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$2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1920. Established in 1891 COME UP SMILING FROM DEATH JAWS SAILORS RESCUED FROM SUBMARINE SINGING. Praise Their Officer. Men Not Willing to Talk of Own Experiences but Willing to Talf of Lieut. Commander Cooke. Philadelphia, Sept. 6.?Thirty-six men trooped down the gang plank of the destroyer Biddle tonight at the Philadelphia navy yard. The first man of the group was raising his voice in a nautical tenor's version of "How Dry I Am" and accompanying * * ^ ? ? v>TT?ori cmiip Pphind HIS SOUg a ui uau him trooped the rest, some singing some calling out cheery "Helios," but all smiling. This was the home coming of the survivors of the submarine S-3. Their boat is at the bottom of the sea, but it is expected it will be salvaged. A few hours before a kindly fate aiding, the never failing "luck of the navy" had snatched them from the jaws of death and released them from nearly two days entombment in a submarine, one end of which rested on the ocean floor and the other stuck up in the water, at an angle of 60 degrees. Penned up for hours in two narrow I compartments, they had waited hour after hour for release. Every minute of the time had been accompanied by a joke or a laugh or a smile from some one, even during mnct trvin? minutes?minutes tllf ii* VWV v* v u when deadly ch'orine gas was creeping over them and they were forced to don gas masks to keep alive. t Tonight when once more back on ' land the first answer to questioners curious to know how it felt to be face to face with death for more than 40 hours, Joseph Star Yoker, an apprentice seaman of Camden, N. J., vaiced the sentiment of his fellows with the statement: "Great. It was wonderful. It showed that we have the best crew^in the navy. I want to be in on the new dive and I want to make it with 'Savy' Cooke." Praise for Cooke. All were willing to dismiss their own experiences, but they had something* to say on any other subject. They wanted the world, and especially President Wilson and Secretary Daniels, to know that during their trying ^Ynpripiiee thev had found out that ~ - Lieut. Comndr. Charles M. Cooke, Jr., j is the greatest and bravest man in ithe' entire navy. And for fear there might be any mistake in the matter before they left the Biddle, a round robin had been signed and forwarded to Secretary Daniels by wireless setting forth the*.opinion and ending with a request that they be sent back to the S-5 as soon as it is salvaged and placed in commission and that they be under the command of Cooke, or that if Cooke can not command the S-5 again,.that he be given another ship, a submarine, and that they be allowed to follow him. Aithnno-h the sailors did not know it, at about the same time a petition was being sent to President Wilson by Cooke asking him to take steps suitably to reward the brave men who had faced death with him so smilingly and unflinchingly. Every man was in high spirits. Three were feeling the effects of the gas, but they were able to walk down the gang plank. They were taken to navy yard hospital for treatment. They are: Joseph O. Savage, seaman of Eleco, Pa.; Jacob Akers, Jr., of Warnecliffe, W. Va., and Robert O. Igdnez of the Phillipine Islands, a k mess attendant. They are not expected to experience any serious permanent results from their gassing but the navy is taking no chances and they w m remain in the hospital several days at least. Every man was met at the gangplank by Admiral Charles F. . Hughes. As the admiral who is commnn/lnTit of f V? o nrvTTTr T70T?r? T?OCJ Orl ULiCLii uaui CI L Llic IXC* Y ? J C4i vi , i vuvuvu i out his hand with the question: "How | are you?" each one, even the three sick men straightened up and with a brisk navy salute answered briskly: "Fine, thank you, sir." Piecing together the brief interviews the men would give, it was easy to obtain a fairly accurate story of their thrilling experience at the bottom of the sea. The cause of the accident, the -men declared, was a failure of the main air induction^!