Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r (ftp lamhorg feralb One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C? THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10,1914. Established 1891. / . ? I __ COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS i 3 M SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS " 3 IX VARIOUS SECTIONS. r ? !News Items Gathered All Around thej \\ County and Elsewhere. a' Approaching Marriage. '1( ! d( Denmark, Dec. G.?Mrs. Robert P( LaRoche Heriot, of Providence, an-i**1 nounces the approaching marriage of ni | her daughter, Miss Sarah Heriot, to t0 .~ n/./.an,ha. > > hi > &l. ^lair rruuiu uuws, i/c?iu^i at Rembert Methodist church, Provi- cr dence. Mr. Guess is one of Den- m mark's best young men. th HONOR ROLL. t0 *. Of Denmark High School for Month n< Just Ended. ra First grade?Roger Smoak, Helen a Brooker, Winnie Cox, Grace Wiggins. w Second grade?Sarah Califf, Clau- a dia Holton, Ada Hutto, Dorothy Mat- s* thews, Julia Ray, Edward Cox, John Turner. Demaris Faust. Third grade?Francis Dozier, Mar- a ***>. t j. garet Brooker, George Hope, Aleen Ellzev, James McCrae. p' Fourth grade?Ruby Abstance, " Evelyn Cain, Joe Matthews, Dorothy ^ Riley. Helen Turner, Leona New. Fifth grade?Fred Wiggins, Carlisle Folk, Edward Cox, Martha Caci- c' oppo, Louise Ray. 31 Sixth grade?Frank McMillan," Edna Creech, Bertha Cacioppo, James Wiggins. Seventh grade?Daisy Tilliam. Julia McCrae. Elizabeth McCrae. r HIGH SCHOOL. t0 First year?Sadelle Cain. Kathryn |j ^ Faust, Julia Cox, Willie Dell Hutto. Second year?Genia Fogle, Barn- s, well Huggins, Martha Wiggins, Clara ] j Wyman. Third year?Virginia Hutto, Vera Wiggins, Christabel Mayfield. Frances p, Guess. a Fourth year?Reynold Wiggins. p ni Denmark Lodge Elects Officers. \ Denmark, Dec. 4.?Denmark lodge t0 No. 246. A. F. M., at its regular 11 meeting Tuesday night elected and sc installed the following officers for al the ensuing year: * ( C. M. Cox?W. M. W J. Wesley <?rum, Jr.?S. W. W. R. Williams?J. W. w S. S. Ray?Treasurer. ^ F.. E. Holman?S. D. tc T. Shanklin?J. D. ln Jjf James Tant?Tiler. w A. J. Baxter?Secretary. H. C. Crum and W. R. Gillam? sl Stewards. M ... S8 BIGGER CROP THAN 1011. ? All Cotton Ginning Records to l>eceniber 1 Broken. i Wfichinctnti I)pf S.?.More cotton K than ever ginned in any season prior ^ to December 1 is the record for this year, as indicated by census bureau statistics, issued today, showing 13,- V1 066,105 bales had passed through S1 ginners' hands. That was 249,298 tr bales more than ginned to December 1 in the record year, 1911. From November 14 to December 1 D there were ginned 1,394,895 bales. ni ^ That is less than ginned in the same ta f period in the past three years, but C? more than in 1909 and 1910. In Florida and Oklahoma the gin- F nings to December 1 exceeded lastf*s year's entire crop in those States C( Included in the ginnings were 36,-' fc 195 round bales, (counted as half;** bales) compared with 86,878 'last}** year, 73,030 in 1912 and 87,996 in j ai 1911. |J( Sea island cotton included number-) ed 62,991 bales, compared with 61,-jtr 049 bales last year, 51.275 bales in fc 1912 and 87,656 bales in 1911-. Figures for South Carolina. Ginnings prior to December 1, for South Carolina with comparisons for the past three years and the percent- ( 'J< age of the entire crop ginned prior | ^' to that date in the same years, foU!11" low: j? 1014, 1,225,467; 1012, 1,160,725, ^ percentage, Sl.S; 1012, 1,041,680, ' percentage, $5.1; 1011, 1,210,063, y percentage, 77.5. YOl'XG MAN IS K1LLKI). Accideut Causes the Death of Hoy 0 Kedd. J'< "? ,i..? a Swansea, JJee. >. : l?ici'ua < c?cu-' ing while Roy Redd and a young man 1 ( named Lucas were hunting Redd at-, r< tempted to walk a log and fell and |r in falling his gun struck .the log and! u was discharged. The full load struck a him in the face and caused instant; '1 death. Redd was about iyears of: 11 age and lived ten miles west of here.! The accident occurred across Edisto: river, in Aiken county. \ \ XO SKiX OF YKtULMKN YET. J an Arrested