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eltp Hamlimj fjipralii j V One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1914. Established 1891. " i , COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS _____ i SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. ? i News Items Gathered All Around the . County and Elsewhere. < Ehrhardt Etchings. i ( Ehrhardt, June S.?The town election resulted in the election of the same old council?J. C. Kinard, May- . or; W. Max Walker, H. Karesh, O. E. Kearse and A. B. Coggins, Wardens. Electric lights are all the talk now. Expect it will be 60 light in town . oimh o Inner snpll r?f darkness uuvu cfc *w"o " * until we can't sleep at night. The fish commissioner has gotten the fishermen on the fence. No dynamite, na trapping, no shooting, can't pick them up if 16ft en a dry place, no artificial bait, and no gigging. Mr. Editor, if you have the law along this line, give it to us in your next issue. People will not obey the above and there is no use to try to enforce such. Crops all over the county are looking promising and the farmers are busy trying to do all they can for ^ them to give them a good showing. Miss Mamie Ehrhardt has gone to Newberry, S. C., to spend a while with her grandma, aunties, and friends. She went along with Misses s Taylor and Rudin on their return; j also Mrs. H. W. Ehrhardt. Herbert ] is asking the question among his lady i friends, "Why did Old Mother Eve 1 make a better wife than any of her daughters?" Answer. "Because she ] did not have any mother to go back 1 , . to." It seems as if Rock Mount is the 5 only place to go to work and get big wages for a little work. j Cooks are having a tough time get- , ting a variety to cook. It's about be- 1 tween the season now. 1 "Hallo, Sambo, what have you been doing? You look hot." "Yes sa, < boss, been playing ball so." "You i have? Who beat?" "Don't 'no', boss. I play and play until I git < tired an' I aint 'no' who beat, boss." i JEE. I ] News from Ol&r. ( ~I Olar, June 8.?Our people have been so busy trying to rebuild our little town that no one has taken the ^ time to let your readers know that we are still living and enjoying the privilege antoraea Dy me garaen sput of Bamberg county. i It won't be long before many of us will have forgotten "eld" Olar, as she stood a few.months ago. The loss was heavy, but we look with < pleasure upon "new" Olar as she makes her beautiful appearance. i I Mr. Jake Pearlstine is now smiling 1 behind the glass counters in his hand- , some brick store. < Mr. P. H. Starr's brick store is al- < * most completed, and will be occupied , ; by Mr. W. B. Creech. Mr. Starr will : also have an office in this building. ; The two brick stores being erected j by Mr. J. W. Smith are almost com- < pleted, one of which will be occupied ; by Mr. H. D. Drawdy. 1 One of the brick stores built by Mr. 1 , t W. Z. Ayer is being occupied by Mr. J. 1 G. Brabham, the other is not quite \ v completed. 1 The brick store recently built by < Mr. C. F. Rizer is occupied by the R. 1 ana n. Drug store. < Dr. Hartzog also has his office in this building. : Mr. J. G. Barker has built a very neat brick postoffice and bar- : ber shop. Two offices are also in this building. . ; Mr. A. F. Morris's brick building is about completed, and he will move in in a few days. Work has commenced on Mr. Furman Morris's brick store. The Farmers' Mercantile company is making plans to commence their handsome brick building. They are now occupying the Knights of Pythias building. rThe dispensary and guard house ; have also been replaced by brick structures. Plans are being made to commence Olar's high school building. The trustees are endeavoring to have the building completed by the beginning of the next session. The commencement exercises are going on this week. Rev. Mr. Riser, > pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran church, of Pomaria, preacnea tne commencement sermon last Sunday. A large congregation listened attentively to the instructive sermon. Dr. Davis, of the University of South Carolina, will deliver the literary address tomorrow evening. ^ Prof. Wm. M. Oxner has been elected principal of the school for next PICNIC FOR VETERANS. l\ D. C. Chapter of Denmark Entertains Confederates. Denmark, June 4.?Graham chapter, U. D. C., of Denmark, had its annual picnic yesterday for the veterans and children in the Cooper ?rove. The orator of the day was J. C. Simms, of the Barnwell bar, who was introduced by S. G. Mayfield, of the Bamberg bar. The exercises were opened with prayer by the Rev. H. G. Hardin, pastor of the Methodist church. Music for the occasion was nA V?tt o nnartpttp r^rsmnrisprl LUiiiiou^u u; ** 4w~ w ? Df Mrs. Algie Guess, W. L. Riley, E. D. Neeley and -Ralph Goolsby. One [>f the most interesting features of the occasion was the awarding of the prize, offered by the chapter for the best essay on Jefferson Davis. This prize was won by Bernard Faust, who bas just finished the tenth grade in the high school, and it was awarded by J. A. Wiggins. J. E. Steadman, one of the oldest Df the veterans, was prevented from aeing present on account of ill health. Special mention was made of the fact that Mrs. Alice Cooper, who was present, is the mother of a Confederate veteran. St. John's News. St. John's, June 8.?We are having some very warm weather now. I ?uess the dry weather is what the p j ? 