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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-08-03
SchOfield Sketches.

Schofeld, August 1.-Some rain
we have been having for the past few
weeks.
Mrs. Lawrence French is spending
some time with relatives at Sanders.
vile, Ga.
Mr.. J. J. Johnston spent Sunday
in Columbia.
Mr.. R. w. Schofield, of Philadel.
phia, was a visitor here last week.
Mr.. F. NJ. Elliott has returned here
after two weeks visit to friends
and relatives in Bedford county
Penn.
We are glad to note the improve.
ment of Mr.. George Beard, who is in
Columbia hospital, where he was
taken to undergo an operation fol
appendicitis.
Mr.. Dan Hartman has accepted 4
position with the Saltkeatchie Lum-
Der Co., as inspector. Mr.. Hartman
has been with the Herberd Cypress
Co., of Waycross, Ca, for several
years. DRAEBLR.
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Cope Cuttings.

Cope, July 31.-Mr. Dave LaFitte,
of Kershaw, is here for vacation
among relatives and friends.
Mr.. Lovelace Quattlebaum, OF
Orangeburg, was over yesterday at
his grandmother's Mrs. E. R. Cleck-
ley's.
Mr.. Edward Parker Henerey, who
spent last week with his parents, re-
turned on yesterday to Charleston.
Mr.. Claude Hayden is enjoying a
part of his holiday at home with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Hay
den.
A party of five enroute to
Brunson had to lay over here on
Saturday night, and take the train
yesterday morning, as the high water
prevented their crossing at New
bridge.
Mr.. Charles S. Henerey, who spent
last week here, after leaving the
Baker Sanitarium, returned to Ehr-
hardt this morning to take up his
duties with the Farmers and Mer-
chants Bank of that place.
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Branchville Breezes.

Branchville, July 29.-Mrs. G. A.
Dukes, of Anderson, is the guest of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. F. Bel
linger.
Mrs. J. R. Fizer, of Columbia,
spent last Friday here, the guest of
Mrs. w. A. Bass.
Mrs. x. G. Jones and Mrs. w. c..
Martin left last week for Hender-
sonville, N. c., where they will spend
the remainder of the summer.
Miss Sara White has returned from
Rocky Mount, N. C..
The Rev. A. T. Allen, of Darling
ton, was here Saturday, the guest
Of his brother, the Rev. A. J. Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Connor and lit
tie daughter, Ruth Connor, of Lake
land, Fla, were visitors at the home
of Mr.. J. B. Williams last week.
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Money Came Back.

An offering was taken not long
ago, in one of the churches in Scot.
land for the Red Cross society. The
people gave cordially of their savings
and the session clerk, as usual, took
the offering to the bank and remit
ted by check to headquarters. One
old woman who kept a small shop
moved by the appeal had given a
keepsake old crooked threepen-
ny piece. On the following Tuesday
that Identical threepenny bit was Of
fered in payment by a schoolboy. 1t
reused her wrath not little.
The minister happening to call
was greeted in such sharp tones that
he demanded an explanation. 1t
came with an outburst:
Il gied my siller to the sojers on
Sunday, and I saw it gang into the
ladle. And yet here it is agane,
hantit in tae me ain shop on Tues
day. 1 doot the puir sojers hae got
name O. the siller''-Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph.
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GERMANY's GAINS IN 2 YEARS.
Figures Relate to Conquest at Close
of Second Year of War.

Berlin, July 30.-The German gov.
ernment has issued officially the fig
ures relating to the conquests at the
end of the second year of war, in a
statement which reads:
1.-THE central powers occupied 431,-
600 square kilometres, against $780,
900 year ago. The enemy occupied
in Europe $4,000 square kilometres,
against 1000 year ago.
"The central powers, Bulgaria and
Turkey captured 2,65S,000 enemy
soldiers, against 1,e95,O0O. Of those
taken prisoners by the Germans, s.
947 officers and 348,000 men were
French; 9,O19 officers and 100000
men were Russian, and 947 officers
and 10000 men we're British.
''The war booty brought to Ger
many, in addition to that utilized i'm
mediately at the front, comprised
11,036 cannon, 4,7O0,O0O shells, s.
$50 machine guns and 5000
rifles.
According to the list of statistics
of German wounded soldiers 90.2
per cent. returned to the front, IA
per cent. died; the rest were unfit
for service or were released. The
military measures of the central pow
ers, in consequence of vaccinations,
were never disturbed by epidemics."
Dood Tbo uoro1d e. IN nav roor
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MONEY FOR GOOD ROADS.
Total of 81, ,43S ,O59 of Federal Fund
Goes to Southern States.

