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S&Srf. ' * * * * .5 BSSSePv" ?? -;*! pf \ . a (Hie Hamburg ifmtlb i - \ One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1916. Established 1891. ?4 COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. f y Hews Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Kearse News. k. ; Kearse, April 24.?Quite a crowd gathered at Kearse church Saturday, the 22nd, to enjoy a school picnic , given by the united schools, White Point and Buford's Bridge, with the teachers, Misses Eulalie Coleman and Minnie Lee Ayer, both of Bamberg. Rev. J. R. Smith, of Ehrhardt, and Dr. E. O. Watson, of Bamberg, each . made a splendid address which was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone that cottld find room in the church. They . both laid much stress on . "higher ideals," and^rought out many points that it would be well for us all to remember, and try to profit by. It * was Dr. Watson's and Mr. Smith's J ' first appearance as speakers in our little community, and they both went away with numerous new friends and many hope that they would be with us again soon. Noticeable were several of our "old girls" who have married and gone elsewhere to live. Mrs. H. M. Graham, of Bamberg, \ was with her father, Dr. Kirkland. < . Mrs. John Lyons, of Olar, and ^ Mrs. Newton Smoak, of Bamberg,] B^""-" spent the week-end with their mothB er, Mrs. J. F. Kearse, and attended the picnic. L Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm Stuckey, of jj^ Cope, motored over for the picnic; remaining over Sunday with Mrs. Stuckey's mother, Mrs. Ogilvie ' Kearse. f / Mrs. Lewis Ayer, Mrs. Coleman ^ and Miss Bessie Lee Black, all of Bamberg, attended the picnic. * Misses Leila and Edith Folk, of Columbia, spent Sunday at Mr. Ritter's home. . Mr. and Mrs. Bart Price went to Bamberg Friday. Miss Cressida Breeland had as her / . ?? ' guest for the picnic Mrs. Burch, of Augusta. Mrs. Walker, of Norway, spent several days last week with her neice, Mrs. Eddie Kearse. ? T * ananiiinv this Mrs. J. J . IVOMOC US week in Bamberg. ? Mr. Faber Kearse came home from Carlisle school for the Eastertide. The many friends of Miss Eulalie Coleman regret that her school has closed and she has returned to her home in Bamberg. Mrs. Faust, of Denmark, our county demonstrator, was here recently and organized a ladies club to meet once a month, with Mrs. H. M. Brabham, president, and Miss Cressida Breeland secretary. - The committee who is arranging for children's day is getting things 5^ in shape for the exercises to t^-ke place on the 14th of next month at the new church. They hope to carry out the programme as well as they did last year. Mr. D. J. Delk and Mr. J. J. Brab ham, of Bamberg, and Mr. Asbury f Kirkland, of Buford's Bridge, were specially jovial and friendly on our picnic day. Colston Clippings. Colston, April 24.4-The small children of the Colston school had an Easter egg hunt at the school house Friday afternoon. The prize, a nice box of candy, was won by Leroy V Padgett, he finding the greatest number of eggs. The children seemed to enjoy the fun very much. Mrs. J. F. Kearse, of this section, v viaitinsr her sister, Mrs. Sally *0 * Brabham, of the Olar section. Mrs. Edgar Fender, of Ehrhardt, was a visitor of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Fender, during the past week. * Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Williams, ^ and Mr. and Mrs. Emery Williams,' of Norway, were called here last week on account of the death of their grandmother, Mrs. Mary Beard. They made the journey through the country in a buggy, returning Sunday. The Misses Minnie Kirkland and Mary Clayton were the guests of Misses Natalie and Alberta Kearse Friday night. Mrs. J. A. McMillan and Miss Nina Honrv visited at the homes of Messrs. J. F. and Thos. Clayton Saturday. Mrs. Abner Fender and children, spent the week-end with their parj ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Fender, last week. Miss Mamie McMillan spent the week-end with her father, Mr. Presi ton McMillan, last week. Miss Laura McMillan spent the week-end at her parents', Mr. and * FIRE ON U. S. AERONAUTS. Lieut. Chapman Gives His Experience in Mountains. Gen. Pershing's Camp at the Front April 15.?Via. Aeroplane to Columbus, N. M., April 20.?American aeroplanes have been fired upon several times by Mexicans, and in at least one case the assailants were Carranza soldiers. The latter instance was reported by Lieut. C. K. Chapman, who fle*w into camp this morning, after an absence of three days on what should have been a two-hour flight. Three nights ago, while on this trip, wind and darkness forced Lieut. Chapman to alight in the