Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting- in This City and at Other Points. ?John H. Cope is spending a few days in Asheville. ?D. M. Eaves, of Union, was a vis- j itor in the city this week. ?Miss Hattie Rhoad, of Provi- ! dence, is visiting relatives in the city, i ?Capt. W. A. Riley, of Orangeburg, was a visitor in the city Thursday. ?Chisolm Watson has gone to j 1 i -1 timQ With I rvewuerry 10 syenu aumc ?uu relatives. ?Miss Mary Williams has returned home after a visit to friends in Lexington. ?Miss Dixie Faust, of 'Macon, Ga., is spending some time in the city with friends. ?Mr. and Mrs. D. m/ McCaskill, of Camden, are visiting relatives at Hunter's Chapel. ?F. M. Move, after spending ten days in the mountains, returned home last week. ?J. D. Copeland returned Monday from Hendersonville, X. C., where he spent a few weeks. ?Mrs. R. B. Sessions, after a visit to relatives in the city, returned to Ridge way Monday. ?Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Watson and children, of Whitmire, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Ayer. ?Mrs. E. D. Coleman and Mrs. S. C. Morris left Monday morning for Charleston for a week's stay. -'-Miss Elizabeth Inabinet is spending some time with her father, Rev. Mr. Inabinet, at Garnet, S. C. ?Captain William R. Watson, of the Carlisle school faculty, spent a few days in the city last week. ?"Uiceoc Roth'p and Gertrude UlOUVW Moore, of 'Charleston, are visiting their sister( Mrs. J. B. Black, Jr. ?J. G. Dukes and family have returned to the city after a visit to relatives in Williamsburg county. ?A. M. Brabham attended the conference of the South Carolina Tobacco association in Florence last week. ?Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Rhoad returned Wednesday of last week from a few weeks' stay in the mountains. ?Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Snyder have returned to the city after a stay of several weeks in Bluffton with relatives. ?Mrs. D. B. Black has returned to her home in Walterboro, after a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. ** A M. Ayer. ?Mrs. J. J. Heard and little son, J. J., Jr., left Wednesday for Macon and Atlanta, Ga., to spend several weeks. ?John A. Newsom, of Jacksonville, Fla., spent a day or two in the city last week with Dr. and Mrs. Robert Black. ?Misses Gladys, Lois and Annette Folk, of Holly Hill, spent the past Week-end at the home of Mrs. Nettie Steedly. ?iMisses Marguerite Wertz and Mary Kibler, of Newberry, have re turned home after a visit to Mrs. E. W. Watson on Railroad avenue. ?Mrs. Phillip A. Mickel left last week for Virginia, where she is spending a month with relatives. Mr. Mickel will leave this week to spend his vacation in Virginia also. ?Mrs. J. A. Klein leaves this week for Asheville to attend the music festival with her sister, Miss Mattye Izard. From there they will go to Montreat, N. C., to spend some time. ?N. P. Smoak left a few days ago for Charleston. Mr. Smoak was operated on several weeks ago for appendicitis, from which he has not entirely recovered, and it has been found necessary for another slight operation to be performed. Different, The darling little baby had reached the age when he could coo, an accomplishment in which he indulged most of the time. And proudly his mother was telling the tale of his accomplishments. "He is the most welcome visitor I ever had," she said, giving him a smacking kiss. "He just lies and talks to me by the hour. Don't you, baby? Don't 'oo tell mother everything?" The baby cooed obliglingly, and mother's friend replied: "Isn't that nice! So unlike other visitors?they just talk and lie to you by the hour!" ?? i The Error of His Ways. It was visiting day at the jail and the uplifters were on deck. "My good man." said one kindly lady, "I hope that since you have come here you have had time for meditation and have decided to cor rect your faults." "I have that, mum," replied the prisoner in heartfelt tones. "Believe me, the next job I pull, this baby wears gloves."