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American Lives Lost
"Washington, Jan. 7.?Two
communications from Germany
reached the United States today
?one containing a proposal to
pay an indemnity for the Americans
lost in the Lusitania disaster,
which may brine negotiations
on that subject to a conclusion
and the other conveying
assurances that German submarine
commanders operating
in the Mediterranean would not
torpedo noncombatant ships Jof
any charactet without warning
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mem ana according satety to
their passengers and crews.
The communications w ere delivered
to Secretary Lansing by
Count von Bernstorff, the German
Ambassador. The Secretary
immediately sent them to
President Wilson.
Official Washington tonight
considered that America and
Germany at last were near a
final agreement regarding the
conduct of submarine warfare.
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conceal their gratification at the
attitude Germany apparently
has assumed. It is considered
to be virtually in harmony with
the American viewpoint.
Tension regarding: the entire
submarine question seemed to
have lessened considerably.
Austria, in its reply to the last
Ancona note, having assured (he
United States of its intentions
to operate submarines with due
regard for international law and
^Jhe principles of humanity;
^ Burkey and Bulgaria, it is under
next will take steps to
guarantees. It is stat^9^^^^Britatively
that Germany
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cept for^p^MWBBB^M
a^reemenrfljl^P^pH^SHH
considered
here virtually f-j
Under the termapif the' imk&3
posal submitted for the approval
of the United States, Germany,
while offering to pay an indem
nitv, makes the reservation that
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thereby is involved. It is con
tended that the Lusitania wiu>
sunk as an act of reprizal for the
British blockade of Germany.
While Secretary Lansing is
understood not to have indicated
to Count von Bernstorlt
whether the proposal was satis
factory, a number of otficials in
a position to be familiar with
the American attitude indicated
that it would be ac epted.
The assurances regarding the
conduct of submarine warfare
in the Mediterranean obviously
prompted by the sinking of the
British steamship Persia with
a loss of two American lives, are
much broader in their scope
than the promises made after
the Lusitania disaster covering
the operations of submarines in
the North Sea and adjacent
waters. .The latter guaranteed
only that ,4hners" should be
immune from attack without
warning. The assurances renrnr/linnr
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maiuiun uic iricUIICUUUCitll Uptp
ations include privately-owned
ships of every character, freight
as well as passenger vessels,
provided, of course, they do not
attempt to escape or offer resistance.
It was revealed today, too,
that iu the reply to the last note
regarding the William P. Frye,
the Berlin Foreign Office agreed
with the American view thai
small boats cannot under all
conditions be considered a place
of safety for persons leaving a
pfrip about to be attacked,
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country Mott Prosperous Ever
Washington, Jan. 7?Secretary
of Commerce Redfield, in
a memorandum on business
conditions transmitted to President
Wilson today, pictures the
country as in the most prosperous
state of its history. The
warning is added, though, that
war's inflation of commerce will
last only until war's end, and
that business foresight alone will
prepare the United States for
peace. ?
The slump that will follow
the war abroad, the summary
declares, must find Americans
ready to take thefr share of the
world's trade unhampered by
provincial notions. False valdes
created by unusual conditions
he fears may lull the
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uuiicu oiuics mio a ianciea
commercial security.
"It is not to be expected," the
Secretary says, "that our business
movement wtfl continue
in its present form. No one
dreams that we can now or in
the future maintain an export
movement of more than five
billions actual value or that we
may sanely expect an apparent
net balance in our favor on
merchandise transactions - of
three billions in one year.
Start Swatting 'Em Now.
"Now's the time to do a lot of
your next sudimer'S fly swatt
iag," says Edward J. Hatch,
Chairman of the American Fly
Firhtin? Committed
ing to Mr. Hatch, the coming ofthe
cold weather has.driven the
flies iuto the house and under
cover. Most of last summer's
flieshavevcompleted their life
HMLand* are dead, but those
^^Hed late have laid th ir eggs
j^^Vorable places for incuba
j^Ywhen our houses are heat Piip
this winter or with the
Hit warm days next spring.BBfteyer,
if we will use all due
Kpiijgfce to swat every stray fly
%pt appears from time to time
about^he house this winter we
will v^^aaaterially reduce the
next sum&ifer's hordes.
