' w. . - - ?. 0 tyqt lambmj feralb One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1916. Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS ] SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS j IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. >/ News Items Gathered All Around the v v County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etcliings. W % Ehrhardt, April 4.?Last Saturday morning when the merchants came v 1 out to open their stores they found a reminder that it was the first of April?"April fool." Signs were changed, push carts, banana drums, boxes, fruit stands, old buggies, etc., were piled at the front door. It required the youngsters some time to do this "April fool's" work Friday ( night but gave them a good laugh and the guilty parties could easily be found by the smile they wore Saturday morning. . Mrs. L. P. McMillan, of Bamberg, visited her mother, Mrs. F. G. Lemacks, last Wednesday. Mrs. J. M. Smith, of Bamberg, was a guest at her friend's, Mrs. J. L. (bopeland's, last Wednesday. A game of ball is scheduled for our diamond Thursday afternoon i with the Carlisle school team. This game will end the series of the three games that they were to play; also will decide the winner of the best "two out of three," as so far each has won a game. ?Mr. and Mrs. Willie King, of Rowesville, passed through town last Sunday afternoon in their car, en route home from a visit in Colleton county. Stopping only a few minutes with relatives thev Dursued their ? X tU A V*%?VA f VVJ ~r journey. Mr. T. W. Davis and son, Willie, m left .Sunday for their post of duty W with the DuPont Powder company, at City Point, Va. It is remembered that they were called home a few days ago on account of Mrs. Davis being very ill. They have the service of a trained nurse. Mr. Raymond Bolen, of Bamberg, visited in town Sunday. No trouble ?jufct a little feminine attraction. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Copeland, Mrs. J. P. Griffin, Mr. Chas. Henery, Dr. I , J. J. Farrell, Mr. and. Mrs. J. F. Chassereau, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Dannelly and Prof. S. C. Paysinger, motored up to Augusta, Oa., Sunday to view the ruined city. They announce that the place looks very bare. A much needed rain fell Monday morning. Crops, gardens and ail vegetables were suffering very much from the dry, windy weather of the oast few weeks. , The following merchants have agreed to close their stores at 6 o'clock from April 10th to August 18th, except on Saturdays! S. W. " 1--J T HT r*n?nnl1,r Jp, fn TTlhr-1 LUpemuu, o. 1U. iyo.um/nj ^ w., hardt Hdw. Co., H. Karesh, 0. E. [ Kearse, M. Leinwand, J. M. Kirkland & Co., Chas. Ehrhardt & Son. This is a good move for the clerks. It will give them some time for outdoor ex% . ercise. St. John's Items. St. John's, April 3.?Mrs. Lee Hyatt and little son, of Round, S. C., are visiting their mother, Mrs. J. W. Kinard. Miss Eva Williams, of Springfield, who has been teaching the St. John's school, left for her home last Thursday. f The school building caught on fiye Wednesday and was completely destroyed. The school furniture was all that was saved. No insurance was carried. There is some talk of a new building, which will be erected on the property that is owned by the school, which is almost adjoining the same site. The farmers of this section are busy planting corn. A few patches y of cotton can be seen planted. Think there will be but few when all are planted. We are glad to say our farmers are taking more interest in grain and feed crops than heretofore. The chain gang is doing some good work on the new road from Mount Pleasant toward M. O. Kinard's place. It taps the Barnwell and Walterboro .public road. Miss Edith Hiers entertained a large crowd of quilters Saturday. sue gave mem m return a large turkey, well prepared?for the writer was present to see it all and that is not all. MUTT. Oak Grove Xews. Oak Grove, April 3.?We have been having some nice rain. It will make everybody get to work on their farms. All the farmers were wishing for rain so they could get to planting. Miss Sallie Garter has returned * PASSED BY THE HOUSE. | Burnett Bill, Goes Through by Vote of 308 to 87. S Washington, March 30.?The Burnett immigration bill, with its literacv test and Asiatic exclusion provisions unchanged, passed the house today, 308 to 87. It now goes to the senate, wherle favorable action is re garded as assured. The literacy test, about which the p fight against the bill has centred, ^ was sustained, 284 to 107. This provision brought vetoes of similar immigration bills by President Cleveland, Taft and Wilson. o Representative Burnett, chairman of the immigration committee, predieted tonight there was sufficient strength to repass the bill over another veto. The president has not a indicated his purpose to the house 1 V leaders. Both record votes on the literacy e test and on the passage of the bill were without regard to party lines. c Majority Leader Kitchin voted for c the literacy test and for the bill. Mi- s nority Leader Mann voted against the * literacy test and then for the bill. The Humphrey reciprocal exclu- o sion amendment, aimed at retaliation r on British Columbia because of its c exclusion of skilled and unskilled la- \ bor from this and other foreign countries, was modified today on dis- ^ covery that it operated against Rus- csian immigration. It was made ap- j plicable only to a "contiguous" for- a eien country. Representative Ben nett, of New York, read to the house . 