The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 19, 1917, Image 1
One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 19,1917. Established 1891
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Colston Clippings.
^ Colston. April 17.?The farmers
are busily engaged in preparing the
land to plant and are planting their
crops.
.Misses Ethel Logan and Mamie
McMillan spent Saturday night with
Misses Alberta and Natalie Kearse.
Mr. Clyde Padgett, of Orangeburg,
spent Sunday at home with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Padgett.
Messrs. Reuben Kearse and Marion
^McMillan spent Saturday night with
2V1 r. Vernon McMillan.
* Miss Xettie Clayton spent Saturday
night with Miss Mary Clayton.
Miss Bessie Kirkland spent Saturday
night with her aunt, Mrs. W. G.
Kirkland.
Misses Alberta Kearse and Mamie
McMillan spent Friday night with
Mrs. G. A. McMillan.
Mrs. George Rentz spent several
days last week with her daughter,
Mrs. J. M. Clayton.
Miss Sadie Boyd spent last weekend
in Olar.
Mr. Will McMillan spent Saturday
night with Messrs. Claude and Frank
Kirkland.
* ' Mr. and Mrs. Purdy Aver, of Olar,
spent Sunday with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Clayton.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. McMillan spent
Sunday with their parents. Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Kearse.
/ Miss Corine Henderson spent Sunday
with Misses Laura and Thyra
Goodwin.
Little .Miss Katmeen raugen spent
Monday night with little .Miss Helen
McMillan. I
Miss Easter Padgett spent Friday
night with Miss Aileen Beard.
Buford Bridge Budget. I
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Buford Bridge, April 17.?Miss!
Sarah Neeley, of Columbia college,
spent Easter at home.
Mrs. S. W. Copeland, of Ehrhardt,
spent last Thursday with her sister,
Mrs. H. C.'Kirkland.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Kirkland spent
last Sunday in Olar with Dr. Edward
Kirkland and family.
Miss Rebecca Graham, of Bamberg,
spent the week-end with Miss
Elizabeth Kirkland.
A great crowd from here attended
field day in Bamberg last Friday.
A few from here attended services
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* BOAGUS.
HUMAN ELEMENT IN ACCIDENTS.
Man at Machine Usually Responsible [
for His Injury.
Close observers are not astounded
be the statement made at a I'safety"
meeting that 10 per cent, only of industrial
accidents are due to machine
failures, the remaining 90 per cent,
being wholly chargeable to "manfailure."
Students, however, will not
be satisfied with the simple statement,
but will want to know something
more, especially as to conditions
that contribute to this appallingly
large percentage charged directly
to man's share in the fault. It will
not do to say that in each instance
wanton carelessness is blameable.
Psychologists are no longer content
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witn tnat exyiauauuu, uul air &ui?b
deeper into the causation of accidents,
seeking to determine just why
the normal mental processes at times
break and the interrupted coordination
between brain and body ends in
disaster.. In the matter of interpreting
railway signals, for example, it
has been set up that registered impressions
vary as to individuals, and
that likewise individuals react in different
ways to the impression given.
Emergencies invariably arise in the
operations of modern industry similar
tn those in the transportation ser
vice, and, while the safety device
may work with mechanical accuracy,
the human factor cannot be depended
upon.?Omaha Bee.
How a Newberry Cow Feasted.
Mr. G. B. Summer found a rather
poor cow in his barn a few mornings
ago. She had got in at night and
helped herself. She ate a bushel of
corn on the cob, cob and all; a bale
of peanut hay and nine bundles of
fodder. When they went to turn her
out of the lot the gateposts at the
gate where she got in at night had
to be pulled further apart so that she
could pass through, her sides stuck
out so far.?Newberry Observer.
XUGROKS PLKDCiK LOYALTY.
Committee, Headed by*Richard Carroll,
Calls on (*ov. Manning.
Columbia. April G.?A committee
of twelve negroes called on Governor
Manning this afternoon and presented
resolutions adopted at a mass
meeting of colored people in Columbia
the other night, expressing their
layalty to President Wilson and the
United States, and to the State government.
They offered their services
in any capacity in which they might
be used and assured the governor
that the negroes of South Carolina
are ready to> do their part as soldiers
in the army of the United States. The
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committee, wnicu was uameu u> LUC
mass meeting to present the resolutions
to the governor, was composed
of leaders in the several fields of endeavor
and represents the sentiment
of the colored population.
What Negroes May !)o.
