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' V / ~ * * f A ? 3b? latnbprg ijjfralb te t One Dollar and a Half a Year. " BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1918. Established 1891. MUST HAVE USEFUL JOBS STATE ADVISORY BOARD TO EMPLOYMENT SEVICE MEETS. War Industries Should Go Ahead Regardless of Inconvience to Non-Essential Work. * Columbia, Aug. 30.?Manifesting a quiet determination to carry into effect all rulings of the war industries board which look to an increase in the producing power of the nation, the State Advisory Board of the United States employment service held an important meeting yesterday morning in the Loan and Exchange hni Mir?or voua. uuiiuxu^, The meeting was for the purpose of looking into the labor situation; for trying to get a line on essential and nonessential enterprises; for * planning some method by which men who at present are engaged in non-essentials may be induced to give up jobs which are not vitally important in war times and take jobs where their country needs them and where they can do some work for victory. The soft drink dealers and manufa^turers, the bell hops in hotels who thrive on tips, the transfer men, the pool room loafers, the one horse fruit stands, the idlers around depots and the negro who wrote the Employment ^ Service that he would do government work for $60 per week all came in for consideration. Again and again it was brought out k that when the matter of war work is properly presented, when men engaged in non productive work are brought to see the real need of their services by the government, when loyalty to country and the boys at the front is stressed, the response is immediate and gratifying. Some men will have to be forced into war work. but a patriotic appeal in many cases has the desired effect according to information brought before the Governor Manning, who was present by invitation, sized up the view taken by the Advisory Board pretty ' x accurately when he said"We must lay aside selfish consideration and personal gain, and put our brains into winning this war and to do it, work is necessary.'' Another gentleman present, who was evidently a thorough convert to the "work or fight" plan of the government, said men engaged in non-essential work such as selling soft . drinks or driving transfers ought to be told plainly that they could either ^ get out of their present work and get into something that has to do with the winning of the war or else report to their local board. Employment Cards. The use of empolyment cards, by which men are required to hold a card signed by their employer showing the nature of the work being done and the number of days worked, was considered when the question of getting rid of idlers was being considered. The Greenville ordinance was referred to and the disadvantages J of the card system considered. % Mr. Montgomery, of SDartanbure. who has the knowledge that comes from long experience in dealing with ' labor, said that th? mills were producing 75 to 80 per cent, of normal ' production. Some mills are actually doing war work for the government such as making duck while others - are making cloth necessary to clothe the world. He said some mills were showing a tendency to drift away from war , work owing to the delays and red , tape connected with government con- , tracts. Essentials and Non-Eessentials. The vague line between essential and non-essential work received consideration and an eifort to make up a / list of industries that are essential and another list of industries that are not essential in war times was made, but it was decided that the war industries board in Washington would be considered in regard to the matter. The cottonseed oil mills over the State which soon will be in operation will require about 1,500 men to run them. Floating labor will supply fc about 500 men and the others win have to be secured