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? \ p J- Ullir ffiamtorg lijirnuu S| C =====================^============================================== One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 18,1917. Established 1891 COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. i - News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. ? Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, August 13.?The farmers are busy harvesting their fodder crop. Cotton picking will soon be the order of the day, as it is opening fast. The merchants are getting in their fall and winter goods. The weather is registering several degrees lower than it was the first of the month?fine nights for sleeping and the most of us are putting in L eight to ten hours of good hard ft "sleep." It is very seldom you see p an early bird in the morning now. The young girls are on my mind; Monday morning at the break o' day, the boss got me gwine. "Why, hello Mutt, what's got you so happy, you are singing?" Oh, my little darling girl told me something. What was it? I am not going to tell you. Well, you are a peach. "A-fishing they will go. Messrs. Charles, Henry, and Harry Ehrhardt, ,! C. R. McMillan, J. H. Hartz, J. E. Folk and two colored men motored out to Embree and enjoyed a swell fish fry on the Edisto river last Tues^ day night. All had a fine time. Mr. Henry Ehrhardt was toast master, Mr. Charles Ehrhardt proved to be * the champion fisherman?seems as .the judge knows exactly how to "spit on his hook" to fool the finny tribe. Red-bug bitten and moquito sucked, they returned home Wednesday afternoon. Mr. D. E. Fender, who has been confined to his bed for tne past few weeks, is slowly improving. Mr. S. B. Folk, carrier on R. F. D. No. 2, while on his round last Satur' day bagged an alligator at Folk's old t mill that measured seven feet and five inches in length. Mr. Folk brought it to town with him. The above size is about as large as they get to be around here. Mrs. J. W. Barber, of Kitching's Mills, S. C., is on a visit at her sister's, Mrs. J. B. Ramsey's. *Mrs. Barber is pleasantly remembered here as Miss Maggie Ramsey before her if. v; marriage. i :. Mr. J. P. Griffin, who left several | weeks ago for the Baker sanitarium, Charleston, and underwent an opera' tlon for appendicitis, is reported as ||iy^\???ing nicely. *Mr.r J. E. Folk visited the city by the sea Friday, returning Saturday ft* morning. Mr. Folk is remembered as, je our deaf friend. He is now under r. the treatment of a specialist and we hope for an early and complete res? toration of his health. Several of our boys passed exami, nation for the army last week at Bamberg, but very few of them expressed their willingness to leave home. Misses Alice and Jack Pate, of Albermarle, X. C., are visiting Miss Jennie Ramsey. b Misses Gertrude and Madeline Harris, of Holly Hill, have returned home after a pleasant visit to Mrs. Jos. S. Dannelly. Misses Janie, Merril, Louise and Elizabeth Befinett, of Holly Hill, were recent visitors of Mrs. W. D. Bennett. ' JEF. Clear Pond Cullings. I ' Clear Pond, .August 14.?Mrs. Georgeanne McMillan, of Ehrhardt, is spending th*. week with her daughter, Mrs. F, F. McMillan. Missec^<lorine Hughes and Allie Morn$,^R Ehrhardt, spent Wednesi da\^witn Miss Wilhelmina Folk, v I v^TVir. Coonie Crider and Miss Virginia Zeigler were quietly married L. Sundey afternoon at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. C. K. Smoak. Sc Only a few near relatives and friends witnessed the ceremony, which "was perfcimed by Rev. Walter Black, of Ruffin. Immediately after the ceremony. the happy couple left by automobile for a short trip. Miss Doris Folk has returned from a visit to her sister in the Binnicker section. Messrs. J. D. Dvches and Earlelle Black and Miss Rosa Hntto. of Hili da, spent the week-end at Mr. G. W. Folk's. Miss Letha Collins, who has been visiting there, returned with them. Miss Banna Pearson, of Orangeburg, visited at the home of Mr. C. Iv. Srnoak last week. Miss Theima Rentz and brother, of the Oak Grove section, visited relatives here last week. Miss Neta Hughes is visiting rela^ tives at Oag Grove. HID HIS LIFE BELT l'\I>EH COAT Sole American Survivor Tells Hov Germans Sank Vessel. Liverpool, Aug. 9.?William Snell a negro of Jacksonville, Fla., the onl} American survivor of the Britisl steamship Belgian Prince which was sunk July 31, by a German subma rine with the loss of thirty-eight lives today gave detail of his experiences to the Associated Press. He said: "A torpedo hit the engine room. A submarine then quickly came to th< surface about 200 yards to starboart and fired at our wireless apparatus. "We left the Belgian Prince ir three boats and had got fifty yards from the ship when the submarine came alongside ana asKea ior ouj captain, who was taken aboard anc inside the U-boat. "We were then ordered to tin deck of the submarine where we wen told by