?The American Legion Weekly. EHRHARDT BUREAU j \V. F. Hiers, Manager. i Ehrhardt, August 2.?Last Monday: evening Mr. and Mrs. J. B. E"1'hardt entertained in honor of I Mr. and Mrs. Stacy Kearse. who have: just returned from their honeymoon: trip to the Xorth Carolina mountains.1 A large number of guests was in- j vited, and the occasion was very! much enjoyed by all present. One,: of the interesting features of the i f ~ I evening was the reading of the wish-| es written in the. "wish book" by the! guests. One young lady gallantly! wrote: "I wish it was me.'' There j were others of note, such hs: <vMay| you never fight, but if you do, here's j hoping that the best man wins," "I j fmild wish for von wealth and fame, I but I will wteh for something far' greater than these. May you ever! be sweethearts," "In all your quar-j rels and fights may you both be vie-; torioifs." Here's another: May you. kind husband and gentle wife, 'As you go traveling through this : life, Ever keep the love fires burning And find happiness at every turning.! / I Community Fair. Under the leadership of Miss Emma Yarn a community fair is being planned, to be held at some date in the near future. Committees have been appointed and some interest is being manifested. It is hoped that the town and community will heartily cooperate in this movement and mafke it a success. That these fairs are beneficial cannot be doubted. They teach us many things about our selves and our communities that we do not know and open our eyes to j possibilities that we do not believe j exist. Soldier's Body Returned. The body of Alonza Kearse, colored soldier, who died on the battle field in France AuAgust 1918, arriv-i ed here Sunday. His body was re-! turned at the request of his mother,! Lula Kearse. Personal. B. D. Carter spent Tuesday in the town on professional business. Mrs. H. .M, Mason, of Florence,' is- visiting Mrs. J. P. Griffin. Mrs. Roberta K. Walker and children are away on a visit to the former's mother. Dwelling Destroyed by Fire. Ehrhardt, Aug. 3. (By telephone.) ?Information has just been receiv in Ehrhardt that H. A. Rentz, a farmer residing in the Oak Grove section, about four miles from Ehrhardt, lost his dwelling "and outbuildings yesterday afternoon by fire. The fire caused a large loss to Mr. Rentz, practically every thing being burned, including a well-filled smokehouse, containing his meat supply, lard, etc. The^jause of the fire is not known, as the family was away from home at the time attending services at Pleasant Hill church. NEGRO MISSING FROM HIS CELL. No Clue Left by Those Who Removed Prisoner At Greenwood. Greenwood, July 28.?At noon today the police had no clue to the whereabouts of Jim Slappey, a negro, who was taken from the jail at 1 o'clock this morning by unknown men. Slappey was lodged in jail Tuesday night on a charge of peeping in a window of a home on Phoenix street. The key to the jail was taken from its locker in the city hall, a fire axe being used to pry open the locker, and the jail door unlocked. When Slappey was removed, the door was again locked and the key put back in its place. The police believe the negro was given a whipping by the mob and or dered to leave town. So quietly were they that not even the firemen, asleep in their quarters over the city hall were awakened. The discovery of Slappey's absence was not made until the jail was opened for the cook to give the prisoners breakfast this morning at 6 o'clock. Prisoners declared that at 1 o'clock two white men, apparently mere ?ys, had opened the door and tolu slappey to get up and put on his clothes. They then tied his hands behind his back with a rope and marched him through the corridor of the city hall and down! Main street for a few paces where he was carried away in an automobile. His Doubt. '"I am far from being an infidel." j admitted the backyard farmer, gazing' a trifle ruefully at where his garden j had been. "Indeed I believe the Scrip-{ tures. as old man Jucklin said, "from j kiver to Kiver. mu m me ngui ui j my ov\'n agricultural experience this; past season especially in planting and j nurturing congressional warden seeds j I cannot help wondering a little about the text of Scripture which says that what a man sows that shall he reap." OLAR BUREAU | R. Fair Goodwin. .Manager. Shooting Spree at Colored Cliureh. j Olar, August 2.?Just as the aft- J ernoon services were about to begin ; Sunday last at Ebenezer colored; churcn, aoout a nine >irom muoru s, Bridge, a .pistol engagement took place within ten feet of the church ! door, which resulted in the instant death of Xevy Kearse and very likely the final death of his brother, Jesse Kearse, who was shot four times. The shooting was done by Sam Singleton. Jr., who is now in the Bamberg jail. The most prevalent rumor is that Jesse Kearse also fired two shots at Sam Singleton, but Sam quitted