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m 9| ty$ lamterg l^^rald j One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. 0. THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1916. Established 1891. | 'i COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the s * County and Elsewhere. Denmark Dots. Denmark, March 18.?Miss Ruth Seymour, of Winthrop college, spent v the week-end at home last week. Miss Doris Goolsby was at home this week, en route to the teachers' association in Columbia. K. G. Miller, of Charleston, was here this week. Miss Kathryn Wilkinson is at home, after a stay of several months t in Greenville, N. C., with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Moseley. The music pupils of the Denmark high school, under the supervision of Miss Martha Ray, gave a recital in the auditorium of the building Friday evening of last week. Miss Lillian Goolsby, of St. Matthews, spent the week-end here last week. An interesting news letter was received Tuesday from Colston, but on account of the name of the writer being omitted it is not printed this w^ek. All communications for publication must positively be signed. It is not neces fefe sary that the name be published, ibut we must know the wTiter. . ? Country News Items. Mr. and Mrs. John Collier and two sons, of Branchville, visited at the home of Mr. J. A. Griffith Saturday - and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Griffith spent Sunday with Mr! and Mrs. J. A. Griffith. Little Florence Griffith spent the ^ ?- A wi+Vi hop cifftpr. Mrs. W. R. ' WCt)A"CUU nibu uw* Turner, of Cope. Mr. G. E. Griffith and Mr. Selby Ashe, of Cope, spent a while Sunday at the home of Mr. T. A. Griffith. Mr. James Griffith and Miss Montme Griffith visited in the Caanan section Sunday. M Cope Callings. Cope, March 20.?Mr. J. E. Felder spent yesterday in Bamberg, and Mrs. Felder and child, Julia Mary, who had been there the past day or two, returned with him in the afternoon. Mr. John H. Cope and sister, Mrs. Laura E. Livingston, of Bamberg, were over for the day yesterday with Mrs. Carrie E. Cope and family. ^B^S Mrs. J. C. Gray and daughter, Rita Barton, have gone to Rowesville for ^^^Bthe H W Master Jack Kirk land, who stays down on his father's farm near Ehrliardt, was home yesterday with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Ed. Kirkland. Mr. C. M. Croft, of Fairfax, arriv' ed yesterday afternoon on a pleas ?J v"";,iqcc trin combined. nre uuu uuoiu^gu Mrs. E. H. Beckham, who has been spending the past two weeks at Bowman with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Beckham, will return home today. FARMER LOSES NINE MULES. Spartanburg Farmer Also Suffers Other Losses by Fire. Spartanburg, March 19.?Joseph Nesbitt, of Reidville, lost by fire early today, a barn, nine mules, one horse, five wagons, several hundred bushels of corn, with fodder and hay and much farm machinery. The total loss is approximately $10,000, while the insurance carried was only $1,500. The fire was discovered after 1 o'clock this morning. Its origin is unknown. GOVERNOR OFF TO FLORIDA. ** ~ T>1 c. Mr. wanning ucii?ra vu ouw i * r ur? Trip. Columbia, March 16.?Governor Manning left this morning for a short . pleasure trip to Florida. This is the first vacation the governor has taken since assuming office. He will return to his office about the middle of next week. F. H. McMaster, insurance commissioner, is in New York, where he went last night on business connected with the insurance situation. Postoffiee Appointments. \ Washington, March 20.?President * Wilson today nominated James M. Bvrd as postmaster at Branchville and W. B. Wright, Jr., as postmaster at Shelton. These nominations require confirmation by the senate. John L. McCracken, appointed postmaster at Smith Mills, Georgetown county, does not have to be confirm^ ed. CLOSE OX VILLA S THAIL. IJelieved lT. S. Troops Will Soon Capture Mexican Outlaws. Washington, March 21.?General Pershing, leading the American expeditionary forces in Mexico, reported to the war department today that he had reached a point near Villa and his outlaws. It was nade clear i v. +V./-V tViof Oon Porch in cr All 111C UlOpdltll 'lllU t x \_/X kJ'LlAXAQ believed the troops of the de facto government were cooperating in the bandit hunt and that it is quite possible Villa may be trapped. Officials continued to assert today that all dispatches to the war and State departments told of cooperation between the American and Carranza forces, and of generally favorable conditions in the interior ovf Mexico, and along the border. Unofficial dispatches picturing a very different situation were brought to the attention of Secretary Baker, who said that while the situation was fraught with many possibilities, so far there had been no unfavorable developments. One of Gen. Pershing's reports tonight said the attitude of the natives continued friendly. Mr. Baker, in referring to this, explained that the department had no information to indicate that a single hostile shot had been fired against or by the American troops since they entered Mexico. While Acting Secretary Polk, of the State department, and Eliseo Arredondo, Mexican ambassador designate, were conferring during the day over the terms of the protocol proposed by Gen. Carranza to govern the joint pursuit of Villa, the war department was ordering additional troops to/the border in response to a -ammct frnm ften. Funston. The 5th X ^V^IUVtJV ?