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Oae Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1917. Established 1891
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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V News Items Gathered All Around the
W Count j and Elsewhere.
Colston Clippings.
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Colston, May 29.?Although the
crops are in need of rain, very little
has fallen. We frequently have j
thunder and wind storms, but very
/
little rain.
The teachers of the Colston rural
graded school returned to their
homes on Friday of last week.
^lr. and Mrs. W. M. Sandifer and
family, of Bamberg, visited their
narpnta Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Clayton.
Sunday.
Mr. Perry Lee McMillan spent several
days at his home last week, before
taking up his work in Cheraw.
Misses Dora and Mamie McMillan
are at home at present from Bamberg,
where they attended the Bamberg
graded school during the past
term.
The Sunday guests at the home of j
Mr. Frank Kirkland were: Misses
Bessie Folk, Bessie Kirkland, Mary
-*r Clayton, Messrs. Gerald Kearse, Sammie
Clayton and John Folk.
Rev. Walter Black spent Saturda.v
night with Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Mcy
Millan.
Mr. Grady McMillan spent Saturday
night with Mr. Sa'mmie Clayton.
A party of young people from this
* section visited Clear Pond Sunday
afternoon.
Misses Sadie Boyd and Ethel Logan
dined with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Clayton
Thursday.
Mesdames M. S. Wooley and Thos.
Clayton visited at the home of .Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. Beard Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Murdaugh, Mrs.
Meers and Mr. George Counts Beard,
of Hampton county, visited relatives
in this section Sunday.
Mrs. Gillie Sandifer and little chil(
% dren are visiting relatives in this
secton at present.
Mr. Eddie Walker spent Sunday at
the home of Mr. A. D. Williams;
Mr. and Mrs. George Kinard, 01
the Camp Hill section, were visitors
in this section Sunday.
The sick list seems to be increasing
instead of decreasing. Those on
the list this week are: Mesdaraes.
Robert Wright, P. M. Varn, J. F.
Kearse, Essie Sellers and Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Bishop. Their many
friends hope for them a speedy recovery.
Mr. Thos. Clayton spent Sunday
i with Mr. J. B. All.
L Mr. and Mrs. A. L. McMillan and
family spent Sunday with their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Varn.
Miss Vivian Kinsey, of Bamberg,
is spending some time with Miss
Aileen Beard.
Miss Minnie Kirkland is spending
some time with her sister, Mrs. J.
A. Jennings.
Denmark Dots.
Denmark, May 26.?Miss Louise
Zeigler is at home from her school
?. in Jonesville.
Mr. Strait, of Rock Hill, and Miss
Isabell Strait, of St. Matthews, are
visiting Mrs. Algie Guess.
Mr. C. W. Wilson, of Richmond,
has gone to Florence after a week's
stay here.
Miss Alma Folk has returned to
her home from Bookman.
Mrs. Marvin Guess, of Yemassee,
and Miss Winnie Rabb, of Charleston,
spent the past week with Mrs.
S. D. Guess.
Mr. John B. White is at home
from Bailey" Military Institute for the
summer.
, Mrs. Will Stevenson and children
I are visiting Mrs. John Black in Walterboro.
Miss Gladys Milhous, of Columbia,
was a visitor here this week.
Clear Pond Callings.
Clear Pond, May 29.?We have
had several good siiowers of rain
since our last writing; the storm
here yesterday did a good deal of
damage, such as out houses and
trees Demg dio^u uu?u.
Rev. Mr. Owens detavered an interesting
sermon at Bethesda church
( Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. \V. H. Sandifer spent
the week end with the latter's par- J
ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Folk.
Mr. D. Rice Steedly. of Hunter's j
Chapel, and Mr. Roy Williams, of {
Colston, were among the visitors j
here Sunday. j
Mr. and Mrs. John Schwarting:
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Her-!
bert Folk Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Hill, of Bam- j
berg, spent Sunday with their son,
Mr. B. F. Hill, of Clear Pond.
Little Miss Reba Steedley is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. Stella Sandifer,
this week near Bamberg.
Mrs. Hattie Hutto. of Bamberg,
wag the guest at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. G. \V. Folk Sunday.
Miss Thelma Rentz and brother,
Paul, of Oak Grove, spent the weekend
with her sister, Mrs. Herbert
Folk.
