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I ^ ? utyp lamherg IfmUi fc / One Dollar and a Half a Tear. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1918. Established 1891. - i , STATE RESULTS. All Anti-Blease Candidates Were Nominated in Tuesday's jPrimary. y William P. Pollock received a * sweeping endorsement Tuesday at the hands of the Democratic voters of of South Carolina. In the race for i the United States senate, short term, U Mr. Pollack was nominated by a ma jority which may run to a two to one vote, when all the ballots are accounted for. Sam M. Wolfe, of Anderson, was nominated for attorney general, defeating Claud N. Sapp. H. H. Arnold has been nominated railroad commissioner defeating Mr. Richardson. W. d. Garrison defeated B. Harris for commissioner of agriculture. In tie race for comptroller general, to succeed Gen. Sawyer, Mr. Os. borne, the incumbent, has a long lead over his opponents, but it is evident that a second race will have to be run to decide this contest. ^*The totals up to yesterday morning \ wer as follows: U. S. Senator. Pollock .... : 36,164 Peeples 21,194 Attorney General. Sapp 23,957 Wolfe 32,017 r. r. Commissioner. Arnold 31,333 Richardson 24,687 Commissioner Agriculture. Garrison 23,568 Harris 29,585 i Comptroller General. Elmore 16,248 rtjj Osborne 22,567 Summersett --- 13,238 ? ? senate Votes for prohibition ; \ Agricultural Bill With "Dry" Amendment Sent to House. Washington, Sept. 6.?The $12, \ 000,000 emergency agricultural appropriation bill, with its rider for national prohibition from next July until after the American armies are . rfAmnhiiized after the end of the war, was passed tonight by the senate without a roll-call. Before final passage of the measure the senate voted, 45 to 6, to retain the prohibition rider. A final effort to postpone the effective date of the "dry" legislation to December 30, 1919, was defeated. May Go to Conference. The bill now goes to the house, and because of the many amendments inserted by the senate it undoubtedly will be, sent to conference. Prohibition leaders, however, expect the K house to agree to the "dry" rider so f that there will be no possibility of t changes being made by the senate and house managers. r Senators voting against retaining the "dry" legislation in the bill were. Brandegee, of Connecticut; Garry, of Rhode Island; Phelan, of California; ' Pomerene, of Ohio; Ransdell, of Louisiana, and Underwood, of Alabama, while it was announced that / many members absent and pared favored the amendment. Boll Weevil is in South Carolina. r 0 Clemson College, Sept. 3.?The Mexican cotton boll weevil has :begun seasonable migration and at this writing it is distributed over practically all of Jas\>er county and nair 01 ijeauiort C9uuiy. The weevil entered Beaufort county sometime last year, and owing to the comparatively more favorable conditions for wintering, the pest did not receive a serious back set last winter. * J The present infestation in this State is the result of a continued Eastward movement from year to year, and this invasion has been predicted, although thertime of the first appearance could not be definitel> forecast. Part of Beaufort county is seeing its second year of weevil in* festation, and the injury in some fields is already very serious. As a rule, the weevil does practically no ininrv thA first vftar it aDDears. The *******? ~ V ? --- second year the injury is usually noticeable, while the third year enables the weevil to get its full momentum; and people who were convinced in their own minds that the weevil would not reach them or it would not do any serious damage, will -> change their minds. , The weevil is firmly established in our State. It is spreading. From the conditions in the southern part of the State, in the light of our experience further West we must expect serious weevil damage. It will be a repitition of what has occurred in other states, and southern South Carolina has no advantage in climate or soil that will make the situation less serious. s. Comp. 2 = I i ~ a. H C Bamberg 32 7 Hunter's Chapel 1 3 Midway Edisto Clear Pond 5 Denmark 20 5 Hightower's Mill Lees 19 Ehrhardt 11 7 Kearse Olar 4 Govan 11 2 Colston 5 2 IT. S. Service Totals 104 34 BLAME WOLFF BUREAU. German People Deceived by Stories of Successes. London, Sept. 6.?The German official news agency, the Wolff Bureau, is blamed by