*** ? _ cavalry, the squadrons of which are stationed at Fort Myer, Va., Fort Sheridan, 111., and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the 24th infantry at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming, were ordered to entrain immediately. The point to which the troops will move was not disclosed. BYNUM PRESIDENT. Succeeds Dr. Snyder as Head of State Teachers' Association. Columbia, March 18.?With the. adoption of resolutions calling for progressive reforms in the interest of the State's school system and the election of officers the annual convention of the South Carolina School I association was brought to a close this afternoon. The resolutions endorsed the creation of a State board for examination of teachers, increased appropriations for the schools of the State industrial and night schools and better oi/? fn tVia rmhlir School roaus a& au aiu i,u tuV _ system. W. C. Bynum, of Georgetown, was elected president of the association to succeed Dr. Henry Nelson Snyder, of Spartanburg; E. C. McCants, of Anderson, and Miss Augusta Dunbar, of Hartsville, were named as vice presidents. Dr. Snyder and W. W. Nickels, of Greenwood, were elected to the State executive committee, and R. C. Burts, of Rock Hill, was reelected secretary. \ Columbia and Gaffney submitted invitations for the next annual meeti ing of the convention. The selection will be made by the State executive committee. The meeting, which closed today, is the most successful ever held by the South Carolina teachers. The registrations exceeded 1,400, and many important subjects were given consideration. Much good was obtained from the conferences of the various sections of the convention. Last night the alumni associations of several colleges held banquets in Columbia. The final session of the association was held today in the hall of the house of rep resentatives. | SURVEYING FOR NEW LINE. Electric Road Proposed Between Atlanta and Anderson. Anderson, March 17.?Engineers began a preliminary survey Thursday of the proposed electric railway from Anderson to Atlanta. Anderson county's share of allotment to secure the road has been placed at one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. Two routes are under consideration. People living on the up per or Townviiie rouie aniiuuiKeu they have secured one hundred and fifty thousand and more to be raised tomorrow. The road is being promoted by an Atlanta capitalist. Our next serial, "The Iron Claw," begins on April 24th. Thielen Theatre.?adv. i IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Stat? News Boiled Down for Quick Reading.?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. St. Paul's Methodist church, of Greenville, proposes to install a pipe organ costing $2,600, Andrew Carnegie paying $1,200 of the amount. The United States war department has sent two machine guns to Clemson college for service in military drills, the guns are 80 calibre and are of the Colt auomatic type. Rev. S. H. Hay has resigned the pastorate of the Presbyterian church at Marion, to accept a call to Mooresville, N. C., and Rev. J. M. Hollidav, of Virginia, will go to Marion. The State commissioner of agriculture has recently completed a census of the hogs in the State, indicating that there are approximately 940,000 hogs in South Carolina. Governor Manning has ordered an j election to be held on May 9, for the purpose of deciding whether or not a portion of Berkeley county shall be annexed to Charleston. Homer Hill and Earl Goodwin, of Laurens county, have been arrested on the charge of assault and battery. It is alleged that they attacked Butler Smith, colored. Mrs. J. S. Jones, of Columbus, N. M., is visiting her mother, Mrs. J. M. Warren, in Greenwood county. Mrs. Jones was in her home at Columbus when Villa and his bandits raided + V?ia + n-rc'n n fpw dflVS aSTO. LX1V IV tt Ai v? *. v ? ? ?w Heyward Pickle, William Tolly and Fred Tolly, young boys of Anderson, were more or less seriously burned last week when a jar of nitrate acid was broken and the contents spattered over them. Will C. Martin and John G. Martin were acquitted in the Laurens county court of general sessions last week of the alleged killing of John P. Mcpherson, a neighbor, several months ago. The plea of the accused was self defense. According to an Edgefield dispatch, the people of Edgefield county were surprised that the death sentence was imposed upon Joe .Grant, colored, who was convicted a few weeks ago of the murder of J. T. Durst, a white man, and will ask the governor to commute the sentence to liffe imprisonment. Governor Manning has granted paroles to C. M. Harrelston, of Marion, who is serving a sentence for nonsupport of his wife and children; Jas. Jackson, of Chester county, who was convicted of house breaking and I larceny, ana l>. uj. ivempiuu, uuiivi^ted of forgery in Newberry county. 