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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 11,1918. Established 1891.
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTEKS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
r News Items Gathered Ail Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Colston Clippings.
Colston, July 3.?Mrs. R. L. Beard
and son, of Donora, visited relatives
in this section last week.
Misses Eva Mae and Blanche
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with Miss Mamie McMillan.
Miss Bessie Kirkland, of Denmark,
spent Saturday night and Sunday
at home.
Misses Laura and Thyra Goodwin
were the Saturday night guests of
} Misses Nettie and Inez Clayton.
I Miss Eloise Kirkland, of Olar, has
been spending some time with Miss
Alberta Kearse.
Messrs. Gerald Kearse and Frank
Kirkland, from this section, were
among the boys to leave for the
University on Monday.
Mr. R. L. Jackson, of Sumter, was
a visitor in this section Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeter Creech and
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Gillam, of near
Denmark, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Clayton.
The near relatives and friends of
Messrs. Gerald Kearse and Frank
Kirkland, Jr., enjoyed a barbecue
\ given in their behalf by Messrs. R. F.
Kirkland and W. P. McMillan, at the
home qf Mr. Kirkland Friday.
Miss 6ora McMillan is visiting Mrs.
G. F. McMillan, near Ehrhardt.
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Mrs. Ogreta Beard has returned to
Donora* after spending some time
at her home in this section.
The many friends of privates Reu.
ben Kearse and Clyde Padgett are
glad to know that they are well,
getting on fine, and ready to do their
. bit somewhere in France.
The friends of little Valentine
McMillan are sorry to know that he
has suffered a broken arm as the result
of falling from a tree in which he
was attenfpting to tie a swing.
Messrs. B. W. and G. W. Beard
motored to Savannah Saturday.
Colston, July 10.?A much needed
rain fell in these parts Monday afternoon.
Misses Laura and Mamie McMillan
and Mr. Perry Lee McMillan dined
Sunday at the home of Mr. Lucius
Carter in the Oak Grove section.
Miss Evelyn Kirkland spent Saturday
night with Miss Mary Clayton.
Mr., and Mrs. J. M. Grimes and
family, of Bamberg, visited Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Fender Sunday.
Mr. Elgin McMillan dined Sunday
with Mr. Dawson Kearse.
Mrs. Thos. Clayton, Misses Evelyn
Kirkland, Mary Clayton and Messrs.
George Kearse and Sammie Clayton
dined at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Calvin Padgett Sunday.
Mr. and Airs. Alex Jenniners and
children, v Miss Cora McMillan, Mr.
Frank Kirkland and daughter, Miss
Dora Lee, were the Sunday guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Silvie
Folk.
Mr. Albert McMillan, of Camp
Wadsforth, Spartanburg, was at home
several days last week.
Miss Elvie Kearse, of Bamberg, is
at home on a vacation.
Olar and Govan News.
Olar, July 10.?Dr. and Mrs. L. A.
Hartzog and little son, Franklin Rizer,
are spending "a few days at
Glenn Springs.
Misses Lucile Jackson and Vandell
Smith, of Orangeburg, are visiting
Miss Alma Lain.
Misses Pearl and Coke Barker
spent last week-end with relatives in
Norway.
Mr. Ellis Barker and friend, Mr.
Cooper, of Camp Jackson, spent Saturday
night and Sunday with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Barker.
Miss Caroline Starr has several
girl friends visiting her.
Misses Pearl Barker and Alma
Lain and Messrs. Gilmore Lancaster
and Stoney Kennedy motored to
Orangeburg one afternoon last week
to see the picture "the Kaiser the
beast of Berlin."
Misses Marie Bessinger, Eunice
Hiers and Lottie Proveaux, who are
attending the summer school at Orangeburg,
spent the fourth of July
? at home.
Quite a number of the young folks
enjoyed a picnic and swim at Buford's
bridge on July fourth.
Miss Lena Kearse and Mr. Griffin
Proveaux motored over to Orangeburg
last Thursday. BYE BYE.