the scene of action so abruptly that he left no testimony as to whether he was hit or not, and another rumor is that there was nothing in his departure to indicate any impediment in his traveling facilities. It seems that there had been bad blood between Jesse and Sam for some time. During the big shooting one Sam Jones, from Denmark, somerdistance away, was operating a little private side show just shooting. He had fired several shots, it is said, when Alfred Turman, a great big negro, made a flying tackle at him from the rear and rudely relieved him of his weapon. Jesse Kearse and Sam Singleton lived near Ehrhardt and Xevy Kearse near the memorial grounds. None of the parties interested were was from Olar. Who Said Cotton? Diversification is not such a bug-abear as some have thought. For instance, I have gone to some trouble to see what the farmers around here are doing- to try to keep the weevil from their doors. I have looked into the quantities of melons, cant? oupes, cucumbers and potatoes ti .t have been handled through the bank here, and find them to be: Three hundred and eighty-nine cars of watermelons, 175 crates of cantaloupes, 350 crates of cucumbers, and 376 barrels of potatoes. Generally speaking all who have been counted in these shipments have come out ahead financially; certainly could be worse. I shall take up other anti-boll weevil crops later. i Olar-Friendsliip Game. Last Saturday the Olar "second nine" played the Friendship boys a one-sided game of base ball on the TirViinVi racnltoH in n KJl'dl UidUlUUU, nuitii I vuuiwu ? victory for the Olarites to the tune of 19 to 1. The features of the game are undestood to have been of the potential variety, and never came within view, also we are informed that the game was called in the sixth inning on account of darkness and fatigue. J. K. Mavfield a Visitor. J. K. Mayfield, of Denmark", was in Olar on business last Saturday. Mr. Mayfield has a road contract in Dorchester county and reports that the work thereon is progressing nicely. J. K. and W. D. Mayifield together have three road construction contracts, which call for around forty-five miles of hard surface roads. Besides the one mentioned, they have one in Bamberg county and one in Orangeburg county. They have our congratulations and best wishes in the good work. S. S. Meeting. The sub-district Sunday school convention of the Methodist church for this district was held in Denmark last Sunday afternoon, and was attended by the following Olar representatives: Mrs. O. J. C. Lain, Geo. I. Odom, J. J. Creech, P. M. Guess, J. T. Staley and J. A. Gillam. Social Items. Mrs. Rosa Stroman, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Stroman and their two children were visiting relatives in Olar last Sunday. Miss Willie Delle Hutto, of Denmark, is spending several days with Miss Maggie Milhous. Miss Alice Black, of Millettville, visited Miss Eloise Kirkland for the week-end, and Monday Miss Kirkland goes home with Miss Black? reciprocated hospitality, we call it. W. H. Varn, of Leesville, was in town on business Saturday. W. B. Cave, manager of C. F. Rizer's mercantile business, left Satur^ ^~ ^ rr f r\y C t T.Aiiia nn n n P\" uay cvciiilis iwi u. ^? tended business trip. Mrs. E. A. Brabham, now living at St. George, where her husband is doing construction work, has returned to Olar and is now stopping with Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Starr, together with her children. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Rizer and Dr. L. A. Hartzog spent the greater part of Sunday in Bamberg visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Jones. Mrs. Bertha Zorn. of Denmark, has returned home after an enjoyable stay with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gillam. Mr. and Mrs. L. 0. Brabham and DENMARK BUREAU J. E. Steadman, Manager. Denmark, August 2.?On last Wednesday evening, July 27th, Miss Obera Walker and Hammond M. Crum were married at the home or the bride in Easley, S. C. Only a few friends and- the relatives of the bride and groom were present. Mrs. Crum is well known here, having taught in the graded school here for three terms. The groom is . one of Denmark's most nrosrressive farmers. The bride and.groom left immediately after the ceremony for a motor trip in the mountains of North Caroline. As has been the custom for quite a while there was a union sacred concert in the Methodist church last Sunday evening, it