The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 08, 1915, Image 1
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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1815. Established 1891.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOMK I.\Ti:i:KSTI\(; IIAIM'KMNGS
IN YAKIOIS SKITIONS.
v . News Items (Jathered All Around the
^ County and Elsewhere.
Fairfax Fancies.
Fairfax, April ' ).?The Civic league
held a meeting last week at the home
or .Mrs. w . .M. tirooKS. i"iaiis wen*
discussed for clean-up week, which
was set for the first week in April.
Wednesday was especially designated
as the day for residents and business
houses to clean up their yards
and premises. The carts will be kept
busy all day Wednesday and longer
if necessary, hauling off trash from
yards, etc. Plans were discussed for
a reception to he given the husbands
and brothers of the town at an early
date. .Mrs. Brooks served sweet
course at tlie conclusion 01 tne easiness
meeting.
A reception was held by the Woman's
Missionary society of the Baptist
church at the parsonage Thursk
day afternoon. A programme o:'
^ music ami readings contributed to
the pleasure of the occasion. Misses
Radcliff and Elizabeth Edwards. of
F Brunson. and Miss /.e!!e I.oadho'.t
gave several readings. Mrs. .1. K.
; ' Johnston and Misses Alma Knight
and Damaris Folk gave several piano
numbers. Mrs. E. A. MacDowell sang
two songs. The girls of the Y. W. A.
served the refreshments, which consisted
of a salad course and cocoa, in
the dining room. Souvenirs consisted
of the society colors in purple vio
lets, tied with white ribhon. Mesdames
O. J. You mans. Hen Brunson.
M. F. Craddock and .Mixson assisted
* 1 in receiving and entertaining.
Election at Denmark.
Denmark. April 7.?The election
for town council today in Denmark
passed off quietly and resulted as follows:
For mayor. Dr. H. J. Faust;
* for councilmen. 1>. L. Zeigler. P. L.
Bean. C. M. Cox. J. B. White, I). \.
< Cox and St. Clair P. C.uess.
ft ' The Bamberg county chaingang is
P camped about f/ur miles southwest
of Denmark, just beyond Hart/.og's
mill, working the road in the direction
of town.
The Civic league is having clean-up
week observed and a number of cleanup
week badges are to be seen on
the citizens. The Boy Scouts are
heartily enlisted in this work also.
The Booster club is rapidly finishing
up its work for the Chautauqua,
which is to be here April 2''?-2S.
A Letter From "Old Tinier.'.'
Wanderers' Rest. April ?.Inst to
think this is tiie hrd day of April and
. * my old friend and comforter, tlie
mocking bird, has sung one song.
* only one. and that pitched in a halfhearted
key. Poor old fellow, how
he sits on the bare limbs of tiie leafless
trees or on the garden fence so
quiet, grey and sad, saying in his
heart's mind. "I trow, has the
warmth of old Sol gone? .Me to
nearly to freeze with no worms to
feast on. no warmth to clothe the
trees for Mrs'. Mocking Bird to build
her nest screened from the eyes of
bad boys and prowling cats, while
/ I, Mr. Mocking Bird. sit idly by,
while the mistress works and me
t^sing my sweetest strains to cheer
her on the way and see an old man
hobble among the roses, stoop and
pick a flower here and there. No.
not this time, for in all my short
life I have never seen frost and ice.
sleet and snow to the second day of
t April." But it is warmer now and
the wind is from the southwest, with
a gentle patter of rain .makes the
heart grow fonder as memory brines
to light other days when we called
them April showers. Don't despair,
faint heart, for spring is coming
with its flowers, the bees will hum.
the bird will call for his mate, and
all nature will awake with one glad
chorus basking in the sunshine given
_ by Him who rules the universe. Only
' a little later than most years, but so
it has been before, and men wondered
if the Easter cold would be the last.
Vncle Rastus left his old home,
wandered far away to a town, and
one day. as he was loafing on a corner
a young man came along. The
old man scanned the face of the new
comer and in it saw the favor of his
old master. It was more than tlie
old darkey could stand, so he rushed
to the side of the young man. caught
him by the hand and exclaimed:
"Lord e massy, ain't dis Mars
George's son?"
