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p lambmj Ifmtlb ? One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 12,1916. Established 1891 * ' \ ** I I COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the , i County and Elsewhere. Buford Bridge Budget. k w V Buford Bridge Oct. 9.?There is a great deal of sickness around in the surrounding community. ^ Some rain fell this week and it was greatly needed in this section. Among the Carlisle students who U / snent last week-end at home were: Fletcher and Bessie Kirkland and tJlyde and Cleo Kearse. Mr. Henry Kearse of Bamberg; Miss Lena Kearse of Olar; Mr. and / Mrs. Robt. Kearse ancl little daughter, Frances; Mr. P. McMillan and v son, Willie, of Colston, and Master Heber Brabham and sister, Gladys, of Olar, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Kearse. Mr. Henry Kearse and Misses Lena Kearse and Ruth Shuler visited Ehrhardt and Bamberg Sunday afternoon. Mr. B. Breland spent several days in Georgia last week; also Mr. Louis St Rro hhom Among the pupils from around 'here who are attending school in fc Olar are: Hallie and Lemacks Brabl ham and Wallace Kirkland. Wk Mr. A. L. Kirkland spent Monday \ % afternoon in Bamberg. 1 There were no services at Buford > ? Bridge church last Sunday morning * ;0^ on account of the illness of Rev. Sas1 sard. "BOAGUS." Hunter's Chapel Happenings. % Hunter's Chapel, Oct. 10.?Mr. ? Ray Carter, of Tarboro, is attending school here. The new school building is completed, all except some painting, and school began yesterday with a good > attendance. The three teachers are: Mr. N. H. Fender, principal; . Miss ' Jerolyn Bruce, of Bamberg, assistant; and Mrs. N. H. Fender, primary teacher. Master W. I. Hunter is staying at the home of his grandparents, atr ~ ... tending scnooi nere. Mr. St. Clair Rhoad, who has been . working on the railroad, is at home for a short stay. } ^ Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Kinard, of Ehrhardt, attended church here Sunday. REMITLO. Schofield Sketches. _ Schofield, Oct. 10.?Mrs. J. I. Johnston has returned from Columvu bia, where she spent several days last | ^ * week. Mr. P. K. Shultz spent Sunday last > > with Mr. and Mrs. John Rush. He says that he enjoyed the 'possum i - dinner, which was prepared for him ^ very much. Messrs. F. B. Drawdy and Lawirence French motored over to Varnville and Miley's last Saturday. * The Saltkeatchie Lumber company has not been able to run on full time for the past few weeks, on account of not being able to log the mill. Mr. J. Johnston spent Saturday in * Savannah, Ga. Messrs. L. E. Drawdy and R. L. Beard spent last Friday in Bamberg. DRAEBLR. ? . tOISWU VU^Ui^s. fer " . Colston, Oct. 10.?This "is a hustling season for Colston. The farmers are harvesting corn and cotton and the children are at school. Both of these conditions make miany busy mothers. Miss Sadie Boyd spent last week* end with her sister, Mrs. C. B. Ray, of Olar. Mr. Marion McMillan, of a Colum bia business, college, spent last weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. f J*. A. McMillan. There was a pinder boiling given r at the home of Mr. Thos. Clayton in honor of the teachers of the Colston graded school last, Friday night. There were only a few present, but nil tr? on irkv it Ail QWUlVVi W V/UJV^ A V* The friends of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. McMillan and Mrs. J. W. Beard are glad to know that they are now improving. * ? Miss Bessie Kirkland spent Saturday night with her cousin, Misses Minnie and Evelyn Kirkland. Miss Dora McMillan spent last week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McMillan, bringing with her as her guest Miss Mary Lee Grimes. I Mrs. J. C. Beard and Miss Evelyn Kirkland spent Monday in Ehrhardt j with Mrs. Beard's sister, Mrs. Edgar Fender, who has been ill. Mrs. J. F. Clayton and Miss Nettie: . * * - . V : ' * EDGEFIELD FARMER SLAIN. Charles L. Turner Surrenders U Sheriff. Edgefield, Oct. 6.?Bud Berry wai shot and instantly killed by Charle: L. Turner last night, about 12 o'clocl at the home of the latter, three milei from this place. Berry was sho twice with a shotgun, one load tak ing effect in the left breast just ovei the heart, the other in the side. Th< nart.ies warp, neighbors. livins: with in a mile of each other and botl prominent farmers with families. Turner Makes Statement. No one was present when, the trag edy occurred except Turner and th< dead'man, and the former's state ment made at the inquest was to th< effect that some hours after going t< bed he heard a noise at a windov leading to his daughter's room; tha he got up, secured his gun and wen to the place; that upon reaching there he saw someone, not knowing at the time who it was, either trying to 'get in or coming out of the win dow; that he hailed him twice with out reply, whereupon he raised hii gun and fired, the first shot beinj made while Berry was in the window7 the