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' ', . - '*' - :J % Slip iambprg ?pralb j ? One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 26,1915. Established 1891. jg ??????___???_???????????????????? ? ' -* ?*! COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS ? - w SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. * h News Items Gathered All Around the p on/1 VlwAU-llPra V uuiii^ auu Ehrhardt Etchings. Y Ehrhardt, August 24.?Old "Sol," a who has been hidden from us since ^ about the first of the month, has sues ceeded in showing us his face again. ^ His smile in return is greeted by ev- ^ erv one as we had become tired of the lone time of wet. drizzly and slop- ? py weather. ** The farmers are now in their fields again to finish gathering fodder, hay, etc. Some are picking cotton, and with good weather, the gins will soon begin their hum. What beautiful nights we are hav- z ing! Some are enjoying them with p auto rides; some out strolling, while jj most of the young folks seem to like the shadow of the old oak on the c piazza, where nothing seems to both- j( er them, unless it is the clock calling \ out midnight too soon. Some thought themselves all alone e j the other evening as the male voice a was heard to ask "who is sweet?" g and a fine little voice replied "both of us." So I guess this good weath- g er by day and by night will be best g for the man with the marriage license for sale as well as the farmer. n Everybody is anticipating good re- j suits from the fight against our worst enemy, "whiskey," to be made here Thursday. We fe^l that we will cer- M en/w%occfiii aa niir >adies are laiut* w OUVWOW4M*, m offering a hand in it?they don't a care to vote, but want to influence p the voters. Mrs. L. P. McMillan, of Bamberg, p and Mrs. Nard Carter, of Ruffin, are q on a visit to their mother, Mrs. F. G. Lemacks. ^ ^ Messrs. Henry Ehrhardt, F. H. e Copeland and R. L. Hughes enjoyed q an auto ride up to Columbia Sunday, ^ spending the day with friends. e Quite a number of our folks at- 0 tenjiefr the game of ball Monday afternoon at Bamberg. The "red men" seem to be good players. g On Wednesday evening last Miss f( \ Grace Moore entertained in honor t; of her guests, Miss Aline Peeples, of p Hampton, and Miss Beulah Hiers, 7 of Allendale. Those invited were: ^ Misses Beulah Hiers, Aline Peeples, Genie Ramsey, Elizabeth Roberts, ^ Zelle Loadholt (of Fairfax), Lillian Beck, Ella Moore, Thelma Priester ^ and Bessie Priester (of Bamberg); Messrs. Charles Henery, Henderson f, Fraser, Dick Roberts, Dechard, Clar- a onra and Robert Guess, Wendell Ramsey,'Clarence Moore and Edison Beck. The popular game of rook " was enjoyed by all present. j Miss Aline Peeples, who has been h visiting Miss Grace Moore, left Ehrhardt Saturday to visit her grand- ^ mother, Mrs. Johns, at Lodge, before j returning to her home at Hampton. .Mrs. Edgar Mack, and her sister, Mrs. Smoak, of Cope, spent the g week-end with their father, Re\< J. R. Smith, and family. ' j Miss Beulah Hiers, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. W. D. Sease, ^ returned to her home at Allendale on Monday. Miss Katherine Guess returned ^ home last Friday, having been away some time visiting in the upper part of the State, Spartanburg and other ^ points. Her many friends are glad b to see her back. Mrs. D. B. Groseclose and son, ^ Paul, of Fairfax, are visiting her daughters, Mrs. J. B. Ehrhardt and j Mrs. Dr. Hucks. A most delightful evening was a spent at Miss Gennie Ramsey's home p Thursday." Miss Mamiedell Garrte, ^ i' of Colleton county, being her guest, ' she entertained in her honor. Music |. and rook were very much enjoyed. / Those present were: Misses Mamie-; dell Garris. Corinn? Smith, Aline j Peeples, Grace Moore, Beulah Hiers and Lillian Beck: Messrs. Dick Roberts, Clarenc^ Moore, Charles Henery, Edison Beck, and Dechard Guess. ^ Springtown Sprays. Springtown, August 24.?Mr. Henry Murray Ray, of Bamberg, is the c guest of Mr. Horace Ray. E Miss Deane Gillam. of Blaekville. d w visited Miss Fannie Lou Free last week. t Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Chassereau re- C turned to their home at Yonge's Island. S. C., Monday, after spending t. a week at the home of Mr. W. G. a Kearse. .nr. V,Jia;>actc:au >. amc I through in his car and reports the roads in good condition from Yonge's i Island to Walterboro. but on to Bam- c berg they are very bad. d Mrs. Anna Kirkland and brother,; f rimer's, were guests of .Misses linnie and Evelyn Kirkland for the eek-end. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Free spent the < eek-end in Denmark and Bamberg. Mesdames C. B. Aull and R. L. lughes visited their mother, Mrs. '. M. Ray, Sunday. Mr. Wesley Kearse has gone to onge's Island for two weeks. Messrs W. I. and M. X. Rice are t Asheville, X. C. Miss Elvie Kearse leaves next londay for Statesboro. Ga., where he has accepted a position with the rapnell-Mikell Co., in the ready-to'ear department. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Chassereau and lisses Elvie and Claire Kearse moDred to Fairfax last Tuesday afteroon and to Orangeburg Thursday. Sassafras Sayings. Sassafras. Aug. 24.?Miss Virginia eigler has just returned from a very leasant visit to relatives and friends 1 Denmark. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Beard, acompanied by their little son, Ma>ne, spent Sunday at the home of Ir. Beard's parents, near Colston. Miss* Rebecca Thomas has returnd to her home near Smoaks. after very pleasant stay with Miss Magie Padgett. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Smoak spent unday with their son, Mr. C. K. moak. .Miss Clara .Mae Grimes, of Denlark, is the charming guest of Miss laggie Padgett. Miss Johnnie Zeigler has just reurned from a very enjoyable stay *ith relatives in Ehrhardt. Mr. Gilmore Beard spent Sunday t the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. 'adgett. Messrs. S. M. Goodwin and J. B. 'adgett made a trip to the Oak Irove section Monday on business. Miss Maggie Padgett, Miss Clara Iae Grimes and Mr. Gilmore Beard njoyed a very pleasant outing to 'lear Pond Sunday afternoon. They escribed the scenery as being most xquisite while watching the 6unset n the crystal waters. Miss Maggie Padgett entertained uesday evening in honor of her uest, Miss Clara Mae Grimes. The allowing were present: Misses Matie. Ebbie and Addrine Goodwin. Ilanche Crider, Johnnie and Virginia ieigler: Messrs. Elige and Gehu loodwin and Connor Smoak. Mr. J. B. Baageu visnea oauiucig londav on business. Mr. J. T. Smoak went to Bamberg londay. Miss Florine Hughes has returned rom a few days' stay with relatives t Oak Grove. Messrs. C. K. and Connor Smoak rere seen in Bamberg Monday. Mr. an$ Mrs. G. W. Beard spent 'hursday night and Friday at the ome of Mr. J* B. Padgett. Misses Maggie Padgett and Clara lae Grimes made a flying trip to Jamberg Monday morning. Miss Inez Morris, from Ashton, is charming guest in the home of Mr. i. M. Goodwin. A reception was held by Misses ohnnie and Virginia Zeigler on Satrday evening in honor of Miss Inez lorris. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Padgett attendd the meeting at Pleasant Hill 'hursday afternoon. The folks around Sassafras Grove pent-" a most enjoyable day at the eautiful Glendale spring, near Bam>erg on Tuesday last. Among those resent were the families of Mr. S. M. loodwin, Mr. C. K. Smoak, Mr. J. T. Imoak, Mr. J. Bl Padgett and Mr. . J.' Hughes. There were quite a 1 AkAttf fifHr.oiv i n iumoer 01 visiiui&, auwui ... 11. The day was a great source of leasure to both young and old. !any striking views of the spring nd those around it were obtained iy Mr. Elige Goodwin with his camea. Listen! You can almost hear the .edding bells ringing aroun'd Sasafras Grove, as all the young men fere out driving Sunday afternoon fith from one to three girls. Hurah for the good old summer time! Olar News. Olar, August 24.?The young girls if Olar enjoyed a pleasant ride to barker's mill to go in bathing Monlay afternoon. Miss Lvlete Wilson, of Fairfax, is he charming guest of Miss Delma "ooke. r f lioc rotnrnorl .w iursMr ?? ?o i?vx? o her home in Statesboro, Ga.. after . pleasant stay with Misses Alma and 'lossie Layne. v Misses Lila Lancaster. Inez Brownng, and Mildred Lee were the guests if Mrs. Willie Browning last Thurslay night and Friday. Miss Mamie Clark has just re' - } - .ui IN THE PALMETTO STAT SOME OCCURRENCES OF VAHIOl KINDS IX SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Roiled Down for Qtii Reading.?