Governor .Manning assured the
I committee of his appreciation of their
! resolutions and of their willingness
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to serve the country. He told them
that under the present plan it was
not the intention of the government
to increase the number of National
! Guard units. He stressed the fact
j that they could serve the country in
the present time in other capacities
than soldiers, and called to their attention
the need to raise all the food
i crops possible. He urged them to
use their influence with the colored
people to stay on the farms and work
or take hold of any situations which
are offered them. The necessity for
! economic preparedness is great, the
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I guvemur bcliu, etna it is liac mat
| negroes can be of great assistance.
The governor referred to the re|
cent migration of the negroes to the
I North and said that he believed a
I great deal of this was obtained
through misrepresenting the conditions
there and the fanciful stories of
j
wages. He said the South was the
i place for the negro and the governor
! urged the committee to use their influence
in stopping this migration.
The chief executive assured the committee
that he believed in giving the
negroes fair treatment and assured
| them that this was his purpose and
intention. He told of his appreciation
of their patriotic action.
Some Would 15e Notaries.
The committee asked the governor
to make appointments of negroes as
notaries public and said they suffered
much inconvenience in not being allowed
commissions as notaries. The
governor told them he would consider
this matter and will have something
to say on it further. He had,
he said, revoked the commissions of
negroes as notaries because in some
j instances they were abusing their
commissions ai^d were imposing on
| their own race. The committee said
they hoped he would investigate each
applicant thoroughly and name only
such as were worthy of commissions,
but that it would be a great help to
i\n^inAc?p TVin cnvortinr
mem in uusiucoo. a
promised to give careful consideration
to the matter. The Rev. Richard
Carroll came along with the committee.
He was the chairman of the
mass meeting.
Married Men Can't Serve.
Chicago, April 11.?National
Guardsmen who have families
dependent on them must leave the
service regardless of any desire to
remain* on duty, according to an order
issued by Major Gen. Thomas H.
Barry, commanding the central department,
U. S. A., today. This order
does not apply to officers.
Sad End for Egg Thief.
Aiken, April 11.?A family living
| in the suburbs ot AiKen naa ueen
J missing eggs for some time and finali
ly left a prepared egg in the nest as
i a trap. The next morning on visiting
the hen yard an opossum was
found dead from eating the egg and
seven little live 'possums were found
j on the body. As is well known the
I opossum carries its young about with
her.
Xew Moving Picture Screen.
j A new kind of screen for showing
j moving pictures is translucent, and
1 is used between the spectators and
' the lantern. A ribbed surface, not
distinguishable at a little distance,
increases the brightness of the picmrp*
which makes it practicable to
exhibit them by daylight or in illuminated
rooms. Another advantage is
great security, as the risk of lire or
panic is much less with the lantern
behind the screen in front than with
it exposed in the back of the room.
' Women taxi drivers are the latest
in England.
A
SUB1HAINE NEAR NEW VORK;
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ATT KM I'T MADK TO SINK 1*. S. S.
SMITH.
(iernian Submarine Fired Tor|?e(l(? at
Destroyer Oft' Xew York.?First
Attack on American Shores.
Boston, April 17.?The war was
brought to the shores of this country
today, when the United States destroyer
Smith reported by radio that
an enemy submarine had tried unsuccessfully
to torpedo her 100 miles
south of Xew York at 3:30 this
morning. Additional reports were
received from the destroyer tonight
and were forwarded to Washington.
Nothing of an official nature re-1
garding the additional reports was |
made public here. A suggestion in I
shipping circles that the lookout of
the Smith had perhaps mistaken a
large fish for a torpedo in the uncertain
light of the early morning met
with the reply that the Smith's officers
"stood by their original statei
ment."
The navy department's version of
! the original statement was:
! "Reported from Fire Island lightship
to the naval stations at Boston
and New York at 3:30 a. m., on the
17th, an enemy submarine was sighted
by the l\ S. S. Smith, running apparently
submerged. Submarine fired
a torpedo at the U. S. S. Smith, which
missed her by thirty yards. The wake j
| of the torpedo was plainly seen crossj
ing the bow. Submarine disappear;
ed."
j Whether the swift destroyer dashj
ed for the spot where the U-boat was
| thought to be lurking was not made
j known by officers who had seen the
j Smith's report of the incident,
j Neither coiild it be learned here
: whether there was a chance for the
j Smith's quick firers to come into ac!
tion. It was learned, however, that
another destroyer passed near the po- J
sition mentioned in the Smith's re-1
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J pori WltiiUUl Sl&lldilfe uii;
usual.
