Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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w 0iu> <ilambra} lirralu One Dollar and a Half a ^ear. BAMBERG, S. C? THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1914. Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS m?\ik intki:i-:sti\<; ifAri'K\i:?<;s i n \ a iikh s skl'tloxs. ^ News Items (withered All Around the County and Klsewhere. Fairfax Fancies. Fairfax. Nov. 14. Mrs. Sailie Smith. 01 Savannah and Mrs. Catl.e Johnston, of Estill, are visitors to Mrs. M. Moye. Mrs. Rosa Platts. of Hickory j Grove, is spending some time here with relfltivps ! Mrs. Julia Harter and Miss Jennie DuRant went to Savannah as delegates from the Fairfax chapter. V.! D. C., to the convention. The ladies of the civic league were; given a reception Tuesday afternoon; at the home of the president. Mrs. i Geo. B. Sanders. A large number | partook of Mrs. Sanders' hospitality! and much business was transacted also. A sweet course was served, j Eight new members joined. .Mrs. Henry Givens, of White Hall.i \isited Mrs. J. K. Lightsey this week.j .. 1 w n ] H Inhn. .MtfSUttlilCS u . IV. vua.'. ... ... ... , r- 'son, Montgomery. K. R. Tessier. o!: Allendale, visited Mrs. G. I). Sanders Tuesday. The last meeting ot' the 1". I). C.J Fairfax chapter, was at .Mrs. John! Harter's. Such a crowd assembled: that all couldn't be seated in the' parlor. They then determined that a hall must be built for these meetings which increase each time. .Mrs. j Marter served a sweet course and all; enjoyed the occasion. The ladies of the Civic league ob-i served arbor day by helping to beautify the grounds at the academy last week. Mrs. Arch Rlount is spending some time at Denmark, her old home. Mrs. Kenney. of Johnston, is visit-1 ing her daughter. Mrs. D. F. Moorer.! Mrs. \\\ \Y. Anderson visited Urnn-! son recently. Mrs. Geo. Anderson, of Ninety-Six. j is spending some time nere witii uer son. in his new home. (I. L). Sanders spent the week-end. at his place in Orange Lake. Fla. Misses Bessinger and Thomas, of Olar. are visiting Mrs. Thomas. Miss Anna Kearse spent the weekend at Olar with relatives. St. John's News. St. John's. Nov. ! *>.- We have had : some rain :or tiie past few days. There was a large crowd out to preaching Sunday. Lev. K. A. McDowell preached a line sermon. Messrs. (I. T. and !'. M. Kinard ground cane last week. Mrs. Annie Kearse and little daughter. of Olar. were the guests of Mrs. ('. S. Miers last Thursday night. Miss Ada Smith and Miss Inez Hutson, of Khrhardt, were the guests of . Miss Kinnie Danelly Saturday and Sunday. Mr. \V. W. Cope and family were the guests of Air. and Mrs. C. L. Brant last Sunday. " 1 *1 W* f'hittv vvori) thp quests of Mr. and .Mrs. C. L. Itrant last Sunday. Miss Li/./.ie Hiers. of CrooketviMe. visited Miss Kditli Hiers last week. J Mr. (J. .). Herndon arid family were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Peters last Sunday. Miss Linie MeLarie was the guest of Miss I del 1 Peters last Sunday. Mr. Cliff Sellers and family were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. .1. B. Hiers last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. B. \V. Bishop and little son were the guests of their parents. Mr. and Mrs. (J. S. Shaw last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. (Ireen Ayer and little daughter were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hiers last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. B. \V. Bishop and little son were rhe guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hiers last Sunday. Rev. K. A. M< Dowel! was the guest of Mr. C. S. Hiers last Sunday. Mr. Carl Bishop was the guest of Messrs. j. i'. and iv r. uiers i?i>i Saturday nisjiit. Mr. and Mrs. Hradly Hiers and litt'e daughter were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. .1. A. 1'eters last Sunday. Mr. (Jeorire Folk and sister. I Jessie, of (Vdslon. and M i.