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V One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1916. Established 1891
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
> News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ott's Outings.
^ Ott's, July 11.?Our vicinity has
been visited by a great deal of rain
for the past two weeks. Farmers
are complaining of wet weather and
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\ grass. ?
Shipping melons is the order of the
day. Several carloads are shipped
from our little burg every day.
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Dennis and Mr.
W. S. Dennis, of Kingstree, motored
to Bamberg for the fourth of July*.
Messrs. L. S. and W. S. Dennis returned
on the 6th. Mrs. Dennis stayed
over to visit her parents, Mr., and
^ " . Mrs. L. D. Odom. (
Mrs. C. E. Sandifer has returned
after a two weeks' visit to her sister,
Mrs. Lizzie Griffith, of Cottageville.
Miss Mazie Smith, of Charleston,
is visiting Misses Eva and Lila McCue.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Alatheny, or
Bamberg, spent the week-end at
Mrs. Matheny's parents', Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Sandifer.
Mrs. Florrie Free, of Blackville,
I visited at the home of her sister,
[ Mrs. L. D. Odom, last Thursday.
^ Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Dennis, Mr.
Willie Dennis, Mrs. L. D. Odom and
little daughter, and Louis Bunch,
motored to Blackville and Barnwell
HB \ last Tuesday, on a pleasure trip.
NITRATE WORTH $1,000,000.
^ German Vessel's Cargo Grew in Value
' While Waiting.
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^New York, July T.-^-The German
i sailing ship Indra began to discharge
here today a cargo of nitrate from
m Chile, valued at $1,000,000. When
f she arrived here bringing the cargo
in September, 1914, it was worth only
$125,000, but the demand for the
chemical for the manufacture of exy
plosives has greatly increased its1
price since then. The result is that
while lying in this port for nearly
two years the value of the cargo has
increased to $875,000.
* The Indra was bound from a Chilt
ean port to Dunkirk, France, when
H the European war began. The cap^
tain headed for New York on learn^
, ing that war was declared. Conr
signees of the cargo began litigation
to compel him to carry it to Dunkirk
hut ho HoHinpH tn takfi his shiD
to sea, where she might be eaptured
"by British or French warships.
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LOSS FOR PENSACOLA.
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Storm Damage There Estimated at
| $250,000.
Pensacola, Fla., July 8.?Damage
estimated at $250,000 resulted from
the hurricane that struck Pensacola
Wednesday morning and continued
' for 24 hours. The wind attained a
sustained velocity of 104 miles an
V- hour but no lives were lost and the
damage is considered remarkably
light in view of such high wind.
. The Pensacola fishing fleet suffered
greatest damage. Several of the
little vessels were 6unk or badly battered.
Other vessels in port were
driven ashore. The steamers Alcina
and John M. Keen appeared to be
hard aground tonight and it may, be
c necessary
to remove their ballast to
lloat them. The power boat Santa
Rosa, of the United States engineering
corps was sunk.
Forty cadets of the Gulfport Military
academy who were on their annual
cruise were forced to spend
Wednesday night in their vessels and
1 were blown ashore Thursday morning.
They all escaped serious injr
Jury.
r * Pensacola until tonight was cut off
from the outside world without teleP
graph or telephone service and rail
^ communication was limited to the
road to Flomation. Tracks are washed
out in other directions..
Safety Pin Taken From Infant.
. Bowman, July 6.?The infant son
\ of Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Evans, of this
\ town, who swallowed a safety pin
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lumbia for treatment, was operated
on yesterday and the pin taken out.
Dr. Black stated last night that the
operation wras a successful one, re\
vealing the fact upon its being re1
moved, that it has been stationary
JK ever since it entered the stomach.
~ Several X-ray examinations were
made indicating this, and the opera|
tion was not dcffered any longer.
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ELECT OFFICERS.
Bible Class Convention Brought to
Close.
