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? ?39" i ? i. ?It? $amb?rg ??ralb One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1915. Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. L V News Items Gathered All Around the P * County and Elsewhere. Spring Branch lK>ts. % Spring Branch, June 7.?We are having fine weather to kill grass, and it is plentiful. Pine Grove school closed June 4th > with a picnic, which was much enjoyed by all present. Two interesting speeches were made by Hon. B. D. Carter and Mr. Bolen, from Bamberg. Our efficient teacher. Miss Mary Alice Stokes, is visiting in our midst a few days before returning to her home at Orangeburg. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Padgett, of Denmark, spent Sunday with their P parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Herndon. Mr. L. Murray, of Charleston, is visiting friends in our midst. Mrs. Julia Sandifer, of Bamberg, spent Saturday and Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. Lela Padgett, i Miss Lessie Sandifer spent SunW day with .Misses Eula and Clara r O'Quinn. Miss Shuler Murray, of St. George, is spending some time with her sister, .Mrs. D. T. Smoak. Sorry to report the illness of Mr. and Mrs. Broadus Smoak's little son. Mr. G. Laurie Sandifer. of Denmark, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Bessinger. On Sunday children's day exercises were observed at the church. The following was the programme: Hymn, to call congregation together: hymn, marching song, by which all the children marched in the church; hymn; prayer by Mr. D. T. Smoak; scripture reading by Mr, Broadus Smoak; hymn; scripture recital by six young men; hymn, by ten girls; "Children's Day," Dottie ; Goodwin; "Ashamed of Jesus." Ebbie Goodwin; "The Life Aim," Ge neva Padgett; hymn: "Little Girls That are Wounded," Reba O'Quinn: "All Things Beautiful and Fair." k ; Senie Goodwin; hymn: "One Little Penny," by ten children; lecture, Mr. D. T. Smoak; lecture, Mr. G. Laurie Sandifer; hymn; collection; benediction. M. E. H. Cope Callings. I Cope, June 6.?Mrs. H. C. Ritter and daughters. Misses Daisy and Emma, are here on a visit to Mr. Ernest v E. Ritter. Mrs. Nathan J. Thomas, accompanied by her daughter. Miss Vera, little son. Dick, and Miss Bertha Hill, left on yesterday to attend the commencement exercises of Clemson college. Mr. Otis Havden returned on yesterday from the University of South Carolina, for the summer holidays. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Sandifer took the train this morning to spend the | day with relatives and friends at Denmark. Mr. Luther Dixon and little chil1 dren. of Sumter, are over spending the day with his mother, Mrs. Mamie Dixon. Messrs. Howard C. Chitty, J. M. I Birt and Henry Birt, together with Mrs. J. M. Birt and Miss Ada Chitty, , all of Blaekville. came over by auto, to spend the day with Mr. Chitty's sister, Mrs. Andrew Gray. Prof. C. C. Stewart will leave Cope tomorrow, stop over in Columbia to ^ see his brother graduate at the University of South Carolina, and then return to his home at Fountain Inn. I>enmark Dots. Denmark, June 5.?One of the most brilliant affairs of the season was the reception at the home of t Mrs. S. G. Mayfield, given by the United Daughters of the Confederacy of the Graham chapter, for the veterans, the women of the Confederacy I and the members. The entire lower floor which was | * decorated in Confederate flags, fern and cut flowers was thrown open to rthe guests. Music, which added to the occasion, was rendered by Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Riley and Mrs. Mayfield, accompanied by Miss Josephine Faust and Mrs. W. M. Graham on the violin. During the course of the afternoon ^ thp. guests were invited to the dining i hall and served lunch consisting of i a salad and ice course. Tiny Confederate flags made souvenirs. About 150 guests called during the L afternoon. Miss Lula Bess W rot on. of PortsI mouth, Va.. is spending several weeks with her sister, .Mrs. M. R. Willis. v I Miss Ruby Guess is at home for b ^ NK\V lilltAL llOl'TKS. |j lie I'm in Operation June ! "?.?Will j Serve 82,:{5)0 Additional Families. 