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. , ' ~". > " \ ">V ' " - f y 1 \ v Wqt iambmj feral? J" One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. 0. THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1916. 'Established 1891. I COUNTRY NEWS LETTEi SOME INTERESTING HAPPENING IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around t % ^ County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, Marcn zs.?Mrs. <jni Ehrhardt entertained last Wednesd afternoon in honor of her moth* Mrs. G. A. McMillan, in celebrati of her sixty-second birthday. Mi McMillan is a big-hearted old la and for one to be on her list as neighbor means that one will c< tainly receive her best attention sickness, etc. The number and qua ty of presents presented by the n merous guests who attended and e joyed Mrs. Ehrhardt's hospitality - to show the high e6teem which h friends have for her. A salad cour was served, followed by cake and c< fee. All enjoyed the afternoon ai wish that Mrs. McMillan be favor with many more years of health ai , happiness. Those attending wer Mrs. G. A.v McMillan, Mrs. McKenz Mrs. Sarah Roberts. Mrs. B. M. Rc erts, Mrs. J. H. Roberts, Mrs. E. Dannelly, Mrs. E. P. Copeland, Mi ^ , H. Ehrhardt, Mrs. John Hartz, M: - H. Planer, Mrs. H. W. Ehrhardt, Mi Kirkland, Mrs. Sease, Mrs. Gaines, Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. A. F. Hendersc Mrs. E. E. Hughes, Mrs. Joe Cop land, Mrs. J. R. Smith, Mrs. J. Uf Folk, Mrs. O. E. Kearse, Mrs. S. 1 Copeland, Mrs. F. G. Lemacks, Mi A. B. Coggins, Mrs. J. B. Ramse Mrs. W. B. Moore, Mrs. J. Speigfc I and Mrs. C. R. McTeer, of Henderso B ville; Mrs. F. H. Copeland, Mrs. I M Hucks, Mrs. J. B. Ehrhardt, and Mi Y Ella M e. TV Bennett is at hor * ? agaii ^ter .spending several wee at^~ \Jhar!eston hospital, looking tb h he had never been sick. ( * C. R. McTeer and Mrs. Spfe^ ?s, of Hendersonville, visit their^sister, Mrs. W. _B. Moore, la week. . Mrs. Gaines, of Atlanta, Ga., visiting her sister, Mrs. A. F. He derson. Our base ball team went out Bamberg last Friday to play the first game of ball for this season wi the Carlisle team. Result: A go< whipping. Mr. C. C. Moore left Sunday i Charleston to join the Chariest base ball club, where he will plj ball for this season. Miss Eleanor Rice, of Charlesto 1 is a guest at Mrs. A. B. Coggins's. Children's day exercises were he - 'at the Lutheran church last Sund; evening. Several interesting sele tions were read by the ladies, recit ' tions by the young girls, followed 1 a v short talk from the pastor, Re Mr. Roof. Mr. T. W. Davis and son, of Ci Point, Va., were called home la week on account of Mrs. Davis beii ,v very ill. She is slowly improving. JEF. Cop? Callings. * * ' > - * Cope, March 27.?Dr. T. ] Stuckey, Rev. E. H. Beckham ai Mr. E. R. Boltin went to Augus Thursday by auto to view the rui caused by the big fire. Miss Berta Hill, a teacher of t Cope school, went to Augusta f f the day Saturday. Messrs. W. Clark, J. C. Gray ai Vf. N. Antley spent yesterday in A gnsta and returned on the four fift seven passenger train. Rev. Joe L. Hiers filled his a pointment at the Baptist church he yesterday afternoon. Rev. E. H. Beckham met his a pointment yesterday at Bethlehe and Wesley Grove. Mr. J. I. Valentine and fami spent yesterday with his moth* Mrs. M. E. Valentine, below Coi and returned in time for Sund school at Union church in the aft< noon. Little Evelyn Henerey, who was home all of last week with a b cold, returned to school this mor ing. > Miss Flossie Griffith, of near Bai berg, spent yesterday with her brot er Mr. G. E. Griffith. Thomas, who teaches 1U199 ? , Appleton, spent the week-end home with her parents, Mr. and M N. J. Thomas. Spain has enough coal in unexplo ed mines to serve the nation for V centuries, and a government comm sion will try to develop deposits a check an annual importation of 500,000 tons. Read the Herald, $1.50 per yeai v v . . ^ . . ? - ' . -. v > fl'-* . _ - - --V. BOYS' CORN CLUB WORK. |l Summary of Work for Past Year I *. GS pared. S Columbia, March 26.?The splendid results achieved by the Boys' k? Corn club work throughout South ? Carolina are convincingly shown by the following summary of the achievements