The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 12, 1917, Page 5, Image 5
PERSONAL MENTION.
People Visiting in This City and at J
Other Points.
?Mr. F. M. Simmons, of McColl,
spent Friday in the city.
?Mr. Edward Taylor, of Columbia.'
spent several days in the city this:
week.
?Misses Julian and Margaret Eas-|
terling are visiting relatives in Allen-1
dale.
?Miss Kate Felder will leave next!
week for Asheville to spend th& sum-!
mer.
?Miss Margaret Ingram, of San-j
ford, N. C., is visiting Mrs. C. J. j
Field.
?Miss Mildred Gill, of Savannah,'
is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. G.1
W. Garland.
?Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Aver, of
Blackville, visited relatives in the
city this week.
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?Mr r> TT T-tnntrm returned this
week from Glenn Springs, where he
spent a week.
?Mrs. B. D. Carter attended thej
Weathersbee-Bolick wedding at Wil-j
Uston last week.
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?Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Parnelle and|
children, of Savannah, are spending!
some time in the city.
?Mr. J. A. Wyman spent the weekend
in Aiken with his parents, Dr. i
and Mrs. H. Hastings Wyman.
?Mrs. H. H. Copeland, after spending
some time in the city with rela
tives, has returned'to Augusta.
?Miss Germaine Sandifer, of
Kingstree, spent a few days in the
city last week with Miss Willie $ny-1
der.
?Mrs. C. E.~ Simmons and Miss
; Bernice Simmons sepnt Monday in
Blackvill? with Mr. and Mrs. Koot.
Ayer.
?Miss Mattie Izzard, of Columbia,
f after spending a few days in the city
with Mrs. J. A. Klein, has returned
home.
?Miss Bertha Gray, of Charleston,
Returned home Monday after
spending a few days with friends in
the city.
' ?Miss Eugenia Beard returned
Saturday from Augusta, where she
has been attending the St. Joseph
Academy.
?Mrs. L. E. Livingston and Miss
Mary Livingston have returned home
from Washington, where they spent a
few weeks.
?Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Heard re"lurned
to the city Friday from their
wedding trip to Atlanta, Macon and
N other Georgia cities.
?-Miss Lucile Hunter is spending
some time with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Hunter in the
Hunter's Chapel section. '
< /1 ?Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne Thomas
have rturned to the city from Florence,
where they spent a fewT days
with Mr. Thomas's mother.
?Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Redfearn,
J , after spending some time in. the city
? ' with Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Free, left
Tuesday for their home at Pageland.
^ ?Mrs. J. J. Cleckley and children,
of Bamberg, have been spending a
few days with Mrs. V. W. Brabham on
Glover street.?Orangeburg Times
and Democrat.
The scholarship and entrance examination
for Winthrop college was
field at the court house last Friday^
Quite a number of young ladies
stood the examination.
.?Mr. and Mrs. C. J. S. Brooker
returned Saturday from a visit to the
boll weevil infested portion of Alabama,
where Mr. Broker gained much
first-hand information about bollweevil
conditions.
?Mr. H. L. Hinnant motored to
Ridgeway Saturday afternoon, re,
turning Wednesday. He was accompanuied
home by Mrs. Hinnant, who
has been spending a few weeks
with relatives there.
CUCUMBER TRAFFIC HELPS.
Northen Buyers on Blackville Market
Paying Good Prices.
t Blackville, June 16.?The streets
of Blackville have presented quite a
hustling appearance in the last two
? . weeks on account of the cucumber
traffic. They are lined with wagons,
automobiles and trucks loaded with
cucumbers. Buyers from the Northern
markets are on the streets meeting
the loads as they come in and
-V, ? Tr i-r. er Viiel c to t Vl O farm
iliaxvia^ y tv VA*W i.^- ?
ers in order to get the crop, paying
in some cases as high as $2 per crate.
This has been such a good market
that farmers have hauled their crops
here from around neighboring towns,
some coming from near the Aiken
P county line. The banks are having
more deposits than they have had in
any past truck season. Numbers of
small farmers, who had only a fewacres,
have already cleared money
until they are placing orders for touring
cars.