other after he fell or jumped t< the ground, and Turner said h< thought he was making for him. Neighbors soon reached the scen< to find Berry's body on the ground it is said, with his night clothes 01 and in his stacking feet, his outei clothes, shoes and pistol having beei laid just under the edge of the house Surrenders to Sheriff. Turner said that at first h< thought Berry was trying to breal into his house, but now he is con vinced that this was not his purpose Mr. Turner came to town early this morning and surrendered to th< sheriff and will likely be tried at th< approaching term of court, whicl convenes on next Monday. Both parties have large connec tions and this morning the street* were full of relatives and friends dis cussing and deploring the affair which has shocked the entire com munity. Mr. Berry was buried .ai Harmony Methodist church this af ternoon. r FRENCH POODLE BITES TEN. That Many Anderson People Go foi Pasteur Treatment. Anderson, Oct. 6.?Ten persons ranging in age from twenty-months to 33 years, residents of thir city went to Columbia today for the Pas teur treatment. They were bitten bj 21 r reiicii puuuie wuitu is piuuuuuvci by the Pasteur people as having beer suffering with rabies. The dog made its attacks Monday and Tuesday, bui a report from the examination of his head was not received here until lat( last night. Clayton spent Sunday with Mrs. A D. Williams. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Beard, Mrs. S P. Chisolm and Mrs. J. B. All motored to Norway Sunday to visit relatives, returning Monday afternoon. Miss Hattie Kirkland spent Saturday night with Little Miss Aileer Beard. Ott's Outings. Ott's, Oct. 10.?Here we come ! agaim with the news of our little berg. Everything is hustling as usual; the farmers are up with cotton picking, and some are harvesting t corn. Hogs are getting fat; makes one think of the good old hog killing time. The Fox saw mill, which has beer on the place of Mr. C. E. Sandifer 1 1 3 A. _ H * _ TTT HT Itf/. lias ueeu muveu tu ivn. vv. ivi. iviuCue's place. Ott's makes q,uite a noise with her two saw mills and one planing mill and cotton gins. Mr. E. C. Hays is putting in a three-roller cane mill. There was quite a lot of syrup made here last year, but there will be more this year. Mr. Jno. Wash and wife, and Mr and Mrs. W. P. Sandifer, of Blackville, motored to Ott's Sunday and spent the day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Odom. Miss Clara McCue was painfull} but not seriously htirt by a fall while at play last Saturday. Mr. George McClendon, of the I Healing Springs section, was a guesl at Ott's Monday. * Mrs. L: D. Odom and litt4e daughter have returned home after severa1 days' visit to Mrs. J. J. Conlon, ol Augusta. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Conlon and daughter, and Mrs. M. E. Owens, ol Augusta, have been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Odom. Mr. W. P. Sandifer, of Blackville has returned home after several days visit , at Ott's. % IN THE PALMETTO STATE ) SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. s / i i Stat? News Boiled Down for Quid s Reading.?Paragraphs. About t Men and Happenings. p 3 The semi-annual meeting of th< ~ Sheriff's association was held in An 1 derson, this week. A barbecue waj a feature of the occasion. J. B. DeVore, a Greenwood countj _ farmer, sold three bales of cotton ii 3 Greenwood last week which togethei . with the seed, brought him $386. 3 Forest N. Wakefield, a rural lettei ) carrier of Greenville, who was sus 7 pended this summer, because of al t leged pernicious activity in politica t affairs, has been restored to his posi I tion. 3 Greenville county cotton mills leac ? the State in the consumption of loni " staple cotton, according to a recem " report of the department of agricul 3 ture. The Greenville mills used 10, * 785 bales of long staple last year. ' H. Ougust, proprietor of a spartan 5 burg pawn shop was seriously cut ii 3 that city Monday by Dan Porter, j negro. Sixty-six stitches were re " quired to sew up the wounds. Un ' less complications set in he will re 1 cover. The negro was arrested, r ^ l He Could Wait. The neatness of New Englanc 3 housewives is a matter of commoi t remark, and husbands are suppose< - to appreciate their advantages. "Martha," said one not long ago 3 "have you wiped the sink dry yet?" 3 "Yes, Josiah," she returned, mak 3 ing final preparations for the night i "But why did you ask?" "Well, I did want a drink, but : - euess I can get along until morning.' 3 ?Boston Journal. KNOTT WINS LONfcr FIGHT. 