Washington, July 26.-The thir.
teen Southern States will receive a
total of s1,438,059 of the $5,000,O00
federal road fund made available for
this fiscal year under the new federal
aid road act approved this month.
The department of<agriculture an
nouncement today showed that Texas
received the largest allotment OF
any State in the union.
The apportionments to the South
ern States follow:
Texas, $291,927; Georgia, s134,-
329; Oklahoma, s115,139; North
Carolina, s114,381; Tennessee,
s114,153; Alabama, s104,14S; Vir-
ginia, s99,66O; Kentucky, s97,471;
Mississippi, sSS,905; Arkansas, sS2,-
$50; South Carolina, s71,S07;
Louisiana, $e7,474; Florida, $780,
976. These funds are made avail
able contingent upon the States
spending an equal amount on road
construction and are apportioned on
basis of one-third in the ratio of
area, one-third in the ratio of popu-
lation and one-third in the ratio of
mileage of rural delivery routes and
star routes.
Under the federal act total of
SIS, 100000 for the Improvement of
State roads is made available during
the next five years, the appropria-
tion for 1918 being 100000; for
1919, SIS, 100000; for 1920, $780,
100000, and for 1921, s25,000,000.
AS the States must supply an equal
amount each year, total of $780,
100000 will be spent on State roads
during the five-year period.
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Denmark Dots.

Denmark, July 29.-Miss Irene
Andrews, of Chester, is visiting
friends here.
Miss Cecil Fewell, of Rock Hill, is
the guest of Mrs. Algje Guess.
Miss Calhoun, of Greenwood, is
spending some time with her sister
Mrs. Malcolm Crum.
Misses Dixon and Townsend a,e
guests of Mrs. Ruby Gillian.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Milnous, of Go.
lumbia, were recent visitors here.
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DAMAGE CAUSED BY BLAST.
Explosion in Which Munitions Ware.
house was Wrecked.

New York, July 30.-Property loss
estimated at s25, 100000, was caused
early today by a series of terrific ex-
plosions of ammunition waiting ship
ment to the Entente allies and stored
on Black Tom island, a small strip
of land jutting into New York bay,
off Jersey City. The loss of life still
was problematical tonight. 1t will
not be determined definitely until
there has been opportunity to check
up the workmen employed on the is
land and on boats moored nearby.
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GASOLINE DROPS A PENNY.
After Several Months Market Breaks
Causing General Joy.

Charleston, July 29.-After one
year of countrywide complaint,
comic cartoons, congressional inves-
LEGATIONS and continued increase III
price, all caused by and referring to
gasoline, the market price OF that
almost indispensable fluid has drop
ped suddenly one great big copper
cent gallon. Let JOY be nnconlined.
Thanksgiving day comes on the last
Thursday in November, but this is
special time of thanksgiving for
gasoline buggy owners.
''Do you think there will be still
further decline in price?" salas-
man of the precious fluid was asked.
"I'm afraid there will be- he said.
1t all happened here at midday
yesterday, but so Unexpectedly was
it to the local consumer that the JOY
full news spread slowly. The dis
pensers of gasoline say they expected
it; that they have been expecting it
for weeks. But they kept it to them
selves until yesterday when they
chalked upon the 'bulletin boards
of prices a figure that has not been
seen there since last March 8, when
prices took the last soar from "a IL
~ re oo11nn
The dealers are admitting today
that the price of gasoline may go as
low as 20 cents a gallon this year,
but are warning the consumer not
to expect a decline in prices COM
mensurate with the unprecedented
rise. Prices may continue to 90
down, they say, but it will be long,
long time, if ever, before gallon of
gasoline can be bought for IA cents,
as it was last July.
Probable Cause.
At first it was opined freely that
local storm conditions and conse-
quent bad roads has so cut the de.
mand that a decrease in price nat
urally ensued. But those who are
in position to know deny this, and
point out that the decrease is not at
all local, but is general throughout
the country. And the reason given
is that the strengthening of the mar
ket last summer and fall started the
drilling of more new oil wells in the
west than have been drilled in the
last ten years. The supply from
these additional wells is now getting
on the market and is causing the
weakening of the market.
Local dealers do not believe that
peace abroad will cause any great
slashing of prices in the gasoline
markets, and they think an increased
supply is the only thing that can
cause a decreased price. Evidently
they believe a further increase in
supply is probable, as they are ex.
pecting another drop in price within
the next month.
However that may be, local auto.
mobilists are pleased that the long
deferred break in the market has
come. Last fall and spring they al
most lost hope when congressional
Investigations seemed to result only
in increased prices. The market
steadied after climbing from IA tc
25 1-2 cents in about nine months
and stayed steady until yesterday.
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading.-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

