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* - , ; ;1v| She Hamburg ii^ralb One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23,1916. Established 1891 COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Colston Clippings. l?v, Colston. Nov. 21.?The annual - Thanksgiving services at Colston Branch church will be held as usual on Thanksgiving day, Nov. 30th, at 11:30 a. m. A programme will be rendered by the Sunday-school, after which the pastor, Rev. Walter Black, will deliver an address. Dinner will ^ be served on the grinds. Come and ^ enjoy the service'with us. Miss Dora McMillan, of Bamberg, spent last week-end at home, bringing\'ith her as her guest Miss Vista Brabhanh Misses Ethel Logan and Mary Clayton and Mr. Sammie Clayton spent Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Nelle Clayton, of the Spring Branch section. Miss Fannie Lou Free, of the Spring Town section, spent Saturday 2 night and Sunday with Miss Reba Williams. Mrs. Ogreta Beard, who has been spending some time with relatives at Schofield, returned home last week. Mrs. Tho's. Clayton and Miss Sadie Boyd spent Saturday in Olar with Mrs. C. B. Ray. , Mrs. J C. Beard and children and iv \ Miss Evelyn Kirkland spent last week-end with Mrs. Laurie Copeland. Oak Grove School News. The following is the honor roll of - Oak Grove school for the second ^month: Eighth grade?Polly Carter. Seventh grade?Thelma Rentz. Sixth grade?Alva Hoffman, Lewis Copeland, Carolyn Rentz. Fifth grade?Eugene Carter, Williams Carter. The highest average was made by Alva Hoffman. His total average was 96. The next two were Polly Carter and Lewis Copeland, their average being 94. We have organized a literary society with the following as officers: President, Thelma Rentz; vice president, Alva Hoffman; secretary, Lewis Copeland; treasurer, Carolyn Rentz. Several meetings have been held. It is now expecting to give the play of "Scrubtowm Sewing Circle," on Thanksgiving night. The play will be given free v*d the public will be welcome. Oak Grove Greetings. Oak Grove, Nov. 20.?We have been having some frost for the past few days. Mr. Willie carter is spending some time with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Carter. Miss Bertha Kinard spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Kinard. Mrs. C. C. Smith happened to a painful accident last Friday. Her horse ran away and threw her out of! the buggy and ran over her. Miss Lonie Copeland spent last Saturday night with Miss Grace Hoffman. Mrs J. C. Beard and children and Miss Evelyn Kirkland, of the Colston section, spent last Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Copeland. Mrs. J. L. Rentz, of Columbia, tg spending some time with her fatherin-law, Mr. I. W. Rentz. Miss Mamie Copeland and her two brothers, J. W., Jr., and Lewis Copeland, dined with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Copeland. Mr. John Miley and family, of Lodge, motored to Mr. I.:"W. Rentz's last Sunday afternoon. There will be a play at Oak Grove hmica An Thanlroori'vinc nicht 3VUUU1 uuuou U11 1 uuuno^iT beginning at 7:30. The public is cordially invited. Spring Branch Sparkles. Spring Branch, Nov. 21.?Sugar boilings! Sugar boilings! They are "all the go" at present and, oh! such a sweet, sticky time as the farmers are having! But everybody seems to enjoy it, so what does it matter if they do get "stuck up?" The young folks have been having and are expecting merry times while "cane grinding" is in season. Only last night we were invited to attend a sugar boiling at Mr. T. J. Crider's, but on arriving there we found that the "sugar boiling" was completed in the afternoon and they were having a party. All enjoyed it and no one regretted that there was no syrup to cook, as juice was plentiful. Mrs. Georgianne Padgett has returned to her home at Denmark af ter an extended visit to her daugh, ter, Mrs. E. M. Zeigler. I Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Sandifer and children, of Denmark, are visiting the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Crider. Little Miss Mildred Smoak was delighted to have as her guest Sunday; Miss Lottie Crider. ^ Misses Ethel Logan and Mary Clayton and Mr. Sammie Clayton, of Colston, visited at the home of j Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Herndon SaturI Hnv rnVht nnrl Sunrlav This trio of ! ! young people was given a hearty welcome by the community, as quite ai number of young people gathered at! Mr. Herndon's Saturday night for a party. This being a jolly crowd, everybody enjoyed the few hours of merriment and regretted that time passed to rapidly. We hope that our Colston visitors will pay us another visit in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Crider and little Emvrtle spent Sunday with Mrs. Crider's mother, Mrs. Emma Goodwin. Mr. Charlie Goodwin spent