The startled young man said:
"Yes. but who are you?"
"Ki. now Mars George, don't you
r
IN THF PA! MFTTft STATE
I K.in o.\ lkjioil
I l-'of the Moment it is <'onsitler
Most Important 1'hasO of War.
London. April 1. The war on ;
eohol. an outcome of the labor situ
tion in Croat Britain, has dellnil
ly taken precedence i!i British tniii
over the niueh-talked-of "sprint; ;i
vances of the allies in the west
The reason is that the problem
munitions has become more pressi
than that of recruit in jr.
The pronouncements of cabin
leaders "and the letter of King Ceor
on the question of temperance a
intended to pave the way and son:
public sentiment preparatory
either shutintr off absolutely the si
of drink throughout the country, t
cept on physicians' prescriptions,
the adoption of some measure whit
while perhaps not called absolu
prohibition, will have almost as tin
tic an effect.
War Secretary Kitchener has a
jiiounced that no alcoholic beverag
! snail ne served in ins ntniseiioid i
the duration of the war.
The battlefields in the east and t
west afford little news today, and ;
though the allies are r>\. orted
have resumed operations in the D:
idanelles. nothing official is fortlieo
i
I inc.
Today being the centennary of t
liirth of Bismarck, the London nev
papers review editorially the cart
! of that (lernian statesman, ending
the break with the present emper<
and speculate on what might ha
been the outcome of the war to ds
had Bismarck been at the helm.
Austria would seem to be strengt
ening her forces in Bukowina wi
the idea of thwarting a formidal
Russian advance in the Carpatliiai
That, according to the British vie
explains the Austrian incursion i
to Russia over the Dneister at
point near Czeruowitz.
TKJKS TO COMMIT Sl'ICIDK.
I .1. S. (Vim, of Columbia, Shoots Mil
self Through Head.
Columbia. .March hi.?.J. S. Cri
a shoe merchant of Columbia, sh
himself through the head with a p
tol about I i o'clocit this morning
liis home. He was rushed to t
hospital and operated on. It is st;
ed thati he lias a fiiilitintt chance f
recovery. The cause of the aff:
is unknown. .Mr. Crim is a you
man who lias done well and w
well thought of in the community.
been 110 Rastus?"
"Why. yes. I'ncle Rastus. is tl
you? 1 thought you were dead lo:
ago."
"No. sail." replied the old 111:1
"Dis am de boy and a nudder tins;
been notice: if I lib trou de niunt
llMri-li T frrttk1 t't>r <1p tmllancp nh d
year. Vah, yah, an 1 he here too."
So why worry over March and t
three days April borrows from it ai
pays back with interest? May is coi
ins and with it balmy air. made swe
with flowers. Then will the eo
and bein.s hovered over tires, cha
ped hands and bleeding lips, he ft
Sotten. Then too, one other thi:
! that drives March into the memory
a certain old man. is that the 31
day is his birthday. From the ear
est recollection he well remembe
the wind and raw cold on that da
often tilling his eyes, mouth and ea
j full of sand, and hands that look'
| like?well you know what, and lie
i the dear old partner would smile ai
the little chaps would say. Today
Pa's birthday; How old today
j Now they are all away save one. ai
Ma even forgot this year and d
i not have turkey or chicken pie. b
j turnips with a jowl was tine. On
! one of the down birds remember
i the day and sent a beautiful birt
, day card, with much love and ha
i p. in ess with it. How it did cheer tl
old man as he sat by the tire nursii
his many aches and pains and sin
ing deep down in his soul, as tl
partner of his years would pass
and fro. "Darling we are growii
old." But still the tir^s of you
are burning, for the better liaif*pla:
just as ever for the garden, chic
ens, turkeys and pigeons and tl
old man for his peanuts, pigs at
i bread, with a little cotton, but on
j a little, for cotton and fertilizer h
j and will tie tlie curse or the farm
, until he makes a surplus of oth
crops, then what cotton he can.
I The irrain crop is very hack war
j hut the prospects are tine, a sio<
stand, and when the warm days com
! then it will make up lost time. Sot
| old Dobbin will have his oats ai
I the farmer his own srrown whe
bread. While the war aroans a
heard in Europe, we will have pea
and plenty at home.