George H. Cornelson, who recently
died in Greenwood left bequest of
$4,000 for the Thornwell Orphanage
at Clinton.
The 16-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Medley, of Gaffney,
was struck by lightning last Satur-
day. She will recover.
Citizens of the town of Conway
have voted to issue 100000 bonds to
be used for extending the sewerage
and waterworks systems of the town.
Since the companies of the South
Carolina National Guard have been
modified at Styx, S92 Bibles and
books of Gospel have been distrib-
uted among them.
Mrs. Susan J. Smith, of White
stone, Spartanburg county, was kill
ed in Spartanburg Friday afternoon
when she was thrown from an auto
mobile. She was IA years old.
Aunt Racher' Reynolds, a full
blooded African, who was brought to
South Carolina from Africa before
the slave trade was stopped, died at
Hagood last week, aged 80 years.
Examinations for pharmacists Ii
cense were. held by the State phar-
maceutical board last Tuesday. Of
the twenty-seven applications for Ii
cense, fifteen passed the examina-
ton.
The body of T. J. Fletcher, white
foreman, who with two negroes was
drowned in the Wateree river near
Camden last Wednesday, was found
by T. Boykins nine miles from Cam
den on Thursday.
The Associate Reformed Presby-
terian congregation of Greenville has
purchased a lot in that city on which
they. propose to build a church. The
Rev. w. A. McAuley is pastor. The
A. R. P. church of Greenville has 81
members.
The fortieth annual convention of
| the South Carolina Pharmaceutical
| association was held at the Isle of
Palms Monday. ]. NJ. Oliver, of
Orangeburg, was elected president.
The next meeting of the association
will be held in Anderson.
E. C. Daniel and Miss Mabel En-
manuel, young people of Spartan
burg, were knocked down and run
over by an automobile in that city
Friday evening while they were
crossing a street. Both were pain
fully but not seriously injured.
An alligator six feet long was kill
ed by w. V. Caldwell in a drainage
canal in Kingstree Thursday after
: noon. Although alligators have fire.
quently been killed in Black river
near Kingstree, never before had
they come up into the main portion
of the town.
Four more cases of infantile paral-
ysis were reported to the State board
of health Monday, bringing the to-
tai number of cases to II in the
State. One of the four new cases
proved fatal. The distribution of
the new cases was: Greenville /,
Spartanburg 1, Central 1, Swansea 1.
The Spartanburg child died.
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The sun., 1916-09-05
CLARKE DIDN'T SIGN BILL
President Pro Tom. Of senate Quit
Chair ~ Protest.

WASHINGTON. Sept 4.-The fact de
veloped to-day In connection with the
aftermath OF the strike legislation that
Senator James L. Clarke (Arkansas)
president pro rsmpore OF the senate and
a Democrat Of the old school. rcfusfd
to attach fls name to the eigh. hour
which he was occupying In the abs "ure
Of Vice-President Marshall. Mr.. Clarke
exercised his right under the rules 20
designate n presiding Oficer for the time
being and Senator Hughes of New .Ter-
sey, who was named to preside. signed
as the Senate presiding officer.
Senator Clarke voted against the bill
and supported Senator Underwood's
amendment giving the Interstate Com
merce Commission power to fix wages
OF employees on interstate railroads.
senator Hughes was very proud OF his
responsibility M was 30 eager to as
sumo il that he signed the bill before
announcing to the Senate the official fact
Of his appointment. This raised a ques.
ton as to the regularity of his sigma
ture and the protests OF Senator's PEN
rose, Brandegee and others against the
irregularity Of the proceeding caused
Senator Hughes to go through the form
any question being raised In the future.
AZ one Senator observed to-day. the
informality Of procedure connected with
the bill attended II IN 70 the time the
measure tool the form OF law. the Presi-
dent signing It on a railroad train in
stead OF In the White House.
The sun., 1916-09-05
VILLA NEAR PERsHMG's CAMP.
only Fifty Miles south of american
Eorcc-GOing 10 Juarrx.

