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One Dollar and a Half ^ Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1917. Established 1891
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Item9 Gathered All Around the
^ County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, June 13.?Bad weather
and hail storms seem to be the order
of the day now. The farmers are
almost ruined: but we will have to
submit to One who knows all things.
Mr. J. W. Fender was in town Saturday.
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The barrel factory seems to oe
doing good business now; orders for
more of their product than they can]
fill are coming in.
Mr. S. VV. Copeland has almost
completed his new stores. The buiid*
ing is a fine addition to the town.
The old soldiers?God bless them
?have returned from their reunion
at Washington, D. C.. and report a
nice time there.
Mr. W. E. Copeland paid a flying
visit to Savannah Sunday and Mori-J
day.
Mr. Jack Bishop was here Satur-i
day afternoon.
Miss Clara Copeland was a pleas-'
ant visitor at Mr. F. E. CopelandV
last week.
Mr. Robert Hughes went to Olar
Sunday.
l We are very sorry to learn of the
r death of Mrs. H. C. Bishop, who had
been ill for some time. Her remains
were buried at Mt. Pleasant
^ Lutheran church. Rev. D. B. Grose-!
close conducting the funeral.
Mr. George J. Hiers was in town:
Saturday.
mt. onH Mrs \v c_ Hushes spent
Saturday afternoon in town.
Thanks for the new barber shop!
we have been needing. It is a nice
addition to our town.
We are glad to hear of the improve-1
ment of Capt. J. M. Dannelly, whoj
has been in the hospital in Charleston \
for treatment some time. We hope'
# he will soon be out again.
Mr. Hayne R. Smoak, one of Bamberg
county's bright boys, was in Savannah
today recruiting in the 1st
Georgia infantry. He is a young
man of exceptional intelligence. We
know that he will make good.
Branchville Briefs. j
Branchville, June 9.?Mrs. Mamie
Dukes is spending some time with
her sister, Mrs. J. H. Palmer, at
Charleston.
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Edwins, of
Orangeburg, were the guests of Mr.
^ and Mrs. J. R. Black.
^ J. R. Hamilton, Maj. Edward Minus
and Abram H. Bruce attended
attended the Confederate reunion in
Washington.
Miss Lureen Smoak is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. Sam Smoak, at uoraova. i
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Heaton, Mr. |
and Mrs. Malcolm Lloyd and Mr. and;
Mrs. W. A. Byrd spent the week-end!
with Col. and Mrs. A. J. Hiers at St. J
George.
Misses Vernell Buie and Minnie
Harvin were the guests of Miss Sara
White at Springfield this week.
Fairfax Fancies.
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Fairfax, June 9.?The Fairfax
chapter, U. D. C., met with Mesdames
W. W. Anderson and Otis Deer on
Wednesday afternoon. A fine programme
was carried out. Mrs. E. A.
McDowell read a splendid paper,
"The Women of the Civil War." written
by Mr. A. W. Brabham, of Olar
specially for the Fairfax chapter.
Other papers were read by Mrs. J. F.
Lightsey and Mrs. Audrey Sanders.
"p" TT rk r? c-rvricr hv Mp^iismps J E.
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Johnston and X. B. Loadholt was
much enjoyed by all. The following
" officers were elected, only a few
? ?* changes being made: President, Miss
Virginia DuRant; first vice president,
Mrs. May Youmans: second vice
president, Mrs. \V. W. Anderson: corresponding
secretary. Miss Sue Best:
recording secretary, Mrs. Ruth Wilson
Young: treasurer. Miss Maude
Barber: historian, Mrs. Lula Lewis
Youmans: registrar. Mrs. J. E. Barter:
recorder of crosses. Mrs. W. M.
Lightsey.
The members of the Camp Rivers
Bridge met at the home of Mrs. J. E.
Harter on Monday evening. William
e J-iarter being host. The programme
was thoroughly enjoyed by the
guests. Ice cream ami cane we:v
served at the conclusion of the programme.
Colston Clipping.
