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> One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1915. Established 1891.
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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I News Items Gathered All Around the ,
t County and Elsewhere. ]
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, April 19.?Sunday was 1
a joy day with everyone. The young 1
folks made use of the day with their 1
at* eric* oc if rmcht hp
*? Viol icuvno Vi WW IV
Well, we can't say anything about it, '
for we all have recollections of similar
days in our life.
Baseball seems to be what the
young men think about. The Ehr- '
hardt team has been beaten at every '
game they have played this season, !
but they say they are still in good
hope. Practice is what the Ehrhardt 1
team stands in need of. On Tuesday *
afternoon the team at Yankville will 1
try the Ehrhardt team and give them !
some good practice.
There is to be business at Yank- J
ville, S. C., soon. Mr. O. L. Copeland
will soon commence to rebuild
his saw mill, and Mr. Kfyury Ehrhardt
and son. Ramond. Njnk of)
putting up a saw mill at Yankville.; ^
Xn douht but that a cotton'
gin and grist mill will be added to
their equipment by fall.
Mrs. Maggie Barber spent a week ! '
with relatives at Williams. S. C. She,'
returned to spend some time with Mr.!
J. B. Ramsey and family at Ehrhardt:
before returning to her home in Co-j
lumbia.
The farmers are busy planting cotton;
heard one say he would like a ,
warm rain so his cotton would come (
, up to give him work; says he is up ,
with his farm work.
The Methodists have been having! j
a continued meeting. Rev. Mr.;
Pealer, from Fairfax, has been as-1 (
sisting Rev. Mr. Guess in the work, j,
Memorial day is the next enjoy- .
ment.
The game warden is out in the low f
cnnntrv looking for traps and Ash! 1
setting. Some good has been done j
around here in the way of stopping!
the dynamiting of our streams. The j ,
practice should be discontinued or: .
our streams will be useless so far as1
fish are concerned.
Mr. W. O. Thompson, of Lodge,
was buried Saturday at Stokes, S. C.
JEE. ]
Fairfax Plays Ball.
Fairfax, \pril 17.?Out of nine 1
games played this season Fairfax (4
won seven and lost the other two by; '
small scores. Three games were '
won from Estill, two from Brunson. '
ope from Ehrhardt and one from '
Sycamore. The two games lost went !
to Barnwell. Barnwell and Fairfax '
play on April 27. On Thursday Fairfax
supported three teams at neigh- 1
boring towns, winning two out of '
three games played that day.
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Expenses Exceed Revenues. 1
Panama, April 15.?Since the J;
opening of the Panama canal the ex- i
penditures have been in excess of <
the revenues approximately 10 per ]
cent., due to the cost of maintenance
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and operation of the waterway. In! ]
-the period from July 1 to March 11
the canal authorities have spent $2,595,000
and the canal has earned $2,- j
334,000. j
Freak Legislation.
Speaking of freak legislation. California
and Texas seem to be running >
a neck and neck race. California has
a bill providing for a compensation
of $2 a day for ail persons arrested, ]
but not convicted, while Texas has j;
amended the law prohibiting playing ;:
cards on railway trains by providing1:
that one who indulges in a game in his
own home two nights in succes- (
sion must pay a fine of $50. In other j;
words a chap and his wife may play
cards Mondays. Wednesdays and
Saturdays, but if they break over and
indulge Mondays and Tuesdays it is
the police court for both. However,
i this bill is no less absurd than the
measure providing compensation ior
persons arrested but not convicted.
Of ?.11 the schemes designed to lower :
the treasury surplus this is entitled
to the banner. If enacted into law the
delays now regarded as a nuisance
would lose their terror. Jobless men
could be provided for by the simple
expedient of having them arrested
on some charge, valid or otherwise,
' and the lawyers would do the rest.
Demurrers, motions to strike out, to
quash the information, to postpone,
for change of venue would prove
highly profitable. We do not know
who introduced the measures, but
that makes little differences. His
head needs repairs.?Oakland Tri- i
bune.