Fl PAso. Tex, Sept +-Pancho villa
and his band we're nifty miles south OF
Gen. Pershing's army at r. Vale. in
Mexico. according to Gen, Zuazua Of the
Carranza forces. who reported that he
had fled without giving battle. They
were heading northeast apparently in
an effort to go around the American
troops and come north along the Mexican
Central Railroad south OF Juarcz.
Reports OF the growing strength Of
villa were corroborated To-day by the
news OF an attack last Thursday by n
band OF bandits under CABRERA Torres,
n former Nillista general. still claiming
allegiance to villa. OF a train "
San Luis s'Otosi and Tampico. The
olndits are said 10 have killed 20 Car
rama soldiers and II passengers and
T. hav" looted the train and burned 1t.
Numerous reports ave been current
along the border recently that villa had
y large cache OF munitions, including
twenty machine guns. somewhere In the
Santa Clara canyon. which Is within
about nifty miles OF the southernmost
American camp at FL Vale.
The sun., 1916-09-05
1860 WIDOWS GOT
CHILD WELFARE AID
S1O6.229 Given in the Last
Year by the Board That
Mayor Appointed.

william n Matthews. president OF the
Child Welfare Board appointed by Mavor
Mitchell in August. 1915, submitted a re-
port Yesterday showing that 1850 wild
ows with children had received financial
assistance up 10 August I Of this year.
Applications totalled e,oes.
The average monthly allowance. the
report says. has been S22So a family,
The monthly payroll August l was SEA
1886. or at the ate OF 32Ss.s7s.32 Tor
a year The cry has appropriated
s464.1I2.50 for the purpose of the
board. OF this s1o6.ee929 was ex-
pended up TO August |.
sixty dollars a month Is the maximum
allowed to a family. and only five fami-
Les are now receiving this amount. FIJI
teen families are receiving less than $40
= month The large~t number. iV+. are
getting from SO to SEQ u month, 3li
$50 To $50 a month. ia $50 to $40
/, month. - $40 to $50 a month, - $50
10 s60 "A month. The total number 81
children IN the lose families is 3,3la.
an average Of 3 IL 70 the family.
when possible the board has emoved
children from the institutions In which
they have been placed. In other case
ii has kept children n home who
without, the Aid OF the board would have
had to be sent Ia institutions.
III" law requires that no allowance
he granted for "A period longer than sin
months until a Kew investigation has
been made OF the conditions in the fam
ily applying for aid, Allowances AT the
end Of the first six month period We're
continued IN ia families, increased in
~ families. decreased In 81 families
and discontinued IN Q families
The results in these families" the
report says, indicate that there has
been a steady Improvement: that the
money invested In them is returning in
,erest In the way OF Loves made stronger,
II the way OF decided physical improve
nent in the health OF both mothers and
children. and that the assured monthly
income has removed from the mothers
life that crushing anxiety as to how she
was TO provide for her children on the
morrow. an anxiety that not only dead
ems hope and aspiration In her life but
also LAYS it's whitening. paraiyzing hand
on the lives OF the children"
The sun., 1916-09-05
KAISER SEES WAR END IN FALL,
y" winter Campaign. lie IL Said 10
Have Notified TrOops.

LONDON. Sept. +.-Thc Kaiser has
promised his troops that the war will
end before this winter, according to the
Posts correspondent at British army
headquarters in France,
The resisted to-daN's sue
ccssful allied advance with the flower
OF their men,. including the First and
Third regiments of the rrussian Guard.
Some OF these who were captured seemed
imbued with the idea Of Gernany's in
vincibility, and We're convinced that the
war you'd end in 1916. though they re-
fused to give their reasons for that
opinion,
The Posts correspondent quotes one
FruHsian Ruardsman as SAVING that tho
Kaiser had ISSUED II proclamation to All
his troops that there would lc no wintr,
campaign The correspondents ,Anrn,.. |
surprise and incredibly. hut the guarIs.
man. who seemed honest and straight
forward. insisted he was telling the
ruth.
The sun., 1916-09-05
R.. R. LAWYERS PLAN
8 HOUR LAW ATTACK
Counsel for Leading Lines to
Meet Soon to Devise
United Method.

