The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 27, 1916, Image 1

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, " ' P| f W ' ' ' ' , . : " P . ^ 2"' oThr iamhmj f?ralfc 1 One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1916. Established 1891 * \ i COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS . ] SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN, VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the J > County and Elsewhere. j Hearse Klippings." t 8* 1 v Kearse, July 26.?A splendid min- 2 7 strel was given by local talent at .J White Point school house on the 1 night of July 20th. Though the 1 night was indeed anything Wt ideal, * we noticed a goodly number from ( Bamberg and Ehrhardt. The play 2 was composed of about twenty-five of ! * ? ? ?? - ?-uL if > ( tne young peopie, wun jmsstjs i^ressida Breeland and Sarah Neely lead- [ ing. They threw off their dignity ) and with blackened faces and cos- 1 tumes to match in color, style and 2 cut they rendered songs, dances, and 1 f had a negro wedding in which Willie ? Bitter was the winsome bride and * Herbert Kearse was groom were k made one by the officiating parson, * Faber Kearse. Mrs. H. M. Brabham e appeared as a suffragette and gave a splendid reading along that line. Others who cannot go unmentioned 1 are Mrs. Ollie Chitty, as "Old Aunt L Hannah," Miss Sadie Breeland as a 1 washerwoman and her bad boy, Pete, * little Merrel Johns. More is the pity ^ that we haven't time to mention 1 L each, for, individually, each was ? K worthy of mention. & Miss Floride Johnson, of Allen- 1 dale, has been visiting Miss Kath- ^ I leen Oswald for a fortnight. Mrs. J. Kearse and Messrs. Carl - * and Faber Kearse motored to Co 6 I lumbia Friday morning. From there they expected to go over to Lykesland to spend several days with Mrs. j Jtearse's daughter, Mrs. W. D. Roberts. Mrs. George B. Kearse entertained with a card party Friday morning 'j j complimentary to her niece, Miss r Kathleen Oswald, and her guest, Miss j Johnson. . Tables were arranged for ' twelve and after several games were N played the cards were put aside and g covers for a noon lunch were laid. E Delightful it was, consisting of fried chicken, cheese sandwiches, gherkins, ^ crackers, stuffed tomatoes, Saratoga chips, beaten biscuit and iced tea. Miss Nell Arial received the prize, a box of confectionery. ( Mrs. Willie Ritter has been entertaining a house party for a couple of weeks. Miss Stoney, of Allendale, ' and Miss Arial, of McBee, are still with her, remaining to attend the Crocketville picnic and Walterboro * i ball next week. 4 I Miss Agnes Kearse is visiting Mrs. Stucky at Cope. ? Miss Eloise Brabham left last > week for Glenn Springs and the mountains of North Carolina. Mr. George Kearse and his family I expect to leave Saturday on a camp? ing trip of ten days up on the Sa . vannah river, at Mrs. Kearse's girlhood home, where fox, wild cat and deer abound. 1 2 Mrs. Dorcus Chitty has returned home after having spent several c weeks with Mrs. Stucky at Cope. Her many friends are glad to welcome her home. In compliment to Miss Johnson, r Mrs. H. M. Brabham entertained Fri- i ? - ? * day afternoon with a porch party. A score or more young people engaged in a poet and author contest, t ? j nj ^ Miss ?iiiaa J^earse ana iv?r. joiuwaiu ? Neely received the prize which in 1 turn they .gave to Miss Johnson. It * f was a most dainty crepe de chine ? handkerchief. Mrs. Brabham served < elegant vanilla cream and pound ( cake. '< Yet another compliment to Miss 1 Johnson was a straw ride Thursday * ? night, ending in a picnic in the pret- ' ty grove at Mr. Angus Kearse's. ( About fifty young people gathered ( there in wagons and with music by * the Victrola several, couples were tempted to trip the "light fantastic j toe," while others prepared the cozy , seats placed around in the shadows , of the stately old oaks. Soon boxes ^ s. of lunch were in evidence, and when j they were all well cared for the ? wagons were reloaded, and, return- ^ ing home, each house passed was c given a midnight serenade. j Miss Ettie Kearse is at home j again after having been in