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fv* WHAT THE DUTCH THINK OF IT. i Some Want to Flglit; Some Don't.1 Classes Divided. The Dutch mind does not disclose itself to chance acquaintances. You might sit around the cafes of The Hague for a month without ever being certain just what Holland really thinks of the war, writes a staff cori* respondent to the Brooklyn Eagle. If you question a Dutchman in re i gard to his sympathies, he will tell j you what his wife thinks, what the j government thinks, and what everybody thinks, but himself. But if you should go swimming with him at Scheveningen, he is quite likely to emerge from a wave to blurt out, in an off moment, something against England, or a loud phrase against Germany. But he must know you < * . first. For all his solidity, the Dutchman has moments of unguarded im| ~ pulse. . On a bright afternoon in early July, the steamship Vondel, named for a famous native poet, left AmSfcV sterdam for the Dutch East India. The cabin passengers, a mere handfe ful. were all Dutch with the excep tion of myself?officers, physicians and engineers of the Dutch army, wealthy merchants and land-owners, and a Dutch consular official bound for a small port on the Red Sea. Charming folks they were, unspoiled by the deadly provincialism of the untraveled Hollander, and all speaking other languages than their own, for the Dutchman is the best linguist I in Europe, because outside of his own country, he can't do business in Dutch, so usually he speaks German, English and French as well. Frank War Talk. You should have sat in the smoking room on the evening that the Vondel struck smooth water after two rough days in the Bay of Biscay. Someone began a discussion of the war, and immediately a cross-section of Dutch public opinion, naive and frank, was laid bare. The army officers and merchants said that Holland ought to attack Germany at once. The consul general said that (Germany was a friendly neignDor and should be unmolested. V There, without the familiar arguments of indictment and defense, you have the Dutch viewpoint clearly reflected. The army and the business men are aggressively anti-German. (The business men are anti-British, too, but that doesn't matter). The |||? \ court and official classes are inoffensively pro-German. While court and cabinet can decide for war, it is the army which must do the fighting. ; > The situation is curiously contradicHgpV ) Bach side upheld, itself with an gfe eloquence one would have believed p?; . impossible! But the next morning everybody was. stolid again, every- ' V body regretted having spoken so freely and so emotionally. Several men dropped into a steamer chair at my p?; side to explain that they really had l|fey v been over-emphatic on the previous evening, and what they said should be disregarded. i Bp?;/' Dutch Not Unlike Americans. Although one would hardly credit it, the Dutch are not unlike Ameri\ cans in some ways. They have a , gp? highly developed sense of perspective ( which will not permit them to take Holland or the Hollanders too seriously, just as an American, because he has no perspective at all, refuses to think in terms of continents instead of counties. "We'll fight the Germans all right," said a merchant, who was also an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve. "We'll fight them with , brooms and wooden shoes. I'm all for war, but what I say is, let somebody else do the fighting. Not I!" |v And whenever you know a Dutchman who isn't in the army you'll find i: just that attitude. The Dutch derive great pleasure in ridiculing themselves to foreigners. The Dutch civilian has no respect for any man in uniform, merely because it's a uniform. For royalty they have no real reverence at all. Queen Wilhelmina enjoys only a mild popularity, partly because she is dowdy, which dis pleases the men, and partly because, although the richest sovereign in Europe, she is economical, which displeases the women. As for Prince Hendrick, the consort, he is merely tolerated. One of Wilhelmina's chief worries nowadays is to make Henry keep his large mouth shut. He has all a German's instinct for saying the wrong thing at the right time. Whenever the situation is shaky he can be relied upon to come bouncing in with some horrible international aphorism, which takes i { the queen a week to explain. Essentially republican in their political concepts, the Dutch tolerate a monarchy merely oat of intense loyalty to the Orange tradition. So long as the house of Orange holds the throne, Holland will be faithful, but when the line becomes extinct, there is good prospect of a Dutch republic again. A Solid People. In moments of real or apparent danger the Dutch give no evidence of alarm. On the first day out of Wr m P-v r>!