The cantaloupe crop in most cases
bids fair to be a good one and the
farmers are also expecting fine returns
for this crop.
APPOINTMENT OF KMSLEY.
Whaley Makes Statement, as to WhyHe
Named Charleston Boy.
Much has been said and written
about the appointment by Congressman
Whaley of Andrew Ward Knisley
to the United States Naval Academy
at Annapolis. The following,
which the Greenwood Index terms
an "exposure" is reprinted by that paper
from the York News:
"The News is informed that an
effort was made by Andrew Ward
Knisley, who claimed at one time to
be from Chester, to get an appointment
to Annapolis from the fifth dis
tnet. .Mr. sievenson mvesugaieu
the matter and found that Knisley's
address was 2513 Aspen St., Philadelphia,
and that his home was in
Charleston, South Carolina, where
he had lived since 1905, his father
coming there and being in the employ
of the engineers office in the
custom house. After ascertaining
that .Mr. Knisley did not live in the
fifth district, Congressman Stevenson
addressed a letter to him and
asked him to write him stating the
postoffice address of his father, or if
he were dead, his mother, and if she
were dead also, his guardian. This
letter was posted June 1st, but no answer
was received until June Sth.
At about 12 o'clock, June 4th, Lewis
J. O'Hearn,'a Catholic priest in Washington,
D. C., called up .Mr. Stevenson
on the phone and asked him
how his friend "Knisley" was getting
along in connection with his appointment
in the navy, to which reply
was made that in Mr. Stevenson's
judgment he was not entitled to it
&nd that he expected to see that he
did not get it. The Reverend Father
O'Hearn replied that he was a resiJ
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and that he was informed that when
Knisley was at home he lived with
Mrs. A. B. Collins, 107 Dewey street,
Chester, S. C., that Knisley was a
great friend of his (O'Hearn's) and
Father Duff at Annapolis, to which
Mr. Stevenson replied that he was
not interested in the friendship business,
what he wanted to know was
did Knisley live .in the fifth district.
At 2:45 p. m. that day the following
telegram was sent to Mrs. A. B. Collins,
who is a devout Catholic and
estimable woman:
" 'Washington, D. C., June 4th,
2:45 p. m. To Mrs. A. B. Collins, 107
Dewey Street, Chester, S. C. Knisley
has had residence with you since
January. Let it not be questioned.
Friend.' "Mrs.
Collins had received a letter
signed by Knisley, 32 East street,
Annapolis, Maryland, on April 17th,
asking that he might use her home
as his permanent address, so that he
could stand his examination, and stating
that her address had been furnished
him by a priest residing in
Columbia. It also stated that Fath
er Kennedy in Annapolis had phoned
Father O'Hearn at Washington that
his appointment was O. K., and that
he must get Mrs. Collins's street address
so that he could-state where he
lived, and that his appointment was
for Chester, South Carolina; that he
possibly never would be there, but
he must claim her house as his home.
Mr. Stevenson got possession of these
facts.
"Knisley, as late as June 8th wrrote
Mr. Stevenson that his home was 107
Dewey street, Chester, care of Mrs.
A. B. Collins, and actually went to
Chester on June 9th, where he spent
the night with Mrs. Collins and received
telegrams to and from a priest.
Mrs. Collins was without any knowledge
of the man and was entirely
blameless in the whole matter.
"When the mattei*came to the attention
of Secretary Daniels he cancelled
the scamp's appointment and
appointed John Davis Palmer, of
Ridgeway. In the face of the evident
purpose of these Catholic priests
to have a scamp appointed to Annapolis
from the fifth district and when,
the conspiracy was discovered by Mr.
Stevenson and Knisley's appointment
was cancelled by the secretary of the
navy, Congressman Whalev nevertheless
gave him the appointment from
Charleston.
"It is creditable to Congressman
Stevenson that in all matters affecting
the fifth district he gives them
hie riprermni attention and endeavors
to get the facts before acting. Secretary
Daniels ought to order the fellow
dismissed -from the academy and
promptly demand an explanation
from Mr. Whaley for giving the appointment
to one who was perfectly
willing with the aid of two disreputable
priests, to perpetrate a fraud on
this district. We commend Mr. Stevenson's
care and diligence in this
matter."