*) work. Who was to blame for this they did not know. That will be the task of the navy board of inquiry, the preliminaries of which began today V : on the battleship Ohio. It was in order to be present at this bearing that Lieut. Commander Cooke: was absent from the returning group, j According to the story, at about 2 j o'clock Wednesday after the S-o was ! about 55 miles off Cape Henlopen, j when Lieut. Commander Cooke gave: orders for a practice "crash dive." j This is a war maneuver, used when i speedy submerging is desired. It has; been successful. Something W as W long. The signal had been given and | every man was at his place. The j hatches were closed and water doors i were opened as the air blast was j forced out and the water rushed in j and the boat began to sink. In a j moment the indicator showed some- j thing was wrong. The bow was sink-1 ino- fqctpr than the stern. An inspec-: AIA^ 1UV vvil """ tion that required only seconds show-! ed the air indication ha i failed to: work and one of the sea valves had not closed. Three minutes passed and the submarine was still sinking but; unevenly. Orders flashed out from Commander Cooke from Lieut. Charles Grischam and Ensign J. B. Long-; staff. Every man knew something j was seriously wrong but not one left ; his station. Then there came a bump.! "It took us some time to realize just what had happened," said Yokcr. j "We were too busy to worry for a moment." All bu.t three donned, masks, and for hours they had their j long fight for life. The three men; without masks are now patients in! the navy yard hospital. As the gas spread through the boat j the 37 men were forced from one! compartment to another getting near-' er the stern each time until all were gathered there. Crowded in the stern of the boat,! the men drank the juice of canned ; peas and beans until they were too | weak to open cans. They tried to eat! other food, but the oil and water had ruined it. Without a watch or a! match, the men were unable to tell j whether it was night or day. Com-1 mander Cooke suggested that when j they pierced the shell and set <ja signal they would need something for a night sign of distress. One of the commissioned officers volunteered j to dash into the chlorine filled torpedo! compartment and get one of the bat-j teries there. He was permitted to do so, but in his quest got hold of one that was useless. Stephen Gavin, a seaman, saluted and said: "We need that battery; I'll get it." And before anybody could protest, he slipped back into the gas filled room and returned with the battery. The presence of eight torpedoes made the bow heavy and aided in pressing it further into the mud. Efforts to release the torpedoes were without result. At about 8 o'clock, after the ship had been under water about six hours, Commander CDoke decided on trying to force a hole through the side. With Chief Gunner's Mate Fox, he searched in the tolls and tried an electric drill. Then the commander learned that none of the electrical apparatus was of any use whatever. Only one ratchet was aboard, and this was used to drill a small hole in the stern. Just Preceding the Storm. Mr. Brown?I had a queer dream last night, my dear. I thought I saw another man running off with you. Mrs. Brown?And what did you say to him? Mr. Brown?I asked him what he was running for. Cotton sheets reduced to 60c at G. O. Simmons's, Bamberg, S. C. i?i w" BOXES : Lees Clear Pond Colston i Embree I Denmark j ' Ehrhardt j Midway j Edisto ' Bamberg | < Little Swamp j Ivearse Hightower's Hunter's Chapel i Olar j Govan I ' Totals || li f HONORS PAPERS IN EXTRADITION CASE COOPER ACTS ON REQUISITION FROM NORTH CAROLINA. Gives Out Statement. Alleged Bamberg County White Men Brought Two Negroes From Tar Heel State. Governor Cooper yesterday honored the requisition from Governor Bickett of North Carolina for W. D. Mavfield, Jim Breedin and Henry B. Sandifer, charged with kidnaping. The alleged fugitives are to be delivered to W. S. Braswell to be returned to North-Carolina. Governor Cooper gave out the following statement with regard to the "Mayfield kidnapping case" as it has been generally termed: "I have given the matter very careful consideration and have delayed action longer probably than I should. A great many people of this state have urged me to refuse the requisition for various reasons. As a public official, obligated t;o execute the law, I can not adopt a course which is contrary to the clear mandate of the law. The law in this case is clear and my duty therefore equally clear. I can not believe that the consequences which some citizens of this state seem to fear will follow in this case, but whatever the consequences may be, I could not retuse to nonor tne requisition, viewing the case as I do." The Mayfield case has attracted considerable attention both in North Carolina and South Carolina and has been before Governor Cooper for some weeks. In April, 1920, Jesse Jones and Eugene Stroman, two negroes, left the plantation of W. D. Mayfield in Bamberg county, it is claimed, and went to work on the place of M. Zorn in Anson county, North Carolina. MayI field alleged that the men had disposed of property under lien and took out a warrant for their arrest and requisition papers were issued by Governor Cooper for their return to South Carolina. Governor Bickett of North Carolina refused to honor the requisition papers on the ground that it seemed that the papers.were issued for the collection of a debt. It is claimed that on July 22 the 'Bamberg men, assisted by a constable of Wadesboro, N. C., went in an auJ ^ - "L ? a. ? !? 