Saturday Tiieht at Mr. H. W. Herndon's with Mr. Sammie Clayton. Mr. Hansford O'Quinn xyas a visitor in the home of Mr. T. J. Crider Sunday. Miss Eula O'Quinn spent today at Mr. T. J. Crider's. Miss Minnie Crider's spend-the-day guest Sunday was Miss Xorine Canada. Miss Dottie Goodwin was a visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Herndon Sunday.N. Mr. and Mrs. J. Scnwarting and little Hughie Hutto,' Miss Viola Sandifer and little Lether and Masters John and Wesley Sandifer were omnnor tVia wieifrtrc at Dran CO Till rsr auiuii^ Hit? ? lOl tvi ^ UV V* o test week during the fair. Mr. Mayfield Bessinger was the guest of Mr. H. C. Herndon last Sunday. Miss Lessie Sandifer, of Bamberg, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Lige Goodwin. Mr. Eddie Zeigler and family visited Mr. Tom McElhaney Sunday. The following is the honor roll of Pine Grove school: First grade, Ivy Patrick; second grade, Fay Patrick; sixth grade, Edith Hutto; eighth grade, Minnie Crider, Lottie Crider, Monroe Crider and J. D. Patrick. Hunter's Chapel Happenings. Hunter's Chapel, Xov. 21.?Miss Susie Edwards, of Batesburg, spent the week-end at the home of Mr. J. H. Fender. Rev. S. B. Felder preached his last sermon before conference at Zion Sunday. Mr. J. H. A. Carter and family, of the Bethany section, attended church at Zion Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Rhoad and son, D. L., and Mr. Rhoad's mother, Mrs. Mell Rhoad, spent Sunday in this vicinity. Mrs. C. S. Herndon spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. King, of Cameron. Mr. and Mrs. King, and son, Leon, and daughter, Wilmer, spent Sunday here. Among those attending the Orangeburg fair from this neighborhood were: Messrs. J. Hand, X. H. Fender, and J. G. Rhoad, Clifton and Katherine Rhoad, Mrs. S. P. Rentz, Ralph Rentz, A. W., W. I., and Roy Hunter, Robby Barris, and many : others. - * a*- - _ 1 tirm .uon i iorget ine piay, a iie x^iupement of Ellen," at Hunter's Chapel school house Friday night, November 24th. REMITLO. Schofield Sketches. Schofield, Nov. 20.?We had several killing frosts the past week, which were welcomed very much by every one. Mr. F. G. P. Weigand and family , and Mr. F. M. Elliott motored over to Bamberg Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Peeples and little son, of Estill, visited her son here last Sunday. Mr. F. M. Elliott has purchased an automobile. Mr. Robt. W. Schofield, of Philadelphia, arrived here today. He will be here for several days. Mr. James L. Owen spent Sunday in Savannah. Messrs. H. T. Kearse and Laurie I Reid went out hunting one day last week and bagged forty-one quail. Good luck boys. Mr. D. W. Phillips, of Bamberg, was here yesterday. DRAEBLR. Elirhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, Nov. 21.?"The frost is on the pumpkin, the corn is shock-' ed." The weather man got busy thej first of last week and gave us a good . "shower," and then since, such cold.. 1 IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading.?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. .Mary Frances Richardson, 4-yearold daughter of R. C. Richardson, of Greenville, was burned to death last week when her dress caught on fire. Eldred Hubbard, aged 14, a messenger boy of Columbia, received a broken arm last week when the wheel which he was riding was struck by an automoble. George Couch, a delivery boy of Spartanburg, was seriously injured Monday, when he fell from a motorcycle which he was riding, breaking his leg and suffering internal injuries. McDuffie Hampton, Frank, Shealy and John Richards, members of the State railroad commission, attended a meeting ol' the National Association of Railroad Commissioners in W&shineton last week. Chief of Police McGill, of Iva, Anderson county, was accidentally shot and seriously wounded last week when his revolver fell from its holster and was discharged. The bullet penetrated his left breast. Following an argument over a bill of chickens, Lewis J. Rolins, a produce merchant of Florence, shot Nick Zegiares, a Greek restaurant manager, in the leg in that city last week. The Greek is not badly injured. The ninth annual conference of the board of Charities and Corrections was held in Charleston, last week. Rev. Dr. K. G. Finlay, of Columbia, was reelected president and Aiken was selected as the place ror noicung me uexi auuuai cuuieience. Declaring that they were adulterated, five hundred and fifty cases of tomatoes were ordered forfeited in the United States district court in Columbia, last week. The tomatoes, which were shipped from Barnwell to Charleston, were seized by government agents. jF" In a fight Monday nehr Gaffney, Dover Morgan cut his brother, Gresham, in the face and head. The you^g man almost bled to cteath before -he could be taken to a physician. The cause of the difficulty is not