the Cologne Gazette for the manner in which the German people have taken the defeat of the Teutonic forces to heart. The Gazette complains that the Wolff bureau's official reports, instead of allowing the facts to speak for themselves, arouse the impression with their description of great \ German successes that Germany's en| emies never would be able to recover from the terrific blows being dealt them, that they were exhausted and i that it needed only one supreme ex??onnAiMTiHoli tVioir nttpp rift tJACI UUU IV a^um^nou v~~.. feat. ! The paper recalls as a further evil I how the harvest was overestimated in the first years of the war, how the German hopes were dashed on promised supplies from Russia and the Ukraine and on the u-boat war and how inventions of all sorts were trumpeted forth. mm m" [* AS TO SUNDAY MOTORING. Individual Must Decide Question fori Himself. Fuel Administrator Gossett received the following telegram from Wash- j ington Saturday: "The request that pleasure motoring be discontinued on Sundays for the present is not intended to cover j reasonable use for necessary trans-! portation. The question must be de-! termined not by the fuel administration, but by the individual, who should bear in mind the effect, of his example. We suggest the following answer to all asking exemption: " * - J a n nAM " Administrator txosseu cApicoaco his gratification because of the gen-< erai observance on the part of the people of this State of the request to conserve gasoline last Sunday, and hopes that even a better observance will result next Sunday and on the; following Sundays". BEER SUBSTITUTES DISAPPTAR. Near Variety Just as Much Affected j as Real Article. Washington, Sept. 8.?Manufacturers of near beers and substitutes for beer, which have developed a flourishing industry, it was officially explained today, are just as much affected by the decision to cut off brewing of beer as those who make the actual beverage. Millions of dollars have been invested in the business. . One of the largest breweries in the country recently erected an addition al million dollar plant solely for the brewing of this beverage. The principle uses breweries can be converted into are the manufacture of ice, cold storage, making yeast for baking, rolling barley and | grinding grains for mill feed. All these purposes would likely be considered essential to the war or to the civil population. Manufacture of all otner beverages of the socalled "soft" variety some months ago was curtailed 50 peri cent, by the food administration as a sugar conservation measure. Fur-1 ther curtailment of the manufacture of such beverages and mineral waters are under consideration and may take the form of again reducing supplies of sugar, fuel, materials for containers and food products and linu iting transportation facilities. We will soon have a more complete line of lighting fixtures of the best quality and of the latest designs. Faulkner-Electric Service Co.?adv. f 9 scond Primary 1 Gen. Senate. Atty. Gen. 03 <a ! ? 00 x ; 2 ? c ? ; ? ft 2. a s: ! E ? ? a o i ? ? o ea >. i ? & a, ui 5 57 53 116 57 114 6 4 3 38 8 33 44 13 13 8 52 32 103 56 78 4 17 3 18 1 3 11 12 17 6 4 23 17 93 22 88 6 62 47 59 51 52 5 25 20 42 36 25 2 7 7 27 8 26 1 237 191 520 258 453 NO BEER AFTER DECEMBER 1. b Decision Reached After Conference With President Wilson. Washington, Sept. 6.?Manufacture of beer in the United States will be be prohibited after next December 1 as a war measure. The announcement was made tonight by the food administration, which sa,id the decision had been reached at conferences between President Wilson and representatives of the fuel, food and railroad administrations and the war industries board. Factors which influenced' the decision to prohibit the manufacture of of beer after December 1, the food administration announcement said, were: "The further necessity of wax industries for the whole fuel productive capacity of the country, the considerable drought which has materially affected the supply of feeding stuff for next year, the strain upon transportation to handle necessary industries and the shortage of labor caused by enlargement of the army programme." 