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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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y Hews Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Kearse News.
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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
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' 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
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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,
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viaitinsr her sister, Mrs. Sally
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Lansing is understood to have made
it plain that the Washington government
was anxious that Gen. Scott be
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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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?
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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
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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\
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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.
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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.
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