9 t Final Action by Supreme Cour Leaves Him Nominee of Party. Tampa, Oct. 7.?Final action b: the supreme court today in the figh for the Democratic gubernatoria r nomination on recount proceeding! left W. V. Knott the nominee of th< party. The time limit for contest! expired at midnight tonight. Th< Rev. S. J. Catts, the contestee, is als< Prohibition nominee for governo] 7 and is petitioning to have his nam< j placed on the ballot as an independ ^ ent. The State Democratic executiv< t committee, in special session at Jack sonvillee, today passed a resolutioi | recognizing Mr. Knott as the nomi nee and calling upon all pemocrati ? to support him. Tonight at Jacksonville Mr. Catt! issued a statement declaring h< . would run for the governorship anc - is already petitioning county board; - to put his name on the ballot. People of Omaha Hear President. L ' Omaha, Oct. 5.?President Wilsor discussed the European war, peac< and American business in thre( speeches here today. He declarec J America is as ready to light as an} i nation in the world, but that its 5 cause must be just. After the war - he said, this nation must join ? J league of" nations to preserve th( 5 peace of the world. ; The president'declared for the "unshackling" of American business ir l order that it may meet the competi, tion of the world after the Europear - war and cited legislation of his adt ministration as going far in this dii rection. It was the president's first trip inl to the middle west since the cam ; paign began, and he received wnai : his political lieutenants character5 ized as the greatest reception of his career. He was cheered by thou. sands during the day. The size ol - the crowds and the enthusiasm I shown far exceeded anything he has 1 experienced since his inauguration, Attracted here for the celebration ol r Nebraska's fiftieth anniversary, thouj sands of people from nearby cities and States packed Omaha's streets, i It was an impressive gathering which : greatly pleased the president and his political advisers. Omaha was in .la attire. The 1 celebration, non-partisan in charac: ter and arranged by a committee made up largely of Republicans, was 1 given a political touch by the presF ence of the president. All the buildi ings were draped with American flags, windows were packed with , people during the parade and bands ' constantly played popular and martial music. J KILLS TWO; WOUNDS ONE. 4 Then Sends Fatal Bullet Into His 5 Own Head Near Greenwood. Greenwood, Oct. 8.?Using three bullets from a 32-calibre pistol, Charc ley Luquire, a chain gang guard, last night killed three men, including himself, and with two shots probably fatally wounded a fourth. This quadruple tragedy occurred at the county - farm about four miles east-of town. The dead are Milton Townsend, 3 manager of the county farm and alms house; Pomp Davis, his father-in; law, and Charley Luquire, the guard i who killed these two and then killed r himself. Tom McCombs, captain of the counr ty gangs, and a brother to Supervisor . J. B. McCombs, was shot twice .. through the right lung, and though 1 still alive this evening, his condition . is regarded as highly precarious and his chances of recovery are very j slight. r Charley Luquire, the guard who ? ran amuck, came to town yesterday to attend the circus. He was told by McCombs be back at the farm by 5 o'clock. Luquire, it is said, began drinking when he reached town, and was in an ugly mood all the after1 .noon. He started a row in a pool 1 room and once or twice pulled out his pistol and threatened to "shoot up" _ m somebody, it is stated. He did not leave town until late, reaching the farm a little after 7. Begins Shooting. Tom McCombs was sitting in a 1 buggy out in front of the residence ! occupied by Manager Townsend. He 1 was expecting to come into town himself, and was waiting for Luquire to return. He says he remarked to Luquire that he was late and was _ about to keep the others from going to the night performance of the show. Without a word in reply, but with an [ oath, he says, Luquire pulled his pis' tol and fired twice at McCombs, botn shots taking effect in the right lung. As McCombs crumpled up on the buggy seat, old Mr. Davis, who lived with Mr. Townsend, his son-in-law, t and who was standing near, remarked, involuntarily, "Why Charlie, you have drilled Mr. Tom," and without 7 a word, Luquire fired at him, one ^ shot piercing him in the abdomen. 1 Just as Mr. Davis fell, Townsend, 3 who was eating supper, rushed out of 3 his house, and started down the front 3 path calling out to know what was 3 the matter. Luquire fired once at * him, thirty yards away in the dusk as r it was, and he, too, fell with a wound 3 through his body. Ends own Existence. Luquire then walked into the 3 house, where Mrs. Townsend and " children were, went into the room 1 he occupied, remained about a minute 7 and walked back down the front 3 path. McCombs saw him returning and is said to have said to him, 3 "Well, Charley, you have killed three 3 of us." Answering, it is said, that V . . . . _ ... A that was what he started out to do, 3 Luquire placed the pistol against his own temple and fired, and with that fifth bullet ended his own life. Townsend, Davis and McCombs were rushed to the Greenwood hospital. Davis and ToWnsend lived only - two hours. McCombs is still living * j but his chances are very slight. McCombs is a brother of Supervisor Jim McCombs. He has a wife and two 5 small children. Townsend leaves a ' wife and three small children. His father-in-law, Davis, had been living with him for the past few years. His wife is dead. Luquire, who did the shooting, leaves a wife and two children. All are natives,of this county. Luquire was reared at Callison. Townsend and Davis were from the Cokesbury section of the county, and MfPnmhs has livpd near town most of his life. Feared Loss of Job. It is believed that Luquire had a grudge against McCombs, fearing that he was about to lose his job. It was reported that, Luquire had been . very active in behalf of another candidate for supervisor against McCombs' brother, and as McCombs was elected Luquire thought he might 1 lose his job. He was regarded as a dangerous man when drunk, and hav, i ing become crazed with whiskey yesterday it seems he simply went wild and in the last hours of the day L placed on the county the greatest tragedy in its history for which one man can be held accountable. Jury Gives Carter $5,000 Verdict. ; Orangeburg. 'Oct. 8.?In the case of A. T. Carter against the Atlantic - Coast Line, a suit for $60,000, a veri diet of $5,000 was rendered early l tonight. N Carter received injuries > while in the employ of the railroad - company from which, it is said, he will never recover. /' 7 STEAMERS HIT BY SOBS G JUST OUTSIDE OF U. S. 3-MILE LIMIT. dj Heavy Toll Taken by German Sub- P< marine Sunday.?Probably the ^ the U-53. tl Boston, Oct. . 8.?The submarine n< arm\ of the Imperial German navy tl ravaged shipping off the eastern fi: coast of the United States today. tl Four British, one Dutch and one ir Norwegian steamer were sent to the lij bottom or left crippled derelicts off w Nantucket shoals. li Tonight, under the light of the hunter's moon, the destroyer flotfila G of the United States Atlantic fleet ir was picking up passengers and crews tc of the destroyed vessels and bringing fc them into Newport, R. I. tl So far as known there was no loss fi of life, though at a late hour the crew of the British steamer Kingston had not been accounted for. u A submarine held up the Ameri- a] can steamer Kansan, bound from New a< York for Genoa with steel for the e< Italian government,, but later, on es- t< tablishing her identity, allowed her n? to proceed. The Kansan came into h Boston harbor late tonight for her e: usual call here. d The hostile submarine is believed r< to be the U-53, which paid a call to Newport yesterday and disappeared w at sunset. Some naval men, how- ai ever, declared that at least two sub- a: marines are operating close to the tl American shore, though outside the v three mile limit. . K The record of submarine warfare, d as brought to land by wireless dis- q< patches, follows: tl The Ships Attacked. tl The Strathdene, British freighter, n: torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket. r< Crew taken aboard Nantucket shoals lightship and later removed to Newport by torpedo boat destroyers. The 6: Strathdene left New York yesterday ci for Bordeaux and was attacked at 6 a a. m. w The West Point, British freighter, s] torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket. n Crew abandoned the ship in small s, hftoto aftor o worninir aVint frnm thA UUUtC i4rl bVA Tf UA UAUQ v ?.* wma v**v ^ j submarine's guns. Officers and men ^ were taken aboard a destroyer. The p vessel was attacked at 10.45 a.- m. g. She was bound from London for New- S] port News, Va. ^ The Stephano, British passenger a liner, plying regularly between New p York, Halifax and St. Johns, N. S., torpedoed southeast of Nantucket, e; while bound for New York. Report- S1 ed still afloat late tonight. Passen- n gers and crew, numbering about 140, ^ were picked up by the destroyer p Drayton and brought to Newport. ^ The attack was made at 4:30 p. m. 0( Searching for Crew. S( The Kingston, British freighter, torpedoed and sunk southeast of * Nantucket. Crew missing and de- R stroyer searching for them. Tnis si vessel is not accounted for in mari- b time registers, and may be the Kings tonian. The attack occurred at 6 J n p. m. b< Bllomersdijk, Dutch freighter, tor- n pedoed and sunk south of Nantucket. Crew taken aboard a destroyer. The steamer was bound from New York S( to Rotterdam, having sailed last f] night. b] The Chr Knusden, Norwegian freighter, torpedoed and sunk near tc where the Bllomersdijk went down, ni Crew picked up bV destroyers.