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Hamburg Sjrralb ] ^_______????______________ One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1915. Established 1891. . | COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. * News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. * Kearse Dots. Kearse. July 19.?Guess the weather has been too warm for the past fnv mip "01rl Time" Cor respondent to give us any news, sc , perhaps a few notes from a substitute will be read with interest. Miss Eloise Brabham, who has been head trimmer at C. F. Rizer's millinery department the past sea son. is at home again. Mrs. X. P. SmoaK, and daughter i and Mr. Raymond Smoak, of Bamberg, spent a few days this week ai the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F K earse. Sr. Miss Annie Halford, of Blackville 1 in (Mil- millet fnr o fpw uod ucca xu vui U4?wwv ? ? ? M > weeks, returned home last Thursday Miss Cressida Breland going with hei for a visit to friends and relatives there. Mr. Euwart Brabham, and his , bride of a few months are at his ; parents' home, Mr. and Mrs. L. A lr Brabham's, for a while. Mr. Brabham has been in West Virginia in the employ of the S. A. L. railroad foi the past year. Misses Cara and Dora McMillan of the Colston section, and Zelma anc Belle Breland, of Olar, have beer visitiug Misses Hilda and Winnie Kearse this week. Those who en1 joyed a little social gathering giver in their honor were: Misses Kathleen Oswald, Ettie Kearse, Dora anc Cara McMillan^ Zelma and Belle Breland, Hilda and Winnie Kearse; Messrs. Carl and Faber Kearse, EnS nis Breland. Elvin Kearse, Fayette Breland, Earl Kearse, and Raymonc Smoak, of Bamberg. Dr. S. W. Breland and Messrs. Johr Murray and Felder Breland, of Hoi; / ly Hill, visited at the home of Mr and Mrs. J. F. Kearse, Sr., this week Dr. Breland is a May graduate oi the Baltimore Dental college and is now ready to begin work in his pro? fession. We wish for him much success, for he is a bright, deserving young man and we feel he is to make a record as a dentist second to none Ehrhardt Items. : 1 Ehrhardt, July 19.?A number of friends and relatives enjoyec - . ?? ^ j A xu a nsn iry a.i an-. auu .?no. Kinard's Friday, given in honor ol their son, Laurie. Mrs. Bertie Zeigler has returnee from a pleasant visit to Reevesville. Miss Connie Hunter, of Bamberg is visiting Miss Carrie Lee Hiers. ' t. Mrs. J. A. McCormack, of Lodge is visiting her son, Mr. Joe Copeland Mr. Phillip Clayton, of Cameron has returned home after a few days stay with his father, Mr. Georg* Clayton, who is slowly improving. Mr. G. L. Kinard and daughter Ruby, spent Saturday night and Sun day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs G. F. Kinara. St. John's News. ft < PI '! St. John's, July 20.?We are hav ing some ven warm weather now The protracted meeting is beinc carried on at St. John's now. W< have had a fine meeting so far, anc we hope it will continue so. Mr. Frank Hiers and sister, fron | ? Hampton, ere visiting there uncles Messrs. P. M., C. M., G. T. and W D. Kinard. Mr. Bearing Cope, fron Port Royal is visiting them also. .4 Mr. George Kinard and Miss Car rie Piatts were happily married Sun day morning. July 18, at the home \ of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs J. D. Piatts, the pastor of St John'; church performing the ceremony Mr. Sycamore Piatts. Miss Laun \t r> T.avtnn Kinard. anc UUUU "iu, .ui. vx,- , Miss Florrie Platts were the attend . ants if "Mrs. Bana Mears, from Charles I ton. is visiting her sisters. Mrs. T ^ J. Hurndon. Mrs. C. L. Brant, Mrs H. W. Chitty, and Mrs. J. C. Bre ? land. I Misse* Rosa. Carrie, and Addi< Brountons have returned to theii home in Georgetown after visitins their aunt. Mrs. R. C. Player. . a Miss Mattie Lou Hiers was th< guest of Miss Viola Aver last Satur j,. day night. Miss Myrtle Sease is the guest 01 [ Mrs. William Kinard. Mr. Edward Lyons was the guesi of Mr. Willie Brown last Sunda} night. Mr. .Joe Hiers was the guest of Mr .7. P. Hiers last Saturday night. E. N. D. i ' I $6,100 SHOKT, SAV KXPKHTS. Jkl Kej?ort Follows Examination of Bank ? of laxlge. SO ' Walterboro, July 14.?A committee