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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS ji
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, June 1.?The farmers
are all well pleased this morning,
after the fine rain. The flourishing
look of vegetation makes them feel
like work. They are busy trying to
get their potato crop in shape.
. I . Mr. J. C. Kinard raised a freak
radish in his garden. Mr. J. M.
Smith, Jr., was showing it around
last Saturday and Sunday?represented
a man except arms.
Prof. Paysinger has ended his first
school year since graduating at Newberry
College. His service as principal
of our school is appreciated by
the patrons and trustees, as they
have called him for another year.
He is a man of good morals and
ability. He got his education by
hard work, did not get it with a
silver spoon in his mouth, as the
saying goes, but had to work for it.
Prof. Paysinger has an uphill
chance, two factions in the school,
as to building a home suitable to
manage the school in, and then other
complications, by patrons that say
things about others that they would
not do as well if they were placed in
a similar position.
^ Miss Watson left as soon as the
school closed, and left a certain
young man in trouble. He has been
buying paper and envelopes every
day since she left, and wears the expression
on his face when seen on the
streets, "I am lonely, love, without
thee."
Miss Louise Taylor will go' some
time this week. She wants to arrange
matters with her defender.
JEE.
Fairfax Fancies.
Fairfax, June 2.?Miss Annie Lou
* Williams and brother, Albert, visited
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Williams this
week.
Mr and Mrs. Angus Williams visited
their parents near Jenny last
week.
There was a reception given at the
Fairfax Hotel Monday afternoon by
the wives of the trustees of our
school. Among those present were:
? Hon. R. I. Manning, Mrs. S. L. San
ders, the teachers, and the nine
graduates. A delicious two-course '
luncheon was served, and all enjoyed
the occasion.
Miss Rosa Platts, of Hickory
Grove, is visiting Miss Sadie Harter.
Miss Lilly- Preacher gave a soci^
able Tuesday evening in honor of the
j - graduating class and visitors.
' ^ Me^clames McDaniel and Foster, of
Augusta, are visiting Mrs. H. M. Har^
' veley.
Mrs. Luther Barber is spending
j. the week with Miss Maude Barber.
There will be another home to
dispense hospitality in our midst and
further all civic improvements. Fairfax
is certainly building up.
The new home of Mr. and Mrs.
Angus Williams is near completion,
and they occupy it.
Misses Speaks, of Varnville, visit*
ed their brothers here attended
commencement, and several social
affairs.
Miss Hattie Dowling, who won the
scholarship medal of our high
school, has returned to her home at
TT :iu
varuvmo.
There were nine graduates this
year. The address, which was
very fine, was delivered by Hon. R. I.
Manning. Prof. McCain delivered
the diplomas and gave good parting
advice to the graduates. Prof. Chitty,
who is the new principal gave a
good talk when he delivered the
medal awarded by the Bank of Fairfax.
Prof, and Mrs. McCain left immediately
after commencement for
their new home at McCormick.
Mr. - M. Move on the violin and
Sadie Harter on piano gave sweet J
music at commencement.
Our amateurs expect to take their
* play, "Topsy Turvy," to Allendale
next week.
J. E. Johnston and G. D. Sanders
attended the bankers' convention at
t Bamberg on Friday.
Something very sad occurred here
last night. Wade Best, of Savannah,
had been visiting his sister here. Be-i
ing despondent from drink, he sh'ot
himself last night and died an hour
later. His wife, children, and sister,
Miss Dell, came next day. He will
- be buried at Bethlehem burying
ground. Many friends sympathize
with the family, as they are much
beloved here.
* Mrs. Rice, of Allendale, is visit\
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WONT LET SOLDIERS ENCAMP...
Governor Says it is Inopportune Time
^ for Guard to Leave State.
Columbia, May 30.?The Governor
has refused tq allow the South Carolina
troops to participate in the encampment
of the 9th division at
Augusta, Ga., assigning as a reason
that in view of the .Mexican situation
he does not think the troops should
leave the State. He promises that if
the peace conference results satisfactorily
he will take the matter up
for further consideration. The decision
was made known in a letter
from the Governor to the Adjutant
General.
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"Til? reasons you iui id no
ing to allow the National Guard to
participate in these instructions are
not-well founded," says Adjt. Gen.
Moore, in a letter replying to the
Governor. He points out that the
militja could be transported to the
mobilization camp at Camp Wilie
Jones in five hours if war breaks out
with Mexico, and could be more
quickly mobilized than if they were
at their home stations. He asks the
Governor to reconsider his decision
and permit the troops to go to Augusta.