4- s-\ 4- r lomoune iu c^ie iiuustr, wiicxt; uic l?<negroes were staying, placed handcuffs on the negroes and brought them back to South Carolina. It is said that Mayfield claims that the negroes came willingly. Charges of kidnaping were then brought against the men involved, i and the requisition papers from Govj ernor Bic-kett have been before Gov[ ernor Cooper for some time. Yesterday he honored them.?The State ^ Grimm's Chapter, U. D. C. Graham's chapter, U. D. C., will hold its regular meeting with Mrs. R.*L. Zeigler on September 9 at 4:3C p. m. As this is the first meeting after the summer vacation, a good attendance is desired to discuss and decide on plans for the year. We have received fourteen new members, and have several more applications for membership. For several years, this chapter gave a partial scholarship to one of oui students attending the College of Charleston. Last year this was increased, and awarded to a Denmark girl attending Winthrop. FIRST PRIMARY,! U. S. Senate ||Lt. Governor I Adj ^ s? i-""!? ffi i S" 2. g. p & $ 2 2 o n ** 2 < ~ a o ^ CO & C0 Ch Z? X ; 3 ^ 3 ? ! J . 21 191 141! 3! 22| 1011 I i 1 9'il | 21 8] I > 2! H 45;i 71 171 3511 26 ! 9 15i! 3 201 lj| 8 16' 62118|| 31108! 69ij 50 i 14! 421181; 27! 95' 52!! 43 f II 101 1211 | 51 18!l 2 >1 I 111 25|| 6! 181 18 6 }i 17) 71I180H 221151 100 134 li 5! 33!! 12 13! 14'I 17 | 16! 23'' 2 23! 16!| 5| 12! ' ! 10! 21!! 10 ti l! 33 15 i 33! 18! 10!l 29 I 6! 2711180 19! 87: 50'| 31 >! 4| 22' 28'' 2! 38' 11" .10 i\ 69|351-777j|172j627|433;[366 COMPCLSOHV ATTENDANCE. I County Attendance Officer Calls Attention to Provisions of the Law. , N. H. Fender, county attendance ' officer, makes the following statej ment in regard to the compulsory j school attendance law: "As last year was the first year of | the operation of the compulsory at; tendance law in South Carolina and I as it was an experiment in this state, j it was the purpose of the legislature j that the law should not be too I rigidly enforced in order that the people may become accustomed to its operation. This year it-will be the policy of the ! attendance officer of this county to be i more strict in the enforceemnt of the : provisions of the law and to this end j he asks the cooperation of all the j trustees, patrons and teachers of the | county. The attendance officer wishj es to express his appreciation of the 11 cooperation which he received last . year. In fact, almost every one fell j in line with the law and seemed to i be very glad to comply -with it. "The following is a brief statement i of the law: "Every child between eight and | fourteen years of age must attend school for four consecutive months or eighty days during the scholastic ! year. "Any child physically, mentally or j j morally unfit for attendance at school I I | is exempt from the requirement to j attend. 11 "Any child living more than two; and- one-half miles from school and iany child under twelve years of age! i living more than two miles from | j school, may claim exemption. i "In the case of a widowed mother; : or of a crippled father any child above ' j twelve years of age whose labor may '! be necessary for the support in whole ! or in part, of any person may be ex; cused". "Otherwise, the only excuses ac! cepted for absence are those due to providential causes, or conditions ov er which the parents or child have no control. "The fixing of the date for the beginning of the compulsory term is left I with the local trustees, but it is the, | earnest request of the state department of education that all schoc .s fix this date at the beginning of the school term. Full term attendance ' | can be secured upon a written petition by a majority of the qualified electors of any district, and so, if the > i compulsory term is put at the begink ning of the school term this would enable any district to