Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PERSONAL MENTION. . People Visiting in This City and at T Other Points. ?Mr. Henry N. Hill and family ^ have moved to Hartsville. tl ?Miss Helen Milhouse, of Colum- c< bia, is visiting Miss Martha Ray. ai ?Miss Ruth Herndon is spending S{ some time with friends in Augusta. w TV1 ?Mr. J. G. Black is spending a \ few days with relatives in Beaufort. ^ ?Mrs. Annie Hays, of Appalachi- ^ cola, Fla., is visiting relatives in the city. a; ?Miss Clara Copeland, of Ehr- b, hardt, visited in Spartanburg last $ t- week. ^ J ?Mr. C. R. Gillam, of York, spent tl ' Saturday and Sunday in the city with w t \' friends. e< ?Mr. W. C. Patrick has returned bi to the city from Glenn Springs and t! other points. 1 ?Miss Sybil Izlar is visiting Mrs. H. N. Folk in Bamberg.?Orangeburg ^ Times and Democrat. w d ?Mr. and Mrs. C. J. S. Brookei returned last week from an automo- ' cj bile trip to Tennessee. ?Mr. J. D. Copeland, Jr., returned h Monday night from Glenn Springs, g1 where he spent a few days. . V ?Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Felder, who r( have been visiting relatives at^Whit- fi mire, have returned to the city. T ?Mr. and Mrs. Glenn W. Cope ar- ii t rived in the city Saturday from their cl Wedding trip through the North. w ?Dr. F. B. McCrackin, who has 01 t been spending; some time at Glenn Ti \ Springs, has returned to the city. x ?Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Free and 0 children left Tuesday on an automo- * Si bile trip to Beaufort and other points. ?-.Misses Lois Wannamaker and ^ Lucile Dibble, of Orangeburg, are visiting Miss Mary Williams this ^ week. u ?Miss Lula BessJWroton, of Denmark, who has been visiting Miss c l ' Martha Ray, has returned to her s home. ' d ?Mr. Alan Spearman, of Colum- f( ^ bia, is spending a few days in the k city with his sister, Mrs. A. W. b >:'l; Knight. d ?Monday Col. Alvin Etheredge left for Bamberg, where he will join the State campaigners.?Saluda Standard. v 01 & ?C. E. Black, Esq., left last week for Waynesville, N. C.% to spend a j. week or two with his family, who are summering there. ^ ?Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Free and tI children are enioying a motor trip 7 w " * " I through Colleton county visiting ja f , relatives and friends. 2?H. Jack Riley, Esq., of Ben- n< netteville, spent a few days in the tj city last week with his parents, Capt. t( and Mrs. W. A. Riley. , c< ' ?Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Rentz, Jr., ts returned to the city Monday from M McCormick county, where they have tl /. been visiting relatives. & ?Mrs. H. M. Wiggins and Miss Vl f Louise Wiggins have returned to the w city from Olar, where they spent sev- w eral weeks with relatives. 1:1 $ ?Mrs. Ralph Goolsby and chil- fi * dren, of Denmark* are visiting Mrs. ' T.! E. Stokes on Church street.? P Orangeburg Times and Democrat. ?Mr. Tindall Califf, of Denmark, 0 is relieving Postmaster Charles E. a fw- Palkenstein, while the latter is away p on his summer vacation.?Barnwell rj Sentinel. p ?Miss Grace Hoffman, who has si been visiting Mrs. Rentz at Hotel Al- c< bert, left this morning for her home c< , at Ehrhardt.?Walterboro Press and si Cfon/lQ*^ U. 1JL ?Mr. Brooks Murdaugh, of Flori- t< da, spent a few days in the city last ii week shaking hands with his friends, ii 'v- Mr. Murdaugh is a former resident ft of Bamberg. u ?Miss Hattie Jones, of Colleton T county, spent a few days in the city 0 last week with Mrs. G. W. Garland. b Miss Jones was amohg the graduates ^ of Carlisle in 1915. c< ?Mr. A. B. Coggins, of Ehrhardt, manager of the Ehrhardt Cotton Oil company, was a business visitor to } Walterboro Monday.?Walterboro , b Press and Standard. c< r ?Miss Lennis Brown has returned ^ from a visit to relatives at Olar. She S( was accompanied by her friend, little n i Miss Norma Brabham.?Walterboro e Press and Standard. ^ ?Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Brabham js and Misses Adelle Brabham, Natalie Hooton and Mary Langford left Monday for Allendale to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Brabham returned yes- <t terday. . ?Mr. W. P. Herndon, of Bamberg, ^ ' is in town, having come over to see E his brother, Dr. J. P. Herndon. Mr. y Herndon is one of the prominent mer- s, chants of Bamberg.?Walterboro t] Press and Standard. t( ?Dr. and Mrs. Robert Black and a son, Robert, Jr., Miss-Ethel Black n f and Miss Hattie Newsom left Tues- o day morning by automobile to visit b several points in lower Carolina and b also points in Georgia. 