"Don't think a fly is dead bepmiCP
ho to 1?rir?or arotin/l
MV AO IJIU^ OIUUUU Oll&l
with cold/' says Mr. Hatch. He
is just playing 'possum* and will
revive and retire to his hiding
place as soon as he is warm.
Swat him, or better still, if there
are a number of them sweep
them up and consign them to
the furnace or kitchen stove.
Make it hot for them now or
they will turn the trick next
summer.
Night Air.
It is said that the belief in the
HnilDoItV.fi.1n nf "V.v* ~ ?
uuuvHi'iuuiu^oa vi infill ail i?? 'd
superstition handed down from
the days of witchcraft. We used
to lock our windows and bolt
our doors at night because witch
es and goblins were supposed to
to fly about about in the dark,
Witrhfs nnrl nrnhlnc orn
question, but there still the old
belief that Something will catch
you4 in ihc night air. Night air
is the best air to breathe between
evening and morning,
See that you get yours fresh from
the outside.?Louisana Board of
Health.
a German submarine sank the
Persia. Germany promises the
United States in today's communication
that should it develop
that such was the case the
matter will be investigated, and
submitted to prize court proceed
ings, and that if the orders were
disobeyed the captain will be
punished ?ml reparation made
(of the death or injur!?* lo
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How Cain Built a Town
Gaffney Ledger.
When Cam liad killed off onefourth
of the people on the
earth?leaving only three, then
went into the land of Nod and
huilded a city, it is evident that
he did not sit around like a lump
on a log, and growl about the
Nod real estate and people. He
was not himself, perhaps, the
most exemplary of men, and if
he had some reason to emigrate
from the land of his birth, he
did not mope and whine, but
got hold of a piece of ground
and went to work to do something.
The man who could,
build up a city under such aus
pices is the kind of material we
want in Gaffney; and we will
not inntiiro tnn minniolw >? ?
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antecedents, so that he takes
hold like a man and be good at
last.
But what is more, Cain did
not advise his son to "go west,
and get out of the old dead
town." He named the city after
him, believed in it, worked for
it, brought his goods there and
kept his money at home. Does
anybody suppose that when
strangers came to Enoch, (name
of the city) with any notion of
going into business there, Cain
told them it was a "dead old
town," that it was established by
a murderer. that iho tuato* ?a?
??w ftuv fvai^i nrao
bad; its merchants all sharks,
and its mechanics botches?that
the town was not healthy and
would "never amount to anything
no how." Does anybody
suppose that when he wanted
to invest a few dollars in dry
goods he hustled off to the city,
or that he only went to the mejjL
chants of "Enoclie^when Wt
Wanted a favor?wanted "alitwjfl
time?"
Do you think he ever went
awav frnm */v * 1
? ituui nuuic iv imiiuer
that could be had at better rates
in "Enoch** than elsewhere, or
to Cincinnati for cheap buggies
when the "home manufacturer*'
could meet every demand with
more stylish and substantial
rigs?
Do you suppose he went moping
around about taxes being too
high in Enoch and no one there
knowing anything about busi ,
ness? No, sir. He evidently
wasn't built that way. If taxes
were high, he got up and hustled
to increase the value of ,
property, so that there would be
greater values to tax. He built
houses and encouraged others to
do so. If city lots got too low
he bought up a dozen or two,
scattered here and there, for the ,
double purpose of personal
profit and strengthening values.
On these he put up plenty of
bouses at reasonable figures,
good ones, too, so that when any
one came to Enoch he did not
have to move into an old tumble- ,
down shanty or move on. He
improved and beautified every
lot, kept the weeds down and
set out trees on the lots and in
front of them, even where he
did not build, thus adding to the
value of each lot and adjoining
property as well. He found
that it did not take so much
money to run a comely, well
keot town as it Hid n dMlonida*
ed, God forsaken one, and there
were four times the values on j
which to raise the required
money. That's the wav he
lowered taxation, not by sitting
on a stump and howling about
it. If a man wanted to i nn a
factory, or some other enter{irise,
he was not afraid the felow
wanted to make some
mnnpv hut tftlH him i/\ ?
? ??/?%? nun ww 0(| 11 lit
and I'll help you all I can, A
business. that does not finite
plQUOy is no Rood, We wpnt
every legitimate bMsimss' in
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Manna Says Commisioners Cannot
Lawfully Pay Accountant.