OLD TIMER.
* ?I I
SO.MK (KXTRRKXCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IX SOUTH CAROLINA.
ill-;
ia-1
I State News Moiled Down for Quirk
,]s . Beading?Paragraphs About
(1- Men and Happenings.
;-!
<?'I The city of Darlington has voted
n." ! in bonds for another school
! building. The bonds were taken up
iet ' iiy the Bank of Darlington against
ge I l competitors.
1 e! Governor .Manning appointed D.
n(*jG. Ellison. of Columbia: II. <\ Tilltoiman.
of Greenwood. and \\". K. Jenl^e
kinson. of Kingstree. members of the
| State board of pardons.
I \ I . T.:..V.j
^ I .A I ? 11II l\ IMI1JJ|#CU 11 win .iwiiv***, ? ?*.,
'to Darlington, this week, attracted
it? .....
the suspicions of the Darlington po.
lice. When opened it was found to
1 contain eleven gallons of whiskey.
es J The ginnery of .1. 11. Hewlett, sit (,r'uated
in the cotton oil mill yard, at
Allendale, was destroyed hy tire Fri]ie
day. The cause of the tire is not
1 known. The loss is ahout non.
toj partly covered J?y insurance,
iv-1 Governor .Manning has stayed the
m-; execution of Crceuwood Rogers, con!
vi( ted of arson in Laurens county,
he until the hoard of pardons can in>s
j vestigate the case and see if tliere is
er i need for clemency. Rogers was conin
victed last fall and was sentenced to
:>r. I he electrocuted October iRJrd. hut
vejdov. Rlease reprieved him till April.
" WIM.AKD KNOCKS (HT JOHNSON.
Heavy-Weight I><>nt at Havana Faded
in the Twenty-Sixth Round.
>le i ______
1S- Havana. April ?Jack Johnson,
w,, pvile from his own countrv. today
'n" lost his claim to fistic fame as the
ai heavy-weight champion of the world,
j The title was wrested from him by
! .less Willard, the Kansas cowboy, the
I biggest man who ever entered the
j prize ring, and a "white hope" who
m" at last has made good.
The day after tomorrow Johnson,
his wife and a little group of friends
m. will sail for .Martinique, there to
ot await passage back to France, where
is- Johnson proposes to selt'e down and
at I lead the life of a farmer, raising pigs
he and chickens. There is no doubt that
it- j lie is through with the ring,
or Willard is going back to the
lirll'nited States to win the fortune
ng which was denied him today, when
as Johnson got ?:;u.t?oo before the fight
started. Wiliard taking only a small
~~~ share of the net receipts. Just what
his share was is not known.
us
Today's fight probably lias no partig
allei in the history of ring battles.
For tv.entv rounds Johnson punched
in. '
. and pounded Willard at will, but his
I I
blows grew perceptible less powerer
| 11.
(fill as tlie tight progressed until at
j last be seemed unable or unwilling
, to go 011.
be
j Johnson stopped leading and for
^ three or four rounds the battle be.
tween the two huge men was little
et
U more than a series of plastic poses of
white and black gladiators.
So it was until the twenty-fifth
| round, when Willard got one of his
widelv swinging, windmill right-hand
ol |
. I smashes to Johnson's heart. This
.. I was the beginning of the end.
IIrs
When the round closed Johnson
sent word to his wife that lie was all
' in and told her to start for home.
To i
j She was on the way out and was
?,.! passing the ring in the twentv-sixth
)\\ i
uj! round when a stinging left to the
. I body and a cyclonic right to the
.> ' jaw caused Johnson to crumple on
id' the floor of the ring, where he lay.
j(j j partly outside the ropes, until the
t j referee counted ten and held up Wiljvj
lard's hand in token of his newly
j! won laurels.
j Willard is probably th.e most
modest champion who ever stepped
Ij i out of a prize ring, taking his victory
as philosophically as he had looked
forward to the fight. Neither he nor
I Johnson appeared much damaged bv
(() ( the battle. The new champion's lip,
j j right ear and left cheek showed slight
j cuts, but at no time was there more
|ls than a drop or two of blood in evij._
denee.
