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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
?* News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere,
w Clear Pond Cuttings.
Clear .Pond, Dec. 18.?Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Morris have returned from
a visit to Augusta.
The friends of Mrs. Johnny Folk
will be glad to hear of her improvement.
She has been in a hospital in
Charleston.
Miss Daisy Murph spent several
days in Columbia with her friend,
Mrs. M. E. Rentz, recently.
Mrs. P.'K. Hughes and Miss Meta
Hughes spent Friday in Ehrhardt.
Mrs. Avis Steedly, who is employed
at the navy yard in Charleston, is
at home.
There will be a Christmas tree and
entertainment at the school house on
Monday evening, December 24, beginning
at 7:30 o'clock. The public
is invited.
Sehofield Sketches.
Schofield, Dec. 18.?The brand of
weather that we have been having
for the past two weeks reminds one
of the desperate struggle that the
\ boys in the trenches will have to endure
in France.
* Mr. H. T. Kearse spent yesterday
, ' in Bamberg.
Miss Verna French, who has been
teaching in the music department of
Columbia college, is at home for the
holidays.
Mrs. ugreta jseara nas reiurneu
to her home in the Colston section,
after a visit of several days with relatives
here.
Th? angel of death visited the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Roberts
this morning and took from their ?
midst their son Harry, who was just
14 years of age. His death came
as a great shock as he was sick for
onlyv a few days. We extend our
sympathy to the bereaved parents
and brothers. . The remains were
carried to Burnside, Ky., for interment,
accompanied by the entire family.
Messrs. D. L. Shiplett and G. W.
Mcintosh will leave this week for
their homes in Virginia and Pennsylvania,
respectively, where they
will spend the holidays with their ,
families. DRAEBLR. i
Buford Bridge Budget.
Buford Bridge, Dec. 18.?Among
It the boys and girls who are expected
to be home for the Christmas holidays
are: Mr. Fletcher Kirkland and
Misses Elizabeth Kirkland and Cleo
Kearse, of Carlisle school; Mr. Edward
Neeley, of Clemson; Miss Myrtle
Everette, Columbia college, and
Miss Maggie Milhous, Lander. Mr.
Toney Kirkland has already come
home for the holidays.
Mr.- John Rush has purchased a
car and is expecting a great time
v \ Christmas. i
The school here will close Friday,
Dec. 21, for the holidays. A Christmas
tree and exercises will he held
at the schoolhouse Friday night. Mr.
and Mrs. Santa Claus, from Australia,
will be with us that night for the
occasion.
Mr. G. V. Kearse has returned
from Michigan. It is interesting to
hear him tell of his experiences.
BOAGUS.
Honor Roll Buford Bridge SchooL
The following is the honor roll of
Buford Bridge school for the month
beginning Nov. 19, ending Dec. 14:
First grade?Sarah Kirkland, Marion
Brabham, Gladys Johns, Myra
Johns. (
i Third grade?Frank Kirkland,
lone Kirkland, Asbury Kirkland,
Walter Brabham, Dalma Johns.
Fifth grade?Nic Kirkland, Blanch
Brabham, Julia Brabham.
RAVAnth crrade?Euerene Brabham.
Inez Kirkland, Will Kirkland.
The following deserve honorable
mention for being present every day
since the beginning of the school
term: Eugene Brabham, Walter (
Brabham, Marion Brabham, Inez
> Kirkland, Nic Kirkland, Sarah Kirkland.
Halifax Dead 1,126.
Halifax, Dec. 12.?The toll of
death resulting from the explosion of
the munitions ship Mont Blanc in
Halifax harbor was officially fixed tonight
at 1,126, including identified
and unidentified bodies and the missing.
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HELD FOR FEDERAL TRIAL.
Young Man Charged With Disloyal
Utterances.
Columbia, Dec. 12.?For alleged
disrespectful remarks about the
President, disloyal criticism of the
government and an epithet applied to
the flag, Rufus Hart, a young salesman,
of Columbia, was bound over to
the federal counr for trial by A. Beverley
Sloan, United States commis
sioner, this afternoon after a preliminary
hearing. Hart was released
on $3,000 bond pending his trial.
Mrs. V. B. Hayes, who runs the
boarding house at which Hart took
his meals, testified that after the declaration
of a state of war with Germany,
Hart, at the supper table, said
"he wouldn't fight; that the Germans
had done nothing to him." It was
brought out in the hearing that Hart
had been drafted and that his chief
theme of conversation at the dining
table was the'war. Miss Morsie Hayes
testified that Hart in his conversation
at the table used these expressions:
"If it hadn't been for Big Mouthed
Wilson we would not be in war,"
and "damn the country and to hell
with the flag."