-sos Alma and Ada flislxop. were t h miosis of Miss I'era I.ee Folk last Saturday. Mr. .! I*. I !-'< ! .< w?:? t?- Oair :a-t Monday on !?i:s:i-">s. Miss Vi. la A er r a . < hot-e last Tuesdav fro : a ' > her sist'T. M s F-n Fr- :: n- r Sy. :f ? < Two s. " Mr. an! Mr--. M. 1'rn \ u vt-rtth*> <?f Mr. a nil V-s Will-' 'row:1 'as! S't::: 3:iv. ? gk i si:\t to hottom l?attle??hi|> Audacious Sank I?y Torpedo 01 Mint'. New York, Nov. I I. Rumors of disaster to the Itritish super-dreadnaught Audacious, which have i ersisted ever since the White Star liner Olympic, diverted trout Iter course, arrived at Lough Swilly. on October 20, are confirmed in mail advices received today by the Associated press front a point in Ire'and. After a career of less than two years the Audacious of the King George V. class, third in tonnage and armament of His Majesty's warships, lies at the bottom of the ocean off the north coast of Ireland. She was hit by a torpedo or disabled by a mine just before 9 o'clock on the morning of October 27. With the possible exception of one or two men the whole crew of 800 officers and men was rescued by small boats from the Olympic. Tha rog/ino wac marlp in a roiifrh sea through brilliant and daring seamanship on the part of the White Star crew. The battleship's cry for assistance was caught by the wireless operator of the Olympic, which was only about lo miles distant. The steamer rushed forward at full speed while her crew made ready for their work. Volunteers were called for and double the number necessary to man the life boats responded. The cripled battleship was reached a few minutes after b o'clock and before noon all but loo of her men had been transferred. T It l-'nll Pardon. Columbia. Nov. 1 7.?The governor has granted a full pardon to T. B. Roach, mem!.>er of the Richland county dispensary board, who was convicted at the summer term of court this year on the charge of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and sentenced to twelve months on the county works or to pay a line of After conviction an appeal was taken to the supreme court and a decision lias not yet been given. It was charged that Mr. Roach fired upon Lewie A. (Jriftith. now mayor of Columbia, a short time before tlie last municipal election. MI LK lir\S: IM)Y IS RILLKIL Seven-YeahM>hl Youth of Pendleton Max Neck Broken. Vnderson. Nov. 1Roy. the 7 > ;>r-olij son oi .1. W. t'.ainbiell. of Pendleton. met instant deal It when ho was caught in a bridle oil a mule which lie was riding. and which beeaine frightened and threw iiim to the ground. Tiie hoy was taking the mule to water wheti lie was thrown. !n some way he became entangled in the reins and was dragged one hundred yards. The hoy's neck and arms were broken. Ail Old Man. Micajah Weiss, the oldest pensioner in the I'nited States, died a short time ago at his home in Heaver Brook. Sullivan county. New York, of infirmities incident to his advanced years. lie was in the 111th year of his age and probably the oldest man in New York. He was horn at Dancing (?reek. Monroe county. Pensylvania. and was one of a family of nine children. The early part of his life was spent along Delaware river in lumbering and farming. For tifty-tive years he was a resident of Beaver Brook, where he carried .011 an extensive lumber business. In iiis raft days lie won hi frequently walk hack front Trenton to Beaver Brook, more than D'o miles, long before railroads were constructed. lie had been known to drive a four-horse load of vension down Deleware valley to Trenton. In August. 1 Mr. Weiss enlisted in a regiment of Pensylvania volunteer infantry and served until the close of the war in Ixc,;,. Mr. Weiss was not a teetotaler. uuiini; a mass m wi.iv <m oilier siimulant when he thought he needed it. When lie returned ironi the fiftieth anniversary <>t ;he battle of CiettyslmrK in .Inly. I*.'