Master J. B. Sandifer spent the
week-end with his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Folk.
Miss Florine Hughes spent the
week-end with her aunt, Mrs. Joe DuBois.
We are sorry to know of the ill
ness of the infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
P. K. Hughes; trust he will soon be
all right again.
The Clear Pond school closed Saturday
with a picnic. Due to the
weather, the number present was
small, but those present enjoyed the
day. The teacher, Miss Kate Kornegay.
will leave for her home Saturday.
Branchville Briefs.
Branchville, May,' 25.?Mr. *and
Mrs. Henry Spears, of Lamar, spent
the past week with Mr. and Mrs. A.
X. Whetstone.
Dr. B. X. Minus attended the grand
lodge. Knights of Pythias, at Union
this week.
Dr. J. S. Wimberly and Mr. C. E.
McHonaker attended the Altee temple
of the Georgia Shriners at Augusta
-Wednesday and Thursday.
.Mr. S. S. Curry, of Fairfield county,
and .Mrs. J. L. Lancaster, of Savannah,
are spending the week with
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Smoak. Mr.
Curry accompanied his daughter, Mrs.
Lancaster, here from Savannah.
Miss Eunice Elizabeth Hunter,
daughter of Mr. E. C. Hunter, of
Branchville, was a member of.the
graduating class which graduated at
the Bamberg high school this week.
Miss Virginia Rogers, who has
been spending some time with her
cousin, Miss Evelyn Bethea, returned
to her home at Dillon this week.
The, commencement ex^reiseAof ihe j
Branchville iiigh school began last
night with a programme of music
furnished by Miss Cottingham's music
class. The graduating class is
composed of: Misses Winnie Weimer
and Ruth Williams, and Messrs.
Aubrey Baxter, David Risher, Cambon
Noble and Thomas Edwards.
The Branchville and Bowman railway,
which has been run under lease
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ine past year uy messrs. ?i. c/. maus
and R. P. Simmons as lessees, will
be run next year, beginning the first
of June, by Mr. Evans, as lessee.
Mr. L. A. Knight, of Bowman, will
act as conductor. Mr. E. X. Mittle.
of .Bowman, was recently elected
president of the road, succeeding Mr.
Virgil Dibble, who retires on account
of his health.
Town Clerk P. E. Dukes issued notices
yesterday to nearly 100 persons
in Branchvillc to appear before the
council Tuesday night to answer as
to why they have not complied with
the dog and hog ordinances of the
town. The hog ordinance plays a
small part, as few people have hogs,
but the dog, ever a breeder of trouble,
holds the stage. A hundred or
more dogs are supposed to have been
killed the past month in Branchville
to protect heir owners from their
support and liability to taxes.
Oak Grove Greetings.
Oak Grove, May 21.? (Written for
last week.) Mr. Willie Carter, of
Barnwell, spent last Sunday with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Carter.
Miss Clara Copeland spent last
Thursday night and Friday with Mr.
and Mrs. Eddie McMillan, and Miss
Minnie Turner returned home with
her.
Miss Pattie Miley, of Lodge, spent
last Saturday night with Mr. and
Mrs. L. H. Carter and family.
Mrs. J.- W. Copeland dined with
Mr. and Mrs. L. \V. Copeland last
Sunday.
Messrs. Laurie and Otis Carter and
Young Linder. of Walterboro, spent
the week-end with Messrs. Tillman
and Rob Carter.
.Miss Lonie Copeland spent last
Saturday night with Misses Mamie
and Clara Conelr^'1
Mr. L. W. Copeland has purchased
a nice car.
We are very glad to know that Mrs.
L. W. Copeland is still improving.
Misses Jennie Ix>u and Pearl Martin
have returned to their home after
teaching a successful session in
the school here this year.
Misses Mamie and Clara Copeland
entertained a few of the young folks
last Saturday night in honor of their
guest. Miss Minnie Turner. j
REMEMBER THESE RULES!
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ALL MALE RESIDENTS BETWEEN I
AGES OF 21 and 21. ~
.Must Enroll on .Fune 5?Registering:j
Entirely Different From Draft.
Few Exempt.