from non-essential industries. Many other industries that are essential are short handed, and men must be recruited. The enormous wastage of man power in the State was frequently referred to. When the soft drink industry was under consideration, the board manifested a desire to put on its fighting togs right away?the labor necessary to run the bottling plants; the men necessary to drive tf' 7 SPAIX WILL TAKE OVER SHIPS. In Retaliation Against U-Boat Warfare?Had Warned Berlin. Madrid, Saturday, Aug. 31.?The Spanish Government tonight decided to take over all the German steamships interned in Spanish ports, in accordance with Spain's recent note to Berlin, because of the torpedoing of Spanish vessels by German submarines. Foreign Minister Dato announced at a meeting of the Cabinet tonight that the Spanish steamship Ttaz-Mendi, carrying a cargo of coal from England to Spain, has been torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. the drays and delivery wagons hauling the soft drinks from places of manufacture to place of sale; the ice and sugar consumed in their sale and manufacture, and the absolute uselessness of the finished product, all came in for comment that was not gentle. Pool Room Loafers. When the pool rooms came up for consideration, the same desire to save man power and put the idlers and pushers to productive work was manifest. One gentleman present said he had seen recently in one pool room some 12 or 16 men at about 1:30 o'clock in the day playing the game, and then when the country is calling for all available man power to put its force into war work. The demand for skilled mechanics for government.work is well known. When it was pointed out that more than 700 transfers operate in the city of Columbia, many of the cars being run by skilled mechanics, and that these men are sorely needed for government work, the board expressed the hope that these men would soon be in war work. Barber shops, one man fruit stands, pressing clubs and similar Industries came up for discussion, and the urgent necessity for women taking the place of men so as to release the men for war work was commented upon. One question which brought about considerable discussion had to do with sewer systems in process of being installed. To remove the civil engineers from work that has already been started would entail loss and hardship, it was said, but to advise against the inauguration of any new work would prevent personal loss. Street paving and improvements, the employment of carpenters and brick masons in building residences and moving picture theatres and work of like character brought out the comment that the war demands carpenters and brick masons and engineers and that such work as that referred to can wait. * v annuo uiuci uiaiucio wcit wusidered. Food Administratir William Elliott and Governor Manning were present at the conference and gave many facts with regard to labor conditions over the State. COTTON WEIGHERS. At Bamberg. A. P. Beard ^ C. B. Free W. M. Sandifer D. K. Sandifqr Bamberg 80 116 20 22 Clear Pond 8 5 14 Midway 4 4 3 16 H. Chapel 2 48 9 Farrell's 5 17 5 34 U. S. Service -2 11 6 , 2 101 201 35 87 At Olar. Sellers. Morris. Proveaux. Colston 15 21 19 Govan 21 26 15 Dlar 46 45 40 U. S. Service.... 12 1 83 94 75 Ho< TT C ; I c o ? r CLUB ? p cc ? Go van 19 Denmark 36 : Hightower's Mill 8 Colston 7 ' Clear Pond Ehrhardt 21 Bamberg.'. 