Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

; J Slip Hambmj Ifrntlb te 9 One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 3,1917. Established 1891 COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS! IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered AH Around the ? County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, May I.?We are having real summer time?hot and dry. A shower would be so refreshing to the plant and human lives. Ice is in good demand, broad rim hats and parasols are required to protect from old "Sol." \f xr ? Who* no/>L'oo"Dc Af I uj *? uai iiciiv v?. booze; not enough to fodl with?only a quart! Why, that is not enough for a day's drink and so much trout ble to get it. Say, let us cut it out altogether. 'The experience with it for two white men in the St. John's neighborhood a few Sundays ago will show what it will do for you. "Bad stuff." The Ehrhardt theatrical troupe was scheduled to present their play. "Better Than Gold," at Allendale last Friday evening, but owing to the death of Miss Spann it was called off. Mr. J. J. Fickling. engineer on the B., E. & W., and family, moved to town last week. The train now stays over on Saturday' night instead of going back to Bamberg as heretofore. Where is our writer, "Hex?" nave joined the army or gotten married to keep from joining? Let us have a little news, anyway. Five of our old soldiers, confea erate veterans, attended the State reunion at Chester last week?M. O. Kinard, Capt. Company G, with Privates M. A. Kinard, F. E. Copeland, 9- F. Kinard, and J. Laz Copelana. They all report an unusually good | time, and came home with loud praises for the little city of Chester. They were, however, disappointed in not finding more of the old vets at the reunion, as there are a good many in Bamberg county. Mr. M. A. Kinard and Mr. F. E. Copeland were very much impressed with the hospitality of the Chester people; said that the committee on entertainment was untiring in their efforts to take care of them, providing free lunch, , ice water, lemonade, soft drinks and, in fact, everything necessary for the comfort and pleasure of the old soldiers, the ladies helping out in entertaining them and making their stay in Chester very pleasant indeed. The line formed and marched nearly a mile, was halted and automobiles sent to take all of the soldiers on a ride over the city and returned them to their quarters in the city. This was very much appreciated by them, as the old soldiers are not as spry now as in the sixties. All of the soldiers who could not be cared for at the hotels were taken into private homes and boarding houses and treated most royally. Of course, with our country now at war the amount of war talk indulged in was unusual. Battles were fought over, yarns swapped, and the new engines of war discussed; submarine and aeroplane, all wondering what would j have happened if either side had been able tc get thes& away back in the sixties. Although these veterans are somewhat aged, they hope to attend s many more reunions and especially one at Chester again. JEF. Denmark Dots. Denmark, April 28.?On Friday : evening Miss Laura Ray entertained a number of her young friends with a "tacky" party. Miss Clara Wyman and Douglas Rice were awarded the prizes for being the most tackily dressed. Mrs. John G. Richards is visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. P. McCrae. A. D. Pearson, E. B. Guess, Walker j < Soujourner, Dr. W. S. Stokes, Misses j Lola Folk, Olive Pearson, Mr. and 1 Mrs. Winchester Graham and Mrs. r Hattie McMillan attended the memorial at River's Bridge on Thursday. About 25 of the young men attendo cta?r fieh frv at Hnlman's bridge TZ'J. U, .... - ? I Friday evening. Mrs. Herriot, of Sumter, is visiting j her daughter, Mrs. St. Clair Guess. Dry Branch School Close's. Lodge, April 2">.?The Dry Branch school, after being very successfully taught by Miss Minnie Bishop, of! Ehrhardt, closed its term on Tues- j day evening, April 24th, at which | time a very large crowd of interested ; tpectators were present to witness the closing exercises. The following programme was very successfully rendered: Song. "Dixie,"' by school; praver, : i W HA LEV, KA(iSI)ALE, LEVEK. Voted for Draft System.?lioth Senators for It, Too. Washington, April 28.?.Messrs. Whaley, Ragsdale and Lever were the three members of the South Carolina delegation, in the house, who voted for the selective draft in the overwhelming victory scored for that method of raising a war army tonight. The other four members. .Messrs. Xicholls. Byrnes, Stevenson and Dominick, voted against the administration plan. Senator E. D. Smith , ? ~ 4- ~ 4- U ~ A T4- J Till \uitfu iui uie uidic ctiiu otuiaLui unman was paired in favor of it so that after all the balance of the Palmetto State's influence in the final test in congress was on the side of the administration bill. by Leland A. Hiers; welcome address, by Charlie Fender: "Vacation." by Pet Avant and Ottie Mae Fralix; recitation. "The Organ Girl," by Sallie Lyons; "Josiah's Courtship," by Blanche Avant and Brantly Fisk; recitation, "Keeping Holiday," by Zetha Lee Fralix; "Little Plans, by Seven* Little Children Badly Mixed," by Eugene Fender, Herald Crosby, Clemmins Fender and Corine Crosby; recitation, "A Small Speech," by Lonnie McMillan; "Taking the Census," by Sallie Lyons and Chesley