1 a telegram from Louis Marshall, of . New York, pointing out that the y amendment as originally adopted would exclude Russian Jews, because Russia has forbidden American Jews to enter her domain. c c The literacy test as adopted would K exclude all aliens over 16, physically ^ capable of reading, who cannot read s English or some other language, ex- c cept certain relatives of persons already in this country and ' certain I classes of religious refugees. t Asiatic exclusion provisions speci- s fically bar Hindus. Pacific coast i members were satisfied with these * provisions, who also give legislative recognition to the existing so-called e "gentlemen's agreement," with Japan \ for the exclusion of Japanese labor- \ ers. t The bill extends and strengthens i laws regarding smuggling and har- t boring of inadmissible aliens, increases penalties imposed on steam- ; ship companies for illegal acts in con- j nection with immigrant traffic, re- ] quir'es ship companies to repay passage expenses tax from four to eight < dollars, and imposes restrictions de- t sieriAri to nrevent alien seamen who leave their ships from remaining in j this country. t from a pleasant visit to relatives in * Colleton county. ^ Mrs. D. E. Fender, of Ehrhardt, * spent part of last week with her sis- * ter, Mrs. L. W.v Copeland. i Miss Treasia Smith spent last 1 Thursday night with Mr. and Mrs. L. t H. Carter and family. t Mrs. Rose Hoffman spent last Sun- s day with her sister, Mrs. George McMillan. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hunter and rj Miss Lucy Carter, of Bamberg, spent last Sunday with Mrs. A. W. Rentz. Miss Lonie Copeland spent last Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. L. r H. Carter and family. c We hear of a wedding bell ring- \ ing in our neighborhood now soon. Miss Clara Copeland was unable to c teach her school last Monday and Mr. I Williams Copeiana tooK ner piace. i Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Clayton t spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Clayton. f We are very sorry to hear of Mrs. q Joe Fender's illness. We hope she a will be out again soon. s Mr. Ren Felder dined with Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Carter last Sunday. Branchville Breezes. S Branchville, April 1.?Miss Gressett, of St. George, is the guest of Mrs. Earl Smoak. o Mrs. Jones, of Augusta, and Mrs. o Sollee Byrd, of Savannah, are visitors I at Mrs. Carrie Byrd's. t Willie Watson and daughter, Miss v Alma, of Sellers, attended the wed- a ding of Miss Nettie Berry and Pratt a Watson, Tuesday. p Mrs. Haramon gave a reception on fi Monday evening in honor of her sis- e ter Miss Nettie Berry, whose n\ar- a riage took place on Tuesday morn- c ing. t Mrs. Islar and Mrs. Hutto, of Au- fi gusta and Charleston, were guests of r Mrs. Carrie Byrd last week. F Mrs. Dick Williams spent last week t in Orangeburg with her mother, Mrs. t Franklin. d N THE PALMETTO STATE OME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. tate News Boiled Down for Quick Reading.?Paragraplis About Men and Happenings. Many citizens of Lexington whose roperty was destroyed in the great 1 ire in that town last week are makng preparations to rebuild at once. Walter B. Sullivaft, publisher of he Columbia Record has severed his onnection with that paper and has ought* a morning paper in North Carolina. The Farmers' Mutual Protection .ssociation of Sumter, Clarendon and -y the secretary of State to do a geniral fire insurance business. John Ray Fortner, an eight-year>ld boy of Greenville, died last week >f lockjaw which developed from a plinter which the little fellow stuck n his foot several days ago. Sally May Hill, a 5-year-old child f Timmonsville, died Friday of burns eceived a few days ago when her Nothing caught fire from grass which v*as being burned off the garden. Several hundred head of cattle vere sold in Greenwood Friday unler the auspices of the South Caroina farm demonstration work. The tverage price was 9 cents a pound. Francis J. Pelzer, the richest man n South Carolina, died at his home n Charleston Friday in the 90th rear of his age. He owned a string >f cotton mills in South Carolina. Practically all of the stock of liluor which remained in the several State dispensaries when the business vas discontinued January 1, has been K)ld at an average price of 50 per lent, of the real value. The jury in the case of W. Grover lollingsworth, of Abbeville, against ;he Seaboard Air Line railway who lued for $40,000 damages for alleged njuries sustained in a wreck, returnid a verdict for the railroad. J. O. Smith, an alleged safe crack-' ir who is believed to be the man vanted in Greenville in connection vith the robbery of several safes in hat city recently has been arrested n Lynchburg, Va., and brought back o Greenville. The Carolina mills, of Greenville, vhich recently went into bankruptcy las been reorganized and named the 3oinsett mills, Aug.