76 Hunter's Chapel 2 Lees 3 Midway 10 Kearse 2 Olar 21 Edisto 13 U. S. Service 4 Total "222 ^ \ . j PRISONERS NOW TOTAL 120,000. j | Allies Since July 18 Have Also Cap-!1 tured 20,000 Guns. J London, Aug. 29.?The total En-j i! tente Allied captures on the western j i 1 . front since July 18 now approach! < 120,000 prisoners and 20,000 guns. I i The British captured more than 20,-; . i 000 prisoners between August 21 and j I August 26, while the British total! j losses in the same period including j I oil IrillaH n-Aiin/lo/l ond micsinc rcaro ' j ail IVUlCUt *? vuuu^u auu mwuiug "Viv j only slightly in excess of that figure.; I A considerable portion of the British^ j casualties are in the slightly wound- j | ed class. The total captures by the | British since August 8 exceed 47,000 i officers and men and the captured . guns number nearly 600. British military observers say it is now clear that the Germans intend to retire to; a shorter line on the western front j where they- can obtain better de-1 pensive positions against l^e con- j stantly repeated Entente Allied j blows and so that the enemy can economize his forces, which has be come an urgent necessity on account of his lessening man power. Moreover, the morale of effect on any kind of the retirement has been j proven to be very great on the German people and armies and the ene. my's present intention is undoubtedly i to make a stand on some line well i; west of the Hindenburg line if possible. v The Germans are watching \ very favorable line along the Ailette, Oise, Somme and Tortille, but it remains i to be seen whether they will be permitted to make a stand there, oi eveu can v uut a ictueiucui av;uuining to plan" to this line without it being broken somewhere else by the eager Allied forces. The most, important obstacle to the German scheme at present is the recent British advance on both sides of the Scarpe which is a serious flanking threat to the whole Hindeni burg position. The British are already almost in contact with the famous Drocourt-Queant "Switch" running from Quant to Lille. Later dispatches place the number of prisoners at 128,000. Carlisle Opening Postponed. Headmaster J. C. Guilds has sent out a notice to all students advising them of the postponement of the opening of the school from Sept. 18th to Sept. 25th. TJiis action has been taken by the school authorities in order that the students engaged in t farming occupations may have anoth- l er week on the farms, and also in a order to allow the school to perfect its! arrangements relative to inaugu- a rating military training at the school a the coming session. This action is taken in common with most of the schools and colleges of the State, and will doubtless meet with the entire approval of the patrons. i i? ^ MAGISTRATES. - I At Olar. ^ Lain. Morris. Colston 41 14 Govan 41 21 Olar 59 70 U. S. Service 2 2 143 107 At Ehrhardt. Grant. Kinard. Ehrhardt 56 108 Kearse 26 26 U. S. Service . 2 2 84 136 At Fish Pond. Herndon. Hill. Edisto 23 67 Hunter's Chapel 32 28 U. S. Service 2 2 . 57 67 w State Ticket Was Vote 5. Senate U. S. Senate For C >-* I c_< 11 I I ^<11 s-w I H-t I c?i * S 9 9 * ? ^ "* M 3 n O OU ?w 2 W ? 5* ? ^ 2 OB r* . CD ? ' ? a ^ 1 8 2 3 ? o" a ? 5 ?r ? ? ? n -j p ? ? a * g. s CD 3* "3 CP CD 0! p "29 14 23 31 10 10" *25 L24 16 48 57 90 10 91 16 1 1 8 16 15 45 1 37 4 13 14 31 18 16 2 6 12 L20 20 51 34 82 23 100 157 7 109 69 87 19 135 52 5 35 2 23 3 51 21 2 6 12 8 4 20 10 2 21 5 3 2 12. 42 7 5 11 36 4 38 84 25 40 50 41 7 85 47 5 36 . 6 21 11 38 19 7 11 8 10 4 26 IJ2 112| 439] 297| 440|| 117 697| THE OFFICIAL VOTE. rote Candidates for State and Federal Offices Received. The following is the vote in the State and federal races, as tabulated )fticially: V. S. Senate?Long Term. C. L. Blease 40,456 N. B. Dial 65,064 J. F. Rice 5,317 U. S. Senate?Short Term. CHristie Benet 34,807 Thos. H. Peeples 37,567 W. P. Pollock 38,816 Governor. A. J. Bethea 10,361 R. A. Cooper 61,900 J. M. DesChamps 493 J. T. Duncan 1,236 J. L. McLaurin 1,584 J. G. Richards 31,230 Lieutenant Governor. Octavus Cohen 17,048 J. T. Liles 55,263 G. W. Wightman 36,844 Supt. Education. V. E. Rector 31,916 J. E. Swearingen 77,664 Attorney General. C. N. Sapp 45,821 R. P. Searson 29,154 S. M. Wolfe 34,644 Railroad Commissioner. If. H. Arnold 28,654 T. J. McLaughlin 13,335 A. A. Richardson 31,729 D. L. Smith : 27,944 J. T. Vowell 