!::. lie stot;ed off in New York eity an 1 visited the late (Jen. Daniel K. Siekles. Keady for New Life. An old lad.' visiting the prisoners in a vermin orison was <-!nr::n-r .. 1.: > r' 1 r vv'.m ! !) M'lift-n serve - !< %i-r term. St!,- si-1- ?!<-tsims of : ':i !ii;t . " A I-<I n:rsn'ii. r.:: < \ mi ::*;v : ! ! ; V V- r i!:.? !*;;1 i;?* !?.. :f:ii}?>?: "f Mn;r ,) : : ' :n- < ; > ' ::?!' , in' > " !" :?!*! co'luj-scij. IN THE PALMETTO STATE SO.MI. OCCl KKKXCKS VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Mate New* Roiled Down for Quirk Rending?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The Baptist Woman's Missionary union of the State was held in Newberry last week. The session next year will be held in Spartanburg. The three-year-old daughter of Mrs. Roxey Nelson at the Toxaway mills, Anderson, was burned to death Thursday, her clothing having caught from the fireplace. The game shooting season opened in South Carolina on the lath. The ! chief game warden says there are more birds in the State-than he has , ever known before. . i i .Mrs. Kendrick Coxe was burned j to death near Blenheim last week,' 'while washing clothes in the year.' Her clothing caught from a tire around the wash pot. Over SM.iiiio was taken in at the gates of the Orangeburg county fair last week, and it is stated that the fair was a financial success despite tlie financial condition of the country. Claude Turner had a narrow escape when his car skidded and turned tun e in Chester county on Thursday, The car fell over in a ditch, caught fire and all the woodwork was minim. A. B. Rabb. of Monticello. Fair-' i field county, while sitting in tlie office of I?r. .1. X. Douglass. in-Winnslioro. Wednesday afternoon, shot himself with a pistol, causing death in three hours. C. F. Hampton, aged 3.1, a merchant of Florence, shot himself dead with a pistol in his store Friday. He leaves a wife but no children. His business seemed to be prospering, and there is no cause assigned for the suicide. B. I). Strickland, a prominent merchant of .Muliins. died Sunday as the' result of wounds inflicted Saturday , by Frank Fierce. The two men were neighbors, and the tragedy grew ou of an altercation oij the streets of Muliins in the afternoon, previous, it is stated. Thirty bonds >f Sl.onn each, bearing interest at the rate of per cent.. I resented by the State of New Hampshire to South Carolina for payment, hav?t been declared invalid by A. W. Jones. comptroller general. The bonds were dated January !. 1 m;:?. and were issued for "loan for the conversion of State securities." Charleston lias been made a "re serve city" by ii:c federal reserve board, under the new banking act passed by congress, and this is ex{erted to prove a great tiling tor South Carolina business. Birmingham. Ala., is the only other city in the country wit it a population under I that has been given this privilege. <1. X. Xeeley. formerly of Rock Hill, aged 41', committed suicide Wednesday in a hotel in St. Bonis. .Mo. Before killing himself he killed his wife, shooting her nine times.; They had been living in Cashing.1 Oklahoma. His body was brought to Rock Hill for burial: hers was taken to her former home, Richmond.-. i nd. Crete: ml Red Hair. Atlanta, (la.. Nov. 1"Semi me a cood stenographer. Mast be redheaded and b1 ue-eyed." telephoned an Atlanta office manager to tlie head o!' a typewriter com] any which furnishes stenographers through its bureau. "Taat's a funny order." said the bureau man. "Let's see! I had one or two red-headed girls. but they've all cot steady jobs now. I'll have to find one. ile suoeeeded. alter a search. and today, a week after lie had delivered the order as per specifications. Jie called on tile ollice niaiiacer. just out of curiosity. The strawberry blonde a is busy at iier uiacliine. "What's the reason for your eref'T"!:iv for red-hair and blue .. 1 v < i;?11 i n > ? 111 111 i: i 11 . n r r-'t'irrici! !'!? :*:? Mr l i\ !'t1111111 il-m u'r- ?*\TH i . . i :::i: ; :.?!i r? >! -i i-'.