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HAVE SUNK 1,600,000 TONS. German Secretary of Interior TelN j Keichstag Campaign Big Success. j Amsterdam. April 29.?In the first two months of unrestricted submarine warfare shipping to the amount of more than 1,600,000 tons was sunk by the Germans, Dr. Karl Helfferich, German secretary of the interior, told the reiehstag main committee yesterday. Asserting that the submarine campaign was proving a great success, he continued: "The first month's results excelled the best previous results by 25 per cent., the second month's by 50 per cent. Exact figures cannot be given, but in the first two months the freight tonnage sunk exceeded 1,600,000, of which more than 1,000,000 was British. Perception of economic conditions in England is made difficult by the fact that the British government, since the beginning of unrestricted submarine warfare, nas decided on far reaching statistical concealment. England could no longer afford the publicity of the earlier period of the war. "From our figures one may estimate the totaf tonnage still available for British trade at 7,000,000 to 10,000,000. It is clear the British merchant fleet cannot long bear sinkings at the present rate. Adequate substitutions by new construction are impossible, as the British increase in ships in 1916 notwithstanding every effort, was not sufficient even to replace the.normal diminution of peace time." Says Plan Will Fail. "The British attempts to reemploy on a great scale neutral tonnage will fail, as it is in the interest of neu trals to preserve their fleets for the time when peace comes again. Supposing that England was deprived of about half of neutral ship traffic by the beginning of the unrestricted submarine warfare we arrive at the result that arrivals at and sailings from English ports as regards tonnage must have diminished in the first months of the U-boat war by one-quarter to one-third. The figures of the traffic since the beginning of the U-boat w-ar represent 40 per cent, less than the average sailings and arrivals at English ports in times of peace. This effect is progressively increasing. "Lloyd George justly recognized j that the question of ships will be de- j cisive for the future of British world power and the issue of the war. America's Wooden Fleet. "The wooden ships which the United States intends to build to save Great Britain will, in all probability, only come into use when they have nothing more to save. * * * Great Britain's attempt to alleviate her difficulties by drastic restrictions in importations of the less essential commodities is doomed to failure because of her total imports in 1916 of 42,000,000 tons, 31,000,000 tons consisted of foodstuffs, luxuries, wood and iron and among the rest were many things indispensable in war times." Dr. Helfferich then concluded: Short But Secure. "We in Germany have been kept short, but we stand secure. The war of starvation is turned against its originators. The American apostles of humanity who are trying to drive our neutral neighbors to war against us with threats of death will not turn the scales of fate. "Realizing her position Great Britain is seeking a decision on l&nd, driving hundreds of thousands of her sons to death and ruin. The belief that she could comfortably wait until hunger had conquerer us and until hunger had conquered us and unter came to her rescue has disappeared. If we remain true to ourselves, keep calm, maintain our nerve and keep our owin house in order by maintaining internal unity we have won the war." Tins Country's Choice. Those Americans who calmly consider the vital issues at stake in the war and our interest in them, the disposition of Germany toward this country as revealed by a number of significant incidents, and the farreaching consequences to our country of a victory for the leagued despots, cannot but rejoice that the president decided as he did. Under his leadership we have embarked on a war the extent and cost of which cannot be estimated, but the necessity of which cannot be denied, if this nation, together with the rest of the world, is to be freed from a danger which would have overhung us like a black cloud. By staying out of the war we might have gained an insecure peace and a few more billion dollars paid for with blood, shed in reality for our own safety, and then perhaps shed in vain. By going in. we assure the safety of not only ourselves, but of all other democracies, and with it a lasting peace, which can be founded only on freedom, justice, humanity and international right. We have chosen the harder but the better part.? Portland Oregonian. APPLICATION'S CRGEI). Governor Makes Timely Suggestions to Voting; Men of South Carolina. Columbia, April 29.?The following address has been issued by Governor Manning: To the citizens of South Carolina: An officers' training camp in connection with the officers' reserve corps will be held at Fort Oglethorpe. Ga., for the States of North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Men between the ages of twenty years