46 INJURED, 2 MAY DIE. Students Jump From Second Story. Big Orangeburg Fire. Orangeburg, March 20.?Forty-six students and teachers were injured at an early hour this morning, when the administration building, the greater part of which was used as a girls' dormitory, of the State Colored college, was totally destroyed by fire. Several are considered in a very serious condition, and it is feared that two are fatally injured. It seems that the fire, the origin of which is not known, had gained considerable headway before discovery, making it rather difficult for the A ^ ' -3 occupants, about sou, to escape, ana in the excitement many jumped from the second story. Only a very small part of the contents was saved and the majority of the students lost their clothes. Everything possible is being done for the relief of the injured ones and the care of the others. Eight physicians were pressed into service this morning and they were kept busy several hours attending the injured. A part of the president's house was made into an improvised hospital and the relief work was carried on with as .much dispatch as possible. Some of the students were given temporary quarters in a dormitory at Claflin University, which adjoins the State college, while temporary accommodations were secured elsewhere for most of the others. President Wilkinson states that arrangements will be made to provide for the students, so as not to interrupt their work an> I r* a 1 K ^ I more than necessary, some win uej allowed to go home long enough to replenish their wardrobes. The building, which was a large two-story brick structure, and contents were valued at approximately $60,000. About half of this is covered by insurance. i MAY MISS DEATH. Vaughn Will Be TransfeiTed to Asylum for Sanity Test. Spartanburg, .March 19.?Thurston U. Vaughn, who is in the State penitentiary under death sentence for heinous crimes which he confessed to have committed while he was superintendent of the South Carolina Odd Fellows Orphanage here, is to be incarcerated in the State Hospital for the Insane. Solicitor P. A. Bonham stated today that he will apply next week for an order from the circuit court to transfer Vaughn. A test of , Vaughn's sanity will be made while he is in the State hospital. If the tests show Vaughn to be insane he will escape the death penalty. Vaughn was convicted on October 26th, 1912, and was sentenced to be electrocuted. His attorneys have appealed his case to the supreme court and to the United States supreme court, which tribunals sustained the judgment of the circuit court. A decree of insanity is the only thing that can now save Vaughn from the chair. Solicitor Bonham decided to take the step to have Vaughn placed in the hospital, after correspondence with Governor Manning and Dr. J. Heyward Gibbs, of Columbia. PLANNING FOR VETERANS. Old Soldiers to Meet in Rock Hill April 25-26. Rock Hill. March 17.?Arrange ments are being made for the entertainment of the reunion of the South Carolina Confederate veterans, which will be held in this city April 25 and 26. The veterans will be entertained in the private homes and it was decided at the meeting held today that dinner would be served each day under a big tent in the Air Dome lot in the centre of the city. A committee was appointed to arrange for the sponsors' ball, which always forms a delightful feature of the reunion. The city will be profusely decorated and the boy scouts and community Y. M. C. A. secretary, Frank Condon, will be on duty during the entire occasion, acting as couriers and rendering any assistance needed. Capt. J. Wilson Marshall was chosen as ehief marshal and will select his assistant marshals himself. PRESIDENT ANDERSON COLLEGE. Dr. John E. White Selected to Succeed Dr. James H. Kinard. Anderson, March 15.?The Rev. John E,x White, D. D., pastor of the First Baptist church of this city, has been selected president of Anderson College, succeeding Dr. James H Kinard, who resigned a few weeks ago. Tonight the board of deacons of the church voted unanimously to recommend next Sunday morning to the congregation that Dr. White be allowed to accept the presidency, carrying on the duties of pastor and president at the same time. Dr. White has the