Whaley Tells Why.
A Washington dispatch of July 7
is as follows:
! "When his attention was called today
to publications with regard to the
appointment of Andrew Ward Knisley.
of Charleston, to the United
States Naval Academy at Annapolis,
j Md., first by former Representative
McCorkle, of the fifth district, and
j GERMANY ON EYE OF UPHEAVAL.
! I developments Point to Realignment <
in Favor of Reforms.
Berlin, July 7.?Unless present in
dications fail in the next few days <
I the German Empire is on the eve of i
! a momentous if not historical parlia- ;
i mentary upheaval. Developments under
the gilded dome of the Reichstag 1
, building in the last forty-eight hours
i point squarely to a significant real:
ignment in favor of the sweeping ,
electoral and parliamentary reforms, :
in spite of the stubborn resistance ;
of the reactionary old guard,
j Although the sessions of the main j
committee and the constitutional i
committee have been of an executive ,
nature, the press comments in this ,
morning's papers permit the infer- 1
ence that the discussions of vital subjects
of governmental policy frequently
reached the boiling point.
Gravely Significant. ,
That they have been of gravely significant
import is indicated clearly ,
by the sudden decision to postpone
the Saturday preliminary session, ,
which was to have marked the opening
of the general debate and the ex- (
pected surprise of Chancellor von
Bethmann-Hollweg. The absence of i
; the chancellor from the sessions in
| the last few days has caused general ,
; comment. Late yesterday it was an- ,
; nounced that the desire of the chan
i cellor to inform himself more thor- i
j oughlv on the nature of the commit- ,
i tees was responsible for the delay of
! the general sessions. ,
j .Monday will mark the inauguration
: of what promises to be one of the
I most memorable parliamentary ses- :
i sions in the history of the empire. <
The chancellor was present yesterday
when the committee convened.
I All the Reichstag factions remained
j in individual groups until late last ,
night to decide what line of action
should be taken.
Call on Chancellor.
The Zeitung Ammitag says a deputation
of six of the Social-Democratic
party called on Chancellor von Bethj
mann-Hollweg last Friday for the
purpose of impressing the gravity of
the situation on him. The delegates
insisted that the chancellor make an
unequivocal declaration that the goverment
was prepared at any time to
enter into peace negotiations on the
basis of the status quo.
Representatives of the Progressive People's
party and of the National
Liberals also were in conference with
the chancellor.
There are rumors that Prof. Adolf
von Harnack, one of the most intimate
advisors of the Emperor, is
slated to succeed Herr von Trott Zu
Zolz as Prussian minister of education.
The present minister is said to
be opposed to sweeping electoral reforms.
Elegant Discourse.
"Ah want to be procrat'nated at de
next co'ner," said Erastus Pinkney to
the street car conductor.
"You want to be what?" demanded
the conductor.
' Don' lose 'o' tempah. Ah had to
pok in de dictionary myself hefo' I
found dat procrat'nate means 'put
oil."?Cincinnati Enquirer.
then by himself, Congressman Richard
S. Whaley made the following
statement, when asked if he had anything
to say:
" 'I had given the appointment to
a young man and he declined it on
the 12th of June by wire. Thfe 13th
of June was the last day on which
the appointment could be sent in to
the department for this entrance examination.
This young man Knisley
had passed all examinations ana
had been notified to report at the
academy on the 18th of June. He
had written me some time before asking
for an appointment when I did not
have one which I could give him. He
had every reason to believe that the
designation which he had as an alternate
was bona fide. He had gone
to a preparatory school and studied
for the examinations, stood them,
and successfully passed them. When
I found out that he was a Charleston
boy, and that I had this appointment
available I was unwilling to disappoint
him in his life ambition. Therefore,
I gave him the appointment. I
had been informed that the young
man had claimed he was a resident
of Chester, but it is well understood
that young men are .appointed from
districts and States in which they do
not reside and have to name some
place in the district or State from
which they get the appointment, and
the department overlooks this in order
to have the vacancies filled.
Doubtless young Knisley knew, or
had been informed by those in whom
he had confidence, who in turn had
gained their knowledge from the department,
that this course was customary
and recognized. I believe
the young man was guilty of no moral
turpitude and will make a good
officer and reflect credit on the appointment.