Governor's Letter.
The following is a copy of the letter
received by Adjt. Gen. Moore
from the Governor:
"I am in receipt of a communication
from you, transmitting communication
signed W. A. Simpson, requesting
information regarding the joint
encampment of instruction to be held
near Augusta, Ga., for the troops of
the 9th militia division from July 10
to August 12, 1914, inclusive. You
aHvisfi vnn at once
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whether it is my intention to have
the National Guard of this State participate
in these instructions on the
dates mentioned. In reply I beg to
say that, in view of the present Mexican
situation, I do not think the
South Carolina troops should leave
the State to participate in this encampment.
If the peace conference
now being held should result satisfactorily,
I will then take the matter
up for further consideration"
The communication was signed by
the Governor as Commander-in-Chief
of the National Guard.
Gen. Moore's Reply.
"I beg to acknowledge receipt of
your letter of May 29, in reply to endorsement
upon letter from the commanding
officer of the Department of
the East, requesting information as
to whether you propose to have the
National Guard of this State participate
in the joint camp of instruction
to be held near Augusta, Ga., July 10
to August 12, 1914, inclusive.
?<T?? T -n.ill etato that thp TPR
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sons which you assign for refusing
to allow the national guard to participate
in these instructions are not
well founded, because of the fact that
should the National Guard be called
out for duty in case of war with
Mexico, they could be transported
to the mobilization grounds in this
State within five hours from the time
orders were issued. In fact, they
could be mobilized much more quickly
from this camp of instruction
than if they "were at their home stations.
In view of this fact and the
tendency to stifle the interest of the
National Guard, especially the enlisted
strength, should they not be allowed
to participate in these instructions
t trust, that vou will reconsider
your decision and advise me at once
of this change, in order that detail
of arrangements can be arranged between
this department and the department
of the East for this camp
of instruction, as it requires a considerable
amount of correspondence,
together with proper estimates and
requisitions, which must be made in
advance of such encampment/'
Street Car Franchises.
Some eight years ago Chicago renewed
the surface street railway franchises,
but upon condition that the
city receive 55 per cent, of the net
earnings.
Under this bargain the city will receive
this year $3,299,000 as its share
of the street railway earnings.
Altogether during the eight years
the city treasury has received from
this source about fourteen million
dollars.
As a rule, however, municipalities
in America are still giving away
their franchise privileges?The Home
and Farmstead.
ing here.
.Mrs. W. L. Brooks, who has been
to Charleston on a visit, has returned.
Several gentlemen friends of G. D.
Sanders autoed from Charleston and
spent the day with him. Walter
Stone, a room-mate at Clemson, was
among them.
JIN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
' KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
The State Dental Association will
meet in Greenville the 17th.
The grand lodge Knights of Pytbiac
Hpridpri to meet in Orangeburg
next year.
One hundred and thirty high
schools in 42 counties were paid
$75,000 the past school year by the
State.
Judge Ernest Gary, one of the
circuit judges, is critically ill at his
home in Columbia, having suffered a
sroke of paralysis.
Thursday afternoon a train ran
over and killed a little negro at Benriettsville.
The coroner's jury said
it was the little negro's "own carelessness."
. The general education board,
, which administers the John D.
Rockefeller fund to universities and
colleges, has announced the gift to
Wofford college of $33,000.
The Senior class of Clemson college
has 7S members?43 in the agricultural
course, five in^civil engineering,
27 in mechanical and electrical engineering
and four in the textile de
yaI llllCll l>
Two negro children, aged six years
and eight months respectively, were
found starved to death in a house in
Darlington on Thursday. According
to the coroner's jury, the mother was
sick and the grandmother failed to
give them attention.
A white man named Nora Chambers
and a negro named Perry Harper
w'ere committed to the Abbeville
jail Thursday night, charged with
running a distillery. They were
caught in the act. Two gallons of
whiskey and 600 gallons of beer were'
seized by the rural policeman.
Denmark Notes.
Denmark, May 30.?On Tuesday
evening the lovely home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Mayfield was
thrown open to' a large nymber of
friends to meet Miss Knight, of
Honea Path. Writing telegrams was
the chief feature of the evening, for
which T. D. Turner and Miss Josephine
Faust were presented with a
lovely prize for the most unique and
original one. During the course of
the evening Miss Carrie Riley served
fruit punch from a secluded corner of
the porch, and just before leaving
Mrs. S. G. Mayfield served the guests
with a tempting salad course.