at Walterboro Says Hank Ha id Was Planned. S Walterboro. Dec. !?.?Quite a sen-; tion was stirred up last night in j 'alterboro when one Joint Land,!' ias Walter Williams, was arrested' ?re. - It was alleged he was heavily I tped. He told of a gang of sup-, tsed yeggnten who had established! leutselves near Walterboro and werej C aking plans to rob the banks of the: ii \vn. He being a stranger here j mself. his story was given some \i edence, and heavy watches were b aintained last night. h This morning after the effect of ie supposed dope' had worn off, he r. Id practically the same story, still q aintaining that there are yeggmen ^ ?ar Walterboro planning a large a iid. He connects with the yeggmen man who came here some time ago i J* i ith the avowed purpose of opening e moving picture show, but who has nee disappeared. . Land's story of himself is quite inresting. He says that he served three-year sentence in the peniten-j a ary, oeginning in i;?iu ior ueuig a. ckpocket in Columbia, and this 0 as verified by the penitentiary of- a nals by long distance telephone. He ime here seeking employment and i v ;gan to run a pressing club. He ( 9 aims to have relatives in Savannah ! 0 id Williston. I Although a search has been made' >" le alleged yeggnien have not been i mnd as yet, and. with no charges ;T mding here against him. he will be j a .'leased on condition tnat ne leave ju i\vn at once. j k KFl'SKS ItEVIKW FKAXK CASK. * I c jpienie Court Puts Final Stop to1 ['leadings.?Governor Last ltesort. ? Washington. Dec. 7.?The su erne court today refused to issue | writ to review the case of Leo M. rank, convicted in Atlanta in 19?3 ' the murder of Mary Phagan. The court's action ends attempts v i save Frank's life by its intervenon. Attorneys for Frank first! h ?ught the writ for the review in an | e iplication to Justice Lamar. He jt( ?nied the application. The effort j '( as renewed by application to Jus-!s ce Holmes, who likewise denied the! rit. After the court's announcement ( (day, Henry Alexander, representig Frank, conferred by telephone ith Louis Marshall, of counsel, then p inounced he would take no further ju eps in Washington for the present. | a Efforts will be made now. it is j a lid here, to procure a pardon or \ jinmutation of sentence from the'o jvernor of Georgia. j b kl'lklls tTx;ktkki{. ! o I . k ings ol' Knglanil anil Belgium, anil! President of France. | v London, Dec. 4.?King George's; 11 !\ \] sit to the battle front has aroused | ich enthusiasm among the allied | oops that his stay in France may! 5 extended considerably. | On Wednesday, according to a j ailv Mail dispatch, there was a eeting of the kings of Great Bri- 11 tin and Belgium, President Poin- ^ ire 01 r ranee, uen. juuic, tuunuau-i sr-in-chief of the French forces; j ield Marshal Earl Kitchener, Brit- i S h secretary for war; Gen. French,! >nimander-in-chief of the British 111 ?rces, and Abbe Leniaire, mayor of ' S azebrouck. The meeting was in | ie region where the three allied :mies were nearest together. Gen. jffre came from a point in the bat-! ' S e line 200 miles distant by special | aim Abbe Lemaire acted as guide j . >r the distinguished group. King George inspected the British!0 oops yesterday. He traveled along j s ie lines in a motor car. At several j ^ oints he visited the trenches and j omb proofs and talked with the of-; 1 11) eers and men. A desultory Ger-1 " lan cannonade meantime was pro-1 I o ressing. __ t li RAISES PAY OF OPERATIVES. 