the commander to remove oui life belts and to lie on the deck. This we did. Then the commander wem into the boats, threw the oars int( tlie sea and had his men remove tin provisions. After that the plugs were taken out of holes in the boats whicl' were then cast adrift. "The submarine went to the north' east for twelve miles, the commandei taking the life belts to the top of the conning tower and throwing then overboard. I hid mine under a rain coat and as the submarine began tc submerge, I tied it around my necl and jumped into the sea. "The rest 'Of the crew stayed or deck until they were swept off by the sea as the boat dived. It was a terri ble sight. One by one they threw ui their hands and went down, or fight ing to keep up they splashed water a; they disappeared." ' Hawaiian Pineapples. Before the United States acquirec them the Hawaiian Islands were fa mous cheifly for their natives anc their leper colony, mere were m special cultivation of the soil, n< trade, and no commercial industries or value. But since the annexatio: to the United States in 1000, Amer ican enthusiasm and American pro gressiveness have invaded the land says the Popular Science Monthly fo] April. The pineapple industry is one of the best illustrations of the re suits of this Americanizing. It was started almost by chance by a com paratively uneducated, inexperiencec New England lad, tt j son of a cler gyman. He chose to locate in Ka waii on account of the wonderful cli mate, and finding that the pineap pies were especially luscious and thai they grew quickly and abundantly he persuaded his father to secure i few thousand dollars for him tr c*ari him in the pineapple raising business It was a veritable get-rich-quicl scheme. It has netted fortunes t< each one of those friendly parishon ers who advanced money for th< venture. Colston, August 14.?Mrs. C. W Clayton, little daughter Margaret, anc Mrs. X. M. Price, of Columbia, an visiting relatives in this section. Miss Dora McMillan is spending some time with Miss Mary Lee Grimes in Bamberg. Miss Alberta Kearse visited Misses Blanche and Evamae Spann, of Bam berg, last week. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. All and chil dren were the guests of Mr. and Mrs J. B. All Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Clayton anc Mrs. S. P. Chisolm spent Sunday witl relatives near Norway. Miss Laura McMillan spent severa days last week with relatives neai Olar. Mr. C. W. Clayton, of Columbia spent Sunday with relatives in this SCCIXUU. Miss Louise Wiggins, of Savannah is spending some time with Miss Lau ra McMillan. Miss Mamie McMillan spent las' week with her brother, Mr. Jones McMillan, in Augusta. Mr. John G. Clayton, of Walter boro, is at home on a vacation. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Beard and fam ily were the guests of Mr. and Mrs B. W. Beard recently. We are glad to say Mrs. T. D Beard is still improving. Mrs. Ogreta Beard visited relatives at Schofield last week. Mr. .Jesse Rent/, was a visitor ir this section Sunday. Miss Minnie Kirk land and Mr Frank Kirkland. Jr.. spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Preston McMillan Misses Evamae and Blanche Spanr were the guests of Miss Mamie Mc Millan Monday night. Mr. Copeland Zeigler was the gues of Mr. Claude Kirkland Sunday. IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. i State News* Boiled Down for Quick s Reading.?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. y 5 Columbia is contemplating inaugu^ rating an up-to-date barge line on 4 the Congaree river. \ Spartanburg has completed the laying of three miles of water main to i Camp Wadsworth, the army canton 5 ment there. J Voters of Abbeville county last p week ^defeated a proposition to issue 1 bonds in the sum of $300,000 for road construction. J A farm loan association was orJ ganized in Aiken ^last week. Applir cations for loans tbtaling about $75,3 000 will be made. t Contracts hate been awarded for * the building of a number of good 5 roads in McCormick, the baby county 3 of South Carolina. At Pamplico, Florence county Tuesday, 53,51 S pounds of tobacco were sold for $14,310.36, or an average of r 26.74 cents per pound. ' The five companies of artillery of the South Carolina National Guard } are now at Fort Moultrie, off Charleston, where they will at once go into training to man the big guns. 1 Father Joseph D. Budds, rector of i the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, - died at his home in Charleston recen) ly. He had been a priest of the - Catholic church twenty-five years. Major Julius J. Wagner, a well known citizen of Charleston, died at his home in that city Thursday, aged j 71 years. He served throughout the War Between the Sections and as j major of the First Infantry, S. C. B. j G., during the Spanish American war. ) Decaying vegetation in the Goose 5 Creek reservoir at Charleston has i caused oxidation of the water, and as - a result hundreds of fish have been - smothered from inability to get re, quired oxygen. The dead fish are ber ing removed as rapidly as possible, so ; as to keep the water uncontaminated. Rev. J. . A. Sligh, a well-known s Lutheran minister died at his home near Columbia, early Tuesday morn* j ing. Rev. Sligh served three terms "jas a representative in the legislature VawJiarrv nmintv and later serv liurn ww* * vw _ -i ed as railroad commissioner. He was closely associated with the Farmt; ers' Alliance and the Reform move'! ment led by B. R. Tillman, il t j Ralph G. Xeves, stable sergeant of I the supply company of the First South J Carolina Regiment at Greenville was shot through the head last week on ! the Traveler's Rest road near Greeni ville, while returning from the funeral of his uncle. He is seriously wound. ed. Seven men are held charged with the shooting, which is believed to have been the outcome of an old . grudge. I; The department of agriculture, 5 commerce and industries is seizing inferior quality corn meal over the ? State. The pure food laws require 3 that all meal below a certain stand| ard be seized by the department and 5 j destroyed. Within the past two weeks - nearly twenty seizures have been made. The meal is the product of the - fag end of last year's crop. John Williams Robinson, 11, of Great Falls, Chester county, was *; drowned last week while trying to 1 j save Franklin Watts from drowning. ! Young Robinson with three other I j boys were in bathing. Franklin r Watts got in water over his head and the Robinson lad went to his ? rescue. The Watts boy managed to 5 get hold of a limb and pull out, while the Robinson boy drowned. ? ?'1 Charged I>ismissed. t Our earnest, if too gloomy, Califor> nia contemporary, the Signs of the Times, sees the United States "drun ken with pleasure as she hastens to her doom." "A tidal wave of iniquity - seems to be sweeping over the land." . j That is the charge. This is the evij dence: . . > f . | The writer has been greatl^ im ! pressed daily, while going about the 3 j city of Boston, with the mad riot | of pleasure seeking. ij Charge dismissed. Anybody who can detect a mad riot of pleasure in . Boston is capable of finding Emporia. Kans., a Sybaris. and of sighting Ca. pua in West Hurley, X. Y. When the i Bostonians seek pleasure after their - manner they flock to this city. The Signs of the Times should repaint itt self with cheerfulness.?New York Times. PROCLAMATION BY MANNING. Fixes Tuesday, August 21, as "Woman's Registration Day." Columbia, August 8.?Governor Manning issued the following proclamation tonight: "Whereas, the great world war in which this country is now involved, in the fight for liberty and humanity, makes it necessary that the resources of the entire country be concentrated and placed at the disposal of our government, and "Whereas, the necessity is such, that all our resources should be conserved in every possible manner, and "Whereas, it is necessary that the women be called 011 to do their part (which is a very important one) and tlnis snare in tne giory 01 \vminng m this great struggle. "Xow, therefore, I Richard I. Manning. Governor of the State of South Carolina, do hereby proclaim Tuesday, August 21, 1917, 'Woman's Registration Day,' and urge the women of the State, on that day, to sign heir pledge to support the Hoover plan of food conservation^ and give to the government information about them! selves, in order that the woman ! strength of the State may be known | by the authorities and each may be [allotted such service as she is best ! fitted to perform. The women of South Carolina, like her patriotic sons, have never failed to do their duty whenever a crisis is presented, and I confidently expect a full registration on the day fixed. "In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the State to be affixed, at Columbia, this Sth day of August a n nnp thousand, nine hundred j and seventeen, and in the one hun! dred and forty-second year of the In1 dependence of the United States of America." FORMOSA'S OPIUM SMOKERS. About 80,000 Registered, Says Reform Bureau ReportThere are about 80,000 registered opium smokers in Formosa, according to the Rev. E. W. Thwig, of Peking, Oriental secretary of the International Reform Bureau. He was speaking at a meeting of Japanese and Americans in Tokio, which was discussing both opium and morphia questions in their relation to the Far East. Mr. Thwig said when the government monopoly was started in For! mosa twenty years ago there were j 20,000 registered smokers and that although 50,000 have died, there are now over 80,000, indicating a gradual increase. Speaking of morphia, he said that "?A 1 Q1 i nine nnrl nilfi in tne first nan ui half tons of the drug were imported into Japan chiefly from England and that a great proportion found its way to China. "During my five years in Manchuria," he said, "I have seen the terrible havoc