and nine months and forty-four years are invited to enter this camp for service of three months, beginning May S, and it is necessary that men desiring to seek commissions set about ap plying iiuuieuiaici?. I desire to emphasize the necessity for quick action in this matter, as time is short. Those wishing to enter the camp should communicate without delay with Capt. J. M. Graham, Columbia, S. C.; Capt. R. A. Jones, Clemson college; Lieut. E. B. Garey, the Citadel; Lieut. G. C. Bowen, Bailey Military institute. Greenwood, S. C. State Should lie First. South Carolina should be the first State in any display of patriotism. Unless men who want to serve their country as officers at once take steps to enter this training camp they are likely to find that they have been shut out of such training and the prospect of the commission sought. The following telegram has been received from the headquarters of the Eastern department of the United States arrnv; "When commanding officers of training camp prepare final list of candidates to be notified .to proceed to camp he will exclude all candidates who reside beyond the divisional area which the camp represents, unless the total number of reserve officers and candidates who are residents of the area is less than 2,500, in which case he may supply the deficiency by selecting certified applicants who rej side elsewhere." 10,000 Officers for 500,000 Troops. From the men trained about 10,000 will be selected to officer the first increment of 500,000 troops, which congress is expected to authorize. Men trained, but not chosen for this service will, if found fit, be commissioned in the officers' reserve corps for service with later increments of troops. The camp will be open to the following classes: Reserve officers of the line (infantry, cavalry, field and coast artillery) and engineers; members of any reserve officers' training corps unit over twenty years and nine months and other cadet students of the same age; members of the National Guard when duly authorized; graduates of military schools between twenty years and nine months and forty-four years; and other citizens between twenty years and nine months and forty-four years of age, with or without previous military exI nnrinnm rirr)or1 thov nrfi nthPT* V f 1V?VU v.. V wise qualified. These Are Eligible. Men are eligible provided they are college graduates or undergraduates, l or fairly well educated' men, and provided they have demo 1 ' ated ;n business, athletic or ot; * *..* rities ! that they possess to an unusuai degree the ability to handle men. Ail applicants must be citizens of the United States, of good moral character and sound physical condition and capably of undergoing the severe physical work of drill and manoeuvers with full infantry equipment. Transportation, clothing and food will be provided; the matter of pay is now being determined in Washington. 1 ask that the press of South Carolina give immediate healthful publicity to the matter of our citizens entering the training camp at Fort Oglethorpe. and that it emphasize the necessity for immediate action on the part of men who desire to become officers in this reserve corps. MR. HOOT WILL GO TO RUSSIA, ( alls on President Wilson to Re ceive Instructions. Washington, April 26.?America's commission to the new democratic government of Russia will be headed by Elihu Root, secretary of war under McKinley, secretary of State under Roosevelt, and for six years a senator from New York. Mr. Root called on President Wilson today to accept the task and hear the president's plans for offering unstinted aid to the provisional authorities at Petrograd in their task of carrying on the war with Germany, setting up a permanent government and rehabitating their country. Only acceptances by other men selected for places on the commission are awaited before formal announcement of their names and details of their mission are made public. The president is anxious that they leave for Petrograd as promptly as possible. HARD STRUGGLE BEFORE KM). Mont lis of Bitter Fighting Still Ahead ISefore Victory is Won. Washington, April 2S.? While definite ascendancy over the German war machine has been established by the allied forces in France, both in personnel and and equipment, and eventual victory is in sight, many months of bitter fighting are still ahead. This is the view of military experts attached to France's war commission as gathered by officers of the American general staff during informal conversations at the war department. Statements of the Frenchmen fully confirmed conclusions reached by the general staff after its long study of losses in all armies actually engaged in Europe. The terrible toll in dead, maimed and prisoners, computed in figures, including Russia's enormous losses in caDtured. amounts to 10 per cent, a month of troops at the front. Half of these are permanently out of action, and were it not for the constant stream of recruits going forward every day, an army of 1,000,000 men soon would fade away. Of the wounded or ill sent to the rear great numbers