1 | p oluntary Increase Given by .Mill y Owner at Gafl'ney. J c j t Gaffrfey, Dec. ?Mr. 11. Wheat, k wner of the Irene Mills, of Gaffnev, t ' 1 esterday delighted his employees nd astonished the people of the! >wn bv announcing a 20 per cent. I i i tise in the wages of all operatives i his mills. This voluntary increase i wages on the part of Mr. Wheat. I t a time like this, is greatly appre- | iated by the help, and the public 1 ) general are commending him for; is philanthropy. Dried Figs 2UC pound at Delk's'i larket.?adv. I a I N THE PALMETTO STATE! OMK OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS j KINDS IX SOUTH CAROLINA. tate News Boiled Down lor Quirk Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The annual convention of the S.4 . division oi me t. u. \j. was neui i 1 Yorkville last week. .Mrs. S. A. Elmore died at Gaffney ist week of injuries sustained by urning several days previous at her ome in that city. A ship carrying supplies for the elief of the Belgians will leave harleston in January, the ship to e supplied by the efforts of this and djoining States. Three negroes were killed as a esult of the explosion of a steam ngine on the place of J. C. Ross, at lodges. Two were killed instantly, tie third dying a few days after. An unknown person recently broke $600 plate glass window in a Ireenwood store and stole one pair f $3..">0 shoes. None of the other rtides in the window were touched. The Baptist State convention conened in Charleston Tuesday for the 4th annual session. The convention pened with 31-"> delegates. All offers were reelected for another ear. J. C. .Martin died in Greenville uesday. He asked his wi$e to make toddy for him, and by mistake she sed carbolic acid instead of wliisey. He died two hours after. It is aid to have been purely an accident. Jesse Clem has been arrested in Ireenwood charged with the killing f J. C. Whitman Saturday night ist. The body of Whitman was ound in the wood? near the Connie I lax well orphanage. It is intimated hat others may be implicated. One night last week th'e home of ohn Henry Baxter, of Newberry, as entered by burglars. .Mr. Bax-i er fired into the room where he j eard a noise, and one burglar jump-j d out of the window. In his hurry i o escape, the burglar or burglars j eft a quantity of goods presumably [ tolen from others. HOMICIDE AT PENDLETON. tuei 01 roiice .-tauseti 01 i\inin^ Former State Detective. Anderson, Dec. 7.?Charles W. Robertson, formerly a State detective j nder the present governor, was shot! iid instantly killed at Pendletop this fternoon. Chief of Police S. H. t'hitlock, of that place,' is accused f the sjicoting. Whitlock was rought to Anderson tonight and xlged in jail. In a statement given! ut for publication he stated that he! new nothing of the killing until ad-! ised of it by physicians wh^. dressed rounds in bis head. "I was standing in a store when someone came p from behind and struck me a errific blow in the back of the head ith an axe handle," said Whitlock. I was not conscious of firing upon tobertson and knew nothing of rliat had happened until 1 came to lv senses in the doctor's office." From other sources it is alleged j hat there had been bad blood be- J ween Whitlock and Robertson for j nnia. timo It ic alan runnrtpd that I W1UO VtUi?. AS. *W? . V^w. lie chief of police had been drinkng heavily during the day, and that fhen he and Robertson met in a< tore this afternoon a quarrel ensued, nding in one striking the other aj eavy blow in the head and Whitlock | ring some six times upon Robert-j on, one shot only taking effect. It is expected that the coroner's j nquest tomorrow will throw light | n the killing. It is understood that ince the election of Mr. .Manning or governor Robertson had been eneavoring to be reappointed. How ong since his commission under the resent governor expired could not] e learned. Both men were residentsf Pendleton for years, Robertson i aving at one time been chief of po- j ice there. Whitlock has held the' 'osition of chief for the past eleven ears. Both men are said to be exeptionablv popular in their home owns and it is understood that the illing has thrown the community ino a turmoil. A Weak Bank. "Will," she said. "I am afraid my milk is in a bad way." "How foolish. Mabel! It's one of lie strongest financial institutions in [ he State. Whatever got that idea littj your Iioacl' i "Well, it's very strange," replied label, unconvinced. "They've just retimed a check of mine for ?4 0 narked "No funds.' "?Harpers Magzine. THKKK .