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Nearly one million female clerks
are employed in England.
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MA J. J. P. MITCHELL KILLED.
Former New York Mayor Die9 in
Aerial Accident.
Lake Charles, La., July 6.?An examination
of the wrecked airplane
from which Major John Purroy Mitchel,
former mayor of New York and
an officer in the aviation section of
the signal corps, fell to his death at
Gerstner aviation field early today,
revealed that the safety belt was unfastened
at the time of the accident,
causing Major Mitchell to fall when
the plane went into a nose dive at a
height of about 600 feet. Major Kirby,
commanding officer at the field,
declined tonight to speculate as to
why the belt was unfastened. It is
a rule, he said, that all fliers fasten
themselves in the plane with the belt I
before ascending. The investigation
has not been completed, Major Kirby
stated.
In Excellent Spirits.
Major Mitchel, in excellent spirits,
went out to the field early this morning
with his instructor, Lieut. John
McCafferty, also of New York. The
officers were discussing politics at
the time former mayor took the air.
The instructor remained on the
ground to observe the student's climbing
operations. When about 600
feet up Major Mitchel fell from his
seat and his body struck almost at
the feet of Jueut. aicuanerty. ine
body, which landed head first, and
was badly mangled, was left at the
field until tonight .when it was
brought here. The airplane, a single
seated, scout machine, went skimming
on without a pilot for half a
mile and then fell 500 feet, completely
demolished.
5,000 Laborers Wanted.
The chairman of the Bamberg
county council of defense has received
the following announcement in regard
to workmen needed by the government.
We hope all interested or
who may be able to interest others
will take the matter up with either
the Columbia or Charleston office.
4'To all county chairmen and enrollment
agents: .
"In accordance with the proclamation
of President Woorow Wilson
the U. S. Department of Labor
through its Public Service Reserve
and Employment Service is preparing
to handle the labor situation. We
have opened a U. S. Employment
office at 231 Meeting St., Charleston,
S. C., and we have a U. S. Employment
office opened at 1222 Washington
St., Columbia, S. C. By opening
these offices we have been enabled
to stop private recruiting of men
throughout the State. Any soliciting
labor agents in this State without
permission from the State Director
should be stopped and the information
given to this office immediately,
in order that we may protect the interests
of the employers of this State
as well as that of the employees.
"The Constructing Quartermaster
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carpenters. The pay is 40 cents per
hour for the first eight hours, time
and one-half all over eight hours.
At North Charleston, S. C., where
the government is erecting enormous
warehouses there is immediate call
for 5,000 laborers, 25 cents to 30
cents per hour the first eight hours,
time and one-half all over eight
hours. They are also in need of 200
carpenters at 60 cents per hour; and
boiler makers and machinists at 72%
cents per hour.
"If there are any. men in your
community who can possibly be
spared from non-essential industries
we would be glad if you would direct
them to this office or to the Charleston
office. As the government has
had the soliciting agents withdrawn
it is our duty to furnish all the men
we can. There is sufficient housing
at Charleston for the men needed
but no housing .for families. We are
advised that living can be secured
there at approximately $7.00 per
week. *
"This office is one in a chain that
reaches all over the United States
and any men who may seek employment
through you, we are in a position
to handle. We think it well to
advise with the leading men of your
county to make an organized effort
roliovo oil nnn.oacantiftl workers
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and wherever practicable to replace
men with women. Enormous numbers
of men are required at various
points by the government?Norfolk,
Va.f alone needing 10,000. It is our
duty to protect the railroad service
and the farms. This is just as important
as any other duty we have. !
Your earnest efforts in co-operating
with us will be appreciated. Yours
very truly, H. L. TILGHMAN,
"State Director."
Miss Pennington's Body Recovered.