known. The young man has a good chance to recover. The governor has received an inquiry from the Cuban-American society, inquiring if he and his staff would accept an invitation to visit Cuba along with executives of other States and prominent Americans. The trip would be made on a warship of the Cuban republic. Isaac Bonds, a young white man of Anderson county, was shot near Antreville, last week while out hunting. In company with several other friends he attempted to cross a ditch when the hammer of his gun caught and the weapon was fired, the load taking effect in his stomach. Former United States Judge William H. Brawley died in Charleston, early Wednesday morning. He served in congress before his appointment to the federal bench by President Cleveland in IS94. He was born in Chester. He is survived by a widow, two daughters and a son. A United States supreme court order last week refused to review decisions of South Carolina federal courts, and established title of the Highland Park Manufacturing company to the land on which the mill is built. The order in effect dismisses adverse title claims of E. G. Steele and other heirs of John G. Steele. Last Wednesday morning was the first frost of this season and every morning since everything has been white with Mr. Jack Frost, also plenty of ice. This sudden change from the warm weather that we have had all the fall makes it feel colder than it really is. Anyway, the ladies can now wear and show their winter wearing apparel and be comfortable. Quite a crowd visited the Orangeburg county fair from here last week, as follows: Capt. and Mrs. J. M. Dannelly, Harry Ehrhardt, Lerov Peters. C. C. Moore, W. R. Ramsey, Stacy Kearse, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Grant, and Misses Clinkscales and Spradley. All enjoyed the trip (both ways) and had a fine time at the fair. The Ehrhardt high school basket ball team defeated the Olar team on their court last Friday afternoon in a fast and exciting game. Olar can play good ball, but the Ehrhardt team ! proved to be much stronger. Born to Mr. and .Mrs. J. H. Kinard last week a fine baby girl; imagine the smile that the judge is wearing. The Carolina Gin Co. seems to be getting a lot of rest these days; no cotton to gin. They only run two days out of each week and not busy then. The cotton crop was about as good this year as it was last, but beI ing much earlier and good weather for picking it was soon all gathered [ and over with. Everybody is busy now cooking | syrup. The youngsters are naving the time of their lives drinking juice, I chewing cane, and eating candy. The ; wife and mother is busy bottling and | jarring up the "lasses" while it is hot and storing away for next summer's use, while the old man walks around with his eyes on the barrel of skimmings. Thinks, says he, "I will have some 'soo-cat' probably for 'me' and the parson." .Mrs. R. A. Owens's dwelling was completely destroyed by fire last Sunday afternoon between seven and eight o'clock. Mrs. Owens had just completed preparing the evening meal when she discovered the j fire up in the loft of the Kitcnen dv the stove flue, then a small blaze, and could have been easily extinguished, but owing to its location no one could get to it, so all help was turned to saving the contents. Practically everything in the house was saved. It is understood that some insurance was carried on the building. The house was built during the time that the old Ehrhardt saw mill was running and was made of prime long leaf yellow pine lumber and it sure was some fire. Owing to the good fortune that no wind was blowing all the surrounding buildings were saved, although one of J. M. Dannelly & Co.'s houses, occupied by Mr. E. D. Grant, had a close call. Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Lemacks are moving down to Ashepoo, where Mr. Lemacks will be engaged as a fisher" ? ?9 n j man on tne Asnepoo river. uoou luck to you, old friend. Messrs. Harry E. Copeland and Roy W. Kearse motored up to Orangeburg Sunday to visit their "sweethearts" and talk about the cold weather. Harry says his girl is ,the "pretiest." JAMES. Buford Bridge Budget, Buford Bridge, Nov. 21.?The cold weather is welcomed greatly. Everything is beginning to look more like 'winter. Mr. Roscoe Kearse has opened a business in Olar. Messrs. Henry Kearse and Clyde Kearse, of Bamberg, and Misses Cleo Kearse and Doris Hutto, of Carlisle school, and Miss Lena Kearse, of Olar, spent Sunday at Mr. J. B. Kearse's. Mrs. Jonn Smith's motner, or Virginia, is spending a while in this community. Mrs. Charles Reynolds and son, Charles Wilton, spent last week in Walterboro. Master Robert Alfred Kirkland, of Varnville, is visiting Master Will Kirkland. Everybody come to the school house Friday night, Nov. 24, and see Miss Arabella Elizabeth Cornelia Johnston Magdeline Long