mountains about 20 miles from here. He found a ranch in the hills where the Mexicans seemed friendly. They advised him to remain overnight, declaring that the hills were "full of Villa bandits." He spent the nght at the ranch house without molestation, but the next day, while near a town, with his machine on the ground, a trainload of Carranza troops passed. Some of these soldiers opened fire on the plane. TO SERVE LIFE SENTENCE. Judge Moore Refuses New Trial to Lexington Man. Lexington, April 22.?T. Frank Griffith, iflember of a prominent Lexington county family, who was convicted of murder, with recommendation to mercy, by a jury of his peers in the special term of court of gen eral sessions on Thursday afternoon, was late yesterday sentenced by Judge Ernest Moore to serve the remainder of his natural life at hard labor in the State .penitentiary or upon the public works of Lexington county. Sentence was pronounced after Col. George Tillman Graham, of St. Augustine, Fla., distinguished criminal attorney, who had fought the case with earnestness and skill throughout the trial, had argued for a new trial upon two grounds: First, j because there was no proof of any I malice; and secohd, because the defendant established by the prepondLerance of the evidence that he was insane at the time he fired the fatal I shot. GOOD MONEY IN LETTUCE. W. R. Eve, Jr., Sells Carload Lot for $1,900. Beaufort, April 19.?One car of lettuce was sold in New York today for W. R. Eve, Jr., of this place, for over $1,900, breaking Beaufort county's record for a carload sale. One acre of good soil produces two carloads. Mr. Eve is operating two farms and shipping three and four cars of lettuce per day. Mrs. A. L. McMillan's, last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Vara. and Mr. Perry Lee McMillan motored to North Carolina Friday to visit Mrs. Varn's sister, Mrs. Nelle Pate. The children of the Colston school are busily ^engaged in practicing for commencement, May 19th, the school closing at that time. . Hunter's Chapel Items. Hunter's Chapel, April 25.?The country around Hunter's Chapel is progressing nicely. Miss Bettie Hay, of Columbia, spent the week-end with Miss Aline Hay. Miss Annie Hartzog, of Bamberg, visited Miss Lula Brown recently. Miss Laurie McMillan, of Charleston, spent Easter at the home of Mr. J. G. Rhoad. Mr. William Merritt, of Greenwood,* spent Easter at Mr. J. G. Knoaa s. The young folkss went to Clear Pond Saturday to stay a short while to entertain the visiting folks. Messrs. Eugene and Carson Walker gave a fish fry at Howell's mill Thursday night of last week in honor of a few of their neighborhood and Bamberg friends. They had with them: Messrs. J. D. Copeland, Jr., W. D. Rhoad, G. P. Harmon, J. G. Rhoad, I. N. Rhoad, J. H. Fender Ralph Rentz, G. E. Sabin, and Fender. The supper consisted of fried fish, pine bark stew, loaf bread, and red horse bread. The time was very pleasantly spent. The Woodrow Literary society is nmcrraccing- nicelv The next meet ? 0 v ing will be held Saturday evening before the second Sunday. Mr. C. S. Rhoad will soon be at home. He has been teaching at Landford. Miss Bessie Lee Walker will soon leave for Fountain, Fla., where she has accepted a position. IN THE PALMETTO STATE ) SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Stat? News Boiled Down for Quick Reading.?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The secretary of State has issued a ^ charter to the Commercial Bank of Estill with a capital of $25,000. Six negroes, four men and two women, were arrested in Greenville last Thursday night charged with robbing a number of stores in Ander' son county. Governor Manning has offered a . reward of $50 for the arrest of Wesley Reed, a negro, who is alleged to . have killed his wife in Orangeburg . county several weeks ago. si Spartanburg's cooperative cream; ery began operations last week. There . I were 80 gallons of cream on hand . the first day and approximately 200 pounds of butter was made. Mrs. James T. Carroll, of Bennettsville, is in a Columbia hospital suffering from burns sustained last Wednesday when her clothes caught , fire in her home. Her condition is critical. The State college prohibition assoI riatinn hpld its annual meeting in Columbia last week. Prof. A. Mason DuPre, of Wofford college, Spartanburg, was elected president for the ensuing year. Governor Manning has appointed the following members of the State board of education to succeed the present board: H. N. Snyder, Spartanburg; S. H. Edmunds, Sumter; Arthur Young, Charleston; S. J. Derrick, Newberry; W. .J. McGarrity, Richburg; E. A. Montgomery, Blacksburg; W. L. Brooker, Orangeburg. Jamea C. Kinard, representing