There is many an officer
serving in the navy today and many
a boy in the academy who has never
been in the district from which he
was appointed."
AIR FORAY ON LONDON.
(Jerrnan. Planes Fly Over British Capital,
Dropping Many Bombs.
London. July 7.?The second descent
upon London by a squadron of
German airplanes was made this
morning between 9 and 10 o'clock
when the business section of the metropolis
was crowded.
Although the German contingent
was larger, more daring, more deliberate
in its methods and descended
much lower than on the visit of June
13, the number of killed and wounded
was, according to the first official roll,
roughly one-third the previous casualty.
Thirty-seven people were killed
and 141 injured. The destruction
of property may have been greater
man ju me msi laiu.
The flight of the Germans over
London lasted about 20 minutes. English
airmen engaged them for several
minutes over the metropolis and
anti-aircraft guns were firing briskly,
dotting the sky with sharpnel puffs,
but without success so far as concerned
the destruction of any of the
20 or more machines which constituted
the invading force.
The admiralty was able to report
tonight, however, that naval airmen
who followed them to sea brought
down three machines. A British
squadron sent up from Dunkirk to
intercept the returning raiders did
not encounter them because they had
taken a more northerly route, but
the British airmen met and destroyed
other German machines.
The morning was one of haze,
weather most favorable for crossing
the channel without being observed
On their former visit, made in similar
weather, the Germans kept high up
in*the msts, but today when they
neared their objectives, most of them
descended. Their formation was like
a flock of wild geese as they approached
and neither the British
pursuers nor the guns were able to
scatter them until they spread out
before letting loose the bombs.
Thousands See Raiders.
Hundreds of thousands of people
on roofs, from windows and gathered
in the streets saw the remarkable
spectacle. All London heard the
noise of battle. At first there were a
few minutes when the anti-aircraft
guns were crashing sharply and the
machine guns were rattling aloft.
Then came three or four minutes
when the heavy explosion of bombs
and the shattering of glass were the
dominant sounds; then a few minutes
when the artillery fire receded
into the distance. v
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The Germans steered a course
across London from northwest to
southeast. They dropped the last of
their supply of bombs on a section of
workmen's dwellings and crossed the
Thames. Some observers say a giant
airplane piloted the squadron and
that the bomb carriers were in the
the centre, flanked by scouts for
fighting off the British airmen. The
low altitude and- slow pace at which
the Germans crossed London and the
daredevil \yay they circled over their
objectives have caused great surprise.
When first seen they were steering a
steady course from the northwest,
evidently in the act of making a long
sweeping curve which would ultimately
bring their heads in the direction
of home. They completed the
manoeuvre over the Thames and as
the British machines came into the
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picture tne raiaers quicneueu men
pace.
Continue in Pursuit.
A fierce running fight ensued between
a strong force of British machines
and the raiders toward the
mouth of the river. The machines
flew fairly low and the rattle of machine
gun's was distinctly audible
from the ground. None^bf the Germans
had been brought down when
the combatants disappeared from
view, but the British squadron continued
the pursuit and engaged them
heavily.
Today 's attack was plainly directed
against the civilian population and
the business and financial buildings.
There is no question, the Germans
knew where they were and it was^not
a matter of scattering explosives
blindly from a great height. Why
more persons were not killed is hard
to explain. Thousands were in the
streets in the area bombed. \
tITT\I'BAv irrPTivn CU T rn
For Wednesday, July 18, at Jefferson
Hotel, Columbia
Columbia, July 7.?A meeting of
the Audubon Society of South Carolina
has been called to be held in
this city Wednesday, July 18, by Dr.
C. W. Barron, of Columbia, vice president.
The call was issued by Dr.
Barron in the absence from the State
of Dr. C. E. L. Adams, of Columbia,
president, and the action was taken
at the suggestion of Governor .Manning.
The call follows:
*T hereby order a meeting of the
Audubon society of South Carolina,
to be held at noon on the 18th day
of July, at the Jefferson hotel. Columbia,
S. C., for the purpose of recommending
to the governor a person for
chief game warden."