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Lawrence McLaughlin, a you boy, was knocked down by an aui mobile at St. Matthews Sunday. J was not seriously hurt. The third triennial convention the Association for the Study a Prevention of Pellagra will meet Columbia on October 20 and 21. A car about midway a 90-car c( train on the C., C. & O., near Spj tanburg on Friday became overb; anced, left the track and drew other cars after it. No one was i jured. Paymaster General Samuel .> Gowan. of the U. S. navy, a nati of South Carolina, has been promt ed to pay director, to succeed P Director Mitchell C. McDonald, w will retire on September 23. Miss Hattie Emma Sammonds w instantly killed in an automobile s cident near Greenville Sunday. S and a party had started to a counl church. When they attempted pass a buggy, the machine was r into a ditch concealed by weeds. T car step crushed*against her neck. In the second primary for nor nating the successor to Congressm Joseph T. Johnson, in the fourth d trict, Tuesday, Sam J. Nicholls : ceived 9,494 votes and B. A. Morg received 8,919 votes, according to : turns received up to a late he rr* J -r-Ui i uesuay mgni. i nc icmaiumg uu: not heard from will not change t result, it is stated. W. A. Sauls, judge of probate Jasper county, has the distinction having lived in three counties wii out ever moving out of one hou He lived at the old homw pi?.ce fi in Beaufort county, then Hampt was formed and the judge was eluded in the new area; then Jasi was created, and his home was th in that county. turned to her home at Earle, S. after visiting .Misses Belle Cooke a Jessie Zorn. Miss Daisy Rizer and Mrs. Pj Cooke have just returned from Gle Springs. Mrs. C. F. Rizer and- Miss Zeli Rizer spent the day in Columbia h Thursday. Miss Eloise Brabham is now in j lanta. Miss Mildred Kearse. of Varnvil S. C., is on an extended yisit at 1 aunt'6, Mrs. W. B. Creech's. Dr. G. L. Williams spent Sund and Monday in Norway. Miss Leida Williams spent Mond in town at Mrs. O. B. Layne's. The Methodist revival meeting being carried on this week. Mr. Bernice Barker, of Fairf: spent the day in town Sunday. Dr. Wright, of Fairfax, is visiti Mr. F. C. Chitty. Mrs. Achille Sassard and childi have just returned from visiting re tives in Charleston. A large number of the Olar peo] were in Bamberg Monday afterno to see a game of ball. < Ehrhardt Folks Attend Picnic. Ehrhardt, August 23.?A party Ehrhardt folks joined in a big b; becue picnic last Thursday at Di barton, given by three fraternal < ders of that place, the Maso Knights of Pythias and the W. W. The story they all tell seems 1 good for all to be true. They mi have had a dandy time, for they hs talked about the trip ever since tt returned. They state that Barnw certainly has some fine roads. Ba berg seems to be far behind with 1 road work, compared with her sisi counties. Branchville Bolts. Brancnvme, August ?i..u Sainmie McAIhaney, who has been the hospital in Charleston for abc a week, is said to be improving. There was a large crowd out the Sardis picnic on last Thtirsd; Everybody seemed to enjoy the selves. We are glad to see .Mr. Earl Smo out on the streets again after bei confined to his room for about week from being hit on the head a base ball. .Mr. George McAIhaney, R. F. D. had business in Orangeburg on F day, Mr. Henry W. Smoak and fam of R. F. D. 4, spent the week-end (Continued on page 8, column f>. \ v ' V i E election will he held. Act Upheld by Supreme Court JusL*S ti?es and Circuit .Judges. Columbia, August 21.?The suprfrne court justices and the circuit judges of the State this afternoon unanimously handed down a decision refusing to enjoin the prohibition referendum election set for September ng 14 and refused the petition of John L0_ Henry Chappell, taxpayer, of Xewberry, who asked for the injunction The decision was rendered imme. diately