Colston. Jane 1'?.?The rains thaf
have fallen in this section <l;r. ina the
past few weeks have caused a battle
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A t.XKWKRTKI) CRITIC.
Chicago Tribune Now Thinks South
Best Friend of XegTo.
' \Ve taunt the South with race
prejudice when it burns a 'bad nigger.*
but just see how we Northerners
detest even 'good niggers!* The;
real race prejudice is ours. Our very
philanthropists betray it. They savl
to a black man, 'God bless you. goodbye."
whereas the South says '
you, come here.' Or put it
i h ov Tha Vnrfhf-rnpr is a ?:reat
. liUO ?? O/ . A i?v ? w
I friend of the negro, but not of a ne'
negro: the South is a great friend of
a negro, but of the negro. Prof.
Munsterberg once described the race
! as 'passive at every turn of fortune.'
! yet within the last year negroes by
; the thousands have actively undertaken
to find a place for themselves.
They have come North. It was a
huge mistake. They escape barbarous
punishment for their occasional
crimes, while winning no appreciation
for their habitual virtues. They
are disliked. When their presence
becomes a burden, as at East St.
Louis, they are abused. It is on
these terms only that they enjoy the
longed for 'liberties of the North'?
its so-caliei 'equality.' for instance.
But do they really enjoy that? Our
observation gees to show that the
negro is happiest when the white
race assert its superiority, provided
that sympathy and understanding accompany
the operation. Not long
ago a Virginian noticed a very
gloomy black porter in a Northern
hotel, and learning that the negro
1 ' ?>.<. \ri ?rrir* ?n ?? O 4 rl ' Vnn
Iiail > it giiiia. ^aiu i
fool, go DacK to Virginia!'
The reply revealed much: 'Oh. cunnel.
dems de fust kind wuds dat's
been spoken to me since Ah come up
XofrV Southerners insist that the
'nigger must be kept down.' They
enforce the color line. Yet they will
work side by side with negroes, befriend
them in adversity, and overlook
their minor failings."?Chicago
Tribune.
between the farmers and the grass
and if the sunshine lasts long enough
the farmers will be victorious.
Miss Claire Kearse is at home from
Wintrop college for-the summer vacation.
Miss Reba Williams was the pleasant
guest of Miss Fannie Lou Free,
of the Spring Town section Sunday.
Messrs. Wilson Beard and Copeland
Zeigler visited friends in the
Denmark section Sunaav.
Misses Cora and Dora McMillan
and Messrs. Calvin McMillan and Calvin
McMillan. Jr., were visitors at the
home of Mr. Preston McMillan SunHav
I Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Kearse and
children visited in the Buford Bridge
section Sunday.
Mr. John G. Clayton, of Walterboro.
spent Sunday and Sunday night
with his parents in this section.
Mrs. T. D. Beard and little Julia
and Catherine Beard visited their
aunt, Mrs. Matt Inabinet, who is very
ill at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Preston
Sandifer in the Denmark section,
last week.
Mr. Will McMillan spent Saturday
night at the home of his uncle. Mr.
Frank Kirkland.
The friends of Mrs. Matt Inabinet
regret to know that she is still in a
critical condition.
Messrs. Jack Bishop and Layton
Kinard were visitors in the Lodge
section Saturday.
Mrs. M. S. Wooley spent Saturday
of her granddaughter, Mrs. B. D.
Bishop, several days last week.
Miss Minnie Kirkland was the
guest of Miss Mamie McMillan Saturday
night and Sunday.
Mesdames W. G. and Jeff Kearse
were called to the bedside of their
! sick sister. Mrs. Matt Inabinet. last
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I week.
I Mrs. M. S. Woley spent Saturday
I with Mrs. S. P. Chisolm.
i Mr. and Mrs. C. B. All. and children
were the guests of their parents.
Mr..and Mrs. Mack Ray. Sunday.
Colston. June 11.?Mr. and Mrs.
I J. C. Beard spent last Sunday at the
home of Mr. R. F. Kirkiand.
