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FATALITIES BARKED HESPERIAN ATTACK. OFFICIAL DETAILS OF LOSS OF LINER LACKING. Germans Apparently Unable to Make Immediate Headway on < Dvina, < The loss of 26 lives is the probable \ result of the attack on the Allan liner Hesperian which officers, crew and < passengers say was tne 'victim 01 a ] torpedo. The body of one woman, who 1 died of shock, is at Queenstown. The j others are missing. ] The Hesperian lies at the bottom 1 of the ocean only a few miles from 1 the spot where she was stricken. i x. Official information regarding the J cause of the explosion, which tore a 1 great gap in the side of the steamer, * i3 lacking. .The judgment of Washington is in abeyance pending com plete information; the British admiral- 1 ty has not made public the report of c r the Hesperian's captain, and Berlin is silent, not having any reports from 1 6-ubmarines operating in that vicinity. ~'i5: <' ^ A-Berlin dispatch says no indications , , l s: of apprehension over any possible ef- . -^fect the incident may have on Ger- . G man-American relations are apparent. ^ Along the flattie fronts the situation is as it has been for weeks past. j. The Germans evidently have been un- t able to follow ud to anv ereat extent : their success in driving the Russians across the right bank of the Dvina river near Friedrichstadt. Farther 6outh, however, the armies of Field ( Marshal 'von Hindenburg, Prince Leopold of Bavaria and Field Marshal von Mackensen continue to advance. The Russians in eastern Galacia are t disputing the attempt of the Austrians t to push them across the border into 1 Russian territory. East of Lutsk the ^ Austrians finally have made their way t across the marshy district. t Rome tells of encounters between c TA- 1 1 A X X? ? JL. Italian ana Austrian lnianiry in wnicn it is asserted the Austrians were com- f pelled to retire. ^ Two additional British steamers c have met with disaster, either by tor- i pedo or mines. ^ BELIEVES EDUCATION , WILL BEDUCE CROIE f Judge Bowman Declares in Charge c That School System Must Be c Improved. |1 The State, 8th. "To err is human," quoted Judge I. W. Bowman of Orangeburg, who is $ presiding at the Richland county criminal court which convened yesterday, in his charge to the grand jury. The remark was made in connection with the emphasis he placed on edu- c cation, the necessity and need of in- ? vestigating and correcting the evils s and of praising the benefits incident 2 v to the .public school system of the * State and of Richland county especial- A ly. He pointed out that while there s are poor conditions existing in the I schools it behooved the members of the J * /i /\o n V* An f f V? r\ A> *?/w glClIIU JUIV L\J UUl IUC j offer recommendations and "give the | erring man a chance to make good'" j He said that not only the schools and i their curricula, but also the teachers should be> carefully examined. WILL OPES WEDNESDAY. Good Prospects For Sturt at Summerland College. 1 ? The State. i Leesville, Sept. 7.?Summerland col- 1 lege will begin its fourth session Wed- T nesday morning, September 15. At the 1 opening exercises addresses will be * delivered by the Rev. P. D. Risinger, c the Rev. J. J. Long and A. F. Lever, ; Every indication points to a good opening. 3 The facul^r in the literary depart- ^ ment will be the same as last year. 6 In the music department the college ? has secured as the head of that det\q r+manl \Tieo \Toro-ora+ Ronnor errQ d_ 3 ycvi UUUUUb i-UICO AUU1 gui JL/^/UUVA y 51 UU- | ? uate of Susquehanna Conservatory of * Music, Baltimore. Miss Benner will * be assisted in piano by Miss Lorena c Haigler, graduate of Summerland col-!1 lege, with special preparation for her 1 work in Columbia university. New I York. Mrs. Berlev Shealy will con- I tinue to teach violin. 1 rrhe public has a cordial invitation * to attend the opening exercises. s 1 >Tut Bretid. I i egg. c 1 .scant cup of sugar. 