of last year as prepared by L. L. Baker, of Bishopville, head * of the work in this State, and read at ay the banquet Friday night, at which ' prizes were given to the State and on congressional district winners. The rs* work in brief for 1915 was: c ^ . Total number of boys enrolled, 1,- * ^ A /? A nnmhar nf Viftue ronrtftinP' V U t7 j tV-/ Idi ii U XXI UCl 'JJL UVJ O A vj^/v * viuQ f '.r 466; total number of bushels of corn s \n reported in the State, 22,125.15; to- ^ 1_ tal cost, 0,462.92; average cost per I u" bushel, 42 1-2 cents; average num!n~ ber of bushels per acre, 49.6 bushels; i g0 per cent, of boys reporting in State, ^ er ,48 1-2; total wealth added to the r se State, $12,662.23. r * ~ Not only were the boys engaged a Q, in raising corn, but they got into 6Q , the pig club work, another evidence < nd * of the increasing field developing un.e* der the tutelage of the Clemson auie' thorities. During last year the pig j. club report was as follows: Boys Enrolled. rs. rs Number of boys enrolled in State, ^ rs 245; number of boys reporting in c 0{ State, 88; number of single hogs y >n grown and-fattened, 89; value of sin- t >e- hogs in the beginning, $322.11; y E cost of growing single hogs, $420.46; c W value of single hogs at time of rers porting, $1,242; profit on single >y> hogs, $521.13. . But the boys are not confining g n. their activities to raising corn and j >r porkers for market. Several of them ss bought brood sows, and this is their record for last year: Qe Number of sows used for breeding, kS 5; value of sows in the beginning, c ag $56.50; number of pigs raised from 0 60ws, 28; cost of growing sows and * j pigs, $25.08; value of sows and pigs a ed at time of reporting, $190; profit on c >st sows and pigs, $108.42; total profit f on all hogs, $629.58. The total money, profit, return to t n_ the boys in the corn clubs from corn C and hogs last year was $13,291.78, * to thus adding a new meaning to "Pigs, P jr Peas and Prosperity/' that slogan j * * ' ? 1 /N-n rr haan IIOcH 1T? C ^ wmen oas iur v*.wu * * ?r>d South Carolina. The story of the v young South Carolina farmers who o* are enlisted under the boys' corn and >n PiS clubs banner is gratifyingly ay amazing, and it is believed that the c wonderful records already Achieved' d n> will be exceeded in this and subse- c quent years. I Id The story of how Cary McKinzie, c ay of Dillon county, raised 164.42 bush- t c- els of corn on one acre, at a cost of \ a. only nine cents per bushel, has been f by the subject of much favorable com- t >v. ment around Columbia this morning, s Cary McKinzie is the champion boy c ty corn grower of the State. c ,st Coker's Message. * Mr. D. R. Coker, of Hartsville, who * was present at the banquet last night, invited the young farmers to visit Hartsville when the South Carolina A Plant Breeders' association meets there in the near future. Mr. Coker, who has done so much for the*agri- j ad cultural interests of the State, es- f pecially through the work of seed se- j ns lection and plant breeding, told the ^ young farmers that he believed they be could get some good points which f or would be helpful to them, and he assured them that he and the other tt(* people of Hartsville "would give them u" ,a cordial welcome. ^ -y- There were several ca?h prizes distributed to winners last night, and ^ -P" Mr. Coker told the young farmers to ' re invest this money and make it earn ^ something. He suggested that they c P~ might buy some calves and feed them 'm through the summer and market them in the fall. Mr. Coker urged Uy the young men to be business farm*r> ers and to learn at this early stage )e? in life the value of money and how a* to handle it in a business way. ^ *r~ One of the most interesting of the . several valuable talks made to the at hnv farmers was -that of Ira B. v JUUI1S wv,. a(* Dunlap, of Rock Hill, vice president 1 n" of the South Carolina's Bankers' as- cm sociation. Mr. Dunlap told the young s m" men that the bankers were very r much interested in them and the j work which they are doing, and he g at said they could always count on the ( at assistance of the bankers. Turning j rs- to one of 'the prize winners, James ,t W. Draffin, of Lesslie, in