'S Washington. June ti.?Establishment of 710 new rural mail deliveryroutes to serve S2.390 families and the extension of the existing service to reach .">.400 additional families was announced tonight by Postmaster General Burleson. Nearly all of the! new routes will go into operation ( June 15, and postmasters have been ( authorized to employ necessary tern- i porary carriers pending the selection of permanent men through civil service examinations. Enlargement and extension of the . rural service was made possible, aj postoffice department statement explains. by a readjustment in April and May, resulting in a reduction of operating expenses amounting toj,' $."1 1,262. Many routes have been consolidated with others, but it is! said that few carriers will be drop-! ped. Transfers are being arranged | < under which experienced men are he- [ 1 ing retained. j 1 Orders are now awaiting the post-j ' master general's signature providing j for new rural automobile service in j I many localities. People on these) routes, when living within a radius;' of twenty-five miles, will enjov local I J 1 I , rates. The first of these routes win i < , go into operation on August 1. ' TWO CONVICTS PAItOLKI). \ < Victims of Tuberculosis Released to l*revent Spread. , I < Columbia, June 5.?Governor Man-| j ning this afternoon paroled during ( good behavior Jim Ford, convicted in February, 1914. in Dillon county, , of entering a house with intent to j commit a felony, and sentenced to ( twenty years, and Henry Wilson, colored. convicted in Newberry county < in March, 1915, of larceny of .live stock, and sentenced to two and a : half years. Both convicts are victims of tuberculosis and were given their liberty upon strongv representations that their continued presence among other prisoners would very likelv spread the disease from which J they are suftering. A Horso Laugh. 1 Motorist (blocked by load of hay) i ?I say there, pull out and let me ] by. . < Farmer?Oh. I dunno ez rm in any i hurry. j Motorist (angrily)?You seemed ] in a hurry to let that other fellow's ] carriage get past- < Farmer?That's 'cause his horse i wuz eatin' my hay. There haint no < danger o' yew eatin' it, I reckon. j the summer from her school in Sum- ' te? s ] Miss Doris Ooolsby spent the , week-end at honie, accompanied by Miss Owens, of Dunbarton. Miss Ruth Guess is at home from Converse college and has as her guest Miss Cockrell. Miss Ruth Seymour is spending a shnrt whilp at home from Winthrop college before returning to the sum- ' mer school. Mrs. Hewitt, of Florence, is the guest of Mrs. Seymour. Mrs. J.'K. Breedin. of Manning, and Mrs. S. Tom Move and children. Florence county, are visiting their parents, the Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Hug- ; gins. Mrs. Alice Carroll and her niece. Mrs. Mamie Hardwick, have gone to Saluda, X. C.. where .^rs. Carroll has bought a summer home. Mrs. Hardwick will go from there to the Panama-Pacific exposition. Khrhar<!t Wins Two Games. Ehrhardt, June 5.?In a game consisting of constant wrangling. Ehrhardt defeated Fairfax here yesterday afternoon, S to 4. The main feature of the game was the brilliant pitching of Glover, who relieved Hiers for the locals in fhe fifth, Hiers having won a game Thursday. .Moore, for Ehrbarat. ana snuin, on first for Fairfax, deserve special credit on their clean fielding and hitting. Score: Ehrhardt S 9 3 Fairfax 4 7 5; Batteries: Hiers, Glover and Moore:' Barker. Wilson and Young. Umpire Donnelly. In a slow game. Ehrhardt defeat-1 ed Branchville on the latter's diamond Thursday, 7 to 4. The gamej was won through the brilliant bat- [ tery work of Hiers and Moore. Score: I Ehrhardt 7 9 3 Branchville 4 .j 4 Batteries: Hiers and Moore: Dukes and Folk. Umpire. Wimber-| I IN THE PALMETTO STAT! / SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOU KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Ouic Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The State Elks convention is i session in Charleston this week. Th i-onvention is being largely attendee The many friends of .Mrs. H. \\ McMillan, who is being treated i i hospital in Augusta, will be dt lighted to know that she has greatl improved. Gordo/^ & Co.. of Savannah, cap talized at $100,000 in the State c Georgia, have applied to the seen tary of State to be domesticatec The company will open a South Cart lina office in Charleston. HI. C. Malone. of Cooley Spring: Spartanburg county, died Monda . ? - - i + .ngni in a sparianouig iiu?i<iioi nu :he effects of a blow on the head r< :eived in a difficulty Saturday nigh Seorge Lawter. a fanner, is said t iiare struck the blow. A large deposit of marl has bee iisc-overed on the plantation of . Rutledge Conners. near Eutawvilh Drangeburg county. Other deposit tave been found in Dorchester an Charleston counties. It is stated tlu ;he material is valuable as a fertili: Ladson .McClam, a negro, was ft :allv shot Sunday night near Lak ~it.- orift Charlpv Xplsnn is accuset It seems that Nelson and seven 5ther negroes intended to horsewhi McClam, who ran when they cam tear. Nelson, it is said, fired at hin inflicting a wound that afterwar raused death. GIVES UP COLUMBIA FRAXCH1SI \fl'air.s of Baseball Club in Hands t Cluirleston Man. Columbia, June 5.?The Columbi 'ranchise of the South Atlanti League has been surrendered to th eague. The affairs of the club ar tow in the hands of W. H. Walsh, c ?harl^ton. vice president of th eague. who is in Columbia. M tt'alsh will remain here tomorro jvhen, it is understood, the final di; losition of the team will be arrans ?d. It is probable that the Columbi :eam will go on the rc^d Monda n charge of the league. An agre< nent is possible by which businef nen of Columbia will take over th ?lub and operate it until the end c :he season. .M. M. Piatt, presider if the club, tonight formally turne it over to the league, and it was r< reived by Mr. Walsh in his capacit is vice president. It is understoo here that the team will not be a lowed to leave Columbia. OKAXGEBUKO LAI)Y HUKT. >Iiss O'Cain .Jumped From Bugg When Horse Kan Away. Orangeburg, .lune 6.?.Miss Zan O'Cain. daughter of Mr. J. W. O'Caii is reported in a serious condition j the result of a runaway on Ameli street about 5:30 this afternooi Miss O'Cain, accompanied by lit brother. Vernon O'Cain. was drivin by the corner of Amelia and Churc streets, when a part of the harnes broke, frightening the horse. In tl: excitement Miss O'Cain jumped froi the buggy, and the nervous shoe rendered her unconscious. She wj given attention at once by those nea by and is said to be doing as well < can he expected. Mr. O'Cain was ai injured beyond a severe shaking u] The buggy was partly demolished. P1XXEI) I'.XDFK AUTOMOBILE. Dr. and .Mrs. 1,1^011 in.iureu < at Orangeburg. Orangeburg, June t>.?Dr. A. ( Ligon and Mrs. Ligon were vei painfully injured when their autonu bile turned turtle about 12 o'eloc today. Dr. and Mrs. Ligon and the daughter, Miss Jeannette, were ri< ing just across the Edisto riv< bridge, when the car became ui manageable and slipped down tl; steel embankment, turning over sc eral times. Dr. and Mrs. Ligon wei pinned underneath the car, and r< mained in this position about twei ty minutes before help arrived. Mis Jeannette escaped practically unhur A medical examination disclose numerous cuts and bruises on tl: person of Dr. Ligon, one being e: tremely deep. However, he is q< thought to be hurt internally. Mr t icr.n cuctainpd covppal hrnices flhni tbe limta, but none are of a serioi nature, it is said. ? LAD AM) SISTER DROWNED. |j I Joy Rescued (Jirl, Then host Lifej S Trjing to Save Sister. 