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FIRST VICK PRESIDENT DEAD.
iX>I. A. II. Andrews Passes Away in
Raleigh After Brief Illness.
Raleigh, X. C., April 1 7.?Col. A.
B. Andrews, first Vice President of
:he Southern railway, died here toaight
after a brief illness. He was
74 years old.
Col. Andrews was stricken last
aight with an acute attack of pneuaionia
and today his condition was
regarded as serious. The funeral will
5e held in Raleigh, probably Monday
afternoon.
L'OI. Andrews was uum iu riaiin:in
county, North Carolina. July 23,
1S 41. He entered the Confederate
irmy as second lieutenant, 1st North
Carolina cavalry; was wounded twice
ind was a captain at the close of the
tvar. After the war he engaged in
railroad work. He held official positions
with a number of railroads
n this State and Georgia, in 1892
joing to the Richmond and Danville
ailroad as third vice president. Lat?r
he became second vice president
Deing finally made general agent of
:he receivers. He was elected first
rice president of the Southern railway
in 1895. He also was president
)f a number of smaller roads owned
ay the Southern. His greatest constructive
work was the building of
:he Western North Carolina railroad;
ibout 1878.
GEORGIA NEGRO LYNCHED.
Was Charged with Stealing Meat j
From Smoke House.
Valdosta, Ga., April 17.?News
reached here today that Caesar Sheffield,
a negro prisoner, was taken
from the jail at Lake Park late last
light and shot to death by unknown
parties. No arrests have been made.
Sheffield was arrested yesterday,
charged with stealing meat from the
?moke house of Elder A. B. Herring
ind put in jail to await trial.
During the night the prison was
forced open. Mose Oppenheim, who
lives near by, went to investigate,
but was driven back by pistol shots.
Sheffield's bod^- was found this
morning in a field some distance
i way.
Possible Menace of Japan.
Japan looms up ever more ominously
over our far western horizon.
ti'iiot nio^coc of mutual
> U IJiailCl n HOW pivujjv?j W4 ?.%. v?v..
;ood will may be given?and that
that they have been given in utmost
sincerity by this country, no one can
Joubt?occasions of embarrassment
continue to arise. The latest, and
ene of the gravest causes of difference
between this country and Japan,
springs from the Japanese .demands
en China.
The present war has been most unfortunate
for the United States, and
especially unfortunate because of the
immense increase in Japan's selfesteem
following the reduction of the
German colony in China. This victory
has been used as an opening for
in aggressive campaign threatening
rho vprv inteeritv of China. Our
considerable trade interests and prospects
in China hang in the balance,
[f we make no protest, we shall forfeit
both our business connections
with the Far East and our influence.
If we do protest, we add one more
item to the count of grievances Japan
holds against us.
. MILITIA PROPERTY OFFICER. .
Sergent Robert A. Howard, U. S. A.,
Retired, Appointed.
Columbia. April 18.?The appointment
of Sergt. Robert A. Howard, U.
5. A., retired, of Fort Sauchuca, Arizona,
as property officer of the militia
of this State, was announced this
afternoon late by the adjutant general's
office. He will report for duty
May 1. He will receive a salary of
$1,500 per year.
Theory Quite Plausible.
"What a polished talker Jobson
is."
"Isn't he? I suppose that's the
reason he slips up on so many of his
arguments."?Boston Transcript.
In Trouble.
"Yes." said the Fairy Prince, "you
may have whatever you want for a
Christmas present.
"I wil choose," said the Fortunate
Person, "either a wife or an automobile."
"How foolish!" exclaimed the
Fairy Prince. "Why do you not select
something that you can manage?"?Ex.
Max Figman Monday in 'The Man
on the Box," special photo play in 5
reels. Thielen Theatre.?adv.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUlfl CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quirk
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Chester county has a wheat acreage
this year of 2,400' against last
year's 365.