-ii-r ? r.: ! < i ' :'* . i: i ! I .i ; : r t;- t;- '?i *: v??r!: ti:.\iij:i> i;v ihk;s. | l.ee County Negro Caught in Trap I-a id to. Hi* IJiv.'il. ( Columbia. Nov. is. Arrested far breaking into his own Incise! That was the fate of a Lee county negro, according to a story brought to Co ombia early yesterday by .1. C. Kohl-ins. guard at the State peniten ; ..I,..-.? .1.^ III U i I i l C iM?/w?4iiuunuo. Ti:e negro was not only arrested for entering his own home, but he ( paid .<lo of rfie expense incident to bringing tlie bloodhounds from Columbia to Bishopville. i "I said, "Nigger, thank you for the : $10. .My dogs seldom miss their , man,' " said Guard Robbins. I ^ Early .Monday afternoon Guard i. Robbins received a telephone mes-', sage to bring the dogs to Bishopville , by automobile. The trip was made in I , two hours. Mr. Robbins found that a' negro house had been robbed. I, "It seems," said Guard Robbins yesterday, "that the negro robbed! his own home and then went over to , the house of another negro, his rival in love. The negro then went on to, town, where lie was employed. Later ( lie returned to his home and report ed to the officers that his house had been robbed. He asked that the j dotes be brought from Columbia and offered to pay $10 of the cost. .My doss took the frail at the scene of the robbery. They went straight to the rival's house, but they did not stop there. Right on to town they , went, to the negro that said he had been robbed." ( SHORT WILL. Ricliaid W. Sears la?ft Kntire Kstate to His Wife. Chicaco, HI.. Nov. 12.?"All of my estate, both real and personal, where- i soever it may be at the time of my, decease and all rights, claims and property, real personal or mixed, and whether now held or hereafter obtained by me I do give, devise and bequeath to my wife. Anna L. Sears, of Chicago, lib. absolutely: and I do hereby appoint ber sole executrix of til is my last will and i direct that she be exempt from giving any surety and sureties on her official bond as executrix: and it is my will that no bond or other securities or in1 I - : 1 I,,.,. f.,,. ,|10 uemuiiies im* rtri|niir-n m n--i i<>, t'nirht";il performance of her duties hereunder. either through any court proceedings or under any present or future law." This is tlie will of Richard W. S-*ar<. founder of Sears. Roebuck Co.. w!:o died recently at his home in Waukesha. Wis. The will contains only ! I'l' >\crds and disposes of an estate of $ 1 7.ii-m. Kach word in the wi'l is worth just S"! 4ft.Mr. Scars was a telegraph operator in iV" when in a small ..ay he established Sears. Roebuck ?V Co.. in Minneapolis. The company came to Chicago in 1 and in Ifmp. when, he was forty-live years old. he retired to live on a farm. ,\ Candid Answer. A valued and esteemed subscriber writes us that lie owes the Sun will Ae take it out in good cured country hams? We are not going to call our friend'* mime in nrint. hut we wrote him !>a<-k "Send on the ham or hams. We take anything that's convertible into existence. We'll take hams, shoulders, sidenieat. preserves <> almost any kind, but particularly peaches, canned beans, tomatoes, and seeh. . j li' you push us. we'll even take money. We'll also take flour, grits and lice. We desire to stress the fact that we might take what's known as "butt" meat though we are not partiiularlv strong on that variety of the ho.:. Streak of lean, streak of fat is our first choice. We especially like chickens that are young and tender: eggs that are also >outhful. ' In fact there are many and varied articles of home production that we will he aide to find use for if our -ood friends who owe us will kindly inouire. Orangeburg Sun. Keeping It t'p. Seortb after the death of one of rn.-'.-n '< great ; ? !.< one of his do! dn irors vis'ted t!:e little vi!a. ?1;o poet had lived and Tlte strang.'r entered into "-"it. >e w *1 . :i ;i old r:. a tfar.it-a -c.d'v ... ....... r, t .. .