Washington, May 26.?In its campaign
to stimulate interest in registration
June for the war army, the
war department today issued a memorandum.
emphasizing the seven cardinal
points to be remembered, particularly
by men between the ages of
21 and 30 inclusive, who will" be re
quired to register. The memoran-!
dum follows:
"1. There is only one day for regestration,
June 5, 1917.
"2. Every male resident of the
United States who has reached his
21st and who has not reached his 31st
birthday must register on the day
set, June 5, 1917. The only exceptions
are persons in the mijitary or
naval service of the United States,
which includes all officers and enlisted
men of the regular army, the regular
army reserve, the officers' reserve
corps, the enlisted reserve
Cope Scintillations.
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Cope, May 27.?The closing exer-1
cises of the Cope graded school were j
held Thursday evening, and the large j
crowd present was highly pleased
with what they saw and heard. The,
large auditorium could not seat those J
present. The programme was enjoyed
to the utmost, and all the pupils
were liberally applauded.
Mr. J. I. Valentine is now occu-,
pying and using his new store, re-;
cently completed, and it is the most
(lAmnlnfn ond nAOtlv t'lll'nichpH ctnrp
tuuiyictc aim iivuti; 1U...1U..V.. ? j
in town.
Mr. W. M. Hughes's new brich res- j
idence is being rapidly built, and I
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when finished, will be not only an ornament
to the town, but a convenient
and up-to-date dwelling.
fAVEDUAD MAIEVmf
uUViJunm AauRiHu 'a
HASIARGEf
GOVERNOR CORRECTS FJ
HIS FARMS.?DOU
CROP LA!
The report being- in eircii
Manning was urging the fan
crops, he was planting* a lan
his part in helping to provid
A. W. Knight, owner of The
a conimunication to the gov
ports were true. The letter
State of South Sarolina. E:
May 24, 1917. Mr. A. W. Ki
My dear Knight:?I than]
23rd. I will cheerfully ans^
heard it from other sections <
ports are absolutely false, I v
letter in any way you see fit.
For many years I have bee
sifying fanning, to the extenl
hay, peas, hogs, cattle, rye an
to know that my wheat crop
the year, so that I had to buy
my house, but what was us<
hands and tenants. Last fa
j increased my rye and corn
killed, I planted the land ir
therefore, a larger corn cro
than ever before; more grain
double wheat crop. You will
ing with my own farm.
On the farm in Barnwell, i
l wages crop shows a heavy rec
acres of com and a large inc
iiiiriuno, pi.nuiuv^? v/tv.
; Anyone who is interested h
will be a welcome visitor on
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to show them how I manage
dilates a report that I am n
he is circulating a report whi
i must be a malicious person
I report without knowledge o
j regards and esteem, very tru
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corps, the National Guard and National
Guard reserve recognized by the
militia bureau or' the war department;
the navy, the marine corps,
the coast guard and the naval militia,
the naval reserve force, the marine
corps reserve and the national volunteers,
recognized by the navy department.
"o. Registration is distinct from
draft. No matter what just claim
you have for exemption, you must
register.
"4. Registration is a public duty.
For those not responsive to the sense
of this duty the penalty of imprisonment,
not fine, is provided in the
draft act.
"5. Those who through sickness i
shall be unable to register should1
canse a representative to apply to
the county or city clerk for a copy of
the registration card.' The clerk will!
give instructions as to how this card j
should be filled out. The card shouldi
then be mailed by the sick person oi I
delivered by his agent to the registrar:
of home district. The sick persons]
will enclose a self-addressed stamped j
envelope for the return to him of hisj
registration certificate.
''6. Any persons who expect to oej
absent from his voting precinct on
registration day should apply as soon I
as possible for a registration card to
the county clerk of the county where
he may be stopping, or if he is in a
city of over 30,000. to the city clerk.
The clerk will record the answers on
the card and turn it over to the absentee.
The absentee should mail
this card to the registrar of his home
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district so tuai 11 leacn tins uuaiai
by registration day. A self-addressed
stamped envelope should be inclosed
with the card to insure the return
to the absentee of a registration
certificate.
"7. Registration booths will be
open from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. on registration
day, June 5, 1917."
Hogs, dairy cattle, corn and velvet
beans will make a combination sufficient
to make any boll weevil look
like 30 cents.