Nine cases of smallpox are reported
from the Cornwell section of
Chester county.
G. W. Bird, a negro flagman, was
struck by a freight train in the yard
of the C.f C. & O. railroad in Spartanburg
Thursday and instantly killed.
Yeggmen broke open the postoffice
in Scranton, Williamsburg county,
Thursday night and stole $700
worth of stamps and $25 or $30 in
money.
-T. R. Werts. of Ninety-Six, has
shipped two Duroc Jersey hogs to a
man in Central America. And last
week he sold one to an Abbeville man
for $05.
Percy Thompkins. a boy of 12, who
some time ago had both arms cut off
by a train near Abbeville, has been
sent to .Montreal, which he claim^]
is his home.
The police of Florence arrested a
man on Thursday with 1006 pennies,
$16,50 in nickles and dimes, 700 cigarette
coupons and a .32 pistol and a
lot of cartridges. It is supposed he
stole the articles.
All the dispensaries in Barnwell j
county, except those a't Barnwell and jWilliston,
were opened Friday. The
other two will open as soon as the
State auditor finishes checking them |
up. All the old dispensers for those
opened were reelected.
A dead man wearing very nice
clothes and diamonds was found floating
in Sampit river, Georgetown, a!
few days ago, and nobody knows
who he is. It is thought he was;
drowned from a vessel that touched j
at the Georgetown wharf.
Robert Eliison, of the Hastoc
school, Spartanburg county, won first
honor in the Piedmont Oratorical association
contest of high schools in
Clinton Friday night. Louis Perry,
of Easlev. won second and John
Sherwood, of Greenville, third.
Where the Similarity Came In.
As a back-handed slap at a well-j
known member of congress who is
too fond of looking upon the wine
when it is anilined, Mr. Depew tells
this anecdote, says the New York
American.
"The member of congress was being
shaved by an aged colored barber I
in Washington. The shop was a fa-1
vorite one wun me prominem meu
of the capital, and the old negro who
presided over it often boasted that he
had shaved every great statesman
since the Madison administration,
which may or may not have been
true. The member of congress referred
to was being shaved by the
veteran one day when he said to the
latter:
" 'Uncle you must have shaved
many famous men?'
" 'Oh, yes, sah; I has indeed.'
" 'And a great many of those
famous personages must have sat
in this very chair where I am sitting,
eh?'
" 'Dat's right sah. An' I'se jes'
been a noticin' a mighty cur'us similarity
between yo' and Dan'el Webster.
sah."
" 'You don't say,' exclaimed the
highly delighted law-maker. 'Is it
my face?'
" 'Oh, no. salt. 'Taint dat.'
" 'Is it my manner?'
" 'No. boss, 'tain't yore manner,
nudder; it's yore breff.' "
FIRE .AT ALLENDALE.
Flames Destroy Residence of Dr. H.
R. Tison.
Allendale, April 18.?Dr. H. R. Tison
lost his residence by fire yesterday
about 1 o'clock. It is supposed
that the fire originated from a defective
flue. When discovered by the
family it had gained such headway
that the volunteer fire fighters were
powerless to do more than save the
furniture and household effects.
The loss is estimated at aboul S2,000
which was nartly covered by in
surance. A tenant house of W. B.
Oswald on the adjoining lot caught
from the burning building and was
also destroyed. His loss was about
$500. with no insurance.
Nice line of Bibles now at the
Herald Book Store.
terms include an anti-strike agree
ment covering a period of thre
years. Union leaders declared to
night the strike would not end unti
the demands of the men for a wag
increase had been granted.
It was estimated'' that 125,00'
wage earners in Chicago were mad
jobless, for the lockout and strik
tied up operations on $30,000,00'
worth of work.