C. F. Collins testified that he was
present at the conversations in question
and he substantiated the testimony
of the two women. G. A. Pitts,
the remaining witness, said that he
also was present at the time of the
alleged conversations but he could
not swear that Hart made the remarks
alleged against him. Hart
pleaded "not guilty" to the charges.
FIRED FIRST SHOT.
Representative Tinkham Sent Shell
Across the Lower Piave.
Italian Army Headquarters in
Northern Italy, Dec. 11.?The first
American shot against Austria was
fired by Representative Tinkham, of
Boston, on the lower Piave, when Mr.
Tinkham pulled a string firing a
large 149-milimetre gun, sending a
shell hurtling across the Piave to the
Austrian positions at Gonfo.
A huge cloud of black smoke marked
the place where the shell burst.
The Italian battery men gathered
around the gun and raised a cheer
as the American Congressman fired.
Representative Tinkham fired the
shot by invitation of the colonel in
command near Dona di Piave. The
shell was sent on its journey during
a heavy artillery fire along the Piave
and the northern front. The bombardment
was especially concentrated
back of Mount Grappa, between the
Piave and Brenta rivers. This may
be an indication of another drive on
the Italian lines from that direction.
Catching Before Hanging.
Washington, Dec. 12.?Congressman
Tinkham, by firing an Italian
gun at the Austrian / position, has
taken on the status of a non-combatant
^attacking troops, and according
to the rules of warfare, laid himself
liable to execution by the Austrians
should he by any chance fall into
their hands. Under the laws of war,
i civilian may never engage in hostilities.
The fact that war has been declared
does not altar the situation
and any American found engaged in
hostilities regardless of his position
in civil life is regarded as "franctireur."
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WAR WITH AUSTRIA DECLARED.
State of War Existed Prom 5:03
O'clock P. M. Dec. 7, 1917.
Washington, Dec. 7.?War between
the United States and Austria Hungary
was formally declared today.
Congress, with one dissenting vote
in the house, adopted and President
Wilson approved, a resolution declaring
existence of a state of war
between the "Imperial and Royal
Austro-Hun^arian Government and
the Government and people of the
United States," authorizing the president
to employ the nation's armed
forces and pledging its resources to
achieve victory.
After only one hour's debate the
resolution was unanimously adopted
by the senate with an affirmative vote
of 74. It was approved by the
house 363 to 1, Representative LonHr?n
th? \tpw York socialist, casting
the only dissenting vote. A few
minutes later, Vice President Marshall
and Speaker Clark had signed
the document and sent it to the
white house where President Wilson
attached his signature with Secretary
Tumulty and Assistant Secretary
Forester as the only witnesses.
Watermans Ideal Fountain Pens at
Herald Book Store.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading.?Paragraphs About j
Men and Happenings. 1
George W. Browning, of Charles
ton, is under arrest in that city on 1
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the charge of evading the draft.
Up to last Thursday there were r
said to be forty cases of spinal meningitis
at Camp Jackson, Columbia.
In order to aid the fuel administraton,
the Greenville city schools
have suspended for a month beginning
Dec. 14.
John H. Dukes, former sheriff of
Orangeburg county and a well known
citizen of thaft county, died Thursday
afternoon, aged 83.
M. W. Oxner, of Kinards, Newberry
county, vhas entered suit against the
Seabord Air Line railway for $10,000
alleging that the railroad company
has enticed his farm hands to leave
him and go to work for the railroad.
S. E. Hendrix, of Columbia, has 1
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been named by the food administraQ
tion as State merchant representative
for South Carolina. He will co-operate
with the South Carolina food ad- *
ministration in enlisting retailers r
throughout the State in the campaign r
for food conservation. * e
Three military policemen of the
Twenty-Seventh army division at
Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, were
convicted in Spartanburg police court
this week of violating the city traffic
ordinance. The specific charge was ^
that they left an automobile on the
streets with the engine running.