Ehrhardt \ for several months. She expects to leave in a few days for the up-coun- ] try, where she will visit friends. ] Olar News. j 1 Olar, July 24.?Mrs. W. H. Ritter i has as her guests, her sister, Miss Nell Ariail, of McBee, and Misses j Sady Harter, of Fairfax, and Lucile Stony, of Allendale. < Mrs. Ritter entertained for her : DEATHS FROM PARALYSIS. J Natality Reported From Greenville and Bennettsville. * S< Greenville, July 19.?One death torn infantile paralysis in Greenrille was reported today at the city lealth department. This was one of he cases that had until Tuesday light been listed under the head of suspected, but physicians decided ruesday that it was a true case of- c nfantile paralysis, and it was so reported. The patient was about four;een months of age. The other cases j? >f the disease are reported getting ilong nicely. No new cases were reported today. So far only one other oca hoc hoon ronnrtoH in tho Stntp ^ mtside of the Greenville cases. This ^ s at Buffalo, in Union county. Homes n which cases exist are quarantined md Sunday-schools, churches and L notion picture shows have been noti- h ied to refuse to admit children. A. ii :ampaign which promises to extend State-wide in scope was inaugurated n lere for the prevention of the dis- b iase. S b Bennettsville, July 21.?Little c: ituth, the 4-year-old daughter of drs. Tom Wright, died this after- ^ loon from infantile paralysis at the ^ lome of her. grandfather, Mr. Sam' y Wright, on Fayetteville avenue. The t( nalady was so diagnosed yesterday T md quarantine established. It is aid that a younger child developed ^ he same trouble today. Full reports vere promptly made to local and n State boards of health, and every t mown preventative has been employsd against extension of the disease. 1 PROHIS NOMINATE HANLY. o )r. Ira D. Landrith Vice Presidential ^ Nominee of the Party. 1? - IV'] St. Paul, July 21.?J. Frank Han- 0 y, former governor of Indiana, was P : j e Tlr? Tt?q tl LUUilUdlCU 1U1 pi COIUCUI,, auu JL/1. il Or ). Landrith, of Nashville, for vice resident today by the Prohibition c National convention, which adjourned tl ine die at 3:30 p. m. Dr. Landrith's n omination was made unanimous af- t< er the vice presidential candidates xr iad withdrawn. . t< ti HOLE STOVE IN STEAMER. K 4 Hyde Liner Strikes Jetties Near r. Mayport. a ??? a Jacksonville, July 23.?The steamir Huron, Clyde line, with sixty-four ^ assengers aboard, put back into a ort here today with a hole stove in ler bow, as the result of striking the t] etties near Mayport, while outward ound Saturday night for New York. Vhile it is not .believed the vessel is >adly damaged, Capt. Chinchester Ii leemed it best to put back into port or examination. WhaJey Declared Seated. n Washington, July 21.?By unani- h nous action today the house passed P i resolution reported by the election s) !ommittee, of which Congressman e: Stephens, of Mississippi, is chairman, E ieclaring Representative t R. S. a >Vhaley the duly elected member for t] he 1st South Carolina district and ii 'ejecting the claim of Aaron Prio- a eau. There was no debate. o e Recent observations of Saturn at ^ hp Lowell Observatory show a re- C( narkable change in the color and ^ irightness of the planet's ball, which j s now of a pinkish orown tint and n strifkjnsly darker than the rings. ^ Comparisons of the stellar magnitude ? \ )f the planet with Capella, Procyon Q ? <* md Mars also show that its brightless is less thin that predicted in c ;he ephemerias. \ Q a quests Friday evening. Progressive s conversation, music and dancing fill- r ?d the evening.. She served ice c cream and cake. n Miss Kathleen Oswald gave a 0 moonlight straw ride for Miss John- c son on Thursday evening of this * week. Miss Oswald's party was met ^ t)y a party of young folks from the Buford's Bridge community in the e ?rove at Angus Kearse's, where they e played games for an hour. A picnic ~ supper was served. Misses Cressie s Breeland, Ettie Kearse, and Pearl t; md Ada Kearse acted as chaperones c cor the party. ' n Mrs. J. C. Kennedy, of Dade City, d Fla., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. John *] F. Breeland. ** Carl and Faber Kearse and their a mother, Mrs. J. J. Kearse, motored to Columbia Friday for a few days' visit to Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Roberts. Miss Sue Turner is visiting friends v at Ellenton. Prof. Milton Ariail, of Columbia s college, visited his sister, Mrs. W. H. Ritter, Monday and Tuesday. c N THE PALMETTO STATE F OME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. f tat? News Boiled Down for Quick r Reading.?Paragraphs About t Men and Happenings. o ?: v Postal receipts ia Columbia in? A ^ A AAA J 1 ^ , . S reasea $iu,uuu tne past year. John Algernon White, aged 61, a rominent citizen of Columbia and v 3rmer alderman of that city, died s 'riday evening. Carrie Gaskin, a negress and her q wo-year-old child were drowned in j, iuffie Town Creek, McCormick coun- ^ p, Tuesday morning. L Leo Glenn, 9-year-old son of Mrs. i .illie Glenn, of Greer, had his left and cut off when it became caught a 1 a sausage mill last week. S Through the efforts of Congresslan Ragsdale, a number of tobacco P uyers from New York will come to P outh Carolina about August 1 to g uy a part of the State's tobacco v rop. Daniel Herring, a young white man ho lived near Latta, in Dillon coun- a jy was drowned in Buck Swamp last v londay afternoon, while attempting ) cross in a buggy with his father. c he father escaped. An investigation was held at the h harleston navy yard last week to scertain the cause of the disablelent of the large naval collier Hec kr> onH Vior cnhconnont ahnndnn lent off Cape Romaine, S. C., July 4th. b The Rev. John Paul, former editor -p f the Way of Faith, a religious pubcation of Columbia, has been rejased from the Hampstead Square V [ethodist pastorate in Charleston in rder that he may accept the vice residency of Asbury college in Ken- t, icky. A Lewin Cassel, a young German of olumbia, has been informed that ie German submarine Deutschland, ow at Baltimore ready for return ^ ) Bremen, Germany, will not carry tail. Mr. Cassel tried to send a letir by the submarine to Miss Ger'ude Spitzen at Ritschewalde, Ger- d tany. c J. N. Stricklin, editor of the Che- * r iw Chronicle, has a peach tree and n apple tree growing close together e t his home in Cheraw. This year t "L ie apple tree is full of small apples, ut when the apples are opened they e re all found to contain peach kerels; while the fruit on the peach *ee has no kernels. r 4 L ENGLAND'S MANUFACTURES. c 1( rnmense Increase Even in Time of ^ War. f ?? i In spite of the five or six million o len in her army and navy, and the t uge numbers employed in such non- \ roductive war effort as the censor- t hip and clerical work in various gov- c riknent departments, the increase of 1 Inland's manufactures, if munitions a re included, is enormous, declares c he Engineering Record. 'What this r lcrease is, it is impossible?in the s bsence of any figures of the output f munitions, ships, etc.?to make ven an approximate estimate. Judgig, however, from the fact that the * ountry's exports nave oeen tairiy 'ell maintained as compared with 913, and have even increased from lonth to month since the first sharp s rop following the outbreak of the J rar, it must be very great, possibly * s much as 50 or 75 per cent. Part f this increase, of course, is due to z auses which will cease to operate t fter the war?volunteer workers, I uspension of trade union rules for estriction of output and sheer in- t rease of nervous effort?but the luch greater part is due to improved rganization and heightened efficien- T y. It seems reasonable to believe, s herefore, that any losses of men rhich England may suffer?the total T or dead, hopelessly maimed, blind- * d, etc., is probably not greatly in r xcess of 200,000 so far (May, 1916) 3 ?will be offset by the general 1 trengthening of her industrial es- * ablishments through a better appli- 3 ation of effort, not only through I nftlri'nor frtnr mOTl n t V) P U'Dflf fi VP t laniXlg IV/Ul v.