\W. Smith, of Spartanburg has been elected presilent of the mill, the authorized capial stock of which is $600,000. L. H. Bringlowe, keeper of the VIorris Island lighthouse, reported o the Sixth district headquarters donday that he discovered ten vhales varying in length from 15 to 10 feet, cast up on the beach at the lorth end of Folly's island. This s an unusual happening as it is nany years since whales have come his far south. No information as o the species of the whales was ivailable. TO CHECK RISE IN GASOLINE. Pwo Measures Are Offered in National House. Washington, March 29.?Two neasures looking to putting a check >n the rise in the price of 'gasoline vere offered in congress today. Amendment to the federal trade :ommission law was proposed by lepreeentative Steenerson, of Minlesota. His bill would require cerain dealers in petroleum, gasoline, [erosene and fuel oil to post prices, ile th'-em with the commission, reluire them to be just and reasonable md empower the commission to precribe just and maximum prices. CHILD BURNED TO DEATH. Supposed to Have Been Playing With Matches. 1 Bennettsville, April 3.?Little Vila Frazier, the 4-year-old daughter if Mr. and Mrs. Odell Frazier, of Florence, was burned to death here his afternoon. The little girl, who tras visiting her grandparents, Mr. : nd Mrs. J. M. Genes, left the house 1 nd went to an outbuilding on the remises. No one knows how the ire started, but when it was discovred by some neighbors it had made : ;reat headway. No one knew the hild was in the burning building un- i il the body was discovered in tne ; ire. She had been playing with aatches this morning and it is sup-' iosed that she ignited one of the outbuildings and that a quantity of i room straw between her and the ioor caught on fire. i BI? BKMAXI) FOR I5ABIKS. Little Stranger on Doorsteps Much Sought in Spartanburg. Spartanburg, April 1.?Babies are wanted in Spartanburg; this fact has been brought out very decidedly here today in the great demand upon Mayor Floyd for a little girl, one month old, found early Wednesday night on the doorstep of a North Church street home and turned over to the mayor for care. ine ntue creature was Sent by the mayor tc the city hospital, where it remained during the night in the care of the nurses, to awake today a most sought for bit of humanity. The morning paper announced the finding of the infant and before 6 o'clock the mayor's residence telephone began tc ring and in less than half an hour a dozen applications from persons wishing to adopt the child had been received. Thursday afternoon Mayor Floyc stated that h,e had given the child tc Mrs. Hug^i Dillard, of North Churct street, and that the little one hac been taken to the Dillard home. The baby was found on the froni steps of the home of W. P. Wingo, bj John Caldwell, assistant city en gineer, who had gone to Mr. Wingo'< home to see him on a matter of busi ness. There is no idea as to th( identity of the little foundling anc the mayor says there will be nt further investigation as to its formei home. 0 SAPP SUCCEEDS DOMIXICK. Appointed Assistant Attorney Gen eral by Peeples. ' Columbia, March 30.?Claude N Sapp, of Lancaster, was this after noon appointed assistant attorne: general and instructed to report fo duty Monday. Announcement of th< appointment was made by Attorne: General Peeples. Mr. Sapp succeed; Mr. F. H. Dominick, of Newberry who resigned and returned to hi; home in Newberry two weeks ago. The new assistant attorney g'enera is a native of Lancaster, a graduati of Wofford college and of the law de partment of the University of Soutl Carolina, and a former member o the house of representatives fron Lancaster county. He is well know] throughout the State, and it is be lieved his appointment will meet witl general satisfaction. Attorney General Peeples has beei conducting the office alone since Mi Dominick's resignation. LEVER SEED BILL IS PASSED. Authorize Census Director to Collec and Publish Statistics. Washington, March 29.?Th Lever bill authorizing the census di rector to collect and publish monthl; statistics of cotton seed and cottoi seed products, was passed by th house late today, after an all-day de bate, and now will go to the senate. Chairman