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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1917. Established 1891.
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OUR COUNTY'S PATRIOTISM
CLKAIiLY l>KM()XSTRATKI> AT KXTHI'SIASTIC
MKKTlXCi.
Byrnes Makes Strong Speech and
Tests Sentiment.?Timely Address
by A. V. Snell.
A grand patriotic rally was held at
the court house here on Tuesday, beainnine
at 11 o'clock. The rally was
in the interest of the Liberty Bond
sale and the food conservation movement.
Hundreds of people attended
from all sections of the county, the
court house being taxed to its capa-J
city, and then all the crowd could
not gain admittance. It was probably
the most representative gathering of
Bamberg county citizens hel,d in
a long while, and was a tremendous
success from every
standpoint. A considerable number
of negroes attended and
the audience was composed of men,
. women and children, who were
aroused to a high pitch of enthusiasm
by the eloquence and logic of
the speakers. At the conclusion of
the rally an executive session of the
county council of defense was held,]
at which definite organization and
active plans were perfected for can-i
vassing the entire county in behalf i
of these two patriotic undertakings,
t Bamberg county must jbtain 2,000
pledges to the food conservation idea
; and an active house to house campaign
will be waged by scores of loyal
workers, who will try to reach every
hut and shanty.
The meeting Tuesday was presided
over by Dr. E. O. Watson, chairman
of the county council of defense, who
called the assemblage to order with
a few appropriate remarks. The
exercises were attended by the Carlisle
students and faculty in a body.
The speeches were made from the
judge's stand in the court room,
where an immense American flag was
displayed. The Rev. J. D. Huggins,
of Denmark, offered the opening
prayer.
Congressman James F. Byrnes, in
his home district, was received with
the usual enthusiasm which he always
gets, and was roundly applauded time
and time again. Upon motion of
Hon. S. G. Mayfield Mr. Byrnes was
favored with a unanimous vote of approval
by those present upon his
official acts concerning the war. Near
the close of his speech he called for
a hand primary as an indication of
how those in the audience would
have voted on the question of war or
no war had they been in Congress,
and with the exception of two people
the vote was unanimous for war.
Mr. Byrnes spoke as follows: I
v When the President of the United
States recently suggested an early adjournment
of Congress in order that
the members who voted for the War
Resolution might return to their
districts to inform their constituents
of the reasons for their action, and
aid in the Liberty Bond campaign,
some persons who were opposed to
the adoption of the War resolution
asserted that it was unnecessary for
members of congress to give to their
constituents reasons for our entering
the war, that it is enough that we are
at war and that the war must be
prftsecuted to a successful conclusion.
But this is not enough. Well recognitor!
r,s true is the statement that
"Thriced armed is he who hath his
quarrel just." For months these opponents
of the war and of the administration
have diligently endeavored
to convince the people of the country
that our war is an unrighteous, one.
If they have succeeded or can succeed
this government can never expect of
the boys at the front, or of those who
remain at home, that whole hearted,
enthusiastic and patriotic cooperation
>- ~ which is essential to the success of
the government of the United States
in this great conflict.
Not Wilson's War.
They have told the people that this
is President Wilson's war and that it
was forced upon congress? many
members voting against their conscientious
convictions in order to
please the president of the United
States and secure patronage from him
in the future. The man who can
place credence in such charges pos
I
s^sse? a mind -o dwarfed fhat it is
useless to try to convince hini. I
have >h? groans. adivir; * ion for the
problem of the i oitod States, hut
ir ? mu*t<v of such extreme irpporjaxce.
i" discharger, a" th > duty vested
in.ire by the t'orstitaiiom if I had
voted a gains* my conscientious eo:ivictit
7 s in order o please the President
of the ''n Ucl States or any other
person, for patronage or for any
motive, 1 would have no respect for
i
! my sell' and could expect no one else
j to have any respect for me.
J Equally untrue is the statement
| that President Wilson forced this
! war upon us. Pnder the ConstituI
i tion it is his duty to give to Congres.
j his advice in such matters. If he
j had desired to force war upon us h
i could have advised our entering the
as president during the last two
j years. 1 believe that if we had ha.
j as president during the last thro
; years any man other than Woodrow
; Wilson we would have been at w
long before this time. But with in
finite patience, withstanding the
taunts and gibes of the militarists.
lie labored as 110 mortal man ever uefore
labored, to keep his people out
of this war. It was not until the
mad monarch of Germany, miscon
truing President Wilson's patience
for corwardice, announced the determined
purpose of Germany to kill
our citizens, destroy our property,
and abolish our liberties, that the
president advised Congress to recognize
the fact that Germany was
making war upon us.