of expert accountants has just finished checking the books of the * *a Bank of Lodge, at Lodge, in the upper end of Colleton county, and they have reported to the officers an apparent shortage of $6,100. the same . being scattered over a period of three! pa years, since the bank was organized J frt i C. L. Gooche was cashier of this bank set until a short while ago. The former j cashier claims, it is said, that the; (hi . alleged shortage is merely the result; da . j of irregularities or mistakes in book-| ch keeping. ; de The bank examiner made his usual j ! insuection about a month ago, and re- x | ported nothing wrong with the books! tit , of the bank, but the officers, on ac-|ch count of.the bank not pacing asjof large dividends as they thought it|ga should and for other reasons, decid-j ! ed to have a thorough examination' . ' na made which resulted as above. Mr. H 1 Gooche had been with the bank since! . it was organized. It is understood i * > an that the matter has been reported to: J the bonding company, in which he is ^ . bonded in the sum of $5,000. While the books are alleged to show a short_! age of the $6,100, no charge hasi**1' J been made bv the accountants or the * I ^ . j officers of the bank, and every op- a" portunity will be afforded those in- cai terested to show that the shortage >e j | is only the result of bad bookkeep- Le ,1 ing. The alleged shortage has in no af1 ? | way interfered w ith the business of a the bank, which is in excellent cont dition. While the matter has been M the cause of much conversation as [ throughout the county for some time, eit yet it has not been heralded sensa- tic . tionally, and everyone seems perfect- toi lv satisfied to wait for matters to gil > clear up themselves. fai j Dr. W. M. Moorer, a practicing mt physician of Lodge, is president of l the bank. Cyril Fox, who has been tai . assistant cashier, is now acting cash- wl ier. Among the directors may be pi: mentioned Dr. -Moorer, W. M. Fox, cli f| A. P. Carter, A Bennett, and J. B. inj . Miiey, all prominent in their com- vi< . munity and well-known financially ha , and otherwise all other the county, an BAPTIST MEETING ENDS. ; pr Conference in Greenville Well attend- J.0 da ed I>uring Week. Greenville, July 16.?The Baptist * k/v/VAn Kat>0 loot comerence, wuitu ucgou uci^ ' Sunday, came to a close this even ing with the last of the Chautauqua ^ lectures. The conference has been well attended throughout, as well as an the meeting of the conference proper, an A constructive and comprehensive Gr * course of study was mapped out for co the conference, each day's wort bear- tw ' ing relation to the work which had th ' gone before. - ta! ; The meetings today were not so re* well attended as others owing to the fe^ i fact that many of the delegates re- er turned to their hcfaies Thursday even- tal ' . ing or this morning. he GRANTED BAIL. ha Application for Men Held in ConnecCP' tion With Fairfield Tragedy. sic Laurens, July 15.?Applications v*( for bail in habeas corpus proceedings t*1 r were heard here this afternoon be- W? ? fore Associate Justice R. C. Watts, st{ 1 in the case of Ernest Isenhower, in Jesse Morrison and James D. Rawls, W - * J ^ n OAfirOptiATl UE j oi r airneiu cuuuii, iu with the recent tragedy at Winnsboro court house, when Sheriff Hood and Pe i others were killed. Bail was grant- en ed in the sum of $7,500, $5,000 and u'i . $3,500, respectfully. Isenhower. one a? . of the defendants, was present at the in' > hearing and was represented by C. L. Blease. A. L. Gaston and J. W. 5 Hannahan represented Morrison and jy . jRawls. Solicitor R. A. Cooper ap? peared for the State, representing 1 the interests of Solicitor Henrv. In m< . addition to several affidavits present- w ed, defendants' attorneys made brief | CO . arguments in behalf of their clients. ^ Cooper read the proceedings of the ^ inquest held at Winnsboro and foloxi . lowed this with a short argument op- \ I posing the motion for bail. A crowd! 