matter under advisement. In the event he dicides to accept he will cooperate with Dr. Kinard until the end of'the present session and will become president next summer. Dr. White is a North Carolinian by birth and came to the Anderson church from Atlanta six months ago. In Atlanta he was the pastor of the Second Baptist church, and is considered a leader in the Southern Baptist convention. He is a graduate of Wake Forest and degrees have been conferred on him by Wake Forest and Bailey University, of Waco, Texas. WILSON INVITED. Is Asked to Address Editors During May. Columbia, March 19.?Should President Wilson accept an invitation to come to Charlotte May 20 for the Mecklenburg celebration it is probable that he will continue his travels to Columbia to speak before the South Carolina Press association. Telegraphic communications have been directed by the Columbia chamber of commerce to United States Senator E. D. Smith and Congressman A. F. Lever to prevail upon the president to include Columbia in the itinerary of his Southern trip. William Banks, president of the ? - ? -._a? ? State .Kress association, wm un a meeting of the association in Colum-! bia May 19 to 21, should a favorable response be had from Washington. The president has not visited Columbia since the spring of 1912, a few months prior to his nomination in Baltimore as standard bearer of! the Democratic party. The occasion of his visit at that time was to speak before the State Press association. 1915 CROP 11,059,430 BALES ANXOUNCFS FIGURES RASED ON FINAL GINNING REPORT. Liiiter Cotton, Not Included in Total Ginning Figures, Totalled 895,274 Rales. Washington, March 20.?The 1915 cotton crop of the United States aggregated 11,059,430 running bales, ; or 11,183,182 equivalent 500-pound bales, exclusive of linters and counting round bales as half bales, the census bureau today announced in its final ginning report of the season. The department of agriculture on December 10 last, basing its calculations on reports of its agents throughout the cotton belt, estimated the crop at II,161,000 equivalent 500-pound bales. The census bureau's final figures of the crop compare with 15,905,840 running bales, or 16,134,930 equivalent 500-pound bales produced in 1914; 13,982,811 running bales, or 14,156,486 equivalent 500poiind bales in 1913, and 13,488,539 running bales, or 13,703,421 equivalent 500-pound bales in 1912. The 1914 crop was the record for production. Included in the figures are 39,623 bales which ginners estimated would be turned out after the March canvass. Round bales included numbered III,716, compared with 57,618 in 1914, 99,962 in 1913 and 81,428 in 1912. Sea island bales included numbered 91,920, compared with 81,654 in 1914, 77,563 in 1913, and 73,777 in 1912. The average gross weight of bales for the crop was 505.6 pounds, compared with 507.2 in 1914, 506.2 in 1913 and 508 in 1912. Ginneries operated for the crop numbered 23,146, compared with, 24,547 in 1914, 24,749 in 1913 and 25,279 in 1912. Linter cotton,- not included in the total ginning figures, amounted to 895,274 running bales, or 880,780 equivalent 500-pound bales, compared with 832,401 running bales, or 856,900 equivalent 500-pound bales in 1914; 631,153 running bales, or 638,881 equivalent 500-pound bales in 1913, and 602,324 running bales or 609,594 equivalent 500-pound bales in 1912. South Carolina: 1915, 1,133,581; 1914, 1,533,810; 1913, 1,377,814; 1912, 1,182,128. MEETS SUDDEN DEATH. I William Guy Hardee Shot and Killed at Office in Mississippi Town. Chester, March 19.?William Guy Hardee, a highly esteemed former Chester citizen, who went to Cleveland, Miss., some years ago, was shot to death last night in his law office there by a man whose name was not *11 + * *-l tVln tflloOrTQm f V) Q f" n Q m lllUlltlUllCVX 111 tilC teiegi uiii vnuw vuuiv here. He died almost instantly. Details of the tragedy were unavailable tonight. All that is ljtiown is that a man walked into his office and it is said without'a moment's warning shot him to death. Funeral services were held this afternoon and the burial conducted there. Mr. Hardee went to Cleveland from here 12 years ago to begin the practice of law. In the short time that he was there he accumulated considerable wealth. He took an active interest in the politics of Cleveland, being mayor for three terms. He was born at Lowryville, Chester county, but early moved to. Chester with his parents. As at Cleveland, his young manhood in Chester was characterized by industry and aspiration after high purposes in life. In addition to his wife and 7-yearold daughter, Mr. Hardee is survived bv his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hardee, of Lowryville, and the following sisters and brothers, Mrs. R. R. Hall, of Cleveland, Miss., Mrs. Hope Sadler, of Greenville, Mrs. T. D. Darby, of Chester, Bennie