4 1-2. cups of flour. ~ i 4^2 j2ups-of flour. c f^leveV teaspoons of baking powder. Vse one-half cup of flour to knead in .soft dough. This amount exactly j 1 nils, two pans 9 inches long. 4 3-4 i ? ^ inches wide and 3 inches deep. Mix well and let stand in pans 20 i minutes. Grease pans and top of dough "1 with melted butter. Bake in moderate i ^ven.?Betty Lyle "Wilson, in Southern s Woman's Magazine. j i HcLAUKIN OFFERS WAREHOUSE PLAN'S Cincinnati Concern Quotes Prices on Buildings?To Furnish Information. rhe State, 8th. John L. McLaurin, State warehouse commissioner, gave out the following itatement yesterday: "The Edwards ? - V Manufacturing company of (Cincinnati, Ohio, has submitted plans to me for warehouses of from 200 to 1,000 bales capacity. The roof is of the heaviest patent lock style, of galvanized iron? the -best thing I have seen for roofing. I have samples of this roofing at any office. The sides and ends are to be of painted corrugated iron. The Tame is to be built at home and the ron shipped just to fit. I am having LOO blue prints of each size made and ?.ill moil nn onrvli/iofiftn o HI HIGH lliuiu V/1.X apjJl^vu'Wivu. j. i*v^v )lue prints are drawn in accordance vith the requirements of the fire in;urance companies eo as to secure the owest rates of insurance. Parties [esiring to secure these blue prints :an have them by mailing 10 cents to his office to cover cost. "The price quoted covers the reight to any point in South Caroina. Write to me at Columbia, send ng check for mrterial for warehouse [escribed Gr instructions to ship with (ill of lading attached. "The prices are as follows: Two iundred bale capacity, $167.50; 400 >ale capacity, $262,14; 600 bale capacty, $326.26; 1,000 bale capacity, $637." AGAINST BOLL WEEVIL Quarantine Is Declared in Southwest Georgia. Atlanta, Sept. 7.?Quarantine against he Mexican cotton boll weevil had )een declared in Decatur, Gradiy, rhomas and Brooks counties in southvestern Georgia, State and federal enomoloeicai officials announced here oday. Cotton fields in eight or ten :ounties are under observation. Every cotton field examined is inested with the eggs and larvae of the veevil, according to Dr. W. B. Pierce )f the 'United States entomoligical bu eau and State Entomologist E. Lee V'orsham. The only adult weevil found vas discovered near Thomasville last veek. ine weevil jumped miu ureorgia rom southwestern Alabama, the officials stated. It has traveled 90 miles ;ince August 23. PIRST BOLL WEEYIL FOUND IN GEORGIA State Entomologist Announces In?a n.ii n 4-. sion 01 cuuun resi, uviuiug- Apparently From Alabama. Thomasville, Ga., Sept. 4.?The first :otton boll weevil has entered Georgia, State Entomologist E. Lee Wor;ham announced here late today after i conference with George B. Smith of he federal board of entomology. The veevils came from Alabama, Mr. Wor;ham said. Very few traces of the jest have yet been reported. Preserving the Finish of Your Car. It is the natural desire of the owner >f an automobile that the lustre and inish of the new car shall be preserved as long as possible. lAn automobile hat is clean and whose finish is glossy laturally creates a pride of ownership, vhile the car whose finish has been lulled is immediately classed as an old nachine. Many owners think that it is impossible to keep the newness from wearng off. To an extent this is true, as 10 varnish can withstand the natural vear necessarily given it for an indefi lite length of time. It can, however, >e preserved for many months if the >wner will see tjiat the car is properly vashed. It is surprising to note how few cars ire washed as they should be. A hose vith a strong stream of water is genially used, together with unsuitable ;oap or washing powder. ?very particle of dust and dirt offers . cutting surface to the highly polished x>dy of a car when pressed against the mished surface by force of the hand >r a stream, of water under pressure, ^or this reason it is advisable to renove all dirt with as little force as )ossible. Allow the water, at a temjerature of sixty degrees or less, to un from a hose in a slow stream, rhis will gradually remove practically ill the dirt, and, if properly done, the ise of soap will seldom be necessary, n the event soap is required, only pure astile should be used. No varnished surface will stand beng scrubbed with a brush or with a loth of coarse material. Dry with a clean chamois. Do not allow people to put their lands on the polished surface of your lutomobile. Procure a soft, lined cover and keep t over your car when it is not in use. rhis will protect it from air and smoke. Vir is full of gritty substance, and all ?moke contains acid. Both are detrinental to a varnished surface. 