* xy ?? v* * ~ id before, but also through increas- c ng the quality as well as the quanti- * y of their work, a raising of the * verage of skill. * Enterprising. \ t Visitor?Can I see that motorist fho was brought here an hour ago? Nurse?He hasn't come to his t enses yet! c Visitor?Oh, that's all right. I c inly wanted to sell him another car. t BOMB HURLS DEATH. j '"our Spectators Watching Parade in 'Frisco Killed. ] San Francisco, July 22.?At least our persons were killed and forty or nore injured by the explosion here { oday of a timed bomb in the midst f a throng viewing a preparedness arade. The police arrested Frank Josephon, a lodger in a sailors' boarding louse, who cried "I didn't do it, I iidn't do it," and trembled violently rhen he was being searched at the . tation house. The police said he , lad not been accused of anything. Charles M. Fickert, district attorney, ssued a statement attributing the . !ee$l to a mind unbalanced by argu- , nents for and against preparedness. , 'he parade was not interrupted. 1 The explosion occurred at Stuart ,nd Market streets, two blocks from , An Francisco's main thoroughfare. The bomb, concealed in a suit case J lacked with cartridges, bullets, gas ipe, glass and scrap iron, blew a ;a^ through the crowd, blasting men, ' i'omen, children and babies. Building Wrecked. The one-story brick building ^ .gainst which the suit case stood was 1 /recked. The holiday throng, cheering a ; ontingent of veterans of the 1st Cal- ' fornia infantry of the Spanish-Amercan war, became a shamble. "Two women standing beside me /ere blown to bits," said Mrs. Kins- 1 ey Van Loom, of Oakland, who, with ier two children was injured. The dice say it is possible that some 1 odies were entirely destroyed. All the newspaper offices in San "rancisco yesterday received a com- 1 riunication written in Roman script rifh on notipil mflnv nf the * 'llu UU lUUbllll/'V MVUV1AI uiwu . v. 1 fords being heavily underscored. The communication was signed J The determined exiles from mili- ] aristic government. ITALY, GER- ' 1ANY, U. S.', RUSSIA, RUSSIA." HAS NARROW ESCAPE. liss Bessie Bean Rescued From J Pond. Johnston, July 21.?On Wednes- . ay the Baraca class of the Baptist hurch gave a picnic at Yonce pond, . he guests being the members of the 1 Mdelis class, and the day came near , nding in a tragedy. * During the day , he large pond proving so tempting athing suits were donned and many . njoyed the cooling waters. The bottom of the pond has many , ieep places and is dangerous for or those who cannot swiim One of he girls, Miss Bessie Bean, who ould not swim but was out in shal( ow water, came unexpectedly to deep rater, and being a little distance rom the rest, help did not reach her mmediately. Julian Bland, who was n the bank, saw her sink and gave he alarm. The nearest to her was Vallace Turner, who swam quickly o her rescue, and as she sank a sec? J * : ? - ! >? for VlOP As lift 1 'II u time ne ui>w ivi u?., - ifted her up Archie Lewis held her tbove the water and the two soon arried her to the bank. Miss ?Bean eceived no injuries other than the hock'of the water. "WE-ALL." Mticism Answered by a Southern Writer. Criticism are easy enough to make, ays Southern Woman's Magazine for fuly, but not all of them are as easy o answer as the one recently received by the Southern Woman's Magaine, taking Helen Topping Miller to ask for letting old Aunt Tillie of the >rize story, "Look Away," use the expression "we-all." The critic con ends that no Southern darkey uses 'we-all" or "you-all." In answer to this Mrs. Miller has written a convincing letter. She -ays: "I have a dear old black mammy vho boasts that she was raised in the plackest patch in Alabama, and she is ny authority for the expression 'well.' Indeed, her conversation chiefy consists of expressions like, 'Miss ielen, we-all ain't got no ice,' 'Weill better git some mo' coffee.' She pronounces it like one word, with a tative accent on the 'all.' Since reviving this criticism I have heard hree other darkies use the same expression. As for 'you-all,' it seems 1 o me that all darkies use it. I have leard hundreds I know. I cannot magine in what part of the South ' hese critics have been living." I Codes are most extensively used in elegraphing in China than in any >ther nation, because Chinese sounds :annot be represented by Roman