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lS( thwk ukad ' iMkivtblf ^"^TTo .!?- New York (JennaiiH are aystwuat 1,u* "***"* ot thwiP Z m**"* tlwm t0 r*,lderlu* ..... i hf) arc subjected to where *v^ It recovering the oil aud . ' {in fertillxors seems in ^ M>ri?e out by'the *** ^ stories ^eirKnret pub (h,y ^ generally dUbelleved. couhuIh formerly in Uer Wb0 arrived hpr? ufter tb0ir atd the (iennan* were distill LifDKl)^rlm' fr?m l,U> ??rpHe* an<1 [jbUlutuK tl>? ?>sscnttnls of explo it develop thut Herman can irv allow 1 uk the German p*I*rs L, ^-ount.s of and even to boast L?U,0 etlUlfiu y which allow* noth (0 bo wasted. The Belgian news I/lnde|>e?dence Beige. of April prints Hi) account of the Indus l? which it says: -e bavc long known that the Oer stri|i|M'd their dead behind the line, fastened them Into bundles | J* 0r four IkhIIm with Iron wire then illsjwtched these buudlos to j wr. Uutll recently, train* laden i the dead were sent to h town J I,lege uud a iK?lnt near Brus-. Much surprise wan cauaed by, f,ct that of late this traffic has %jed in the direction of Gorelsteln flat oil each wagon Was written j i v. o. ! i.in seioneo is responsible for . Idea of the formation of the ie Ahfalle Verwentungsge jft, or (ierinan Offal Utlllza Oouipauy, Ltd., a dividend earn wmpaiiy, with a capital of $240, Tin' chief factory lias been cou nted 1,1HK> yards from the railway j xrtlug St. Vtth, near the Belgian itier, with (ierolsteln, iu the lonely little frequented Klfel district, west of Coblent*. [he factory deals especially with ( dead from the western front!, If results are as good as the com ho|?es. another will l>e establish-" foD the western front. The factory lorisiblo from the railway and Is W in the forest country. Electrical charged wires surround it. A special ?bk> track leads to it. The works it about TOO foot long, 110 feet broad Id the railway runs completely around ken. "Tho trains arrive full of bodies *k-h are unloaded by workers who rf at the works. The men wear Iskln overalls and masks with mica lepieces and are equipped with long ?ked poles. They push the bundles bodies to an endless chain which lets them up by means of hooks at nervals of two fleet. The bodies r? transported on an endless chain itoalonjr. narrow* eompartment where Itj pass through a bath which dis rfects them. They go through a rjitu: chamber and are automatical f carried to a ?reat cauldron into toch they are dropped by an appa itos which detaches them from the bin. "They remain from six to eight hours ? the cauldron, where they are treat 1 by steam, which breaks them up, ^ they arc slowly Rtlrred by ma ktoery The fats are broken Into ?urine, a form of tallow and oils, |kh require to be redistilled before ^ 04,1 he used. Distillation is acr * ?ut hy boiling the oil with oar bonate of soda, and some jwrt of the by-product resulting to uned ,by the son piua kern. The refined oil is sent out iu small cunks like those used fur petroleum and 1* yellowish brown. ?There 1h a laboratory, and in charge of the works 1m a chief chemist, with two assistants and 78 men. There in a sunltorlum near ihe works and under no pretext Is any man permitted to leave. They are guarded as prisoner* at this appalling work." The London Times reproduced the foregoing account Monday, but it was ?o horrible that it seemed unbelievable. The 'limes today presents fvldoucv toij prove the truth printing photogrphs, facsimiles of a new* article in tiie Berlin Ix>kalanselger of April loth which referred to the "<x>ri>se estab lishment" (kadaycrverwcrtungsantull) ] It saya: "The fats here are turnetl Into lu bricating oils and everything else Is ground dimu In the mill, the bones In to powder, which Is used for mixing with pigs fiKHl and as manure. Noth ing can be permitted to go to waste." The cane seems completely estab lished by American, Itclglaii, Dutch and Anally by German testimony. The London and, Paris newspapers all ac cept the story after careful Invest! gat Ion and print editorials on it. (-ash rockets for Men's (carters. Recently patented garter8 for men Include pockets for carrying money. Thus another institution hitherto sacred to women has Ihhmi taken over by mere man?the lisle Iwtnk. Soon there may Ik* private nnnns in banks for men customers and high way robbers may change their formal order "bold up your hands" to "stand on your head, and be quick about it". Also