1. Warning Issued. Warning was issued to manufacturers of all beverages and mineral waters that for the same reasons there will be "further great curtailment" in fuel for the manufacture of glass containers, of tin plate for caps, of transportation and of food products in such beverages." Under national prohibition legislation passed by the Senate today and sent to the House, which enacted similar legislation last May, manufacturers of beer and wine would be prohibited after next May 1. 'Today's order will shove up six months the time for discontinuance Of the manufacture of beer, although, the breweries may be allowed to resume operations between that date and the effective operations of the "dry" legislation, if finally enacted, since today's order was "until further orders." CASUALTIES SENT BY COURIER. Only Dead and Missing Will Be Cabled.?New Regulations Formed. Washington, Sept. 7.?Under a new policy of reporting casualties in the American expeditionary forces adopted by the war department, the names of the men wounded will be sent to the United States by courier twice a week, and only the names of the dead and missing will be cabled by Gen. Pershing, when the system is in full effect. In making this announcement, Gen. March, chief of staff, said Gen. Pershing had not heretofore sent in the names of men slightly wounded because generally the men had returned to duty before the names reached the United States. In reply to an inquiry from the department, Gen. Pershing had reported, Gen. March said, that there were 20,000 such casualties up to August 20. Under the new plan the names of all the wounded will be sent to the umtea states oy courier, togemer with their hospital records, so that a statement of the diagnosis cam be furnished to relatives of the men. ^ < > wm A Pussy-footer. Little Joey Jesso was entertaining | his sister's serious admirer, and after ! making the usual juvenile remarks on marbles and tops, he suddenly announced: "Ethel told ma yesterday you was a born politician." The young man was delighted and wishing to know more, asked: ""hat so? Why does she think ti at?" "That's just what ma wanted to know, and Ethel said it's because you can do so much talking without committin' yourself."?London Answers. Election, Unoffic R. R. Com. Com. Ag. Co. Com. r* \ o m ? 73 5 ? r** M O r? i/I - a & ~ S c o s r C o S- t- m S t- ? C3 C3 ^2 o <J PS c K < o 98 72 109 61 51 118 37 4 33 6 24 17 t * n 10 3 13 3 10 07 ac ha re qs 51 O I T y I T wo wo u i. 19 2 T 14 17 4 11 12 15 8 18 5 77 31 80 30 63 47 55 47 65 31 24 79 35 25 38 21 3 59 24 10 26 8 15 19 453 252 460 237 316 372 FACTS AND FIGURES BY BRITISH. \ Publication of Names of Commanders of Submarins Destroyed by Navy. London, Friday, Sept. 6.?The publication by the British admiralty of the names of the commanding officers of 150 German submarines disposed of by the British navy in order to substantiate the statement of Premier David Lloyd George to the effect that "at least 150 of these ocean pests have been destroyed" was welcomed by the British press today. The newspapers pointed out that of these 150 German officers, only one made his escape. This was Waldemar Bender, who escaped when his submarine was sunk and is believed to have made his way back to Germany. Of the remaining 149 officers 116 are dead, 27 are prisoners of war and six are interned in neutral countries. Letter from Pink Bellinger. Friends of Private R. P. Bellinger will be interested in the following letter from him, written from France on'August 7th to his brother, Mr. H. N. Bellinger: Somewhere in France, Aug. 17th, 1918. My Dear Harry:?How's everything getting along back home? I don't know a thing that's happened in South Carolina since the 28th of June. From now on you "probably won't hear from me very often be- . cause I just simply don't have time to write to anybody. And you know what few minutes I do have to write I have to divide between you and Lillian. It would be better if you were both in the same place. But please write to me as often as possible whether I get a chance to answer each one of your letters or not. I'll write you occasionally. And bear in mind that there's never very much of importance that I can write anyhow, and also that I do m6re work in one day than you do in thirty. My address is still the same, Co. G, 54th Inf.v A. E. F. We are quartered in brick building in a cozy little French village a little smaller than Olar. Yet there is not a single store in it. However, there are one or two saloons. The j French people are great on wine. 