Hardee, of Cleveland, Miss E. L. Hardee, of Florence and Miss C. M. Hardee, of Winthrop college. Mr. Hardee's death caused great sorrow in Chester and the Lowryville community today. YOUNG WOMAN"FOUND DEAD. Phial in Hand and Note Pinned to Dress. Rock Hill, March IS.?Miss Willie May Adams, about twenty-years old, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Adams, of this city, was found dead in Laurehvood cemetery today with an empty carbolic acid bottle I beside her and a note pinned to her dress. The coroner's jury found a verdict in accordance with the above. No cause for the deed is known. GKTTIXG NAVY IX TRIM. _ ^ Hear Admiral Benson Tells of Preparations Being Made. Washington, March 16.?Rear Admiral Benson, chief of naval operations, today told the house naval committee in minute detail of the preliminary work of preparing the navy for an emergency. The naval militia, he said, is beinc hrnnaVif /tAnctontlv intn nlncor iilQ UUftiiW VVUOLU11 11 J 111 tU VlUO^l touch with navy ideas, merchant vessels are under inspection to determine what private craft would be immediately available in case of war, and each naval bureau is informed exactly as to what it would have to do wvith these vessels. The navy is working, Admiral Benson testified, on mobilization, organi- N /1 zation, strategic and supply plans for quick action should it become necessary to strike promptly. Admirai Benson sounded a warning against adopting the submarine ideas of the present war. "We have learned something from the European war," he said, "but we should not be led astray by the conditions under which the submarine warfare abroad is being carried on." Aviation Development. Aviation development, he said, was progressing slowly and conservatively. Sixteen aircraft are in commission at Pensacola. Twenty-five more are ordered, and twenty-five extra motors. Reports from Pensacola were most encouraging in results and enthusiasm of personnel. Admiral Benson assumed the responsibility for cutting the aviation estimate to $2,000,000, for which there has been considerable criticism of Secretary Daniels in the congressional hearings. "There has been a temptation," said the admiral, "to go into different fields of experiment and that is one reason why a larger appropriation than the $2,000,000 we have asked for next year is not recommended." Admiral Benson said he had listed 2,031 merchant ships, power boats and other auxiliary craft, which might be pressed into service in the. event of war. He recommended enlargement. of the navy personnel by 12,000 next year, and said he thought about 8,000 men could be raised in event of war from the naval reserve and naval militia, and about 16,000 from the ranks of those who previously had served. Use of Aeroplanes. In his discussion of aeroplanes the admiral suggested that their use by the navy should be cpnfined chiefly to scouting duty until a higher degree of perfection has been reached in their construction. He declared there was no doubt the navy could get aeroplanes as fast as it needed them in time of emergency. He said that in event of war the country should start off with one hundred service machines, increasing the number as . - developments warranted. s Questioned about the detailed or- ... ganization of the navy, Admiral Benson said he was inclined to favor a general staff organization that would avoid a duplication of official machinery, although under the present arrangement the operations office was working entirely satisfactorily. "The secretary is always there, anxious to keep in touch with everything that is going on," he added. "With the backing Secretary uanieis always has given me, there's nothing left to be desired." J FAIRFIELD TRAGEDY CASE. Likely to Be Called at April Term at York. York, March 17.?The April term of the court of general sessions for York county, which convenes April 17, with Judge I. W. Bowman presiding, will dispose of a number of cases of more or less interest throughout ? the State, in addition to several of particular interest to York county. It is expected that the cases against Ernest Isenhower, Jim Rawls and Jesse Morrison, of Fairfield county, charged with the killing of Sheriff Adam D. Hood, of Fairfield county, and his negro prisoner, Jules Smith, on the steps of the Fairfield county court house at Winnsboro early last year, will be called. It will be remembered that Ernest Isenhower was acquitted at the November, 1915, term of court of general sessions for York county of the charge of killing Deputy Sheriff Raleigh Boulware in the Winnsboro tragedy. Following the verdict dn the Isenhower-Boulware case, counsel for the defence and prosecution agreed that the cases against Isenhower, Morrison and Rawls for the killing of Sheriff Hood and Smith be - - - * f* ii continued until the third weeK or me April term. * * ; -.'-ft-'... - , JZSC