Columbia, July 3.?The body of |
Miss Pearl Pennington, who was (
drowned with Capt Perry Shaw a'
week ago, was found in the Congaree j
river at 2:45 o'clock this afternoon i
at a point fifteen miles from the city. \
Capt. Shaw's body was recovered j
three days after the double tragedy j
three miles below the spot where the I
body of the nurse was found. Miss j
Pennington's body was found by a j
white man attached to the govern-1
ment river forces and a private in I
the artillery.
THE SHIPBUILDING RECORD
YEAR JUST CLOSED BEATS ALL
OTHERS IN TONNAGE.
Total Added Tonnage, 1,430,793,
More Than Double Germany's
Output in Peace Time.
Washington, July 3.?On the eve
of the greatest ship-launching day in
history, the bureau of navigation of
the department of commerce announced
tonight that the fiscal year just
closed exceeded all previous years in
! new ships built in this country, giving
the United States a merchant marine
of 10,040,658 gross tons and
numbering nearly thirty thousand
vessels.
In the twelve months ended June
30, there were 1,622 new ships of 1,430,793
gross tons numbered by the
bureau, more than double the output
of German yards in peace time. Great
Britain's production in the same peI
riod has not been made public, but
| in the year ended May 31, it amounted
to 1,406,838 gross tons, or about
70 per cent of the normal annual output.
Requisitioned Ships.
In addition to the merchant ships
permanently under the Stars and
Stripes, the seagoing fleet of c^rgocarriers
controlled by the United
States includes 200,000 tons of requisitioned
Dutch ships and 404,700
tons operated by the army and navy
as transports, hospital ships, supply
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besides yachts and similar vessels
under five hundred tons employed in
considerable numbers in military and
naval service.
One half of the fiscal year's output
of ships; was completed in the last
four months. The total included 253
seagoing steel steamers of 1,034,604
gross tons and 157 seagoing wooden
vessels of 213,088 tons, the remainder
being vessels for the lakes, rivers;
and domestic transportation, except
one concrete seagoing steamer of 3,427
gross tons.
% Will be Eclipsed.
Even this record production, however,
undoubtedly will be eclipsed in
the fiscal year just starting, for many
new yards are just beginning to get
into full operation and the great fabricating
yards have not yet begun to
add finished ships to the cargo fleets. |
Losses sustained by the merchant
marine included for the past three
months, were 82,049 tons of seagoing
vessels, including ten of 14,707 gross
tons sunk by submarines off the Atlatic
coast in May and June.
Close Rival.
The growth of the shipbuilding industry
in this country in the last two
years has been a close rival of many
businesses which have given America
its reputation as a great industrial
nation. The records of the bureau of
navigation show that in the twelve
months ended June 30, 1917, the renaisance
of shipbuilding had just
started, there were completed in
American yards 1,030 ships of 347,147
gross tons.. Another twelve
months saw the number increased to
1,546 ships of 812,659 gross tons
and in the year just ended, this /tonnage
output was nearly doubled,
while the number of ships grew to
1,622. Instead of small craft for doj
mestic transportation, the yards now
are building great oceangoing ships
to carry men and supplies to France
and later to establish new lines of
I communication between the United
: States and Latin-America, and teh
Orient.
The launching of nearly 100 ships
: tomorrow, a declaration of AmeriI
can independence of foreign merchant
shipping, will be celebrated by words
of appreciation by President Wilson,
Chairman Hurley, General Pershing
and the Americans fighting in Europe.
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NEGRO SOLDIERS HANG.
Three Were Executed at Camp Dodge
Friday.
Camp Dodge, Iowa, July 5.?Three
negro soldiers, selective servicemen
from Alabama, convicted by courtmartial
of assaulting a 17-year-old
white girl after slugging her escort
on the cantonment grounds on the
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today.
The negroes whose sentences have
been reviewed and approved by President
Wilson are Robert Johnson,
Stanley Trammell and Fred Allen.
About 50 subsistence inspectors of
the army attended a school of one
week recently held at Washington,
D. C., to receive instruction in methods
to standardize the inspection of
food. [
5,000 PRISONERS IN WEEK.