Miss Laura McMillan lias been ill
j for several days, but is now improvj
ins.
Miss Alberta Kearse spent last
1 week witli her sister. Mrs. G. A. Mc;
Millar,.
Mr. and Mrs. Ft. F. Kearse and
children -pprt !nst Sunday with their
rather. Mr. J. Ft. Kearse.
Miss Maude McMillan spent last
Sunday with Misses Minnie and Evjelyu
Kirkiand.
Mr. tteorce Kenrsr- spent Sundry
with x'r. F?era!d Kearse.
Mr. Eluin McMillan spent last S ;u!;day
with Mr. H. E. Ray.
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jWILL ROUND UP SLACKERS
ItlXUSTKATIOX TIMF IS I P, SAVS
FXCFF SA>1.
And Now He is (ioin? After all Men
Who Failed to liegister for
Military Service.
Columbia, June II.?The period
of leniency has passed. The federal
government, acting through the executives
of the States, now proposes to
detect and arrest, so far as possible,
every man in the L'nited States liable
for registration who failed or refused
to register on June ">, under the
terms of the selective draft act.
In accordance with this nroaramnie
of action the war department today
wired Governor Manning as follows:
According to Population.
"Quotas are to be assigned to the
several States in proportion to their
population as determined by the bureau
of census and not in proportion
to the registration. The result is
that every person who lias failed to
register is seriously increasing tne
burden of those v.'ho have registered.
Ample notice and every opportunity
has now been given and there
is r.o longer any argument upon
which the conduct of non-registrants
can be condoned. The period of leniency
referred to in my previous telegram
has now passed.
"Attention is directed to paragraph
1G of the regulations. It is requested
that every effort be now made to
detect and arrest persons subject to
registration and to bring each case
promptly to the attention of the nearest
representative of the department
of justice.
"Wide publicity should be given to
the effect of non-registration in increasing
the burden of those who have
registered. Care should be taken
that the lists prescribed in paragraph
are promptly posted and all registrants
should be asked to assist in
bringing non-registrants to the attention
of the police.
"Summarizing reports of registration
from the various boards should
be compared with estimates of the
census bureau and effort should be
concentrated on those districts where
'discrepancy between registration and
estimates seems greatest. In case
of doubt as to age of persons who
have not registered the tabulated record
of political organizations and other
local records should be consulted
and data may be obtained from
the bureau of the census.
"The purpose of this telegram is to
inaugurate from tomorrow a vigorous,
aggressive and effective enforcement
of the penal clauses of the selective
draft service law against all who have
by their failure or refusal to register
brought themselves under those provisions.
Freed if I lettered.
'The department of justice is sending
today similar advices to United
States attorneys and marshals, with
instructions to release on their own
recognizances all persons arrested by
marshals or deputy marshals, or by
State, county, and municipal police
officers and turned over to them who
promptly registered under terms of
paragraph 40. registration regulations.
The secretary of war construes
section f.ve of the selective draft service
law as requiring compulsory registration
by the officer making the arrest
of each arrested person immediately
upon his conviction.
"Please give notice to all who have
any duty enjoined upon them in connection
with the enforcement of the
penal clauses of the law and particularly
to State, county, and municipal
police named in paragraph 16 of
the regulations."
A section of Greenville county
three miles wide and fifteen miles
long, including about 43 square miles.
was devastated by a hailstorm last
Saturday. The devastated strip extends
from a few miles cut of Greenville
along the Buncombe road to the
Pickens county line. Crops of every
description were literally annihilated.
Paul Wierse. an editorial writer on i
the Charleston American, was indicted
by a federal grand jury at Char-J
leston last week of conspiracy in con-!
nection with the sinking of the Ger-J
J :;:an steamer. Liebenfels. now the:
I Houston, in Charleston harbor sever-!
j a! months a-o. He will likely be:
j tried next October at Aiken. Join:
j P. Grace, editcv of t! e American. has;
I been endued us Wier-e's leading"
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j counsel.