York coun- ] ty, Mr. Dunlap told him that he con- ( it- sidered himself his personal friend ? svo "wiipnftver you need any help,, f UUU " ** is" James, come to me and you will get t nd it." Mr. Dunlap went on to say that r 2>~ the bankers at their last convention e spent the greater part of their time < in discussing agriculture. j r. Governor Manning brought a mes- ( i ' >./ V . -v," fe " THE PALMETTO STATE . V CURRENCES OP VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ? i tate News Boiled Down for Quick a Reading.?Paragraphs About 1 Men and Happenings. e C ( Several houses and other property vere destroyed by fire in Kershaw wunty Wednesday. Jim Brunson, a negro, was run < >ver and killed by an Atlantic Coast j Jne train near Sumter last week. The new electric light, water and ;t lewerage plant recently installed in c Vinnsboro at a cost of $80,000, was >ut into operation last week. Dr. J. S. Sowers, pastor of the rirst Baptist church of Florence, vho resigned some time ago, will nove his family this week to Antapolis, Md., where he has accepted i pastorate. Charlton R. Ward died at his home n Lamar, Darlington county, last veek, of injuries received while opirating a saw mill. A board struck lim in the stomach inflicting internal njuries which caused his death; Dan Strickland, a white man, who vas convicted of adultery in the :ourt of general sessions in Green- j rille last week q,uietly walked out of he court room while the officers vere not watching and made his esape. Monroe Collins, a negro, was con- ^ icted of assault with intent to rav- ^ sh in Greenville last week and was c entenced to die by electrocution on j r une 5th. He attempted to ravish a; r irominent white woman of Green- 1 1 ille several weeks ago. ^ Sheriff John W. Davis, of Oconee ounty, has been ordered to show c ause why he should not be adjudged ^ n contempt of federal court. It is { .lleged that he gave into the hands l ?f State authorities a prisoner held g or trial in the federal court. 1 George Kirby, night watchman at t he Prospect mills at Batesville, I rreenville county, his son, Manzie I Cirby and M. B. Bagwrell, an emiloye of the mill, were seriously in- t nrod nrV? on Q hnilpr in thft mill ex-! >lod%d early Friday morning and 1 wrecked the boiler room. t Fire at Ehrhardt. ^ Yesterday morning the residence ? if Mrs. W. P. Pate, in Ehrhardt, was lestroyed by fire. The residence was t iccupied at the time by Mr. H. R. i pristine. The fire was first dis- c overed in the roof, and it is probable ?t hat it caught from the flue. The f vind was fortunately blowing in a i avorable direction for confining the t daze to this building, although it eemed imminent at times that some < if the neighboring houses would ? atch. The residence was worth, it s stated, about $3,500, and very lit- 1 le insurance was.carried. 1 m 1 TWO FIRES AT ORANGEBURG. t Lnother at State College.?One at * \T?rp? Sphnft}. Orangeburg, March 22.?Followng on the heels of the disastrous ire of Monday morning at State Col- J ege, another fire occurred there tolay about noon, when the residence >f one of the instructors, a small fame dwelling, was totally destroy- 1 id. The house was located on the < ixtreme east of the State College 1 >roperty and was a long distance ? rom the fire plug. Although the de- 1 >artment worked rapidly the very i ligh wind prevented their doing any 1 iffective work, so quickly was the t touse consumed. The residence was 1 occupied by S. M. Boston, a black- 1 mith employed at the college. i About 1 p. m. today fire was dis- ^ iovered at Sterling negro graded i ichool. The blaze was between the i :eiling and roof, and was extinguish- t id before it gained much headway, t seems that the origin of this fire < s very mysterious. It is said that i here was no fire whatever in the 1 milding today, and no one is able to .t iccount for it. 1 ;age of congratulation to the winlers in the name of the State and oined heartily in the messages of 1 greeting. President W. M. Riggs, of 31emson college; Dr. W. W. Long, lead of the demonstration work in his State; L. L. Baker, head of the 3oys' Corn club work; Ira W. Hill, )f the United States department or igriculture; J. T. Liles, chairman of " ;he house ways and means commitee; Jas. D. Lee, of the State departnent of agriculture, and several others congratulated the young boy corn ilub winners, and altogether it was i most delightful and enjoyable oc- \ :asion. ' ] ?3ctv5iSl-7 SAVED FROM DROWNING. Young Woman Jumps Into Pond, But is Pulled Out. York, March 27.?Miss Janie Robnson, aged about twenty, a pretty r*oung woman, who lives in the Can ion Mill village on tiie outskirts of fork, attempted to take her own life ibout 7:30 yesterday morning by frowning herself in the pond at the nill. She was rescued from the vaters before she had been in the iond more than a minute or two by several persons who chanced to be lear the spot. Persons who were passing noticed he young woman sitting on the bank )f the pond with her little nephew. She had her hair down and her shoes off. A short while aftervard they heard the little boy scream ind then saw the young woman in he mill pond. Mr. P. M. Thrift and ithers hastened to the water and succeeded in pulling her out. She was a ittle bit strangled but further than ;hat appeared to be none the worse 'or her experience. She would give her rescuers no reason for attempting to end her life, tnd members of her family are unible to say why she attempted it. FIRE SWEEPS 36 BLOCKS. n City of Nashville Damage Estimated at $2,500,000. Nashville, Tenn., March 22.?Fire n the eastern part of Nashville late odav swept an area of thirty-six docks, causing damage of $2,500,>00. One death, that of a negro, was eported. Many persons received vaious injuries and hundreds of famiies were made homeless. Six hunIred houses, were destroyed. The fire, originating in a small Iwelling at 6th and Maine streets, vas fanned by a gale, and burned a >ath three blocks wide and a mile ong. About 500 houses were deitroyed, including the home of the Mttle Sisters of the Poor, an instiution for the aged; the Tulip Street vlethodist church and the Edgefield 3aptist church. Governor Rye called out the miliia and all semi-militiary organizaions to aid fire sufferers, and the mrned districts were being guarded onight against possible looting. The Cumberland river separates he burned section from the business lection of Nashville. A small ball of yarn, lighted and hrown by a boy into dry grass in a vacant lot started the fire and a wind Iriving fifty miles an hour fanned he burning grass into a torrent of lames, which quickly caught a planling mill and leaped from building ;o building. It was estimated that at least 3,)00 persons are homeless as a result of the fire. One hundred members of the Na;ional Guard of Tennessee, called out Dy Governor Rye were on. duty in :he fire zone and will remain there :hroughout the night and for several lays to aid In relief work and present possible looting. SPARTANBURG BOY MISSING. Lieut. Robt. H. Willis, Lost in Mexico, Resided at Inman and Landrum. Spartanburg, March 23.?Robert 3. Willis, one of the two lieutenants )f the First Aero squadron of the United States forces reported lost somewhere in the desert foot hills of :he Sierra Madres in Mexico, is a Spartanburg county boy and resided :or a number of years at Landrum md Inman in this county where his father, R. H. Willis, taught school. 3e is a brother of Alfred Willis, of Jnortanhur? fl.Tid Mrs Roland Lee, v?. o vife of Representative Roland Lee, i member of the South Carolina legslature from this county, is his sis;er. Dispatches were sent by relatives if the young aviator from here this norning to Gen. Funston at Columius, N. M., requesting such informa-l ion as may be available concerning! lis fate. Lieut. Willis was regarded is one of the most expert members if the First squadron and it is fearid that he started on his flight over Mexico without the necessary precau:ions. His brother said here today :hat he was given to taking long ihances, believing he could overcome my obstacles that might arise. The Willis family lived for several rears at Donalds, in Abbeville coun;y, and at present R. H. Willis, the :'ather of the young man, is making lis home at Simpsonville, in Greenrilla nrmntv. r 11 iV v%?. Don't fail to hear the male quartette at Carlisle auditorium Monday light.?adv. - , * VILLA PRE PARI NG TO FI6HT WILL KILL MEXICANS FRIENDLY TO AMERICANS. Believed Bandit Miscalculated When He Predicted Raid Would Cause Mexicans to Rise Against U. S. Field Headquarters, American Expedition Force, Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua, Mexico, March 26.? (By A arAnlono + 11 m Vin e XT A f Mn rnVi vytuuv tv vuiuiiiuuo, ill , iviai Lll 27.)