Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PERSONAL MENTION. |j People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. g] ?Dr. L. A. Hartzog, of Olar, was here Sunday.?Barnwell Sentinel. ?Miss Lynn Riley spent the week- ? end at home from Orangeburg, where she is teaching. ?Mr. C. L. Etheredge, of Columbia, spent Monday in the city shaking hands with his friends. ?Miss Ollie Folk, of Ehrhardt, is! te in the city the guest of Mr. and Mrs. r<' R. W. Riley.?Barnwell Sentinel. as ?Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Barton, of! li Denmark, were visitors in town Sun- I tj day.?Orangeburg Times and Demo-; fl< crat. g' ?Mrs. H. N. Folk and son, of Bam-i Q1 berg, are visiting relatives in the ; ^ city.?Orangeburg Times and Demo- j gl ; crat. ?Mr. Ruby Beard left Monday for: r< Rock Hill, where he has accepted a \ g I O] position as demonstrator for the An-j ^ derson 6-40 car. tl ?Mr. H. S. Dowling, of Anderson, salesman for the Anderson 6-40 car, mankifactured at Rock Hill, was in k t the city Tuesday. ?Mr. W. G. Hutto. left Mon-. e{ day for St. Matthews. Mr. Hutto has ti secured the county rights for the ij Watkins remedies and products in pCalhoun county. S( ?Miss Lorena Bunch attended the u: wedding of her brother, Dr. Austin Bunch, to Miss Ernestine Moore, at Cheraw Saturday. g] ?Miss Bessie Lee Black has re^ - turned to her home in the city after S( a several weeks' visit to Lakeland, Fla., and other points in Florida and 11 Georgia. ** ?Miss Clara Caldwell, of Appo- s* r I * ])( ( mattox, Va., wiio was called to the city on account of the illness and ' death of her sister, Mrs. R. C. Jones, 01 BH returned home Sunday. BSi w w Can Hollanders Keep Out of War? di W . . The Hague, April 1.?The wide- ir WB spread anxiety which has suddenly WM arisen respecting the ability of Hoi- pi PB *and to keep long out of the war is si not due to the feeling aroused by the j p< sinking of the Dutch steamer Tuban- st tia, according to the Nieuwe Cour- m ant. "Its cause," says the paper, "lies j li in the general war situation, which,! fii according to information received, is j now entering, or is about to enter,ia a phase which gives our country! ei cause for very special vigilanae. We, m do not know what our government; n< apparently fears?but concerning the, ei i character of which we could obtain K l no exact information?will come to; i nass within a week or a month, or a] i whether the situation generally will tl i remain merely one of a more critical! character tor our country. We venture only the conjecture that a! p; change in the situation, which is now i ot considered possible, may be the out- tl come of the allies' conference that a: closed Wednesday at Paris. p; "We understand that in yester-j o: day's cabinet council matters were, tl l discussed which led to the consult a- : L tion of the government with the high-! a ? est military authorities and consider-' sj ation of the advisability of holding 'a: r- a secret session of the second chain- h ber.',' ! st . I 1 i Hurt in Auto Crash. i * L Orangeburg, April 1.?Henry Schunhoff, of Rowesviile, was very j painfully, if not seriously, injured; this morning when a collision occur: n: roH- hPtwftpn a car he was driving; and one driven by Philip T. Mc-! ^ Cants, on the Rowesville road, just . > south of th?e city. The steering gear j tj , of Mr. Schunhoffs car broke, mashing ^ his chest, but it is not known yet ^ whether or not any bones are broken, j , He was given attention here, and af-i , terwards taken to his home in Rowes-! j ville, where he is resting as well asj could be expected^ A negro in the car with Mr. McCants sustained ^ slight injuries. ' Divers' Tongues. ! 0 _ s1 I There had been a fatal accident at, a the railroad crossing in a town in Iowa, and the coroner, a pompous I old chap, who magnified both his ofI fice and its incumbent, had impanelm ed a jury for the inquest. W' There was only one witness of the accident, an illiterate Slav laborer, p who could understand no English. 