the new style garters, if they become pojmlar, will give added meaning to the old saying about "pull ing a man's leg." There are advantages about the new style, however. Just picture the henpecked husband going to bed with his garter snapped around his neck and mystified wifey searching the wardrobe in vain for her pin money. And hubby likely can get away with it, while if he tied his trousers around his neck to conceal his money he would arouse her suspicions. Discharged for Alleged Remarks. Statesvllle, N. C.?J. C. Daywalt, city mail carrier, has been discharg ed from the service of the Govern ment by the Poetofflce Department for the alleged hostile criticism of Presi dent Wilson and Congress. Mr. Day wait made the reported remarks sev eral weeks ago. It Is alleged that he cursed the President and Congress and expressed the hope that fhose who brought about the war would be put In the front ranks of battle. The Information regarding these expres sions of opinion reached District At torney Hammer, who reported the matter to tile Postofflce Department at Washington. Mr. Daywalt's dis missal followed. Mr. Daywalt had been a mall carrier in the city for the past 10 years, since the service was estab lished In the dty. He was faithful In the performance of his duties us a mail carrier and Was well liked in States vile. Mr. Daywalt denied that he had made seditious remarks. W. J. Deese, a young white man, and three negroes, were arrested at Wedgefleld, last Saturday on suspicion. Deese carried a divining rod and com pass. He said he was searching for buried gold. Your Morning Much Depends Upon Its Accura y -.ho, ?-? you serious loss or annoyance. ^ success. Tardiness spells ultimate a Let Us Regulate Your Time If your watch or clock Is ?0fo*C^r^en we return able, bring it to us. It You can depend We are dealers in accurate time. upon it when you get it here. it. I G. L. BLACKWELL CiidtTi 8. C. J?wftlcr and Optician PARTY MAKKH* PROTEST ? v>4V-. ' _ Cole BIcm*e WU1 Hrad Committee to Uo to Washington. Columbia, 8. C? May 14.?Alleged itliH'rluilua^on by Governor Manning against IIIOllilHTH Of tlU* SO-Called Hi'" form party of South Curolluu In the recommendations for o til cor* of the State's two regiments was wade the hauls for much eauatlc criticism of the ISilef Executive, tht? passage of a sot of condemnatory resolutions ami the appointment of ? committee of five members to go to Washington and lay the grievances of the faettou before the Secretary of War, at a meeting of H00 or mow represcuta lives of the tmrty here thlH after noon. The meeting whs called by former Governor Cole L. Mease. The com wit tee which will go to Washington, consists of Cole K Mease, chairman ; W. A. Stuckey, of Ixh* County; W. K. Buckingham, Aiken; l>r. Olln Sawyer, mayor of Georgetown, and James P. Carey, Jr., Pickenfi. Uuder Instruc tions of the convention the commit tee will tell the Secretary of War that their faction of the State has been grossly neglected in the officer ing of regiments and that the (Jover nor's action In refusing to create a third regiment for the State Is strong ly resented. The meeting, which was tailed to "consider the crisis caused by the world war," incidentally branched Into a discussion of plans for the camiwign of next Summer. Ex-Gov ernor Illease, in the last of three speeches declared that the winning of the political war of 1J>1K almost was as important as the defeating of Germany. Members present were warned by the former Governor not to go to sleep, but to see that their faction is represented at meetings next April, when the clubs will be organized. The real kick against Governor Manning is based on an alleged trip to Washington, at which the Governor is said to have urged the adoption of conscription machinery for this State, which differs from that provided for other States. The difference being, it is claimed, that whereas, in other States, the board coi^sfaits of the sher iff, the clerk of court and the. county physician, in Sotfth Carolina the board's mem/bers are the Judge of Probate, the Clerk of Court and a chairman named by the Governor. The ghost of the past summer's election was disinterred In this con vention which was called to consider its part in the war and the familiar charges that the votes of the i>eople were not fairly counted were freely rej>ea ted. The convention was particularly bit er in its assertions that