A meeting Of counsel for the leading
railroads Of the United States will he
held within a few days 70 determine upon
the most effective method Of opposing the
eight hour Law won from Congress by the
railroad brotherhoods. Announcement OF
a DEFINITE course Of action will follow
Immediately. It Is expected.
Railroad ofhcia,s said yesterday that
the fight against the constitutionality of
the law would be taken UP without de-
lay. They maintained Congress a been
coerced and intimidated by the labor men
into passing an illegal measure.
W. II. Truesdale. president OF the
Lackawanna Railroad. declared his col
leagues were disposed to have the law
tested at the earliest possible moment.
He Was unable to say what the pro-
cedure would be. but thought the legal
departments OF the railroad companies
easily could agree upon q method. II Is
supposed the question will get into the
courts by means Of suits brought by rail-
road stockholders against the payment
Of waEe on the eight hour basis
View Iork Food Prices Fall.
Ending OF the strike danger just as
the railway employees were scheduled TO
leave their posts aused a sudden col
lapse In most OF the inflated prices OF
foodstuffs In New York. Joseph Hart!-
gan. Commissioned of Weights and Meas
ures, found local markets glutted.
officials OF the I.ackawanna. the X 4
o.. the Erie aud the Pennsylvania ial-
roads reported To- him that more liv"
chickens, geese. ducks and other food
supplies were being rushed TO New York
than were ever received here before at
one time.
Produce dealers who purchased .nor-
nous quantities of provisions in the hope
OF holding them Tor eXtortionate prices
We're hard hit by the signing OF IN" eight
hour law II was said yesterday that
hundreds Of tons ~ vegetables and fruits
would have to be sold a, less than their
cost to the dealer.
Railroad men are authority for the
statement that the shipment Of pro-
visions in anticipation OF the strike be
gan at least two weeks ago. Practically
Of these shipments were brought
into New York. They were left In the
Jersey yards Of the railroads.. TO he
brought across the Hudson only when II
was possible TO command much higher
prices for them.
Commissioner Iiartigan said Yesterday
he would endeavor 70 procure Federal
legislation which will prevent the boost
ms OF prices in the event Of a similar
merGenc In the future.
The sun., 1916-09-05
DR.. A. P. FITCH QUITS
ANDOYER SEMINARY
Friction With Trustees Of Har-
ward Divinity Srhool--Rcy.
Or. BoyntOn Also Resigns.

Friction With the board o. trustees
over religious views and the question NJ
raising funds fo- carrying on h work
of the institution has resulted in the
resignation Of the Rev. u. Alber. r
Fitch as president OF the Andover
Theological Seminary. Cambridge. Mass.
connected with TIE divinity school OF
Harvard University.
Dr. Fitch. who IL preaching At the
Brick Presbyterian church. Fifth avenue
and Th~irty-eeventh street. New York.
condemned NJ. resignation y"s's~day
II also became know that the Rev
Nehemiah Baynton % Brooklyn also has
resigned from the board Of trustees.
largely the same reasons.
Or. Fitch has accepted a chair IT
divinity az Amherst College. Amherst.
Mass. To which he was elected about a
year ago. He probably will a k UP his
new duties this fall instead Of a. n later
date. as he had originally planned.
Some time & DR.. Fitch announced
he would resign u directed Ia take part
In any money raising campaigns for the
Andover institution. but he had not been
pressed 10 undertake this duty until re-
Gently. which precipita,ed his ~wihidrawal
as nead Of the faculty.
pr. Fitch Is known 10 hold extremely
liberal views on religious subjects as
Against n strong conservative faction AT
Cambridge. This has been "A source OF
constant friction in the management
which. i Is said. resulted In a falling on
Of attendance AT the seminary
Graduate o. Harvard and Union
Theological Seminary. br. Flich was
ordained IA tOngr"g %itIunaiet nii!st"g ID
1903. FIRST assuming duties OF the FIR
Church Of Flushing and later becoming
pastor Of the Noun Vernon thutrh.
Boston. In 1909 Ir. Fitch was made
presiden. OF the Andov-r SEMINARY
which had been moved srom AudoN'- 20
Cambridge n made a par 90 Harvard
I.n.....-.n.
The sun., 1916-09-05
Record Made In Moving.

The new camps OF the Second and
Slxty-ninth AT Sterling's Ranch were
completed to-day. The movement Of the
Second Ia being hailed as a triumph Of
the motor truck companies under Lieut..
jeremiah O'Mahorey. whose gas hogs
moved 1850 truck loads OF men and equip
ment over twelve miles OF indifferent
roads between : 50 A. NJ and 2 r. ". In
recognition OF his work Lieut.. O'Ma-
honey has been put in command Of the
trucks OF the entire division.
Word came TO division headquarters
to-day that the movement to Camp Whit
man OF the Third. Fourteenth and Sew
enty-trst infantry regiments would be-
gin Tomorrow. when the first equipment
NH arrive. The Fourteenth will go first.
carrying with II a hospital car for the
care OF cases OF Para typhoid that
may develop Ell route, The regiment will
go by the Missouri Pacific to 81. Louis.
thence by the Pennsylvania and the
l.ehigh II Hudson River railroads
Hrlg Gen. Dyer. commanding the pro-
Nisional brigade. will 10 with the Four
teenth.