1 > 9 \ T I : - ' TEXAS FREEDOM. he Story of the Alamo in Old San Antonio. Since 1822, when Mexico threw off le yoke of Spain, the few American J Dlonists in Texas had endured much t the hands of the new government, iys the July Scribner. A Climax as reached when Santa Anna seized [exico City, overthrew the constituonalists, and made himself dictator, [e was the particular enemy of the ^ nn J tlia Qrl'fict .ILlCl lt'aild, anu iri uci cu biiv mi 'v/ub f some of the most prominent mong them. This brought clashes etween them and the Mexican soliers. Friends came from Missouri nd Louisiana to help, until finally ley organized a little army and, ith Ben Milam at their head, marchI upon San Antonio. After a stuborn house-to-house fight they took le town on the 7th of December, 835. Here they were joined by Davy rockett and others, and here they aited the coming of the enraged ictator, fortifying themselves as est they might in the old mission lurch and its outbuildings. When Santa Anna arrived, at the ead of his five thousand men, he immoned the two hundred Amerims shut up in tne Alamo to surmder. Their only reply was a shot red from the cannon that William ravis commanded. The Mexicans ? - - - . j t -1 J immediately laid siege to me om [lurch and for ten days pressed it ith vigor. Its defenders hopelessly utnumbered and with no chance for Enforcement, prepared to fight to le death. On March 6, to the sound f the "deguillo" (no quarter,) the . [exicans advanced for the final as lult. Their ammunition exhausted, but ghting with their clut/bed muskets r anything else they could find, the eroic band of Americans fought on ntil, little by little, they were killed > a man, Travis athwart his cannon, rockett upon a heap of Mexican soliers in front of the main church oor, Bowie, sick upon his cot, deeding himself with his famous nife. So "Remember the Alamo" ecame the watchword of Texan freeom. Mexico and its Trade. ? t Although, for one reason or anther, Mexico has been a subject ofopular discussion for years, it is a ttle surprising to see how much lisinformation is current concernig the' country, and especially its ade. The area of the country is 67,323 square miles and its popuition is put down at 15,446,000, or 0.13 to the square mile. Contiental United States has about thirr-three to the square mile. Of the >tal imports into Mexico, 47.8 per mt. are -from this country, which ikes in return 75.8 per cent, of all [exican exports. The imports into le United States from tylexico for the seal year 1915 were $77,612,691 in alue. The year before, when they ere the highest on record, they ' ere $92,690,566. Exports from lis country to Mexico in 1915 were 34,164,447, which was the lowest gure they reached in many years, i 1907 they were $66,248,098. The rincipal imports, aside from the recious metals, ^re sisal fibre, crude 11, cattle and hides, copper, coffee nd guayule rubber. American exorts to Mexico are exceedingly vaied. They include agricultural im lements, manufactures of iron and teel, machines of different, kinds, :>tton and cotton fabrics, bituminous !>al, timber and lumber, lard and ubstitutes, crude mineral, lubricatig and cotton seed oils, printed matsr and news print paper, wool wearier aDDarel. etc. The most nearly idispensable thing that comes from [exico is sisal fibre, which is- largely sed in the**making of binder twine, his comes from Yucatan. The crop f the fibre will be ready in the fall, y which time?even if hostilities rere to be continued?arrangements ould be made to secure a supply, therwise, resort would have to be ad to Manila hemp, which is more xpensive and not quite as desirable s the sisal. But Mexico, without eing able to sell its products to this ountry, and prevented by blockade rom selling elsewhere, vould be in ore financial straits, as it obtains mch of its revenue from a tax on xports. Its income from duties on nports would also be wanting.? iew York Times. Swan Mourns Lost Mate. For the fifth consecutive year the lone swan" was seen the other day 1 the swamps along the St. Joe river, etween here and St. Maries, by Capt. !li Laird, of the steamer Colfax. The wan's mate was shpt by a hunter everal years ago, and each season he big white bird is seen to return o the same spot. After remaining few days in the vicinity where its iate - was shot the swan continues n its northward migration. The ird has no fear of the river steamoats.?Harrison dispatch to Seattle *imes. CASEMENT OF OTHER TIMES. Sir Roger Described by Friend in Happier Days. The Roger Casement of other days is described by one who for some time was his neighbor in Africa. He i writes: - - ww~ "At the time of the Boer war Roger Casement was consul for Southwest Africa and had his headquarters at San Paul de Loanda, the capital of Portuguese Angola. Among the few Englishmen there he was an outstanding figure and was known all up and down the coast. He was an ideal consul. He had a strong and a charming personality. Tall, lithe