Demanding possession of the property
and appurtenances of the Colum- ^
bia Canal and rentals and income ac- *
cruing from it since August 20, this a
year, a complaint against the Colum- ^
bia Railway, Gas & Electric company, c
the present holders of the waterway, 0
has been, filed by Attorney General *
Thomas H. Peeples. r
As the result of a long period of f
ill health, Mr. O. E. Grist, one of the ^
publishers of the Yorkville Enquirer,
took his life Thursday morning short- *
ly after 11 o'clock, by shooting himself
in the left temple with an auto- *
matic pistol. Death was instantan- a
eous. There was no one else in the *
home at the time of the tragedy. *
The several hundred South Carolinians
who recently received commissions
as officers in the national ^
army following their stay of three
months at the second reserve officers'
training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, .
Ga., and who have since been vis- ,
iting^ their homes, reported for duty
last week at the various cantonments
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and camps throughout the country.
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Lieut. Maximilian W. Doublet^, of t
the French army, one of the foreign f
officers sent to Camp Sevier, to assist c
in the training of the 30th division, j
is at the base hospital of that camp
suffering from an old grenade wound \
in the chest which had necessitated c
a number of operations before the j,
officer left France. Lieut. Doublett ^
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wears j.ne wuas ui nai w. }
the field. i
The fireman and baggageman ^of a F
Southern express train were fatally s
injured and several passengers were t
more or less seriously injured in a c
collision at Calhoun, S. C., Friday
morning between a local train and
the express. The accident is attributed
to the negligence of the tele- lc
graph operator at Seneca, in failing ^
to deliver orders to the engineer of Q.
the local. _ L
BARS CRITICISM OF DRAFT. R
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Judge Silences Attorney Who Says ri
People Never Sanctioned War.
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Washington, Dec. 13.?A scathing 0
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White to one of the lawyers attacking P1
the law enlivened argument before L
the Supreme Court today in cases k
testing the constitutionality of the n
army draft act. r(
J. Gordon Jones, representing Albert
Jones, convicted in Georgia of
failing to register, declared the law
was unconstitutional because it required
men to take part in a war
which had never received the peoc<
pie's approval. His remark was cut
short. *
"I do not think your statement has
anything to do with the legal argu- a
ments," said the Chief Justice sharp- s
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ly, "and should not have been said in
this court. It is a very unpatriotic ?
statement to make."
The attorney apologized and continued
his argument. H
EXEMPTION BOARD OUT.
Hilton County Men Summarily I>ismissed.?Too
Many Discharges.
Atlanta, Dec. 15.?The entire
nembership of the Fulton county exemption
board has been summarily
iismissed by the provost marshal
general by orders from President
Wilson on charges involving "unwarranted
exemptions and discharges,"
according to a statement made
mblic here tonight by Maj. J. B. Malete,
in charge of the operation of
he selective service law in Georgia.
Fhe order was made public with
mother order appointing successors
o Judge R. F. Thompson, chairman;
5. J. Mitchell and Dr. C. M. Curtis,
he dismissed members.
According to statistics made public,
>ut of 818 white men called in the
:ounty on the first draft 526 were exsmpted.
Of the total number of
vhite men called before the board,
he announcement said, 44 per cent,
^ere exempted on physical grounds,
t is also alleged that 202 negroes
vere summoned before the board and
hat out of this number only six
vere exempted.
It was pointed out that inasmuch
it the county's quota under the first
Iraft had already been sent to camp,
md in view of the fact that the new
[raft regulations are now operative,
he provost marshal general had diected
that it will be unnecessary to
eexamine any of the registrants exmpted
or discharged.
The case of the board, it was anlounced,
had been turned over to
h department of justice.
MEANS AtyUlTTEU.
forth Carolinian Was Accused of
Killing Wealthy Mrs. King.
Concord, Dec. 16.?Gaston B.
leans was acquitted here today for
he murder of Mrs. Maude A. King,
k wealthy widow of New York, whose
>usiness affairs he had handled. The
ase went to the jury last night at 7
'clock, and as Presiding Judge Cline
lad ruled that a verdict might be
endered on Sunday, the jurors sent
or him today and returned the verlict
shortly after 10 o'clock.
After the foreman of the jury'had
romally pronounced the verdict of
not guilty," counsel for Means asked
he court if it had any other charges
gainst Means. Judge Cline replied
here was none, and' Means was given
lis freedom for the first time since
ast September, when he was arrested
n a warrant charged with having
hot the woman who met death here
n August. Means always asserted
he shot herself accidentally.
Reports had been current here that
f Means were acquitted of the murler
charges that New York officials
rho took an active part in aiding the
>rosecution, would seek his arrest on
ther charges, alleged misappropriaion
in New York of the woman's
ortune and allegations of Means's
onnection with German interests,
laving been aired at the trial.