?Evidence that Villa is preparing t<f resist the American pursuing columns and that the Mexican people are not as yet rallying to him has been collected by the officers and scouts of the American troops. Officers who have ridden over the various fronts in the State of Guerrero, where Villa fled when the expedition crossed the border, have found numerous indications that Villa miscalculated completely when he predicted that his Columbus raid would cause a general uprising against Americans. The status of the chase today is that Villa is retiring continually southward, trying to force recruits into his ranks. His men are feeling the pinch of hunger and are hoping for an early summer to shield against the cold of the mountains, where they have retreated somewhere south of Namiquipa. Chief Question. The question of overshadowing importance now is: "Will Villa continue to prepare for resistance?" It is frankly hoped that he will, for that is considered the best chance, barring a lucky capture through treachery of Villa's own men, of bringing the American expedition to an early successful conclusion. If Villa refuses to make any resistance, the men who have been over the ground here believe, it may require months to crush him. An officer who has been through many camps where Villa had passed within a week found to all appearances the bandit had failed to inflame sentiment against the Americans. "These rural people," said the officer, "are in ignorance of any reliable facts about the nature of the American expedition. They have been told that the Americans are an invading: army, a dangerous enemy, that they must fight for their lives. But all those whom I' saw seemed to be a very credulous people. "They appeared to be waiting? with some suspicion, it is true?but, nevertheless, waiting before making up their minds. This waiting I took to be a hopeful sign. It was like going into villages where the inhabitants regard one with open suspicion, but are ready to be friendly, provided they think our mission is friendly. That, I think, is the attitude of the people toward us in many of the places where Villa hoped for recruits." For two weeks the reports along Villa's trails show that he has seized young men and boys of small towns as forced recruits. His custom has been for either himself or one of his lieutenants -to line up most of the male population for inspection. The best physical specimens have been pulled out of line and.told roughly that they were honored above the others because they become "Villa's men." In the Casas Grandes region, at Galeana and El Valle, Villa secured fully half a hundred men by this method. Working in Good Faith. The disappearance of the Carranza garrison at Namiquipa and reports that these men had joined Villa was not taken at American headquarters as indicating serious trouble. Personal investigation indicated to the American officers, they said, that the Constitutionalist army were cooperating with good will. Occasional defections of Mexican troops have been expected, but there has been no sign of a break reported here on the part of any of the Constitutionalist army officers with whom the American forces have been in actual cooperation. All of them appear to be following orders from Gen. Guiterrez, military governor of Chihuahua, to close in on Villa from all sides. ?y 0^ for lpnrned V1113. lias IlUL, ovy iui r faced any strong Constitutionalist forces. His strategy has been to select points in the Constitutionalist line where only a small force was available. In such fights, according to reliable reports reaching here, it has been a case of "Villa coming m on one side of the town while the garrison went out on the other." Mexicans who have seen Villa's $',< >..' i -V. .