wrought by this insidious drug. Thousands of poor people die in the large cities during winter partly from cold, but chiefly from inability to work on account of their morphine habits. Unless strong action is taken the morphine evil will inevitably spread and render futile all our efforts to eradicate the opium evil." The Rev. Mr. Thwig urges the appointment of a strong committee of Japanese to investigate, inform the I public and induce the government to take action against the importation of such quantities of morphine which he declared was a menace to the Japanese as well as a dusturbing factor in the relations between Japan and China. A Blow From-the Bench. "Your .honor,", informed the policeman as he pointed out the prisoner, "he refused to rise while the band played the Star Spangled Banner." ' "I did not recognize the tune," ex plained the culprit hastily. "Now, mv dear man," said the 7 " t judge sympathetically, "let me whistle it for you, so that hereafter you may distinguish it." The judge whistled the melody and the prisoner listened intently. When his honor had finished the defendant exclaimed generously: "Your honor, if the band had played the tune as you wished it, I would not be here today." "Discharged!" interrupted the well pleased judge. | "But the band would," concluded the man in an undertone as he has| tily retired from the courtroom. The trade in dried shark meat and finds at, Aden, Arabia, has decreased since the beginning of the war. MANY SEEKING EXEMPTION j DIRECTS BOARDS TO REDUCE DISCHARGES FOR DEPENDENCY. In Some Districts 80 Per Cent Called are Claiming Exemption liecause of Dependents. Washington, Aug. 9.?Wholesale claims for exemptions from the army draft, reported irom many sections, caused Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder to telegraph the Governors of the j States tonight directing * that local boards "reduce discharges for dependency to a far more restricted class and to very necessitous and clearly defined circumstances." In some districts as high as SO per cent of the registrants called for examination are filing claims for disnlinr-rrn /\n f ll a or n 11 r? rl rtf Hononrfont Vliai 5c; vyIX LiiC 51 VU11U vyx uv|/vuuvuv relatives. Such a condition indicates, Gen. Crowder said, that unfair advantage is being taken of the regulations designed to protect men who properly should be exempted, and actually threatens to interfere seriously with the raising of the national army. Crowder's Message. The message follows: "Section 2 of the selective service law exempts no person from military service on the ground of dependency. It only authorizes the President to exclude or discharge from draft 'those in a status with respect to persons dependent upon them for support which renders their exclusion or discharge advisable.' "Controlling necessity is to raise an army. It is advisable to disturb dependents just as little as the necessity oi raising an array win permit.. iu this end section IS of the regulations was compiled carefully and after the most earnest consideration. If experience is to prove that the generous conditions prescribed by section 18, or any abuse of them, will interfere with the raising of an army, then it is no longer advisable to discharge so wide a class and the conditions stated therein will have tb be restricted until an advisable rule is reached. Indications of Abuse. "Nothing has happened to change the belief that the persons enumerated in section 18 could be discharged without interfering with the raising of an army, but there are indications that abuses of section 18 may render its continuance no longer advisable. "Reports are to the effect that, in some districts, as high as SO per cent of persons called before local boards are filing claims for discharge on. the j ground of dependent relatives. Such | | a percentage of claims when viewed i in connection with all available sta! tistics indicates beyond question that l advantage is being taken of the pro| visions of the law and regulations I which are intended to reduce to a minimum the misery at home normally attendant upon war. "There is a moral certainty in the extravagance of this percentage that hundreds of unfounded claims are included in these totals. Increases the Burden. "This state of affairs greatly increases the burden of local boards for, if so high a percentage of registrants claim exemption, only the uncompromising action of local boards can prevent a new regulation on the subject of dependency which shall reduce discharges for dependency to a far more restricted class and very necessitous and clearly defined circumstances. "It is thus apparent that the filing of these improper claims will react j directly and injuriously on persons whom the present regulations were designed to protect and that the welfare of persons who have filed bona fide claims under the present generous j clauses of the regulations, is serious| ly imperiled