Several months ago the grand
jury of Chesterfield county employed
Mr. J. S. Bishop, an ex
pert accountant who was former
auditor of tne C&L road, to
check up the books of the county
officers. Mr. Bishop has nearly
completed the work and will
make his final report to the
grand jury in February.
His claim for $1,183 has been filed,
and seven hundred of it was
paid the first Monday in January
There are those who dispute
the right of the board of county
commissioners to pay for this
wprk out of the ordinary county
funds. Lawyer R. E. Hanna in
writing the Chesterfield Advertiser.
says: I have been requested
to make public my views of
the law in regard to the accountant
now employed in checking
the books of the County officials.
First I wish to cite section
4034 of Volume 1 Code of 1912
in full:
"Grand Jury May Employ Expert
Accountant. Grand juries
may, whenever in their judg
ment it becomes necessary, employ
one oi more expert ac
countants to aid them to examine
and investigate the offices,
books, papers, vouchers and accounts
of any public officer of
their respective counties and to
fix the amount of compensation
or per diem to be paid therefore,
upon the approval of the presiding
judge, given before any expert
is employed."
JLJnder this section it will be
geHAbflt a necessary orcreaui
approval of the prebefore
the ?roert
IH^Bloyed. Such accountan|
^HVemployed is engage^Jn;
th$ work that is supposedflE$ei
do^e by the grand^MAgj^jt*%>t
this reason as
thp grand
upton ?efct^t^$59P^W the
Cnfl IjSifer *n mv ?Pinion
thblHEBH^ird of CommissionMBBplpTOave
such powers
to paBSRpon claims as given by
section 945 which section is as
to accounts etc in the roads,
bridges, ferries; 970 which lays
down specifically the only items
that are to be paid by the county
ana unless tms accountant under
the provision of this section
comes in as a juror there is no
provision made for the payment
and therefore the statute tails.
A Leap-Year Law of the Dark
Ages
Old Fort Sentinel.
Leap Year is already running
some of the bashful brethren to
cover, but they'll be caught in
Hie open and lassoed ere many \
moons have waxed and waned.
Lucky for mere man that our
statue books do not contain such
an ordinance as was in force in
Scotland and France half a dozen
centuries ago, which declared
that "for every year known as
Leap Year every maiden ladv of
both high and low estate shall
have the liberty to bespeak the
man she likes; and should he refuse
to take her to be his lawful
wife he shall be fined in a sum
of pounds more or less as his estate
may be large or small; unless
he can prove that he is al"
ready married or betrothed to
another woman in which ease
he may go free." Where w jiiM
a fellow be with such a law in
force and woman suffrage oil
top of it?
Country Judge?"How long
have you owned a car?" Motor
ist (charged with speedinc)M?
1 One week, Y(H?r HtJUPfP Ju(tee
"WflWhun >'?u can still Word
to i;?>; a l|ne! Trail/ tlolhr?!"
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Prolonged Debates Lie Just
Ahead of Congress
Washington, Jan. 9?After
a week of open discussion in
the Senate and House, congressional
excitement over the foreign
relations of the United
States has been considerably allayed.
Administration leaders
appeared to have succeeded in
prevailing upon most ot their
colleagues to adopt a policy of
patient waiting for complete investigation
of recent war zone
Reward if You Dont Laug.
Exchange.
Wanted?A furnished room
by an old lady with electric
lights.
Wanted?A room by a young
gentleman with both kinds of
gas.
Wanted?A room b.v a young
gentleman with double doors.
Wanted?A man to take care
of horses who can speak German.
Wanted?Saleslady in corsets
and underflannels.
Wanted?Lady to sew on buttons
on the second story of
Smith&Brown building.
Wanted?A dog by a little boy
with pointed ears.
Wanted?A nice young man
to run a pool room out of town.
Wanted?A boy who can open
oysters with a reference.
Wanted? Experienced nurse
for bottled baby.
Wanted?An organist and boy
to blow the same. Wanted?A
boy to be inside
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uuu pumy ouisiae ine counter.
Wanted?A room for two
young gentlemen about thirty
feet long and twenty feet broad.
Wanted?A cow by an old lady
with crumpled horns.
For Sale?A farm by an old
gentleman with outbuildings.