being the fifth Sunday. Quite a number of musical j selections were rendered which were j enjoyed by those present. The Denmark fire department was! called out about 12 o'clock last Monday night to fight a blaze which started in Bolen's market in the Bush j building. Very little damage was j done as the fire was put out before | it had made much headway. Rev. and Mrs. 0. J. Frier left by j motor Monday afternoon for a trip to i Florida. Mr. Frier has been given a month's vacation from his pulpit at the Baptist church. Mrs. Cecil Crum and children are visiting relatives in Sumter, s. u. .Mrs. W. 0. Hoyt and little daugli-! ter are visiting relatives in Sumter, j S. C. Mrs. John has returned home after' having spent several weeks visiting i1 relatives in Jonesville, S. C. Campbell Tyler, of Meggetts, S. C., | is visiting his sister, Mrs. Frank Sturgeon. Mrs. Gordon Steadman and Miss Eva Walker are spending some time with relatives in Waynesboro, Ga. Worried About Doctor. Among the patients of a certain hospital there was a man who dis . J x. i - i? ? j i_ * posea 10 iaKe a uarK view ui ins recovery. "Cheer up, old man," admonished the youthful medico attached to the ward in which the patient lay. "Your symptoms are identical with those of my own case four years ago. I was just as ill as you are and look at me ' now." The patient ran his eyes over the physician's stalwart frame, then shook his head feebly and said: "Yes, but what doctor did you have?" During the first ten days of July, AA AAA ? nrt ^/-Vw /I 1 o v* Or A ~u,uyu ayyucdLiuus iui mc^nai from the army have been received from the enlisted forces of the United States. The largest per cent, of applications has come from troops on the Mexican border. little Elizabeth Starr have just returned from a visit to -Mr. and Mrs L. A. Brabham, L. O. Brabham's parents, of Thomasville, Ga. Mr. Brabham refers to our Olar rains as "humidity," and the Georgia'rains as "floods." Some one suggest to Mr. Volstead an amendment to include the weather man's carelessness. i FDISTO A A high grade Christian preparator Y girls. Modern brick dormitories 1 4 and ventilated, electrically lighted. T ideal location. Sti-ong faculty of i Y flncnces. Healthy location. Exp< full information address X w. H. CANNAI t SEIVERX A A A At A y^r A A A A. A A. .A A A A A A A vyvyvy yvwwv^t I ' paint it up. Yes. tlie top was tai' T sure looks good. Yes. that is why \ class work. (illJ.A.M'S yiWLITY ?* Estimate cheerfully given. Notice /i?ii ? ** 1/1 1 X (iillam s High brade j | Painting < 10 S. Windsor Street ALL WANT "ltOOM AND BATH." But the First Bathtub Used in the Fnited States Made Trouble. There is a steadily increasing de-1 mand for "room and bath" in the | i hotels nowadays and the applicant | for a room alone is becoming a minus! (iiiantitv. according to William H.! Turner, manager of the Claridge Hotel. Mr. Turner, manager, says that this increasing demand for the creature comforts for travelers is extremely interesting such luxuries as a bath are quite modern innocations. "How many travelers coming to New York and all demanding a 'room and bath' realize that the luxury of daily bathing is a comparatively recent and almost entirely an American vogue?'' said Mr. Turner. The first bathtub in the United States was installed in Cincinnati, Dec. 20, 1842, by Adam Thompson, according to the well-kept statistics of the manufacturing plumbers. At a Christmas party Thompson exhibited his mahogany and sheet lead lined tub to his guests and, after explaining it, four of them later took a plunge. The incident asd the new invention gave rise to violent controversy. Some papers designated it as an epicurean luxury, others called it undemocratic. Medical authorities attacked it as dangerous to health. ''The controversy reached other cities and in more than once place medical opposition was reflected in legislation. In 1S43 the Philadelphia Common Council considered an ordinance prohibiting bathing between November 1 and March 15, and this failed of passage by two votes. During the same year the Virginia Legislature laid a tax of $30 a year on all bathtubs, which were then rapidly spreading over the country. In Hartford, Providence, Charleston and Wilnington, X. C., special and very heavy water rates were laid on owners of tubs. Boston, in 1S45, made bathing unlawful' except on medical advice, but the ordinance was never enforced and in IS?2 was repealed. "President Fillmore gave the