Carter; recitation, "What Happened to Rex," by Florrie Avant; "Until next October," by seven children; recitation. "What Papa Says," by Pearl Brabham; "The New Scholar," by Pet Avant, Valarie Fender, Blanche Avant, Zelma Lyons, Ethel Bennett and Zetha Lee Fralix; recitation, "April Winds," by Brantley Fisk, "Pantomine," by Clemmins Fender and Corine Crosby; drill, by eight girls; vacation song, by school, "Good Bye," by eight children; "Too Many Cousins." by Laurie Fender, Clifton Fralix, Frank Fender, Corine Crosby, Clemmins Fender and Miss Minnie Bishop; closing address, by Willie Brabham. Miss Bishop, the pupils and patrons of the Dry Branch school deserve much credit for getting up and rendering such an excellent programme on this occasion. Mr. and Mrs. L. R, Clayton accompanied by Misses Alma and Ada Bishop and Gladys Zeigler, of Ehrhardt, were among those who attended the school closing at Dry Branch Tuesday night. Mrs. H. C. Bishop, of Ehrhardt, spent from Sunday to Tuesday with her daughter, Mrs. W. G. Hiers. She wqc apmmnanioH hnnia r?n Wpdnps- I day by her daughter, Miss Minnie, who has been the able and efficient teacher of the Dry Branch school for the past year. Miss Bishop has made many friends during her stay in our section who regret to see her leave, but we hope to have her with us again next winter. L. A. H. Clear Pond Oullings. Clear Pond, May 1.?The union meeting was held at Bethesda on the 28th and 29th. A large number was in attendance and an interesting programme was carried out. Rev. J. D. Huggins delivered the missionary sermon on Sunday. Mr. Ernest Carter, of Augusta, spent several days recently , , this section at the home of his uncle. Mr. J. R. Morris. The Sunday guests at the home of Mr. G. W. Folk were: Mr. and Mrs. Schwarting and children, Mrs. Hutto, Mrs. Annie Zeigler, Mr. Probie Hiers, Miss Virginia Zeigler and others. The friends of Mrs. W. T. Beard will learn with regret that her condition is not so favorable as at our last writing. Mrs. Priester, Miss Clara Priester, Mr. and Mrs. Dunn and Mr. Cope, of Bamberg, were visitors to Clear Pond on Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Connor Smoak and child and Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Goodwin were guests at the home of Mr. J. B. Folk on Sunday. Mr. Rice Steedly was a visitor in the Clear Pond section on Sunday. Messrs. Mayfield Bessinger and Hansford O'Quinn were visitors in this vicinity on Sunday last. Miss Kate Kornegay spent Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mr. J. W. Hill, near Bamberg. Miss Mamie Morris was called f home from Augusta Friday on account of the serious illness of her grandmother, Mrs. W. T. Beard. Mrs. Angus Beard and children, of Bamberg, spent the past week-end at the home of Mr. J. R. Morris. Mr. L. F. Sandifer, of Bamberg, was a visitor in the Clear Pond section recently. Mr. P>. F. Beard, Mrs. W. M. .Mew and Miss Adrine Loadholt, of Hamp Ill SUNK BY SUBMARINE. ' i Victim Was an Oil Tank Steamer, i I Was En Route Home. London, April 30.?The American oil tank steamer Vacuum has been j sunk. The captain and part of the crew : and naval lieutenant and nine Ameri-, can naval gunners are missing. The Vacuum was sunk by a Ger-! man submarine on Saturday while j she was on her way to the United! States. The chief mate and 17 men, in-! eluding three of the American navy \ gunners have been landed. j A boat containing the master of j the ship and the remainder of the crew together with the lieutenant and nine naval gunners is missing. New York, April 30.?The Ameri-j can steamship Vacuum, commanded j by Captain S. S. Harris, of this city, j left New York on March 30 for Birk- 1 enhead, England, carried a crew of | 34 men, of whom 15 were American,' citizens, including nine native born, j ton, spent Monday of last week in i this vicinity. j Mr. James V. Beard, of Columbia,! was a visitor in this vicinity Sun-1 day. . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morris, of i Ehrhardt. were in this section Sat- j urday afternoon. i Miss Pet Folk spent Friday in | Bamberg. J. j ? -? ! Oak Grove Greetings. i { Oak Grove, April 30.?We have i been having some beautiful weather j for the past few weeks. Mrs. C. F. Rentz and son spent lastj Saturday night and Sunday with her j daughter. Mrs. Dan Rhoad, of Hun-: ter's Chapel section. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Bishop spent} last Saturday' night with Mr. and J. D. Carter. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Zeigler and Mr. W. M. Oxner took tea with Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Copeland last Monday! night. Mr. Ben Carter has returned from j a visit to his brother, Mr. E. W. Carter, of Barnwell. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Copeland spent last Saturday night wtih Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Copeland. Mrs. J. L. Cothran entertained Sat-j urday in honor of her husband's 57th j birthday. A delightful dinner was served. < Mr. Ham Carter spent a few days ? last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Carter. Mr. J. L. Copeland has returned from a pleasant trip to Chester last 1 week. He attended the old soldiers' j reunion. This was the first he had ; attended and he said it was grand, j Colston Clippings. . J Colston, May 1.?The long and; dreary spring days are here, and the!; school children are counting the days i until school closes. Only two more;1 weeks. Miss Minnie Kirkland spent Satur-! day night with Misses Natalie and i Alberta Kearse. Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Bishop visited j i TO SEND ARMY. Expeditionary Will Go to Europe as Soon as Allies Can Spare Ships. Washington; May 1.?The United States stands ready to send an army to Europe whenever the allies deem it wise to divert the necessary shipping from transporting food to transporting men. It became known definitely today that the government has offered the ? 11: a l ^ i_ i. j it i anies uuups, uui lias suggested uiai the alarming shortage of world shipping may make it impractical to send ;them at once. In spite of objections of the general staff to putting any American force on the firing line before the great war army has been raised and trained, the administration has determined that the small contingent earnestly desired by France for moral effect shall be sent as soon as possible. The general belief here is that the way soon will be found. Composition of Army. Whether the force first to carry the Stars and Stripes into battle in France shall be made up of regulars or National Guardsmen, or both, has not been worked out. The subject was not discussed at today's cabinet meeting, but Secretary Baker remained afterward for a conference with President Wilson. Little doubt exists that the French will gladly put up with any sacrifice necessary to have American troops in France, as the 'great plea of their mission has been for troops with the American flag. They have pointed out that this is needed to convince > the Germans beyond a doubt that all America's resources have been thrown into the battle. British Anxious Too. The British also are known to be anxious to have American troops in France as a final earnest of American participation, but there is reason to believe that they have taken a somewhat more detached view than the French. Overcome by the wholeheartedness of American cooperation in the war, they believe that the one essential is to marshal the common resources to the greatest advantage. With the responsibility for tonnage their decision about the advisability of sending an expeditionary force is uncertain. Nearly 5,000 Canadian miners are affiliated with the United Mine Workers. their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clayton, Sunday. Mr. R. L. Jackson spent last weekend in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. McMillan spent Sunday with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kearse. Miss Nettie Clayton spent Monday with Mrs. Sudie Barnes. Mr. Reuben Kearse spent Sunday night with Messrs. Frank. Claude, and Johnnie Kirkland. Miss Sadie Boyd spent last weekend in Columbia. Miss Alberta Kearse spent Sundaynight with Miss Laura McMillan. Miss Hattie Kirkland spent Saturday night with her cousin, Miss Bessie Kirkland. i SENATE REPASSES BILL. Conference on Army Draft Won't Begin for Several Days. Washington, May 1.?Conferences on the war army bill, passed for a second time by the senate today, probably will not begin for several days. Conferees of the senate and house will meet tomorrow, but they also have the task of smoothing away differences over the annual army appropriation j?ill and they will take 11 n that taclr first I There are not many points of disagreement in the appropriation bill and leaders hope to see both meas| ures completed in time to have President Wilson attach his signature during the present week. To Cleai- Up Tangles. The senate passed the war army bill again today to clear up parliamentary tangles without any prolonged discussion and without any serious effort to revive the strug gles over the volunteer system as opposed to the selective draft feature which consumed most of the time in last week's debate. Senator La Follette spoke in support of a substitute with a referendum on raising an army by draft to send to Europe, but it was defeated 68 to 4. Points of IHfference. Principal points of difference be* -l- - I 1-. J _ . U ? ? ? iween me nouae mciuue mc su-taucu Roosevelt volunteer amendment in the senate bill; the difference in the ages subject to selective draft, the senate bill specifying those between 21 to 27 and the house 21 to 40, and the senate bill's army prohibition section. A compromise is expected on the age limits possibly fixing the minimum at 21 and the maximum at 35. The house of representatives probably never will accept the Roosevelt amendment, which will permit the former president to raise four infantry divisions for duty on foreign soil. PRAYER FINISHED BY KING. Ruler of Belgians Helped Children Over "Rough Places." London, March 31.?A dozen children, lean from semi-starvation, came out of their cellar school near Furnes, Belgium, where heaps of battle rubbish mock the site of thousands of homes and, going to the shell-smashed crucifix at the cross roads knelt to say their prayers. A Belgian officer without any insignia of rank stood near, absorbed in identifying the detonation of the distant German guns. The children said their prayer as far as "Forgive us our trespasses as * * * ." Then there was silence, for they could say no more. The Belgian officer concluded the petition. "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us." The Belgian officer was Albert, the king. Opening Siberia's !