SETS EXAMPLE;
00D CROPS PLANTED
A.LSE REPORT CONCERNBLED
HIS WHEAT
ST FALL.
ilatioia that while Governor
ners to plant heavily of food
cotton crop and not doing
e the nation with foods, Mv.
Bamberg Herald, addressed
ernor inquiring if these ivbelow
was received in reply:
secutive Chamber. Columbia,
light, Bamberg, S. C.:
k you for your letter of the
ver your questions. I have
of the State, and as these reill
be glad for you to use this
n pursuing the plan of diverI
at least of selling corn, oats,
id flour. It may interest vou
last year carried me through,
verv little flour, not onlv for
?d on the farms and for th^
II I doubled my wheat crop,
crops. When my oats were
" ~ ni. .nnn?/\ii I" linxTA
I CUl'Ll. ?Iil? OCclOUll i ua\r,
p bv nearly sixty per cent,
of all kinds; more cattle, and
[ see, therefore, what I am do\
n which I am interested, the
luction in cotton planted; 100
Tease in small grain, besides
ti what I am doing in farming
my farm; and I shall be glad
it. If, however, any one cir
ot increasing my food crops,
ich is absolutely false; and it
who would circulate such a
if the facts. With personal
lv yours,
" RICH. I. MANNING.
HUMAN" FERTILIZER.
German* Are Even Utilizing the
Bodies of Their Dead.
That the Germans are sysematically
collecting the corpses of their dead
andshippingthem to rendering plants
where they are subjected to a process
of recovering the oil and fats for use
as fertilizers seems to be a fact established
by American, Belgium,
Dutch, and finally by German testimony.
The London and Paris newspapers
accept the story after careful
investigation and print editorials on
it.
The Belgium newspaper LTndependence
Beige of April 10 prints an account
of the industry. The London
Times reproduced the Belgium paper's
story, but it was so horrible
that it seemed unbelievable, even in
England
From a Berlin Newspaper.
The Times later presented evidence
to prove its truth, printing photographs,
facsimiles of a news article
in the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger of April
10, which referred to the "corpse
ploitation establishment," it says:
"Tfcat fats here are turned into
lubricating oils and everything else
is ground down in the mill, the bones
into powder, which^is used for mixing
with pigs' food and as manure.
Nothing can be permitted to go to
waste."
A dispatch from Rome, dated April
21, printed in the Washington Post,
says:
"Pope Benedict has been horrified
and has expressed deep indignation
over the reports of Germany's system
of rendering fats and fertilizers from
the bodies of soldier dead, according
to an article printed today by the
newspaper Infermazione."
A cable dispatch to the New York
Sun from London says:
"That the Germans are systematically
collecting the corpses of their
dead and shipping them to rendering
plants where they are subjected
to a process for fertilizers seems
incontestibly borne out by the latest
information.
"When such stories were first pub^
lished they ^trete generally disbelieved.
American consuls formerly in
Germany arrived here after their recall,
said the Germans were distilling
nitroglycerine from the corpses and
so obtaining the essentials of explosives.
Boast of Efficiency.
"It now develops that the German
censors are allowing the German papers
to print accounts of and even to
boast about the efficiency which allows
nothing to be wasted."
Following is the account of this
modern industry, product of . Germany's
boasted efficiency and "kultur,"
as printed by the Belgian newspaper
L'Independence Beige, reproduced
in the London Times and cabled
to the New York Sun:
"We have long known that the
Germans stripped their dead behind
the firing lines, fastened them into
bundles of three or four bodies with
iron wire and then dispatched these
bundles to the rear. Until recently
trains laden with the dead were sent
to a town near Liege and a point near
Brussels. Much surprise was causecr
by the tact that of late this traffic
h^s proceeded in the direction of Gerolstein,
and that on each wagon was
written D. A. V. G.
"German science is responsible for
the idea of the formation of the
Deutsche Abfalls Verwertungsgesellschaft,
or German Offal Utilization
Company, Ltd., a dividend earning
company, with a capital of $240,000.
the chief factory has been constructed
1,000 yards from the railway connecting
St.Vith, near the Belgian
frontier, with Gerolstein, in the lonely
and little frequented Eiel district
southwest of Coblentz.
Guarded by Live Wires.