and upstanding with magnetic eyes and a pointed beard, full of tireless energy and generous enthusiasm, j he was one of the Sir Richard Gren-| ville type. .Usually gentle and suave he was capable of rage. He would1 boil with indignation at the wrongs j of some poor servical whose tale of misery and suffering under the cruel system of indentured labor came to his attention. He fought for them and strove to relieve them whole heartedly. All the world knows of his later work in the Belgian Congo and in Brazil. His early work in West Africa is less known, but it was equally great, perhaps greater, because it was done quietly and out of the limelight. It was true pioneer work. Public opinion had not then been roused, and the existence of this form of slavery was to most people unknown. "He had considerable experience on the west coast of Africa. Before joining the colonial service he was for some time purser on the Elder Dempster steamers. It was while employed by the Niger coast protectorate that he climbed the Cameroons mountain?a feat which he celebrated in an excellent sonnet written at the summit. It appeared in The Spectator. It is typical of the man that he chose this method of expression. A sordid soul would have described the adventure in prose ana have made money. "He gained much insight into the % native labor problem of West Africa on these voyages, a knowledge which he put to very good use in his consular work afterwards. "Casement lived at J>oanda in a small bungalow, his sole companion was a large Irish sheepdog called Rags, and they were inseperable. The consul was quite unconventional. He would frequently go out for a stroll at sunrise with an old shooting jacket over his pajamas and Rags lurchino of Vnfl VippIc anrt rptnrn at sun "."u set, tired out and happy, having fared through the day upon a few bananas. He was much addicted to these lonely wanderings and was known to all the country round. The native children especially were attracted to him, sure that i# his capacious pockets lurked biscuits and small copper coins which were theirs to/a grin. "An excellent companion, witty, good humored and virile, Casement was full of joy of life. He had many 3ccentricities, but they were all harmless and many of them lovable. He had many pensioners. No beggar appealed to him in vain. His influence was always for good.^ He was a keen athlete, a strong swimmer and a good cricketer. He was widely and well read, an artist and a poet of no mean order. At that time much of his leisure was devoted to compiling a book of simple rhymes and. delightful sketches for some children in Ireland and it was a rare privilege to watch this grow under his hand. "Casement was a home ruler because he was an Irishman, and upon this subject he was fiercely eloquent. His usually soft voice wquld grow strong and deep and his eyes would ^ ?? ?? ttt V? /\n V> a ilasll uil Lilt; rare ucuaoiuus ? ncn uc allowed himself to be drawn into a \ discussion upon the subject of his beloved Ireland. "It has been stated that he had pro-Boer sympathies at that time. This is the reverse of the truth. No people who tolerated oppression in their dealings with native races had any sympathy from Roger Casement. "He was at this time a true, a loyal and an honest gentleman. It is impossible to connect with our Roger Casement the lonely and bedraggled figure spewed up on the coast of the land he loved so well. Our Roger Casement is dead!" Philosophy. The late Henry James, the novelist, used to poke a good deal of fun at "pragmatism," his brother William's new kind of philosophy. "Philosophy," he once said, "has been likened to a blind man searching a dark room for a black hat that isn't there. "Pragmatism, on the other hand, rather reminds me of the dialogue of Mike and Pat. " 'Can I know what I don't know?" says Mike. " 'No,' says fat. " 'Well, there's a certain thing I don't know and I know it. Then don't I know what I don't know?' " T don't know.' "?Washington Star. CANDIDATES' CARDS The rates for cards inserted under this head are as follows: For magistrate, coroner, cotton weigher and county commissioner, $3.00; for all other county offices, $5.00; for congress and all State offices, $10.00. Checks must accompany card. Please do not ask that we insert your card unless you send check or cash along with same. All cards will be published until the primaries. CONGRESS. I desire to announce to the people of the Second Congressional district that I am a candidate for the national House of Representatives. I will give my best services if elected and will at all times be faithful to the interests of my people. I respectfully ask your support. ALVIN ETHEREDGE. I hereby announce my candidacy for reelection as Representative in Congress from the Second District of j South Carolina, pledging myself to abide by the rules of the primary and to support the nominees thereof. JAMES F.