Helm, of the censu committee, gave notice that he wouh call up next week the Helfin bill directing the bureau to collect am publish statistics of cotton consume* in the manufacture of explosives dur ing 1915 and quarterly thereafter. In reporting the Lever bill, Repre sentative Aswell, of Louisiana, sai< it was drafted after a conference with the census director and that i would afford an opportunity of mak ing free application of the law o supply and demand. "The census bureau now provide for collection of statistics from al the oil mills regarding the quantit: of cotton seed crushed and linter* obtained," he said. "This bill, how ever, provides for amplification o these statistics and makes manda tory the publishing of them at stat ed periods. The additional expens< probably will be about $10,000, witl less annually after the first year." TO TEST ANTI-COMPACT LAW. This Step Decided On By Committee Named at Recent Conference. Columbia, March 30.?Th-e constitutionality of the anti-compact law which caused the withdrawal of the fire insurance companies from Soutl: Carolina, will be tested before the supreme court immediately. This action was decided on at a meeting here today of the committee of business men named at the recent Statewide conference on this subject. The committee was instructed to emplo\ attorneys to bring the suit testing Hie* snt arirl tlio nhflirmfl.n \V?S ail thorized to name county chairmen who are to call meetings in each county of business men, farmers and members of the legislature to consider the situation. VILLA'S ARMY DEFEATED I MOKE THAN THIRTY MEXICANS WERE KILLED. Four Americans Injured, None Killed.?Villa Reported Not in Fight > Himself. San Antonio, Texas, March 31.? Thirty of Villa's soldiers killed, four American troopers wounded, none seriously, and more than 450 of the fugitive band dispersed after a runi ning fight that extended over ten | miles, is the summary of the first en' gagement between forces of the k | American punitive expedition and Francisco Villa. Col. George O. Dodd surprised 500 L of Villa's men at Guerrero March 29, and with a smaller force, comprising detachments of the 7th and 10th cavj airy, began the attack that ended five hours later, when the Villa force had ) been chased into th:e hills northeast ^ of Guerrero and broken into small bands. Gen. Eliseo Hernandez was among the Villa followers killed. A man named Lopez, who was wounded, is believed to be Pablo Lopez, who com3 manded the bandits that killed nearlv a score of Americans at Santa " Ysabel and who erroneously was reported killed in the fight at Colum* bus, N. M. The number of Mexicans c wound-ed was not stated in official advices. Pershing's Report. Gen. Pershing's report reached Uen. runston toaay. vma was nui with the defeated force and Col. Dodd was believed to be forcing his * cavalry to its utmost to run him down before he could reconcentrate y his scattered men. It was reported to army headquarters here that Vil" la was wounded; had one of his legs broken and one of his hips badly s bruised. The character of his re' porhed injuries suggested that pers haps he had been injured in falling from his horse rather than by a gunshot, as had been unofficially reported. Col. Dodd attacked the Mexicans 1 at 6 o'clock, according to Gen. Pershing's report, but whether in the 1 forenoon or in th?e afternoon was not i \ stated. Here it was regarded as probable that it was in the morning, 1 for the action which followed was a cross-country chase that could not 1 well have been made after dark. Villa's Whereabouts. Just where Villa was during the fight no one here knows, but he was reliably reported to have been near* by and prevented from being in the engagement only by his injuries. Staff officers here believe there is e no doubt that Col. Dodd'sv army, ~ strengthened by men sent forward by i y Gen. Pershing, have begun a driving 11 hunt for the wounded bandit. It will e be no surprise now to Gen. Funston ^ and his staff to receive a report at any time telling of his captur.e. News s of another battle soon is not expect^ ed, however, as the blow administer'? ed by Col. . Dodd, it was believed, * would serve to deter Villa's men from * sp?eedy reconcentration. News of the punishment inflicted upon Villa's men was received with " manifestations of delight at Gen. * Funston's headquarters, and an echo e of the manner in which it was re* ceived at the war department came in the form of a message of congratu* lation to Gen. Funston from Secretary Walker. s Divide the Credit. 