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mw - " - L ' EL /h y& k altr lamhrrg ffimtlii 1 One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, JULY 29 1915. Established 1891. ^=====^===^^=^================, 1 I I COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS B IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. fe V \ News Items Gathered All Around the vj County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt News. SI Itfc Ehrhardt, July 26.?What has be- j ^ come of our regular correspondent of | this city? We miss his newsfeo much " ?to be sure he can still find somej. thing to write about. * We are having a cool change in ^ weather, makes everyone feel fine: see some carrying their coats with ^ them, guess it will soon be over. ^ We had a rare game of ball last week. Our regular team not having ^ much work on their diamond and ; n< amusement being a little dull, got up; a "game" consisting of married vs-jq. single men. Of course the marrieds could not compete, so they lost, score ^ 14 to 7. Well the next thing on docket is H the Chrocketville picnic Thursday. Lot of our people are thinking of going; some of the younger set are w limbering up for the dance department. Say they will "turkey trot" whether any to eat or not. Mr. J. H. Kinard, the newly elect-' ! 6? ed magistrate here, must think that i he has his trap baited with sure catch| bait as his five room cage on Main j street is being rushed. Joe, you may' ^ * have to go to fight those Germans?.'^ Messrs. Chas. Ehrhardt and J. E.! ^ Folk report some fine fish fries at , Howell's old mill and New Bridge. ^ Say they have caught out Howell's I ^ old mill; only two trout left and (^ they "will not bite." Mr. Folk thinks ! fishing is some job, bait scarce, hook j ^ fastened mosquitoes and red bugs, Lj 'o'lino rtfp 1 nw Blinni-nc down on cv-1 "** rr ? ? | p; press knees, etc., but they continue to go. AI Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Kinard returned last Friday from a visit to > friends and relatives at Port Royal :Trj ? and Beaufort. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ehrhardt are | visiting their daughter, Mrs. Ritchie,' of Albermarle, X. C. q Some of our folks are very busy now canning fruit, vegetables, ber- re ries, etc. Xo bad idea. . , Mr. Robt. Hughes and Miss Ray, of Colston, were married last week at . ~ te the Baptist parsonage. ^ Miss Olive Folk, of Holly Hill, S. C., was in town a few days last week H on her way to visit her sister, Mrs. gt William Fender, of route 2. The farmers have about completed h, i ' the making of this year's crop. Say ' v they have had a tough year. Xo. the work was not like 6hooting birds on the ground. It has been plenty "gamey" and hope the reward will be high price in marketing this fall. cj s . Mrs. H. L. Beck has been quite ill, e, but at this writing am glad to notej t that she is improving. IDLER. r k' " si n Colston News. Colston, July 26.?One of the ^ most eniovable picnics of the season ^ , was that given at the home of Mr. j ^ G. H. Kearse July 21st, the date he-j ing the seventy-seventh birthday of | the twins, Mrs. Kear6e and M*-s. Inabi- \ ^ net, who were formerly Misses Mary!" and Martha Sease. A remarkable . VI fact is that Mr. Kearse is of the samel, le age, and Mrs. Inabinet, being a wid-jg ow, resides with them, making three people in one home aged seventy- ] seven. Many friends and relatives^ were present to wish them many returns of the day, among whom were Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Rast, of Cameron. Mr. W. G. Sease. of Orangeburg, and Mr. W. Gordon Kearse. of Columbia, d Miss Nannie Ray and Mr. Robert M L. Hughes were married in Ehrhardt I n< Wednesday, July 21st. Miss Ray was m .? one of the most popular girls of this st community and will De greany miss- w ed. We congratulate the happy c-ou- j I>le. I fc Mr. W. Gordon Kearse returned tojw Columbia Sunday after a short visit!Si j. to his father. Miss Annie Mae Yarn, who was thejai ? guest of Miss Minnie Kirkland. has j la returned to her home in Bamberg. ti Miss Evelyn Kirkland is .visitingid; Mrs. Hunt in Savannah. !b< Miss Elvie Kearse is visiting Mrs. jei