Bleaseltes were not permitted to attend the of ficers' training camp at Fort Ogle thorpe, though it was not demonstrat ed just how the finger of the Gover nor was used In this maneuver. James B. Carey, Jr., of Pickens, stated that he had been rejected after being told by the officer who made the examina tion that he was the kind of man the Government wanted. John P. Grace, editor of The Charleston American, denounced the action of Congress in declaring war and Indulged In a round of criticism of President Wilson for breaking his "implied pre-election contract" to keep the country outr of ~ Sunday School Picnic. Cassatt, S. C., May 14.?One of the most interesting features of Shepard was the picnic carried out by the Shepard Sunday School last Saturday the 12tfe. , This school was organized on the 23rd of last July by Mr. E. K. Hyatt, under the auspices of the American Sunday School Union. , There was a nice program gotten up by scholars, of songs and recitations jwhich was very nicely carried out. Miss Margaret Elliott won first prize and Miss Janle Brannon won second prize. Mr. E. K. Hyatt and Mr. It. B. Elliott gave a very interesting talk After the program was finished, the good ladies spread the table with de licious thing's to eat, while the gentle men prepared a barrel of ice cold lemon ade, Boxes were sent to the sick peo ple of the community. After dinner the children were al lowed to play and run at range in the woods. The Sunday School Is conducted by the following officers: Mr. J. T. Poison, Superintendent; Mr. R. B. Elliott, Mlns Blanche Poplin, Mm Florence Elliott, Mrs. C. L Poison. The assistant superintendent being Mr. J. J. Young, and Mr. C. L. Poison, secretary. The public is Invited to come and take part aa the Sunday School is more active than ever before. Extra clerks have been appointed to aaabft in the work of registering .all automobiles la tfeeetate by tte state highway commission. The work must be completed before July 1. It la estimated that Omm are more than 20.m cars ia the ??**. ' BRITISH U-BOAT IN CLEVER RUSE Vessel, Disabled, Captures Mine Laying Trawler and Sets a Trap. SINKS 6 ENEMY DESTROYERS Strews 8ea With Score of Mine* Then Calls Prussian Vsssela In Gar man Code ?nd They Ruah to Their Daatruotlon. ? New York.?now a British subma rthe, disabled and forced to come to the surface In Prussian waters In the North Sea, captured an enemy mine layer and ttauk six Prussian destroyers wa? told in xraphic language by an of ficer of a British vessel that arrived at an American port. According to the narrative the officer commanding the submarine forced the mine-layer to tow him out to. sea and then, repairs being completed, sowed the sea with rnlues and lu German code sent out a call by wireless that brought six Prus sian destroyers down on them. Four of the destroyers struck mines and the remaining two were sunk by the sub marine, which then mude her way home in safety. "We were cruiBlng off the mouth of the Weser at night," the officer told a New York Herald reporter, "when something went wrong with our ma chinery and we came to a stop. 8etting the Trap. "We had passed close by to several Prussian vessels earlier In the eve ning, but had not touched them, for ours was a mission of observation. So we considered that we would fall In with one very soon. Sure enough, in an hour's time we caught sight of a dark shape coming down and which would apparently run afoul of us if we ^fpt on. Through the night glasses our lieutenant made her out to be a trawler. At once he decided on a des perate expedient. He sent off the bo'sun and six men, all the available ipen we had, in our collapsible boat, und as the trawler bore down on us he hailed her In German and reported himself as U-29, with machinery dis abled. "It wasn't till she was right on top of us that they smelled a rat. Some one shouted out an alarm as her over hang grazed us. And as the cry went UP ?ur collapsible, which had pulled anound, boarded her from the other side. The lieutennnt and I went over the trawler's side and shot two of them before they rushed us, for our boat's crew had kept the remainder of the watch on deck busy. "Once In possession of the deck it was easy to do for the engine-room force of three and the boat was ours. We made sure that there was no com munication from the foV'sle except by the locked hatch. Then the lieutenant passed a line to our own submarine and with her engine-room crew work ing like" mad the rest of us on the trawler got under way. It was almost dawn before the engineer on the sub marine hailed us and announced that foe had cleared away the broken stuff ! and replaced the rods. "The lieutenant then cast loose from i our submarine and the trawler made a wide semicircle, dropping overside all the surface mines she had on board? 