1 ? ed court room heard the proceedings, r which lasted over an hour. I " r _ | bu ' Mr. and Mrs. William Parsons, of hil Grenlock, X. J., are receiving con- ; nis i\gratulations upon the birth of the it "j first girl baby born in the Parsons NV? I families since lSr.R, j wl i During the service of a Middle-; j. t town, Conn., church, a dog walked r] up the main aisle and lay down be- j | fore the pulpit. As he made no dis- th; . i turbance. no one put him out. and in ; he lay there throughout the rest of wr j the service. . i,( I THE PALMETTO STATE ME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IX SOUTH CAROLINA. tte News Roiled Down for Quick Reading.?Paragraphs Alwut Men and Happenings. Governor Manning has granted a role to Bob Dobson, a white man >m Spartanburg, who is serving a atence for burglary. Fifty-six cases were tried before e police recorder of Columbia Mon-| y. .Most of the defendants were! arged with being drunk and disor-j rly. B. F. Earle, R. W. Hammond and B. Cheshire, of Anderson, have peioned the secretary of State for a arter for the "Feeders and Clothers the World." a secret farmers' ornization. The Iowa Fireman's association s offered to pay the Swamp Fox )se Company, the fire company of: irion. $1,000 to bring its wagon; d horses to Iowa City, Iowa, for the emen's tournament to be held ere July 20, 21 and 22. Samuel Kemmerlin, a member of: e Santee Rifle company, of Elloree, | is killed by a train Saturday night,! ter he had returned from the en-i npment at Greenville. He was 2S j ars of age. He was buried at Mt.! ibanon Lutheran church Sunday j ternoon. His company attended in; body. Tom Acton, aged 70, was shot and lied, and Virgil Byrd, 22, is deadj the result of knife wounds re-! to/* in ficrhfc urnwinf Out of domes-' 'CU AAA O * v * - " O j : troubles Sunday at Conway. Ac-1 a was killed by Jacob Byrd, Vir-j ,'s father, after the son had been | tally injured by Acton, the young in's father-in-law. A legal test will be made in Sparnburg in a few days to determine tether the game or golf may be, tyed on Sunday at the Country j lb of Spartanburg, without violatl the State laws. Residents of the ;inity in which the club is located ve complained of Sunday playing d the club authorities claim that ice the club grounds are private operty the members have a right play golf on Sunday or any other y. TWO SISTERS DIE IX A DAY. ?ame Suddenly 111 After Taking Anti -Typhoid Serum. St. Matthews. July 14.?The fourd-a-half-year-old daughter of Mr. d Mrs. O'Ne&l Sandel, of Pine ove, near Lone Star, in Calhoun J unty, died this morning, and their j o-and-a-half-year-old daughter died: is afternoon. Both children were! ken ill last night, after each had :eived an injection of anti-typhoid rer serum. It is stated that neithshowed any signs of illness before king the serum, and the belief is Id by 6ome that the serum was the I use of their deaths, although such s not been definitely established, is also said that a portion of the rum used is in the hands of a phy;ian, who will examine it with a jw of ascertaining, if possible, wheer or not the effects of the serum is fatal to the two little girls. It is ited that the injections were made the usual manner and that the ness of the children was wholly iexpected. Great sympathy is expressed by the ople of the community for the parts who have been doubly bereaved j thin the space of a few hours. Mr. j d Mrs. Sandel have one child, an! fant, left. GIVES OWN FIRE ALARM. azing Auto Toots Horn Until Assistance Arrives. Sumter. July 15.?Wednesday Drning the family of R. F. Haynes>rth was attracted by the loud and ntinued blowing of their automoe horn and upon investigation it us found that the automobile was fire and the blowing of the horn is caused by the fire. The blaze, is extinguished after The automo_ ??j A r? o onH the f e nau ueeil uaui; tia.miscu V..V. ilding partly burned. The automoe had not been used since the jht before and it is supposed that j caught from a short circuit. Any-! iy it was this short circuit or fire lich caused the horn to give the i irm before the fire had spread to further damage. Recent government figures showj at only one person in every 1,000 Denmark is unable to read and ite, compared with seven in each i )00 in the I'nited States. THAW SHARKS OFF LAW. Jury's Verdict Declaring Thaw Sane Adopted by Supreme