"The factory deals especially with
the dead from the .western front. If
the results are as good as the company
hopes, another will be established
on the eastern front. The factory
is invisible from the railway and
is deep in the forest country. Electrically
charged wires surround it.
A special double track leads to it.
J*nu- ?*->oVi/Mit 7 00 fppf inns:.
I lit; nuins a us uuu^., .
110 feet broad and the railway runs
completely around them.
"The trains arrive full of bodies
which are unloaded by workers who
live at the works. The men wear
oilskin overalls and masks with mica
eyepieces and are equipped with long
hooked poles. They push the bundles
of bodies to an endless chain
which picks them up by means of
hooks at intervals. The bodies are
transported on an endless chain into
a long, narrow compartment where
they pass through a bath which disinI
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading.?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Edward J. Williams, of Charleston,
died Thursday of burns received May
15 when a gasoline heater exploded.
Although the quart a month law
had been in force one month last
Friday, only 200 quarts of liquor had
been ordered in Charleston county.
An unidentified negro burglar was
killed in Charleston early Thursday
morning by William Hacklemann,
when the burglar tried to rob the
Hacklemann store.
A total of 1,174 season tickets and
2,155 single tickets were sold during
the music festival recently held in
Spartanburg. The net profits of the
concerts amounted to $965.
Business men of Spartanburg hare
subscribed $100,000 for an army
cantonment which they would have
located in that city. A number of
prominent citizens of the town went
to Charleston last week to see Gen.
Wood in behalf of the cantonment.
License Tees turned over to the
State treasurer by Insurance Commissioner
F. H. McMaster for the first
five months of this year total $111,029.7S,
an increase of $4,852.39 over
the amount collected up to the same
time last year.
Deputy Sheriff Jim Williams, o^
Anderson county, shot and killed V. \
Barnes Wilson, formerly a special
nffinor nf tha TTniloH Qtatoa ffftVOTn
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ment and slightly injured Henry Curran,
a United States postoffice inspector
Thursday night. The tragedy
occurred near the town of Starr,
fourteen miles from Anderson.
Had Too Much Alcohol.
Gaffney, May 28.?Sheriff Thomas
yesterday seized from the express of- ;V
fice at G&ffaey a quart package ot "
whiskey which was labeled 85 per
cent, alcohol. The State law prohibits
any one receiving whiskey which
contains more than 50 per-cent, of
alcohol, and Sheriff Thomas is determined
that the law in regard to the
sale of whiskey in Cherokee county
shall be carried out if it is in his
power to do so, and would-be violat-,
ors had as well understand this fact.
It is reported on good authority that
the Elk's lodge will institute legal
proceedings to recover the "Bevo"
which was recently seized by the officers
of the town of Gaffney, the lodge
taking the position that the mixture
contains no alcohol whatever.
Got. Manning Buys Liberty Bonds. '
Pninmhia Wav 28.?Gov. Manning
has purchased twenty liberty loan.,
bonds.
That number represents one each
for himself, Mrs. Manning, a daughter,
seven sons and ten grandchildren.
j So far as is known, this is the
I largest individual number of bonds
yet sold in South Carolina.
The Crucial Question.
"But you can cook?" asked the
prosaic young man.
"Let us take these questions up in
their proper order," returned the
wise girl. "The matter if cooking
is not the first thing to be considered."
"Then, what is the first?" he demanded;
"Can you provide the things to be
J cooked?"?The Delineator.
I fects them. They go through a drying
chamber and are automatically
. u
carried to a great cauiurun mw
which they are dropped by an apparatus
which detaches them from
the chain.
f- "They remain six to eight hours in
the cauldron, where they are treated
by steam, which breaks them up,
while they are slowly stirred by mar
chinery. The fats are broken into
stearine, a form of tallow, and oils
which require to be redistilled before
they can be used. Distillation is carried
out by boiling the oil with carbonate
of soda, and some part of the
by-products resulting is used by the
snaDmakers. The refined oil is sent
out in small casks like those used
for petroleum and is yellowish brown.
"There is a laboratory, and in
charge of the works is a chief chemist,
with two assistants and 78 men.
There is a sanatorium near the works
and under no pretext is any man
permitted to leave. They are guarded
as prisoners at this appalling
work."