_ SILO FILLING TIME. Important to Have Enough Men and Teams to Keep Machinery Going. Silo filling time is at hand in many parts of the State and, for the benefit of those who are having their first experience with silos and silage and for those who are not quite certain that they have been doing the work properly in the past, Clemson college is issuing a few simple directions which, carefully observed, will enable one to fill a silo economically and properly. Corn should be harvested for silage when the ear is dented and the shuck begins to turn brown, or shortly before the corn is fully ripe. The most important point in filling a silo is to make certain in advance that there will be enough men and teams for cutting, hauling, feeding, distributing and other operations to keep the silo-filling machinery at work all the time. It is when a man permits his engine to stop every few hours and has to start it again at much trouble that silo-filling becomes irksome and expensive, and the only way to avoid this is to determine in advance the number of men and teams it will require for the work and to keep the machinery in motion constantly. Hauling the corn to the silo is another important item. A farmer who has his silage corn field far from his silo will realize the mistake of this when he begins to haul. Silage corn should always be planted as near as possible to the barn; A big laborsaver in hauling is the low-down wagon. The work is done much more easily when the men do not have to lift the corn to a great height to load it into a high-bodied wagon. Low-bodied wagons may be bought cheaply or may be made easily. Directions for making them are given in farmers' bulletin 578, U. S. department of agriculture. In filling a silo with an ordinary blowrer, there is a tendency for all larger pieces of ear to fall in one place while the stalks and leaves will be blown a little farther over. It is best, for this reason, to have a distributer attached to a blower, but, if . none is had, a man 6hould be in the silo with a fork to distribute the grain well over the surface. Men should also be in the silo to pack the silage around the walls instead of letting it accumulate in the centre. These men should tramp and pack the silage thoroughly. T\7V> nri fViyv oil /-v Vi o o Kaan tho V V 11UU cue Oixv uuo U wii. iiiivu) VMV top layer of silage should be made thoroughly wet so to form an airtight covering and prevent the spoiling of the silage for a greater depth than eight inches or a foot. There will be a slight loss in the top layer of silage unless it is used immediately. One need not wait a day after filling the silo before beginning to use the silage. Hail to the Chief. Jones had not wanted to go to the gregarious feast where the speeches strung out endlessly, says Harper's Magazine. Circumstances obliged him to stay. The speeches were strung out partly because the chiefest and dullest orator was not expected until late. Finally he came, and there was a rush of committeemen to escort him to his place. "Hello!" exclaimed Jones' companion, "what is that they are making such a bother about?" "We still follow," answered Jones, sourly, "the ancient custom of bringing in the bore's head." Amsterdam?to return to the ship? a sailor appeared at the door of the dining saloon and banged the danger gong. Few passengers knew what miorlrf <i/?+nollv ha fVio mooninPr ttvtuan J KJ ^ 1/i-iV XXI VW**i**0* calmly, everybody passed to their cabins, strapped on life belts and took their places at the boats, where they learned that this was merely a tuning up for what the day in the North Sea might bring. A few hours later the Vondel passed a floating mine, and in the afternoon a German submarine appeared some 500 yards off,-surveyed us, and dived. I can't remember that anyone was more than mildly unbalanced. Of late years the Dutch East Indian colonies have not been popular with the younger generation of wealthy Dutchmen, who prefer remaining in Holland to seeing the world, if it means three years in the tropics. This aversion to petty personal hardship is regarded as a form of national degeneracy. Inducements to service in Java are by no A TT/\nr? r* llltJcHis nicuiisiuci auic. n. ,? UU115 ai 111 v engineer aboard had all his expenses paid and a salary of $50 a week awaiting him. Living in the Dutch colonies, however, is expensive, because everybody is out to make as much money as possible in the shortest time, in order to return to the cold, dispiriting, Dutch dampness u-bifh thev Inve. Nevertheless, the ' j type of young Dutchman who is going to the colonies for military or civil service today is usually a fine, sturdy fellow.. || FREE! FREE!! I I 1st PRIZE?Set of China Dishes | 2nd PRIZE?9 x 12 Art Square # Beginning Saturday, August 21st A TICKET WILL BE GIVEIN 0 with each dollar purchase of Watkins' goods. Tickets will also be given with each dollar payment on old accounts. On December 15th, two prizes will be given to persons holding certain numbers. Prizes Are Now on Display at G. 0. Simnons's Hardware Store These prizes will be given away absolutely free. All that is necessary is to purchase