1-211 iU. [armers neea so me.v can &iu uie ?rasss. The farmers are about :hrough gathering their oats. The Camphill school teacher, Miss Rosa Lee Thomas, left for her home :o-day. Mr. Clyde Herndon is home from school. The annual Sunday-school picnic it St. John's will be held Thursday, June 25. Everybody is cordially incited to attend and bring all your friends with you. Miss Annie Bishop was the guest if Miss Clara Lyons last Saturday ' light. Mrs. Jones Bishop was the guest if Mr. Edward Lyons last Saturday light. Misses Elizabeth, Edith and Salome Hiers wefte the guests of Miss Edna Bishop last Sunday a week ago. Miss Dora Lee Folk was the guest if Miss Mirdle Sease Sunday a week ago.' Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brant were the quests of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Chitty to-day. TIDWELL IS DENIED BAIL. supreme Court Refuses Application in Greenville Case. Columbia, June 8.?The Supreme Court in an order to-day by Chief Justice Gary denied the application Tor bail made by attorneys ior ueo. W. Tidwell, who was convicted several days ago in Greenville on the charge of manslaughter and sentenc3d to serve twelve years in the penitentiary. rear. Prof. Oxner left us four years ago, after serving the school for seven years. During his absence of four rears, he has failedd to find a place that he likes as well as Olar, so he will return and be heartily welcomed by the entire community. We'll forgive him this time, provided he'll aever stray away from us again. The other teachers have all been re-elected. We hope they will see their way elear to accept. Messrs. J. J. Creech and Julius Morris are erecting residences in town. Invitations have been issued to the /if T*?. T D O T1 H Luai ia5U ui JL/i. u. n. .uv/wi maviv muu Mrs. Stella Yarn next Sunday evening at 8.30 o'clock. Mrs. Dixie Free, of Bamberg, is visiting Mrs. P. H. Starr. Cadets Earle Rizer and Evelyn Kearse have returned from Bailey's Military Institute. Miss Flossie Layne has returned from Winthrop college. Miss Sallie Neeley has returned to her home from Columbia College. Mr. Bernice Barker, of Savannah, spent a few days with his parents last week. Mr. Joe Willie Chitty has returned from the University of South Carolina. Mr. Grover Kearse, of Marion, was in town Sunday. Olar seems to be the automobile centre of lower South Carolina. It's interesting to see the new cars going out of Olar. As many as ten have been sold here in a day. Mr. P. H. Starr will install a modern ginnery in the near future. He will be equipped to handle his patronage to the best advantage. Mr. G. O. Barker has been appointedd postmaster here, to succeed his father, who resigned after serving in this capacity for twenty-one years. IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragiaphs About Men and Happenings. Joseph H. Hunter, of Newberry, has been appointed assistant bank examiner. Howard Clark was convicted Tuesday in the Florence court of killing his wife, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Editor R. Boyd Cole,* of the Barnwell Sentinel, has announced his candidacy for the House of Representa tives from Barnwell county. L. K. Rawls and Tally Shealey were injured when Rawls' automobile struck a tree in Aiken county last week. The car skidded and could not be controlled. It is probable that W. M. Hamer, of Bennettsville, will be a candidate for lieutenant governor. He is a trustee of the. University of South Carolina, but has never sought or held political office. John Weeks, Harry Beekman and Oscar Strickland plead guilty Tuesday in the Lexington court to house breaking and larceny. Each was sentenced to serve six months at hard labor and pay a fine of $30. Preparations are being made to drain Cow Castle swamp, in Orangeburg county. Twelve U. S. government surveyors are now making the preliminary surveys. The system of drainage will cost $200,000. Fairfax Fancies. Fairfax, June 8.?Dr. J. B. Stokes, of Charleston, visited relatives here recently. Miss Gertie Ellis has returned to her home at Tillman, after spending some time with her sister, Mrs. C. M. Davis. Geo. Addison, of Brunson, visited here this week. Mrs. Mack Mixson, of Camp Branch, visited friends here recently. Mrs. L. O. Browning and daughter, of Tillman, and Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Ellis visited Mrs. C. M. Davis last weeK. Mrs. Malcolm Moye and children are spending some time here with their parents. Mrs. Carrie O'Neal Rutland, with her two children and Mrs. Lanford, of Orangeburg, are spending some time here with Mr. G. S. O'Neal, while Mrs. O'Neal is visiting her sons in Florida. Our amateurs came out charmingly when they produced their play, "Topsy Turvy," in Allendale. Mrs. L. W. Youmans and Miss Lucile Youmans are visiting relatives near Lawtonville.