The labor situation in Chicago ha
been growing more tense each da
since .March 1, when the lathers wen
on strike. Three building trade
unions that are confronted with th
alternative of accepting tne employ
ers' association's terms or being lock
ed out are: Bridge and Structual'Iro:
Workers, Cement Finishers and Mai
ble Setters.
Employing painters, who had vol
ed not to hire any of the 11.000 unio
painters in the Painters' Distric
Council began employing non-unio:
painters today. Reports of violenc
which reached the employers' head
quarters resulted in precautions be
ing taken to protect th non-union
ists from attacks.
Eight or nine hundred members o
the Sheet Metal Workers' union ar
expected to be locked out tomorrow
bv the sheet metal contractors, wh
were ordered to enforce a lockout b
the Building Construction Employers
association.
CARPETING GREAT RIVER.
"Father of Waters" to Have Xovc
Covering for Bottom.
The Mississippi river, most capri
cious and pampered of streams, o
which Uncle Sam has spent million
of dollars in jetties and levees t
keep her in her proper place, is no^
having a carpet made for her at a
expense of many hundreds of thous
ands of dollars. Rather, she is ha\
ing a number of carpets made, not c
cotton or linen or wool, but of tree
and branches. Some of the carpet
are a mile in length and 200 feet i
width.
They will be used to carpet the be
of the river near Memphis, Tenn., i
order to prevent the stream fror
changing its course and leaving th
city high and dry. The Mississippi ha
an unfortunate and expensive hat
it of cutting new channels at will, an
deserting towns upon its banks tha
have grown up into thriving centre
on account of their position on th
stream. There are scores of town
that have been Jeft some times 6ev
eral miles back from the new rive
bed. Of course this results in th
decay of the deserted town.
In the case of Memphis, the const
quences of the river cutting a ne1
channel several miles west of it
rresont bed, and leaving the city c
more than a hundred thousand popr
lation stranded, has induced the Gov
ernment to come to the rescue of th
threatened town. Immense carpet
of willow branches, firmly fastene
together, have been laid over the be
of the stream. These great carpet:
heavily weighted with stone, sank t
the bottom. The carpets, when proj
erly laid, are pinned in place by hug
piles driven down through them dee
into the bed of the river. That stop
the erosion of the river bed, an
keeps the channel in place.?Youth'
Companion.
KILLED BY BATTED BALLS.
Watchitig Ball Game Hard on th
Spectators.
Richmond, Va., April IS.?Rober
J. Howison, aged 10, was struck i
the head by a batted ball while h
was watching a ball game at Ash
land, Va., yesterday, and died in
hospital here today.
Freehold, X. J.. April 18.?Joh:
A. de Roche, Jr.. 16 years old, die*
today as the result of being hit oi
the temple by a batted ball while
spectator at a baseball game her
yesterday.
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WORK MUX WITHOUT JOBS.
Chicago Strike and Lockout Ties l'|
$30,000,000 Work.
Chicago, April 1 6.?Gov. Dunne to
day ordered members of the Stat
board of arbitration to offer thei
services to Chicago building tade
workmen and their employes in th
interest of industrial peace.
The strike order of the Carpenters
District Council was followed toda;
by a retaliative measure in the forn
of a lockout directed at 16,000 car
penters. The lockout debarred unioi
r 1_ A AAA k..il J
carpenters iroru worn uii t,uuu uuuu
ings being erected by 1,200 contract
ors who are bonded to maintain thei
stand until every union in the struc
tural trades comes to terms. Th
LEO FRANK AGAIN LOSES
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SUPREME COl'HT DISMISSES THE
CASE OF ATLANTA MAX.
? I>e<) M. Frank, Under Sentence of
0
Death, is Refused Release on
r v
g Habeas Corpus Proceedings
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Washington, April 19.?Leo M.
Frank, under death sentence for the
murder of Mary Phagan, an Atlanta
^ factory girl, lost another step in his
fight for life in the supreme court of
^ the United States today.