Valuable Information as to Huns'
Future Operations.
London, July 5.?During the last
week the Entente Allies on the western
front have taken more than five
thousand prisoners. A series of minor
operations also resulted in their
gaining possession of several important
strategetic points, inflicting heavy
losses on the enemy and obtaining
valuable information as to his plans
for the immediate future.
' Another satisfactory feature of the
last week's operations was the work
of the Allies in the air. Great dam
age was done by the aviators to the
German communications and concentrations
of men and material behind
the lines. The superiority of
the Entente air fighters is shown by
the fact that during the last week,
on the British front alone, 173 German
airplanes were downed while
only 36 British machines are missing.
The British military reports for the
week pay a high tribute to the work
of the Americans at Vaux and on the
Somme, declaring that the Americans
soldiers have shown the highest fighting
qualities, while their staff work
has been excellent.
Baml>erg Colored Red X Contributors
The following names with the
amounts are contributors to Red
Cross campaign fund. We call at
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tention to tne taut tuat uuc-luui m
of these amounts were due July 1st
and we urge that you give this matter
your. prompt attention.
J. A. Nimmons $10.00
Rev. H. H. Matthews 5.00
A. D. Matthews 5.00
Rev. L. W. Williams 5.00
Anna Williams 5.00
Rev. W. W. Chappelle 5.00
Eloise Chappelle 5.00
C. C. Murry 5.00
L. C. Stephens 10.00
Catherine Stephens 10.00
M. S. Stewart 10.00
Frank Simmons ' 5.00
George Ann Brunson 2.00
Robt. Smalls 2.00
Josiah Brown 5.00
Tobe Felder 3.00
Alfred Stewart 2.00
Anna B. Spell 5.00
Lucrecia Simms 5.00
Howard Johnson 5.00
C. R. Brunson 5.00
Alice Williams 1.50
Hattie Brunson 1.00
Levi Fork 1.00
J. S. Grant , * 5.00
Eugenia Grant 1.00
T. Berry 2.00
Lillie Berry 1.00
L. W. Wright 1.00
i Margie Hiers 1.50
Charlie Brunson, Jr 1.00
A. Hyers 5.00
Sam Moody 1.00
Webster Handy 2.00
Amie Handy 2.00
P. Redish t>.uu
Geo. Kearse 5.00
W. Zeigler 1.00
C. Zeigler 1.00
Pink Ryals 1. .... 1.50
j Mack Orr 5.00
Murphy Moore 5.00
P. W. Williams .... 1.00
Louis Spell ..... 5.00
Frank Johnson 5.00
W. J. Matthews 5.00
Frank Coker 5.00
S. E. Wright 5.00
Fred Stokes 1.00
Louis Stokes 4.00
Susie Ploar 1.00
Iola Faust 2.00
Christie B. Frazier 1.00
Catherine Williams 3.00
Patsie Reed 3.00
Louis Campbell 5.00
Mittie Johnson 2.00
Ella Cammel ^ 5.00
Lilla Berry 2.00
Idella Simmons 5.00
Caesar Dowling 2.00
Jeneva Walker 2.00
Rosetta Thomas 2.00
Villan Brabham 2.00
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Elizabeth Brown 10.00
Rosa Black 1.00
Y. B. Brabham 10.00
Mamie Williams ' 2.00
G. W. Grimes 5.00
Donie Sease 2.00
Vesper Kearse 2.00
Susie Williams 1.00
Mary L. Brabham' 2.00
Mary Belle Johnson 5.00
Alice Green 5.00
C. B. Guinyard 5.00
Sam Roney 5.00
Otis Holman 5.00
Julia Wilson 3.00
Katie Smith 1-00
Ida Cooler 2.00
Bertha Roney 2.00
Allie Brabham 2.00
Edner Zeigler 1.00
HUNS' ATTACKS SMASHED
PERSHING'S MEN RETAIN ALL
THEIR GAINS.