War a Necessity.
I abhor war. Looking into the future
I realized fully the suffering and
hardships that war must bring to our
people, but notwithstanding this, after
most careful deliberation 1 could
but conclude that the imperial government
of Germany had made it impossible
for us to adopt any course
other than that taken by the congress
of the United States. In justice to
my colleagues I should say, from my
intimate knowledge of them, that I
am satisfied that each and every one
of them voted his conscientious conviction.
Fifty members of the House
voted against the war resolution and
* 1 1 ? rckonaof fnr
I 1 naVG OilIV me gicaicoi i
them because I believe they voted as
their consciences dictated. But
{ while I do not question their motives,
II do question their judgment, and it
is my purpose to convince you that
they were wrong and that the 373
members who voted for the resolu!
tion were right.
j in doing so I shall endeavor to appeal
to the intelligence and not to the
passions of men. I shall indulge in
abuse and denunciation of no man.
I am convinced that those citizens of
j our State who to-day beilieve our naj
tion should not be engaged in this
' war have been misled and that once
I the facts have been submitted to them
|
| they will be found as loyai uiid pa!
triotic as any among us. I go furth|
er and say that I disagree with those
who in their zeal believe that every
man who differs with us should be
placed in jail. Treason and sedition
as defined by law should be suppressed,
but as a member of congress,
the war making body, my official acts
are properly subject to criticism and
a man has the right to criticize any
member of congress provided his language
is such that it does not constitute
a violation of the law. I would
a thousand times prefer the patriotic
cooperation of our citizens based up
on an honest belief in the justice of
our cause, to a hypocritical submission
to the war based only upon fear
of the law.
Our Course is Just.
If we cannot convince our own people
who^e lives and liberties are at
stake of the justice of our cause, we
cannot convince the neutrals of the
world, and cannot convince those who
will come after us. My belief in the
justice of our cause is so great, and
my confidence in the intelligence and
patriotism of the people is so
great, that I firmly believe if
you will carry the truth to
the people of South Carolina, they
will be convinced of the righteousness
of our cause and their views will
soon be reflected in the utterances of
men in public life.
Xever in the history of the world
has a nation gone to war for purposes
so unselfish. We have given
our pledge to the world that we seek
no territory, and with us a written
pledge is more than a scrap of paper.
I am glad that it is so. As an individual
I covet the land of no man,
and I seek the blood of no man. and
1 want my nation to covet the land of
no nation and seek the blood of no
people. Xor do we so to war for
mere sentiment. If this were our desire
we would have gone to war when
Belgium was invaded; when derma
ny began deporting the civilian
popuki'ion of Belgium from their
home.- to labor in Oermany: when
the Lusitania was sunk and women
and children as well as men were
sent into eternity without a moment's
warning. But we remained neutral.
! It was not until Germany in violation
of its repeated pledges to us and in
violation of the rights of humanity,
(Continued on page 12, column 1.)
PAIL WIERSE CONVICTED!
guts two ykaks, also nxi; or
()\i: thousand dollaiis.
Klattouholf ( 'onvirted, Both Tried on i
Charge of Conspiracy to Sink
(iennan Ship Liehenfels
Aiken, Oct. 11.?Paul Wierse,
editoral writer on the Charleston :
American, was today convicted, in the !
United States Court here, of conspiracy
to sink the German steamshin
Liebonfels in Charleston harbor.
and sentenced to serve two years in
the federal penitentiary at Atlanta
and to pay a fine of $1,000 and costs.
Johann Klattenhoff, was also
found guilty of the same charge and
sentenced to six months in the United
States prison in Atlanta, and to pay ,
a fine of $ 1 00 and costs, Klattenhoff's
sentence is to begin at the expiration,
next June, of the term of one year
he is now serving in Atlanta for
having sunk the LiebenfelsinCharleston
harbor, February 1 last, to which
charge he pleaded guilty. Wierse
and Klattenhoff was tried together.
A third defendant. William Muller,
former German consul at Atlanta,
was absent and is said to be in
Ecuador.
Verdict Easily Found.
The verdict against Wierse and
Klattenhoff came near the close of
a brief but interesting, and at times
exciting, session of the court. The
jury was out fifty minutes, but it is
understood that all of this time was
not consumed in deliberation and
that the jury was practically, if not
wholly, unanimous on the first ballot.