J. H. Roberts, in Ehrhardt. ;tl Malone and Ollie Yarn are the fe guests of their grand parents. Mr.! and Mrs. P. M. Yarn. jsi Miss Louise Wiggins is visiting m Miss Laura McMillan. ;p< Mrs. Louisa Sease. of Orangeburg: j Mrs. W. P. Sandifer and little son. of C Denmark, are the guests of Mr. and d; Mrs. G. H. Kearse. Miss Nannie Farmer, who has been;Si -visiting Misses Elvie and Claire in Kearse has returned to her home at;B News Ferry, Va. RUSTICUS. ?T W * ]>enmark News. Denmark, July 24.?Miss Lu ess Wroton is in Columbia for >w days, en route to Portsmout a. Miss Onie Brux. of Midville. Ga., siting Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Boozer. .Miss Gladys Milhous, of Columbi >ent several days with friends he lis week. After a week's stay in Savanna a.. Mr. and Mrs. John Martin. Jol artin, Jr., and Mrs. Frank Str ?on have returned, accompanied iss Marguerite McMillan, of Sava ih. and Miss Reba Wiggins, of A .ista. Mrs. Payne and grandaughter, rashington, D. C., are guests of Mi . O. Rice. Mrs. Turrentine and Mrs. Hoyt e stained at cards on Thursday afte aon. Mrs. S. G. Mayfleld returned la iturday from Greenville. Miss Ida C. Hardin has returned ?r home at Clover after sever eeks' visit to her son,.Prof. H. ardin. Capt. James M. Moss, of Camerc id Mr. William McXab, of Barnwe ere guests of Mr. W. L. Riley, Su iy. Miss Hattie X. Rice is enjoying estern trip, including the Panar cposition. The Boy Scouts are enjoying eek's camp at the river. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. C. Walker ai leir attractive children were in toM 'ednesday, en route to Orangebu om Savannah. Mr. and Mrs. George Riley ai isses Sara Vivian and Julia Ril? ' Atlanta, are visiting relativ ?re. Mr. Malcom MoRae left Saturd ?r Union, having accepted a pa on with the Milhouse Drug Coi my there. Mrs. M. R. Riley and Miss Ma oss. of Norway, spent Wednesd ith Mrs. W. L. Califf. Mrs. A. H. Pregnall, of Florence, siting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. . Steadman. Dr. John G. Clinkscales, of Spa .nburg, visited his nephew, Rev. i . Hardin last week. Mrs. Tindall, of Holly Hill, h (turned home, having spent a we< ith Mrs. J. H. Wiggins. Mi6s Nita Phillips returned to Sui r Tuesday after a visit to her aui rs. S. D. Guess. Mrs. J. H. Walker and Miss Ma ane Walker have returned from ay on Sullivan's Island. Mrs. George Turner and childr ive gone to Creston for a wee! ay- i Branchville Items. Branchville, July 24.?The Ro< ub was entertained on Tuesd rening by Miss Rachel Grimes. Mesdames G. W. Reeves and Wa >n have gone to Hendersonville >end the summer. About 40 of the young people wi >veral chaperons have return om a camping trip on Sand islam Mrs. Ike Crim is visiting friends eorgia. A card party was enjoyed by t >ung people at the home of Mr. ai rs. McHornica on Friday evenin? The Rev. Mr. Woodle. of Sandei He. Ga.. assisted the Rev. A. J. i n in a series of services at t aptist church the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Bird, of Jacksonvil re the guests at the home of t irmer's father here. Hunter's Chapel News. Hunter's Chapel, July 27.?Dr. . Chapman and Rev. W. R. \ illan came down last Sunday aft< oon from Bamberg and Dr. Cha an made an address on the "Ju >n Centenial Memorial Func hich was listened to with interest At the Zion Sunday-school in t irenoon a missionary prograrnr as carried out, in wmcn .nr. u. abin made a good talk. Messrs. Clifton and St. Clair Rho ad Ralph Rentz spent nearly all st week on a camp fishing expe< on on the Edisto and on .Wedm iv their friends and relatives, nui aring about fifty, went down ai ijoyed eating fish and other goi lings. The bath was also a go< ature. especially for the children. Mr. O. F. Hunter, who has be lending his vacation in this coi lunity, returned yesterday to 1 3st of duty in Washington. D. C. Mrs. X. R. Rhoad spent a few da l Ferguson. S. C.. visiting h jughter, Mrs. G. W. Hunter. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Herndon spe iturday and Sunday at Hilda vis ig their daughters, Mrs. Ju! lack and Mrs. Chessie Highto\v< hey went with Capt. D. Rice Steed! IN THE PALMETTO STATE la O a;SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS h'j KINDS IX SOUTH CAROLINA. is' ??? State News RoiIe<l Down for Quick th ja Reading.?Paragraphs About ^ re Men and Happenings. b in h. Work on improvements which will to in cost $150,000, have been begun at a ir- the State Hispital for the Insane in Ve by Columbia. I Ci n" R. B. Belser has been elected to ar u_ the house of representatives from or Sumter county, to succeed Hon. Geo. de of W. Dick, resigned. be rs* Kim Hopkins, colored, was arrested in Columbia Friday, charged with n" the theft of $400 from W. M. Woods, ta 5r" of that place. More than $300 of the bt money was recovered by the police. ^ 1 Governor Manning has written st each of the fifteen governors of the |sv j Southern States inviting them to atq tend the session of the Southern Com- n( mercial congress at Charleston in De-jh( I t}i cember. I ,n> ! th U> At the meeting of the South Caro- ^ n. lina Sheriffs' association in Green-I ville last week, it was decided to! , i ta a erect a monument to the memory of|re na the late Sheriff Adam D. Hood, of Fairfield. a Lee Fraser has been committed to jail in Edgefield, charged with theiw ad killing of Norman Mavson, near Tren- p, vn ton. It is alleged the dead man <<] rg struck Fraser with an iron rod, pj whereupon Fraser shot him. ea ad Jessie R. Robinson, aged 26, work- ca ing as a lineman at Greenville, was m es killed Monday afternoon when he g( came in contact with two wires car- ec &y rying 2,300 volts. All efforts at reB^" suscitation were unavailing. ec 31" Superintendent Williams of the State Hospital for the Insane, has jar ry appointed Rev. J. M. Pike, formerly cc aj editor of the Way of Faith, chaplain of the State Hospital for the Insane. ^ 1S The position pays $50 per mohth. Policeman Whitworth, of Richland i* county returned from Oklahoma tr- ? City, Okla., to Columbia Thursday night, bringing with him S. S. Cook, a ag former member of the Columbia fire|of j. department, who is charged with is- jcc suing checks when he had no money ct _ in the bank. ^ ii- j-j lt Plans and specifications for the ^ light draft lighthouse tender Palmetry to for use in the sixth lighthouse disa trict, with headquarters at Charles- ' ton, have been completed and will j en be sent to bidders this week. The^ c's vessel when completed will be one ja of the finest in the service. st C. Zaglin, who conducts a fruit ai store in Greenville, plead guilty to j ar storing and selling whiskey last' dl week. He will lose hi6 license to dolm a>' business in that city and is the first !tj, person to lose his license under the ( Lr" ordinance which forever bars from *0 business in that city those who are convicted of selling liquor. The mayor of Mt Pleasant has re- Bi ed quested the governor to reopen the Mt. Pleasant dispensary, which was *n closed during the encampment of militia there. The reason assigned of is that the militiamen go to Charles- hs Q<* ton and get their whiskey, and that1 a| ' the closing of the dispensary does not'm s~ prevent them from buying intoxi- to cants. of he . |d At the iniunction proceedings in)_ ie Laurens last week J. Fraser Lyon J he appeared as special counsel for thejca commission. The attorney general ^ objected to the appearance of Mr. Lyon, on the ground that the attorney general had not been consulted J. as to the employment of Mr. Lyon. tP tc- The court sustained the objection. ^ jr- and Mr. Lyon took no further part pa ip- in the proceedings. d- ac ^ ~ The State board of health in ses- be sion in Columbia last week, voted to c0 " extend an invitation for the national m e association for the study of pellagra th to meet there. It was indicated at q, ' the session that the board felt as- gr sured this invitation would be ac- m . cepted and the conference held later in the summer. Dr. Robert Wilson, of Charleston, chairman of the board, . *S- i * and Dr. James A. Hayne. secretary, 11- . . were named as a committee .to preid . pare for the meeting, od ' m od who is as genial and clever as can t0 be?if he can keep his auto out of nc en Clear Pond. Wl :n- Mr. D. O. Hunter had a reunion lis of his family on the banks of the to Edisto river Friday. Fifteen of the PT ys sixieen imwchi emu a uuc ww*er