ARREST OF PLOTTERS ORDERED.
Sixty German Citizens Designated as
Engaged in Intrigue.
Washington, April 6.?The arrest
of sixty alleged ringleaders in German
plots, conspiracies and machinations
in the United States was ordered
today by Attorney General Gregory
immediately after President Wilson
had signed the war resolution.
Every man whose arrest was ordered
is a German citizen, is known
by the department of justice, it was
authoritatively stated, to have participated
actively in German intrigues
in this country and is regarded
as a dangerous person to be at
large.
Bail will be refused in each case,
I ;t wac cniri nnd the entire group will
be locked up unless there is a change
in present laws, for the duration of
tlie war.
Other Arrests Soon.
Indications are that a number of
other arrests will be ordered within
the next few days.
The men are placed in three
groups:
Those who have been convicted of I
violation of American neutrality in
furthering German plots of various)
sorts and are at liberty under bond
awaiting tiie action of higher courts.
Those who have been indicted by
federal grand juries for similar offenses
and are at liberty under bond
waiting trial, and persons neither indicted
nor convicted, but whose ac
tivities have been under long surveillance
by the secret service or the
department's bureau of investigation.
First Time in Century.
For the first time in more than a
century, arrests of alien enemies under
the attorney general's order will
be made without reference to the!
courts or obtaining warrants. The )
president is empowered to adopt this
course in time of war under an act of j
congress passed in 179S and not inj
voked since the war with Great Bri-j
tain in 1S12.
The department has under strict j
surveillance thousands of German j
reservists resident in the United
States who are suspected of having
been connected with plots already j
brought to light with plots abandon-!
ed before perfection or who have
been active in German propaganda. .
The Way of It.
"What do you think of my daughter's
execution 011 the piano. Prof.
Gamut?" i
"Well, she certainly does murder
time."?Baltimore American.
KILL FLIES; SAVE LIVES.
Suggestions for Prevention and for
Killing House Flies.
The following very instructive bulletin,
issued by the Merchants' association,
of New York, was sent to
The Herald by the association. There
are so many practical suggestions in
the bulletin that we herewith reproduce
it in full:
Kill Flies and Save Lives.
Kill at once every fly you can find
and burn his body.
Observers say that there are many
reason to believe there will be more
flies this season than for a number of
years.
The killing of just one fly NOW
means there will be billions and trillions
less next summer.
Clean up your' own premises; see
and insist that your neighbors do
likewise.
Especially clean " out-of-the-wayplaces."
and every nook and cranny.
Flies will not go where there is
nothing to eat, and their principal
diet is too filthy to mention.
Tie That Binds Unhealthy to Healthy.
The fly has no equal as a germ
"carrier;" as many as five hundred
million germs have been found in i
and on the body of a single fly.
It is definitely known that the fly
is the "carrier" of the germs of typhoid
fever; it is widely believed that
it is also the "carrier" of other diseases.
including possibly infantile
paralysis.
The very presence of a fly is a signal
and notification that a housekeeper
is uncleanly and inefficient.
Do not wait until the insects begin !
to pester; anticipate the annoyance. |
April. .May and June are the best j
months to conduct an anti-fly cam- j
paign.
The farming and suburban districts
provide ideal breeding places,
and the new born flies do not remain
at their birth place but migrate,
using railroads and other means of
transportation, to town and cities.
Kill flies and save lives!
Recipes for Killing Flies.
The United States government
makes the following suggestion for
the destruction of house flies: Formaldehyde
and sodium salicylate are
the two best fly poisons. Both are
superior to arsenic. They have their
advantages for household use. They
are not a poison to children; they are
convenient to handle, their dilutions
are simple and they attract the flies.
Preparation of Solutions.
A formaldehyde solution of approximately
the correct strength may be
made by adding 3 teaspoonfuls of the
concentrated formaldehyde solution,
commercially known as formalin, to
a pint of water. Similarly, the
proper concentration of sodium sali
cylate may be obtained by dissolving |
3 teaspoonfuls of the pure chemical
(a powder) to a pint of water.'
Containers for Solutions.
An ordinary, thin-walled drinking
glass is filled or partially filled with
the solution. A saucer, or small
plate, in which is placed a piece of
WHITE blotting paper cut the size of
the dish, is put bottom up over the'1
glass. The whole is then quickly inverted.
a match placed under the
edge of the glass, and the container
is ready for use. As the solution
dries out of the saucer the liquid seal
at the edge of the glass is broken and
more liquid flows into the lower receptacle.