Sumter, July 5.?The fourth ail
nual convention of the Wesley Bible
Class Federation came to an end this
afternoon at the close of a well attended
and interesting meeting, at
which several inspiring addresses
were made. The nominating committee
made its recommendations of
officers for the ensuing year, which
was unanimously adopted, and the
resolutions committee offered resolutions
thanking for their services
those instrumental in making the
meeting a success.
The officers named for the ensuing
year are: President, C. P. Hammond,
Spartanburg; vice president,
Vance Brabham, Orangeburg; secretary,
F. D. Knight, Sumter; treasurer,
O. M. Heard, Anderson; executive
committee: Anderson district, Sam L.
Prince; Charleston, W. W. Smoak;
Cokesbury, E. H. Bowers; Florence,
J. F. Dudley; Greenville, E. C. Dye;
Kingstree, 0. M. Mitchell; Marion, T.
C. Easterling; Orangeburg, John S.
Bowrman; Spartanburg, L. L. Wagnon;
Sumter, R. D. Epps; Rock Hill,
J. H. Glenn. \
Anderson, Greenville, Columbia
and Orangeburg have, asked for the
meeting next year and the executive
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cision of the place at some later date.
At the morning session Charlton
DuRant, the retiring president, presented
the new president to the association,
who made a few remarks
of appreciation of the honor bestowed
upon him.
The meeting was opened with
prayer and song service, after which
several addresses were made. The
speakers this morning were: 'The
Wesley Bible Class and Missions,'
the Rev. R. E. Turnipseed and
Thomas H. Tatum; "The Teacher,"
J. M. Way; "Reaching Men Through
Wesley Bible Class Activities," M. V.
Martin and the Rev. D. M. McLeod;
"Educational Processes in Religious
Work/' the Rev. John W. Shackford;
"The Significance of the Adult Awakening,"
Dr. Ralph W. Keeler; "Putting
Energy Into the Wesley Bible
Class Work," Dr. Charles D. Bulla.
The attendance of visitors was not as
larg? as was expected, but it was
fairly good throughout the convention
sessions.
TO TRAIN AT PORT MOULTRIE.
Mobilization Camps to Be Discontinued
as Soon as Guards Leave.
New York, July 7.?Mobilization
camps in most of the v twenty-two
States of the department of the east
will be discontinued, it was announcedHonight
at divisional headquarters,
Governor's island, as soon as the last
National Guard organization called
out by the president has departed fox
the border.
With the closing of the camps, recruits
will be trained at army posts
already designated, according to an
order issued today by Major Gen.
Leonard Wood.
It was found that the contemplated
plan of maintaining^ the State
camps for training recruits would enforce
the absence of scores of regular
army and National Guard officers
from their border commands.
Among the army posts designated
are: Tennessee, North Carolina and
Georgia?Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
Florida and Alabama?Fort Baran
cas, -Fensacoia.
South Carolina?For Moultrie,
Charleston.
Gen. Wood said tonight dependents
of National Guardsmen have
flooded him with letters and telegrams
requesting him to discharge
Guardsmen as a result of the recent
war department order. He said he
wished it emphasized that soldiers
with dependents cannot be discharged
by the "commanding officer of the
department until the request is first
made by the soldier, with corroboratevidence.
DISCOVERY T)F AMERICA.
Its Cost Said to Have Been Seven
Thousand Dollars.
The discovery of America cost a
little more than seven thousand dol
lars, says the American Boy. At
least so say some documents that
have just been found in the archives
of Genoa. These documents give the
value of Columbus's fleet as three
thousand dollars. The great admiral
was paid a salary of three hundred
dollars a year, the two captains who
accompanied him received a salary of
two hundred dollars each, and the
members of the crews were paid at
the rate of two dollars and fifty cents
a month each.
IN THE PALMETTO STATI
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOU!
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quid
Reading.?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Ernest Evans, a negro Sconvict
died last week after being on th
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Brookland school district in Lex
ington county, on Thursday voted ;
bond issue of $8,500 for the improve
ment of school facilities.