-St r-u, :r r.o( , , -i., ; l?ii--itin CANAL COST $353,559,1 GOLT HALS' KKPUf.T <?\ < < 1.1 "DING \\OI;K. *i~,000,000 Spent tor Kortiticatii Kartli Slide* Chief Difficulty.? Damage by Karthquakes. Washington, Nov. 1 7.?Cone ing chapters mi tlie story of Am :-an pluck and perseverance I made possible tiie construction ot' Panama cana. are written by George W. Goethals, governor o; zone, in his annual report subnii lo Secretary Garrison. The re] tells of the canal builders" bn against tricky earth slides, of the tablishnient of the permanent f of government in the zone, with Goethals as governor, of the be ning of the work on fortification guard the great waterway against casion, while imposing rows of ures tell of the cost of details in canal's construction and niai nance. The report shows that the car cost, including the current approp tion. now stands at !.">!?,"4!) More than $3" l.uuu.uuu was ap; priated. Of that amount more t $ 1 j.nim.iHMi was for lortitieation The Fortifications. "Work was continued during rear on the gun ami mortar bat ies." the report states, "and by close of the year the concrete w practically completed, as well as greater portion of the back fill. July !. 1KI3. tiie construction of doubts in accordance with plans pared by a hoard appointed for r.iiftwv.-* k > ?w1 nllltrilt'D/l llV f ilO SO "in. UI'I'll, .vu .v.. __ tarv or v.ar. was undertaken, they were completed, as well as clearing necessary in connection \ t hem." Tlie continued earth slides I checked the progress ot' the o< builders was described at length "The total amount of material moved in tile dry from Culebra C the report states, "from the be ning of American operations to J 1 i ;t i 4, aggregated 1 10.tiH 1, cubic yards: of this amount Z~>.Z 1 no cubic yards were removed cause of slides, or ZZ.Si' per cent Describing the demolition ot (I l)oa Dike as one of the final s in the canal's completion, the re] relates that "with the exceptor a small pocket slide in the vici of Cascades, the admission of w to the cut has tints far had no effects: nor lias there ! eeti any eeptnlde tende!ic> for the pre-e of water to produce slides." Cnliurt by (Quakes. The canal's giant locks nil d staunchly withstood the carthip: shocks which wars more violent numerous during tlie last year t in any since American occupaf Kigiity-seven distinct shocks were corded at Aneon. "I'ractically al: the sliocks," report stated, "seemed to origii in the vicinity of the lower coas I.os .sumos province, aju" omuls ! 1miles sout!i\ve<t of Ancon. most violent shocks occurred <><t< J. 1 # 1and May js. in 14. The slunk oi May resultet slisiht damage to the new adminis tion Iniilditu; then in course of e tion at Hal'noa Heights. !>ut with exception the ennui works su Terei damage from these shocks." Depopulation of Zone. As the construction of the c: proceeded to the point where a i was set for tlie admission of the ship, the popu'ation of tlie s steadily decreased. On dune ! :>t 4. the force employed on canal was compared i 4at the close of the prev fiscal year. "Accompanying the i-rease." tin* report states, "there a large emigration from the istin ami for the first time since work started there was an excess of part tires over arrivals of about Inasmuch as the canal was opened to trallif until August 1*>. report does not toil of the pas> :>f the first lnendiant ships or of financial aspects of operation. In t'ase it Didn't Work. ".Johnnie! " " Yos m V" "\'"!iy :T" o'! si'Mtii on h \v! t f " Vt-' ;::i i I : I*?i? - - - - t ; y ?. \ r-n ?- ? !' t!:~ i. : ?"1 '' ! IousfO!i Post. - r i to The Herald. il.'-0 y AllOa.W IS KIM.KI;. I'. J. Terrell I .oses His Own l.il'e to o.