* F our lamps. i -hoold *ay*
I you arc a very <:uarreisome :"e"ow."
j "Well, you're a liar, see? and i*"
>ou say it again, i*11 smash yer jav.."
? Life. j
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AIK UAH) OX LONDON.
Ninety-seven >Ien, Women and Children
Killed by German Bombs.
London. June 13.?In a swift and
deadly raid on the city of London today.
German airplanes took a heavy
toll in killed and wounded. Other
places were attacked, but so far as indicated
at present, py far the heaviest
losses occurred in London.
At a late hour tonight the casualties
officially announced numbered
."34, including 97 killed, 437 wounded.
Fifty-five men met death and
223 men were wounded. Sixteen
women and 26 children were ki I led
and 122 women and 94 children were
wounded.
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r mera miiniiuo.
The German squadron consisted of
about fifteen machines and the downtown
section of London was their
chief objective. Many bombs fell in
the East End, where buildings were
destroyed and others badly damaged
and scores of persons fell victims
to the explosions. In one instance
ten children alone were killed and
fifty were injured.
Three hostile airplanes appeared
over tlie busiest part of the downtown
section of London at half past
eleven this morning.
Watched by "A. IV* Men.
From the roof of the Asociated
Press the airplanes could be distinctly
seen at a height of at least two
miles in the triangular formation,
which, is a familiar sight to any one
who has visited the western front.
The trio were so high that they appeared
like tiny flakes of snow
against the bright sky. The antiaircraft
gunners were doing fairly
creditable in this their first battle
ti,a
practice 111 many muiims. mc
ers apparently were a little too hisrh
for the guns.
Material Damage Slight.
The Associated Press correspondent.
who visited one of the areas
bombarded by the German airplanes,
found that the damage was comparatively
slight and that a majority of
the casualties occurred among a
group gathered for the noon meal.
The bomb fell upon the roof of the
eating house, shattering it and causing
the wreckage to take fire.
The legs of one man were shattered
below the knees, another's arm
was blown off as he was raising a
cup of coffee to- his lips, while a
third was seriously wounded in the
chest. The clothing of some of the
wounded men was torn in shreds and
the faces of nearly all were purple
from the effect of the explosives.
There were many evidences of the
coolness with which the people greet
n.. nf t>ip raiders. For
0(1 (.lie ai^caiauvc
instance, in spite of the reports that
a raid was in progress, King George
proceeded with an investiture in
Buckingham palace, the recipients of
honors walking in and out of the palace
grounds without a trace of nervousness.
Swamped With ('alls.
For an hour after the raid the telephone
system of London was swamped
with calls from business men, who
were anxious to learn the fate of
their families in the suburbs. Despite
the loud reports of the explosions
the telephone girls stuck to
their posts.
A case was being heard in a court
when explosions were heard.
"I understand there is an air raid
going on and that bombs are being
dropped." said the justice presiding,
"but I think we are safer here than
anywhere else." After a few moments
the judge announced. "I understand
that the raid has come this
far. but now has gone away, so we
will proceed with the case unless it
returns."
v'~ in Fast Knd.
*1 U Ma&AV Mmm - - _
The East End stood the strain well
and there was no panic. Business
was at a standstill in many places
for a few minutes.
Throughout the bombed area there
was a steady movement of ambulances.
collecting the injured and rushing
them to the hospital. One hospital.
which is partly supported bv
donations from Xew York, and has
been used largely for wounded soldiers,
probably sot more patients
than any other in this section. These
soldiers did yeoman's work as the
injured arrived, no* in carina for
tbo^e hurt, but in giving comfort to
relatives who gathered about the
building to learn the fate of those!
being carried within.
\ViilPM?rea<! JhitunuP.
While the damaere in the l-Zast End !
v.:is widespread it is probable that
the n-or.f'tnry !o>< v.i'i not he heav*'.
n any of tin- IniMir.us wre< 'red
wero small. The ; '<] had been over
but a short time uhfv trie l.tns moi
tored into and through the district.