On Saturday Miss Ruby Guess was
hostess at a six course luncheon. The
favors were lovely little pasteboard
cups, containing fortunes, which were
read for the amusement of the guests.
Mrs. T. R. Martin entertained the
Crochet club at her home on Tuesday
afternoon. After a pleasant hour
spent in work, interspersed with interesting
conversation, those present
were served to a dainty salad course,
followed by a sweet course.
.Mrs. D. G. Richardson was at
home to a few friends on Thursday
evening in honor of Miss McCown, of
Darlington.
Miss Alma Black, of Bamberg,
spent a few days this week with Mrs.
W. D. Mayfield.
DoVionno Oraham nf Rflmheri?
JilOO V^V. VU V_4 * y Vfc .
spent a few days this week with
Miss Julia Goolsby.
To be Married.
Olar, May 31.?Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Kearse announce the approaching
marriage of their daughter, Mildred,
to George DuPre Sanders, the marriage
to take place June 30th.
Denmark Beats Columbia.
Denmark, May 29.?Before a
large crowd of enthusiastic fans,
Denmark defeated Columbia here
to-day by the score of 7 to 5. The
game was won in the last half of the
ninth inning by the locals, when with
two nip on bases Baxter hit a drive
to left field, bringing in the winning
runs. Columbia secured eight hits
from Kirby's delivery, but none were
for extra bases. The game was stubbornly
fought. The features were
the batting of "Honus" Baxter and
Poole, for Denmark. Kirby pitched
his usual steady game. Score:
Denmark ....1 7 4
Columbia 5 S 4
Batteries: Kirby and Poole: Carmack
and Boozer. Umpires, Shanklin
and Guess.
Now is the time to play checkers.
i Boards for sale at The Herald Book
Store.
SCHOOL DAYS KM).
Closing Exercises Are Held at Denmark
Institution.
Denmark, June 2.?The Denmark
school had its closing exercises
Thnrsdav ami Fridav nishtS of last
week. Dr. H. N. Snyder, who was to
deliver the annual address, was prevented
from being present on account
of sickness in his home. His
place was filled by S. G. Mayfield,
who spoke on "The American .Man."
J. A. Wiggins, chairman of the board
of trustees, called attention to the
need of an addition to the faculty, so
that Principal .McCown may be able
to give the greater part of his time
to the supervision of class room
work. It is the purpose of the trus^
tees to supply this need as soon as
possible. The enrollment of the
school for the session was 213, as
follows: 108 girls and lOo boys.
Prof. McCown stated that as the
grades advances the male pupils drop
out. Special mention was made of
the high percentage made by three
girls in the tenth grade?Vera Wiggins,
Christabel Mayfield and Frances
Guess. They made for recita
tions and attendance between 99 and
100.
Let Us Profit by Last Year's Lessons.
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A good many of us who last year
were reading and trying to profit
by the advicq^ of the experts interpreted
the advice to cultivate shallow
in a very literal manner, and so
in the early part of the season, when
our crops were small, simply stirred
the soil for an inch or two in depth.
But as the season advanced we suddenly
woke up to the fact that moisture
was becoming mighty scarce
and in our efforts to help the crops
found ourselves under the necessity
of breaking our fields much deeper,
so as to secure a mulch of sufficient
thickness to prevent the loss of what
moisture was in the soil. In doing
this, however, following a period of
shallow cultivation, we found ourselves
cast upon the other horn of
the dilemma. Our previous superficial
cultivation had encouraged the
formation of the roots of our plants
near the surface, and when it became
necessary to stir the soil deeper
than we had previously been doing,
this was accomplished by a tremendous
slaughter of roots, and our
plants were correspondingly injured.
There is no question that this deeper
plowing or cultivation was choosing
the least of the two evils; but
it was an alternative that would not
have arisen had we used a little forethought
in the early part of the season.
We should have known that
this dryer weather comes nearly every
year before the crop matures,
and that a deeper mulch will be required
before the crop is matured
than is necessary in the beginning,
and should have provided against the
injury that always accompanies the
deepening of the soil mulch late in
the season.
So let us anticipate this condition
early in the season this year, and
establish the proper thickness of soil
mulch early in the cultivation, before
doing so will cause too much root injury.