Court Justice. New York, July 16.?Harry K, Thaw shook off the grip of the law today, motored down Broadway to the applause of admirers, crossed the ferry to Jersey City, bade the sheriff good bye and whirled'away toward Philadelphia, followed by a procession of automobiles filled with newspaper men. -He reached Newark, ten miles away, about 2 o'clock and stopped lor luncheon. A crowd quickly assembled outside the restaurant. They cheered him. Thaw's announced intention was to motor to Philadelphia and there take a train for Pittsburg. Outside Newark, Thaw lost som of the cars which followed him. Apparently he had headed back for New York as a ruse to elude the newspaper men. This created somt speculation, as he had previously said he wanted to attend a theatrical performance on Broadway tonight and had abandoned the idea rathei reluctantly. Free After Nine Years. For the first time in over nine years Thaw was free today to go and come as he pleased. Supreme Courl Justice Hendrick, shortly before noon announced that he had adopted the verdict of the jury which Wednesday found Thaw sane. The writ committing Thaw to Matteawan seven years ago thereupon automatically became inoperative. The State's lawyers appealed and Thaw was released on $35,000 bail Under the terms of the bond he is to hold himself amenable Jo the court's orders until the appeal is finally decided. Meantime he may gc wherever he pleases. Thaw seemed delighted. He said he was very happy and frequentlj stood up in his automobile to bow tc those around him. What Thaw's attitude would be towards Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was a matter o'f considerable speculation. He would not return a direct answer tc any pucstion on this point. When one interviewer asked him if he expected to see her soon Thaw lookec at his questioner steadily for a few moments and turned away withoul a word. CLAIM t\ S. HOLDING FUNDS. Suit for Division of $68,072,388 Entered In Supreme Court. Washington, July 16.?Claiming that Secretary McAdoo of the treasury department is the custodian of a fund of $68,072,388, gathered intc the treasury as the fruit of the labors of slaves in the Southern States be tween the years 1859 and 1868, H N. Johnson, of Louisiana, R. Bowers of Texas, C. B. Williams, of Mississippi, and Mamie Thompson, of Tennessee, have filed suit in the supreme court of the District of Columbia foi recovery ana tne esiauusnmcui <jl e lien on the fund for their alleged share and for such others as may be entitled. The court is told that the claimants were subject to a systeir of involuntary servitude in the Southern States and performed work in the production of cotton and in its preparation for market, and that the fund was collected by the governmeni as internal revenue on raw cotton. The title of the United States is questioned by the plaintiffs, who saj that this sum is not the legitimate property of the United States anc should be distributed among those by whose labor cotton yielding the revenue was produced. The plaintiffs further declare that the system ol involuntary servitude by which plaintiffs were dominated forced them anc their ancestors against their will tc render the labor while in justifiable fear of bodily harm or destruction. Through Attorney E. M. Hewlett of the local oar: uornenus .). .Junes of Muskogee. Okla., and H. A. Guess the plaintiffs ask that the matter to referred to a master in chancery tc take proof of their claims. DEATH SENTENCE STAYED. Appeal Before Supreme Court in Case of Bo<jus Sanders. Columbia. July 1 fl.?Electrocution of Bogus Sanders, a Columbia negro, convicted of murder, was stayed at ?i'? loot mninont tndflv when his counsel obtained by telegraph from Solicitor Cobb, attending a fraternal convention at St. Paul. Minn., information for juison officials that appeal to the supreme court, staying execution, had been filed with hii?i. The solicitor left here without advising the prison officials, they declared. Read The Herald, $1.50 year. -? \ ?