\- v?' ?I IMnugiug Into Crowd. Chesterfield. S. Nov. i I. Facing a choice of landing his aeroplane 1,,,s" on a track crowded with spectators and endangering t!:e lives of many in a big crowd attending the Chesterfield county air or risking his own lud '"le attenij ting a landing on the ground beyond tile fence. Frank J. eri- -Terrell, an av'ator. who has been the Kivin" exhibition flights here, was , killed yesterday afternoon. tj This was to have keen the final tted alu* l'ie ,'1" croW(l surged past port tlle 1 olice ;:mi OJl tlie track as soon ittJe as Terrell had ascended, which was es_ accomplished without mishap, orm' I,e circ^e<1 the grounds and flew ?oj to the outskirts of the town. As he returned his engine was seen to be Sslll" s to glv,'n? trouble, i With the engine out of roinmisfig s'on tlie a'rn,an approached the track the Proi'a,J'>* nor seeine: the throng in nte- on f',e sronnfl lintil he was , nearly upon it. i'e gave the nia.... chine a quick twist with his body I CA I b KtirlnH If f Oll'th 51 fpw fPPf iria- "uu -i ? ? .... from the fence against which the .nil. pro- croW(J was massed. The aeroplane I n was wrecked and the aviator buried beneath the machinery. He was probably killed instantly. the ter_ SAYS Tl'HKS FIKKI) <>\ MOAT. the ??? ....... Americans Were Seeking to Muter Ol r\ the HarlKir. On re_ Lon.lon. Nov. 17.?A dispatch to pre- r'le Exchange Te'egrai h from Athens the savs: cre. "A launch from the I'nited States and cruis?er Tennessee, which was entertlie ing the Gulf of Smyrna to arrange vitli tor ^!e cruiser to come into the harbor, was fired upon by the forts ana that compelled to return to the Tennestnal' see"The commander of the Tennessee re_ informed the Yall that he had orders llt from his government to enter the gin- harbor of Smyrna and had" decided to fin sn ** ime ? ,SS."{ Washington Not Alarmed. n?;t. Washington. Nov. ! 7.?Officials l,e- here tonight refused to credit or he alarmed by the dispatch saying the am- cruiser Tennessee's launch had been fired on by Turkish forts at Smyrna, port Secretary Daniels said if any such ir.i of cident had occurred the department nit\ would he informed fnllv hv iotnorater cow. .Meantime he did not think ir had necessary to ma! e a specia' effort to per. communicate with the cruiser. .ri, t. .Mr. Daniels s: id tin- Tennessee had not heen ordered to go into Smyrna harbor: that the comman lers of both urns r,,,> Tennessee and her sister ship, lake t':,> North Carolina, had onlv general instructions to remain in Mediterranlinn can waters and look out for Ameriion. can interests. He was satisfied neith. re- ot r'!(1 commanders would take any step rltaf might involve tlie I"nited the States in international difficulties. uate " t ()I UK HOLDS A I.IVI-: ItATTLKK. tely . The *0,,tl: Dakota >lan Toys I nllinching>her ly Witli Keutiie. J in "He is perfectly tame, won't hurt tra- anybody, hut don't try to play with 11)111 unifss you l* aon mm, nai'j .. this 51. Perry yesterday, as lie lield a i no !?>ot rattlesnake in his hare hand and watched his slow movements alona his arm. lie had captured the anal snake on a roH; near the penitenlate tiary as it lay there in the sun. The first sua Ice had five rattles, tone When annoyed yesterday it stidden'v curled .:*> and struck ;it a yardthe sri-k near it. imbedding its fan as in vitli the soft wood, which was immediateions ly discolored hv the injection of tho de- poison from the fan as. A number was of rattlers had been found near rhe uus. old rock pile, and it was after hearwas ina of these discoveries that Mr. de- Perry started out to and a snake. He had not hunt"! 'ona when he came upon one lyinir on the stone. Perry not picked it up by first taking bold of the the hack of the neck of the reptile, uijte preventing: it from striking him. and the then put it in a bn\. In exliibitir.s it lie let if move about v.h.Me he ' c!d P. and the spectators shmM?MV.<l ;|t tile tho'lijl't of what would haup.en if tin- snak * wo.jpi sad 'enly >,ais?> itso'f an 1 . sT'm1 No 'ill? off-red :o a Per"y iu handl'iiy :>'? pei N.w vork World. unit -?<*??*li e V. ?! . V.>i:: : ru- !- u" ' 1 ?r: **( ?;.' r. "i mi fov-n! t! 1 is .: r . CIhw!;iu ! Plain Kir. I;,-.;..;