recuperate and return to their regiments. With a medical corps service working at highest possible efficiency, half of the entire loss of an army is recovered' to active duty, but the process takes more than three months. This condition is one of the impelling reasons why the general staff stood firmly for the selective draft plan of the administration's army bill. Under the volunteer plan England's forces at the front were in some cases so reduced in strength that their predicament was serious. France had no difficulty on that score. Under her system of universal militarv services, classes were called up as they were needed and loss at the front offset promptly. There was no indication that the French officers had any suggestions to make as to the part of the United States army is to play in the great war. The American staff officers are known to oppose vigorously any suggestion that a small expeditionary force be sent to Europe for its moral effect. They say their immediate concern is to see that the American army is placed in such a position that when the time comes to send men to the front they will be so strong, so well trained and equipped, so. adequately supplied that it will make its weight felt immediately even in a field where millions are already contending. Peruvian Indian Weavers. The ancient Indians of Peru are now considered the world's greatest weavers. This noteworthy revelation in the history of textile art is the result of the critical examination of many rich and beautiful tapestries and other fabrics executed by the gifted ancient Indian population of Peru. Though buried three centuries or more in the sandy desert after being made with primitive handloom. and other weaving implements; these wonderful fabrics are now found to be superior to those turned out by the automatic looms of the great mills of today. The primitive Peruvian handloom [ consisted of two sticks, one at the top and one at the bottom. In certain tapestry looms, when it was desirable to allow the warps little play, they were fastened directly to the loom bars. But in most cases the warps were strung over strings of soft yarn, and these yarns attached by a second string to the bars. But how little the loom influenced the nature of the fabric produced may be judged from the fact that many fabrics contain three distinct classes of decoration. The change from one type to the other was apparently under the easy control of the weavers. In Egyptian weaving it is very common to find borders sowed on the garments. The Peruvians generally scorned such makeshifts. If a border to a fabric was desired, it was woven on in the most careful manner. In the same piece they changed from plain warp stripes to double cloth with a tapestry border, or stripes of bobbin-weaving with narrow tapestry border, or embroidered plain cloth with tapestry edge.?Southern Workman. He Mav lie Soon. Mrs. Grundy?Is young Von Bluffingham one of the landed aristocracy? Willie?Xot yet, but sister is trying hard.?Widow. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6tol4days. The 6rst application gives Ease and Rest. 50c. J. F. Carter B. I). Carter CARTER & CARTER A TT< >RX FYS-AT- LA W BAMBERG. S. C. Special attention given to settlement of Estates and investigation of Land Titles. A ii^jj ii^ji ii^j A i>%i A A A A A A, a4a a^a a4Aa4a v T|y T|T ^y Ty j ?-K I The Prosi X | A PROFIT-SI * Y X 3t offers yon a Boons U It pays yo X when you join the club compouned ? Y 1 1 T 1 A T X X _____ t __z T 1 In addition to the bonvi ium, on June 1st, the i T have entered this club ' a child will draw there V . positor, who will be ent f f ?? X T I I FNTFRPR v Bamberg CHILDREN NO EXCEPTION TOVWA to Bamberg as Elsewhere Youth and j V Ag# Suffer Alike from Kid-' r^J ney Weakness . Vm Is your child weak, frail and Dale?! f/j No control over the kidneys' action? j J/f Mrs. J. , Kidney weakness is a serious thing? ; derson Far too serious to overlook. j f^J ??My daui It may mean a life of sickliness. I Wy4 jere(j jerrj| Profit by Bamberg experiences. j M . . Use Doan's Kidney Pills. \W/i J""1 1 Endorsed by Bamberg parents . j fyf doct?rs 2* Read this Bamberg monther's en* wf^k brougl dorsement j fry* die. She I ? ? - \ -M Mrs. J. C. Folk, Jr., Carlisle St., j w/% mucn ai. Bamberg, says: "A younger member ! lyl ing heard of my family was troubled by kidney | got it for h weakness and a lame and aching back.: There was no control over the kid- ! 