1 Army men here were disposed to ir divide the credit for the action be5 tween Gen. Pershing and Col. Dodd. ~ Gen. Pershing is in charge of all operations and doubtless directed the movements that culminated in the surprise attack, but Col. Dodd's cavalry aroused the admiration of of1 ficers at headquarters by the splendid riding they did. The man hunt now has been norrowed down to the region immediates ly west of Chihuahua, along the Northwestern railway, in the region about the headwaters of the Santa - Maria river, in the opinion of many , army officers here. Into the part of Mexico, three hundred miles from the border, Gen. Pershing has sent various columns of his punitive force. His use of one hundred and forty miles of the Northwestern railroad south of Casus - Grandes has enabled him to move * forward mien and supplies to a point r a short distance north of Guerrero, ; and where a fair trail extends to the south. Other troops that have been i moving down the Santa Maria valley i are in position to reinforce Col. Dodd I and all detachments could b;e brought together at any point in that district without serious impairment of the TWENTY-FIVE DEAD. Three East Passenger Trains on New Jersey Central Hun Together. Cleveland, March 29.?Federal and State investigations were begun today into the wreck on the New York Central at Amherst, Ohio, early today, when two sections of the Chicago-Pittsburg limited came together in a rear-end collision, killing at least thirty persons and injuring forty or more. The Twentieth Century limited, traveling westward, crashed * into the wreckage. The accident, which occurred before daylight, was one of the most disastrous in the history of the New York Central road. The two sections of the Chicago-Pittsburg limited, No. 86, are said to have been proceeding eastward at a rapid rate when the second section crushed into the first. The Twentieth CJentury limited, proceeding in an opposite direction on a parallel track, ploughed into the debris. The heavy coaches and engines of No. 86 were toppled over and tbe tangled steel and woodwork was piled thirty feet in the air. Two cars of the Chicago-Pittsburg train 7 ; were demolished and fourteen were derailed. ? Tuberculosis is the chief cause of the condemnation of meat by the United States inspectors. Seventy per cent, of the American people use electricity in some form every .day. ^^?? lines of communication. Optimism displayed at Gen. Funston's headquarters was not overconfidence, however. It was realized that Villa, although wounded, remained to be captured and that the loss of thirty men was not altogether a new experience for him. The optimism was based upon the belief that at last he was definitely located and that his wounded condition would make it more difficult for him ^ , ' - X 1 T71 X - X 10 iravei. ueii. r uiisiun seat iu vxeu. Pershing his congratulations when , Gen. Pershing entered Mexico, and assured him that the job was his to do in his own way. His way of doing it has proved satisfactory to his superior officer so far. ANOTHER FIGHT WITH VILLA.' f :'M Between 30 and 40 Bandits Reported Slain. . | San Antonio, Texas, April 4.?Surprised during their siesta, one of the groups of Villa's forces driven from Guerrero, was defeated Saturday by a squadron of the 10th cavalry, under Col. W. C. Brown, according to information obtained by Gen. Pershing and forwarded to Gen. Funston today. In this, the second engagement, the American troops have had with Villa's men, the bandits' losses were estimated at from thirty to forty killed. No mention of American loss was made. News of the reported engagement, fought at the village of Aguas Calientes, twenty-five miles southeast of Bachinaba, was brought by friendly * Mexicans to a point near\ -itublo, where a detachrjrent of the 10th cavalry, under command of Major Evans, halted yesterday. At the time Gen. Pershing sent his dispatch to Gen. Funston he had not received an official report from Col. Brown, and the expeditionary commander pointed out that reports of the encounter lacked confirmation. Credence in the news was ndicated, however, by the fact that he transmitted it to army headquarters here. i * Surprised at Noon. According to the version of the Mexicans who arrived at Major / Evans's headquarters, Col. Brown surprised and attacked the wandering bandits at noon while they were lying about the village, many asleep and all of their horses grazing. , Other than the number reported killed and the fact that the American forces captured a number of horses, Major ^ ? - ? i - Ji.i. J ^ HiVans s iniormanis were wiuiuui uetails of the encounter. A previous report from Major Evans stated that Col. Brown was pursuing the Villa band through the town of San Antonio. There was much interest at headquarters her^ in the fight, but it was realized, it was said, that such minor fights may take place frequently, their effect being to destroy the morale of Villa's forces, sap their strength, and thus indirectly aid in the effort to capture the outlaw chieftain. There are known to be other bands operating in that same part of Mexico and a part of the American forces must remain to deal with them while another part pushes on in the pursuit of the fugitive chief. ' * ' cJl&S r.2s*