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/ - . jjfl ' & She Hamburg fealb I j|. One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1915. Established 1891. ,j|| COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS fcS* ( ::-^ - " SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IX VARIOUS SECTIONS. KM ' ' ? News Items Gathered All Around the pi&- ' - . County and Elsewhere. Fairfax Fancies. - ^ -- -t?3r :J - . . The event of the week here was the meeting of the Woman's Missionary union, of the Savannah river Baptist association .Thursday and Friday in the Baptist church. There were about fifty delegates and visitSi/ ors in attendance. ' The meetings f were very pleasant and inspirational. Two sessions were held daily with an intermission when lunch was served in ithe church. Mrs. J. D. Chapman, of Greenville, State president of the W. M. U., and Mrs. J. R. Fizer, of Columbia, State corresponding sec retary, were in attendance. Mrs. R. ^ . y P. Searson, of Allendale, superintendent of the union, presided over the meetings. Mrs. A. W. Owens, of AlIendale, is secretary and treasurer of g . y the union. Mrs. W. E. Harter and Mrs. Ray jr Brant visited Miss Sadie Harter at \ me uoiumDia r eumie uuncgc mc te past week. V Miss Virginia Durant spent some time recently visiting relatives in ^ ) .Savannah and other point9 in Geor| gia. t \ V The many friends of Mrs. Laurens I Youmans will be glad to learn that she is doing well following ah operation at the Baker sanitarium in \[ Charleston. ' Mrs. Youmans and Dr. Corrin ^ Youmans, mother . and brother ot | Mrs. J. B. B run son, are spending 3; { some time with her. ^ ' Rev. E. A. McDowell has been at SStP*. 'J:2V V , 1 Johnsonville the past ten days asiSSgfe* ^sting in a revival meeting. Some good work has beefi done re.> :cently on the streets in the public square. A large quantity of clay and dirt has been used in filling up low. places and-leveling up the square. /. Hunter's Chapel News. I? 1 Hunter's Chapel, Oct. 18.?Pastor - W? ^ B. J; Guess filled his regular appointment at Zion Sunday morning. or*a TUra u T, Rhftjid and Mr. - MlLA. U>uu 4UAIM ? *wMv.w ,w \ and Mrs. G. W. Miley, of Branchville, were among the visitors here Sunday. Mr. W. D. Rhoad and family and " Mr. A. W. Hunter and family, of C Tr Bamberg, visited their parents Sunday. Ifv - ' Mr. Frank Herndon spent Sunday p|V with his sister, Mrs. Nettie/Steedly. Mrs. M. R. Rice, of Mt. Pleasant, dined at the home of Mr. D. O. Hunter Sunday. yfev.; A party consisting of Mr. J. H. Fender, Dr. M. S. Fender and Mr. H. D. Steedly, of Branchville, Capt. D. Rice .Steedly and mother, Mrs. V Julia 9teedly, motored through the v country to viait relatives near SaI % vannah. While there the men folks j| , will go on a deer hunt. The infant daughter of Mr. and & Mrs. J. W. Steedly died last Tuesday, pj&i- We extend sympathy to the bereaved Y parents. D. E. F. | v ; News From Crystal Spring. p " . Crystal Spring, Oct. 19.?Miss V Virginia Zeigler has gone to attend . m ?- * _ i-v ? SCHOOi ill vrougeuuig. v. ^ The cotton crop being short, the termers are well up with their'gathj ering and are planning to plant a large grain crop for 1916. Mr. Conner Smoak went to Den. - mark oh special business last Thurs/ day. / f Judging1 from ithe fine hogs grazing in the pindar fields, the farmers win wait suDDlied with bacon foi r - i9i6. f- The folks are planning to cele f - brate Thanksgiving day at Crystal Spring. The public is invited tc y \ come and bring their turkeys. Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Smoak wenl to Bamberg last Friday on business, jr .The patrons of Sassafras schoo have employed the services of Miss W. Sheba Goodwin, of Smoaks, as teach er, by private subscription. The: are hopeful that the board of trus tees of the district will appreciat< fthe school and will contribute aic from the school funds of the dis ?trict. Mr- Thomas C. Padgett, of Charles J ' ton, and his beautiful bride spen (f a few days last week at the home o ? / Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Padgett. Mr p ~ Padgett has been engaged in busi ness in Charleston with the Con eolidated Car company for severa / years. His bride was formerly Mis S" Katie Hurley, native of Tipperar} f * Ireland. She came to Charlesto: two years ago to visit a very wealth aunt. Many congratulations to M] v Padgett for winning the heart ol 1 such a fine lady. A reception was given at Mr. ana ; Mrs. J. B. Padgett's home Thursday evening in honor of Mr. Thomas C. Padgett and bride. It was well attended and much enjoyed by all. ? Music was rendered by the elegant "Folk band," which consisted 01 Mr. G. W. Folk and his two sons and three daughters. Miss Maggie Padgett took her 1 cousin, Mr. Thomas* C. Padgett and