after the en banc session had n(1 adjourned and after consultation, in When informed of the refusal of til o /iniiKt r\ ^*1 i/%{? t li a n ? a L ? L111 An w*is; vuui t iv iuc pi uiuuhivii . election former Governor Blease, of )2Ll / counsel for petitioner, would make ir, no comment. When asked if they Ell' contemplated taking an appeal to the United States supreme court on the in~ matter of the federal constitionality of the referendum act he said that Ic~ he and his associate, Frank G. TompV kins, had not yet conferred and had not reached any decision. ay The order of the court follows: ho "John Henry Chappell. petitioner, vs. R. M. McCown, secretary of State, as et. al. ic- "Order upon hearing argument lie herein and upon consideration thereby of, we are of opinion that the injuncto tion be refused, and it is so ordered. un "The immediate pendency of the he j election iorDias us 10 reauce to writing the reasons fQr our judgment; ni- that will be done hereafter, and so an soon as the circumstances shall peris mit of it. re~ (Signed.) "Eugene B. Gary, chief an justice, D. E. Hydrick, A. J., re~ R. C. Watts, A. J., T. B. Fra,ur ser, A. J., George W. Gage, A. J., ces George E. Prince, judge 10th circuit, he H. F. Rice, judge 2nd circuit, T. S. Sease, judge 7th circuit, S. W. G. of Shipp, judge 12th circuit, J. W. Deof Vore, circuit judge, Frank B. Gary, th- judge 8th circuit. John S. Wilson, se. judge 3rd circuit, I. W. Bowman, rst judge 1st circuit, Ernest Moore, on judge 6th circuit, Mendel L. Smith, ?n* judge 5th circuit." )er The justices of the supreme court, en and the circuit judges of the State sitting en banc here this morning C7, heard the petition of John Henry nd Chappell, a taxpayer of Newberry, for injunction restraining the prohibiiul tion referendum election on Septemnn ber 14. The injunction is asked for on the ground that the act is uncon ma stitutional in that the legislature ast cannot delegate its duties to the people, and because the expenditure of \t- $34,500 of the taxpayers' money for holding the election would be contrale, ry to law. ier The petitioner was represented b> Frank G. Tompkins and Cole L. lay Blease, former governor. The State officers and board of election comlay missioners were represented by Thos. H. Peeples, attorney general, and is Fred H. Dominick, assistant attorney general. * D. W. Robinson and W. B. ax? DeLoach, of Camden, were granted permission to file certain authorities n? on behalf of the prohibitionists. Each side was allowed forty-five 'en minutes with ten minutes given the la~ petitioner, for reply. Mr. Tompkins opened for the petitioner, pte stressing the ground that the on legislature cannot submit its functions and delegate its duties to the people, and contending that the act calling for the referendum is in 0f violation both of the constitution of ar_ the United States and of the State of South Carolina, or- Assistant Attorney General Domins, nick presented the side of the consti0. tutionality and legality of the refer00 endum, piling up a mass of authorijst ties and contending that the legislate ture could submit such a question to iey the people, the source of all authori ell ty. He cited decisions 01 ine soum m- Carolina courts in which they have ier refused to interfere with elections by ter injunctions, saying no such action had ever been taken by the courts of this State. He contended that the petitioner had an ample remedy at law other than by applying for an t,e injunction. He said the question was at a political one and that the courts )ut had uniformly taken the position that the settlement of a political t0 question was one with which they ' had nothing to do. Former Governor Blease made a vigorous reply in his ten minutes of time. The question, he said, is n ? ' strictly a legal and not a political . one. "If I had wanted to make it a bv ' public issue I could have received in 1 the months of July and August a , .' greater salary than the chief justice ?.. ? " Vi? danlopod accprtine' Ul LUIS L'UUI I, lie ugtxuivu, V.u. ? ... that if the question were entirelyj political the place to settle it would in __ be on the