\I:<;KOKS DKOWXKI). One White .Man .Missing.?Moats <>i Way to Marooned I'arty Capsize. Camden, Dec. 7.?Three negroei drowned and one white man missin: was 'lie disaster which betel I a par ty on the high waters of the Wafcere* Sunday afternoon. Those drownei were Tom Workman. Isam .Johnson Silas Chestnut; Jim Griffn, white missing. A party of men had gon< into the swamp the day previou: hunting and were surrounded on ai island by high water. Fearing tha they would run out of provisions, < relief party of three boats, contain ing eleven men, left to carry food t< the men. One of the boats was cap sized, and the drowning men in thei: efforts to save themselves, overturn ed the other two boats. .Members o the rescued party were resuscitate! by Dr. J. J. Horace Thomas, a colore! physician, who hapened to be near th< landing at the time. Only one bod: was recovered, that of Isam Johnson who died from exposure after beini rescued. The drowning occurred si: miles southwest of Camden, on thi west side of the river, in what i known as Langs Swamp. The mei rescued were found hanging to limb; and were in a desperate plight. I is believed all the rescued will re co>^er. Little is known of Jim Griffin the white man, but it is said lie re sides near Jacobs. High water fron the river has shut off all passini from Camden to points south ove the national highway. ATLANTA CLUBMAN SHOT. James P. Callaway Killed by \V. H Carliait, Business Mati. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 2.?James F Callaway, prominent Atlanta broke and clubman, was shot and kille< here before dawn today by W. B Carhart, president of a local sho manufacturing company. The shoot ing occurred as Callaway was climb ing over the balcony of the rea porch of an apartment occupied b; .Mr. and .Mrs. Carhart and their soi in a fashionable section of the city Callaway was a bachelor. Investigation of the tragedy by , coroner's jury resulted in a verdic of 'justiliable homicide," Carhar testified that he thought Callawa was a burglar when he fired at hin with a revolver, the buliet takin; effect near the heart. Only on other witness was examined, am with the announcement of the ver diet the police released Carhart. wh had been held in custody spendin; developments. J. \V. Goldsmith, who occupied first tloor apartment directly unde that of the Carharts and who testi fled in addition to Carhart, told o hearing some one moving ahout i: the upstairs suite shortly before .Mi and .Mrs. Carhart returned horn about 1 o'clock from an exclusiv club, where Callaway also had bee earlier in the evening. Louis'Car hart, the son, was absent from th city. Xo Key Found. Xo evidence was introduced whic tended to show how Callaway gaine entrance to the apartment. An e.\ animation of the keys found on hi person revealed none that woutd fi any of the doors. The dead man liv ed more than a mile from the seen of the shooting. It was understood tonight tha further attempts would be made b the police to solve the mystery c Callaway's presence in the apart ment. Solicitor General Hugh M Dorsey said he did not contemplat calling the attention of the gran jury to the case pending further de velopments. Mrs. Carhart, who suffered a ner vous collapse after the shooting, re vived sufficiently to come to the un dertaking establishment, where th ~ Unl/1 fVlie n f CUIUIieiS lliquesi vvao Ii&iu 1...^ ... ternoon, making the trip in her Ii mousine. She remained in a roor near the one where the inquiry wa held, holding herself ready to testi fy if called upon. When she late returned home she suffered anothe nervous breakdown. Callaway was a friend of Jhe Car hart family and had been in the lat ter's home many times as the gues of Louis Carhart. He was not, how ever, a member of the Carhart part at the club last night, although h exchanged greetings with Mr. an Mrs. Carhart at the latter's table. The dead man was about ' '< S year old. Carhart is about ."0, while hi wife is considerably younger. Calla way was a brother of Frank Calla way. president of the Atlanta South ern Association Baseball club, am prominent in various business af fairs. IYEGGMEN WRECK A BANK j kohhkhs skm> safe tiikoigh CEILING OF IIANK HIT 1,1)1 NG. 5 ___m Amount