1 Saluda, June S.? Harry .Minis, 17 years old, and .Miss Evelina .Minis, k 1 his sister, were drowned this aiternoon when a boat capsized at Edwards .Mill Fond, on the outskirts of Saluda. With John .Minis, a brother of the victims, Tvree Crouch, .Misses Pearl . e . J A P^oeio I nner Pnrrip HpIIp 1. -~~o. jc Crouch and Lilv Lindler, they were: 7 c * rowing when their boat upset. The n three boys and Otis Edwards, in anl~ other boat, rescued all the girls ex cept Miss Minis, some of them after a they had gone down twice. Several i" i of them were taken to the bank un? conscious, but were revived. r - Harry Minis had already taken one girl ashore and plunged into the water again to save his sister, when his strength becoming exhausted, he f s. went down. His sister's body was * y recovered in about five minutes, but ^ ii I it was more tlian hair an nour oeiore r the lad's bod}* was found. Efforts t. at resuscitation proved futile. A o large crowd had gathered on the banks, among them all the doctors n in Saluda, but their best efforts at j> resuscitation went for naught. ? The mill pond, where the drownc ing occurred, is about ten feet deep. m \ It is a favorite resort of the young [t people, and a number of women and ^ , children were on the bank at the 2 time, but were powerless to aid. The funeral of the two victims will be held tomorrow at Red Bank j church. il TWO DIE IX COLLISION*. I p e Young Women Killed-' When Train i i, Strikes Automobile. * ^ d t Macon, Ga.. June 7.?Miss Alice c , Wrigley was instantly killed and MisS c Mary Pearson was so badly injured \ that she died late this afternoon \ when an automobile driven by Miss '1 Pearson was struck by a Central of a Georgia railroad passenger train, ten ic miles west of this city, this noon, t e Both of the young women belonged e to Macon's society set. v )f Miss Pearson was brought to a hos e pital in tnis city, wnere it was ruuuu r. that she had sustained a broken w back, broken leg and arm and intern5 al injuries. r. The young women were riding in a a car owned by W. M. Davis, which y Miss Pearson often drove. The collision caused an explosion ss and the fire that followed destroyed e the wooden work of the machine. )f Nothing but a few broken and bent it pieces of iron remained of the car. d Miss Pearson was a daughter of i- the late Sam H. Pearson, who was ;y a prominent business man. Miss d Wrigley's father, now dead, was 1- cashidr of the Old First National Bank here. FOR UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE. ;y New Danish Constitution Established in Parliament. ?. s a Copenhagen, via London. June 1 3. ?The Danish parliament today, on < ?s the anniversary of the signing of the ? a first constitution by Frederick VII in 1S49, unanimously passed the c ;r new constitution, which confers the I S suffrage on women and abolishes the < h special electoral privileges heretofore ' 5S exercised by the wealthier classes. 1 ie The king signed the legislation this 1 m afternoon. k A large number of women, com- I is posed of all classes, marched to the < r- palace where King Christian received I is a deputation, which, in behalf of the I >t women of Denmark, thanke^him for f P. their political emancipation. A dep- i utation of women also went to the ( parliament and thanked the govern- '< ment for conferring the franchise on < ,t women. il ? f (i'KT JOKES OS THE FA CI* LTV. s Wofl'ord Hoys Present Wig and Quart v of "Hooze." 3 k Snartanhnr? .Time a. At the last 4 ir meeting of the class of 1915 of Wofi ford this afternoon, when the con?r ferring of degrees, presenting gifts 1 i- and telling jokes on members of the i ie faculty were in order. Dr. John G. c r- Clinkscales, who ran for governor r "e last summer, and Prof. A. M. DuPre, r e- chairman of the steering committee t i- of the State prohibition forces, came C >s in for a large share of the ""honors." t t. Dr. Clinkscales was given a wig to 2 d protect his scalp from the burning s ie sun and pesky mosquitoes while en- t v- gaged in stump speaking. Prof. Du- 2 3t Pre was given a "tip" as to the best t s. manner in which to dispose of the i it booze question, viz: To drink it up, t is and a quart bottle of the "stuff" was s duly presented to him. ; 2 IRYAN QUITS THE CABINET >KCI.IXEI> TO