member of the "halfand-half" team, as they have been christened by the fans here, before being maimed was a first-class player, and several of the men can still put up a fair game.?Wheeling (W. Va.) Register. Mr^ N. J. Padgett Dead. On last Wednesday morning, Ma> 6, just a little after breakfast. Mr. Padgett was seized with acute, indigestion and passed away before medical aid could be otained, or his only little daughter, whom he asked for. could reach him from Bamberg, where she was at school. Mr. Padgett was about thirty-six years old, and though young in years he was old in experience. Labor had no thorns nor deep roots to Nate. He was one of the most prosperous farmers of the Spring Branch community, and his home was ever open ^ fcrwcrntaiitv He had worked faith WV ? ? ? ? fully and earnestly for the upbuilding of the school in his midst. The writer worked in said echood for three years, and could always put my duty, whether to spend money :>r labor for the school, on Mr. Padgett, and he was true to the trust. Twas in his home our father, while spending the day, was taken sick, and Mr. Padgett objected strongly md boldly to his being carried home, and during the ten days of his sickness and death we had the Padgett liome in our keeping; nothing that that could be done was left undone. He was a member of Bethesda Baptist church since his boyhood. Be leaves a wife and nine-year-old daughter, a mother, brother, and three sisters, besides lots of friends fn mmim his loss. The writer's family has lost a strong' gentleman friend, the community a good neighbor, the wife a devoted husband, the laughter a devoted father, the mother a tender son, and in common his raany friends mourn his death. He was buried in the family burying-ground beside his first wife and several children, where lots of friends had gathered to pay the last respects. Denmark, May 12, 1914. Father's Son. "Now, my boy, you'll have to start it the bottom and work up." "All right, dad." "The best I can do is to make you fourth vice president of our corporation."?Louisville Courier-Journal. Branchville Wins. Branchville, May 12.?The Branchville High School defeated the second team of the Carlisle School on the former's diamond yesterday afternoon by a score of 11 to 5. The locals outclassed the Carlisle School in hitting, getting'eleven safe ones, several for extra bases. Huntley, for the visitors, secured two of the five hits, both being for extra bases. Score: Branchville High School.... 11 11 7 Carlisle School 5 5 7 Batteries: Berry, Byrd and Williams; Alexander, Pyatt and Huntley. A Good Excuse. Wife?Why did you tell the Batsons that you married me because I was such a good cook, when you know I can't even boil a potato? Hubby?I had to make some exmisp mv dear, and I didn't know what else to tsay.?London Opinion. A small boy was having tea away from home. He was about to have another piece of cake, but refused. The hostess said: "Are you troubled with a poor appetite?" The boy answered: "No, but I'm troubled with politeness."?London Opinion. IN THE PALMETTO STATE > _____ SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. . State News Boiled Down for Quick > Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. City mail delivery in Hartsville will be inaugurated on July 1. ^ The Methodists of Saluda are going to build a ten thousand dollar church. The Greenville horse show, held last week, came out behind from $600 to $1,000. The annual music festival was held in Spartanburg last week, with [ the usual large attendance. : Jas. A. Summersett of Columbia has announced that he will run for comptroller general in the primary. The Wholesale Grocers association 5 of the South will hold its annual meeting at the Isle of Palms June 1 17, 18 and 19. The line of march of the school children at the Florence field day exercises was a mile in length, 3,000 children taking part. v A special from Graycourt to the Greenville News says a light snow fell in Graycourt Saturday morning. Graycourt is in Laurens county. Henry Wedekind, a young workman on the pier of the Clyde Line steamers in Charleston, fell from a J scaffold on Friday and was killed. Several hundred South Carolina Shriners are this week attending the . Imperial Council in Atlanta, where . over thirty thousand are in attend[ ance. At the second primary held in Co\ lumbia, Dr. L. A. Griffith was nomi nated for mayor, receiving 1,415 l votes to 1,224 cast for Dr. F. S. TTurlo Memorial day exercises were held all over South Carolina on Sunday ' and Monday, Monday being observ ed as a holiday in many cities and towns. The little town of Gilbert had an $8,000 fire Thursday morning that } burned the stores of D. E. Hammond, Ioor Hayes and Dr. W. A. Oxner. x The State Federation of Women's Clubs opened the annual session in Spartanbi^g, at Converse college, Tuesday. About 200 delegates are in