his bride to the home of Professor D. T. Smoak Thursday and spent a very pleasant da\\. The old men, young men and boys assembled Friday evening at Crystal Spring and served an old time "chicken stewT," each carried a chicken and a quart of rice and "stewed" i in a forty gallon pot. Gee! What an eat! All enjoyed themselves fine but left for home "kinder" complainingly. Mr. Conner Smoak called at the home of Mr. ^J. B. Padgett Saturday to see his old friend Mr. Thomas C. Padgett. z Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Padgett boarded the six o'clock train at Bamberg Saturday afternoon for Charleston, their future home. Kearse News. Olar, Oct. 19.?Our community was well represented at the mock wedding in Olar last * Friday evening. All report a jolly time. Mrs. N. P. Smoak and Miss Ettie Kearse, of Bamberg, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kearse. Misses Eulalie Coleman and Cressie Breeland spent the week-end in Bamberg. Mrs. W. H. Ritter entertained a few friends Saturday evening. Mrs. G. D. Sanders, of Fairfax, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kearse, last week. Gen. J. S. Breeland is in Charleston this week. Mr. and Mrs. Halend Ayer spent Sunday with relatives in the Colston section. Mr. J. C. Breeland is at home again after treatment in Baker sanitarium in Charleston. F^ber Kearse, 6luaent at Carlisle enVu-ml snpnt .the week-end at home. Mrs. Lee Ayer is visiting friends at Fairfax. Mr. Robert Kirkland, our- clever mail carrier, spent Sunday with his mother at Ehrhardt. Mr. George Darwin, of Danville, Va., was a recent visitor here. Colston Clippings. Colston, Oct. 19.?We once more have pretty weather, which everybody is glad to see, especially the farmers. Mr. Albert McMillan was the pleasant guest of his mother, Mrs. J. C. McMillan, Sunday. Miss Frozine McMillan, and Messrs. Clyde Padgett, Hammie Folk and Elgin McMillan were visitors at )!Lt. J. F. Kearse's Sunday. We are glad to say that Mrs. J. F. Clayton, who has been quite ill, is now improving. Preaching will be at Colston Baptist church Sunday, October 24th, by Rev. Walter Black. The public is invited to attend. i Mr. Reuben Kearse, who has been suffering from a fractured jaw bone, returned from the Columbia hospital Wednesday. Mr. John G. Clayton has accepted a position as bookkeeper for Mr. Willie Ayer, of WaKerboro. There was an error in regard to the box party notice. Everybody is invited to come October 22. Branchville Bolts. 5 BranchviNe, Oct. 16.?Mrs. Hun' ter, of New York, is the guest of Mrs. W. A. Dukes. Miss Ada Bell, of Walnut Grove, I is visiting Mrs. John Bell. > Mrs. John Bryant is visiting relatives in Waycro6S, Ga. t| Miss Pope Webb was tbe guest ot * the Misses Paysinger the past week1 end. 3 Mrs. X. C. Jones and children have - returned to Branchville, after having f spent the summer at Hendersonville. ^ Engagement Announced. * Mrs. Frances Fletcher Jenkins, of Kline, announces the engagement of her daughter, Annye Maie, to Algernon Otis Sanders, of Ulmer, the wed1 ding to take place in November. ?* -i "* r _ TT^I - f Koc KODert MCr<lI'Uv, ui. uicci , ilCLO - been arrested charged with being an - accessory to the death of Annie May 1 Glenn, who committed suicide. The b girl killed herself, she said, beause % her lover, who promised to marry n her, left the city on the wedding y day. She is said to have mentioned r. McElroy'6 name. f e* ' <- - . IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading.?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The Presbyterian synod of South Carolina convened in Rock Hill on Tuesday night for the annual session. U. S. Senator E. D. Smith in an interview in Columbia Tuesday said that he believed that cotton would be bringing twenty cents a pound by January. An inquest into the death of Sidney J. Cohen, the young newspaper reporter who was killed in the riot in Charleston Friday, was commenced on Tuesday. Jack Salters, a short term convict on the Colleton county chain gang, , was shot and killed by a guard, Wm. 1 Zeigler, while Salters was advancing , on H. C. Griffin, another guard, with a pickaxe, shooting, it is said, to pro- ' tect the life of Griffin. CARLISLE DEFEATED. 