SIGN* XOTK T(1 GKKMAXY. "ould Xot Reconcile Lusitaiiia, Xot< to His Peace Policy.?Hands in Hesitation to President. Washington, June S.?William ennings Bryan, three times Demoratic candidate for the presidencj >f the United States, and author oi learly thirty peace treaties with the irincipal nations of the world, reigned today as secretary of Statt .s a dramatic sequel to his disagreenent with President Wilson over tht ;overnment's policy toward Geruanv. The resignation was accepted b\ he president. The cabinet then apiroved the response which had beer irepared to the German reply to th( msitania note. Acting Secretarj Robert Lansing will sign the docunent and tomorrow it will be cablec 0 Berlin. Secretary Bryan will return tor priate life tomorrow, when his resig lation takes effect. It was learnec hat he intends to continue his polit cal support of the president. Rather than sign the documeni vhich lie believed might possibl} lraw the United States into war, .Mr 3ryan submitted his resignation it 1 letter declaring that "the issue in olved is of such moment that tc emain a member of the cabinei could be as unfair to you as it would >e to the cause which is nearest mj leart, the prevention of war." * The president accepted the resig lation in a letter of regret, tinged vith deep personal feeling of affec Tho lotfprc cnnstitutine th( >fficial announcement of Mr. Bryan's leparture from the cabinet to pri rat6 life, were made public at th< vhite house at 9 o'clock tonight They foHow: ? Letter of designation. Secretary Bryan's letter of resigna ion was as follows: "My Dear Mr. President: It is vilh sincere regret that I have reach :d the conclusion that I should re urn to you the commission of secre ary of State, with which you honor id me at the beginning of your ad ninistration. "Obedient to your sense of dutj ind actuated by the highest motives ou have prepared for transmissioi o the German government a note ir vhich I cannot join without ,violat ng what I deem to be an obligatior 0 my country, and the issue involv >d is of such moment that to remair 1 member of the cabinet would be as infair to you as it would be to th? :ause which is nearest my heart tamely, the prevention of war. "I, therefore, respectfully tendei ny resignation, to take effect wher he note is sent, unless you prefei in earlier hour. Alike desirous o eaching a peaceful solution of th< troblems arising out of the use o submarines against merchantmen ve find ourselves differing irrecon Pliably as to the methods whicl should be employed. "It falls to your lot to speak offi 'ially for the nation: I consider it tc -- 1 ~ v ^ntc f r\ on, je none me itsss lu uc xu.? uul< leavor as a private citizen 4o pro note the end which you have in viev >y means which you do not fee! a iberty to use. "In severing the intimate ant feasant relations which have exist ;d between us during the past tw< ears, permit me to acknowledge th< jrofound satisfaction which it ha: jiven me to be-associated with yoi n the important work which ha: ome before the State department ind to thank you for the courtesie: extended. "With the heartiest good wishe: or your personal welfare and for th< ;uccees of your administration, I am ny dear Mr. President, "(Signed) W. J. BRYAN." The president's letter to Mr. Brv in was as follows: Resident's Acceptance. "My Dear .Air. tsryan: 1 accey . our resignation only because yoi nsist upon its acceptance: and I ac ept it with much more than deei egret, with a feeling of personal sor ow. Our two years of close associa ion have been very delightful to me )ur judgments have accorded in prac ically every matter of official dut? ind of public policy until now:' youi support of the work and purposes o lie administration has been generoiu ind loyal beyond praise: your devo ion to the duties of your great offict ind your eagerness to take advan age of ?very great opportunity foi service it offered has been an ex< imple to the rest of us; you hav< < COWIIOYS CKOSS THK BOKDKK. Knter Mexican (Jarris?n anil