0 ^ * With him the coroner began to strug- n gIe- ti "Can you speak English?" he ask- . ed. 1J The man shook his head. "Can you speak German?" a train the man shook his head. "Can you speak Italian?" d The same response. "Can you speak Russian? Can you ? \ speak Swedish?" were the next questions, to both of which the man signi^ fied in the negative. P "It's no use, gentlemen," said the " coroner, turning to the jury. "We can't proceed with the case. I've i spoken to this man in five different languages and can't make him un- j derstanii me."?Harper's Magazine. \ f y ILTTLE WITH BIG ZEPPELIN HELLS FROM GUNS SEEN BURSTING ALL AROUND. ne Effective Shot Made.?As Airsliip Came Down It Was Surrounded by British Patrol Boats. London, April l.?An eye-witness f a Zeppelin in flight and its encoun>r with anti-aircraft guns during the lid Friday night describes the scene s a most thrilling one. The Zeppen, which appeared to be of a larger *pe tiia.ii tiiat ui previous vionuio, ew at a considerable h.eight. The litter of its surface as it passed rerhead attracted the attention of undreds who came out of doors to aze upward. The searchlights illuminated the iider effectively, and shells from the uns could be seen bursting all round it. One gunner claimed that e had secured a hit, the Zeppelin lereupon being seen to turn about ad proceed toward the coast, aparently damaged. Dispatches from points on the mtheast, the east and the northist coasts and in the eastern counes indicate that last night's Zeppen raid, or raids?for there werle apirently separate ventures north and >uth?were the most extensive yet ndertaken. At Great Height. The Zeppelins remained at a much reater height than during previous isits, and consequently very few perms saw them except when they were icked out by the British search- ^ ghts. Their great height also had le effect of preventing the accu-rate election of their targets and their Dmbs dropped indiscriminately. 3me places were passed over withit being attacked, while in other istances a number of bombs fell ithin a radius of a couple of hun- , red yards. Information at hand in- j icates that the damage was chiefly t the smaller towns. The Zeppelins first made their resence known by dropping bombs lortlv after 9 o'clock, and at somie Dints the aerial bombardment was ;ill proceeding at 1:30 o'clock this torning. The identity of the wrecked Zeppen was disclosed in the following ofcial statement: "Fifty-four explosive and incendtrv bombs were dropped over the j istern counties and 22 over the! ortheast coast. The L-15 was hit , ear the tail by gun fire over the. istern counties. She dropped off ent. - I "A machine gun, some ammunition! nd a petrol tank were dropped by ; lis or another airship." ' Surrender of Crew. The pilot of a steamer which was assing at the time of the surrender! f the Zeppelin, which came down in i ie Thames estuari*, says that the! irship was surrounded .by British; atrol boats. /The rrevv came down ! ae by one, said the pilot, holding up: leir hands as a token of surrender. j A pilot who returned today from j steamship which he guided out, | ivs he saw a disabled Zeppelin. He ! i ss-erts the airship was broken in j ~i-e <-?o loro'o ripnt in the ' an aau iiuu ex iwi j.v, ^ ? ;em. He estimated its length at'; ore than 700 feet. A correspondent who saw a fight! etween a Zeppelin and British guners writes: "All lights were put out in the meets and all places of entertainment were closed. "Presently the booming of guns; rought hundreds of persons into the; meets. Just before 10 o'clock I saw i "i.e searchlight pick up a Zeppelin. I ne shell seemed to burst right under 19 airship. The last I saw was a i loud of smoke which seemed to be ischarged from the Zeppelin. Beind this cloud the raider disappeara. | There was great enthusiasm in the' wbpvi flip nowsbovs broke the! ews to the public of the destruction i f the Zeppelin. The crew of the de-j troyed Zeppelin was taken to Chatm. Please Spread This. Do the Germans take any of the j eod imported by the Belgian com- i lission? The answer is simply a| lain and positive 110. I declare this j f personal knowledge. The Gerlan general government of Belgium nd the general staff of the armies of he west gave guarantees to the Span5h and American ministers in Brusels and to the commission that none f the food imported by the