% . . ' , . PRISONER STABS FRANK THROAT ( I T WHILK CONVICTED MAN SLEPT. ( Wliile Condition is Precarious, Pliy. sicians Have Ho|>e for His Recovery. Milledgeville, Ga., .July 20.?Improvement in the condition of Leo M. Frank was announced tonight by physicians attending him, and they continued hopeful for his recovery from the knife wound inflicted by J. William Creen, a fellow convict at the Georgia prison farm here. The following official bulletin, signed by Drs. G. D. Compton, Thomas M. Hall and Harry .Moses, was made public: "At 5 p. m. Leo M. Frank's pulse | was 88, temperature 100.4, respirar' tion 18. Wound is draining freel> j and temperature falling. We consider his condition satisfactory." [ .Members of the State prison commission will come here Saturday tc investigate the attack on Frank. j Milledgeville, Ga., July 18.?Lec . M. Frank lay in the Georgia State prison hospital tonight with what at^ tendants said was a fighting chance 'r for recovery. Physicians had succeeded in stopping the flow of blooc . from a jagged wound in his throal > ?" J ? ? l/rii fn i r? t Vl ? J IXlctue Willi <111 impiuuocu nunc 1U I.UV hands of William Creen, a fellow con[ vict also serving a life term for murder. The blow was struck as Frank ' slept in his bunk in a dormitory late k last night. % [ Creen said today, when taken fron ) solitary confinement long enough* tc be questioned, that he planned the I attack alone and that no one knew r what he intended to do. He was noi ( communicative today and gave as hi? only excuse that "he thought il should be done." He said, however that he regretted his act. k Attack Unexpected. , Frank was quartered at night in a i dormitory with about one hundred . other prisoners and occupied a bunk [ about forty feet from one of the twc P doors to the ldrge room. Creen's ; bunk was fourth from his. No prisoner is allowed to leave his place without permission from one of the two guards stationed at the dormitory at night. Shortly after 11 ' o'clock last night Creen called out for permission to get up, and it was . granted. ; He started down the line of bunks toward the one occupied by Frank, t As he reached it he quickly^grabbed > Frank by the hair and delivered one s blow with the knife he had concealed The attack was witnessed by the . guard, who rushed to the bunk and , prevented Creen from striking again Creen was overpowered and among prisoners who rushed to Frank's aid s were two physicians, one of whom al' so was serving a life term for muri der. 1 25 Stitches Taken. The two convict-physicians gave ' first aid add treated the wound until 1 Dr. Guy Compton, the prison physician, was summoned from his home 1 half a mile away. The three mer ' took twenty-five stitches in Frank's * neck. Dr. H.' .T. Rosenberg, the ^ Frank family physician, arrived frorr Atlanta today with nurses. He said ' that while his condition is precarious he has a chance for life. Mrs ' Frank's brother, M. Marcus, of At' lanta, also accompanied Dr. Rosenberg. Mrs. Frank was in Milledgeville al t the home of J. M. Burns. She was f! _ ... ..... j not told of the attacK until aiter mt ' I physicians had finished their work ' j She became hysterical, but later was ' | calmed and was taken to the prison 'j hospital, where she has remained ! since. Frank has asked the prison doc' | tors again if they thought he woulc ' j live. !| "You have a good chance to recov' er," he was told today. Frank smiled. "Don't punish the man who attacked me." he said, "1 have nothing to fear. There is noth> ing between me and God. I will be able to prove to the world that I am innocent of the crime of which they ! accuse me if they give me a chance." I "Doctor." he. said, late this after. i 1 . J noon. "I am going to live. I must [live. I must vindicate myself." \'o Plot, (Yeon Declares. Creen asserted that there was no plot. He said that he had inspiration that he should kill Frank, and plotted alone to kill him. He told of aiding in the butchering of hogs ! on Saturday morning, how he had i hidden a butcher knife, that had been i made out of a big file, in his cloth; ing, carried it to bed with him, how - - ~ - - . < J . .J MOKE RESTRICTION OX COTTON. ??? * England Plans to IJniit Export to ! Xeutral Countries to Actual Xeeds. London, July 15.?The British . government hopes very shortly to . limit the