About half an hour after the jurors
retired, iney niea uaciv uilu une luuu
room, the spectators thinking that
they were ready to hand in their
verdict, but such proved not to be
the case when the foreman, John D. 1
Whisenhunt, one of Orangeburg
county's most substantial citizens,
asked Judge Smith whether or not
a verdict of "guilty" or "not guilty" >
could be returned against all three !
defendants. The court stated that
the verdict could refer only to
Wierse and Klattenhoff, as Muller
was not on trial. The jury returned
to the room, returning about twenty
minutes later, at 1:25, with the
verdict as given above.
So far as could be observed the defendant
Wierse was calm and did not
change his expression when the result
was announced by Deputy Clerk of (
Court Murphy. John P. Grace, Esq.,
counsel for the defense, appeared
somewhat disappointed and crestfallen.
Capt. Klattenhoff maintained
the attitude he bore throughout
the trial of absolute indifference, apparently.
althought this might have
been attributable to the fact that he
is not familiar with the English
language and probably understood
very little of the proceedings.
.Mr. Grace promptly made a motion
for a new trial, which was a promptly
refused by Judge Smith, who ordered
the prisoners brought to the j
bar for sentence.
Prisoners Sentenced.
When the court asked what the
government had to say before sentence
was pronounced. District Attorney
Francis H. Weston called the
judge's attention to the fact that
Paul Wierse is an American citizen
(naturalized). Counsel for the de|
fense had nothing to say, whereupon
Judge Smith proceeded to pronounce
sentence, saying that he was not inclined
to be severe on Capt. Klattenhoff,
whose physical condition had
been declared by Warden Zerbst, of
the Atlanta federal prison, as still
bad. the former ship master having
been in the hospital ever since he
entered the prison last June.
Notice of appeal was given and
Judge Smith was asked to fix bail for
the defendant, Wierse. who had been,
until his conviction, at liberty under
$6,000 bond. The court stated that
the motion for bail would be heard in
Charleston tomorrow, but that the
amount would be raised to $10,000.
In the custody of Deputy United
States .Marshals Lock wood .Murphy
and W. Barmore .Mays, Wierse was
taken to Charleston tonight and will
be kept under guard until bond is
fuvniohoH iv Intt<mhnff wn? t' ken
back' to the prison in Atlrnta by
Warden Zerbst and two deputies, who
also took former chief engineer
Jansen and former fourth engineer
Xeuse to complete service of their
sentences of one year each, having
been convicted at Florence last
.March of sinking the Liebonfels. The
last two named were witnesses for
the government against Wierse and
Klattenhoff. although they stated on
the stand that they were offered 110
inducement to testify.
When the court convened this
morning the defense announced that
it would have one more witness, the j
defendant Wierse having completed
his testimony yesterday afternoon.
The Last Witness.
Warden Fred G. Zerbst was put on
the stand and testified only regardin
rapt. Klattenhoffs physical condition
since he had been in the Atlanta
prison. This made only two
witnesses offered by the defense.
.Mr. Grace again endeavored to got
iii tlie record the ownership of the j
Charleston Evening Post, this tiniel
adding the Xevs and Courier, claiming
that such evidence would show
animus and bias in the prosecution
of Wierse. Judge Smith ruled such,
testimony incompetent, counsel for
the defense asking that exception be
noted.
.Mr. Grace also failed to get in evidence
the record of the "hiebenfels
trial" held in Florence in March,
when eight officers of the steamship
were acquitted of conspiracy to sink
the Liebenfels, but at the same time
.Miss Laura ('. Woo Kilters.
Aiken, Oct. 13.?Cards are out
from .Mr. and .Mrs. Woo S. Hong announcing
tlie birth of a baby girl.
The child is the first of the Chinese
race to be born in Aiken county. The
little one has been named Laura C.
Woo. .Mr. Hong is a naturalized
American citizen and a member of
the Presbyterian church, though he
is not a member of that church in
Aiken as yet. The little girls was
born Wednesday.
Wnn s Hnns>- is connected with
a laundry, establishment here and
speaks excellent English. His wife
is a native of China and is one of
the very few Chinese women in the
State.
Say loot to the Germans and it is
no sooner said than done.
were convicted of actually sinking
her. Capt. Klattenhoff was in a
Charleston hospital at the same time
and was not tried. He later pleaded
guilty to sinking the ship.
The defense then announced its
case closed and the government offered
no evidence in rebuttal, whereupon
.Mr. Grace, claiming that the
government had not made out its
case, asked the court to direct a
verdict of acquittal. This the judge
refused to do, and preparations were
made to begin the arguments. Each
side was allowed half an hour to
address the jury, with ten minutes
for the government to reply.