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOMK <M CHiKKNVKS OF VAHIOI S
KIMkS INSOl'TH CAROLINA.
State News Moiled Dovvu for Quirk
Heading.?Paragraphs About
>Ien and Happenings.
Col. Joseph N. Brown, of Anderson,
has subscribed for $25,000 worth of
Liberty Loan bonds.
Tiiknown parties entered the store
of L. Z. Hicks, at Hartsville, last
week and stole $37.1 G.
William Caines, a ne^ro farm
hand was killed hv Iierhfnini? in Snar
tanburg Saturday morning.
Thos. H. Feeples. attorney general,
has rendered an opinion that a peace
officer cannot search packages in
transit without a warrant.
Joe Gay, a white man cf Jacksonville.
Fla.. was arrested in Columbia
Sunday with nine suitcases containing
twenty-nine gallons of liquor.
.J. H. Riddle, a citizen of East
Spartanburg, swallowed six bichloride
of mercury tablets last week in an
attempt to commit suicide. He will
recover.
The 57th commencement of the
Woman's College, at Due West, was
held last week. A large number of
young ladies received certificates and:
diplomas.
The first cotton blossom renorted:
in the State this year was sent to the
News and Courier at Charleston June
7. by Dr. M. E. Cope, of Port Royal.
The blossom was plucked June C.
.Miss .Mary Hendrix, agen 19.
daughter of .Mr. and .Mrs. R. E. Hendrix.
of Miley's. Hampton county,
committed suicide Saturday by shoot-j
ing off her head with a shotgun. Shej
was despondent.
The annual meeting of the South
Carolina Press association this year
will be held at Beaufort, June 28-21).
General Leonard Wood will be invited
to deliver the annual address before
the association.
The ambulance company of the Columbia
Red Cross chapter left Friday
afternoon for Allentown, Pa.,
where training will be entered into at
once. Dr. .Marion H. Wyman is captain
of the compan*.
Capt. J. R. Klattennorr, convicted
of sinking his ship, the German
steamer Liebenfels, in Charleston
harbor and sentenced to a year and a
day in the Federal prison in Atlanta
has begun service of his sentence.
In the presence of navy and army
officials of all ranks and invited
thp I.-pp1 nf flip ftrsf warshin
to be built in South Carolina since
the War Between the States was laid
down at the navy yard in Charleston
Saturday afternoon. The vessel is a
gunboat. *
Kark Karst, a naturalized German,
convicted in the United States court
at Charleston last week of having
threatened the lire of the president
was sentenced to three months in the
Richland county jail and to pay a
tine of $250 and the costs of prosecution.
His promptitude in thus manifesting
sympathy with the sufferers appeared
to be deeply appreciated.
The main result of today's raid,
as in past cases, has been the killing
of civilians, including many children.!
Xo military damage was done, as
there was no military objective in
the section visited.
In some places a whole block of
buildings is lacking every window j
and much other damage done. One
school in this district had a lucky
escape. There was a thousand pupils
in that school, and fifteen minutes
after the little ones returned to
the building from recess a bomb fell
where hundreds of them had been
gathered.
Only One Brought lx>wn.
Late tonight Andrew Bonar Law
announced that there was no official
confirmation that any airplanes had
been brought down except one that
was mentioned in the afternoon.
Mr. Law also announced a serious!
munition explosion at Ashton-l'nderLyne,
a few miles from .Manchester,
in which a number of persons w?re:
killed or injured. This explosion !
had no connection with the air raid.
Sims Has (lose ("'all.
Vice Admiral William S. Sims, in
,-vf i }>i?. vU.-j r> nflva'
V* 'i:iiUCllI'4 KJ L ; lirj .111 r. wii *tu
forces, was aiuomobilina through the
Kast l-ht'l this morning at tlu time
of ti.e air raid. and had a narrow escape
from a bomb.
A bomb struck a school building,
killing t?ii children and injuring fifty.
One German airplane is reported to
have been brought down.
THK SOY BKA\.