ner with fruits, melons and lemon- ar ade. was served. A plunge into the nt water was also enjoyed. ti1 it- Mr. J. G. Rhoad's cannery is busy m ia these days canning vegetables and er jr. fruit. Mr. A. W. Hunter has had a th ly, lot of fine peaches canned. w< '' WHY HE SLASHED FKAXK. een Feared Attack of >l<rt) in Attempting to Lynch Flank. Milledgeville, Ga., July 24.?Wil im Creen stabbed Leo M. Frank ir e prison here last Saturday nighi (cause he feared the prison woulc s attacked by a mab bent on lynch g Frank, he told Governor Harris day. The governor came here wit! committee of the legislature to in stigate prison conditions and to gei een's statement, as Frank's assail it had sai4> he would tell his stori tly to the governor and B. H. Hara iy, of .Macon. Haraday has noi :en in Georgia since the attack. Planned for Several Days. Creen said that he planned the at ck several days before it took place it said nothing to any one about it 'hen asked if he had ou'tside in ha fall nn his knees ant vore that he had not. He said that the knife he used wai )t th6 one he used when killing )gs that Staurday as reported, bu at he had stolen the weapon fron e kitchen Friday before the attack e hid it in his bunk, he told thi >vernor. After his statement wai ken he bared his back to disprov* ports that he had been floggec nee the attack. To Protect Others. "I felt that as long as he (Frank as here there was danger of th< ison being attacked," Creen said [ was afraid the guards and the peo e making the attack would shoot a ich other and people be killed, so ime to the conclusion that it wa: y duty to 6ave the people from dan ;r to which Frank's presence expos 1 them. So I decided to kill him.' Frank's condition is much improv I today. iniractio-atinn Tiv the eoverno id the Sta/e prison commission wa implied today. THE ACCUSED ACTS SLAYING. mazes Judge and Jury by His Real istic Pantomime. John Hall, accused of the murde Milton Butler, a leading Piki iunty politician, enacted in the cir lit court room at Pikeville th< enes of a quarrel during which hi lied Butler. Hall swore that i a6 in self-defence. Then he turned in the witnes: lair and began quarrelling with ai laginary enemy. When he tol< >w Butler advanced on him hi ew an imaginary pistol. As he re ted how Butler started to run, Hal raightened up and made motions o ming and firing. The judge, jur; id 200 spectators set astounde< iring his confession and re-enact ent of the crime. Hall is confiden at his acted story will win his free >m. HELP COTTON SHIPPERS. Ig American Pool to Distribute Ex ports to Neutral Countries. Washington, July 22.?Formatioi ' a great American, cotton pool, t< mdle exports to Europe under ai jreement with the British govern ent, has been proposed informall; i the State department as a mean equitably distributing among pro icers such cotton trade as Grea ritain and her allies permit Ameri ms to carry on wnn neuirai couu ies without interference on th( gh seas. Any arrangement of this kinc ould have to be made directly be . een the British government anc e cotton interests without partici ition or approval by the State de irtment. Officials point out that t< tcede to any restrictions on trad< stween neutral countries in non mtraband would mean abandon ent of the principle of freedom o e seas laid down in various notes t< reat Britain and to be stated witl eater insistence In another com unication now in preparation. (ifeat Britain's Position. It has been suggested that pend g differences between the two coun ies American officials might aid th< tton shippers and exporters infor ally in any effort they might mak( facilitate their trade. It was an * it--* D.ltoit uincen recently mat uicai uinm. ould be willing to enter into ar .'reement not to interfere with cot n cargoes for neutral countries ovided no more were shipped tc eh country than the norma nount consumed there. The British embassy has been acre in negotiating for an arrange ent to relieve the cotton trade anc nbassy officials express confidence at some practical scheme will b( jrked out. ONE THOUSAND LIVES LOS STEAMER SINKS IX CHIC AC RIVER. | Eastland, Carrying 2,500 Person Overturns at Wharf.?Ship Declared to Have Heen Detective. 