put on full term attendance. "It is the duty of the teachers to | report monthly to the attendance officer the absence of any child between eight and fourteen years of age. Suitable blanks will be furnish. ed this year to the teachers for this ' purpose. This will simplify the work "j of both teacher and officer. "The attendance officer would like | | to know as soon as possible the date ' j of the beginning of each school in | the county." ij " ; Just received, shipment of Double (I Spring Laboratory Model Moi tor Edison Phonographs. Best motor: made. W. H. Chandler. : 1j Our chapter led the district in com-! s j piling the largest number of records j , I of Confederate descendents in the j i | world war. Let us resolve to do j I even better work along all lines of j \ U. D. C. endeavoi*, historical, educa tional and memorial. : Mrs. J. S. J. FAUST, . ^ President. : j MRS. FRANK STURGEON, Cor. Secretary. LUGtUST 31, OFFICIAL. Gen. R. R. Comm'r j House Re ~~f 2 S ? ? i S~~ o o o ? ? ? O M g 55 ? ? ? 1:^-8 ; ^ ! M* * J J i YM I 1! 10 24 261 12! 10' ! | 10 10! 6| ! 34! 10! 4! 23! 23 58! 441 16!I V 31 41 6 24' 4| 151 9- 9| 50139 116! 95!] 131.t 32' 1! 71! 69 161' 84! 211! 4 2 14! 3 22' 191 I 36!! 8 3 41 27 27! 32! |l35!| 47| 111139' 71 2484284 ! 22'! ll! 1! 1! 26 331 36| I 42!! II 5! 14! 21 38! 17! ! 21'! 1' 2' 3' 25 18! 14! i 3211 46! j 2! 13 54! 35! 4221! 15! 6! 40! 89 143! 554 ! 2lj| 1! 2! 3! 25 34! 38! !856|!191! 53!387|578!| 1012'619!1 OFFICIAL COUNT MADE ON MONDAY SECRETARY EDMUNDS TABULATES PRIMARY FIGURES. Few Changes Result. Second Race for Senate and Two State Offices?Committee Met Tuesday. \ Columbia, Sept. 7.?Complete and official returns from last Tuesday's Democratic primary received and tabulated by H. X. Edmunds, secretary of the state Democratic executive committee, show no material changes fho fifrnroc atiri nilnlast. Wed nesday and Thursday. The last of the official lists was received by Mr. Edmunds yesterday and his tabulation last night shows a second race between Smith and Warren for the United States senate; between Harvey and Mauldin for lieutenant governor, and between Shealey and Smith for railroad commissioner. The senate vote as compiled from the official list by Mr. Edmunds is distributed as follows: Irby, 8,454; Pollock, 15,678; Smith, 57,428, and Warren, 36,317. These totals show Senator Smith's opponents as having 60,449, or 3,026 votes above those received by the senator. To have nominated on the first ballot it would % have been necessary for Senator Smith to have received 58,937 votes of the 117,872 cast. He lacked 1,514 of receiving this number. The state committee meets at the state house today. One county is missing from the official list of the other contested offices, except lieutenant governor, but this will not make any change in the voonltc TUio pnmnilatinn cVinwo Pnlipn i VUUitU. x UV^ wuv ff ?J ^ V4*v/?* 18,578; Harvey, 54,273, and Mauldin, 46,382. A second primary will be necessary to determine the -winner. Probably the most decisive result of the primary was W. W. Moore's victory over A. H. Marchant. The result shows Marchant, 38,308, and ; Moore 78,694, with only the vote of ! Colleton county out. ^ ? For railroad commissioner Shealey led the ticket with 50,166 and the other candidates came as follows: McCaskill, 19,557; Moss, 10,259, and Smith 38,489. Shealey and Smith enter the second primary. ^ io> ? Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, Sept. 6.?J. M. Kirkland, -rho has been at Hot Springs, Ark., for his health for the past month, is reported to be slowly improving and his friends hope to see him at home again soon. Jno. J. Copeland attended camp meeting at Cattle Creek last Sunday; reported a good tiipe. Miss Louise Bennett, of Holly Hill, I been quite sick for the past 10 days, | is up again. i Miss Louise Bonnett, of Holly Hill, j is visiting her aunt, Mrs. W. D. Bennett, on Allen street. S. Lyles Copeland leaves for Annanopolis Naval college in a few days. Misses Gladys Zeigler, Wilmur Clayton and Bennie Bikle will return to Summerland college in a fev days. Cecil E. Copeland will attend the College of Charleston this year. He has been at Newberry for two years but is making the change because he wants to study medicine. Claude and Chester Copeland will attend Wofford college this year. Harry Karesh is preparing to enps. Sheriff Sup'visoi Co. Com "a o a w m T ? <D p # g O p ? w ^ 5 ? a 5^ : ? ? s : : ^ m j ; 11 ! I : II : I 1M l ; 30 j 161 1811 141 21.1 5! 30 '41 8! 2i' I 10(1 3' 7 161! 