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MOOS OF WAR. j I Those Clever Trained Canines Are In- 1 comparable Sentries. Major E. 11. Richardson has an in-; teresting article in the London Army \ and Navy Gazette of January !), 191.">,|j says the Army and Navy Journal, jt from which we quote the following: | r "Several years ago when trying to t stir up similar efforts in this coun-ji try, I pointed out that an efficient \ scheme of mobilization was in exist-, t enoe in Germany, whereby everyone n of these thousands of police dogsjs would be mobilized, and wou\d giveji the troops immense assistance and (t protection. This mobilization hasjs now taken place, and on all fronts! I there must be about 10,000 dogsjl working with German troops. Fbr-jl tunately the same, to a great extent, j may be said about Russia. In June last. 1 was invited to judge the military and police dog trials in St. Petersburg. and was greatly struck with w the importance which the army and . police attached to the whole subject, j Trained dogs were brought from all , -,J v parts of Russia and Siberia to the ( trials, and in fact. I believe the va- . rious towns and districts from which : they emanated amounted to 6.">0. The ( crack Russian regiments?such as j > the Ismailovsky, Semenovsky, Pavlovsky. Guard Hussars, etc.?all have numbers of dogs attached to them. France has given a certain amount of attention to the subject, but not along the most practical lines. "There are three different duties for which dogs are being utilized. As aids to the searcher and ambulance bearers, as messengers, and to ac-t company the sentries and patrols at night. In my opinion there is no question, but that the last named duty takes immensely superior precedence of the other two duties. "The drawback to the ambulance dog is that the handler of the dog requires to thoroughly understand how to work him. In fact, he requires to be trained in peace time as well as the dog. "The messenger dog I have always maintained, would be apt. in actual , warfare to? make mistakes, and run > into the enemy's lines. This has, as t ' a matter of fact, happened in this ? war. On several occasions the German messenger dogs have run into our trenches. At first our soldiers did not realize they were carrying messages, and they were allowed to pass unmolested. Since the real use was discovered, the dogs are immediately shot. "The night sentry and patrol dog. however, cannot he too highly praised and advocated. The invaluable use of these is being demonstrated on all fronts. ' ' "Now in the French army the latter service has been neglected. One or two French officers tried to bring it up within the last two years but any attention the government gave at all, before the war, to the subject. was diverted to ambulance dogs. This has been found to be a mis!VV take. "To refer again to sentry dogs in the French army, it was suggested by one or two officers in the defensive zone at one of the great fortresses, during the early stages of the war. t that a few trained sentry dogs should t be obtained to assist the sentries In detecting the approach of the enemy c at night, and thus prevent night sur- t prises. These few dogs turned out j very useful, and no night attacks af- t ter their arrival weresuccessfulon the a part of the enemy. The consequence a of this has been that the French j army are now endeavoring to secure f as many trained dogs as they can t for their front. c "The work of selecting, testing e and training these dogs is consider- j able, as it must not be supposed that v any ordinary watch dog is suitable. t It is a curious fact that very often r ? a dog that has proved itself to be a first-rate houseguard and watch is of no use at all when away from that particular environment. The sentry . dog has to start with a peculiar tern- 1 perament. He must act on the dc- * ;n anv <rot and with any * "ru;''t * ''** ] person to whom he may be attached. Of course, in effect after a dog: has ' been some time with a particular c regiment he begins to recognize all the men of that regiment as in his , charge, and can even distinguish between them and those of other regi- 1 ments. The reason of this is that different bodies of men living to- 1 gether have different scents, and the dog is able to distinguish between these quite apart from any distinc- ( tion of uniform," J Safe in Heaven. A lady of Somerset bewailed the loss of a somewhat ill-bread but extremely wealthy neighbor, who had t been very liberal in his help to her: > country charities. " : Mr. X? is dead." she said. "Hep was so good and kind and helpful tojs me in all sorts of ways. He was so" vulgar, poor, dear fellow, we could!' not know him. in London, but we shall meet in heaven."