-\r.. ' iJ:. ^ r. y,: DEATH KATE HIGH. . !m Negroes in S. C. Losing Ground. Study of Statistics. <. r. Columbia, March 26.?Not only is the annual death rate for negroes in South Carolina larger than for white people but the annual birth rate is smaller arrnrriin cr tr> fi orii rae nAm ? ?> WVVV.M4MJ5 i,V ii^UlUO V/UU1" pleted yesterday by the bureau of vital statistics. The death rates, based on returns for 1915, are: For whites, 12.6; for negroes, 17.4. The birth rates are: For whites, 29.1; for negroes, 26.7. One hundred and thirty-nine homicides were recorded. Of the 24,501 deaths occurring last year in South Carolina, making an annual death rate per 1,000 population of 15.2, 9,141 were white people, 15,350 were negroes and 10 were Indians. There were 44,950 births, distributed as follows: White males, 11,015; white females, 10,127; negro males, 12,110; negro fe- . males, 11,512. The annual birth Ji rate for the State is 28. One section of the report is given over to a consideration of pellagra, from which there were 1,469 deaths in South Carolina in 1915. This disease ranks fourth in its toll, the three leading ones being: Diseases of the circulation, 2,539; pulmonary tuberculosis, 1,991; diseases of the kidney, 1,646. These four causes of death are responsible for approximately one-third of the deaths. Both the number and the percentafrfl nF rlpaths frnm nellae'ra arranfir ed by counties, are given, showing the following results in part: Charleston with a death rate of 208 per 100,000; Sumter, 159.2; Greenwood, 152.6; Chester, 147.3; Greenville, 131.2; Richland, 131.2; Anderson 121; Georgetown, 114.4; York, 100.4; Florence, 98.8. The remainder of the counties range lower thanthese, the lowest being Clarendon with a rate of 32.1. Other causes of death, with their toll, are: Intestinal diseases, 1,306; '/ba pneumonia, 1,235; typhoid fever, 553; cancer, 513; dysentery, 502; malaria, 465; bronchial pneumonia, 320; whooping cough, 207; diphtheria, 110; general accidents, 557; suicide, 53; railroad accidents, 53. Infant Mortality High. * * Cgi Approximately 32 per cent, of the total number of deaths in 1915 were of children under five years of age. The total arranged bj* races are: Whites, 2,834; negroes, 4,983; Indians, 5. In each instance the number of deaths of the males exceeded that of the corresponding females. Not considering this one period the largest number of deaths occurring in the several succeeding decades fol lows,: White men, from 60 to 70; white women, from 30 to 40; negro men and negro women, from 20 The largest death rate in South Carolina is in Richland county, with a rate of 29.3, which is followed closely by Charleston county with 28. These excessive rates are due < largely to the deaths in hospitals and to the deaths not accounted for in State institutions. Other counties with high death rates are: George* ?? 01. 77*1 no. 90 n Sumter. IU W U, >! ) X- IV/i buW) - W , , 19.4; Berkeley, 18.1. The lowest rate, S.8, is found in Saluda county. Florence county^won the banner in the percentage of births, with 44.1, . followed by Horry county with 41.5/ The next county is Clarendon with 35.3, followed closely by Calhoun, Chesterfield, Darlington, Lee, Marion, Orangeburg, Pickens, Sumter and Williamsburg. Richland county has a birth rate of 28.3 and Charleston , county, 23.7. The lowest birth rate 1 - ~ m Ailron PAlintv Wltfl IS rct'ui UCU ill mnvu .. ..? 19.6. The only made quartette of the season will be here on the lyceum Monday night.?adv. men say they are ragged and that their horses are worn out. The men themselves rushed into houses in Galeana demanding food, some of them shrieking as if crazed with hunger. Wherever Villa has gone he has \ left behind threats, promising that when he reappears he will kill or torture Mexicans friendly to the Americans. yf-a Meanwhile Villa has been given surprisingly little time for rest because of the rapid,southward advance of the Americans. Little has been announced about the work of the army organization in pushing south, maintaining a constantly lengthening line of communication. New difficulties of communication are encounter-* ed constantly, but the fact remains that the men not only have received their supplies on time, but that more supplies are available each day, not only in more volum?, but in more variety. , ^ . . . -.. --- y