stump and not before the 1 courts. .. ... . " i.' . ' V WILL FURNISH $30,000,(i GOLD TO BE PLACED IX SOUTH ERX RESERVE BANKS. This Would Enable Banks to Kedif count Loans on Cotton Secured by Warehouse Receipts. Washington, August 23.?Trea? ury officials tonight made public a announcement by Secretary AIcAdo that, in view of th? action of the a lies in putting cotton on the contra band list, he would, if it becam necessary, deposit ?30,000,000 o more in gold in the federal reserv banks in Atlanta, Dallas and Ricl mond for the purpose of enabling th reserve bafiks to rediscount loams o Kir u-orolmiioA rfirmlrfi cuLLUii ocvui^u k/J nai ivvcifi made by national banks and Stat banks belonging to the federal r< serve system. The gold would be deposited ten porarily, at least, without interes charge. It w?s explained that if j appeared that the object could be a< complished with greater efficienc thereby, the deposits would be mad directly with national banks agre< ing to lend the money on cotton 2 a rate not to exceed 6 per cent. Secretary McAdoo authorized th announcement from his summ? home at North Haven, Maine. ] came at the close of a day of speci lation in official circles as to the nj ture of steps which the entente pov ers have indicated they will take t uphold the cotton market in the fac of their contraband order. Secretary's Statement, "In the exercise of the discretio given to him by law," read the treaj ury statement, "Secretary McAdc said that the government will, ft the time being, charge no interest o these deposits in federal reser\ banks; that such action is justifie by the unusual situation reepectin cotton caused by the European wai that he considers it his duty to us every available means to help tt cotton producer of the South in th circumstances; that it is a matter < economic importance to the entii nation that those who have produce the cotton crop shall have a fair o] portunity to dispose of it gradual! and in an orderly manner so the may not be forced, through inabilil to market their cotton gradually, I sell it, at sacrifice prices. "The secretary said that one of h chief objects was to create a bas for such enlarged credit in the Sout that the banks will have ample r sources to extend to producers sue accommodations that they will 1 able to carry cotton in warehous* for a reasonable length of time unt it can be marketed advantageously I to exceed 6 per cent. '"The secretary declared he beliei I ed that there was no occasion ic i - ' - . - v In Order to Do This. "In order to accomplish this, I said, the national and State banl which are members of the federal r serve system should make loans c warehouse receipts for insured co ton at low rates of interest; that tt banks can well afford to carry cottc for producers at 6 per cent., especia ly if they are able to rediscount co ton paper at the federal resen banks at a much lower rate than per cent.; that the credit resourc* of the banks of the country are grea er than ever before in our histoi 3 i ci roQCATl tL'hv t V aim iuai tnci c? 10 .. j ?-. banks should not, in cooperatic with the merchants of the Soutl help the cotton producers with loai at low rates in the present peculit situation. "The federal reserve board, tt secretary said, had a right to dete mine the rate of interest which tl federal reserve banks can charg member banks on notes or loans s> cured by insured and warehouse cotton rediscoanted with federal r< serve banks. Sure of Cooperation. "He has been unable to consult h colleagues of the federal reser\ board on account of his absence froi Washington, but feels confident < their cooperation in every reasonab! way. "Mr. McAdoo said, however, th? should it appear that the object i view could be accomplished wit greater efficiency to the cotton pr< ducers, the merchants and the bant of the South by depositing goveri ment funds in the national banks d rect instead of in the federal resen banks, he would take that cours and make deposits in such nations banks as would give him the assui ance that the money so deposited c the credit based thereon would t I loaned on cotton insured or wan tinner! and at a rate