For Sale?A nice mattress by
an old lady full of feathers.
For Sale?A piano by a young
lady with mahogany legs
For Sale?A large, nice dog,
will eat anything, very fond of
children.
For Sale?A parlor suite by an
old lady stuffed wil^mr^^^^
For Sale?
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More^bout Lode's W^ fj
Feats
\ Ttfthe Pageland Journal:
Several people have testified
that Lode Miller did carry the
mail from Jefferson, S. C. to '
Monroe, N, C. and return in one
day. Yes, he did, and some
times the mail was very large.
I remember hearing Maj. Miller
say that Lode came in one evening
with such a big mail he
weighed it, and it weighed ninety
pounds.
Lode Miller was one of the
fastest walkers, and the greatest
axeman that ever lived in this
part of Chesterfield county. I
have been reliably informed that
on one occasion, Lode Miller
cut the timber and split seven
hundred good rails in a day.
Lode was a tall man, long legged '
ana had powerful big feet, but
I can truthfully say that he could
do more work than any man I
have ever known. He couldn't
be b?at on laying off straight
row5 in a large field, he never i
used stakes either. I knew Lode i
for many years, he was one of
the old-time darkies. He was
humble and good natured. Lode
lived to be very old. He died at '
Waxhaw, N. C. April 28, 1909. i
L. E. Gardner, 1
Jan. 8th, 1916, Jefferson, S. C.
Slow Pay?Fast Driver
"What do you know of the
character defendant 11 the Judge
asked a negro washwoman sub
poenaed in an accident case.
A white man had been arrested
for careless driving of a secondhand
car.
"Hit's tollable," Miranda
said.
"Have you ever seen him.,
drive his car before?"
"Yes, sah
"Would you consider him
careless?"
"Well, Jedge ez fer dc car dat
dat little thins: ain't gwinter hurt
nobody, but beiqg us is fill here,
J,might us well tefl yq< dat he
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incidents in which American
lives were sacrificed.
It certain, however, that there
will be almost daily discussion
at Capital of the conditions af- ^
fecting the United States as a result
of the European War, now
that the bonds of restraint which
kept members so long silent
llOtro Krtrtw ? ?
H"?6 UCCU UIUKCU.
Miss Dora Love of Monroe
Dead
Monroe, Jan. 9.?Miss Dora
Love died this morning at 2
o'clock of injuries sustained in
an automobile accident which
occurred here December 19th.
Her sister Miss Bessie Love was
also in the car but she died immediately
after the accident.
They are the daughters of Jonah
Love cf Monroe who is employed
by the. Ice-morlee Cotton
Mill. Dora LoVe was 18 year
old. - J
The accident occurred at a
railroad crossing npar th*> >
The automo^^collided.witMMHi
freight train awaMRaw
Stridor Liquor Law for South^^^^R
Carolina ^|H|
Spartanburg. S. C., Jan. 8?
Special. It may be a quart a ,n|H
month instead of a gallon a
month in South Carolina when
the next Legislature gets through
with the liquor laws of the State.
H. B. Carlisle, author of the gallon-a
month law passed by the
last Legislature; has stated that
he will support a bill either cutting
the amount of liquor to be
shipped into South Carolina to a
quart a month or prohibiting it
all together. He suggests that a
law permitting citizens to get
liquor on a physician's prescription
might be advocated.
South Carolina May Make Limit
One Quart A Month
Columbia, S. C., Jan. 9?Bills
to make illegal in South Carolina
employment of children less
than 14 years of age, and to
amend the new prohibition laws.
so that only one quart of liquor
a month may be shipped into
the State to any one individual,
instead of one gallon, as at present
allowed, are expected to
come before the South Carolina
General Assembly, which convenes
here Tuesday in annual
session. It was said also efforts
might be made to make it iffegat
to ship any liquor into the State,
Allies Finally Quit Gallipoli
Peninsula
London, Jan. 9.?The remaining
positions on Gallipoh peninsula
Held by the allies have been
abandoned with the wounding
of only one man among the
British and French, according to
a British official statement issued
tonight. This news has been
expected for several days for
the retirement of the troops
from AuflflC and Suvla bay three
weeks ago left no stratofciy ad*
ventage to Itlfl riWt") of |U
ftp of the