'ANOTHER VICTORY |J FOR THE GERMANS;, BERLIN REPORTS SUCCESS IN BATTLE FOR RIGA. n : Bridgehead at Friedriehstadt Captured by Hindenbrug*s Adyaneing Le- s <rinnc?PrisonPrs T?kAii. ( 'I e ? p jt j Berlin, Sept 4 (via London.)?The; ( , I German army engaged in the battle ;} \ for possession of the Russian port of o I Riga has won another important vie- i] i torv. Armv headquarters announced a i i today the capture of the bridgehead at t: i Friedrichstadt on the Dvina, about 40 f< miles below Riga. The Gremans cap- t: tured 37 officers and 3,325 men. Tne detail 01 roaay6 siaiement 101- q jlows: ri "Western theater of war: The sit- e uation oil the Western front is un- t] changed. fj Eastern theater of war: Army J c group of Field Marshal von Hinden- j n 'burg: The bridgehead at Friedrich-' u stadt was stormed yesterday. Thirty- c: j seven officers and 3,325men were taken si 1 prisoner. Five machine guns were tl ' also captured. w "On both sides of Vilna the enemy s< ! has repeated his vain attacks. Besides' cl I losing a large number in killed and I j wounded, he left 800 prisoners in our ; Sj I hands. tl "In and around Grodno fighting still continues. During the night, however, the Russians, after suffering defeat w everywhere, retreated in an easterly n direction. The fortress and all the n forts are in our possession. The re- u ! treating en?my is being pursued. Six s; j hea>vy guns and 2,700 prisoners re- o inained in our hands. ii ",To the south of Grodno also the 0 enemy hae evacuated positions on the< tl Niemen. j d "Between the confluence of the Swizlocz and the region northeast of ^ the forest of Bieloviezh, the army of h Gen. von Gallwitz is attacking. Up to ^ the present time 800 prisoners have ^ been taken. s " A rmiv <rrrmn nf /Ipn 'Fiplfl Mar- I _ ? ? shal Prince Leopold of Bavaria: The ! ^ fighting in the passages through the' marshy district north and northeast g of Grodana continued. "Army group of Field Marshal von | iM'ackensen: The enemy is still hold- J v ;ing the bridgehead near Berza-Kar-; ! tuska. Further soiith in the region of j a 1-^ 1 r\ r\+ rwty t + V? n ! UL OUICi V II, &1A AllUlIlClCiO ntoi Ul ^ Pinsk, the enemy has been repulsed." j < v Which is the Handicapped Race? Let me repeat therefore that while t as God knows my heart I believe in j ^ I being just/to the negro, I also believe j ^ i ii.. iT i T ! ?ana nere is me iiivugiit mat 1 icai c has never occurred to thousands of Q earnest, sincere, well-meaning students of the problem?I also believe Q in being just to the laboring white 11( man whose ancestors through cen- turies of toil and aspiration and discipline have wrought out the civiliza- ^ tion which we enjoy?the civilization -n ! to which the negro, moreover, owes , i P I the very peace, safety and prosperity . ; he enjoys. ' ! And I tell you tonight, my friends, i. I ; with all the earnestness of my soul. | i Liat present conditions in the South j are not just to the laboring white man | ?.that the working white farmer hasn't -4 -T- .'iV ? ~ ^ it'll equal cnance wun me iiegru m uic | struggle for future control of the rural i South. I tell you that while I know 1 tnat here and there individual negroes h | are treated with injustice?hideous in- s ! justice that reacts to our own hurt? t] yet considered as a race the really dis- n advantage and handicapped man in the y South todarr is not the negro?not the r negro, who, but yesterday in African fj barbarism, is now becoming heir to tl the most advanced civilization in the s; most favored portion of the whole g earth; not the negro, who as a matter of fact, is the best off, the most ad| vantageously situated non-white man p *? "* i. ^ ^ A A + 1 in me wnoie worm iuua^. auu ucuci < off even, according to 'Booker Wash- fi ington's own statement, than the less 1< favored laboring men of our own race a in Europe. Consider the Chinese, in- 1; finitely the negro's superior, with a P civilization, a literature, a religion, a! rr . I government, science, inventions and a|tf social order, that are yet the admira- ti tion of all thoughtful people; con- tl sider the Hindus, equalling the Chi- a nese in many respects and excelling si them in philosophy and literary ge- ? nius?and yet when I was on the other r: *ide of the world I found the Chinese ar>d Hindu getting ten cents a day g where the American negro, whose race o has made no important contribution to i< civilization, has made no great achieve ! ment in science, government or relig- b i (ion, make ten