In a decision, to which Justices
Holmes and Hughes dissented, the
r court dismissed Frank's appeal from
the federal court of Georgia which
? refused to release him on a writ of
e
habeas corpus.
Frank contended that"' alleged
"mob violence" at his trial and the
j fact that he was absent from the
court room when the jury returned
e
its verdict had removed him from
q the jurisdiction of the courts of Geore
gia'
The majority opinion of the su0
preme court rejected all these contentions
and declared Frank had eng
joyed all his legal rights in the Georgia
courts.
t Seemingly, no other avenuj of escape
from the death penalty is open
e to Frank through the cour's. The
State pardon officials might relieve
him.
n Justice Pitney delivered the opinion.
declaring that "in a'l the proceedings
in the courts of Georgia the
fullest right and opportt nity to be
n heard, according to- the established
,, modes of procedure," had been accorded
Frank.
ej in ine opinion ui mis cuun, wu_!
tinued the justice, "he is not showr
to have been deprived of any right
t_ guaranteed to him by the 14th
amendment or any other prpvi6ion?
f of the constitution or laws of the
United States; on the contrary, he
; lias been convicted and is now helc
0 in custody under due process ' ol
law within the meaning of the constitution."
It is beliei ed by legal authorities
here that only the State pardon officials
of Georgia now can save Fran!
from paying the death penalty foi
his conviction of the murder of Marj
f Phagan, the Atlanta factory giri.
Justice Holmes delivered a dissenting
opinion in which Justice
| Hugljes concurred.
n | The court's decision was based on
s. an appeal/ from the action pf the
0 United States district court for norK;
thern Georgia In refusing to release
n Frank on a v rit of habeas corpus.
H- His petition for habeas corpus rest"
ed on allegations oU disorder during
^ j his trial in Atlanta amounting to ?
Sjmob domination and his involuntarj
s i absence when the verdict was re
n,turned.
Justice Pitney, in his decision, heic
d that the obligation rested on the sun
preme court to look * through th<
n form and "into the very heart and
e substance of the matter," not only it
s the averihent in Frank's petition, bui
H in the trial proceedings in the Statt
^ courts themselves.
lt "The petition contains a narrativ(
:S of disorder, hostile manifestations
e and uproar," said' Justice Pitney
s "which if'it stood alone and were t(
be taken as true, may be conceded tc
r have been inconsistent with a fail
e i trial and an impartial verdict. Bui
J to consider this as standing alone is
!"j to take a wholly superficial view; foi
* | the narrative is coupled with othei
| statements from which it clearly ap
| pears that the same allegations oi
l" disorder were submitted first to the
| trial court and afterwards to the sue
preme court of Georgia as a ground
sj for avoiding the consequences of the
^ j trial and these allegations were cond
sidered by those courts successively
5' at times and places and under cir0
cutnstances wholly apart from the
atmosphere of the trial, and fret
e from any suggestion of mob dominap
tion pr the like; the facts were exams
ined by those courts upon evidence
d submitted on both sides, and both
3 courts found Frank's allegations tc
be groundless except with respect tc
a few matters of irregularity not
harmful to the defendant." .
e smallpox o>: Steamship.
Japanese Vessel Held at Quarantine
t at 'Frisco.
n San Francisco, April ' 19.?The
e Toyo Kisen Kaisha steamer Chiyc
Maru was held at.quarantine on nei
a arrival here today while her passengers
and crew were examined for
symptoms of smallpox. Elizabeth
n Batchelder, 10, daughter of Mrs. E.
d J. Wilson, a passenger, is suffering
n from smallpox. Three hundred and
a thirty-six passengers on the liner
e were vaccinated ten days ago when
the child developed the disease.
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LEAVE FOR PENITENTIARY.
Mayor Roberts and Party Say Farewell
to Indiana Home Town.
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, Indianapolis, Ind., April IS.?
Headed by Mayor Donn M. Roberts,
fifteen prisoners convicted in the
Terre Haute election conspiracy cases
and sentenced to the Leavenworth
penitentiary started on the trip to
prison late today. They are due at
Leavenworth early Monday.