1 i Porter Beats Game by Score of 47 to 0. Carlisle was defeated in her first foot ball game of the season, Porter winning by a score of 47 to 0. The following write-up of the game is clipped from the News and Courier of Saturday: The visitors played much better , ball in the last half than in the first, 5 although the score was a little larg- , er. They seemed to have developed \ better tackling ability and their { rushes at the line were better. How- , ever, they did not have a chance at , getting through the first defence of | the Porterites. To put it plainly, they were outclassed. < ( Simmons, at tackle; Hargreaves, ( at end;, and Bird, at guard, did es- } pecially well. ? The most sensational play of the j game was pulled off in (the last quar- ( ter, when DeLancy, playing quarter, ( tofesed to Smith, who in turn aero- 1 planed one to Fuller. The blond lit- ( tie end, with almost a clear field,, < went sixty-five yards Jaefore being ( downed. The 'play was a cleverly j executed one. , Carlisle's Stars. Capt. Lenoir, for Carlisle, at end, ( played well in spite of a bad boil on# ( His face, watson ana vvooas, m me , back field, and Hough, at tackle, also starred for the visitors. j Scoring by the Preps started early. . Allan was downed on Porter's 27 1-2yard line on the kickoff. On the first play Higgins took twenty-two yards . I around right end. Brilliant runs b> Higgin6 brought the ball to Carlisle's 13-yard line, when DeLancy ripped , his way through for the first touchdown. Allan kicked goal. ( Carlisle received, but after losing seven yards on three downs kicked to Porter's 25-yard line. DeLancy and Higgins, aided by Allan, carried the ball to the 10-yard line. A pretty forward pass, Smith to Hargreaves, scored touch-down No. 2. The kickoff failed. When the teams lined up a purposely 6hort kick of abo^it twelve yards gave Porter the ball on Carlisle's 45-yard line when the Metho- . dists fumbled. With thirteen yards to go the quarter ended. Resuming play DeLancy wenf *">r eight yards, Allan took three a^ i Smith butted his way through centre for the third touch-down. Allan kicked goal. Higgins Goes Over. It was after Carlisle received the next kick off that Lenoir got away for his 21-yard run. It was by far the best piece of offensive work of the visitors. Within one-quarter yard of making the next firsrt down the ball went over. The half ended with the ball at about the middle of the field. At the beginning of the third quarter Carlisle received but was forced to kick after unsuccessful attempts to gain. The Porter line was impenetrable. After DeLancy had gained one yard Higgins raced around end j for twenty-one. ^Delancy went for nine more, Smith gained two and the remaining seven yards was covered by Higgins. Allan kicked goal. On the next kickoff. Woods made a twenty-yard return. Carlisle could not gain and kicked. Higgins ripped ' off seventeen yards and followed with seventeen more. Another first down J was made and a forward pass, Smith ! to Berge, made anotner six poinis, > Allan kicked goal. Smith intercepted a forward pass. ; Fuller went around end for twentyl six yards. Porter failed to make first down and the ball went to Car CRUSHED UNDER TRAIN. Man Meets Instant and Horrible Death at Clover. Yorkville, Oct. 17.?Both Jackson was drawn under the wheels of a passenger train at Clover yesterday morning while, it seems, he was attpmDtine to swine on when the train was in motion, and killed. There was a circus billed to exhibit at Gastonia yesterday and the management of the Carolina and Northwestern railway advertised that it would operate an excursion train between Chester and Gastonia. 'After reaching Yorkville, owing to the fact that the five or six coaches making up the train were filled to overflowing, it was,decided that it would not take on any more between here and Gastonia, and as a result it did not stop or slacken its speed at either Filbert or Clover, where there were possibly would-be passengers waiting. As the train passed the station at Clover, Jackson, when he realized that it would not stop, it is said, undertook to "swing" the last coach, but missed his footing, was drawn under the rear wheels and his body was cut almost in two. The train crew knew nothing of the accident and the train did not stop. The man was instantly killed. The accident occurred at about 11 o'clock, and the body lay where the train left it until about 1 o'clock, when it was removed by instructions of the sheriff. No inquest .was held. Lutheran Missionary Society. Quite an interesting programme was given by the Woman's Mission iry society of the Ehrhardt Lutherin church on the evening of October 17th. The children had a jrea/t part in the exercises. They were well trained and are to be praised for the splendid part they took. Special mention should be made :>f the "Banner Drill" and the "Canlle Drill." The "Banner Drill" was rendered beautifully by ten girls, 3ach one bearing a banner of a different color. Each banner had a ;ross with the motto: "By This Sign Conquer," on it. The "Candle Drill" was led by "Faith" bearing a lighted candle, followed by a number of 'Graces." A number of {heathen countries came forth and begged foi ight. By "Faith's" work light was ?iven 10 an. Candles were distributed to the congregation to show how the light 3f the gospel is spread from one person to another. One candle was first lit, then with the one others were lit until the entire church was filled with burning tapers. This shows how important it is to "Let your light so shine that others may see your good works.'