1 Chicago^ July 24.?Approximate ' 1,000 persons lost their lives in tl f Chicago river today by the capsizii " of the excursion steamer, Eastlan ' while warping from its wharf wii ' more than 2,4 00 employees of tl 1 Western Electric company and the relatives and friends on board, boui for a pleasure trip across Lake Mlc " igan. After working ceaselessly all di - and far into the night the bodies " 842 victims of the catastrophe, mo 1 of them women and children, we collected in temporary morgues at 3 taken to the JJnd regiment armor ' When these bodies had been taggi 1 Coroner Hoffman, taking into consi 1 eration estimates of bodies thoug to be in the hold of the steamer, 1 3 ing on its side in the river, and in tl 3 stream itself, said he believed tl 3 total dead would not exceed 1,000. ^ Steamer Declared Top-heavy. The Eastland, said by marine a chitects to have been top-heavy ai > ballasted in an uncertain manne 3 turned over inside of five minutes a ter it began to list, pouring its pa " sengers into the river or imprisonii t them in its submerged hull. 1 Every effort was made by tho 3 sands of persons on the river wha " to rescue ^he drowning men, worn' " and children, but many went do^f almost within grasp of the river ban " Mothers went to death, while the children were snatched to safel r Other children died in the arms b their parents, wno nnany were save Hundreds of girls, freed for a d; from their tasks of making tel phones and other electrical appar tuses in the factory of the Weste Electric company, dressed in the smartest white frocks, drowned. A pall of sorrow hung tonig r over the entire West Side of Chic e go, where the majority of the victii lived. e Every Home in Mourning. B Kolin avenue, a small street ne the factory of the Western Elect] company, was in universal mournir Every house lost from one to all i j occupants in the disaster., and ma: of the residents of this street tonig lay in the morgue or beneath t j steel hull of the Eastland, over whi f searchlights shot their blinding glai while hundreds of men searched f j more bodies. Efforts to discover the cause of t t accident were begun long before t work of rescue was over. Feder and county grand juries were ordc ed, a coroner's jury was impanel! and all of the officers and crew the Eastiand were arrested. W. C. Steele, secretary and tres urer of the St. Joseph-Chicago Steal ship company, who owned the Eas land, built on Lake Erie in 1903, ai 1 remodelled later because top-heav it is said, was arrested tonight ai locked up at police station. T' " steamer was leased by the Indiai * Transportation company, whose c s fleers said they were not responsit for the licensing of the ship and d not control the crew. Under misty skies 7,000 me women and children went to tl " Clark street dock early today to f five large lake steamers with holid; mirth in a trip to Michigan City. Tl j steamer Eastland was the first to loaded. Rain began to fall as the wha superintendent lifted the gangplan 1. from the Eastland, declaring that tl 'Igovernment limit of 2,500 passenge * j had been reached. ^ Eastland Fails to More. i The passengers swarmed to tl > I left side of the ship as the oth ^steamers drew up the river towar the wharf. A tug was hitched to tl Eastland, ropes were ordered cast < and the steamer's engines began " hum. The Eastland had not budge " however. ; Instead the heavily laden ship w "ivered sidewise. leaning first towari - j the river bank. Tbe mrcn was : | startling that many passengers joi ^ed the large concourse already c I j the river side of decks. "j The ship never heeled back: 5(turned slowly, but steadily, towai ' its left side. Children clutched t! ' skirts of mothers and sisters to ke< from falling. Water began to ent -j lower port holes and the hawsers to ; out the spikes to which the vess II was tied. N' Screams from passengers attrac >;ed the attention of fellow excursio: | ists on the dock awaiting the ne rll.\K IWAII, A.>UI MMt wii.