commision would be requisitioned, or its .istribution interfered with in any ray by the Germans. And these uarantees have been rigidly lived up / 0.?Vernon L. Kellogg, in the Atantic. Ought to Be. "Is this a first class postoffice?" nquired the stranger. "It's as good as you'll find in these >arts," retorted the native with justiiable pride. MANNING TO TAKE HANI). Will Use Every Effort to Clear Uj Insurance Muddle. Columbia, April 4.?"The insur ance commissioner has failed in his expectations to provide relief; th< warehouse commissioner is about tc fail in hie efforts to secure the insur ance necessary on cotton stored ir State warehouses," said Governoi Manning today in a statement on the insurance situation. The governor a few days ago received a letter from the Hon. John L McLaurin, State warehouse commissioner, advising him that the "insurance on State cotton is intact, but I do not know how long it may remain so." Commissioner McLaurir urged the governor to call a special session of the legislature to provide relief in the present emergency. The governor's statement follows: The Governor's Statement. "Before and after signing the Laney-Odom bill I had the assurance from the State insurance commissioner, Mr. McMaster, that he could secure all the insurance that was necessary for the protection of the people's property in South Carolina. I see ir the afternoon's paper an article appearing over Mr. McMaster's signature, in which he says in reference tc the Laney-Odom act: " 'Therefore, unless the law is repealed South Carolina must take care of herself, with the aid of the insurance organizations now doing business here. In my opinion, these organizations will scarcely be able tc fal-o ntiro r*f tlia hoct incnrflnr-P vidkc which are protected by municipal waterworks: Property not so protected must be insured otherwise, and 1 see no chance for this except in mutual companies. Every thinking individual knows that each class ol property must or should pay its owe fire losses, whether the insurance be in a stock company or in a mutual There is no prospect of organizing many stock companies.' "So that Mr. Mc Master admits his failure to secure . necessary insurance to protect the property of the people of South Carolina. Prom Warehouse Commissioner. "In addition to this, the State warehouse commissioner, the Hon John L. McLaurin, had been assurec that the insurance situation could be taken care of, with especial reference to the insurance on cotton stored ir State warehouses, the warehouse commissioner advising that, in his judgment, the State warehouse system was amply able to take care ol all the cotton stored in the State, anc keep it insured in high-class companies. "Warehouse Commissioner McLaurin, in his letter to me, dated Marcl 30, makes the following statement: H it J ~ *1 , i was asMiieu musi luiuiucihi: from thoroughly reliable sources thai any insurance in South Caroline which was cancelled could be placet in New York, but the power of thes( big companies has been too great toi the smaller companies to withstand There are many good men in the in surance business, but these large companies dominate the situation and are whipping everybody int( line.' ."He also makes the following statement: "Individual Powerless.M " 'But the individual is absolute!: powerless against these great aggre gAtions of capital, and unless the strong arm of the government i: brought to his relief I see no help.' "This shows that a most seriou: situation nhw confronts the people o the State. The insurance commis sioner has failed in his expectation: to provide relief. The warehousi commissioner is about to fail in hi: efforts to secure the insurance neces sary on the cotton stored in the Stati warehouses! "These conditions make in incum bent on me as governor to act, and shall without delay use every effor officially and personally to remed; the situation, with due regard to tin sovereignty of the State and rhe in terest of all its people." Geddle Spri'g! Dog taig id! These spri'g gold stob ub a fellow's head so he sibbl; ca'd breathe through his dose. H has to carry a hagerjief id ever; pocket, a'd he oudblows a' audobo bile hord. He 'as a