Assistant District Attorney Dool
ng, of New'York, and a number of
?ther officials firom that State, left
lere last night, taking with them
locuments seized in Means's New
fork apartments, which were used
n the trial, and Solicitor Clement,
trosecuting attorney for the State,
aid, in reply to questions late today,
hat he did not anticipate any prose:ution
of Means in New York.
"Bomb" Cause of Excitement.
Orangeburg, Dec. 17.?A curious>oking
object, thought to resemble a
omb of some kind, was discovered
n the track of the' Atlantic Coast
ine at the crossing of the Southern
ailway yesterday. The "bomb" was
irned over to the police and it was
imored over the city that an atsmpt
had been made to blow up a
train on the Atlantic Coast Line,
n investigation, however, a witness
jstified that the object found was a
art from a Pullmdn car. Chief
imehouse now has the "bomb" in
is office and it is said that some are
ot yet convinced that it is not a
jal German "bomb."
Gem. IT. R. Brooks Dead.
Columbia, Dec. 16.?Gen. U. R.
trooks, aged 71, clerk of the South
larolina Supreme Court since Deember
6, 1894, died at his residence
t Shandon, a suburb of Columbia,
his morning at 8.45 o'clock, after
n illness of several months. He was
urrounded by the members of his
amily, with the exception of his
ldest son, who is sick in a local
ospital.
Watermans Ideal Fountain Pens at
[?raid Book Store.
PROHIBITION TRIUMPHANT
PASSED IN THE HOUSE BY VOTE
OP 282 TO 128.
I Not Until Last Few Names on the
I Roll Were Called Did Wets
i Concede Their Defeat.
TrBoKInwAnn FTpf4 17. NatiOIl
i n aoaiii^iL/n,
wide prohibition won in the House
today, and only the adjustment of a
slight difference in the resolution
between the House and Senate now
stands in the way of submitting to
State Legislatures an amendment to
the federal Constitution forbidding
the manufacture, sale or importation
of intoxicating liquor for beverage
purposes in the United States or its
territorities.
The vote in the House, taken after
a day of debate before crowded galleries,
was 282 to 128, with the parties
dividing almost evenly. The
margin for prohibition was just eight
votes more than the necessary twothirds
of the membership of the
House required for adoption, and
twenty-six more than two-thirds of
those voting.
Close Vote.
Both wets and drys had been predicting
victory all day, and it was
not until the last few names had been
called . that the anti-prohibition
forces conceded their defeat.
After Speaker Clark announced
the result the victors were joined in
the galleries in such a demonstration
as is rarely permitted in the House.
Former Secretary Br^an, an interested
spectator nearly every day, ap~
Deared on the floor and joined in
receiving congratulations with Representative
Webb, of North Carolina,
who had led the fight.
Identical Resolutions.
The resolution passed by the House
is identical with that passed by the
Senate last August, except that it
gives the States seven years instead
of six in which to ratify the amendment.
Senator Sheppard, author of
the resolution, predicted tonight that
the Senate would Accept the amendment
tomorrow. He said he had
assurances that the seven years period
would -be approved, and he did
not believe a roll cail necessary.
The President's approval is not required,
and the State Legislatures
may act as soon as they please after
the signatures of the Vice President
and Speaker Clark have been attached
to the resolution.
Qhristmas Present.
"It will be submitted tomorrow as
a Christmas present to the American
people," said Senator Sheppard, "and
I believe it "will be ratified within
three years."
Every attempt today to put on
amendments to expept light wines
and beer were beaten, and 147 Democrats
stood aligned with 137 Republicans
and four Independents to win
the final victory for the Prohibitionist
forces.
Hands and Good Health.
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Now that we have become so alert
on the subject of germs, we cannot
afford to neglect our hands. Improperly
cared for finger nails, chapped,
roughened surfaces, and hands not
thoroughly cleansed several times a
day, especially before every meal,
offer an excellent carrier for disease
germs.
It is much better to protect the
hands in public conveyances with
wash gloves than to go bare handed.
To grasp the rail on the car or to put
one's bare hands on the seat or window
sill is to come in contact with a
good deal of misplaced matter, and it
is not unusual to find these surfaces
sticky and very much soiled.