^u. "-r&fS v rM Xegroes and Officers Exchange Shots O at Xichols. .Mullins, July 25.?One negro, Jake Davis, is dfcad, and another, name s, unknown at this time, is fatally wounded, as the result of trouble between about thirty negroes and several officers at Nichols, this county, ly about eight miles from here, last .. % ie night. lg It seems that the negroes were at a vjQ church and dissension arose among At * - J TYX O OS cfroto [Jl I LIltMLJ, <11111 lliai U1C Uja.TVl, iua^iovtwvv ie and policemen went to the church to -. 3 ,jr stop the quarrel, when the negroes I 1(j opened fire on the officers, who re- I h- tu?ned the fire. Policemen Walter j Powell was shot through the arm, I ay but the mayor and magistrate were .1 0f unharmed. ? . I st The coroner arrived on the scene j re about 1 o'clock this morning, but de- A !d cided to postpone the inquest until j y. after daylight. I ed One arrest has been made and d- others are expected shortly. ^ PROTECTED BY TNCLE SAM. So-called German Traitors Needn't Fear Extradition. j ir_ Washington, July 23.?State dea(} partment officials said today that ;r> Germans in the United States, who ;, ? tf. might be prosecuted, as was announcls. ed from Berlin las night, for worklg ing in ammunition factories in lands supplying war materials to Germany's u_ enemies, were in no danger of exirf tradition, and would not come under en the effects of the German law while m they remain in the United States, k. Should such Germans become nat?ir uralized Americans in the meantime y and return to Germany at the close of of the war, they are protected by^ .d. the naturalization treaty under which ay the United States could intervene in le_ their behalf. ' * Glendale Springs water on sale by '$8 jr | Mack's Drug Store and W. P. Herndon, 50c for 5-gallon jug.?adv. ht steamer. Wharfmen and picnickers a- soon lined the edge of the embank- ^ ns ment, reaching out helplessly towards the wavering steamer. For nearly five minutes the ship ar turned before it finally dived- under .;ji ic the swift current of the river. Dur- , ^ ig. IDS tne listing 01 me vessel me uvaia, . ^ its chairs and other loose appurtenances ay on the decks slipped down the slopht ing floors, crushing the passengers he toward the rising waters, ch Then there was a plunge, with a e, sigh of air escaping from the hold, " or mingled with crying of children and shrieks of women, and the ship was he on the bottom of the river, casting he hundreds of living creatures to the al water. . ir- Grab Anything in Reach. e<1 Many sank entangled with clothof ing and bundles, and did not rise, but hundreds came to the surface, seized LS" i floating chairs and other objects. Per11 sons on shore threw out ropes and 5t" dragged in those who could hold 1(* these life lines. Employees of cdmy' i mission firms along the river threw 7C* crates, chicken coops and other float- -jJ he abl objects into the water, but most aa of these were swept away by the curlle P.oats put out, tugs rushed to the scene with shrieking whistles and many men jumped into the river to n> aid the drowning. With thousands he; of spectators ready to aid and the wharf within grasp, hundreds went ay, to death despite every effort at rescue. / be One mother crasped her two chil- \ ' '' ? dren in her arms as she slipped down the steamer into the water. One ks child was torn from her, but she and he the other were saved. Fathers were rs ! drowned after aiding their wives and children to safety. lyafl One roan was seen to cling to a e spike in the s^de of the wharf, while , j two women and three children staple, Ped upon his body to safety. He fell ^(exhausted into the river as the last one of the five reached the pier. ^ | Instances of heroism were almost jas numerous as the number of per[sons on the scene. Boats as soon as full took rescued passengers to the s0! wharf or to the steamer Theodore _ | Roosevelt, which was tied up oppon" 1 . SisH }"n site the Eastland. IJodies Floating Down Diver. it ; In an hour the water was cleared . . ^ rd.of excursionists. Tliose who had not Tejbeen taken to land tiad sunk or were ?p swirling down the river towards the ei ; drainage canal locks at Lockport, lire , linois, many miles away. The locks el j were raised to stop the current and ' arrangements were made to take bod:t-jies from the river along its course n-i through the southwest part of