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NEARLY $100,000 IN LICENSES, j
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State Highway Commission Makes.
Statement of Fees Received.
Columbia, July 9.?A total of $90,
637.06 has been paid into the State!
Highway department today for licenses
on automobiles, motorcycles,
and for dealers, stated J. Roy Pennell,
State highway engineer, this
morning.
With the exception of about 2,000
or 3,000 delinquents all the automobile
owners in the State have secured
licenses in conformity with the law,
tmiiKS -Mr. fenneii. 11 is esumaiea
that there are approximately 32,000
owners of automobiles in South Carolina,
"The enforcement of the law re-,
quiring automobile owners to secure
licenses by July 1 is left entirely with
the local officials in each county, and
they are somewhat reluctant in en-j
forcing it," stated the highway engineer.
"Probably, however, this is
partly due to the impression that,
prevails among some officials that!
the enforcement of this law rests
with the State Highway commission." i
That there is a false impression prevalent
throughout the State relative
to the permits recently issued by
the highway department, is a statement
made by Mr. Pennell. He explained
that these permits were given
to automobile owners when they
paid their licenses, and the department
ttoc rmt r?f lippriSP nlatPS. to
show that" they have been issued to
holders of permits and it is no longer
legal to operate a motor-propelled
vehicle without the plate being attached
thereto.
Richland county so far leads with
the number of licenses secured. Next,
ir order of registration comes Spartanburg,
Greenville, Anderson, Charleston
and Orangeburg counties.
Four-fifths of the money secured
from license fees reverts to the county
of its origin and the other onefifth
is used for the purchase of license
plates and the maintenance of
the highway department.
SHOES BOUGHT FOR ARMY.
Contract Let for 2,175,000 Pairs at
$4.73 Pair.
Washington, July 10.?Contracts
for 2,175,000 pairs of army shoes at
an average price of $4.73 a pair have
just been awarded by the quarter
master's division of the War Department.
The awards include 950 pairs of
marching shoes and 1,225,000 pairs
of field shoes. Agreements with
twenty-Qine manufacturers call for
the completion of all deliveries before
the end of the y^ar.
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'LIGHTNING PLAYS THICK.r
Doe? Everything to This Man But
Kill Him.
St. Matthews, July 10.?While sitting
in his home observing the progress
of the storm, Frank Wannamaker,
a negro living upon the planpeople
have. The lightning struck
ern section of the county, had an experience
Saturday evening that few
people have, he lightning struck
the building, following tbe facing on
the corner until it reached the level
of Wannamaker. It then leaped to
his body, made a path from his
shoulder to the hand, then started
again on the upper portion of his
S/lHv trovoreofl hie loft ciHo drtU'TI tn
the tip of his toes, tearing his trousr
ers and bursting a part of his shoe
from his foot and concluding with a
slight spilt of the flesh between the
toes. He was knocked unconscious
and was deaf for a day, but his physician
says that aside from being a
bit sore and somewhat nervous from
the shock, he shows no signs of permanent
impairment.
NOT ANXIOUS FOR MEX. HELP.
U. S. Not Advising Carranza to
Break Relations With Germany.
Washington, July 10.?Reports
that Mexico is about to break with
Germany led to the authoritative
statement that any such move would ( /
not be based on advice given by the
American government.
Ambassador Fletcher, who came
here to report in detail to Secretary
T nncinn ah nnnditinni. in \fovi/?ft hoo
?jau.Biu& vii tuuuiuvuo '
j told the State department that de- \
j spite some improvement in Mexican
, affairs generally, much remains to
i cause concern to the American gov'
ernment. This circumstance is con!
sidered important because a break
| with Germany would give Mexico an
opportunity to get money and place
the United States under certain obligations.
Those officials who have not been
eager to see Mexico join in the war
do not object to seeing Gen. Carran"Si
za supplied with money, but they believe
that without contributing much
real aid to the Allies, Mexico would
make it hard for the United States, ,
j France, Great Britain and other nations
with grievances against her to
assume a stern attitude after the
| war. ' :-1,
Reassured Him.
He?You don't really care for me
?you are merely flirting with me to
make Jack jealous.
She?Nonsense! I'd have picked
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