'They have it nearly every meal and also in between meals and then some, and it's good stuff too. Even the little tots drink it at their meals instead of water. The people are very friendly and I took supper in a French home here Sunday night. Some of the girls are rather pretty, but they are not so beautiful as you might have heard the French women are, and as for me, well, those back - ? J V. ? -.1J TT O A Viova 'am oil ha'o t 111! (.11^ UiU. (J. O. jtx. uaig vm u>i uvu? a mile. I am picking up a few French words here and there and with them and the use of signs can manage to get by with a little broken French and talk to the people a little, usually making myself fairly well understood. I hope to be able to speak at least some of their language before so very long. The views and the country around here are beautiful. The crops, mostly wheat and oats, are very pretty, but the American business hustle is lacking, as it is also in England. The roads of France are wonderful, but I see no use for it, because there are scarcely no automobiles and very few vehicles of any kind. People don't appear to live scattered around on the farms as in America, but altogether in the little towns, which are much closer together than back in God's country, and not near so upto-date, except as to roads. A town this size in America would have several stores, etc. It is sure cool over here and I'm afraid I'll freeze when winter comes. Be good. Love to all. Your loving brother. R. P. BELLINGER. * :ial. Cot. Wg. Bg. Cot. Wg. Olar rs ? u u ? r ? oa <s is a> ?- ? ? PQ fc S 72 57 111 2 39 14 5 1 14 9 4 i / ' / 23 11 83 173 23 11 NO CAUSE FOR CONCERN. President Says No Occasion for Alarm Over Cotton Prices. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 6.?There is no occasion for alarm over the agita: tion to fix cotton prices, according to a telegram received here tonight by William J. Harris from President Wilson. The message was in reply to one Mr. Harris had sent earlier in the day to Washington calling the President's attention to the apprehension of many persons over the situation and protesting in the interest of the farmers to such a movement. The President's message in full follows: _ "White House, Washington, D. C., "September b. "W. J. Harris, Atlanta, Ga.: "No cause for concern about the price of cotton: The plan is merely for an impartial inquiry to ascertain whether agreements would be serviceable in stabilizing transactions." "(Signed) Woodrow Wilson." Letter from Jack Armstrong. Mrs. C. W. Weeks, of Fernandina, Fla., is in receipt of the following letter from her son, Corporal J. L. Armstrong, formerly of this city, under date of July 29th, from "somewhere in France": * "I received your dear letter and was so glad to hear from you and to know that you are all well. Well, mama, I am writing this letter at a place right near the firing line, and I wish some of the sounds of the canons could stretch so you could hear and see how the boys are knocking Fritz. I have been ^p here about three weeks and will leave tomorrow for the place where I have been that you don't know there is a war going on. Mama I was lying in my tent last night when Huny came oves, as - 1 - ? ? ? ~r\? tt?rt ne aoes eveiy 1115m. ui tuuicc oc put up the signal, which, if an American plane, he would have answered, but Fritz did not answer so we cut loose on him, and I saw him when he started head first, never to fly anymore. Every day and night you can see Fritz and our boys popping away at each other. Night before last we sfyot one down a little ways from here. I was riding along about forty-five miles an hour when Fritz sent out one of his big ones (16 inches thick and about 5 feet long) and it bursted about 150 yards back of me. Well, you know how it feels to sit in a sail boat as the sails jibes? Well, that was just as I felt on my motorcycle; it leaped like a frog. "Mama I would not take $100,000 for my experience in the last month, and I only hope you can see some of the real moving pictures I am in, taken in the hottest part of the fray. I will have to stop now until Fritz leaves from above, although three of our planes are popping it to him. Well, here goes the bunch of us for the dug out. Forty-five minutes, and am back again. Huny won't fly any more, as our plane No. 13 knocked all his flying feathers out and is heaped up in the field not very far from my tent. "You have to pick out your chance up here to do anything, as the boys are so hot after the Huns that they don't give him any time to do anything but run. "How are all? Hope well and happy. Give Fritz my best regards and tell him we are knocking the fiz out of his name-sake. Love to all. Write soon to your devoted son, "JACK." Corp. J. L. Armstrong 259119, Pigeon Section, Signal Corps, Service Co. No. 12, P. O. 714, American E. F. ^ i?