The time for the departure was
not made public here and only a
small crowd was at the station as the
prisoners, each "accompanied by a
special deputy United States marshal,
uoarueu a special cai, aiiacucu. iu a
\ passenger train. While
the men were being placed
line in the jail yard to march to the
railway station the 82 men given jail
sentences for .their part in the conspiracy
shouted good-bye and joined
in passing jests back and forth.
Six men convicted had promised
Judge Anderson to start for prison
not later than noon today. They
had been at liberty at their homes
in Tterre Haute. The six are: Arthur
Gillis, John Masselink, Joseph O'Ma- v'3
ra, George Overn, Joseph Strauss and
.Maurice Walsh, all of whom had received
sentences of a year and a day
| in prison.
| The fifteen taken to prison and the ;
sentences they received .were:
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Mayor Roberts, sixfyears and a fine
nf 22.000
; Dennis Shea, former sheriff of Vigo
county, five years and $1,000 fine.
| Eli H. Redman, judge of the circuit
court, five years and fine $1,000.
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' Edward Driscoll, assistant city en-*/
gineer, three years, fine $500.
George Ehrenhardt, member board
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of works, three years, fine $500.
Harry Montgomery, president the
board pf works, three years, fine $50.
| Thomas ?mitb, city judge, three
| years, fine v$500.
I William Crockett, superintendent
, city crematory, two years, fine $100.
Hilton Redman, eon of Judge Red- ?
man, two years, fine $100. .-f
Elmer E. Talbott, city comptroller, /
two years, fine $100. #
'John E. Green, merchant, two
| years, fine $100. \ :
Lewis Xunly. assistant city engi-:
neer, two "years, fine $100.
Alexander Aczel, street inspector,
year and a day, $100 fine.
Charles Houghton, city hall custodian
year and a day. fine $100.
1 Edward Holler, former chief of
police, year and a day, fine $100.
[ It is understood that Mayor Roberts'
wife will continue her effort^
to obtain an appeal bond for her
' husband. Judge Anderson fixed bonds
' at the rate of $10,000 for each year'st
sentence.'
Thaw Had Xo Right to Leave.
New York, April 16.?The Appel?
late division of the sppreme court
I today affirmed the writ'issued in the '<
( case of Harry K. Thaw, thus upholdl
ing the decision of Supreme Court
? Justice Page in refusing to send
Thaw back to New Hampshire. The ~
; opinion in the case was written by
- Justices Hotchkiss and Scott.
T^e principal part of the opinion
, reads:
'
> "The State assumed no obligation
to rethrn the appellant to New Harapl
shire when his trial should have
5 been ended. No such obligation is
. suggested, and even if there had been
an expected condition attached to the
. rendition of Thaw, it is doubtful if
f it would have had any validity."
; The opinion says it may be that
. the State would well be rid of so
[ troublesome a guest, but that is not
, a matter of judicial consideraion.
The matter to consider, the opinion
continues, is the right of Thaw to be
, discharged from Matteawan. It
, states the outstanding committal of
; Thaw remains in force and the court,
. therefore,, declares he had no right
. to leave Matteawan.
, Plans are being formulated to v ;
t take the case Jo the State court of
, appeals.
, A decision adverse to Thaw came
I as a great surprise to his counsel.
The order carried with it the provision
that trhaw could not be taken
from New York county until five
days have elapsed.
Should a decision unfavorable to
Thaw be forthcoming by Wednesday,
> the State will have the right to re
) | turn him to. Matteawan forthwith,
i providing his coui sel shall not have
obtained a stay of execution in the
or.der committing him to Matteawan,
i pending appeal. Thaw himself refused
tonight to comment on the
: court's action.
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Max Figman Monday in "The Man
on the Box," special photo play in 5
reels. Thielen Theatre.?adv.