times ten cents a day o | ;-o'e!iv by reason of contact with the 0 : unite man's own opulent civilization, o ! And furthermore by reason of his very e I inferior"ty. in the matter of lowering o [living standards, this American negro tl is now able to outdo the white man in n getting possession of the land, the illtitnate source of all wealth.?From an * address by Clarence Poe, published in h The Progressive Farmer. I V>M\(i WILL l"K(?E CHANGES i> WAKEHOISE SYSTEM I ipeaks Before Conference for Common Good and Charities and Corrections Meeting. he State, 8th. Speaking last night at the opening ession of the joint meeting of the Conference for the Common Good and he South Carolina Conference of Charities and Corrections, Governor j Ianning discussed from the standpoint! >f the farmer the problem of market- j ng the cotton crop of 1915. Viewed j s a whole, he said, he thought that ] he situation in which cotton planters j ound themselves this year was dis-! inctly encouraging. The cost of pro- j ;ir?tinn of rotfon hari bep-n cut. ereat > uantities of foodstuffs had been aised at home and the people had conomized. Governor Manning said hat in view of these facts, if the irmers had only this season's crop of otton to market, they would have othing to worry about. However, the ict that a large part of last year's rop was still unsold complicated the ituation decidedly. The governor said lat he believed that proper system of arehousing the cotton raised this sason, co-operation between the merhiants, bankers and farmers and the ideral reserve banking system would ave the day provided farmers sold ieir cotton with the greatest care. The Warehouse System. j am in iavor ox a oiaie sysieiu ui arehousing cotton," said Gov. Man-| ing. "However, I intend to recomlend to the next general assembly cerlin changes in our present 'State y-etem which I believe will safeguard ur warehouse receipts. The changes i the system which I intend to recmmend are: First, that managers of ie warehouses in the State system be isinterested parties, neither ovfeers of tie warehouses nor of cotton stored in hem: second, that cotton in ware , __ _ ouses in the State system be graded I y an official grader; third, that the tate warehouse commission have inpectors and weighers to visit the warehouses in the State system and heck up the number of bales in them, tie weight of the bales and the grades f cotton to see if these are as repreented in the State warehouse receipts. "If the receipt for cotton warehoused nder the State system represents the alue given on its face, I believe that : will be eagerly sought and readily J ccepted as security for loans," delorod n r t "VTannincr 1UX Vj w ? VI llVi All Gc-vernor Manning sai'd that if he! Tere in a position to make rules to j overn cotton planters in marketing! his season's crop he would provide | hat no cotton was to be sold below I lie cost of production, that the whole j rop was to be sold slowly, that none f it was to be sold until the price cached the cost of production or just ver it, and that the marketing of coti>n by individuals take place only as heir debts made it necessary. Governor Manning declared that ;hen the federal reserve banks 01 j anks m tne -\ortn ient money at 4 er cent to the banks in the cotton belt, he last named banks should lend it to armers on cotton warehouse receipts' t 6 per cent. SOIL BUILDING I l Job Which You Can 3iot Afford to Shirk. For the farmer of the South, we old that there are few greater re-1 ponsibilities than that of caring for { be land; not only caring for it, but mking it better and better as the ears go by. Indeed, so great is this esponsibility that we affirm that the irmer who is not a soil-builder, rather hsr. a cAi'Ur/ihhpr. is not. however UMU M * vw-- J 7 _ - ^ plendid his other qualities majy be, a ood citizen. No country has ever been or ever *ill be greater than its common peole?the people whose feet daily press he bosom of Mother Earth, and no irming people can ever be great unsss the lands they live upon are fat j nd fruitful. Where the poor, barren mds are, there will you ever find a j oor, barren people?poor in the com- ' ion comforts that make life better and lore wholesome, barren of all aspiraon and hope of better things. Where ie rich and fruitful lands are, there re ever found good homes, good .n'ornrmic Tii-vnofnl mPTl flnfl WO- ) Me,vJVUv, - ! len with "faces turned toward the ising sun." It is given to but few men to be reat, as greatness is commonly reck; ned; but if true greatness lies in eerv)e, in doing well our share of the -orld's work, and, when we go, leaving ehind us a world a little better for ur having lived in it, in contributing ur bit to the welfare and happiness f the present generation and all genrations yet to be?if this be the sort j f service that makes for greatness. ien, no less man poeis anu paiuieis, 0 less than warriors and statesmen. 