Remember that especially in
the early stages of their growth the
roots of plants grow more rapidly
than do those parts above ground,
and that by the time a corn plant,
for instance, is a foot high, its roots
will have spread a distance of fully
two feet all around. So this deepening
of the mulch must be done
quite early in the growth of the
plant.
Herein comes one danger of using
the harrow too long in early cultivation.
When the crop first comes
up there is no better cultivation nor
one so cheaply given than by the use
of a drag harrow run diagonally
across the rows. It stirs the whole
surface, kills young grass and weeds
in the drill as well as in the middles,
and gives the young plants a splenhnnct
forward. But if' the use
of the harrow 4s too long continued
we are apt to suddenly awaken to
the fact that the plant roots have full
possession of the soil at a very shallow
depth, and in order .'to establish
the depth of mulch that we know will
be required later on find it necessary
to inflict considerable root injury.?
D. X. Barrow in Progressive Farmer.
Bless the Ladies.
"Our congressional committee
la /I ioc in two llOUTS.
Jicai u uuri ? iau>vu m ? . -
That many men would have kept us
listening for several days."
"That shows that women can transact
public business. But how did they
(manage to crowd thirty speeches into
two hours?"
"Oh, they spoke three and four at
a time."?Kansas City Journal.
934 DIE IN SHIPWRECK |
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BIG STEAMER RAMMED BY COLLIER
FRIDAY. Appalling;
Disaster On St. Lawrence
River in Canada.?Yei*y
Few Saved.
Rimouski, Quebec,May 29.?Sinking
in ninety feet of water within
fifteen minutes after being rammed
amidships in the upper reaches of the
St. Lawrence River early to-day, the
Canadian Pacific Liner Empress of
Ireland carried down with her more
than 900 of her passengers and crew.
Of the 1,367 persons on board the
liner only 433 are known to have
--been saved, making the probable
death list 934.
Looming up through the river
mists, as the Empress of Ireland was
lying to, waiting for the fog to lift or
to break, the Danish collier, Storstad,
crashed bow-on into the side of the
big Canadian liner, striking her about
midway of her length and ripping
her side open to the stern.
The crash occurred not far from
the shore off Father Point, 150 miles
from Quebec, which the Empress of
Ireland left yesterday afternoon
bound for Liverpool, and ten miles
from this point on the St. Lawrence.
In reality, therefore, although the
liner was heading for the sea and
the collier coming in from it, the
disaster was not one of the ocean
but of thMjjver. Unlike the Titanic's
victims, tSfttempress of Ireland's lost
their lives within sight of shore?in
landlocked waters.
"S. O. S." Call Sounded.
Immediately the ship's crew recovered
from the shock of the collision,
and it was seen that the liner had
received a vital blow, a wireless "S.
(/. S." call was sounded.
The hurried appeal was picked up
by the Government mail tender Lady
Evelyn here and the Government
pilot boat Eureka at Father Point,
and both set out to the rescue. So
deep jfras the hurt of the Empress,
however, and so fast the inrush of
waters that long before either of the
rescue boats could reach the scene
the liner had gone down. Only floating
wreckage and a few lifeboats
and rafts from the. steamer, buoying
up less than a third of those who
' had set sail on her, were to be found.
The rest had sunk with the liner, had
' been crushed to death in.the Stors^Jmnont
in"th hor or had been
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forced from exposure in the ice-chill
ed waters to loose their hold on bits
' of wreckage and had drowned.
Only a few persons were picked up
; by the Storstad, vtfiich was badly
' crippled herself, and these were
brought here by the collier, together
' with those saved by the Eureka and
Lady Evelyn. Twenty-two of the
1 rescued died from injury or expos1
ure.
Sent to Quebec.
The others, most of whom had
jumped into the boats or plunged
into the water from the sinking liner
scantily clad, were given such clotfi|
ing as the town could supply, and
later those that could travel were
placed on board a train and started
for Quebec, where they arrived to'
night.
Accounts agree that in the brief
' space of time?not more than four'
teen minutes?between the shock of
' the collision and the smKing or me
liner there was little chance for systematic
marshalling of the passengers.
Everyhing indicates that hun'
dreds probably never reached the
decks. Few women were among the
' saved, not more than a dozen, the
lists make it appear.
"The stewards did not have time
to rouse the people from their
berths," one survivor told Capt. Bollinger,
of the rescue ship Eureka.