attendance. Adjutant General W. W. Moore has gone to Washington to confer with the war department relative to matters concerning the South Carolina national guard. A voung woman about 20 years . old, -after securing a room without ; registering at the Columbia hotel, . left the hotel, leaving in the room a ; two-weeks' old baby boy. The Southern Railway company has announced that it will continue 1 the double-tracking of its road, the ' next work to be done from Charlotte ; to Armour, Ga., a distance of 263 miles. Wm. F. Young, assistant postmaster at Spartanburg for many years, left on .Saturday for Hawii to accept the postmastership of Honolulu, to which he was recently appointed by President Wilson. President Wilson has been invited . to speak at Cheraw on July 8, on the occasion of the celebration of the founding of the city. Secretary Daniels and Secretary Houston have also been invited, it is stated mat " the invitations have been accepted. W. B. Atwater, an aviator of international note, is under bond of $200 for hunting in South Carolina, the alleged offense being committed in Aiken county. Atwater told the game warden that he would probably go to Mexico to engage in scouting ' service for the UnUited States. The Columbia newspapers are having an argument about circulation, and the State has brought suit against the Record for $50,000 damages because the Record published an advertisement in its columns stating that the State had "misrepresent ed" its circulation in Columbia and > suburbs. It is reported that the warden of . the prison at Rusk, Texas, does not lock the cells at night nor the gates at any time and that the men work on the farm daily without a single one having attempted to run away. 1 The warden's control over his men is said to be due to his disposition to ' trust and help them. l Now is the time to play checkers, i Boards for sale at The Herald Book Store. -v' HOT CAMPAIGN IN COLUMBIA. One of the Candidates Has a Fight With One Man and is Shot at. The campaign for mayor of Columbia is a hot' one. At the first primary, last Tuesday, the incumbent, Wade Hampton Gibbes, was beaten by the two other candidates, Fort Sumter Earle, a former mayor, and Dr. L.( A. Griffith, Earle getting 937 votes, and Griffith 935. Gibbes has come out for Earle vand is trying to carry his friends that way; but Griffith is making a game fight. In an advertisement in the city papers he said the liquor and dispensary interests were against him, calling the names of liquor bosses; and also said that there is a frame-up for Dr. C. Stanley to be city recorder. On Saturday Dr. Stanley attacked Dr. Griffith about his remarks?pulled off his coat and called Griffith a liar, when Griffith promptly slapped him down. About that time T. B. Roach, member of the Richland county dispensary board, drew his pistol and fired at Griffith, missing him?and missing everybody else, though it I happened on one of the business I | streets and there were many persons passing. Roach was arrested. | QUERRIES BY PHONE. | Newspaper a Clearing House for the Inquisitive Public. One of the many advantages that the development and multiplication of telephones has brought to the j modern newspaper is the privilege of answering questions of a thousand ; and one varieties and sorts. In this j way the paper is able perhaps to serve the community, or rather certain inquisitive members of it, to a ! greater extent than before ^he days ( of the telephone, but to many newspaper workers who have other things to do besides answering the tele; phone the privilege is not an unmixed hlassin2. Every class of the community seems to rely upon the newspaper office for authoritative decisions upon [ any and all subjects. Even the school children call up the office, evidently to prepare their lessons for the following day. When the same inquiry is received in the office a dozen times in the course of an afternoon and evening and most of the voices that ask the question sound youthful, the patient newspaper worker who has courteously informed a dozen inquiries that the poet laufeate ol England is Dr. Robert Bridges, or that the salary of the president is $75,000 a year, begins to feel that he is doing more than his share oi the "home work" of several school children. Possibly some of the teachers instruct their pupils to call up the newspaper office in order that they may learn something %of the value ol the newspaper to the community, but one is often led to suspect that the pupils have found it easier tc call up the newspaper than to dig the desired information from an encyclopedia. At any rate it is to be hoped that the children profit by the information they gain over the wire. This office is always glad to give legitimate help to school children. Another occasional plague of the newspaper office is the historian, or would-be historian, who wants to know the year, month