^ The dinner given by the U. D. C.f Fairfax chapter, to the Confederate veterans on Wednesday was quite a success. Among 6ome of the veterans were: Miles Loadholt, Josiah Loadholt, W. S. Priester, O. P. Griffin, M. R. Bassett, H. W. Harter, M. M. Lightsey, G. M. Cope, D. M. Hoover, V. W. Manuel, G. S. O'Neal, and M. A. Moye. Crosses of honor were conferred, hand shakes and pleasant chat indulged in, so the oe casion was a pleasant one. Mrs. Black, of Prosperity, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Groseclose. Otis Sanders, of Ulmer, is visiting relatives here. Miss Maude Barber is spending some time in Columbia with her sister, Mrs. Silas Gladden. Miss Pet Lightsey, of Columbia, is visiting relatives here. A young colored man living on Mr. Miles Loadholt's place committed suicide Tuesday morning, on account of his debts. Prof. Weekley and wife are here VlnriiSa vicitinf his mnthpr Mr. and Mrs. Moorer are expected here from their wedding trip this week. C. W. XORRYCE DEAD. City Editor of Anderson Daily Mail for Six Years. Anderson, June 8.?C. W. Norryce, aged thirty, city editor of the Anderson Daily Mail for the past six years, died early to-day, after being ill with Bright's disease for five months. He leaves a wife and one little daughter. Funeral services will be held at the home to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. Before coming to the Daily Mail Mr. Xorryce was news editor of the Charlotte Observer. He was considered one of the brightest newspaper men in the State. PASTOR WOULD QUIT. I)r. C. C. Brown Hands Resignation to Sumter Baptists. Sumter, June S.?Considerable of a surprise was sprung in the First ( Baptist Church yesterday morning when, after the morning services, the resignation of Dr. C. C. Brown, who has been pastor of .the church for nearly forty years, was read to the L'UUgl CgailUli. mici 3U1X1V uiovu^uiv/u and a motion to refuse to accept it, it was decided to defer action on the resignation until next Sunday. Dr. Brown has served the church faithfully for the past thirty-nine and one-half years, and it has grown and prospered under his administration. He is generally loved and revered by all of the members of the congregation, and the separation will be a hard one for both pastor and members. While he did not give his reasons fpr resigning and his letter of resignation came as a surprise to many in the church, some of Dr. Brown's closest associates knew that he had for a long time contemplated such an action and were prepared when the resignation was handed in. Dr. Brown, it is stated by one near to him, will devote all of his time from now on to increasing the sum laid aside for the aged ministers' relief fund, a work which he started twentyone years ago, and to which he has given much time, thought and money, as wall as work. The sum invested for this cause is now more than $22,000, and between six and seven thousand dollars expended annually in this relief work. TROOPS MAY PARTICIPATE. Augusta Camp Open to Palmetto Militia. Columbia, June 9.?After the receipt of a telegram yesterday from the Eastern department, United States war department, Governor's Island, reestablishing the instruction camp at Augusta, the governor, as. commander in chief of the National Guard will to-day decide whether or not the three South Carolina regiments are to attend the camp. The telegram from Adjutant Gen. Simpson was referred to the governor for consideration by O. W. Babb, assistant adjutant general. The chief executive will give his decision after a conference with the commanding offiror* nf flip rpsimpnts ^ Several days ago the war department issued an order that the proposed camp at Augusta had been abolished because of the situation in Mexico. Regiments from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida were ordered to prepare for encampments within their respective States. The order, however, was rescinded yesterday and the joint camp will be held at Augusta. The following telegram was received yesterday at the office of the adjutant general from Adjt. Gen. Simpson, Eastern department, Governor's Island, N. Y.: "In view of arrangements having been made to hold a joint camp at Augusta, Ga., for Ninth militia division and the great expense undergone for that purpose you