Thus the paper is always
kept moist.
Other Simple Preventives.
Any odor pleasing to man is offensive
to the fly and vice versa, and j
will drive them away.
Take five cents' worth of oil of
lavender, mix it with the same quantity
of water, put it in a common
glass atomizer and spray it around
the rooms where flies are. In the |
dining room spray it lavishly even on |
the table linen. The odor is very
disagreeable to flies but refreshing to
most people.
Geranium, mignonette, heliotrope
and white clover are offensive to flies.
They especially dislike the odor of
honev-suckle and hop blossoms.
According to a French scientist
i
flies have intense hatred for the color
blue. Rooms decorated in blue will
help to keep out the flies.
Mix together one tablespoonlul of
cream, one of ground black pepper
and one of brown sugar. This mixture
is poisonous to flies. Put in a :
saucer, darken the room except one
window and in that set the saucer.
To clear the house of flies, burn
pyrethrum powder. This stupefies
the flies, but they must be SWEPT
UP and BURNED.
Recipes for Stables, Barns, and Outof-J)oors.
Borax is especially valuable around j
farms and out of doors. One pound j
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Stat? News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading.?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Wm. Jennings Bryan made an address
at Clemson college Tuesday
morning and in the afternoon at the
Greenville Woman's college.
THe torpedo ooat aesiroyer noe
will be sent to Georgetown harbor to
protect that town fronr invasion at
the hands of a foreign enemy.
No. 4 township in Newberry county.
in which the town of Whitmire is
located, has voted to issue bonds in
the sum of $40,000 for road construction.
Ole Anderson, of Conway, a naturalized
American citizen, of Norwegian
birth has offered Governor .Manning
himself and six sons for war
service in case of need.
Bob Keith, a white man, was taken !
off a train in Greenville on .Monday I
by Sheriff Hendrix Rector, on re- j
quest of Georgia authorities, oit a j
charge of enticing labor.
L. D. Jennings, of Sumter, sold 1,- j
400 bales of cotton to-Rogers, .Mc-!
Cabe & Co.. of Charleston, last week, j
for 20 cents a pound. A check for i
about $150,000 was paid for the lot.
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Authorities of Wofford college,'
Spartanburg, have decided to insti- j
tute military drill among the stu- j
dents. The drill will be compulsory |
and will be inaugurated within the i
next few days.
The presence of a mad dog caused !
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considerable excitement among the;
school children of Estill, Hampton j
county, Thursday. The dog was final-!
lv killed with a spade by the princi- i
pal of the school.
R. L. Hause a special officer, shot j
and killed a negro at Brave, Chero- j
kee county, on Saturday, April 7. He j
has been released on bond in the
sum of $500, the testimony going to !
show that the negro was advancing
upon the officer when the latter fired.
Three negroes were, arrested in j
Greenville one day last week, for
beating a freight train. They said
they had been North and were trying
to get tack home in Georgia and
Alabama, and that conditions were
not so good up North as they had
been led to believe.
Policeman Gardner, of Florence,
shot and killed an unknown negro in
Florence, Thursday. It was during a
patriotic demonstration that the killing
occurred. The negro forced himself
into one of the ladies, organizations
in the parade and when the
policeman ordered him to come out
he cursed the officer and attempted to
draw a pistol, whereupon he was
killed.
.Airs. Robert Wade, wife of an
Aiken county farmer, and her child
died last week from burns received
... 1. An Vioic lmmo wsc rip
OcttUlU?a?, n lieu lucu iiuuiv
stroyed by fire. Several other children
and two ladies who were visiting
in the home at the time were
seriously burned. The fire originated
when Mrs. Wade, in attempting to
kindle a fire in a stove with kerosene,
poured some of the oil into the blaze
already in the stove. The can ex- j
ploded, covering Mrs. Wade and those j
about her with burning oil. Several j
hundred dollars in currency, which
was in a bureau, was destroyed, as
was the house and its contents.
A Blue Grass Tragedy Averted.
Last night, at the Elk's club, as ;
Nick Stadelman entered the front j
door, Ed Duncan walked out of the
reading room.
It was inevitable that they should
see each other.
With bated, so to speak, breaths,
other Elks watched the outcome.
It was the first time they'd met
since the tense situation developed j
by the kaiser's ruthless submarine i
policy.
O. what would happen!
"H'ya, Nick," said Ed.