Assistant District Attorney J.
Waites Waring, of Charleston, who
conducted the examination on the
part of the prosecution^ of all the
witnesses, opened the arguments for
the government, going over the testimony,
stressing the main points,
which strengthened the prosecution's
contentions and pointing out the
alleged inconsistencies in the statements
made on the stand by Wierse.
Mr. Grace followed for the defense
and made a clear and comprehensive
argument in behalf of his client
until near the close, when the "blowup"
came. After exceeding the time
limit set by the court, Mr. Grace
suddenly became very much excited.
Tears were coming from his eyes and
his voice was husky, with emotion,
apparently. He wanted to know why
Paul Wierse and not former German
Consul E. H. Jahnz, or the consul's
son, of Charleston, had been singled
out for prosecution, answering his
own question by saying that it was
"because Wierse is connected with
the Charleston American." Mr. Waring
was promptly on his feet protesting
to the court against such declaration
by Mr. Grace. Judge Smith
quickly told Wierse's attorney to
"stop!"
"Well, that's my opinion," retorted
Grace.
"You have no right to express
such opinion, your time is up," said
the court, emphatically.
"May I have a word more, your
honor?" pleaded the attorney, still
weeping.
"Not one word, sir." And Mr.
Grace sat down.
Weston Alone Responsible.
District Attorney Weston in beginning
his argument said he wanted it
distinctly understood that he alone
was responsible for the prosecution ot
Paul Wierse; that he would not be
true to the trust reposed in him if he
did not use every means in his power
to bring to justice violators of the
laws of the United States. He emphatically
declared that he assumed
all responsibility for the charges
against the defendants and had n<^
apologies to make to the court, jury,)
counsel or anybody else. At this*
point .Mr. Grace protested, but the
court stated that the district attorney
could reply to insinuations of
counsel for the defense. Grace asked
if he would be given an opportunity
to reply.
"No, sir," said the court.
.Mr Weston asked the interruptions
cease, Judge Smith assuring
him that they would at the same time
again admonishing .Mr. Grace.
Mr. Weston made a forceful argument
during the short time at his
disposal, closing with the reminder
to the jtiry that a person does not
send a telegram of congratulation,
especially "collect." to a fHend upon
his engagement, as "there's many a
slip 'twixt cup and lip," and it would
be like sending flowers "before the
man is dead." this reference being to
Wierse's testimony yesterday that the
telegram he sent Consul Mtiller in Atlanta.
containing the one word, "congratulations,'
was the result of a message
in a letter from the consul that
"the young lady has consented at
last." The government contended that
this telegram was to congratulate the
German consul in Atlanta on the successful
culmination of the alleged
conspiracy between Wierse, Klattennnrl
Mnllpr tn sink tlishin.
Court Delivers Charge.
Judge Smith took great pains with
his charge to the jury, explaining in
detail the law and carefully reciting
the major portion of the testimony.
Several lawyers in the court room
were heard to remark that they had
never heard a clearer or more comprehensive
charge.
The jury was composed of eleven
white men and one negro, with a personnel
of exceptional intelligence.
They received the ca?e at lii.J." p. ni.
and in less than an hour the verdict
was announced.
All business of the tern being completed.
court was adjourned earlv
this afternoon and the ononis and J
attaches left Aiken for their respec-j
live homes on the afternoon trains. J
The noxr session 01 tne i nneu
States Court for the Kastcni District j
of South Carolina will convene at!
Columbia on Tuesday, November '?. J
At this session it is likely that Albert j
Orth, publisher of the Deuisr-he Zci- i
tuns, at Charleston, will be tried j
under one or more of the five indict-I
nients found against him here this!
week. !
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County ami Elsewhere.
Ehrhurdt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, October ltl.?"Plenty of
cotton, plenty of money." and 110 liquor
to drink?the first such experience
our countv has ever had. The
farmers thought to go to the gin
without a "bottle to sip from to
knock off the coolness of the morning
and to kill the dust from the
cotton?it was impossible?but so
far they have had but very little
and all seem to be better off without
it. Heretofore when cotton was sold
was "booze;" now it is to pay their
accounts,* deposit the balance in the
bank, buy wifev and children new
clothing, new furniture for the home
?the families are all happier. The
father is usually on time getting
home from town, and all the family
runs out to meet him. Heretofore,
what? He was late at night in getting
home; all the money spent or
lost, no clothing or anything to make
the home happier?all the family
afraid of him for he was "drunk."