of Money Secured Cannot He i Ascertained.?Suspects are Ar1 rested. Mullins, Dec. 3.?Three explosions ; from charges of nitroglycerine prac3 ticaily destroyed the bank building i of Nichols, five miles from here, when t the safe was blown open by yeggmen ^ at 2:30 o'clock this morning. Por. tions of the heavy safe door were j hurled into the ceiling, tearing . through the roof. All windows in r the bank were shattered and the . building was generally demolished, f Just how much money was taken 1 cannot yet be determined. The final 1 charge, which was to open an inner 3 chest containing the money, was so y powerful that 1,300 $1 bills were torn into shreds. Of the $1,854 in I C .1 woe r UUiiCUV.^ 111 IUO OUit) V u u. V -X ?? U-vl t picked up in the debris this morn2 ing. s Three men have been arrested, i Two coming from the direction of s Nichols were arrested early this t morning by Policeman Byrd. An other giving his name as Tom Reynolds and his home as Richmond, . Va., was arrested at Pee Dee by Ofi ficers Berry and Davis. Reynolds is r apparently about 30 years of age. r His left arm is off just below the shoulder. He has blue eyes, light hair, and a fair complexion. Reynolds vigorously protests'his innocence. ' Shots are Fired. Several shots were exchanged with the robbers when the bank was being robbed. Later when the yeggr men were leaving, Harl Griffin came ^ to the porch and inquired what the trouble was. The answer was one or e two shots fired at him by the escap* ing safe blowers. A telephone message from Nichols r told of the robbery soon after it ocy curred. Rural Policeman Hunter 11 with several deputies left by daylight ' for Nichols, Sheriff Dozier with Qfficers Rerrv and Davis going to Pee a Dee, believing that the yeggmen t might possibly attempt to board a t train at this junction. Shortly afy ter daylight, Officer Byrd arrested 11 two suspicious characters, who were 5 lodged in the .Mullins jail. These e were coming down the railroad from d Nichols. A few minutes later a message was received, telling- of the ar0 rest of Reynolds at Pee Dee. The 5 same train that bore the Pee Dee prisoner to Nichols also brought a Guard Bobbins from the State penir tentiarv with his bloodhounds, who i- had bgen called over the long dist' tance telephone in time to catch the 11 early morning train. ' I)oogs Find Trail. 6 As a matter of precaution, the 0 bank building had been roped off. In consequence the trail was readily ? j t-1-- ? Ja/v-i ? ? A V\ r\ t ro i 1 piCKea uu uy me uugo, aim n?c m??. 0 followed several hundred yards down the railroad, thence into the public road to the new bridge. Here the trail was lost, and the conclusion ^ drawn was that the robbers had en"" tered a vehicle held in waiting. 1 Robbins then took the dogs back to 1 Nichols, where 300 or 400 persons had gathered. /e Instructions were then given to have the suspect taken to the woods and made to climb a tree. Several people were made to follow close by, 'f to guard the movements of Rev " nolds. The dogs were then turned ' loose over the yard traversed by the e crowd. They at once picked up the ^ trail of Reynolds, which was followed to the tree. Others were made to strike trails, but the dogs repeatedly refused to follow these. Reynolds was placed in the jail at Marion to l" await developments in the case. e ; - Wilson is Invited. ii Aiken, Dec. 3.?President Woods row Wilson has been invited to visit l Aiken at Christmas time. Aii.-on'c n?v tourist hotel, the new r Highland Park, now nearing completion, is to be thrown open to the - public before the Christmas holi-j . days. An invitation has been sentj t to the president of the United States - by the president of the hotel com-j v pany, which is a local concern, to e come to Aiken at Christmas as the t] guest of the Highland Park. -si The Kasiest Way. s ".Miss Trippler says she wants to get a man's wages." ' "Why doesn't she get married?"? ~ The Delineator. "Sunflower" brand seeded currants at Delk's Market.?adv. WILSO.N S.