-BYRNES. SOLICITOR. ~ ? ^ I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Solicitor of the Second Judicial Circuit, and pledge myself to abide by the rules of the Democratic party and to support the nominees thereof. R. L. GUNTER. CLERK OF COURT. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Clerk of Court I of Bamberg county, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. ? * R. L, ZEIGLER. I hereby announce myself a can- i didate for clerk of court of Bamberg county in the Democratic primary, = and pledge myself to abide by the rules of the party. ^H. D. FREE. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Clerk of Court of Bamberg county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. J. D. COPELAND, JR. 4 I hereby announce myself a candidate for Clerk of Court of Bam ,berg county, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. A. L. KIRKLAND. I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of Clerk of Court of Bamberg county in the Democratic primary, subject to the rules of the party, pledging my support to the nominees thereof. J. Z. BROOKER. I have decided to become a candidate for the office of Clerk of Court for Bamberg county, and will appreciate the support of my friends throughout the county for that position. H. C. FOLK. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Clerk of Court of Bamberg county, subject to the .rules of the Democratic primary, " pledging my support to the nominees of the party. J. S. J. FAUST. PROBATE JUDGE. I nereby announce myself a candi- . date for the office of Probate Judge c of Bamberg county, and pledge my- * self to abide by the rules of the : Democratic primary. R. S. SIMMONS. * I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Judge of Probate of Bamberg county in the Demo- t . _ .. _ J X 1 1 1 ' - " crauc primary, suDjeci 10 tne ruies < of the party. FRANCIS F. CARROLL. j I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Probate Judge of Bamberg county, subject to the ( rules and regulations of the Demo- j cratic primary, and pledge myself to ] support the nominees thereof. ( R. P. BELLINGER. . I hereby announce myself a candi- ' date for reelection to the office of Probate Judge of Bamberg county, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. G. P. HARMON. j I hereby announce myself a can- . didate for the office of Judge of Pro- < bate of Bamberg county, subject to the rules of the Democratic party, pledging my support to the nominees ( thereof. J. J. BRABHAM, JR. AUDITOR AND SUPT. EDUCATION. 1 I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Auditor and Superintendent of Education of J Bamberg county, subject to the rules ^ P IVin r\/MYi/\ni>oIin norfn Ul LUC L/C1UUL1 ailL> pa.lL/. EDGAR PRICE. j I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Auditor and Superintendent of Education of Bamberg county, subject to the rules and \ regulations of the Democratic pri- j mary. G. W. FOLK, Clear Pond. SHERIFF. ' ' I hereby announce myself a candidate for Sheriff of Bamberg County in the Democratic primary, subject 1 to the rules of the party, pledging my ! support to the nominees thereof. 1 D. J. DELK. I hereby announce my candidacy for reelection to the office of Sheriff ' of Bamberg county in the Democratic .1 primary, subject to the rules of the 1 party, pledging my support to the nominees thereof. S. G. RAY. I hereby announce myself a candi- < date for the office oi Sheriff of Bam- s berg county, subject to the rules and i regulations of the Democratic party. ] J. P. O'QUINN. STATE SENATE. I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection to the State sen- ! ate, subject to the rules and regula- : tions cf the Democratic party. J. B. BLACK. 1 I hereby announce myself as a candidate to the State Senate from Bamberg county, subject to the rules and 1 I ACOMNNA 0TOATWII ' (I ancl Economy4 Per Cent. Interest Paid on i CAPITAL AND SURPLUS - Bamberg Ban PERHAPS HE MAY BE 0] Suppose your Executor happe: tion when you die. Maybe he is ii hunting, far from civilization ar Vv/\ vi/\r? /iV? r\ /J 11 1 a aa aii4* .a4 wc icatucu until iic eumco uut uj will happen to yoipr Estate? Cai out of sight suddenly and trust ; on without loss for even two wee wouldn't think of such a thing! chance you^are taking when you as Executor. You drop dead. ' What happens? You don't knov Name us as your Executor and i step in and take charge. BAMBERG BANKING Bamberg, S. I *egulations of the Democratic party. Ehrhard B. W. MILEY. Democn HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES?" to supp< I hereby announce my candidacy T . 