A Solemn llebeaisal.
ldj
ly j Oscar Wilde, in his last hours
' * - ? t
as j made a jest amnu <i>in^. ana so ueerjfore
him did Lord Chesterfield, says
er the Bostoyi Transcript. The latter.]
(when lie had only :1 short while to
d.jlive. was. on the advice of tiis phy?d
sician. taken out for an easy drive.
e. ;.\s the equipage was proceeding
in slowly along it was met hy a ladyj
id who remarked pleasantly: "Ah. my
at lord. I am glad to see yon able to
re drive out."
ft* ' tint /Iriviiifr mif nmrlnm
' ^ I 1 r*
(answered Chesterfield. "1 am sini!
ply rehearsing my funeral."
\\ I I.I. IX VKSTIGATK.
i .\^kv Ambassador and
Consul to Look Into Report.
! Washington. April 1. Reports
that an American ha.i perished in the
war zone around the British isles
; were brought officially to the attention
of the I'nited States government
late today when Ambassador Page
and Consul General Skinner, at London,
cabled that Leon C. Thresher,
jan American mining man. was supposed
to have been drowned in the
{destruction of the British liner Fala|
ba by a German submarine.
The reports merely transmitted
unofficial statements and instructions
I were sent .to both officials to begin an
(investigation. No action will be takien
bv the government until this ottiI
: cial version of Thresher's death has
I been received and ail the facts surrounding
the destruction of the Fala.
Iia Iiave been carefully considered.
A representative of the company
j which had employed Thresher saw
; him aboard the liner before she sailjed.
That is as far as official information
noes and Ambassador Pane
| or .Mr. Skinner will now undertake
I to net statements from survivors of
the steamer who can give positive
evidence that the American was
drowned.
i Officials had little doubt that the
case eventually would form the subject
of representations to Germany.
| In its note after Germany's war zone
proclamation the Washinnton nov:eminent
notified the German foreign
I office that it would reel compelled to
j hold that government to "strict ac!countahility"
for the loss of AmeriI
can lives or property through the
I operations of submarines against
1 British merchant shipping.
WHK.Vr KAI'OIITS KXCKSSIVK.
(Jovernment Sounds Warning Against
Too Heavy Shipments.
A dispatch from Washington last
week says:
Warning that the present heavy
| exports to Kurope of American wheat
I and Hour cannot he continued with!
out endangering the wheat supplies
; for food and seeding requirements
j at home, was contained today in the
department of agriculture's Agricultural
Outlook. The department's experts
believe exportations at the
same rate as during December, lanj
nary and February until the coming
j of the new wheat crop would en!
croach upon normal domestic needs.
Investigation has disclosed that
I there was on .March 1 an apparent
j surplus of about ! 1 .Ooo.Ooo bushels
! of wheat over the domestic require!
ments for food and seed that was
j available for export in the four
I months from March 1 to July 1.
' While the evnorts of wheat including
flour, during those four months last
year were fDI.uun.nuo bushels, it is
pointed out that those exports during
December. -January and February
last averaged almost :;."(O00.00o
bushels per month, and if that rate
of export continued until the newcrop
is available it would amount to
140.000.<100 bushels.
The department's investigation
I did not include inquiries into stocks
! of flour, but the opinion is expressed
' that they do not show so much reduction
as wheat stocks. A factor in
the situation is that the Southern
States have greatly increased their
wheat acreage, the crop of which
j will be marketable before July 1st
| and will have the effect of increas|
ing the available supplies between
' now and that date.
How Small Hoys .Make I.ove.
'
I In the April American .Magazine.
Ellis Parker Butler writes another
! small boy story in his new series.
I This month's story is entitled.
J "Teachers' Pet," and in the followi
ing extract, the small bo> talks about
j his girl:
"Her name is A!illy. 1 haven't
j said anything about marrying her
i yet?not to her or anvbody?but I've
I
carried her books three or four
times and I hit her in the back of the
head with a soft snowball, and I
guess she likes me too. She threw
: a snowball hack at me when I hit
her with snow, she just said. "Oh.
! (leorge! You mean thing!" as if
I site might he willing to marry me
t sometime if I got nerve enough to
i ask her when we're grown up. I
wonder how a fellow gets nerve to
ask them. 1 don't think I'll ever
have."