To solve the high cost of meat
and to get something wild to feast
upon, as well as the sport of it, Messrs.
J. F. Chassereau and J. B. Ehrhardt
boarded their gas burner last
Thursday morning and motored down
to the hunting reserves below Green
Pond. They had good luck with the
"fleet-footed,,?bagging two deer for
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cue ua,y s 11 mit* niiei iuuggi) jjactving
the spoil, guns, etc., they left on
their return trip about dark, with
each thinking of the "tale" he would
tell upon his home arrival. All at
once there appeared in the road
ahead of them an object that was
moving and as they drew nearer and
making the light stronger it was
found to be an o'possum. Mr. Chassereau
jumjed out of the car and
gave pursuit while Mr. Ehrhardt
managed the car and kept the light
turned in the direction the chase was
going on. Mr. Chassereau. however,
won the race a-nd brought Bre'r Pos'
in. They did not kill the o'possum,
but after dressing hum up in Mr.
Ehrhardt's hunting coat and placing
him in the front part of the car, they
started for home again. Bre'r Pos',
not liking his Quarters, undressed
himself of the coat and, presumably,
taking Mr. Ehrhardt's pants leg for
a hollow limb with a small vine
growing in it, he made a dive for
safety; thus, scratching, clawing and
biting on his leg upset the owner, but
he managed to stop the car and when
he found himself he and Bre'r Pos'
were on the back part of the car
jumping from top to bottom, each
scratching and clawing at the other.
Mr. Chassereau finally caught hold
by the tail and pulled the 'possum
out of his would-be hollow. This
time they broke his neck?for safety.
Mr. Chassereau says that in the
scuffle each was making use of some
language. He could not understand
what the 'possum was saying, but
knows exactly what Mr. Ehrhardt
said and asks that it be left out of
print. They are planning for another
hunt and Mr. Ehrhardt says no
more live o'possums in the car he
rides in.
The Baptists held a revival meeting
at the church all of last week.
Rev. D. H. Owings, pastor in charge,
was assisted by Dr. Brunson. The
meeting was successful and much
good was accomplished. Dr. Brunon
is an authority on the Bible and
he drew large congregations each
day.
Work began Monday, October 8th,
on the new brick buildin for the
Ehrhardt high school. It will be
completed in time for the 191S-19
scholastic term, and will be modern
in every respect. JEF.
Colston Clippings.
Colston, October 17.?Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Beard. Mrs. A. E. Barnes
and Miss Lina Barnes were the Sun
day visitors of Mrs. Sndie Barnes.
Messrs. John G. Clayton and Isaac
Produskey, of Walterboro. spent Sunday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Clayton.
Messrs. .1. F. Kearse and G. A.
McMillan visited Mr. Reuben Kearse
at Camp Jackson Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Padgett and
family spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. George Bessinger.
Miss Ethel McMillan, of Bamberg,
was at home Saturday night and
Sunday.
Mrs. J. M. Clayton spent Saturday
night with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Clayton.
Miss Evelyn Kirk land is staying
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Kirkland, near Olar, at present.
Miss Annie Eon Hutson spent last
week-end at her home in Springfield,
j Mr. Claude Kirkland was the Saturday
night guest of Mr. Elgin McMillan.
Mr. and Mr-;. J. F. McMillan, Master
Ernest Clayton and Miss Inez
Clayton visited relatives at Denmark
Sunday.
Messrs. Copeland Zeigler and I,V.rbot
.\*< Viil-n spent Satu'day night
with Mr. Frank Krkland, Jr.
Gilford lirM.gv Budget.
Buford Bridge. October id.? Miss
Sarah spnn last w.?ek very
ideasar-tly i:i Allendale.
Anion?? the visitors at Mr. J. B.
Kearse's last v^e-v-end were: Mr. R.
L. Kiarse and family, Mr Henry
Kearse and Miss Clara .A eMillan. of
Bamberg, and Mh;s Lena Kearse and
little niece Gladys Brabham, of Olar.
Mr. Fletcher Kirhland and Misses
ONCE FERTILE; NOW A DESERT.
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Region East of Ypres Transformed
into a Desolate Waste.
A prosperous farming country before
the war. the region east of Ypres
is now a desolate waste of large and
deep shell craters. It has been the
scene of much bitter and sanguinary
fighting and the artillery fire has
done its work.
Few sectors of the western front
have been laid waste as has this one.