20 of them. Then we sent a radio in OcTniuu?the lloateflant had found the Hun's secret code hook in the wheel house?calling for help and announcing: that the trawler had fallen In with a tlotlllHr of fast British cruisers, evi dently bent on a raiding expedition. With that we wrecked the wireless, abandoned the trawler with her crew still locked on the fo'c'sle and sub merged behind our barrier of mines. Destroying the Destroyers. "We didn't have long to wait. The dawn was just breaking when up from the east came four destroyers In col umn. We had hardly sighted them when they saw the trawler and spread out fanwise. As they shot into the mine field the leading destroyer went leaping out of the water with her bow torn off.* The others sheered and the second and third, thus running up the mine trail, both struck, each one being fairly torn to pieces. The fourth de stroyer, her engines reversing at top speed and hauling her back on her haunches, took a pot shot at the traw ler for luck, realising that they had run Into a trap. As she was firing we crept slowly up and let her have a-tor pedo amidships. "The roar of the explosion had hard ly died away when another detonation shook tis and we found that two more destroyers had come up from the I southward and had fallen afoul of the mines. The leading one was untouched, but the second had struck another mine. As the one remaining destroyer turned to run we made for her at an angle and got her. She went up with {ap appalling roar. "We bad no chance to breathe, how ever, for something dropped Into the sea close bj and exploded. Swinging our periscope upward we found three Taubes circling above us. We turned I jpfl cut for home, with the trio hang ing over us for more than half an hour, dropping bombs all around us. and after running with the fear oi death in our heart* for more than air hour we got within our cruising area and the Taubes were driven away by a couple of our own seaplanes. "Tha lieutenant got the Victoria ( cross for his work and we all gpt the Military cross." VAWTKK <JOKN FKKK. I'ruft^Nor Not C?uUt> of Murdering Stockton ll?4h, Jr. t'liriwtianburg, May li.?Charltw K. Vuwter, former professor of physios at Virginia I'olytechuie Institute, was declared not guilty tonight of the mur der of Stockton lleth, Jr., whoui he shot to doath lu the Vuwtor homo ear ly on the morning of March X.H. The Jury was out two ami a liulf hours and, ucoording to one of Its mciulters, <udy ono ballot was taken. Kurly on tho morning of March 1JI fleth, a frequent guest of tho Yaw torn, was found fatally shot In an up jH?r hallway of tho Vttwtcr luuuc mid tiled Noon afterwards In n Itounokc hospital. Tho only li|fItt thrown on tho tragedy botween that time and the beginning of the trial a week ?go was an ante-mortnm statement t>y lleth that Vawter was not justified and a .statement by Vawtor's counsel that the defense would be a "betrayer of friendship." Vawter's defense was that lleth luul piled both himself uittl his wife with liquor; hu<t choked Vawte^ when hft remonstrated with Mih Vawter and lleth for inthnncitw and that on the night of the shooting ll<1h laid fought with him in tho ilarkMied hallway. Mrs. Vawter, testifying for her hus band, admit t?*d iiitimaeta* with I loth, but rtwlsrtd It was always while uu dor th? Inttuonoe of luioiioauts. Site declared that Heth afcia?k?Hl her thr night of the shooting. Seymour Carroll, j*ui of the Iter, Itlchard (Carroll, the well known negro leader, of Columbia, -wan acquitted of uncharge <>1 arson tn tlenerul Sea slons Court, Judge 1. W. Ihrwiuan pre siding at Orangeburg Wwluesday. Thr Jury dellt>erutcd about an hour. Car roll was accused of uttouwMng to bun Morrill Hall, one of the bulblliiKs at the State Colored <V> llegc In January llUfl. He was u student the Insti tution at the Mnn\ I)r. W. C. Sainly, <uf tho medical stuff of the State llusgpitnl for the limane, has resigned to go to Connect lout. 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