8,565 Com. Agriculture. W. D. Garrison 38,636 B. Harris 43,414 H. T. Morrison 26,187 Congress. , SECOND DISTRICT. J. F. Byrnes 7,266 T. G. Croft 1,330 N. G. Evans 974 G. L. Toole 3,112 THIRD DISTRICT. Wyatt Aiken 9,166 F. H. Diminick 9.596 FOURTH DISTRICT. H. L. Bomar 5,743 S. J.. Nicholls 9,651 D. B. Traxler 5,396 SEVENTH DISTRICT. T. F. Brantley 942 F. Lever ?.9,770 T. G. McLeod 2,127 G. B. Timmerman 3,502 Solicitor?Third District. F. A. McLeod .3,919 L. E.' Wood 3,025 ^ ISI w Johcnny Knew. "Johnny," said the Sunday-school eacher at the annual picnic, "do you enow what to eat and what to drink ind what to avoid?" "Sure I know," said Johnny. "Eat ill you can, drink all you can and ivoid bursting."?Boston Transcript. RESULT OF I Official Returns fo; in the Fi j Congri "? ~ a p o CLUB B | * < ? CO Denmark 104 4 6| Hightower's Mill 15 2| Go van 26 8 Colston 44 4 Clear Pond 10 1 Ehrhardt 139 5 Bamberg 137 23 Hunter's Chapel 41 3 Lees 7 4 Midway 8 3 Kearse 33 3 , Olar 69 12 Edisto 42 2 U. S. Service 21 1 Total 696) 117 ~ ill in Bamberg County . rovemor Lt. Gov. S ?h e-i ?H O f-" O O O O O 3 3 ? | ts * r* r p g g ^ c 2 ra o g S? - O T ' O 3* 3 f ?. 3" r? 2 * S g 3 53 3 S 3 ? ? 5. 3. S 1 1 2 16 6 33 23 1 1 54 11 108 58 10 18 7 1 8 4 45 6 1 17 1 2 8 20 30 88 40 2 1 2 68 24 144 67 4 1 56 2| 2 | 2 20 4 81 10 12 1 6 | 3 40 8 2 2 21 | 11 86 31 2 7 1 5 40 17 1 I 2 24 5 4] 7j 151 225[} 100 729 280 j LVLES OSBORNE NAMED. !i ! Anderson Man Appointed to Succeed J Late Carlton Sawyer. Columbia, Aug. 28.?Rutland Lyles Osborne, of Anderson, tonight i ! i was appointed by Governor Manning, ( * l Comptroller General of South Carolina, to succeed the late Carlton W. j Sawyer, who was accidentally killed at his room here August 23, by the discharge of a shot gun he was clean- j inff I o. Mr. Osborne's first act was to re- ' duce the tax levy from nine and onehalf mills, which was the figure set . in appropriation by the last legislature, to eight and one-fourth mills, a decrease of one and one-fourth j mills. The State Tax Commission has placed an increase of forty million j dollars on the tax books of the State; and Mr. Osborne, acting under au- j i thority of a clause inserted in the' revenue bill by the last general assembly, reduced the levy. Governor's Statement. ' The following statement was given out tonight by Governor Manning: "I have appointed Rutledge Lyles ( ! Osborne, of Anderson county, Comp-i j trollor General, to fill the unexpired J term of the late Carlton Sawyer. "Mr. Osborne was the chief clerk ! in the office of the Comptroller Gen- ! | eral. His first duty in assuming the work of that office was to fix the | State levy in accordance with 'an act to make appropriations to meet ordinary expenses of the State government for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 1918. And to provide for a tax sumcient to aeiray tne; same, and for borrowing money.' Un- j. der that act it is provided that the | levy shall not exceed nine and a half \ mills. j The work of the Tax Commission j in placing property on the books i which heretofore had escaped taxation, and of equalizing assessments j has resulted in increasing the taxable j property of the State over fifty mill-j ions of dollars. The Comptroller j General has fixed the State levy at | eight and one-fourth mills, a decrease of one and one-fourth mills from the estimate of nine and onehalf mills made by the general as- i sembly on the taxable values of the j year 1917. Many of the county dele-! gations of general assembly provided ; for this flexible levy in their counties, . but in some counties where the m crease in valuations has been maten- 1 al no provision has been made for < , reducing the levy for county purpoi ses, action to lower the levy should i be taken by the authorities, money 1 1RSTPRIMARHOF0 r Bamberg County Give rst Primary Held August ess |! House of Rep. || 2 p ^ r r p < p p P P ^ tr 5 S o s O 2 J3 < 2 z. z. ~ X ^ 2 - - 5; << 5* ? J ? ? << ?