Miss Gertrude Clarice Damon, 14
year-old daughter of Capt. C. W. Da
mon, was drowned off Sullivan's Is
land, Charleston, Thursday.
"Dink" Wise, of St. Matthews
captured an alligator more than tei
feet in length about four miles fror
that city on Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Ralph Davenport, of Donalds
was run over by a train at that plac
last .week, receiving injuries fror
which she died a short time later.
There were 28 criminal cases o:
the Oconee court of general session
docket last week. Every defendan
either plead guilty or was adjudge
guilty by a jury.
The first load of tobacco of thi
year's crop in Clarendon county wa
placed in a warehouse in Mannin
last week. The tobacco market wil
open there about August 1,
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Orangeburg, visited several towns i
kthe lower section of the State las
week for the purpose of inducing ir
terest in enlistment into the Natior
al Guard.
The annual meeting of the Sout
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Carolina farmers union is tu u
held in Columbia on Wednesday
July 26. Dr. H. Q. Alexander, pres
dent of the Farmers' union of Nort
Carolina, will be one of the\ speal
ers of the occasion.
Senator W. H. Earle, of Greenville
county, has accepted a challenge sec
by Solicitor P. A. Bonham, a cand
date for the senate in that count:
to meet him in a series of debate
on local issues to be held in variou
sections of the county. The race fo
the senate in Greenville county thi
year, it is said, will be the warmes
in years.
JOKE TURNED ON THE JOKER.
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Connecticut Postal Employee Los
Job by Being Funny.
Linus A. Hill, for seven years
clerk in the postofflce at Wallingforc
seven months ago sent a letter to
town official directing attention t
the fact that the "town clock was o
a strike."
Hill inserted the joke in a franke
envelope. The recipient took up th
matter with the postoffice departmer
at Washington, with the result tha
Hill has been dismissed.?Winstec
Conn., dispatch to New York Worlc
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J | WAR CLOUD PASSES.
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Carranza Sends Conciliatory Note to
? United States.
Washington, July 5.?JEarly resumption
of friendly diplomatic con's
versation with the de facto government
of Mexico, to the end that peace
v and order may be restored in north
ern Mexico and along the border, is
expected here to be the next step of
' the United States in its relations with
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its southern neighbor.
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The crisis precipitated by Villa's
! raid on Columbus, N. M., and culmii
"! nating in the fight at Carrizal be
a j tween American and Mexican troops
h j appeared ^tonight to have been dissi|
pated by an amicable note from Gen.
r! Carranza presented today by his am-!
bassador designate here, Eliseo Arredondo.
The note proposes that the differ5,
ences between the governments be
a settled by mediation or by direct neq
gotiations. It is remarkable for its
brevity, its restrained and friendly
tone and for the absolute lack of any
^ of the strong, even insolent, language
? which characterized the last two
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communications from the de facto
j government. It treats as a closed inQ
| cident the exchange of unfriendly
s | communications which brought war
*! almost within sight,
d For Wilson to Determine.
No formal comment on the note
s was obtainable from State departs
| ment officials. A copy was forwardg!
ed to the white house immediately
[1' upon its receipt and President Wil|
son will determine the course to be
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n The fact that Secretary Lansing
>t completed preparations today for a
i- month's vacation to begin Friday, is
i-, regarded as significant, however, of
a feeling on his part that the crisis
k is over.
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j the Washington government always
has favored mediation' of any dis
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jj puies suitauie ior sucn prueeuuie.
There is every indication, however,
that in the present instance it will
be deemed desirable to conduct forth"7
coming negotiations directly with the
. Carranza government.
Members of the Latin-Ameyican
7' diplomatic corps here are expected to
make inquiry soon as to the attitude
of the Washington government, in
view of the statement of the Mexis
can foreign office that it awaits only
a decision here as to whether mediation
or direct negotiations would be
preferable. Indications tonight were
that the inquiries would be met with
it assurances that the two governments
had reached the stage where they
would not find it necessary to call
a upon the friendly services of their
1, neighbor States,
a Important Conferences,
o It is not known whether a formal
ii repiy to tien. t^ttrraiiza, s note is cuntemplated.