The baseball fan, being a philosopher.
argues that it is better to have
' 1 * ' ' - -1 t- - ? - ^ ? A M /] r-9 K r\
an ine nau weauiei cuiue uuu su before
the opening of he ieaeue season.?Atlanta
Journal.
NAMES NEW ASYLUM HEAD
i>k. gkokgk k. sakgknt has
had ml'cii kai'knikmt..
| New Superintendent, an K\|ieit,
Comes to This State Willi Strong
(-Indorsements.
Columbia, April (5.?After giving
tli' matter the most earnest and careful
attention for three months Governor
.Manning lias appointed Dr.
George K. Sargent, an expert in the
treatment of mental diseases and
care of the insane, superintendent of
me istaie riospuui iur cue insane.
The new superintendent will assume
his duties on .May 10.
Dr. Sargent is :50 years of age and
has been married two years. He
graduated at the College of Physicians
and Surgeons in and served
for two years at the Worcester.
I Mass.. State Hospital of the Insane.
] He then went to Northern Michigan
j Hospital for the Insane, and since his
| service there has been assistant phy;
sician at Sheppard and Bnoch Pratt
| Hospital for the Insane, at Cowson,
Md.
Dr. Sargent v.as highly recomI
mended bv Dr. Brush, the superintendent
of the1 Sheppard and Knocli
J Pratt asylum: by Drs. Henry M.
j Hurd and Barker, of Johns Hopkins:
j by Dr. Munson. superintendent of the
, Northern .Michigan asyiuni, anu oy
! Dr. A. P. Herring, secretary of the
j .Maryland lunacy commission, who
j made the investigation and report on
! conditions at the State asylum as
j Governor .Manning's efficiency ex.
pert.
Dr. Strait Informed.
As soon as the plan for the reorganization
of the State Hospital for
the Insane was decided- upon the governor
sent for Dr. T. J. Strait, the
j present superintendent, and told him
| it was his intention to get an expert
j for superintendent, but that he would
I give Dr. Strait ample notice. As soon
i as the governor selected Dry Sargent
! for the place he again sent for Dr.
j Strait and told the latter that he
j had appointed Dr. Sargent superin!
tendent and that Dr. Sargent would
j assume his duties on .May 11).
| This latest appointment of the govi
ernor, it is believed, will meet with
i
! the approval of the people of the
I State.
IMV KOli WIDOW Mc.MAMS.
j Villa-Xapata Government Korwards
$20,000.
Washington. .March 31.?The pay
[ nient by the Yilla-Zapata govern'
nient of ! HO.OO" pesos, or S2ft.oO(?
' in gold at the prevailing rate of exI
change in .Mexico City, to .Mrs. Ruth
McManus. widow of John B. .Mcj
.Manus, the American killed by Zapata
troopers, on their" reoccupation
I of the city, was reported officially to
the Stare department today by the
! Brazilian minister in the Mexican
capital.
Mrs. McManus sent the following
message to the State department:
"I wish to extend to you for myself
and family our sincere thanks
for your efforts in securing indemni|
ty from the government and also ex!
press my appreciation of the great
i courtesy and personal interest shown
| by Mr. Cardoso, the Brazilian minis!
ter."
In transmitting this, the Brazilian
! minister added:
"Am gratified with a letter of
i thanks received from .Mrs. McManus
in which she says:
" 'You have accomplished what
seemed to all Americans an impossibility.
and I have no words in
' which to express my gratitude.' "
ritrrr crop may bk hi kt.
I W'H o I in !?]<)< Ill) SpvPI'mI
Weeks at .Manning,
Manning. March .11.?A cold rain
i that set in late yesterday afternoon
continued throughout the night, and
was succeeded about 7 o'clock this'
morning by a heavy fall of sleet, j
which in turn was followed by snow,
I for about two hours. XotwithstandI
ing the ground was so wet from tliej
[ rain there was enough snow to cover!
! the ground and house steps, and it j
| lasted for quite a while. About
noon, however, the sun came out and!
all signs of the snow were soon dis-i
sipated. The fruit'trees have been'
in bloom for several weeks, but it is j
feared that little prospect for a fruit j
crop remains for this year. Very
little early vegetauies are up aim u,
is not thought that tiie small grainy
is materially injured.