are authorized and urged to send the mili tia of your State to that camp in spite of instructions contained in telegram of June 3, directing establishment of joint State camps. Immediate decision as to whether your troops will attend camp at Augusta or not is requested. All organizations your State designated to attend joint camp must camp same place during one period." WANTS HIS GRANDCHILDREN. Senator Tillman Seeks Their Custody for Two Months. Edgefield, June 8.?The report is current here that Senator Tillman has recently filed with the Supreme Court of this State a petition asking that he be given the custody of his two little grandchildren, Lucy Dugas and Sarah Stark Tillman, for the two summer months to which, by a former decree of the Court, said their father, B. R. Tillman, Jr., would be entitled to their presence. It appears that the latter has received an important Government position that carries him to Canada for the summer, and in his absence it is the wish of the grand parents to have the children. with them. Mrs. Dugas, their mother, is cited and ordered to make return to the rule on next Wednesday, the 10th instant, and show cause why the prayer of the petition should not be granted. Germany employs 172,535 girls under the age of 16 in her indutries. CARLISLE SCHOOL CLOSES INSTITUTION ENDS A MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR. Commencement Exercises Held Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. i The concluding exercises of the 21st annual commencement of Carlisle School, held Monday night in the auditorium of the main building, marked the close of a most successful and an epoch-making session in the history of this ward of Wofford College. The commencement program was comprised of four divisions, the first consisting of a reception to the graduating class Saturday evening, the second the baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class Sunday morning, the third the annual sermon to the Young People's Christian Association Sunday night, and the fourth the graduating exercises Monday night. No commencement exercises of Carlisle School were ever more enjoyable or better attended, both on the part of the residents of Bamberg and friends and patrons of the institution from out of town. Tuesday morning those who had finished the prescribed course of work and received diplomas from the school, the large number of underclass students and various instructors connected with the school were free to depart for their homes, situated in 22 counties of South Carolina and in five other States. Largest Graduating Class. Sixteen young ladies and gentlemen made up the graduating class this year, which is the largest that has gone out in the history of the school. This class is also noteworthy in that the percentage of boys is record-breaking. Three States and 11 counties of South Carolina are represented, and this, it is believed, is another" feature which has not been excelled by any preceding senior class. Members of the class of '14 are: Corley Jasper Alexander, Jacksonville, Fla.; Francis Marion Bamberg, Bamberg; William Joel Bowen, Jr., Mount Pleasant; Clement Walker Browning, Ridgeville; George Lever Davis, Gibson, N. C.; Thomas Paul Duncan, Laurens; William Preston Foxworth, Georgetown; Ruth Rrnwnsville: James Atticus Hudson, Rffin; Otis Cleburne! Johnson, Luray; Maybelle Carolyne McCants, Cameron; Ethel Reeves, Cottageville; Rachel Ermine Reeves, Cottageville; Samuel Ralph Shieder, St. George; George Irvin Whetsell, Bowman; William Chivalette Wolfe, Jr., Orangeburg. Annual Literary Address. The closing number of the commencement program consisted of the annual address before the literary societies, by Dr. D. D. Wallace, of Wofford College, the awarding of diplomas and medals, and the announcements. Prof. John G. Clinkscales, LL. D., of Wofford, was to have delivered the address to the societies, but was prevented by illness from doing so. The message brought by Dr. Wallace was in every particular worthy of the occasion. He spoke on the subject, "Social Obligations of an Educated Man or Woman." The address was a gem and made a deep impression upon the large audience gathered to witness, the final exercises of the commencement program. It was announced that the scholarship medal had been won by Willis Owens, of Aiken county. Among the announcements there was none more interesting than the statement that the faculty next year is to be enlarged, and that the additional member will be Cadet K. I. Buse, of the graduating class of the Cita'del, who will have charee of the school ath letics, and also do some class room work. The school hopes to be provided with a gymnasium by the opening of the fall term. Another important announcement was that Mr. Robert T. Fairey, of Wofford College's graduating class, who has been teaching in the textile school at Spartanburg also, had been elected to the faculty, succeeding Prof. George H. Edwards, who filled the chair of Latin this year. Exercises Sunday. Saturday night, from 8:30 to 11 o'clock, a reception to the graduating class of the school was given in Guilds Hall, the splendid new boys' dormitory. The event was much enjoyed and a large number of friends of members of the graduating class were present to congratulate them. Sunday morning, in Trinity Methodist church, at 11 o'clock,,the annual sermon to members of the graduat RITTENBERG CASE IN COURT. True Bill Against J. K. Livingston and Geo. Hartnett. ???