-?London Tit-It Hits. See our new line of Bibles just re-i ceived. Herald Book Store. KILLING AT HAMPTON. Lizzie Snider D^ad and Willie Goethe in Jail. Hampton. April 2.?Lizzie Snider vas shot and killed here last night i tnd Willie Goethe is charged with . lie killing. At ahont 9 o'clock- last ; tight, it seems, the woman was sit- i ing in the house or' a neighbor talk- , ng with her two brothers, when she vas called outside by Goethe, and af- ] er being out about a minute" a shot i vas fired. The brothers rushed out- t ide and found the sister prostrate on i ;he ground, with a bullet wound in i he centre of the forehead. The as- ] ailant had vanished. Intendant < Hooker and Policeman Workman j ater apprehended C.oethe, who has ] >een lodged in jail. The coroner's ury today fixed the deed on Goethe. The South's Problem. The war in Europe has made it 1 lecessary to readjust farming condi- ( ions in this country. The campaign ' n South Carolina is but a part of 1 vhat is going on all over the conn- ( ;rv. The universal appeal is for far- 1 ners to get away from a one-crop dea. In South Carolina the one ( :rop upon which all calculations have * j'een based has been cotton. This 1 ear the State will produce some- 1 hing like $16,000,000 in small grain ' ind it has been estimated that this { s a net saving of about $10,000,000 1 f the grain is handled properly. 1 The Louisville Courier-Journal is 1 irging Kentucky to "emancipate" it- ' self from tobacco and to try other ( r/-kT?c ac anviliarv Tn the wealth DfO luction of that State. The Louisville >aper says editorially: "In most of the farmers' gather- j ngs over the State during the past f ;everal months the subject of crop \ arietv has had a conspicuous place i >n the programme. This diversified < nterest. of course, has its origin in r iissatisfaction with recent tobacco i )rices. Whatever else may be said j >f the trend that that market has ^ aken, it cannot be viewed as un- t nixed misfortune if it shall quicken j in appreciation of Kentucky's possi- s )ilities in other directions." ] The Houston, Texas, Post sounds ( i warning to the cottentots of that treat State, and this should affect the c vhole South, for Texas produces ( learly a third of our cotton crop. j The Memphis Xews-Scrim1tar adds ( his bit of advice to the planters in c hat section: ? "The department of agriculture at c .Vashington has given out a warning ( o the effect that the enormous ex- ? ortation of wheat from this country t s liable to create a shortage of this , (articular form of breadstuffs among j urselves. The large prices offeree} ? or wheat in foregn countries seem { o be an irresistible magnet, and t here is danger of the lure of foreign c 1 J awav fr\r\A ciinnlv i ,UI U S>IKT.<X 1 lil5 C* ?? CL* V/v?* ?w\^va rv 1 j t )f course, there is no danger of acual suffering, because we have an in- j, exhaustible supply of Corn, and corn v read, when properly made, which is J t inly done south of the Mason and c )ixon line, is certainly as appetizing, a md perhaps more wholesome than a iheat bread. Nevertheless it might { >e well to put on the brakes before a here is any danger of drawing on- c he seed wheat." c The planting season in South Car- ^ ilina is at hand. From a survey of j j he conditions throughout the South, t t would appear that the thing for he farmers to do is to avoid putting s til eggs in one basket. Tt is wise t .nd it is safe, to plant some cotton, ,j >ut it is wiser to plant first a suf- ^ iciencv of victuals for the needs on t he farm. Cotton can then be sold j ir held without injury to the farm- c >r's own- interests while he is hold- t ng. It appears now that the South s rill surely suffer if more than two- ? hirds of a normal cotton crop is ? >rodured.?Columbia Record. < Top-l>ress Oats and Wheat. i $ "Ton-dress oats and wheat and do c t without delay. That is the mes- I ;age 1 should like to get'to every : south Carolina farmer,'' said W. \V. 1 ^ong, State agent of demonstration i ind director of the extension division 1 )f Clemson college. i Top-dressing, said Mr. Long, will j )e especially necessary this spring. 