and Mr. Jack Short married. A few folks from here attended the Orangeburg county fair. "BOAGUS." To Correspondents. The Herald's correspondents are doing fine. We are printing more country news letters and better let ters than have ever been printed in this county before. We wish to thank our correspondents. But we believe that there ought to be still more letters. And some of our correspondents are not regular. Remember, The Herald is willing and anxious to print the news from every section of the county, and we will promise our correspondents if they will write the news we will get it into print, if we have to leave something else out. In fact, The Herald stands ready to fill the whole paper with news letters. An^ ritrh* horo wp want to sav a word to the correspondents about what they write. We want the news, but some of our friends have been sending us matter that is advertising and not news. The rule is no notice of an entertainment can be printed free if the entertainment is for the purpose of raising money. You see, we want all the news, but at the same time, the only things the newspaper has for sale are subscriptions and advertising, and if we run advertising free, we are afraid we would not last long. So, please don't write as news anything about any entertainments or box suppers or t CITY OF M0N4SIIR TAKEN ALLIED TROOPS FORCED TUTOXIC FORCES TO EVACUATE. Germans Have Forced Mountain Passes Leading to Wallacliian Plain. British Make Another Gain. After having been for months men without a country, the Serbians are again to establish their capital on native soil. Monastir, in. Southern Serbia, for which the entente forces have been struggling since the advance from their base at Saloniki began, has been evacuated by the German and Bulgarian forces and occupied by the French and a considerable number of Serbs. The French and Serbians having captured the crest of hills partly surrounding the valley town, the Germans found their position untenable and withdrew, according to Berlin, to a new position to the north of Monastir. Unofficial advices from Saloniki say that a temporary capital of Serbia (will be immediately established at Monastir. With the reoccupation of, Monastir the railway line from^the entente allied base at Salonikr now is in entente hands. To the east and southeast of Monastir the French and Serbian troops continue to make gains in the Cerna river region against the Teutonic allies, having captured several towns in that region. On the Transylvanian front the Austro-German armies at almost all points continue to make progress against the Russian and Roumanian forces or to hold them back without gains when they attack. The latest reports from Berlin say the Teutonic allies have forced the narrow mountain passes leading to the Wallachian plain of Roumania and on the Danube front near the junction of Hungary, Serbia and Roumania, have reached the Orsova Craiova railroad. Bucharest reports a Roumanian advance in the region of Dragoslavle. From November 1 to November 18 the Austro-Germans are said to have made prisoners of 189 officers and 19,338 men and to have captured twenty-six guns, seventy-two machine guns and seventeen ammunition cars. Lively infantry and artillery actions are taking place in the Dobrudja region near Silistria, on the eastern bank of the Danube about forty miles southwest of the Tchernavoda-Constanza railway. Bad weather is hampering the operations on the western ' front in France but the British nevertheless have taken twenty additional German officers and 725 men prisoners in the Ancre sector, making their total of prisoners since the 13th of November 6,962. Berlin says that in Saturday's fighting, which was over ai front of seven and a half miles, the British met with a sanguinary reverse except for insignificant gains southwest of Serre and near Grandcourt. A French attack south of Sailly-Saillisel met with a similar repulse. Attapkc hv thp Anst.ria.ns in the i Adige valley and Upper But region were repulsed and where the Austrians and Italians fought hand to hand, the Italians were victorious, according to the Rome war office. Death of Mr. Abe Bennett. Walterboro, Nov. 15.?In the death of Mr. A. Bennett, which occurred at his home near Lodge, in the upper part of the county, Colleton has lost one of its most prominent men. Mr. Bennett was a man of force in the public and business life of the county, and was the friend to those in need. The funeral services were conducted at Carter's Ford Baptist church, of which Mr. Ben- ; nett was a member, in the presence , of a large concourse of friends and relatives, with interment in the cemetery nearby. Mr. Bennett was well known throughout this section, and was respected by all with whom he came in contact. j He is survived by his widow, who i was before her marriage, Miss Em- i ma