Newberry college, won the South Carolina intercollegiate oratorical contest in Greenwood Friday night. His subject was "Millions for Defense/' Second honors went to J. A. Brown, Jr., of Furman. Thomas Hall Glenn, of Wofford college, was third. The oratorical contest was heard in the auditorium of Lander college. KILLED IX AUTO ACCIDENT. Estill Merchant's Car Crashes Into Seaboard Train. Estill, S. C., April 23.?D. B. Baker, a well-known young merchant of Estill, was killed and J. O. Walker, a farmer, was probably fatally injured this afternoon when their automobile. crashed into a passing Seaboard Air Line Railway train here. The accident occurred in full view of a crowd of Sunday afternoon strollers. Walker was taken to a hospital in Savannah. Dies From Injury. Estill, April 24.?J. O. Walker, who was with D. Baker when the latter's car collided with a freight train i here yesterday afternoon, died last night in a hospital in Savannah, and will be buried at Allendale, his former home, this afternoon. Baker's remains were sent to his former home in Charleston last night and 1 will be interred at Mount Pleasant. 1 i50lfl inese young imiu were veij popular here and their death has cast a gloom over the whole community. Mr. Baker was just learning to drive and evidently did not hear the train approaching and was too near to get the car under control before striking the train. Witnesses to the tragedy all agree that the car came almost to a stop within two or three feet of the train and seemed to ease on toward the moving train until a step on a box car caught the front wheels, throwing the* nronnants nut and under the train. ' PRAISES WILSON'S SPEECH. Newspapers of Argentina Comment on Submarine Situation. Buenos Aires, April 20.?The newspapers of Argentina express satisfaction with the address of President Wilson and the note to Germany. La Nacion says: "The United States has begun to resist a humiliating situation. President Wilson has now adopted an en ergetic course, as doui tne uemocrais and Republicans desired him to do. His attitude is supported by a vast . majority of the people who are truly ; American, and by congress." La Argentina praises the energy of l the president and says that the attii tude of the United States brings closer the hour of peace. CONFER WITH CARRANZA CHIEF, j Will Not Reply to Mexican Note Till After Conference is Held. ] Washington, April 24.?Further developments in the pursuit of Villa and the relations between the United ' States and .Mexico now await personal discussion by the senior military advisers of the two governments. A conference between .Major Gen. 1 Scott, chief of staff of the American army, and Gen. Obregon, minister of war of the de facto government, was I arranged late today to take place probably in Juarez." Gen. Scott is in San Antonio, and Gen. Obregon is I thought to be on his way north from Mexico City. They may meet tomorrow or next day. Eliseo Arredondo, Mexican ambassador designate, paid a second visit to Secretary Lansing today to communicate the fact that Gen. CarI ranza had agreed to the conference. Mr. Arrodondo called at the State department first to say that his government asked that some reply be made to the note of April 12, suggesting that American " troops be ' withdrawn from Mexico. A similar request was transmitted by Special Agent Rodgers at Mexico City. The ambassador was informed that no reply could be made to Gen. Carranza's note at present. Secretary \ Lansing is understood to have made it plain that the Washington government was anxious that Gen. Scott be < given a chance to talk the situation ' over with Gen. Obregon before a ( formal answer was prepared. On his return to the embassy Mr. Arredondo found a message announcing that Gen. Obregon would go to the border. Details of the meeting were left to Gen. Scott by administration officials. At the Mexican embassy, however, it ! was said there was reason to believe Obregon had already left Mexico j City. As Gen. Obregon is a cabinet officer, it was assumed at the embassy he would suggest that Gen. Scott call on him in Jaurez in accordance with diplomatic custom, although the succeeding meetings, it was said, probably would take place . in, El Paso because of better accommodations. BACON WROTE SHAKESPEARE. ' Decision Dissolves Injunction to Re* ' strain Publication of Books. Chicago, April 21.?Francis Bacon was declared to be the author of the works of William Shakespeare in a decision rendered in an injunction ' suit today by Judge Richard Stuthill in the circuit court. The decision dissolved an injunction issued on the petition of William N. Selig, motion picture manufacturer, to restrain George Fayban, publisher, and others from completing publication of books supporting the Baconian theory. The court held that the name Shakespeare had been used simply as a disguise. "The claim of friends of Francis Bacon," the court said^ "that he is the author of works of Shakespeare, and the facts and circumstance^ in the vast bibliography of the controversy over the question of proofs submitted herein convinces the court that Francis Bacon is the author." 