* The programme follows: Song: "Follow your Savior;" Scripture reading: Mark 16:9-16; Prayer: Rev. J. R. Smith, of the Baptist church; song: "Work for Jesus each day;" song: "We are little soldiers;" "A little light," Marshall Copeland;. "In the corners," Louise Copeland; Candle Drill, by the children; exercise: ."Not one cent," by the children; Banner Drill, by ten girls; quartette.; "I will be a light for Jesus;" offeratory: "The Lord my Shepherd is;" benediction by the Rev. Mr. Guess, of the Methodist church. lisle on its twenty-five yard line. Carlisle lost seven yards and the ? * 11 ? ~ A n quarter was up. Anau luierucyicu a forward pass and Higgins went for Allen failed at goal. The final touch-down was made after Fuller's great run for sixty-five yards, DeLancy going over. Allan kicked goal. Line-up. Porter. Position. ? Carlisle Hargreaves .. .. L?. E. .. .. Etheredge Simmons L. T Hough Barnwell L. G Sauls Galbraith .. .. Centre Bryant Bird .. .. ? ? R. G Bunch Ernest R. T Moore, E. ?"? T) T? T nnnir Pant 156rgB .. .. .. -- -LV. u. .. licuun , vu|/b. Smith Q. B Skinner Higgins .. .. L. H. B Woods DeLancy, C. ..L. H. B Watson Allan F. B Land Score by quarters: 1 Porter 13 7 14 13 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 Touch-downs, DeLancy 2; Hargreaves, Smith, Berge. Goals from touch-downs, Allan, 5 out of 6 trials. Substitutions: Porter, Heath for Higgins; Higgins for Heath; Fuller for Hargreaves; Green for Galbraith; "Do rn-crol 1 T-Tpatb for V_Tdl U1 diLil 1U1 uuiu?vii| Berge; DeLancy for Smith; Smith for DeLancy. Carlisle: Emanuel for Bunch; Bunch for Emanuel; Sistrunk for Etheredge; McCloud for Lenoir. # t ONE IS KILLED, 5 INJURED RIOT AT CHARLESTON ELECTION CANVASS. 8 Police Involved.?Sidney J. Colien, Newspaper Reporter, Victim of ^ Stray Shot.?Arrests Made. Charleston, Oct. 16.?Sidney J. Cohen, a reporter for the Evening Post, was killed, and William E. Wingate, captain of the city chain gang; Harry L. Wilenski, city meter inspector; W. A. Turner and Jeremiah O'Brien, a member of the committee, were wounded during a fusillade of pistol shots in the committee room at the southwest corner of King and George streets just as the city Democratic executive committee was about to be called to order yesterday at noon for the purpose of canvassing the returns and declaring the nominee of the municipal eleci. v .IJ hull 11 em mc&ua^. The committee room was crowded. City Chairman Joseph A. Black called on the police to clear the room of all except the members of the executive committee. It was just about this time that the trouble broke. As to just how it started all sorts of rumors have been circulated. The confusion appears to have begun when the room was being cleared of outsiders. One or more altercations were begun, it is stated, and suddenly a pistol shot rang out, followed closely by others, twelve shots being accounted for. A crowd in an anteroom tried to gain admittance, while persons in the room sought safety. Several men went out of windows. Mr. Cohen was about to pass through a window when he was mortally wounded in the side. Wild confusion reigned for some minutes. With the disorder at its height and the crowd in the street steadily increasing, some person turned in the fire alarm and engines respondon tn tVm hftY at Kincr and Georere streets. , / Receiving a hurry, call, Sheriff J. Elmore Martin and a body of deputies hurried in%iutomobiles from the county court house to the scene of the disorders. The militia and deputies were being held in readiness under orders from Governor Manning because of representations to him that various threats of violence against the committee, and especially against Chairman Black, had been reported. The Washington Light Infantry, under Capt. Harry O. Withington, with fixed bayonets, marched from its armory up King street, the crowd getting out of its way. About twenty minutes after the first shot Mayor Grace reached the scene. Meanwhile, two ballot boxes and j two club roll books are known to have been thrown out of windows into the street, these later being reported by the police as recovered. Part of Police in Fatal Melee. < Charleston, .Oct. 16.?Stories of eye-witnesses of the shooting in the executive committee room which eventuated in the killing of Sidney J. Cohen and the wounding of four other men agree that there was wild disorder and that the police of Charleston took part in it. Shots were fired, clubs used, citizens hustled and beaten, according to these accounts. Chief Cantwell, of the Charleston