Fender, and by the following \ children: W. D. Bennet, of Ehrhardt; j B. R, Bennett and A. B. Bennett, of \ Holly Hill; Mrs. W. H. Saunders, of , Walterboro, and Clyde, Pearl, Rach ell, and Wetson Bennett, of Lodge. ? < plays the object of which is to raise ^ money. If the entertainments are free, all good and well, write a no- t tice about it, but if not free, the rate , is one cent a word. If any of our s readers want to give the corrospond ents such items, they can hand the correspondent the one cent per word, < and we feel sure the correspondent i will take pleasure in sending it in ] to us. i TROOPS REMAIN AT ANDERSON. May Be Retained at Gluck and Equinox Until Legislature Meets. Anderson, Nov. 19.?A crowd of more than 3,000 persons gathered on Cater athletic field this afternoon to witness the parade of the artillery corps. All five companies participated. Major Robinson and all commissioned officers of the corps were entertained by General Manager Ligon, of the Gluck and Equinox mills, at dinner today. A number of business men of the city were also among the guests. A smoker banquet for the men of the companies is being planned for one night during the first port of the week. Nothing definite has been decided . < on about sending three companies back to their homes. Major Robertson was in touch with Governor Man. * y ning today over the telephone and v v to.**1 the governor stated that he would reach a decision early tomorrow. In his conversation with the governor Major Robertson expressed it as his opinion that it would be necessary to retain some soldiers at the Equinox and Gluck mills until the legislature convenes. The people of the city who are in close touch with conditions concur in this opinion, and it is understood that Governor Manning intends to keep some soldiers here until all chances of trouble in the future as far as possible are averted. CONTRACTS FOR DESTROYERS. ' No Awards Yet Made on Bids for Scout Cruisers and Submarines. / Washington, Nov. 18.?Navy department officials are preparing to use at the Philadelphia, Norfolk and Bremerton yards the $6,000,000 provided by congress for the equipment of navy yards for ship construction. The Philadelphia yard will get the bulk of the appropriation. Awards for fourteen destroyers were announced today, but the contracts for four battleships and two destroyers still are pending in the department, in addition to the four scout cruisers and twenty-nine submarines, for which bids has been received. Bids for the four battle cruisers will be opened December 6, and when all of them have been placed a decision will be made as to improvements at each of the three designated yards. Officials now believe the entire building programme for next year will be placed with private builders. Eight of the destroyers awarded today will be built by the Fore River Shipbuilding company and six by the Union Iron Works, San Francisco. , With the prospect that congress will authorize three more battleships and one battle cruiser before March ^ v 4, however, department officials believe the navy yards may have to help out with construction work on 1 (11 O TW mrt rt . T n o/l/lififin f n tilt? uio piU5lOiiiUJC. * xxx auutvxvu gv the capital ships, Secretary Daniels, it is understood, will recommend the construction of fifteen submarines, ten destroyers and several auxiliaries in the 1918 programme. "THE GIRL WHO SMILES." i : % At Academy of Music, Orangeburg, S. C., Nov. 28. Those two painstaking artists, Bert Leigh and Hazele Burgess, who were so successful in "45 Minutes from Broadway/' and "The Little Millionaire," are soon to be with us ' ' in a new musical comedy by Paul Herve and Jean Briquet, entitled "The Girl Who Smiles." It was emi? - ?^ L c 4V?/v Anof r?noliftr o t <X lilt U1 liiU ill oc 4 uamj uv the Longaere Theatre, New York, where it ran for six months. Miss Burgess will sing the leading role, and Bert Leigh will have the part of a most likeable, but extremely facetious chef. In the stellar role Miss Burgess is delightful in quite a number of charming songs in which the piece abounds. The most striking is "Teach Me to Smile," and to say that it appeals directly to her hearers is to put it mildly. The music all through runs to waltzes, and sends the people away whistling its catchy airs. The cast is a splendid one, and tne cnorus is not oniy exiremeiy comely but the singing of the young i ft women and men is most commendable. The costumes are dainty and most artistic design, and the entire production is carried by the company. The date is Nov. 28. Seats sale 3* Doyle's Drug Store Friday, \Tov. 24. Prices $1.50, $1.00, 75c, >0c.?adv. To protect baggage as it is unload id at railroad stations, movable platforms have been designed, made of 3ieces of old air brake hose* fastened icross resilient wooden strips. j| - i . ' ' . ... ' JS