1,000 PERISH. Chinese Soldiers and Crew of HsinYu Lost in Collision with Cruiser. Shanghai, China, April 23.?More than a thousand soldiers and men of the crew of the steamer Hsin-Yu ' were lost when the vessel sank after a collision with the cruiser Hai-Yung Saturday evening south of the Chusan islands. The steamer, acting as a transport, ; was taking troops to Foo Chow. The collision occurred during a thick fog and only one foreign engineer, twen- 1 ty soldiers and nine sailors out of six foreigners and over a thousand sol- ] diers and members of the crew were 1 saved. 1 m J Eloquence. The fo'llowing, written on the back of an envelope, was picked up on the ground at a gathering of South Carolinians and is supposed to be the - - - * * i ^ r "heads" of the speecii wmcn one 01 the orators delivered and which he ' had jotted down beforehand: 1 God knows : The Fair Women ] This Great State The Glorious Past The Old Veterans Breathes There a Man Familiar Faces Joke ! Deep Gratitude < ?Columbia State. REVOLUTION IN IRELAND BLOODY FIUHTIXG IX II1ISH CITY. LOYALISTS (JAIN CONTROL. Attack on Lawestoft Other Outstanding Item of Day's War News A revolutionary outbreak in Ireland, in which British troops and volunteers sustained relatively heavy casualties, and a raid by a German battle cruiser squadron on the east soast of England, in which the raiders escaped after having bombarded Lawestoft, are the outstanding features of the war. So far as has been made public, the revolution in Ireland has not extended beyond Dublin, where members of the Sinn Fein society on Monday captured the postoffice and other points in Dublin and in fighting which ensued with the troops and loyalists killed at least 11 of the city's defenders and wounded nearly a score of others. What the losses oi the revolutionists were has not been stated. The British government asserts that the situation in Dublin is well in hand. The German battle cruiser squad ron made its attack on Lawestoit, opening fire on the cost and killing two men, one woman and a child. British light cuisers, torpedo boat destroyers and aircraft chased the Germans, who put back hastily toward Germany. Two British cruisers and a destroyer were hit by German shells, but none was sunk. Whether the Germans suffered any damage is not known. Except in Loraine there has been an entire absence of infantry fighting on the western front. The big guns, however, have continued their rain of shells on opposing positions at various points. ' At La Chapelotte, in Lorraine, the Germans launched a heavy infantry attack against the French, which was repulsed. Some of the Germans obtained a footing in a portion of the French salient, but later were driven Dut with heavy losses. Around hill 304 and in the region Df Esnes and Cumieres, northwest of Verdun, the bombardment continues intense. ' To the east of Verdun, around Moulainville. there also has been a violent bombardment. In the Argonne the French have destroyed with their guns a German post and shattered a German trench over a small front. Considerable aerial activity by the French airmen, in which four German machines were brought down, is reported by Paris. On the eastern front near Garbunovka, the Russians made a heavy attack against the Germans, but according to Berlin, were repulsed with sanguinary losses. Heavy artillery engagements still are in progress in the upper Cordevole and Monte San Michele zones of the Austro-Italian front. The British official communication from Mesopotamia says the British still are holding their lines on the right bank of the Tigris against the Turks, and have somewhat extended them at one point by driving in the Turkish pickets. NOT WHAT THEY EXPECTED. Men Who Open "Grave" Met With a Surprise. Gaffney, April 22.?P. B. Goodson, who collects for the general store of J. F. Fincken, while on his rounds last Monday came across a newly made grave on the land of W. A. Turner, just on the edge of the corporate limits. Securing the help of F. E. Lipscomb, Mr. Goodson exhumed the body and found that the dead body was that of a calf that some one had skinned and buried. Mr. Goodson said that the grave was nicely finished just as if it contained * -1 A 1 A. the body of a Human Deing ana mat anyone would have been fooled just