export of cotton to neutral countries to the precise amount of actual need. The .Marquis of Crewe, lord presiHcnt of the council and liberal leadpr in the house of lords, made an announcement to this effect in the upper house. The Marquis of Crewe's statement ' was made in reply to a series of questions by Baron Charnwood regarding ; the supply of cotton and other material through neutral countries to Germany, and whether the government > had found that the measures taken s since March 1 were effective. The real question, he thought, was ! whether it was advisable to add cot ton to the contraband list. On that ' question there had been a number of misunderstandings "and misapprehen- V sions and some of them, the speaker said, undoubtedly obtained not only ? in this country, but in neutral countrips iSi So far as could be ascertained, he ? continued, the naval measures taken i to prevent fresh supplies of cotton from reaching Germany had been sue- t ( cessful. The government hoped by continual friendly negotiations to.im1 prove the position progressing toward , ^ : what must be their main purpose; i namely, to limit the exports to those - neutral countries to the precise - amount of their actual needs calcu; lated on the average imports which i they had employed at home during the last few years. 1 Under Present System. ' The Marquis of Crewe said that on ! this question of >contraband there could be no magic in the mere dec- j, 'f-. * laration of any commodity as contra' band so long as the government pur' sued its present system of examining ' all goods. He did not think anyone \frould suppose that under international law or the most elementary 1 rules of fair play it was possible to 1 institute a blockade of neutral coun: tries with whom England had no > quarrel. ! therefore, the government had adopted a policy, which admittedly ! was novel, but which was rendered > necessary by the changed conditions of maritime warfare. The desire of the government was to admit the ex; port to neutral countries of goods ?. representing the needs of these coun: tries, and absolutely no more. !|. "In the United States," he said, J "the placing of cotton on the contra1 band list would cause no small -amount of alarm, and the government is convinced that so far as the ! entrance of cotton into Germany is / ' ' concerned we should gain no benefit. At present we stand better in in- , , ,-j > structed public opinion in the United 1 States -than our enemies, and, there fore, unless it is clear that a change of this kind is absolutely necessary, the government is averse to taking t action, which would be regarded by ? a particular interest in the Southern I States of America as being unfriend, "I certainly am not going to say i that if the military considerations 5 were found td be paramount we ? might not have to face corresponding , disadvantages, ^nd we should be un[ wise to bind ourselves strictly." * A young lady in Nantucket was awakened from her slumbers last Thursday morning by the sound of rain falling heavily on the roof. The t "rain" proved to be the flying embers . from a nearby fire. > ; he attacked Frank as the latter slept. Creen admitted that he had talked > with convicts on the Frank case, but i! said that they had not influenced him I in any way. He took all the blame for the crime on his own shoulders, and said while he thought at the I time that he was doing right, he now regretted his act. Superintendent Smith said this afternoon that CiVjen had not been per(jmitted to read newspapers or antii Frank literature. ^ . r Creen Studied Bible, s "Creen read the Bible." said the i superintendent. "The Bible was furI nished to him at the library. He [ studied it whenever he had an odd 'moment. He seemed to be getting . ,, f | religion. I know that Creen was a i bad man, but never dreamed that he i would attack a fellow convict. I had .instructed the guards not to pick a | quarrel with him, as it might result : seriously." "Did Creen have a quarrel with Frank?' he was asked. "No, absolutely no," said the superintendent. "They appeared to be friends. That's why the attack is all the more shocking." 1', M ' ':<S ' 1 ^ ' 1