!t i.H a Heavy Producer and Valuable
for Food.
The Southern planter still lias ample
time to plant soy beans for a seed
crop, and it offers him at the present
time one of the best cash grain crops
to supplement cotton, according to a
statement from the office of information.
U. S. department of agriculture.
South of the Potomac and Ohio
rivers excellent results may be obtained
by planting after winter grain
and early potatoes are removed. In
such instances the land need only be
thoroughly disked to Secure a suit/%
K1 3 I 3 T - . ^ . ..
aiiie set;u ueu. i^ate varieties as tne
Mammoth may be planted as late as
June 15 to 20 and mature good
yields of seed. Early varieties, such
as Ito San, Medium Yellow, Mikado,
and Mongol, may be planted in the
cotton belt as late as July 15, and
still mature the crop for seed.
The yellow-seeded varieties are
preferred, especially by food manufacturers.
The Mammoth Yellow is
especially adapted to the Southern
States for seed production. Considerable
quantities of seed of this variety
are st.il! available for planting.
The soy bean alreadv has reached
- a
a place of high economic importance
in America and Europe as a foodstuff.
The seed of the soy bean, unlike
that of the cowpea. rarely is attacked
by the weevil or other grain
insects. Even where the oil is extracted
the resultant meal is a very
desirable food. During the present
season the demand for seed by manufacturers
has resulted in srreatlv in
creased prices. In view of the
large demand, production in excess
of requirements is very improbable
and this season's crop undoubtedly
will command profitable prices. The
soy bean is also a soli improver and
the straw is valuable for feeding
purposes.
Gaffney in School Row.
Gaffney is in the throes of another
unfortunate school row, this time
over the recent election of teachers.
At the time of the election of teachers
one daughter and two nieces of
the chairman of the board of trustees
were elected as teachers, and one
young woman who has taught in the
schools for the past three years, giving
general satisfaction, was left out.
r~'? Uninor rtf fl-i/i nnin inn that
LT. I'tllllldll UClllg U1 UlC vuwv
the law has been violated by this action
of the trustees, has filed objections
to their action and th? matter
will come up for a hearing today..
Both sides will be represented by
counsel and it is probable that a bitter
fight will be the result. A few
months ago a heated contest was
waged over the site for the new West
End school building, which caused
much bitter feeling, but when the
matter was finally settled by selecting
the West End site it was thought
that the school troubles were ended.
Gaffney people are as a rule unanimous
when it comes to any matter
which is likely to result in good to
the town, but this school matter is
an unfortunate exception and it is
likely that all the old bitterness will
be revived.
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| A Boy.
On my way to and from work I pass
a boy. He is always bareheaded. If
there was another freckle on his face
I
j it would lap over one already there,
i He is about knee high to a duck, and
has the most miscnievous grin in
seven States.
He plays in the dirt. He risks his
neck umtyseen times a day. Last
.Monday a mule threw him. and he
escaped injury. Tuesday he came
near to falling into a well, but saved
himself by superhuman endeavor. On
Wednesday an automobile ran over
him without leaving a mark.
When I lose patience with humanitv
and I incline to the belief that
the race is decadent. I find solace in
thinking of that boy. He is the fui
ture. There are millions of him in
| this land?adventurous little raga|
muffins, full of the devil, hard as
' nails, willing to try anything one
| time, afraid of nothing, kings in
j their own right.
i America will stand as a nation so
longs as she breeds boys like that.
God bless 'em.?Fountain Inn Trib,
une.
Registration returns from the
*" * * ??AltnO OAlt fiac
I I UI 1} *i! \ t* CL . V/ II11 ?. VUUiUiW)
were wired to Provost General Crow|
der a: Washington 011 Thursday. The
total number of both whites and negroes
was 127.534. Of these >h.629
were white and ! ;,!"?" blacks. Among
j tiiose indicating a desire for exemption
were 4'i.5"" whites and 4 4,831
j colored. The number cf aliens registered
was 44 7 and the number of
j alien enemies 58.
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