leters. i \ FLOOD WATERS RECEDE BRIDGE OVER WATEREE LAST TO GO DOWN. Sreat, Damage Wrought to Railways. Service Tliroughout the {State Crippled. Columbia, July 20.?The Southern railway trestle across the Wateree river, at Kingville, was the latest victim of the flood waters now pouring into the streams in the southern section of the State. The trestle' went 3ut yesterday afternoon and carried down with it several heavy cars of material which had been run out on v the trestle in an effort to keep it weighted down. The Coast Line trestle just a little north of the Southern, over the Wateree, went out yesterday morning and all traffic to the PeeDee section of the State has been blocked. Plans for rebuilding the trestles and repairing the tracks of the railroads washed away in the storm and flood are going forward without delay. The Seaboard has a big repair gang at work on the trestle near Camden, and hopes to reopen their line to the North in a few days. The Southern has repair gangs- at the trestle above Rock Hill and at the trestle near Belmont on the main line. It is planned to reopen the main line first and this, it is believed, will be done in the next few days. The Seaboard is also at work on their trestle at Catawba Junction, while the Coast Line is wasting no time in making the repairs to their trestles and track. The Southern officials believe they will be able to reopen communication with Spartanburg in the next day or two. It. appears that the trestle over the Broad river, at Shelton, came through with out narm. > Temporary Bridge Over Catawba, Rock Hill, July 22.?A large force of workmen is building a temporary trestle across the Catawba at Carhartt. The space to be spanned is luite long, and it will be 'some time before trains can cross. There is no official observer at this bridge, but at Catawba station, about ten miles below, where the Charleston division's line crosses, and where the trestle was also lost, J. C. Faris has for 6iany years kept the record. His figures for the crest of the flood, which occurred Monday evening at 7:45 o'clock, is 40.4 feet. He also reports that at Culp's island; three, miles below, a negro man was drown- j ed while trying to capture a bale of i cotton which had come down from above. While not having a famine by any means, Rock Hill citizens have had to be very economical in their use of water for the past week.. The rise of the river put the pumping station out of commission until Wednesday, and then the intake pipe became clogged with the unusual amount of mud and necessitated the laying of a temporary intake. This is now completed, and is furnishing water at the rate of 600 gallons per^minute, which will altogether relieve the situation until the regular?pipe can be cleared. The total damage caused' by the flood in this section cannot now be estimated-f but it will be enormous. Big Coast Line Trestle Goes. Columbia, July 19.?The flood sweeping down-State in the Wateree river carried away the Atlantic Coast Line trestle at Eastover this morning, cutting off the remaining line of communication between Columbia and the North. Efforts to save the trestle-were unsuccessful. Coal cars loaded with sand and other heavy ballast were run out on the trestle in an effort to keep it from giving wav. but the mighty waters, using the debris of wrecked trestles and driftwood from up-State, hurled the mighty structure from its ifioorings and it went down, adding its total to the toll already exacted in fearful amount by the angry waters. Following the washing out of the long Seaboard Air Line trestle across the Wateree at Camden yesterday came the destruction of the county bridge across the river just a short distance below the railroad trestle. This structure surrendered to the tide last night just before midnight, and the impression here is that it was the heavy battering force of the Seaboard trestle and the county bridge at Camden which finally brought victory for the waters of the Wateree over the Atlantic Coast Line trestle at Wateree, just below Eastover. . - . " T W' .