1 1 the soil-building farmer a great man, | orthv to be ranked with the greatest j enefactors of mankind. Hitherto, particularly in the South, Cotton! Cott Attention: Farmers, Merchar Store your cotton in our The state of South Caro ceipts and they are the he* borrow money. Secretary McAdoo has a sufficient money will be de if necessary without interei per cent, to the farmer witl houses. For particulai C* -.L r i: Ci-i joum taruwia oiaie Gervais and Pulaski St. where a heavy rainfall and wild win- 1 ters are factors in depleting soil fertility, soil building has not been easy; on the other hand, it has been both difficult and expensive. But the coming j of the winter-growing clovers ana vetches, with the absolute certainty that they will thrive practically everywhere in the South, has brought soil- v building possibilities hardly dreamed u of twenty years ago. No longer is it c necessary to 'buy nitrogen, the most f expensive of all plants foods; no longer ?. need we be without humus, the magic key that unlocks nature's great plant food storehouses. What boundless possibilities there are in these great crops! What splendid hopes and visions of better soils, better crops, better people and better living! Through them the Southern farmer, as no other farmer in all { America, has a truly wonderful opportunity. Would you double your corn and cotton yields? Would you cut ivour fertilizer bills in half? Would you ward off drouth and flood, and insure t your crops? WTould you build better L homes.srood roads, good schools? Would e you have a part in making your com- o munity and the South greater and bet- I ter? Would you leave, as a monument i: to your life's work, a bit of God's s earth better than you found it? I Would you do all these, then grow s clovers. I Whenever You Need a General Ton J; Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless a chill Tonic is equally valuable as a ^ General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE r and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives r out Malaria, Enriches the Blood ana Guilds up the Whole System. 50 cents, i v ^ BHBanainKMananBn I ARE YOL to tl Panama-Pacifii at San Francis* Diego, Cc oy one 011 VARIABLE PRED1 *) If so, write the undersi fares, folders and all partici Excursion tickets perr famously attractive and s I T. C. W General .Passenger Ager Atlantic G The Standard Railrc - - ^ on! Cotton! i n ? its ana cankers: State Warehouse. lina guarantees our rest collateral on which to I ssured the Public that ; posited with the banks, a a 1 a - ^ k, to loan at not over t> i cotton in storage ware- ^ rs write us. > Warehouse No. 2 Columbia, S. C / 'Gets-It" for Corns, SURE as Sunrise! ^ny Corn, With "Gets-It on jj It, Is an Absolute "Goner!" Yes, it's the simplest thing in the rorld to get rid of a corn.?when you se "Gets'It," the world's greatest orn ridders. Really it's almost a ileasure to have corns just to see ( I an- - "Gets-It" Puts Tour Feet in Clover. * hem come off with "Gets-It." It just oosens the corn from the true flesh, asily, and then makes it come "clean ff." 48 hours ends corns for keeps. t makes the use of tape, corn-squeezng bandages, irritating salves, knives,. cissors and razors really look ridicuous. Get rid of those corns quickly,. urely, painlessly?just easily?with Get's-It." For warts and bunions, too. t's the 20th centuny way. ^ "Gets-It" is sold by all druggists, 2oc bottle, or sent direct by E. Lawrence b Co., Chicago. Sold in Newberry and ecommended as the world's best corn ' emedy by William G. Mayes, P. E. 4 Viav, Gilder & Weeks. " I f GOING le r? CvnAcitimic L LApUOlllUllO zo and San tlifornia he many [RECT ROUTES > gned for low excursion ilars regarding your trip, nit stopovers at many cenic points and resorts. I 'HITE, it, Wilmington, N. C. oast Line *4 >ad of the South. \ WBaaaBBoamammmmmmmmmmrnrnm * k