Germans Succeed in Recapturing Positions
British Seized Sunday.
Italians Cross Piave.
July 4.?American troops standing
at Vaux, northwest of Chateau-Thierry,
have completely
smashed Repeated and determined
counter-attacks by the Germans,
who sought to oust the Americans
from their positions. That the
Germans have tried desperately to reverse
the decision in battle is an indication
that occupation of Vaux is
viewed as important by the enemy
commanders.
Over the lines held by Gen. Pera
storm of steel from the German canshing's
men there has been bursting
non, high explosives and gas shells
being intermingled in the projectiles
hurled by the foe's cannon. The
Americans, however, have not yet
yielded a foot of ground, and, when
the enemy has attacked he has been
permitted to approach close to the
American lines before a storm of bullets
has cut through his ranks and
broke his attack.
German Losses Heavy.
As the result of the assaults the
Germans have lost very heavily, the
ground being covered with their dead
and wounded. They have in addition,
lost many prisoners. The battle is
still being fiercely waged.
French units are said to be engaged
in the region of Vaux, but it is probable
they are not very numerous.
The battle at Vaux has seemingly
absorbed the most of the activity on
the western side of the salient running
north from the Marne, but far
up toward the Oise river at MoulinSous-Toutvent,
a little village east of
the de Laigue forest, the French have
struck the German-line over a front
of nearly two miles and have penetrated
to a depth of approximately
half a mile. Prisoners to the number
of 497 have been reported captured.
British Lose Ground.
. The British were unable to retain
the positions they seized Sunday near
Pouzincourt, north of Albert. After
a terrific bombardment the Germans
succeeded in recapturing the ground.
On the north side of the Picardy sector
at Boyelles and Moyenneville, and
in the Lys sector, at Merris, the British
have taken prisoners in raiding
operations.
Italians Cross Piave.
The Italians have again shifted
their attack, and this time have chosen
the Piave front for a demonstration
of their strength. After a bombardment
which reached drumfire intensity,
the Italians crossed the Piave
northeast of Capo Sile. In spite of
the flooded areas before them, they
made some progress, which is admitted
by Vienna, and captured 1,000
prisoners as well as taking valuable
war material. Austrian counter-attacks
on the Grappa region east of the
Brenta have been repulsed.
Americans Busy in Air.
American air fighters have participated
in combats during the fighting
at Vaux and are credited officially
with destroying seven German machines.
In the fighting Tuesday the
British destroyed thirteen enemy airplanes
and forced nine more to descend
out of control.
The Ukraine government, which
was set up by the German military
authorities there, is tottering to its
fall, it is reported. The attitude of
the government toward the peasants
is said to be the cause of the impending
crisis.
Monthly magazines to be sent to
soldiers and sailors should not
be more than two months old,
according to the postoffice department,
and weekly publications
should not be more than three
weeks old.
Henry Green 1.00
Ila Stewart 1.00
Charlie Washington 5.00
Albertha Middleton 1.00
Claud Middleton 5.00
Mish Bartley .... 5.00
Lila Carroll 1.50
S. Curry 3.00
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Neal Brabham 2.00
George Jackson 10.00 ,
J. C. Strong 25
J. Y. Hicks 25
H. W. Smalls 1.00
Sam Smith 1.00
William Grant 1.00
Tom Banks 5.00
Respectfully submitted,
W. W. CHAPPELLE,
Chairman Printing Committtee.
SOLDIER GETS WIFE AT LAST.
Rejects Twenty Girls in Mayor's Office
But Finds One at Postpffice.