1 "Those who heard the frenzied
calls of the officers for the passengers
to hurry on deck rushed up, piled
into the boats, which were rapidly
lowered, and rowed away. Many
who waited to dress were drowned."
Explosion Adds to Hoitoi*.
The horror of the interval during
the time the Empress of Ireland was
rapidly filling and the frightened
.throngs on board her were hurrying
every effort to escape before she
sank, was added to by an explosion,
probably caused by the water reaching
the boilers, bulged the liner's
sides and catapulted persons from
her decks out into the sea.
; . The ship's heavy list as water
poured in made the work of launching
boats increasingly difficult,
and when she sank scores still left
i on her deck were carried down, only
a few being able to clear her sides
and find support on wreckage.
From all accounts, Capt. H. G.
KILLER BY A. C. L. "FREIGHT.
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Julius Dozier Meets Almost Instant
Death at Orangeburg.
Orangeburg, June 1.?Julius Dozier
was almost instantly killed here
to-day at about 1.30 o'clock by a
freight train on the Atlantic Coast
Line. From what could be learned
Dozier was walking along by the
railroad track on the way to his
home, on Dickinson street, when
local freight No. 330, going North,
overtook him a short distance from
the crossing of the Southern and A. ,|j
C. L. Though nothing definite is
known in regard to how Dozier was
struck by the train, it is supposed
that he either attempted to get on
the moving train or was not aware
of its approach in time to get out of / $
danger. The conductor on the freight
was the first to discover the fatally
injured man.
The coroner held an inquest over
the remains this afternoon, and a
verdict was returned in accordance
with the above. Dozier was a paint- . * v . t||
er by trade. ' ?>3
She Gave 110 Tipsf'
Lawrence Kinney, usher at the
union depot, is convinced it does not
always pay to laugh. Last Thursday
a woman from Clarinda, La., who
was waiting for a train, accidentally
backed into a suitcase and fell
over it into the man's lap in an undignified
heap. The crowd laughed
heartily, but Kinney did not, and after
he assisted the woman to her
"ICtil Silt? abheu lui xuo uaaic auu au.dress.
To-day he received by parcel post
a box of candy. In the box was a
slip of paper on which was written, \
"Because you did not laugh."?I
Kansas City Journal. "h |9
A Toast.
Somebody who has heard about v %
Mayor Mitchel's experience at the
suffrage meeting, apparently, mailed
the following unsigned verse on a,
postcard to the New York city hall: ?
Here's to the woman of days gone
(May we meet her kind above)
The woman for whom a man would
die,
The woman who ruled by love; .
Who didn't harang and who didn't
parade, * /
In whose home it was sweet to
Who believed in raising children. ;
>And not in raising ?!
Kendall, of the Empress of Ireland,
bore himself like a true sailor. He
retained such command of the situa
tion, it appears, that while the Storstad's
stem still hung in the gap it
had made in the Empress's side, Capt.
Kendall begged the master of the *
collier to keep his propellers going'
so that the hold might remain plugged.
The Storstad, however, dropped
back and the Empress filled and
foundered.
Stood on Bridge.
Capt. Kendall stood on his bridge
as the ship went down. A boat picked
him up and he directed its work
of saving others until the craft was
loaded. The captain was injured
but his hurts are not dangerous.
When day broke the rescue boats
had not returned from the scene of
the wreck.
People standing on shore at Father
Point scanning the harbor with telegpopes
saw the rescue steamers picking
up boats in the river and prepared
to give help to the survivors:
They were sorely in need of aid as
most of them had on little clothing
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freezing point.
When they had been given attention
the work of recovering bodies
was undertaken. The rescue steamers
themselves had brought in nearly
fifty of these, and to-night, after they
had continued thir search, a total of
about two hundred and fifty bodies
had been recovered. One woman and
four men still living but unconscious,
were picked up by the stean er during
the day. Few of the bodies had
been identified to-night. The wireless
is given credit for saving many
lives. Responding promptly to the
"S. O. S." call, the steamer Eureka
was on the spot approximately twenty-minutes
after the disaster, and the
Lady Evelyn but a little later.
Passengers on Ill-Fated Steamer.
A corrected list of passengers and
crew on the Empress of Ireland, issued
officially by the Canadian Pacific^
Railroad, gives the total number
aboard as 1,367, divided as follows:
First cabin passengers, 87; second
cabin passengers, 153; third-class passengers,
714; officers and crew, 413.
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