Watkins' Medicines and household goods. The merits of these goods are known to everyone who has ever neoH rhpm Tf vnn have r>nt been a customer, ask vour neighbor I about our goods. W. H. CHANDLER Wat kin's Salesman Bamberg, S. C. SPANN MERCANTILE CO. BAMBERG, S. C. New Agency for v* pa krt /?Hr CREAM {jgE SEPARATORS By TA7"E have taken the agency for the VV famous De Laval Cream Separators because we believe the De Laval will do better work and last longer than any other separator made, and that it is by far the cheapest and most satisfactory machine to use. We have machines on hand at all times and will be pleased to demonstrate their superiority to any one. We have put in a stock of De Laval repairs and De Laval Oil and are in a position to look after the needs of all users of old De Laval machines in this locality. $17.00 Denmark to Washington, D. C., and Return Account 50tfa Annual Reunion, Grand Army of the Republic Great Military Parades Tickets on sale September 25th, 26th, 27th, Returning, all tickets void after midnight October - n 4% 4 IP Sff ? S - Mm 4 m r 0% M dill, iy id, /TidKC up ^uur pai vy anu t VIA Atlantic Coast Line "The Standard Railroad of the South" ? l For rates, reservations, or any information phone or write M. T. JOHNSON, Agent, Denmark, S. C. r iin'liir n life, fire, uvestock tNGINES "SSST AND BOILERS Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injec- Agent tor Superior Monument Co tors, Pumps and Fittings, Wood Can Sare you Money on Tombstones Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, 117 y 1 v 117 A I PTD Belting, Gasoline Engines W IV1A A W ALfkLK ? EHRHARDT, S. C. LARQESTOCK LOMBARD Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works, oa. CITATION NOTICE. I The State of South Carolina? I Best material and workman- I Pnnntv nf Ramhere?By Geo. P. Har- I ship, light running, requires | mon, Esq., Judge of Probate. little power; simple, easy to Whereas, Mrs Carrie E. Starr han(Jle Are made in several hath made suit to me to grant her . , . . .. . letters of administration of the sizes and are good, substantial estate of and effects of P. H. Starr, money-making machines down deceased. to the smallest size. Write for These are therefore to cite and. catolog showing Engines, Boiladmonish all and singular the kin-1 , ? ~ ,. dred and creditors of the said j ers and a11 ?aw M 1 supplies. I P. H. Starr, deceased, that they be j j and appear before me in the Court i LOMBARD IROX WORKS & of Probate, to be held at Bamberg, j SUPPLY CO I oil Saturday, Sept. 11th, next, after! * I publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in ! I fnronnnn tn show cause, if any I Augusta, Ga. I they have, why the said administration should not he granted. o-Hiv?n im^e.r my ?ail^ and seal this Glendale springs water for sale a1 2oth day of August, A. D., 19Id. tt j , ^ Pi , vr??i-?? GEO P HARMON Herndon s Grocery Store and Mack . Judge of Probate. Drug Store.?adv. V I A FAK-S1GHTE1) MAX is the one who takes no chances with his wheel, but keeps a . '"-j first-class machine in first-class , trim. The best bicycle badly "fctuL repaired quickly degenerates -i= into a worthless article. Uni less you are riding for a fall, don't allow, your steel steed to '/\\ i * \V ! be made unreliable by sloppv ' \\ ( ; r (3 jobs of incompetent tinkers. U ' f Our work is excelled nowhere.' J. B. BRI Wake up bull The Bell Telephone is the ] Ring up on the Bell. You may talk about dull your breath but it won't hel breath to talk into your Bell Tt Ring up old customers, the of prospects, there is no quid saves more time or expense. If you haven't a Bell Tele Call the Business office for rate SOUTHERN BELL TELE AND TELEGRAPH GO! BOX 108, COLUMBIA, SOI r~ ?= T? n . ^ rui a WIL1 I jffiow'mu ?<* j&< I The NET RESULT of a year If one man earns $10,000 a yea does not really make as much e $6,000 and has $2,000 in our t (year. Put your money in our bank a this is the one SURE way to ge Make OUR bank Y We pay 4 per cent, h pounded quarterly on se I Farmers & Merc EHRHARDT, ' ???? [ When you want PAPER of you can get it at Hera cklei Lred. Bamberg, S. C. \ ' i w' S ^ Bflll 0 JL\\ .? al / " Mis! % Big Ben of Business. < 'M - - * * *! v V?v;> Vv times 'till you lose p matters, save your" slephone. n start on a fresh list cer way ?none that - ;'IS , - : ' " phone, get one now. \ s. ; PHONE /2\ ' HPANY I FTH CAROLINA. y ? . :M Real Electric Starter , .... 9n Your Ford. ter that has been used for md is reliable. The Starter 1 under the hood out of the ^ ? Starter that does away with g, starts from the seat. AND LET US PUT ON ONE FOR YOU. JAM H. PATRICK BAMBERG, S. C. ===== . ,3 fcA we ? B? $fAN"PUTS | IL HE CAN I WE /N THE I FOR THAT I I H 's work is what counts. I hi | ,r and spends it an, ne is the man who earns iank at the end of the J < ' \ nd let It STAY there; t ahead. OUR bank ; nterest, com- 1 ivings depsits :hants BankJ any kind remember i i n l Ci Id dock oiore > * ' V,