Greece is a heavy lumber exporter.
J <>i:i>i:i:s shkiui t to act.
Columbia Situation Cut in McCain**
Hands.
Columbia. April :!.?ContinuedN
complaints as to violations of the law
in the city of Columbia bavins readied
Governor Manning. be has placed
the situation under the control of
John C. '.McCain, sheriff of Richland
county. Governor .Mannins's policy
is to leave the question of enforcement
of the laws with the local officials.
Soon after he went into office
he held a conference with Lewie
f
I A. Griffith, mayor of Columbia.
Sheriff McCain was also called into
I conference. Law enforcement outI
side the city was left to Sheriff McI
Cain and Mayor Griffith was held responsible
for conditions in the city
j of Columbia.
} Mayor Griffith has stated on sevI
eral occasions that the laws were be!
ing enforced in Columbia. However,
j many reports of violations have
! reached the governor's office, and
: SIierilT .MCL'am lias oeen insirucieu
j to enforce tlie laws, especially those
j dealing with the illicit sale of whisj
Key. The order to the sheriff was is!
sited by Governor Manning several
' days ago.
Governor Manning has not been ofi
ficially notified as to the raids by
: the Charleston police. The gpveri
nor refused to discuss the Charles.1
ton situation yesterday.
TICKS .MASSACKK CHRISTIANS.
1
Russians on Filtering Village of
Hafedewan Find 7:20 I todies.
Tabriz. March :J1.?Preceding the
i reoccupation by the Russians of Sal
! mac Plains, the Azerbaijan province
northwest of 1'runiiah. hundreds of
I *
[native Christians were rounded up
by the Turks in the village of Hafei
dewan and massacred. Many of these
i were searched out from the homes
'of friendly Mohammedans, who tried
j to hide them. Tlie Russians on entering
the village found 720 bodies,
I mostly naked and mutilated. Recovery
of bodies from wells, pools
and ditches and their burial Kept
[three hundred men busy for three
' days.
! The wailing of women intensified
the horror of the scene. Widows
jable to identify the bodies of their
husbands insisted on digging graves
and burying them. Some of the victims
hail been shot, others had been
i
i bound to ladders and their heads,
i protruding through, backed off. Ryes
were gouged out and limbs chopped
; off.
j A general massacre of the 10,0'm)
of 15.000 Christians remaining in
I'rumiah is expected unless it should
i lie averted by orders from Constan;
tinople.
Verbal messages from I'rumiah
confirm earlier reports that more
than Sou persons already have been
ikifoW in that neighborhood and that
j more than i.orto have died of disI
ease. These messages also confirm
jthe reports of the maltreatment of v
jtlie Rev. E. T. Allen, an American
I missionary at I'rumiah.
i KI('H!.AXI> DISI'KXSARY HOARD.
l lt^er l)is|?eiiser. Clerk and Other Employes
Will l>e Dismissed.
Columbia, .March 31.?The Rich|
land county dispensary board was
j called before Governor Manning this
i morning, and as a result of his talk
j with them H. E. Watts, beer dispen!
ser: George W. Collins, clerk; S. D.
Friday. George Geiger and Harrison,
all employees of the dispensary, will
! be dismissed and their places filled /
I by others.' .\o statement, was niaue
j at the governor's office, but it is
known that the governor called the
! attention of the board to the charges
i of alleged nepotism and the dissatis;
faction in the community over their
j elections of employees. The board
I is understood to have offered every
i cooperation.
The board is composed of S. T.
Westbury, .). \\\ EI. Duncan and J.
S. Vefner. This marks the second
time that the board has been summoned
before the governor and admonished
to be careful in the persons
they elect to minor positions,
and impressed with the fact that the
responsibility of the conduct of the
dispensary is on them.
The Richland county dispensary
iinaivt !K ? mooti'tia- thi< afternoon
elected W. ('atheart shipping clerk
and P. I). Drew and Xewton Carrol!,
employees of the dispensary. $
( ?<xl l.eason.
"How do yon know the world is
round?" asked tlie teacher.
"Because," replied the boy. "father
says ii aiu't on the square and uncle
says it ain't on the level."?Washington
Star.
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