at I'oint i of I titles Uescue American I>ads. Nogales, Arizona. June o.?A posse of ten American cowboys and f miners rode eight miles across the border into Santa Cruz, Sonora, this aiternoon, levelled their guns at the colonel commanding the garrison; while one hundred and fifty soldiers 1 looked on, and obtained the release of two American boys, kidnapped early today by three of the soldiers on the Arizona side of the border. The colonel gave up his two seventeen-year-old prisoners, George Vaughn, son of a storekeeper at Duquesne, and Henry Chang, son of a Chinese-American citizen, of Washington Camp, Arizona, without demur and the posse rode triumphantly back to the United States. Santa Cruz is garrisoned by forces of Jose Maytorena. the Villa gover ' nor of Sonora. Washington Camp, where the Mexicans captured the I boys, and Duquesne are border settlements twenty-five miles east of . ? V here. ' . ; > What was expected to be gained by th'e kidnapping of the boys was. not ascertained. O. K. Franklin, a miner, reported the kidnapping. He saw the three .Mexican soldiers, mounted, near the % border, driving the boys, who were ' on foot, ahead of them at the point of revolvers. The boys' hands were tied. ' ^ Army officers were notified, as was ' v j) Sheriff W. H. McKnight, who promptly started out from here with a posse. Meantime cowboys and miners from Duquesne had taken the trail, with , the announced intention, which they J proceeded to carry out, of going in r> Snnnra tn rPClMlA thf> hnVS i ? - ? 3 TRIED TO FORCE .JAIL; 3 DEAD. > Jailor, Officer and Brother of Prisoner Victims of Miami Tragedy. /#.' ' .Miami, Fla., June 2.?Three men . are dead as a result of an attempt today to gain ah entrance to the coun3 ty jail to release John Ashley, con. victed of the murder of a Seminole * . Indian and sentenced to die June 18. . The dead are: Wilbur W. Hendrick- ' . son, jailor; J. R. Riblett, a police of. ficer; Bob Ashley, brother of the condemned man. Shortly after 12:30 today, Bob Ashley approached the jailor's house, i called Hendrickson to the door and < i immediately shot him. f Sheriff Hardee caused the arrest of i others suspected of being implicated . in an attempt to free John Ashley. i Everybody is cool in the face of 5 the tragedy and Ashley will be.exe- * > cuted according to order of the gov r; , ernoj. FIGHT, THEN SHAKE HANDS. r ' S " ' Two Spartanburg Lawyer* "Mix It" * r in Court Room. ' Spartanburg, June 5.?The court of common pleas was the scene yes' terday of a lively personal encounter between former Governor John Gary 1 Evans and H. E. DePass, another . *' member of the bar. The fight followed .Mr. DePass' remark that the 5 former governor was a ? liar, and for some minutes the combatants " were allowed to engage each other in a rough and tumble encounter. .Mr. DePass was bloody from scratch, es, and the former governor showed a cut on the cheek. The difficulty arose in the course 5 of an argument of a suit against the " South Carolina Light, Power and s Railway company, in which Mr. De' Pass relented certain comment by 5 Mr. Evans upon the course his law ' partner. Mr. C. P. Sahders, has pur' | sued. A wordy war preceded the I fight. 5 Before the court had an opportuni* " ty to comment upon the affair both * lawyers made their apologies to the judge and to each other, shaking ? hands and thus closing the incident. earned our affectionate admiration and friendship. Even now we are N t not separated in the object we seek, ^ i but only in the method by which we . seek it. ) "It is for these reasons my feeling . about your retirement from the sec. retaryship of State goes so much deeper than regret. I sincerely deI ninrp it Our obiects are the same* ,* and we ought to pursue them top gether. I yield to your desire only f because I must and wish to bid you 5 Godspeed in the parting. We shall - continue to work for the same causes > even when we do not work in the - same way. * r "With affectionate regard, sincere ly yours, > "WOODROW WILSON." ; % %