> m Be sure to read the ad. of Jones Bros, in this issue.?adv. * "SLACKER ROUND UP." More Tlian Fifteen Hundred Men In ducted Into Military Service. New York, Sept. 7.?More than 1,500 men were inducted into mili-* tary service and 1,500 others were adjudged seriously delinquent as a result of the "slacker round up" in New York and northern New Jersey eatly this week. Charles F. De^ Woody, chief agent of the department of justice, announced today. A total of 60,167 men were examined. Of those classed as delinquents, Mr. DeWoody said, many will be proved draft dodgers and sent to camp. \ Others who failed to file their questionnaires, to appear for physical examination or to present themselves for induction at the expiration of time extensions allowed for special reasons will be dealt with by their local boards, the official stated. Mr. DeWoody asserted that in New York City 21,312 men were examined and 756 sent to cantonments, while 2,485 were rated as seriously delinquents. Of 38,875 who passed through the hands of officials in New f Jersey, 749 were ordered into service and 12,515 were listed as delinquents. ESCAPES FROM GERMANS. Young American Aviator Tells His Experience in Prison Camp. v v . Paris, Sept. 8.?Lieut. Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., of Westbury, N. Y., the youthful member of the La Fayette Flying Corps who was captured by the Germans some time ago, but escaped and reached Switzerland, August 28, today described his experience while a captive and his flight to neutral territory, which was accomplished through evading his guards on a train. The guard was taking a nap at the time. Hitchcock was forced to walk more than a hundred miles. This he did in eight consecutive nights, hiding during the daytime. He lived on the food he had saved from his meager rations in the prison camp. He was entirely 1 ignorant of the country through which he passed, but guided himself by a small pocket compass. On the eighth day of his tramp he found him- s self in a certain village. He inquired of a small girl whether he was in Switzerland and, upon being told that he was, made his way direct to Berne, where he arrived August 30 and called at the American legation. Hitchcock was captured March 6, when he was forced to land after an aerial combat with three German ma TT. -3 3 it. ^ cmnes. ne was wouuueu iu cue misu and his machine became diabled at an altitude of 1,000 metres, but he managed to land safely inside the # German lines. He was immediately seized by several Germans and taken to a dressing station. From there he was sent to a hospital at St. Arnold. Later he was transferred to Saarbrucken. It took two months for the wound in Hitchcock's leg to heal. He said he was not maltreated by the Germans, but that there was plenty of suffering among the prisoners, who were barely existing. He said he had been saved by the arrival of packages containing food from France. Hitchcock will leav? for the United \ . States in about three weeks. He intends to transfer from the French to the American flying corps. He Was in Yale, Too. Gus Paterson he ain't care much for dis har society business, but sum tam his vife her dragg Gus out and he have awful tam fingering out wot tu du with hand and feet. Last Week Missus Paterson took Gus tu dinner party at Vashington Hotel and Gus ha have tu set between to society vimmen. These vimmen tank it bane gude yoke and they try tu talk tu Gus, but he ain't say vary much. "Ay got letter from my son. He's in Yale, yu no," said vone of the vimmen. "Ay got brother vot bane there, tu," Gus say. "Is that so, vot year?" ask the voman. "Ha don't got no year," Gus tal her. "Ha yust punch a Norwegian feller in eye and the yudge give 30 day."?Washington State Weekly. m < > ? Our Mr. W. P. Jones is now in the West, where he went to purchase three carloads of mules and horses, which will begin to arrive next Monday, Sept. 16th. All who comtemplate purchasing will do well to wait and see these fine animals.?adv. 5 '