and day wheo the toll bridge was built, when the Johnstown flood occurred, when and why the Titanic sank, when the wood pavement was laid on Main street, when trolley cars were first operated in this city, when ?he town of Longmeadow was named and why, when the water in the Connecticut rose as high as the rail of the toll bridge, when Theodore Roosevelt first referred to the "strenuous life," or when Caruso made his first American appearance in grand opera, and also the date he "pinched the lady in the monkey-house." Then there are numerous geographical questions that are propounded gravely to the cheerful newspaper workers. In the height of last season's baseball season someone called up the office of a newspaper and asked the location of the Giants' Causeway. The modern American office boy who was in charge of the switchboard that night promptly gave the inquirer the sporting editor. The latter official generally has troubles enough in answering fans who have been arguing over a technical point of the great American game.?Springfield Republican. Cats hate water, probably because their fur has nothing oily about it and conseqquently takes a long time to dry. j 1 K t * WON CASE; SHOT DEAD J NO. M. CANNON, OF LAURENS, FATALLY SHOT. Tragedy the Aftermath of School Case?-Slayer Accused Cannon of Falsifying. I Laurens, May 12.-^Just after he J i had concluded a speech in Magis- < i trate Hellams's Court at Gray Court i . this afternoon John M. Cannon, a 1 prominent attorney of the Laurens i i f Bar, and one of the best-known citi- J zens of the county and State, was ! i shot and almost instantly killed by : Joseph G. Sullivan, son of Thos. J. 1 Sullivan, and a prominent young i farmer of near Tumbling Shoals. : Mr. cannon was snot nve times, iour 1 of the bullets penetrating his body < , and the fifth piercing his arm near 1 the elbow. One of the bullets struck 1 , a bystander, Archie Willis, passing through his leg near the ankle. Sullivan was brought to jail soon after the shooting. When seen' by ( ; newspaper representatives' he de- ( i clined to make any statement, saying j > that he might have something to say j to-morrow. The body of Mr. Cannon was brought here this afternoon ] on the late train and the burial will j ( take place tomorrow. ] Back of the Tragedy. , / The tragedy grew out of a case ] brought in the Magistrate's Court by ' Miss Maude Sharp, teacher of the ] ' Mount Bethel School in Sullivan . ; Township, against Humbert Sullivan, aged 18, a pupil of Mis6 Sharp and a brother of Joseph G. Sullivan, the , ' alleged slayer of Mr. Cannon. Hum- , 1 bert Sullivan was charged with common assault, using profane language ; ' in a public place and committing ' depredations on the property of the . school building several weeks ago. ' Mr. Cannon was employed by Miss : Sharp to prosecute the case. A \ change of venue in the case was ob- : tained and the trial came up for a hearing to-day before Magistrate ] Hellams, of Dial Township. W. R. , 1 Richey, Sr., of Ihe Laurens Bar, represented the defendant. A number ( of witnesses for both sides testified/ , " -including a sister of the defendant. , After ascertaining that Miss Sulli: van was a sister of the defendant, Mr. Cannon is said to have'asked her ' to "come down." Exception was taken to this by opposing counsel and Mr. Cannon disclaimed any intention j of reflecting on whatever she might _ have testified to and thus the incident was ended. N Wanted an Apology. Mr. Cannon made the opening and , closing arguments and is said to have excoriated the conduct of the young defendant in no. uncertain terms. , When the jury filed out of the depot P office, where the trial was held, Mr. 1 . Cannon stepped out into the depot tto -rr* Wq -tiro a o nnrnpr?h p(i hv a nfl ! tron of the school, who complained ( that the attorney had in his speeches . reflected on the character of his son, one of the principal witnesses for the , defence. Mr. Cannon is said to have ; , replied that he sought only to bring , out the truth and had no apologies , to make, whereupon Mr. Wood, the patron, turned away, saying he want- 1 ( ed an apology or trouble. At this . juncture it appears Joseph G. Sulli( van took up the matter and told Mr. Cannon that he had disgraced his , brother and the Sullivan family, and , that when he made certain derogatory statements he (Cannon) knew . they w'tere lies. Struck Sullivan. , Mr. Cannon resented this and . struck Sullivan on the head with a cane, which the deceased had used . since hie leg was broken several j months ago in a railway accident. The instant he struck Sullivan the ] latter drew his pistol and fired five \ times in rapid succession, and at a j very close range. Mr. Cannon was 5 standing near the steps of the depot and sank as he attempted to ascend i them. Friends rushed up and caught him before he fell. He said he knew . he was mortally