Chattanooga, July 6.?After unfavorable
decision on 20 girls who
passed in review before him in Mayor
Littelton's office here today, and missing
an opportunity to four others who
lost their nerve, Private William Merriman,
of El Paso, finally got married
tonieht to Miss Florence Starns
who would not meet the wife seeking
soldier at the mayor's office, but
chose the postoffice as her trysting
place. Merriman, who is attached to
the recruits depot at Fort Oglethorpe,
and who expects soon to be commissioned
as lieutenant advertised in
local papers that he wanted a wife
and that he would deed over to the
chosen one $18,000 worth of insurance
as a pre-nuptial gift. It was
arranged that all candidates should
meet the young soldier in the mayor's
office, and this afternoon Merriman
after taking a look at the 20 in
Mayor Littleton's office, said he
would decide later. He added that
he had a date with another candidate
who would not come in such a public
place.
The last candidate was successful
and the marriage followed tonight at
the Elks' home.
Sanderlin-Jarvis Wedding.
Moyock, N. C., July 10.?One of
Jhe most beautiful home weddings
of the season took place Saturday,
June 29th, at the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Wilson Sanderlin,
Moyock, N. C., when their daughter,
Miss Margaret Elizabeth, became the
bride of Mr. William Wilson Jarvis,
son of Mrs. Luna A. and the late T. L.
Jarvis, of Moyock. The Rev. Rufus
Bradley, of Elizabeth City, N. C., officiated.
The house was beautifully decorated
in green and white?with the improvised
altar very elaborately illuminated
with white candles. Mrs.
J. G. Coffield, of Norfolk, Va., rendered
the wedding march by Lohengren,
while Mrs. Carl Fuhrman, of
Norfolk, sang "Because." The bride,
exquisitely dressed in a gown of white
georgette crepe with satin trimmings
and headings, and carrying a shower
bouquet of bride roses, entered on
the arm of her father, her only ornament
being that of a diamond lavallier?a
gift of the groom. Little
Ruth Margaret Gardner and Edward
Wilson Sanderlin, Jr., niece and
brother of the bride, daintily dressed
in white, immediately preceded and
opened tne gates wnicn aamiuea mebridal
party to the spacious parlor
where the guests had assembled. Following
them was the matron of honor,
Mrs. D. A. Gardner, of Embree,
S. C., sister of the bride, gowned in
lovely whi\e georgette crepe and carrying
a bouquet of pink russell roses.
Next came the maid of honor, Miss
Eula V. Sanderlin, also sister of the
bride, gowned in a charming gown
of peach cream meteor and georgette
crepe and carrying a bouquet of white
ophelia roses. Immediately preceding
the bride, Master Kenneth Lindsey
Jarvis, nephew of the groom,
bore the ring in a lonely white satin
basket. The groom had as his best
man Mr. J. Russell Jarvis, of Hertford,
N. C., and Mr. Edward 13. Sandeitlin,
brother of the bride, was
master of ceremonies.
Mr. J. Russell Jarvis and Mr. Carl
Fuhrman. received the guests in the
hall, while Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Spivey
received in the library, where a
wreath of wedding presents were displayed.
After the ceremony an informal reception
was given. Mrs. S. S. Sanderlin,
of Norfolk, served in the hall
while Mrs. D. A. Gardner served in
the dining room.
Among the out of town guests
present were Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell
Jarvis, of Hertford, N. C.; Mr.
and Mrs. Boker Petbroth, Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Coffield, Mr. and Mrs. T.
J. Dozier, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Sanderlin,
Mr. Edgar B.- Sanderlin, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Spivey, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Fuhrman and Mrs. J. S. Wilson, of
Norfolk, Va.; Mr. Charles Barnard,
of Richmond, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. D. A.
Gardner, of Embree, S. C.; Miss Lena
Snnrterlin. of Fentress. Va.; Mr. J.
J. Ferebee, Sr., of Shawboro, N. C.,
and Mrs. J. B. Powers, Northwest,
Va.
After the reception the bride and
groom motored to Norfolk, Va., where
they boarded a train for Washington,
New York, Philadelphia and other
Eastern points.
"Preservin' de trees would be
easy," said Uncle Eben, "if ev'ybody
had de same hesitatin' feelin' toward
a woodpile dat I always 'sperience."
?Louisville Courier-Journal.