as he wras. MEETS DEATH UNDER TRAIN. Foung Man Trying to Board Car Slips and Falls. Greenville, April 24.?J. R. Hughes, Jr., the 19-year-old son of the Rev. J. R. Hughes, Methodist minister, of near Ware Shoals, was run over and instantly killed by a Piedmont and Northern train about ~ * 1 ' * * - i n? J _ 10 o'cIock tnis morning at mversiue Junction, just outside this city. Young Hughes had been working at night at the steam plant of the Southern Power company, and was coming to town to deposit his week's wages. BUSY TO AVERT BREAK. Germany Will Go to Great Lengths to Preserve Relations. Washington, April 24.?Indications that powerful influences in German politics are opposed to any action by the Berlin government which might lead to the severance of diplomatic relations with the United States are understood to be contained in confidential dispatches received today by the State department from Ambassador Gerard. Socialists and lahnr Ipadprs ptp rpnrpspntpd as hp ing particularly .adverse to any such move. Other dispatches from Mr. Gerard were said to contain strong intimations that the Berlin government would i^ake some concessions to the United States in reply to the note demanding the immediate abandonment of present methods of submarine warfare. It still is uncer? *8 tain, however, whether the concessi9ns will be sufficiently broad in their scope to meet the American demands. Officials allowed it to become known that Mr. Gerard's dispatches indicated that Germany would go to great lengths to preserve friendly relations with the United States. Mr. Gerard is understood to have gained his views during conversations with Berlin officials, including Foreign Minister Von Jagow. His dispatches are said to emphasize the difficulties by which the German government is confronted in endeavoring to find a way to meet the demands of the United States without arousing the element which insists upon a relentless submarine warfare against the shipping of the entente allies. The State department tonight was ^waiting a dispatch from Mr. Gerard reporting the results of a lengthy ? b conference today with Dr. Von Bethmann^Hollweg, imperial German chancellor, reported in press dispatches. Officials expressed a particular interest in that part of the press reports which indicated that the reply to the American note would not be made until after the chancellor has another opportunity to confer with the emperor, who is at the front. The fact that the conference lasted more than an hour'was regarded as, being a hopeful sign; it being pointed out that if the German government was disposed not to meet the American demands it was improbable there would have been a discussion of such length. A report from Mr. Gerard is expected tomorrow. All of Mr. Gerard's dispatches received since the present situation arose are held by administration officials to be of a highly confidential nature. Consequently only a general knowledge of the;r contents is obtainable. SENTIMENT AGAINST IT. German People Do Not Favor Accedln n> tn IWkmandc 1AX^ W J/VIIIMI1U>7? Berlin, April 21.?Nothing has yet developed as a result of the receipt of the American note to Germany concerning Germany's submarine i warfare. No expression of opinion is obtainable from the foreign office, where absolute reticence is main\ vv VvfSS I tained. "Neither the note nor any reference to it has been published in Germany and there is no intimation as ( yet when the note will be made public. The celebrations of Holy Week v and of the Eastertide, therefore, are proceeding undisturbed by any knowl- ; edge of foreign complications. Thft ministers and other officials W ' .-j'-rH entitled to it received a copy of the note this morning and studied the document today. As far as the Associated Press has been made acquainted with the sentiment in higher quarters it would be wrong to regard the situation as any- x thing but extremely grave. The note probably will be answered some time next week after serious consideration has been given the American contention, but there is little hope that any answer can go to the length demanded by the Washington government, despite the fact that the government desires to maintain good relations with the United States. The sentiment is against additional weakening of Germany's submarine campaign, to say nothing of an abandonment of it. FORI) TO BUILD NEW PLANT. - TT X- x ? 1 Factory m new ?iersey 10 auuui $5,000,000. New York, April 23.?Henry Ford has purchased an 8 0-acre tract of reclaimed meadow land located in New Jersey between this city and Newark, on which he plans to build an automobile factory costing $5,000,000, according to an announcement here tonight. / /. ' * 7 . ' -a'"1 * V**