><>(>r. Whether the number of exiles returning home from the Siberian convict settlements is 100,000, it is undoubtedly the largest jail delivery since .Moses'.million or so. When it is remembered that there have been years when 20,000 persons went^involuntarily to Siberia the figures of those now freed do not appear impossible. Not all the exiles will go home. Some of those whose sentence was to residence in exile, not to prison and torture, undoubtedly have formed a liking for a land fair enough in itself?it has been called the empire's El Dorado?and with the reforms promised for all of Russia Siberia is not in prospect a bad place to live. The very report that, since the release of huge stores of provisions, meat is selling there for a cent a pound may cause New Yorkers to wish that they had been wise enough to commit some minor offence against the autocracy. tho nrisAns I JDUL lUUSC *? iiu ncio iu vuv f' and the mines and who are hastening back to their old surroundings in the west?what of them? It is more than possible that the democratic government is setting free some wolves with the lambs. Will the 1 * KnAAma o Homnrratif anarcn wuu uctumt u u ?? lamb? That would be as hard to answer as the greater question: Will the new Russia be able to keep its feet??Xew York Sun. loosing Game. "I'm sorry I asked the girl to clean the typewriter." "Why?" "She took fifteen minutes to clean ; the type and two hours to manicure her finger nails afterwards."?Kansas City Journal. IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading.?Paragraph About Men and Happenings. A commission has been issued the Steedly Hospital Training School for nurses. The school will be located in Spartanburg. The annual inspection of the cadet corps of Clemson college was made Friday and Saturday by officers of the United States war department. Brigadier General Chas. P. Townslev has been assigned to command the South Atlantic Coast artillery district with headquarters at Charleston. Henry Buck, of Marion, has advised the United States government that he will let it have for its use as much land for grazing as It may reqquire in South Carolina. The Santee Cotton mills, of Orangeburg, have been chartered with n lanital nf S22n 000 The mills will manufacture yarns, cotton goods, linen and wool. The annual meeting of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows, which was to have been held at Union, May 9 and 10, has been annulled. No meeting will be held this year. The student body of the University of South Carolina last week wired President Wilson advocating the abolition of the liquor traffic as an emergency war measure. Slyvanus Rast, of North, Orangeburg county, shot and seriously wounded himself in the abdomen last week while he was cleaning a pistol. He is in a Columbia hospital and will probably recover. The South Carolina Poultry Breeders' association was revived at a meeting held in Columbia, Thursday. L. C. Breeden, of Bennettsville, w.as elected president. An annual exhibition of poultry will be held. H. T. Shockley, principal of the Hastoc school, Spartanburg, was on Thursday elected president of the State high school athletic and oratorical association. He succeeds D. T. Kinard, formerly of Dillon. Two Germans, giving their names XfiL-o. T -nrloror and Gustav Prill. CfcO iTXin^ A-IVUV* v* r have been arrested and lodged in jail at Greenville, on suspicion. The men claimed they were traveling from Jacksonville, Fla., to New York. A negro was killed near Auburn, Darlington county, last week when an automobile driven by Frank Folsom, white, turned over. The negro was Swinging on the running board of the car at the time the accident occurred. Bill Runs Amuck! Bill Beezer got a can of paint and said in language queer and quaint, "By jing, before I put this down I'd like to paint the hull derned town! T just ain't got no better sense than to spread paint on every fence, if I could do it, and by gum, I guess that would be going some! And I would paint the house white, and all the chimneys red! I'd write my name on this here dingy town today before the sun went down, and make the hull place look brand new, if I could that is what I'd do! Just one good brush, and some good paint, makes a place look what it ain't; it covers up the had snnts and improves a place to beat the band!" Bill Beezer said lit language quaint, then he got busy* v with his paint; he painted fences front and back, he painted ,up the servants' shack, he painted up thewash house, too, gave the woodshed a coating new, daubed paint upon the chicken coop, each place a man could climb or stoop Bill climbed and stooped, and spread a coat of pafiit that got his neighbor's goat. And so his neighbor got a can and pain fed his shack like a man, and then his next-door neighbor got some palht and got to work, and what Bill Breezer started spread so fast and spread so far, that at the last the whole derned town which had looked mean was painted and looked fresh and clean. And when Bill put his bucket down he had put paint on the whole town. Hp had done wonders with his can. "I bope you're a Bill Breezer man.? Judd Lewis, in Houston Post. As early as 1676 a Dutch potter, John Aries Van Hamme, took out a patent in England "to exercise his art of making tiles and porcelain and other earthen wares after the w|?r practiced in Holland, which hath not been practiced in this our kingdom"