131 47'j 61 54!! 24' 34 191 7! 17!! 23! llf 7! 16 L89i! 621145'I 15494' 20!l88 96!| 81! 94'! 39434! (120 43 111] 12! 141! 16] 10|j 21 5 24] 13! 29:i 37! D 26! 16 161! 41811561456! 123!j 97477 7'i 22' 17!| 18! 19'! 23' 13 j 23!! 12! 30J! 7| 35'! 29! 12 25!! 5! 26'! 1] 30!] 5! 26 33!! 45! 161! 32! 291 28! 33 102!I 74! 82!! 33 1214 92' 63 ! 41!! 17! 40!! 6' 51!! 31! 25 781!'505!7331:403!837H 5411688 1. ? 1 1 i i I <r - HKCOM.MEXDS SEPARATION. t Grand Jury Would Install Superintendent of Education for County. The following is the presentment of the grand jury: State of South Carolina, County of Bamberg?Court of General Sessions. To the Honorable James E. Peurifoy, judge presiding in the second circuit, Bamberg, S. C., September term, 1920: We, the grand jury, beg leave to herewith present our acts and doings as such for and during the said term, also the result of our investigations and all other matters required of us under the laws of this state and your honor's charge: 1. We take this method of thanking your honor for the very courteous treatment shown us, also the solicitor and the several court officials. 2. We have passed on all bills handed us by the solicitor. 3. We have visited all the county offices, jail and chain gang, and are pleased to state that we found all the offices in good condition and well kept, and all seem to be doing their duty. The chain gang, we found in good sanitary condition and the prisoners are being cared for and treated in as humane manner as is conducive to punishment. 4. As to the county jail, we are glad to report that all of our former Si ' recommendations have been attended to, except the repairing of the leak in the back hall and the repairing of * window panes and certain sashes, which are still in need of attention; also the waterworks, which we recommended, will be installed at an early date, as funds for the same have been appropriated. A 5. We find that the windows in judge of probate's office are entirely worthless as to protection. We recommend that these be repaired immediately. 6. We also recommend that fireplace and window sills be repaired in this office and the auditor's office. 7. In connection with our former recommendation as to the public closets, we beg to recommend that this will be attended to at an early date, as the moneV for this work has been appropriated. . 8. We urgently recommend to the proper authorities, that the office of county superintendent of education be separated and divorced from the office of county auditor, as it now stands, and that we have a competent man for the said office of superintendent of education, and pay him a living salary, and require him to give his entire time to the duties of the office, and to this end, if the same is possible and lawful, we recommend that the present attendance officer of the county schools be given the duties of the ?nneriri ten dent, nf education and sUD plement his salary with ail additional salary from the county, to such an extent as will enable him to devote * ' his entire time to this work. 9. We recommend that all books of the county officers be audited by an expert accountant once every two years, including the year ending December 31, 1920. We respectfully request your honor to ufge that this be done before newly elected officers are installed. "All of which is respectfully submitted. LaVERXE -THOMAS, Foreman. September 7, 1920. ter Atlanta Dental college this fall. Our little city is alive these days with farmers ginning their cotton, but not much selling, as they prefer to wait on the market. Crops are not over sixty per cent, of normal. The Ehrhardt high school opens September 13th and indications are that there will be a* full attendance this session. Prof. L. E. Kirby re~ nnrtf o full nArne r>f foonVi e\ya nrff Vi pux to u luii LV/A po ui IT uu two music teachers, so that music pu* pils wfll not be disappointed this year. Last session the one teacher, while doing all she coujd, was unable to accommodate all that wanted to study music. S. W. Copeland has leaser1, one of his brick stores on Main street to the U. S. government for a postoffice building, for a period of ten years. f ii rnitn ro Viae Vio/^-n Ar^ arod on/1 we will soon have a postoffice second to none for a town the size of Ehrhardt. We are proud of our little city. AMICUS. Just received, shipment of Double Spring Laboratory Model Motor Edison Phonographs. Best motor made. W. H. Chandler. Cotton sheets reduced to 60c at G. 0. Simmons's, Bamberg, S. C. ... ku*