0^ JB bey secretions at night. I got a box 1 l| jH K of Doan's Kidney Pills from the! I People's Drug Store and gave them | I In I to the child. They were of great I I benefit. He can now control the kid- j f | Q ney secretions at night and doesn't have any trouble." j Tlip Wni Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't ^ simply ask for a kidney remedy?get r a Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that r "Inafe\ Mrs. Folk recommends. Foster-Mil* j ta JP burn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. i no double V cured her, AN EASY WAY TO REDUCE ' ^ its praises FLESH. ! ry We receiv i / sands of Drink Hot Water and Take Tassco. i /A every veai ; / good Card Haven't you often wished for a women medicine to reduce your flesh? Some-! f ccmipiatrits thing that does not require dieting or > j??, calisthenics? Well, right here you I fe1 Cardm have it in 5-grain tassco tablets, j ^ which you may secure at Mack's Drug ! ^MnMH Store, Bamberg, S. C., or Peoples ' Pharmacy, Denmark, S. C. They are ! ? pleasant to take, perfectly harmless : and cause no restrictions of habit or eating, and reduce the flesh, little by i < jjj* little until you are down to the num ber of pounds you wisn to weigu. All* 1 Too much flesh is undesirable, as j most quite stout people will readily admit, and it detracts from one's ?8 good appearance; makes one clumsy ,1 Best material and short of breath. ! ship, light r There isn't any reason why anyone jl little power; should be too stout, when there's this ! ijam|ie Are much-tried, perfectly satisfactory ; remedy at Mack's Drug Store, and ifl sizes and aye Peoples Pharmacy. Tassco tablets :l money-making (don't forget the name) are recom- Qj to the smalles mended by physicians and are guar- cat0log showii anteed to be perfectly harmless. Re- 'I ? fuse substitutes, if you can not come ers a al fc,a to our store, we will mail tassco to ,1 you. 5 LOMBARD II ?50c BOX FRKE ? I SUPP FREE TASSCO COUPOX 8 luffL THE TASSCO. CO ^ ' * Boston, Mass. Send me my return mail a 50c _______ box of your wonderful obesity _ treatment. I enclose 1 Oc in *? Cure a C silver or stamps to help pay Take laxative brc postage and packing. oESi^rdhSd'SS - e. w. GROVE'S sigr Read The Herald, $1.50 per year. ' Read The Hen ^ Ak A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A A^ i^k ^k J^L |T A" fy- Wf ?A? 7x? tW? VfTA? fy AV VAV TAV at VAT AT AV TAT TAT Jk )IN? I * lavihr Dun I IU llj UUU I I/' iARING PLAN | ; f' ' 1 I f: o Interest z It pays you a Cash Premium ? emi-annually M at the end of the club period ^ is, interest and cash prem- T lames of all persons who X will be placed in a hat and V (from the name of one de- X ;itled to a Shetland Pony. * Y HOC* O A \1V il JOL DAim I x -'^3' C P > 3. ^ A A:A.A.. LUUUJJI WHAT IS Olax-fos ffcr? I/J UX-FOS IS AN IMPROVED CASCAJU Mj A Digestive Laxative A. Cox, Of: AI- Lyi CATHARTIC AND UVER TOWC , i'i wn^" n/w j Lax-Fos is not a Secret or Patent Medi- ^ Jhter sui- cine but is composed of the following )ly. She could Vyl' old-fashioned roots and herbs: n bed ... the Y1 CASCARA BARK "M ve her up, and VI BLUE FLAG ROOT it her home to YA RHUBARB ROOT _ had suffered so YsI BLAOK ROOT .. time. Hav- YA WAY APPLE ROOT of Cardui, we YA SENNA LEAVES ^ er." YA AND PEPSIN ^^ _ ; in Lax-Fos the Cascara is improved by Ittk III the addition of these digestive ingrediI 1 I H I I ents making it better than ordinary Cas j^p ! cara, and thns the combination acts not I I I I I | only as a stimulating laxative and cathar[III I I I ; tic but also as a digestive and liver tonic. I i Syrup laxatives are weak, but Lax-Fos m ; combines strength with palatable, aronon'o TaaIa matic taste and does not gripe or disturb Hull S I Ulllu jthe stomach. One bottle will prove A ! Lax-Fos is invaluable for Constipation, , . y \ Indigestion or Torpid Liver. Price 50c. vdays,shebe- ^ iprove," Mrs. rA portable and stationary w / riiniiirr Hi! tNhlNtd telling of the. / . ___ _ ___ ___ ui has (Tone for / ; AND BOILERS -c* /m Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, lnjec^ /M ">rs> Pu*ps and Fittings, Wood too Trv /J Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, E 77 Belting, Gasoline Engines LOMBARD \\^A\\au)?(i1 PniinHrr. Machine. Boiler Works, ! PPy AUGUSTA, GA. ; v *' ijpSBKjJ i Pays 25c a Month for Perfect Health and workman- I For 15 yearg. K ^ uttle. Bessemer. unning, requires I S^i^AVBSST ta P~ ' simple, easy to H "i desire to add my endorsement of Qraager Urer ? j ? . , Rer>l*tor. I have not used any other medicine for made in several : fifteen year*. I know it i? the beet for all Ii*?r j I complaints. end will core any case of iadl?wtioo good, substantial known. When I first commenced to taks yoor , , , Qranker Liver Regulator the Pegram-Patton Drug Co, , macnineS down wasbuyinf it by the dozen. Now I am told they boy , _ tt7?-. - I it by the cross. I use one box each month and t Size. Write tor would not be without it tor anything" lg Engines, Boil- I, /^n<s||nrAyt . w Mill supplies. Ii Clllg^I I liver iON WORKS & Si " . iv <*> I Regulator I is strictly vegetable, non-alcoholic prepsista, Ga. ! ration, and is highly recommended for rick M headache, indigestion, biliousness and aD stomach and liver complaints. Your draffgist can supply you?25c a box. -r Graafer Medicine Co., Chattaaooga, Teas. old In One Day j )MO-Quinine, it stops the Drjves Out Malaria, Builds Up System ; and works off the Cold. r " ney if it fails to cure. The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, lature on each box. 25c., GROVE'S TAS" ELESG chill TONIC, drives out Malaria,enriches the blood.and builds up the aysald, $1.50 a year. tern. A true tonic. For adults and children. 50c.