flowi'g artesia< well id his head, a'd id's hoi'd busi - - - ' ' ^ T\ _ . dess every seco'd ot tne day. uo; taig id! A-a-aa-aa-aa?CHOO! ! Shud that door!?Albany Herald. Frivolous Remark. A number of clergymen were dis cussing the character of a venerabl woman whom they esteemed to b wise in her generation, but a voun: man who was present said it struc! him that she showed lack of wisdor in one respect, says the Philadelphi; Public Ledger. "What is that, pray; inquired a elderly gentleman. "Why," said the young man, "sh always puts out her tubs to catc soft water when it is raining hard." * And silence fell upon the assembly TAKES SOUTHERN EXPRESS. j Head of Acquiring Company Says There Will Be Xo Change. Xew York, April 2.?William M. Barrett, president of the Adams Express company, announced tonight that the controlling interest in the Southern Express company had been acquired by his company. Mr. Barrett said, however, that there would be no change in the management of the Southern Express company. Mr. Barrett, in announcing the ' transfer of control of the Southern Express company, said that the Adams Express company had been ' the second largest owner of the Southern Express company for more J than thirty years. i NEGRO LYNCHED IN COURT. Oklahoma Mob Hangs Man From Balcony of Court House. i > Idabel, Okla, April 3.?After lis tening to the evidence at the prelimi nary hearing here today of Oscar - Martin, a negro charged with having 5 attacked a 13-year-old girl, a mob i of several hundred men overpowered - court attaches and hanged the negro - from a second-story balcony of the > court house. Evidently at a previously arranged - signal the mob sprang up from * among the spectators at the conclu j - sion of the evidence and while court j - officials were held prisoners, dragged | the negro to the balcony from which i he was thrown after one end of a ; rope had been placed around his neck j I: and the other made secure to a post, j - J The mob dispersed within a few! [ minutes and no further disorder is! anticipated. . Saving the Birds of Passage. [ Reports from lighthouse keepers' in various nlacos around tho Rritieh , : Isles record the success of the scheme i ' | for saving migratory bird life by the! , construction of perches and rests be-' neath the lights. These resting' i places have harbored a great variety1 of migrants when wind or fog has' overpowered or bewildered them. "It 4 is now a rare occurrence to pick up; dead birds around the light," says j the keeper of St. Catherine's on the /Isle of Wight. "The perches were ' made good use of by the smaller i birds," reports the tender of the cas-j , que'ts off Alderney. From the Spufn 1 , and South Bishop lighthouses come 3 similar reports, until it seems setf tied that these once death luring j lights for the birds have been trans-, formed into havens of safety.?Our Dumb Animals. I MIIS. ANNIE MOVE O'NEAL. i ! For several days last week our ,* community was held in great sus-: l pense and anxiety, as the news, several times each day, would find its 1 way ever the wires of the critical ill- , 1 ness of .Mrs. Annie Move O'Neal, at ^ i^plrov TTln. Finally the tension was broken ' when the last message, saddest of! them all, came saying: "She is j - dead." . # 2 From the human viewpoint death ! und^r any circumstances is sad, but j ' when the fell reaper claims as his j } victim one in the prime of'life, uni- ! ! versally beloved and doing st> much ! r to scatter sunshine along the path ways of others, it is peculiarly sad. i But for the Christian hope that disi pels the gloom of the grave, there 1 r could be no compensation for such a - loss. a' Mrs. O'Xeal was the only daughter of M. A. and S. A. Moye. She was 3, born June 22, 1 8S7, at Bamberg, S. i C., and was educated in the splendid 5 srhools of this place. After her ? graduation, she filled for several i years, with marked efficiency, the po" sition* of assistant to Dr. Henry S. s Hartzog in the school in which she g herself had been educated. ! At the tender age of ten, her | mother died, and for a number of "' years afterwards she made her home b ! with her aunt, Mrs. Col. Counts, of I T>^ \ linnt fnnr voflrc n O-n ?he 1 XJ d.ll I/CI . A*V UU H L i V/ UA J v-v A fcj v .. .. ^ J gave her hand and heart in marriage j to Mr. G. S. O'Xeal, Jr., of Fairfax, i As organist of Bethlehem Baptist t! church, of this place, and also as y\ teacher in the Sunday-school her e | Christian- service was greatly appre| ciated and will be long remembered, "j At the time of her death, she, with I her husband and son, Gilmore Allen, a little boy now three years old, was living at Delroy, Fla. Here ner Christian activity in connection with p the Delroy Baptist church was con" tinued. Her removal to heaven v' leaves not only a vacancy in her e home, the sphere in which her virv* tues, perhaps, shone most brightly, but in her church and community as . well, that will be hard to fill. 1 Surviving her are, besides her hus band and son, her father and step ^ mother, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Move, cf i Fairfax,- three brothers, Messrs. Clarence and Frank Move, of Bamberg, and Mr. Malcolm Move, of Au gusta, Ga. In addition to these might be mentioned a number of aunts and uncles and cousins, if 1- space should permit, e On March 3, 1916, after approprie ate exercises in the Fairfax Baptist church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. ? E. A. .McDowell, and attended by a k. large concourse of sorrowing relan tives and friends, her body was laid a to rest in the old Bethlehem cemetery. - ~ ~ n x 1 K ^ ^ ^ 11 "The racts or lire connrin me uuye Thar in a world of larger scope, e What here is faithfulv begun . Will be completed, not undone." Fairfax, S. C., March 10, 1916.? r. adv. THIS MERCHAN WITH US AND I I i BUSINESS G Egg jps^n HD 1 7 ymaiJuujLimaMCi\-VJ[f>x>] / |P? 1 \ ^\ / ^BMnnwrir B \ HiiP Check Book to Make Qm/cA 77is CAPITAL AND SURPLUS 4 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Bamberg Bar S&SRmB3E^mSIHBEfl8B9H3BB9S?39^9IEfl9HH^&^IEHl |! SPECIAL ANNOU We Have Completed A r ran gem Are Xow In Position to Handle I Class of Property Without Increa the Strongest Companies Are P and We Solicit a Share of Your ] C flnHrvrnMiMRaaarcMnr ? msmammr^Kmrnrmmr, nm?? IDENBOW & LOCAL A(*EXTS OFFI /uV ^ ^ < |F |f ^ Hea |p*' jgfjf |& Wi fjrr*? J ? Kh " jk. ! V M< lUIi^ A ! 1>|< THIELEN THEATRE [ Du MONDAY, APR. 10 ! ? I SYNOPSIS ; Maiion and (awendolin lieau- I liiont, orphans. with t.ic if.ain- i blin^ justiiiri and with 110 in- ! !* ro.re, try to uphold their social j | position. Madame IPOrviJle 11 - ti., .. nT^/i? i I !| I' )il)IS .Till! IUIS a >:aia , . ; through the influence of Fer- j | rers, she ;;aui;'. Substituting. I ; however,' a similar box contain- f j ing a pa'-erweijri-t. The pawn- | broker, seeing the original tiara |f ' 011 Madame lVOrville summons r # ' Marion. Fealizing her decep- tie tion has been discovered, she drugs the pawn-broker and j 065 steals the take package. j j-u. Cant. Dorian March assists her in eludmg the police and I bides the plunder. Ferrers | threatens to expose the older sister but (*wen promises to marry him, to shield her sister. Cant. March returns in time to expose Ferrers, Madame D'Orville returns the tiara, Marion's sweetheart redeems it and the lovers are uiuieu. 11 (MATINEE AT 5:15Jj Small panes of glass set into the ^ J side of a new fountain pen enable the quantity of ink it holds to be-11 seen. I . ? . TBANKS IELPS HIS ROW , 1 II? 1 _^_ __ i T gujan? it :n* SIIIIIIMIIIlllllll Aids Him >c/e Deals* . . . - $100,000.00 Savings Deposits. i Winer Co. j o ^ _ x NCEMENT! J : : Jm ' < :M ents Whereby We \ ; v nsurance on Every , tse in Kates. Only , | . Represented by us, Business. v, J BLACK . CE AT PEOPLES BANK | ???i BBS ?1 I Hill ?J , R. J. M. LOVE I KTERIXARY SURGEOX. ? idquarters zt Jones Bros'. Stables ^ BA.WHEiei), s. c. ^ II be at Rannelly's Stables, irhardt, every 2nd and 4th ^ >nday, and at Fixer's Sta- f >s, Olar, every 2nd and 4th ^ ursdav T Stock Treated for all Diseases. ?* Prices Reasonable. ' t Ring Rones, Spavins, ?* Floating Teeth, Club Jt Feet, Weak Eyes and Ileavey Horses a Specialty. X v EGISTEREDI roc Jersey Hogs AS GOOD AS GROW you want the pret= st, fastest growing, >t money-maker on i market, see me once.*. PRICE $22.00 Per Pair RANK BAMBERG) 3AMBERO, S. C.