Many officials feel that
d more can be accomplished through
e informal discussion between Mr. Arit
redondo and Counsellor Polk, who
it will act as secretary in Mr. Lansing's
I, absence, than could be hoped for in
i. any other way. It is understood Mr.
78 DEATHS ARE REPORTED
FLOOD ANI) STORM DEVASTATE
LARGE AREA.
Alabama and Georgia Principal Sufferers.?Rivers
and Streams
Swollen Out of Banks.
Tornadoes and floods in Alabama,
following the destructive tropical
hurricane on the gulf Wednesday,
had caused 78 known deaths Friday.
In addition to crews of two
schooners were believed to have been
drowned off Ship island when their
vessel foundered Wednesday. Property
damage in Alabama and Mississippi
will total more than four million
dollars.
The known deaths: An engineer,
killed when his train ran into a
washout at Bond, Miss; a fireman
killed; three negroes drowned in the
flooded districts near Birmingham,
while riding on improvised rafts;
two negroes drowned when a small
boat foundered on the Warrior river,
near Tuscaloosa.
Reports from Gulfport, Miss, say
the American schooner Mary G.
Dantzler, the Norwegian schooner
Anezia and an unidentified two-masted
vessel were lost off Ship island
Wednesday. The Anezia's crew was
rescued, but no trace was found of
the others. Each ship carried twelve
men.
Gulfport also reported the fournrmfitod
AmpriMTi hark en tine John W.
Myers and the pilot boat E. E. Barry
beached on Ship island. A lumr
ber barge was reported sunk.
Rescued by Boats.
Valley creek, near Birmingham,
overflowed after a rainfall of more
than ten inches in forty-eight hours.
Street railway and railroad traffic
was demoralized. Boats were used
to bring marooned persons from their
homes in the lowlands. The city fire
department was called on for rescue
work.
The Autauga creek overflowed into
the streets of Prattville, Ala., flooding
many stores. /
Late reports from Beloit, Ala.,
where seventeen negroes were reported
killed in Wednesday's storm,
definitely establish that there were
no lives lost, though thirteen persons
were injured.
The river packer, M. Carnet,
crashed into a lock on the Warrior
river, near Tuscaloosa, and sank.
The crew escaped.
A Selma, Ala., dispatch that four
persons were killed in Mobile Wednesday
lacks confirmation.
Crime Decrease in Columbia.
Columbia, July 9.?Decided reductions
in law breaking are to be observed
in the report of Chief of Police
Richardson for June, 1916, when
contrasted with a similar report filed
with the city council for the corresponding
month one year ago. The
report of the month just closed 6hows
that only 418 men were tried in the
recorder's court against 728 for June,
1915. Of the number tried one year
ago 86 were sent to the chaingang
against 28 for the same month this
year. The number of calls for the
police by citizens was cut down from
273 to 140. Of the 728 men and
women, both white and black, to be
tried, only 31 were charged with
drunkenness and isorderly conduct
with 14 arrests for violation of liquor
laws.
Dozen "Do's" for Youths.
A dozen "Do's" for church-going
folk have been prepared by the Rev.
C. L. Peck, of Cleveland.
Here are his "Do's" for young
men:
Demand a strict account of the little
things in life.
Build your fortune in good manners.
Tact and c'ommonsense are the secret
of a successful life.
Have grit and pluck.
Live within your means. Extravagance
is the road to failure.
SeeK ill SL tilC rvuiguuiii ui iicaicu
and make a Christian life your foundation,
Be on time.
Always wear a smile in the home,
office or factory. You must take your
joy to heaven with you, for you will
not find it there.
Be prepared for your jobs.
Have respect for honesty.?Cleveland
Press.