Farm buildings and villages have
been swept away by the shells. Only
a few pieces of wall mark where
i .M J? 3 n J
uu i tilings once sioou. larass auu
other green things have disappeared
in the turning up of the earth by the
innumerable exploding shells.
Like the Soinme.
From Ypres out across the Westhoek
bridge and over the site of
what once was Zonnebeke from which
the Germans were pushed recently,
the scene of demolition recalls the
days of the battle of the Somme. The
unprecedented havoc wrought on the
Somme front hardly surpassed that
which exists along the Ypres front.
More striking than all the rest
were the scenes of death on every
hand. Germans lay in great numbers
over this ground which had not
yet been cleared. At many places
groups of Germans had been killed
as they fought together and they
rested as they fell. Shell holes at
some places were choked with bodies.
The village of Zonnebeke is only
a memory. Some shattered walls remain
of the big church and in very
few places there are marks of other
public buildings, but the village as a
whole has disappeared. The railway
station, of the Ypres-Roulers line,
where for days the British and Germans
battled fiercely at close quarters,
is gone and there remains only
a small concrete redoubt, about which
the Germans made their last stand.
Xo Longer a Railway.
The Ypres-Roulers Railway, which
for so long was under British gunfire
and is now being hammered by the
Germans, is nothing but a broken
mound of eartn. The rails nave oeen
twisted into knots and hurled here
and there.
All the highways here and on other
parts of the battlefield have been
damaged severely. They are pitted . (
here and there with shell holes. A
thousand yards in front of Zonnebeke
was Broodseinde ridge and the village
with its famous cross roads,
where many Germans were killed recently
by the British artillery fire.
The British line is over the crest of
this ridge on the eastern side. Broodseinde
has gone the same way as
Zonnebeke, Gravenstafel, Passchendaele
and many other hamlet^..
Smashed by Shells.
The German redoubts and pill boxes
in the Zonnebeke region mostly
had been smashed by shell fire, although
many of them put up a stout
resistance. There was one great concrete
and steel redoubt which had
withstood the terriffic fire to which
it had been subjected. Its defenders
had been driven out by the infantry
in a pitched battle. The redoubt
was eighty yards long and about forty
yards wide. The walls, which were
of concrete reinforced with steel rails
were about five feet thick. The roof
was made of sheet steel. The building
contained six large rooms which
would hold several hundred men. The
whole country hereabout was covered
> with similarly built defenses of varying
sizes.
Elizabeth Kirkland and Cleo Kearse,
of Carlisle school, spent the past
week-end at home.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Neeley, Mr. G.
M. Neeley, Mrs. Eugene Milhous and
little daughter Adelaide, and Miss
Ruth Shuler spent last Sunday in
Denmark with Mr. Edward Neeley
and family. Their mother returned
with them and will spend her time
with here for several weeks.
Mr. S. E. Neeley went to Charlotte
last Monday on business.
Miss Evelyn Kirkland, of Colston,
is visiting Mrs. J. H. Kirkland.
Miss Forest, of Virginia, is visiting
her cousin, Mrs. J. W.-Smith.
Rev. A. Sassard filled his appointment
at Mizpah last Sunday for the
first time since August. BOAGUS.
BranchviUe Brevities.
Brancliville, Oct. 13.?Miss Ruth
Byrd is visiting relatives in Augusta,
Ga.
Mrs. Mamie Dukes is spending
some time with relatives in Charleston.
Mrs. Sue Johnson, of Fort Motte,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Charles
Bruce.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Weiss are visiting
relatives in Ehrhardt.
Mrs. E. F. Cabell has returned
home after spending some time with
friends in Martinsville, Va.
Mrs. Lerov Peters, of Ehrhardt,
visited relatives here last week.
Denmark Doings.
Denmark, Oct. 13.?Mrs. St. Clair
Guess and son are visiting Mrs. Terriott
in Sumter.
Mrs. T. Stokes, of Orangeburg,
spent this week here with Mrs. W. L.
Riley.
W. D. May field and W. L. Riley attended
the marriage of the latter's
brother, J. A. Riley, in Chester this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Millions, of
j Union, spent several days recently
| with his mother, Mrs. llattie Miihous.
| .Mrs. J. R. Minor and daughter are
visiting relatives in Atlanta.
Mrs. Walter Latta, of Orangeburg,
spent a short while here the past
week.
Miss Mary Collson. of Virginia, is
the guest 01' Miss Ruth Guess.
Or. Walter Gillam, from Camp
Jackson, Columbia, spent Sunday
with his parents here.
G. L. Toole, of Aiken, was among
i the visitors here the past week.