In a few moments one may unconsciously
place the fingers in the
mouth or rub the eye or wipe the
fingers on the handkerchief, leaving
germs where they will be brushed to
the face a little later. The wonder
is not that we contract so many diseases,
but rather that we do not have 1
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more. :
Some think it a matter for mirth
that their rrienas spena time manicuring
and do not hesitate to purchase
such supplies as may be needed.
Perhaps those people who scorn
to take care of their own hands are
the ones who before long will be called
upon to pay medical, hospital and
nursing bills as a result of serious
illness from infection or contagion
which might have been avoided by
scrupulous care of the hands and
finger nails. Think about it and you
will see the importance of this part
of one's personal grooming.?Health
Notes.
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BUILDING 4,000 VESSELS.
Stevens Predicts 6,000,000 Ton? ^
Available Next Year.
New York, Dec. 14.?Contracts
have been let by the federal shipping
board for 4,000 ships, with net dead
weight carrying scapacity of 8,000,- \
000 tons, Raymond B. Stevens, vice
chairman of the hoard, told the members
of the Academy of Political Science
at the opening of their thirty
seventh annual meeting here today.
He thought that at least 6,000,000
tons would be available next year.
Because the navy program had tied
up 65 per cent of all the available
steel yards, he said, it had been necessary
to build ship yards.
The great need is for man power,
and if the plants were in full opera- .
tion, Mr. Stevens declared, 400,000
additional skilled men would be at ' \ t
work today in ship yards. . f
Referring to the fact that 65 per
cent of the crews of ships flying the
American flag today is of alien citizenship,
Mr. Stevens said, the board
was working diligently to make it
certain that when the new ships take
cargoes the bridges and decks will be
manned by Americans only. Francis
Lee Stuart, chairman of the
terminal facilities of the war board,
declared that the freight congestion
which had become acute as early as - ) .J
the spring of 1913, was because railroad
facilities had not kept abreast
of the increased traffic.
GERMANS HAVE 150 DIVISIONS.
On Western Front Now, Declares
Military Writer.
London, Dec. 14.?The military
correspondent of the Times, in a gen- v '
eral review of the military situation,
estimates that there are now abont
150 German divisions on the western
front and 79 on the eastern front, but . ^
that apparently all men between nineteen
and thirty-five years of age are
being withdrawn from the latter point
for service id the west.
The writer concurs in the opinion
that the Germans probably will try \
to settle matters in the west before
Russia recovers, and America is ready \
hoping to deliver a decisive blow this \
winter or in the spring. y
The central powers, he declares, i
are seriously beset by want and the \
exhaustion of their reserves, so that ?\
it may be necessary (or them to strike
very quickly.
At any rate, In his view, a half \
million fresh fighting men must, be \
expected on the enemy side in the \
west with a corresponding increase * \
in guns and aircraft. r. vjfe
The correspondent does not think
this will be sufficient to insure a victory
for the central powers, but he \
argues that it must compel great efforts
and speedy ones by the allies. ^ .vj
He points out that Great Britain
can extend her conscription to Ireland \
and raise the age limit for service to \ ^
fifty years, comb the industries and >
send youths of 18 to the front. By
the vigorous application of all these
means, in his view, the allies can
"carry on" until the Americans arrive
in force. He recognizes, however,
that "contentious legislation"'
must be faced to enable such an appli- , rtfjfi
cation of effort.
The combined strength of the allies \
on the western front, the writer con- *
tends, is inadequate to promise a vie- \ ,->J|
tory in an ambitious offensive,* and > ./$
he urges the reconsideration of ideas \
upon distant operations, instancing
Saloniki, where he says there are \
enough men to turn the scales in
France. vP
"What is the use," says the
writer, "to occupy Jerusalem or Bagdad
if we are unsuccessful in the main
theatre?" \
Officer Kills Young Girl.
Orangeburg, Dec. 17.?Hannah
Stewart Salley, a young colored girl,
was accidentally and fatally shot by
an officer of the local police force
yesterday. The officer was looking
for a negro charged with larceny. A
negro ran from a house near which
he officer was standing and in shoots
Ing at Mm tne ounet giancea irom a
nearby tree and went into the stomich
of the child. Everything possible . , > '
vas done. The child was sent to a
hospital in Columbia, but died shortly
afterward. An inquest was held
)ver the remains this morning and a
rerdict exonerating the officer entirely
was "returned.
Dr. James A. Hayne, secretary of
the State board of health will ask
the next general assembly for a generous
appropriation to be used in
combating spinal meningitis.
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