- The tc vessel sailed from New York Satur- a day for London. * ol The sensation created yesterday aj when the U-53 quietly slipped into a Newport harbor and as quietly slip- nj ped away three hours later, was less w than the shock in shipping circles tfc when wireless reports of submarine attacks began to come into the naval radio stations just before day today. st Air Filied With Warnings. th Within a few minutes the air was literally charged with electricity as A: wirbless messages of warning were cc broadcasted along the coast. N< The submarine, or submarines, had N taken a position directly in the steam a er lanes where they could hardly miss th ! anything bound in for New York, or fr t \ bound east from that port. be Vessels of the entente-allied na. hi tions and neutral bottoms carrying cc contraband of war scurried to get within the three-mile limit of the st American shore. Several that were bi following the outside course shifted pe and made for the inside lane. The ni . Stephano, of the Red Cross Line, | however, was caught outside the neu- be ! tral zone. The destruction of this M ! vessel was perhaps the biggest prize gz of the day. The craft had been sold A< to the Russian government and of j would have been used as an ice- pc i PAYS U. S. A VISIT. erman Submarine Pays Respects to Newport, R. I. Newport, R. I. Oct. 7.?Seventeen ays from Wilhelmshaven, the Imsrial German naval submarine U-53 ropped anchor in Newport harbor )day. Almost before the officers of le American fleet of warships, irough which' the stranger had osed her way, had recovered from leir astonishment, the undersea ghter had delivered a message for le German ambassador, and, weighlg anchor, turned Brenton's Reef ?htship and disappeared beneath the aves just inside, the three-mile mit. As she came and went, she flew the erman naval ensign, two guns were lounted on the decks, while eight \*?rv AAfl r\lrt In l^T TT? V\1 A ?? M AM V? /V w pcuuca yiaiiiij vioiuie uuuci me )rward deck gave mute assurances lat the warship was ready for a ght. To Mail Letter, Says Captain. Lieut. Capt. Hans Rose, who hung p a new world's record in bringing a armed submarine in battle array dross the Atlantic, said he had calli at Newport simply to mail a letter > Count Bernstorff. He requested either provisions nor fuel and would e on his way, he said, long before scpiration of the twenty-four hours uring which a belligerent ship may jmain within a neutral harbor. The submarine was in American mters a little more than three hours, ssuming that she continued to sea fter submerging. Within that time le German commander paid official isits \o Rear Admiral Austin * M. might, commandant of the second istrict, and Rear Admiral Gleaves, ' * . jmmander of the destroyer force of le Atlantic fleet, who was on board le flagship, the scout cruiser BirLingham. Both American officers ^turned the brief call promptly. Allied Vessels Warned. While these formalities were being ^changed, wireless messages were irrying to the ships of the British nd French patrol fleet off the coast arning that a hostile submarine had lipped through their cordon and light be expected in the open sea Don. At the forts and the naval staon the feat of Capt. Hans Rose, rhich had taken every one by sur- . rise, was the one subject of conversion tonight and there was much - \ peculation as to her mission ana rhether it was confined to the postge of a letter to the German em: assy' ' ? There were rumors, without appar- . at basis, that the German merchant abmarine Bremen, long overdue, light be expected in the wake of the arship. Some naval officers exressed the opinion that the fighter ^ ad escorted the Bremen across the cean, and others that she was marching for the merchant ship. Seeks News of Bremen. The first question asked by Capt. :ose when a motorboat came along> ide was: "Have you heard from the rem en?" . When he was told that there was 0 news of the missing craft his face ecame grave, but he made no comlent. ' B m The United States public health jrvice has proven that typhus is , -1 Dread by lice. _ reaker after her present trip. Throughout the day and up to late might none of the patrolling fleet aintained by the British and French . i > protect their own shipping and merican ships carrying munitions 1 war had been sighted. Frantic ppeals were sent to Halifax, but for time the commander of the British ival station there refused to divulge , hat pteps were being taken to meet ie submarine attack. Patrol Commander Replies'. "All steps possible in the circum ances are being taken to deal with le situation." This message was received by the ssociated Press tonight from the >mmander in chief of the British orth Atlantic squadron at Halifax, . S. It was in reply to a request for statement by him. The work of ie patrolling fleets was directed om Halifax and ever since the war ?gan cruisers and auxiliary vessels ive been patrolling up and down the iast line. The passengers and crews of deroyed vessels who were being ought into Newport were not exacted to reach there until after midght. | Preparations to care for them haa ?en made by Rear Admiral Austen cKnight, commandant of the Narramsett Bay naval station; and Rear clmiral Elbert Gleaves, commander ' ! the destroyer flotilla now at New>rt. N . , --. 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