of interest n< j COTTON MADE CONTRABAND. Kupland Puts It on Absolute List and |. France Will Take Same Action. London, August 21.?Cotton has been declared absolute contraband j by Great Britain, according to a | statement issued by the foreign office I this afternoon. I The statement declares that the ; government proposes to initiate ^ measures to relieve depression which might temporarilly disturb the cotton market because of the contraband L_ order. / It was learned upon inquiry at the foreign office that the French governe ment will issue a similar notice early - 1% tomorrow. " ^ The announcement follows: n "His majesty's government has deg clared cotton absolute contraband. e While the circumstances might have justified such action at an earlier period, his majesty's government are glad to think that local conditions of ,t American interests likely to be afit fected are more favorable for such a step than they were a year ago, and, v moreover, his majesty's government e contemplate initiation of measures to relieve as far as possible any abnorLt mal depression which might temporarily disturb market conditions." e The declaration is effective from [t A royal proclamation concerning -1^0 j_ the action was published in a suppleim ment of the London Gazette issued tnnieht. It is very brief. After a ' V;J 0 preamble citing previous proclama,e tions concerning contraband, it says: T.yB "Now, therefore, we do hereby declare, by and with the advice of our privy council, that during the continuance of the war, or until we do give { 5 further public notice, the following ' .""$3 )r articles will be treated as absolute contraband in addition to'those set out in our royal proclamation afore- . ' d mentioned: "Raw cotton, cotton linters, cot- < ton waste and cotton yarn. ^ "And we do hereby further declare that this, our royal proclamaie tion, shall take effect from the date of its publication in the London GaThe proclaination was signed yesterday by King Georgk ly LATEST FIGURES ON STORM. :y The Known Dead in Texas is Placed :o at 256. is Galveston, Texas, August 21.?A is total of 256 known dead among resi- ""m ;h dents of Southeast Texas coast points o- and crews of wrecked craft of all :h kinds; sixty-five persons missing, >e many of whom are believed to have \|? ?s perished; and damage to crops, il buildings, railroads, shipping, live stock and other property aggregating close to fifty million dollars, was the toll taken by the hurricane which swept this section last Monday and Tuesday. *8 These figures were reached from t a careful compilation made tonight of what are considered the most au(n thentic reports of the loss of life and property received since the cessation t_ of the storm. re Of the known dead, 194 were resi6 dents of the Gulf coast section and -0 ^ 62 were drowned when the vessels t_ they were aboard sank. Forty-three ,y of the missing were mejnbers of boat . ?{3 1 crews. in . Those who perished on Galveston k Island, including eight in the city jg proper, numbered 53, and ten are , ir still reported missing from the isie Galveston's share of the propertj ^ r. loss is placed at approximately $6,-_ ie 000,000. , Reports received here indicate conditions .again are approaching* nor,d mal throughout the Gulf coast. Divers today reported they had found the leak in the submerged main which brings the city water supply from the pumping station at is Alta Loma. e Mayor Fisher said the engineers m reported that a new section of pipe )f could be substituted within forty- i; le eight hours. it There are in the world no fewer n than 652,000.000 sheep, of which h number Australia holds 93,000.000 5- and Xew Zealand 24,000,000. ^ Glendale springs water for sale at . Herndon's Grocery Store and Mack's >e Drug Store.?adv. >e | alarm about the future of cotton, and il j that if the bankers and merchants r- would cooperate with each other and r with the cotton producers of the ?e South in a spirit of patriotism and i- mutual regard for each other's wel>t fare the situation could be handled 7 with happy results to all concerned. ?- He expressed the earnest hope that >r;this would be done." * ^