by persons who have filed i claims without merit, and that the only protection of persons whose cases are within the meaning of the present rules, lies in the power of local boards to refuse exemption in every doubtful case. / "It is true that cases of discharge Al- ^ ^ Q TO OH on me gruuuu ui ucpcuutuv; ^..v^ pealed to the district board, but this clause is only inserted to secure unii formity of action. District boards are i i to examine these cases to discover de| partures from the law, regulations , and rulings: and they will not and ; cannot open every case on its merits, i Tt is in the local boards, therefore, j that the solution of the difficulty and ! the protection of deserving claimants lies." j | A new hudimifier, consisting, of a j small electric fan to be hung on the 'wall and blow its air over a shallow j dish filled with water, is intended to j keep the air in rooms moist. I V I / UXCLE SAM NOW IX CHARGE. \ I*resident Wilson Signs Food Control and Survey Measures. Washington, Aug. 10.?The American government assumed control of the country's food supply with the signing by President Wilson of the administration food survey and regulatory bills. Formal announcement of Herbert Hoover's appointment as food administrator was made at the White House soon after measures were approved and tonight Mr. Hoover set forth the aims of the food administration in a statment declaring its purpose would be to stabilize and noj to disturb conditions. Every effort will be made to correct price abuses made possible by abnormal times, Mr. Hoover said, but drastic measures will not be attempted until it is seen the purposes of the v administration cannot be accomplished through constructive cooperation with food producing and distributing industries. To Check Speculation. The very existence of corrective powers, Mr. Hoover declares, will tend to check speculation and price inflation. *, "The business men of the country, I am conviced," says Mr. Hoover's statement, "as a result of many hundreds of conferences representative of the great sources of food supply, realize their own patriotic obligation > and will fairly and generously cooper- i, ate in meeting the normal emergency." The two measures signed today give to the government sweeping war time powers. The regulatory bill is designed to put food distribution under direct government supervision, and a provision added as an amendment extends* an even more drastic government control over coal and other fuels, including the power to fix prices and authorizing the government operation of mines. The Survey BUI. The survey bill is intended to en :. <wj courage production and give the gov- , ernment authority to keep a continuous census of the amount of foodstuffs in the United States. It will be administered by the Department of v - " l Agriculture. < v,?g Both the food administration and >. t Agricultural Department have been ready to start to work on the measure . J; long before its passage. The food administration has assembled a staff and are already enlisting the country's women in a household saving campaign. -J Bread Comes First. The first move of the food administration will be to bring about changes in the system of distributing wheat . V\f and in the manufacture an<\ sale- of flour and bread. - - ? tt In his statement tonignt 3ir. noover emphasized* the obligation, the ^ United States owes to its allies in supplying an abundance of food and urges reduced consumption by the American people. * "We have in our abundance and in our waste," he says, "an ample supply to carry them and ourselves over this : 'M next ^winter without suffering. If we fail it is because individual American citizens have failed to see and do this 1 loyal national duty." ? ???? When Home is Best When luncheon time came Mrs. Robinson asked Willie Jones if he wouldn't stay. "No, thank you," said Willie, "I'd better go home. Mother will be expecting me." "Suppose I telephone and ask her if you may remain," suggested his hostess. "Oh, no, please don't do that, Mrs. Robinson," ?aid Willie. "We've got , cocoanut pie for dessert today and your cook told me that you've only \ got prunes."?Denver News. They Cheated Him. Sandy had returned to his native village in Scotland after a visit to London. On being asked what he * ? s j . thought of the great city ne sam; "It is grand, but the folks are not honest." "How is that?" asked his friend. "Well, I bought a box o' pins labeled a thousand for two cents, and, coming home on the train I counted them and' found them seventeen short."?London Standard. } He Had Part of the Outfit. "Please, mum," said the tramp who had knocked at the door, "would ye do a bit of sewing for me?" "I guess so," said the lady kindly;. "what sewing do you want me to do for you?" "I have a button here," said the tramp, "and I'll be very much obliged if you will sew a pair of pants on it." ; ,1V,> . y ..." ..:W m .... ' ' r-. .. u.. J&pt.