< 3 30 29 77 7 81 158 3 o 3 7 10 12 18 1 26 25 16 8 30 36 7 20 19 5 31 31 7 8 12 12 4 7 13 70 78 8 77 76 7 71 73 99 17 143 123 16 10 35 6 31 33 15 ' 8 17 2 23 16 16 6 9 10 12 2 14 14 32 2 18 24 1 47 44 42 13 52 85 21 28 9 34 40 6 7 6 17 3 10 121 24 294 354 466 122 549 641} * August 27th, 1918?Off up. Ed. Attorney Gen. Railr< ~< ~ Qp?2 X i ? W- 2 M 5* HH -?* I ? H s r X O 8* ' ^ 03 z 8?" ^ > ? h * ? g o 3 r CD -s ? I ? I S3 | a S ? 8 ? " s ** H ?* ? & CP g s ? 3 =" ? w r. o a n 2 18 43 22 19 22 7 lT"" 117 63 73 56 50 24 15 23 1 5 17 3 22 33 14 15 26 3 6 18 10 8 32 132 37 72 54 20 8 86 150 73 83 82 59 24 40 20 14 11 35 28 1 14 12 8 5 13 | 1 2 18 4 12 10 1 11 41 5 41 5 4 44 86 37 73 20 12 6 30 34 17 1 45 7 12 4 27 ll| 5 14 5 3 459 664 3281 408 387 171] 88 1 \ L W. W. GANG SENTENCED HAY WOOD AND CHIEFS 20 Y"EAR? AND $20,000 FINES. Closing Chapter in America's Biggest Criminal Case?Hundred Given. Varying Sentences. Chicago, Aug. 30.?William D. Haywood, "Uncrowned King" of the Industrial Workers of the World, and fourteen of his chief allies in the conspiracy to overturn the American war programme, were sentenced to twenty years in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, by Federal Judge K. M. Landis here late today. Ten year sentences were imposed upon thirty-three of the organization's leaders, five year sentences on thirty-Khree, one year and one day on twelve defendants. and ten day sentences on two others. Cases against Benjamin Schrager, Chicago writer, and Pietro Nigra, Spring Valley, Ills., were continued. All sentences on the four counts, in the indictment will run concurrently, fines ranging from $20,000 Dn Haywood and his chief aides, down to $5,000 were imposed. Ninety days is granted in which to file a bill of exception, and a stay of seven days in which to petition for bail. Closing Chapter. "It is the closing chapter in America's biggest criminal case," said Frank K. Nebeker, chief prosecuter. "We are confident a new trial will be granted," said Geo. F. Vanderveer, chief counsel for the defense. Before pronouncing sentence on the defendants, Judge Landis reviewed at some length the silent points in the government's case laying especial stress on the I. W. W. preamble declaring eternal war on the employing class and denouncing4 the war with other nations, the meeting of the executive board after America had entered the war at which it was decided to expel members entering military service and later the concerted play by strikes and rebellion to block war measures. "In times of peace you have a'legal right to oppose, by free speech, preparations for war. But when wai4 has been declared that right ceases forthwith" was the court's closing remarks. / will be raised on the levy of nine ana one-half mills than is necessary for county purpses and to reduce the levy to such a point as to raise only the money appropriated in county supply bills." OUNTY OFFICES t the Following Figures 27th, 1918 Auditor Co. Com. || Co. Com. ^ J= r >3 I P f _ ^ P ^ i-h ^ Pa .< ts P -L a L > 3 ? off" 1 ?J C <- O ? ? , p o ? ? ? ? r2 2. 2. 5 2. . s 5 ? ? I - ? S. "42 138 90 78 l6~ 64 117 7 17 22 3 5 20 24 36 ' 7 10 43 25 34 38 17 17 11 27 21 34 6 11 2 * 1 15 7 10 68 96 43 43 76 137 26 80 158 5 8 j 82| 100| 78| 161 15 44 35 51 20 4 56 3 23 14 11 1 2 14 9 18 1 15 11 3 24 ^ 50 10 5 36 26 26 L19 11 40 14 73 85 44 12 47 18 21 24 6 59 10 19 56 15 16 12 183 635 362 302 460 479 637 icial Dad Com. Com. of Ag. > a f-1 ^ o .K > p t3 p a r3 S3 2? o O ? ? ~ 5 > s? sr ? 2. ~ ^ 5 E? r- ffl 1 2. ? ~ ~ ? 5 a ? 3 cc ^ o M "T7 24 3 16 28 17 34 103 3 100 46 32 2 22 1 8 13 4 9 31 61 28 16 11 1 fi I S 9 7 16 114 4 80 45 38 56 86 9 152 47 34 3 28 I 12 40 7 2 21 8 4 14 14 7 I 6 16 5 41 1 41 4 4 35 70 4 - 59 22 50 2 43 1 18 16 28 4 15 3 211 2 7 [99 623 35|| 551J 291} 269 / / * *. -,:v