"Lo, Ed," said Nick.?Hopkinsville j
Kentuckian.
In Biblical times the strongest rope
was made of strips of camel hide, as .
still used by some tribes o^ Arabs.
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of borax to twelve bushels of manure 1
i
will be found desirable as a poison j
without injuring its manurial quali- j
ties or farm stock. Scatter the borax !
over the manure and sprinkle with 1
water.
Lye. chloride of lime, or copperas
(sulphate of iron) dissolved in water,'
crude carbolic acid, or any kind of j
disinfectant may be used in vaults.
CONTINUE FIERCE ONSLAUGHT.
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French, in Mighty Drive, Take Gerinan
Trenches and Many Prisoners.
Paris, April 17.?Continuing their
terrific attack against the German
positions between Soissons and
Rheims and east of the latter place,
today the French carried German
first-line positions over many miles
of front, captured powerfully organized
heights, occupied the important
village of Aubevie. and on this part
of the front, about two miles in extent.
took more than 2,7,00 prisoners.
According to the official statement
rrom tne war omce, strong uerman
counter-attacks were repulsed. The
number of German prisoners taken
by the French .Monday is now placed
at 1 1,000. The text of the statement
reads:
"We enlarged our action today east
of Rheims and attacked the German
lines between Prunay and the road
between St. Hilaire and St. Souplet.
Notwithstanding violent gusts of
rain and snow, our troops proved
themselves irresistible. They carried
on a front of fifteen kilometers (nine
and a third miles), despite the resistance
of the enemy, all the first
German position south of Moronvillers.
Brilliant Work.
"Pushing beyond this position, our
troops brilliantly carried on a front
of eleven kilometers a line of heights
solidly organized from Mont Carnillet
as far east as Vaudesincourt.
"Further to the east a spirited action
enabled us to capture the village
of Auberive and a powerfully
fortified salient formed by the German
line around that village on a
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11UHI UL llll CC uuumtiti o.
"Counter-attacks by the enemy in
the direction of -Mont Carnillet were
broken down by our fire. The number
of prisoners taken by us on this
part of the front exceeded 2,500.
"Between Soissons and Rheims,
during the course of the day, we resumed
our destructive fires against
the German organizations and reduced
isolated sections where enemy
groups still persisted.
Counter Attacks Repulsed.
"About 3:30 o'clock this afternoon
a strong enemy counter attack
in the region of Hurtebise farm (west
of Craonne) was repulsed. Another
violent attempt in the sector of Cournv
nrrMinipri hv the Russian troops
likewise failed.
"According to latest reports, our
troops in the battle of April 16 between
Soissons and Rheims, overthrew
very important German forces.
In expectation of our attack the enemy
had brought in nineteen divisions.
According to the declaration of prisoners,
they had received the formal
order to hold, cost what it might, the
first position, which had been reinforced
as to depth.
German Losses Heavy.
"The losses suffered by the Germans
were considerable, not only in
the course of the battle, but on the
preceding days. On the eve of the
attack an enemy division, while engaged
in going to the relief of the
sector of a neighboring division, lost
under the violence of our artillery
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fire tii6 greater pan ui. ils cuc*.h?cness.
The number of unwounded
prisoners taken by us yesterday be
tween Soissons and Rheims has
reached a total of 11,000.
"Belgian communication: 'There
were reciprocal bombardments during
the day.'
"Eastern theatre, April 16.?Violent
cannonading occurred along the
front, especially in the direction of
Mayadag, in the valley of the Vardar,
hill 134S, north of Monastir and Torrevena
Stena."
Leaves Augusta Big Sum.
Augusta, Ga., April 13.?The will
of J. B. White, retired Augusta millionaire
merchant, whose death on
March 31, at Genoa, Italy, was reported
April 11, shows that, among
the public bequests, is the gift to Augusta
"for the public good" of $400,000
in cash, to be paid in five yearly
instalments; also the gift for a public
park of the Dye farm, of 240
""os valuable land on the outskirts
avi vc, ? ?
of the city, worth $50,000. The estate
is valued at about $4,000,000.
The State will receive from it about
$150,000 inheritance tax.
Mrs. "Gus&ieV Loss.
At the conclusion of President Wilson's
address to congress last night. 4
Capitol police were requested to
search the house galleries and corridors
for a gold-initialed cigarette
case, lost by .Mrs. Augustus P. Gardner,
of Massachusetts.?From Washington
Herald, April 3.