_ Charleston, June 9.?On charges of conspiracy, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature a true bill yas found yesterday against Geo. Hartnett and James K. Livingston by the grand jury of this county. Hartnett and Livingston are alleged to have decoyed Sam Rittenberg, a member of the Charleston delegation of the House of Representatives, to the Argyle Hotel a few weeks ago, and , - there struck him several times, bruising him about the face considerably. Hartnett, Livingston and Rittenberg were taken in charge by the police after the affair at the hotel, but upon being taken to the Police Station the >7*. . *! 1 three were released without "charges being docked against any one. It is not known whether the case against Hartnett and Livingston will be tried during the present term of court. No warrant was sworn out before a magistrate in the case, the usual course, but the charges were taken direct to the acting solicitor aqd grand jury. ' ing class was delivered by the Rev. R. E. Stackhouse, D. D., presiding elder of the spartanDurg uistnci. Dr. Stackhouse spoke on "Service," his text being words of the Savior, j "If any man will come after Me, let him take up his cross and follow Me." The sermon was a strong one and made a deep impression on the large congregation present. Sunday night, at 8:30 o'clock, in the same church, the annual sermon to the Young'People's Christian Association, was preached by the Rev. H. Grady Hardin, of Denmark. The message which was brought to the young people of the association on this occasion will long linger in their minds, for it was declared to be one of the most impressive sermons that has been delivered there on a similar occasion. A Successful Year. The year just closed has, in many y respects, been one of the most successful the Carlisle School has ever had. The year saw the largest number of pupils in the boarding department of any year in the school's history. Ninety-three young ladied*Jtnd gentlemen were enrolled this year, and of this large number, 70-odd were in the boarding department, the others being "day" pupils, who havk their homes in the town. The secret of the success with which the institution has met is not hard to locate when one is once acquainted with those in whose hands the administration of the affairs of the school has been entrusted. A more capable and conscientious young man than the headmaster of the school, J. Caldwell Guilds, is not to be found in educational circles of this or any other State. He is an alumnus of Wofford College and Vanderbilt University, where he took the A. B. and M. A. degrees. In addition to his duties as headmaster of the institution, he has charge of the English and Bible departments. In administering the affairs of the school he has been ably assisted by the following staff: William C. Duncan, A. B., Wofford College, department of mathematics and German; Swaine A. Merchant, A. B., Wofford College, departments of history and ! (,? u T?tttq rH c A R SCCllll/C, VJCUI&C XX. XJU n ui ugf ... u.f M. A., University of South Carolina, Latin; Miss Annie Lou Byrd, Converse College, Washington College ofMusic , piano and violin; Miss Beulah Hiers, primary department; Ralph Shieder, librarian; Mrs. Josephine Beach, matron of boys, dormitories; Mrs. Stella Bronson, matron of girls' dormitories. Late Improvements. The year just closed was particularly significant in that it saw the / completion and occupation of Guilds Hall, the magnificent boys' dormitory, which was built by the citizens of Bamberg at a cost of some $16,000, and presented to the school. This splendid structure is of brick, three stories in height, and has accommodations for 70 boys, besides quarters for the matron and members of the faculty. It is one of the i most up-to-date dormitories to be found at any school or college in the State. Athletics. In the sphere of athletics, the Carlisle School starred among schools of the State. The baseball team of the school last year won the State championship, and are contenders with the High School of Charleston for this honor this year. Games were played during the season with the High School of Charleston, Porter (Continued on page 4, column 1)