bathtub recognition and respectability. While vice president he visited Cincinnati in 1850 on a stumping tour, inspected and used the original bathtub and, experiencing no ill effects, became an ardent advocate and on becoming president had a tub installed in the White House. "This true history of the bathtub seems rather incredible now, since it has become so much a part of everyday life. How many travelers now would dispense with their bathroom even if offered a big reduction in their * A - 1 LMUOM noiei ums : Three hundred women nurses of Great Britain died while serving in the World War. NOTICE OF SALE. Under and by virtue of the order of Pelham L. Felder. Jr., Referee in Bankruptcy, dated July 22, 1921, the undersigned will sell to the highest bidder, at public auction, for cash, at the store formerly occupied by J. W. Copeland, Jr.. on the public road between Bamberg and Ehrhardt, S. C., at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, on August 15th, 1921, all the stock of goods, wares, merchandise and fixtures belonging to the bankrupt estate of J. W. Copeland, Jr., such fixtures as are under mortgage being sold subject to the payment of said mortgage, where the mortgage was dulv recorded according to law and are valid liens on same. J. E. STEADMAN. Trustee in Bankruptcy for J. W. Copeland, Jr. 8-11 CADEMY | y boarding school for boys and for boys and girls, well heated t<vn farm of acres. ^ nstructors. Ideal Christian in?nses low. For catalogue and >A, President. T ?s. c. t A^k rly T^T Ty ) Look Here! f ' YES, IT IS A BIG X IMPROVEMEXT Y - - " - i8Sk over the shabby, oia-iooKing v j car we brought in here. ^ I Looks like a new model now, f V doesn't it? Painting and finJ ishing do make such a tre* mendous difference in the ap- ^ I, pearance of an automobile. ^ *) If you want to sell or exchange, too, you can get ^ much more for it after we lored to fit in every respect, ir fy. ,ve pride our shop in doing first- ? . Your Job next, don't delay. ^ my top proposition of last week ^ iuto % X fimtnmrr CI. An V I 1UU llllUIlllllg unvp A, ORANGEBURG, S. C. T , And One is Sufficient. "Robert," said the mother sternly to her offspring who had just broken a window with a base ball, "I'm going to give you a good whipping?not because you broke the window, but because yo ubroke your promise to me that you would stop playing ball near the house." aw, ma, w mmpeieu me uuv, "can't you do it for breakin' the window? Dad'll have to lick somebody for that."?The American Legion Weekly. France will continue, the occupation of the Rhine region until Germany has complied with the conditions of the treaty of Versailles relative to the punishment of those who violated the rules of civilized warfare in the World War. Since the signing of the armistice, the federal government has expended nearly $1,500,000,000 in aiding the former service men, or an average of $300 for each of the 4,800,000 men in the military and naval service -1 1 TXTo ?. uuiiug txic ?? uuu *tai, Renew your subscription today. Todays Values SATISFY The Dollar Has Grown Very Much Today's Prices Are Down Money Has Come Back Our trade has kept up fine. WeV,e kept up stocks too, that makes quite a difference. Tell us your wants, see how easily we fill them. Read this list closely. 1 A 40 inch New Black Check Voiles and Lawns 40c The Season's best; Black, Brown, Rer Blue, Green. Organdie in white and colors 35c to $1.00 yd. "Do+o-** "Do vi Om ^.W>? rk-p JT C LCJL J. ail, Luc V-.lv/cxj. v/jl satisfaction, non fade or shrink, pastel shades, try it 60c New patterns in Madras for snirts, new designs, fast colors and white, from 25c to 75c New fall Ginghams are coming. We sell only standard brands 25c to 40c We are agents for Dove Brand Underwear for for ladies. The new prices on silk and cotton are very satisfac f/vrv Trv n s for vour tvx T x j - V- ^ * * your wants. Work the best, quality finest. ,1 New Fall Oxfords?and they are going to be much used ?Brown and Black. Domestic Cotton Goods. We are pleased to quote prices and send samples on request. Specials on hand. College Sweaters, the Big ? n 1 dumoo, an wooi. i>av.y, Brown, Green, Garnet, White $10.00 Styles and sizes for Boys and girls $5 to $6 gj| Buster Brown Silk Hose, a wonder $l!00 * Creton.es for Curtains and Fancy Work. See our line. Scranton Xets?cream, white and ecru from 25c to 75c. Beautiful styles. Fine Mer-> cerized Marquisette 25c. \ MOSELEY'S I Phone 500 Orangeburg, S. C.