\ 1 S SWI\. Charges Cong*esstnan to lie Kconom- . ical This Session. Washington. Dec. 7.?The most salient development of the reassembling of the national legislature today is the evidence that economy will be enforced in a way to make the session historic. President Wil-^ son has impressed upon the chairmen of all the committees having to do with appropriations the fact that the exigencies of the times require deep retrenchment, and the conclusion is that all new projects calling for the expenditure of federal funds have a poor chance, however meritorious they may be in themselves. There will probably be no new projects in the river and harbor bill as it comes from the house committee, and no new projects in the public buildings bill. Ruthless cutting will be the rule, and many good projects will suffer on account of the emergencies of the period. The most serious cause of concern to the government just now is the tendency of the internal revenues to shrink. All of the South Carolina delegation in congress is on hand today except Representative Finley, who is ? expected tomorrow. No business of importance was transacted in the house. Senator E. D. Smith, chairman of the immigration committee of the senate, declared that he in tended to call up the immigration bill at every opportunity until definite action should be taken upon it. Secretary Daniels has included in the estimates for the Charleston navy yard for the next fiscal year $20,000 for dredging and $10,000 for paving and grading. These are the only items for Charleston outside of the regular maintenance provisions. WAR WILL ADD MILLIONS Estimated One Year of Slaughter Worth $500,000,000. Washington, Dec. 2.?That one year of the war in Europe will add $500,000,000 to the foreign commerce of the United States is the estimate of Edward E. Pratt, chief of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. .Mr. Pratt has just completed a study of the reports of American consuls and commercial representatives abroad, of agents of j his bureau in this country and of the j orders for American manufactures I and products reported in commercial periodicals. If the ratio of increase recorded since August, when the' war began, is maintained until next August, lie estimates new orders placed on the books of American firms will total half .a billion dollars. As specific data upon which to base his estimates, .Mr. Pratt has the report of J. Massel, special commercial agent, now en route to South America to study the machine tool market there and prepare a review of South American needs for use of American manufactures. In preparation for his trip he visited virtually every large American manufacturing . , plant, and estimated the machine tool manufacturing companies alone would have from $10,000,000 to $lo,000,000 in new orders from European countries. One big plant, he shid, has enough work to keep it in full operation twenty-four hours a day for the next two years. Several concerns already are preparing to in crease their facilities. Russia First. The first country among the belligerents to seek the American machine tool supply was Russia, which has ordered lathes and machines of all kinds. Russia's demand has been growing steadily, presumably because the war had excluded that country from her usual course of supply in Germany. England and France now have joined in seeking American tools, and it is indicated that the present supply cannot meet the demand. Problems of delivery still have to be met, but the business iS OT 1116 niOSt V2LiUcLUit; t>p?2 omvc; ^ orders are, as a rule, accompanied by cash. I In reaching his calculation on the I estimated grand total, Mr. Pratt took into consideration the enormous inj crease in European-hound food sup' plies noted September and October. I Details of the November foreign f commerce were not available beyond I the estimate that a trade balance I in favor of the United States was approximately $ 7h.n00.000. Depart! merit officials^ are aware, however, the increase in food shipments was f continued and that manufactured articles are beginning to move across I the Atlantic in considerable volume. / \ # * ' \ -