Arredondo plans to call at the department
tomorrow to say good-bye
to Secretary Lansing before the lat-|
ter's departure for his vacation.
Probably the preliminary steps necessary
for the inauguration of the informal
discussion will be taken then.
LADEN SUBMARINE ARRIVES.
First Undersea Merchantman is Now
at Baltimore.
Baltimore, July 9.?The world's
first submarine merchantman, the
German underwater liner Deutschland,
anchored below Baltimore tonight,
after coming safely across the
Atlantic, passing the allied blockading
squadrons and eluding enemy
cruisers watching for her off the
American coast. She carries mail
and a cargo of 750 tons of costly
chemicals, and dyestuffs and is to carry
back home a similar amount of .
nickel and crude rubber, sorely need- \
ed by the German army.
Sixteen days out from Bremerhaven
to Baltimore, .the submarine
reached the Virginia Capes at 1:45
o'clock this morning, passing in on
the surface, covered by darkness
which settled over the entrance of
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the bay with the setting of the moon.
Once inside the visitor threw caution
aside and began shrieking his sireen,
signalling a pilot and at the same
time attracting'the attention of the
tug Thomas F. Timmons, ^hich had
been waiting in the lower bay for
nearly two weeks to greet the
Deutscbland and convoy her into
port.
German Flag Flying.
Three hours later the big subma- .
rine started up the bay with the German
merchant flag flying, under her
own power, piloted by Capt. Frederick
D. Cocke, of the Virginia Pilots'
association, and convoyed by the
Timmons. She was making more
than twelve knots an hour and could
have docked in Baltimore tonight,
but arrangements had been made for
receiving her with formal ceremonies
tomorrow and her captain
was ordered to wait in the lower harbor.
He and his crew of twenty-nine
men remained aboard their craft.
Regarding his vessel as a merchantman,
subject to no unusual restrictions,
the skipper, whose name
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the Chesapeake without waiting to
notify local customs and quarantine
authorities of his presence. He was
five hours away before Norman Hamilton,
collector of Norfolk and Newport
News, heard the news, and started
on the trail on board the coast
guard cutter Onondaga. At last reports
the Onondaga had not reached
the submarine, and it is understood
that she merely was ordered to keep
the strange craft under surveillance
as a neutrality precaution. Quarantine
port regulations will be complied
with when the vessel moves up to
her dock tomorrow.
THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY,
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Report of Great Religious Organization
for 1915 Very Encouraging.
The recent observance of the centennial
of the American Bible society
lends especial interest to its report
for 1915, shortly to appear. This report
will show that 2,500,000 copies
of Bibles or parts of Bibles, were distributed
last year in China alone.
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Concerning these there is an interesting
story to relate. A Chinese philanthropist,
Yung Tao, purchased 5,000
New Testaments to give to
friends. These Were distributed last
year. Each book contains a presentation
slip bearing these words: "Respectfully
presented by Yung Tao,
who is not a church member." Another
slip contains some excellent advice
to the reader, and then several
well chosen quotations from the Bible.
The agent of the Bible society called
on Mr. Yung at his home in Peking,
and Mr. Yung returned the call
at the Bible house. The agent records
his judgment that Mr. Yung is
an humble follower of Jesus Christ,
tuny irnouea witn jtiis spirit, tnougn
not a church member. Mr. Yung told
the agent:
"I have only just started on my
work of Bible distribution. I intend
to put copies in every school in the
whole of China and into the hands of
every teacher and official."
At the same time the society's
agent reports that owing partly to
war conditions, but principally because
the appropriations have been
reduced, he has been obliged for the
present actually to stop printing
books and will soon have to stop the
distribution of the books already
printed in some parts of the country.
TV?o ctnplr nf Srrintnres has been
nearly sold out.
The Bible society thought it a significant
and touching fact that one
missionary in China who is personally
far from rich sent in a centennial
gift of $144 in gold to New York.
Officers of the society hinted that
there could be no better example set
for Christians in America interested
in the Bible society's work.
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