police force, is said to have wielded his pistol in the fracas. J. J. Healy, a deputy sheriff, said: "Chief Cant well fired a shot at Ifenry Brown while several men were holding Brown. Some one, I think Mr. .Robson, grabbed Chief Cantwell's hand with the pistol in it and begged him not to shoot." J. W. Robson, an East Bay merchant, said: "I saw with my own eyes several persons rush at a man whom I did not know and force him back, about half-sitting, at the mid^ die window on the east side of the building. Chief Cantwell came up I and deliberately fired wUh his pistol ; at his head. I caught his arm and said, 'Don't do that! Don't do | that!'"' Mr. Robson is a member j of the committee. He was present i at the meeting from the start and ! did not leave the room until all was j over. Conrad Stender says he saw one | man in a window on the east side of i the room, with three or four men | crowding him. "While this was go| ing on, I saw Chief Cantwell come | up with his pistol in his hand and j fire a shot at this man's head. In ! the confusion I did not recognize the | man. I saw no pistol in his hand." 1 -- - ~ ^ " tho ' Natn. U. uariiwen, a jmcixiu<ri ui (Continued on page 2f, column 1.) .. .. * V . . . . . , ' ; i V- .>; ; ".J-*-.: LEVER LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL. :m Federal Judge Declares Cotton Futures Act Started Out Wrong. New York, Oct. 13.?Federal Judge Hough today handed down a decision declaring unconstitutional the law known as the Cotton Futures Act. He rendered judgment in favor of Daniel T. Hubbard and others in a suit to recover damages for assessment made and collected by the collector of internal revenue. Judge Hough in a lengthy opinion said the Cotton Futures Act was technically unconstitutional because the law originated in the senate instead of in the house of representatives. "This is one of the legislative * projects which to be a law must originate in the house of representatives," said Judge Hough. "The constitution of the United States provides that all revenue bills shall originate in the lower house. This bill, I find, was introduced in ^ the senate, and as it is a bill for rais ing revenue, it is, therefore, unconstitutional. "It is most unsatisfactory to have to ground a decision hpon so technical a point, but such as it .is, this de- ' cision disposes to the case." * + * * Baptist Missionary Society. The regular monthly meeting of ithe Baptist Woman's Missionary so- '-3 iety was held at the church on Tues- * day afternoon, October 13, with quite a number of membert present. The subject for the afternoon's study was "Foreign mission survey." * "The message of the hour," showing that missionary work is still going on in foreign fields in spite of ? the war, was read by Mrs.. Harry Murphy. Mrs. W. R. McMillan told of "Some beneficial results in foreign fields." and "A challenge to Ameri cawas^read by Mrs. S. H. Counts. , The president,' Mrs. R. M. Hitt, then made an interesting talk on our c work in foreign fields, stressing the need of our sending-at the close of the war more missionaries to foreign yj fields than ever before, while their ; hearts may be? more susceptible to our teachings. A splendid report of the annual association meeting at Blackville on September 23 rd and 24 th was made by Mrs. J. E. Newsom, who attended f| that meeting as a delegate. ; The association accepted the invitation to hold their meeting at Bamberg next fall and we will look forward to its ^ coming with pleasure. % Miss Annie Hartzog was appoint- :-|||ed delegate to the State meeting in Spartanburg on November 9th to 12th, with Mrs. J. E. Newsom as alPlans were discussed for having in the society a mission study class and a committee was also appoint ea to get up a year .dook ior next year and have copies published. The treasurer's report showed that ; all apportionments for last year had been paid in full, also $30.00 sent to Connie Maxwell orphanage, , for clothing a little girl there, whom the society has pledged to support. The meeting was concluded with prayer. ?Contributed. Mrs. Rice and M?s. Johns Coming. All the ladies of the Baptist church are cordially invited to come to the church Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock to hear Mrs. W. O. Rice, the superintendent of the Barnwell division W. M. U. She has a great many things to say, especially to the members of the missionary society. Afro W T .Tr?hne will alsn bp here " to address the mothers. It is earnestly hoped that the ladies will lay aside everything and attend this ; ||S meeting, as it will be a meeting of , information and inspiration. Doll Modelit Contest. ; Standing of contestants having 100 or more votes on October 19th. MODELIT. 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