3 This is true because of the excessive ainfa'1 of the past winter, which has 1 served in great measure to wash the < titrates from the soil. < Mr. Ix>ng advises the use of ni- s irate of soda as a top-dresser, be- 1 i-ause of its ready availability and be- 1 tause it is not too high in price at 1 present. < m ( The Cow Appreciated. A sininle-hearted man who has 1 asted but few of the drinks of the ' vorld took dinner with a high-toned family, where a glass of milk punch ; vas quietly set down by each plate. ;ays the Kansas City Star. In silence and happiness the guest luaffed his goblet, and then added: 1 .Madam, you should daily givej1 hanks for such a good cow." Glendale Spring Water delivered at house for ">0 cents per five-gallon bottle by J. A. Murdaugh.?adv. CHAIILKSTOX SHIP LOST. Probably Was' Keturning to America Wben Sbe Foundered. Bremen. April 3.?A telegram to the Weser Zeiting says the American steamer Greenbrier, from Charleston. S. <J., lor Krenien, nas iouncierea in the North Sea. Her crew was landed at Wyk, in Schleswig. The Greenbrier was detained at Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, .March 13, for investigation by the British authorities and sailed tor Bremen after a delay of three days. According to maritime records, she arrived in Bremen on .March Tl. In that event die probably was on the return trip instead of being on the way to Bretnen. Carried Cotton to Bremen. Charleston. S. C., April 3.? rhe Greenbrier sailed from here February 2->, loaded with 6,4 00 bales jf cotton for Bremen. She was the irst steamship to leave Charleston ivith flags of the United States paint-j >d on her sides as an evidence of her I ion tro 1 i t\* I i Mr. J. .M. Whitsitt. manager of the j Carolina company, which loaded the' Greenbrier, said last night that lie lad heard nothing of any accident :o the vessel. He expressed the beief that the Greenbrier had delivered her cargo in Bremen and was re;urning, saying that the vessel was eported off Deal, England, about en days ago. He said that the [Jnited Fruit company owned the Greenbrier, Wife of Richest Man. Laura Celestia Spelman Roekefeler, wife of John D. Rockefeller, who lied recently, was born in Wadsvorth, Ohio, of well-to-do New Engand parents on September 9, 1839. She was her husband's junior by two nonths. As a child she lived in iVadsworth, in Burlington, la.; in \.kron, Ohio, where her father, Har'ey B. Spelman, achieved a compeence in the dry goods business, and ater in Cleveland. In the Grammar ichool at Cleveland she met John Rockefeller when they were 15 years >ld. Rockefeller was a country boy. She was the daughter of one of Cleveland's leadine citizens. His lorne was a little farm house; hers >ne of Cleveland's handsome resilences. His associates, outside of .chool, were mostly farm hands and :ountry boys: hers>were talented folk >f affairs drawn to hfer father's handiome home, for her father then was t member of the Ohio legislature, a >ublic-spirited citizen interested in jhilanthrophies and a man of many ictivities. Notwithstanding other iifFerences the awkward youth and he city girl had in common a love >f study and simple tastes, and they )ecame fast friends. * Laura Spelman's school mates cnew her as a quiet, studious girl vho would rather read a good book han to go to the theatre; as a devout :hurch-goer and as a girl who was ilways well dressed in good taste, ivoiding extremes and seeking sim>licity. She was intensely practical ind home-loving. At high school she aused some surprise by taking not inly the prescribed course, but book ;eeping and other commercial studies ittle pursued by young women in hose days. There seems to have been little entimentalitv in the friendship beween .Miss Spelman and young Rockefeller, but for ten years each vas the other's best friend. During he days of Rockefeller's early manlood, when he saw his hopes of a ollege education fade away, and soon hereafter when he tramped the itreets of Cleveland for weeks in a ;eeminglv hopeless search for work, ;he encouraged and cheered him. toon after he had established himself n his first place?as bookkeeper at >500 a year?she left Cleveland to omplete her education at Worcester, Hass. She returned when she was JO years of age and taught in Cleveand's public schools. Her first class ,vas the A granimer grade in the 3rownell Street school, now known is the East Fourteenth Street school. \nd she renewed her friendship with oung Rockefeller. In 1S62 Miss Spelman, described >v her superiors as a splendid disciplinarian and a perfect teacher, became assistant principal of the school. Rockefeller, absorbed in ousiness, took the books of his firm :o her of an evening and together they would go over his affairs. Both ot them were interested together in ( ;hurch work, too: she as a Congregationalism he as a Baptist: and neither pvpr attended a dance or the tli eat re. Young Rockefeller prospered beyond his fairest hopes. As soon