-.y KILLING OF COL. BUTLER. Hotel Man Who Killed His Wife and Officer Refuses to Talk. Alpine, Texas, July 21.?Mystery surrounds the motive of Harry J. Spannell, manager of a local hotel, for shooting and killing his wife and Lieut. Col. M. C. Butler, of the 6th United States cavalry, while the three were motoring yesterday evening. According to an announcement ? from the county attorney tonight, Spannell, wh? surrendered himself 1 ** immediately after the shooting, v&-. fused to discuss his case and a thorough investigation disclosed no ap parent reason tor tne Killing. The shooting caused much excitement because of the prominence of the Spannell family and of Col. Butler. Spannell, who was held overnight in the county jail, was taken today to another town, the name of which was not revealed, for safe- . keeping. xAn investigation by local authori- }' ties disclosed that Spannell was driving his wife and Col. Butler in his car along the main residential street of the town when suddenly he stopped his engine, turned in his seat, drew an automatic pistol and a revolver, and with the one began \ shooting Col. Butler and with the other his wife. He calmly emptied both firearms into tte bodies of the victims, according to witnesses, and then without haste walked to the court house ~?i- o. and gave himself up. Apparently Col. Butler was shot first and killed instantly, for persons nearby heard the woman cry out after the shooting had begun, "Harry, don't kill me!" while the officer made nr? rm t r>rv AAV V va. VV* J aPrevious to the shooting, Spannell had been chatting gaily with friends at the Holland hotel, of which he^w^fe v manager. Col. Butler only recently was promoted from the rank of major and had been stationed here in command of the garrison for about two months and had become popular with the ' 1 townspeople. He lived at the Hoiland hotel and he and his wife and nine-year-old son were on intimate terms socially with Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Spannell and their five-year-old . daughter. ' _ Before being taken away from the lbcal jail, Spannell broke down and sobbed bitterly, bemoaning what he termed his "madness.'" He persisted, however, in his refusal to discuss his reasons for the shooting. Spannell, who is thirty years old, is a native of Hazellton, Pa., where * his parents still live. A graduate of \ musical conservatories in this coun^ try and abroad, he was an instructor in music at Baylor University, at ;Waco, Texas, when he met the daughter of John R. Holland, a cattleman and banker, of Alpine, whom he later married. Mrs. Spannell was i then a student in the university. She ; was twenty-nine years old and was ' known as one of the most beautiful [ women in Texas. * -3 Col. Butler was fifty-two years old ! and a native of Edgefield, S. C. He was a son of Major Gen. Mathew C. .. j Butler, U. S. A., who was also a major general in the * Confederate t' army and for a number of years was a United States senator from South Carolina. Col. Butler's body was sent to Washington today to be buried in Arlington National cemetery. SCHOOL SAVINGS BANK. ? Important School Movement Now Under Way. Do we Americans truly realize the magnitude of this endeavor? asks Carl Holliday, in the American Re view of -Reviews. Today there are over $1,300,000 in these savings banks created by the school teachers, |and more than 217,000 children are depositors. Founded in 1873 by a Belgian teacher, Professor Laurent, of Ghent, the school banking system was first inaugurated in America at [ Long Island City by another Belgian, John H. Thirty, and today from Maine to California the youngsters are depositing their penhies and "jitneys." Generally the school keeps the child's money until the sum of $3 is reached, and then deposits in the youngster's name in a bank paying at least 3 per cent. The amounts deposited in the cities since the begining of the system have, of course, lorffo?tfiflfl nnft in Pittshnrf? UCCII iC*l 5 V y V V V ) V W V X U *vv<wv?* 07 and $250,000 in Toledo?but in towns like Helena and Great Falls, Montana, and Chester, Pennsylvania, the savings of children also show astounding growth. London has 73,500 miles of telephone and telegraph wires. >. ' * , . . / . . ' '-.Ji. .. . v "Jai