wounded and was t going to die, but he was conscious \ of having performed his duty, and ] that in defence of a woman. Then ] he asked that he be sent home to his ] wife ancT baby, and expired before uttering another word. j The inquest was held this after- i noon by the same officer who had l conducted the trial. Just as the , shooting occurred the jury returned i a verdict of guilty against Humbert l Sullivan. < Graduate of Wofford. i Mr. Cannon was 34 years of age, ( a son of L. M. Cannon, of Lanford, j and a nepbew of John W. Lhnford. ] He graduated from Wofford College ( and studied law in this city and en- i BECKER JURY COMPLETE. Whitman in Address Does Not Mention Gunmen Execution. New York, May 11.?A jury to try Charles Becker, former lieutenant of police, charged with instigating the murder of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler, was again completed toiay. Frederick A. Strock, a bookkeeper and Frederick C. Barrett, a consulting engineer, were chosen to / ' r .. J| take the places of men excused Saturday. District Attorney Whitman !r> Viia r?r\oriin cr mflfift no lu ?"o ~ mention of the execution of the death sentence on the four gunmen and iff* no way suggested that the pros ecu- ' ^ tion had any new evidence to pre- *' sent. It is understood that whatever ' new evidence the State does intro- ? * duce will be held as a surprise. His speech was chiefly a review of the * events leading up to and following ' | the murder. Capture of Vera Cruz in 1847. Extracts from letters of an officer of the United States army who participated in military operations resulting in the fall of the city, written from the front: Vera Cruz, March 9, 1847^?"We left Anton Lizardo early this morning and ran up here with the squadron and anchored about a mile and j-ji a half from the shore. Then our brigade got out into the boats and pulled for shore. The * weather beautifully clear and the ocean calm as a lake. Ten minutes row brought us to land and with a hearty shout we once more placed our feet on the shores of Mexico. No enemy save scattered horsemen in sight. The face of the country is broken by hills of sand?some few covered with chapparal?the most part sand and movable. That night most of _ jgla the troops landed and encamped * \ near the beach. During the night the advance guard engaged in a 3light skirmish, no one hurt. The following day we observed a small body of the enemy between us and :5|j the-left of the town; they fired a few shots, but did not come near enough to do any harm. We nlov- * ed on until we got on a slight ridge of sand about two and a half miles from the city. When we reached this poin,t they commenced firing ' heavy shot and shell from the castle, forts and the town, but so far have done no damage. In the evening we moved down so as to bring - > this sand hill between us and the town. There encamped, where we still remain." 4 ?*? Vera Cruz, March 11, 1847.? "The morning after we got to shore Gen. Patterson's division of volunteers, while ours (Worth's, was ascending the hills, passed to the - u left and occupied a still higher ridge. ; They had skirmishes all the evening, but no damage done. The evening brought Gen. Scott ashore, and the next day Gen. Twiggs's command Vvf|S passed, still moving to the left so as to nearly enclose the town. From- - ; the right of the town, circling around it at a distance of some, two or three miles, is a high broken ridge of sand hills, terminating in a plain on the side towards the ocean. The enemy kept up a desultory fire from this plain, the castle and the Lv*5jB town. They do not, I fancy, intend giving us a fight in the field,' but will hold the town so long as they / can. Last nignt they were ringing ? bells and shouting about something ?a reinforcement, it is thought. The weather warm the first few days? yesterday a tremendous norther, and as we are envoloped in sand banks, you never saw snow fly as did the sand?eyes" were blinded and ears filled." ^ Vera Cruz, March 13.?"We have ^Jjj been now ashore for three days and there has been some slight skirmishing. The town is now completely surrounded and I hope it will fall in ?; a few days. I wish I could think it tvould end the war. Joe Johnson is (Continued on page 4, column 1;ered upon the practice of his pro 'ession her? about nine years ago. Fie represented the county in the Legislature one term, from 1906 to 1908. He has been very active in politics ind was a recognized leader. Three rears ago he was appointed a member of the Governor's staff as . ludge Advocate and was recently lamed by the Governor as' a member of the board of regents for the State Asylum. He was also recently re-elected county chairman and a lelegate to the State Convention. He narried Miss Jessie Huey, of Rock Flill, who survives him, together with >ne little son. He was a Mason and *| i member of the Methodist Church.