as he felt that he could ask her to hecome his wife lie did so. They were married on September S. 1864. the eve of her 2-"th birthday, and started to keep house in a little two-story brick residence on one of Cleveland's side streets. Upon her marriage she became a Raptist and to her religion and her home she devoted her entire time. I "*1 I Booster Clul I BAMBE IA Three Day Festival I Mnnrlav TWda | APRIL 19th, 20tl ? IN CARL1 I Tremendous I I Educational Development! Indus! I For Bamberg, 1 I FUN! 1NSP1RA' First Day-Educational Monday, April 19 MORNING 10 a. m.?School Rally. Parade form ed at Graded School, joined at Carlisle Campus by Carlisle, Schools of County and others, thence to Rhoad's Park fo Athletic Contests. KM) YARD DASH?Prize by Kentz & Felder, $3.0 pair shoes. STANDING JUMP?Prize by Bamberg Furnitur and Hardware Co., $2.50 Spalding Ball am Bat. J? BROAD JUMP?Prize by G. O. Simmons, $3.0 9k Reach Mitt. Sr THREE LEGGED RACE?Prize by Smoak & Moyc dR $2.50 Reach Glove. FAT MAX'S MISERY RACE?Prize by \V. E m Rhoad, $3.00 Bonnor Hat. ^ EGG-SPOOX RACE?Girls and Boys under 1 ? years?Prize by Bamberg Banking Co., $1.0< M Deposit in Savings Department. ? BAG RACE?Girls and Boys under 12 years?Priz S8 by Peoples Bank, $1.00 Deposit in Savings De ? partment. @ ROOSTER RACE?Girls and Boys under 14 year ?Prize by Enterprise Bank, $1.00 Deposit ii Savings Department. 9c GREASY POLE?Prize by Mack's Drug Store, $1.0 Sk on top of pole. Address by Rev. J. Walter Daniel, D & D., Charleston, S. C., in Carlisle Hall. 1 AFTERNOON ? 3:15?Concert by The Lyric Gle< @ Club?A superb programme of popula: g and classical selections. ? 3:45?Entertainment by Ells wort 1 ? Plumstead, Impersonator of quaint @ queer and curious characters?a who! 9r show in himself. H EVENING 8:15?A Medley of Impersonations !|! grave, and gay, by Ellsworth Plum gj stead. @ 9:00?Grand Concert by The Lyri g Glee Club. ^ Hove nf C1 aqri nprpnt |0| 1 HI CC WUUlb UHJO VI wtvuii, @ and Inspiration. Good Tim ? You Cannot Afford ' || The Morning Attraction A Season Ticket.is good for all even ings. Get your Season Tickets ToFelder's, W. D. Rhoad's, Bamberg Banking Company, TICKET PRICES Adult Season Tickets, $ 1.50; Chi ?*? Adults 50c; Children 25c. Single After? REST ROOM FOR LADIE ^ COME! Be A Booster 'ml.. i 1 , b Chautauqua I :rg, s. c. i I of Things Worth While | y and Wednesday | b, AND 21st, 1915. 1 5LE HALL j imphasis Upon 1 trial Development! Good Citizenship! $ 'own and County f A vj HON! CULTURE!! | Second Day-Agricultural 1 Tuesday, April 20th A MORNING @ 10:30 a. m.?Farmers' Institute, con- S ducted by W. W. Long, State Superin- X ?3 tendent Farm Demonstration. 3? Address by W. W. Long, State Super- !g - mtenclent Farm Demonstration. a MM , Address by Hon. A. F. Lever, mem- g > v ber of Congress, in Carlisle Hall. AFTERNOON ft 3:15?Concert by The LaDell Concert ffl ' o Company?Marietta LaDell, Entertain- 2 i er and Reader; Blanche Deering, Vio- (a e linist and Pianist; Ruth Thorn, Soprano, 3 3:45?Lecture, "Visions and Ideals/' i M bv Dr. J. W. FrizzelL & JM ? EVENING ? 8:15?Lecture, "Some Twentieth ? Century Problems," by Dr. J. TV. Friz- ? Third Day?Good Citizenship 1 2 Wednesday, April 21st @ 9 MORNING @ 10:30?Decorated Automobile Parade a e under auspices Civic League. Parade Z formed at Court House Square. Led by Z "Chautauqua Queen." Prizes for best ^ s decorated Automobile. Anv Automo- S ^ , 11 bile from Bamberg County eligible to Z entrance in contest. Z ^ 0 11:00?Address by Hon. B. D. Carter, Z Bamberg. , ? i. Address by Dr. William Weston, Co- Z Iumbia, S. C., in Carlisle Hall. Z , Domestic Science Demonstration by Z Miss Edith Parrott, Winthrop College. Z AFTERNOON ? [' 2:30?Base Ball Game, Rhoad's Park, ? [ Porter Military Academy vs. Carlisle ? School. (7 ' * 4:15?Forty-five minutes of fun for O 1 children and grown-ups with the Mys- O ;, terious Merton, presenting Magical II- i i [? lusions. Keeps you guessing. A great ? favorite with the children. ? 5:00?Humorous Lecture on "Gram- ? biers" or "The Evils of Worrying," by ? 5 > J Dr. H. W. Sears. ? | EVENING & 8:15?A half-hour of Fun and Magic Z with Hal Merton. Z , 8:45?Lecture, "More Taffy and Less 2 c Epitaph v" or "The Crisis of Life," by X Dr. H. W. Sears. X 'ft Amusement. New Ideas, Good Cheer A j les Are Coming. Be a Booster. & i to Miss a Single Event. & s Are Free to the Public A ts? Three Afternoons and Three Even- Jg =day. On sale at Mack's ^rug Store, Rentz & jg Peoples Bank, and by the Ladies of the Civic League. !g Id's Season Tickets, SI.00. 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