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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
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^ 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
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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.
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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
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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
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^ 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
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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- (
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" THE PALMETTO STATE
. V CURRENCES OP VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
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tate News Boiled Down for Quick a
Reading.?Paragraphs About 1
Men and Happenings.
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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
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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. ' ]
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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.
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fail to hear the male quartette
at Carlisle auditorium Monday
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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
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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
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DEATH KATE HIGH.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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