'or reelectibn to the House of Repre- d f sentatives from Bamberg county, sub- Fh* iect to the rules and regulations of subipot 'he Democratic party. nledeins B. D. CARTER. COUNTY COMMISSIONER. ? I hereby announce myself a -candi- j . late for the office of County Commis- .airiatp f 3ioner of Bamberg county in the T>ambGr Democratic primary, subject to the rpP.niQti1 rules of the party. ?ru_iai* OTIS L. COPELAND. orty,gi? Thanking the voters of Bamberg county for their past support, I here- j . hkv annniiripp mvsplf a candidate for reelection to the office of County r>aieh101 Commissioner, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. W. D. BESSINGER. ther!of? I hereby announce myself a candi- ^ 3ate for the office of County Commissioner of Bamberg county, subject to j fcer the rules of the Democratic party. for reei( W. W. STEEDLEY. trate at COTTON WEIGHER AT BAMBERG. ?alT's' ty, proi I hereby announce myself a candi- nees th( late for the office of Cotton Weigher COTT it Bamberg, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. I her< NEB CRIDER. date foi C. I w Deeply appreciating the confidence my frie af the voters in the past, I hereby an- the Den aounce myself a candidate for-reelection as Cotton weigher at Bamberg in the primary election, subject to XOTICE the rules of the party. F. E. STEEDLY. tjIL I hereby announce myself a candi; late for the office of Cotton Weigher Pursr at Bamberg, subject fo the rules and cratic p regulations of the Democratic par- county < ty. JOHN H. PEARSON. called t< ? noon, 3M RHRHARDT COTTON WEIGHER, amine t ?? any err< I hereby announce myself a candi- be four late for the office of Cotton Weigher should aCEhrhardt, subject to the rules of by or b the Democratic primary. duty of BRADLEY C. HIERS. rors or to the I hereby announce myself a candi- mitteem late for the office of Cotton Weigher to nam< at Ehrhardt, subject to the rules of campaig the Democratic party. GEO. F. MCMILLAN, JR. July I hereby announce myself a candi- "3 late for Cotton Weigher at Ehrhardt, NOTICE subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary, and pledge myself to support the nomi- All p< BOYCE W. BISHOP. the esta MAGISTRATE AT EHRHARDT. n?"( I hereby announce myself a candi- sr date for reelection as Magistrate at signed Ehrhardt, subject to the rules of the Jul ' Democratic primary, pledging myself to support the nominees thereof. Pract H. KTNARD. of agph I hereby announce myself a can- Pines didate for the office of Magistrate at commer iion j ^ Banking 1 your ] iloney j Savings Deposits. - - - $100,000.00 iking Co. I wmammmmmmmmmmg ;v| Wi >J A VACATION ; J M tis to be on a vacai Canada, fishing or td where he cannot : the woods. What i you afford to drop your business to go tks? Of course you Yet that is the name an individual Executor is away. j what will happen, t is here at once to COMPANY I 3. r |J * "ri-^ ?????? It, subject to the rules of the itic primary, pledging myself )rt the nominees thereof, n J. A. JOHNS. ^by announce myself a candi the office of Magistrate at it in the Democratic primary, to the rules of the party, and ; my support to the nominees J. C. COPELAND. [STRATE AT BAMBERG. eby announce myself a canor the office of Magistrate at g, subject to the rules and ons of the Democratic pri,nd will appreciate any supren me by the voters. ... M E. C. BRUCE. \VfcTT ATirt Aim/iA roTTOAlf o non/1 f * .-3 ZUJ AililUUilV/U O VUUUA? * the office of Magistrate at , | g in the Democratic primary. to the rules of the party, ; my support to the nominees E. DICKINSON. 1GISTRATE AT OLAR. < 4 v * ; : eby announce my candidacy ection to the office of MagisOlar in the Democratic prilbject to the rules of ithe parnising to support the nomi>reof. O. J. C. LAIN. ON WEIGHER AT OLAR. *by announce myself a candi- / Cotton Weigher at Olar, S. ill appreciate the support of nds and abide the result of locratic primary. D. J. TEMPLETON. =g;!=i J ; OP DEMOCRATIC COUNTY ECUTIVE COMMITTEE HUCiJCilll^Or. iant to the rules of the Demo>arty of South Carolina the executive committee is hereby [) meet at the court house at [onday, July 31, 1916, to ex-' he club rolls, and pass upon >rs or irregularities that may d therein. All complaints be filed with the committee efore that day, and it is the any person knowing of erirregularities to report same committee. Executive comen will please come prepared e suitable dates for county ;n meetings. H. C. FOLK, County Chairman. 25, 1916. ' I TO DEBTORS AXD CREDITORS. N orcnn o VlQ vinp- nlflimc flff'flinst ite of S. D. Guess, deceased, fied to file same duly verified } undersigned; and all indebted to said estate will nake payment to the underJ. S. WALKER, 19, 1916. Executor. ically inexhaustible deposits alt discovered in the Philip70 years ago will be developed cially. - 'S '.ym * '