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VOLUME LIIL, JiUMBKB 64. DEWBERRY, S. C? TUESDAY, JULY 11. 1916. TWICE A WEEK, 9 1M A YEAS. IWDERWATER LINER REACHES BALTIMORE First Submarine Merchantman Brings Costly Chemicals From Oermany. * Baltimore, July 9.?The world's first submarine merchantman, the German underwater liner Deutschland,, anchored below Baltimore tonight, after coming safely across the Atlantic, passing the allied blockading squadrons and eluding enemy cruisers watching for her off the American coast. She carries mail and a. raren rvf 75ft tons of costly ! chemicals and dyestuffs and is to car? ry back home a similar amount of nickel and crude rubber, eorely needed by the German army. Sixteen days out from Bremerhaven to Baltimore, the submarine reached the Virginia capes at 1:45 o'clock this morning, passing in on the surface, covered by darkness which settled over the entrance of the bay with the setting of the moon. Once inside the visitor threw caution aside and began shrieking his sireen, signalling a pilot and at the same time attracting the attention of the tug, Thomas F. J Timmons, which had been waiting in 1 the lower bay for nearly two weeks to A"U ? TA?v,ar? grcei kUC i^cuiovuiauu auu ^uutvj1 uci ' into port. German Flag Flying1. > Three hours later the big submarine started up the bay with theGerIman merchant flag flying, under her own power, piloted by Capt. Frederick D. Cocke, of the Virginia Pilots' association, and convoyed by the Tim?? 11 1 et mms. sue was maxmg more man -us knots an hour and could have docked in Baltimore tonight, but arrangements had been made for receiving her with formal^ceremonies tomorrow and her captain was ordered to wait in the lower harbor. He and his crew of 29 men remained aboard their craft. . . Regarding- his vessel as a merchantman, subject to no unusual restrictions, the skipper, whose name is said" to be capt. Kairig, went up me Chesapeake without waiting to notify local customs and quarantine authorities of his presence. He was five . hours away before Norman Hamilton, ' collector of Norfolk and Newport News, heard the news, and started oa the trail on board the coast guard cutter Onondaga. At last reports the \ Onondaga had not reached the subJ marine, and it is understood that she merely was ordered out to keep the strange craft under surveillance as a neutrality precaution. Quarantine port regulations will be complied with when the vessel moves up to her dock tomorrow. Little was Known here tonight about what happened during the epoch-making cruise, which in a j- small measure at least, breaks the blockade on German trade with the rest of the world. iNone of the submarine's crew had landed and the agents of her owners had received only meagre reports. Such information as was available came indirectly from the pilot and from Capt. Hanz F. Hinsch, of the North. German Lloyd ,V liner, -Xeckar, laid up here since the beginning of the war. Capt. Hinsch boarded the Deutschland from the Timmins and made'the trip up the fcav with her. I According to the accounts reaching here, the underwater liner's superstructure was standing 15 feet above the water when she came in. Until daylight she showed no flag, but the German merchant ensign was raised at sun-up. Stories were circulate^ that the British or French cruisers chased her at sea Thursday, but L could not be confirmed. The boat is consigned to A. Schup. Oft 1/vTftl ftsrents of the (uiavu^i ix. w.| ? fCorth German Lloyd line, and her cargo to the Eastern Forwarding company, said to have been organized within the past few weeks especially to handle the business of underwater iiners. The latter company has a pier and warehouse, in which are stored gcods to be loaded on the Dcjttsch inna ior imi i etui u ui^. ^ In German quarters here the news A of the submarine's arrival was hailed with keenest delight. Those who ! knew of her coming had been conceal-! in<? alarm for two or three days, as j slie was due to arrive abDut the mid-j o'le of last week. It is understood' that she travelled more than 4,000 ! t miles, going some 800 miles out of j her course to avoid enemy ships. The Deutschland is no converted war craft, but a brand new commerce carrier, owned in Bremen and sent here on a purely coDimercial mission, J according to Henry G. Hilken, sen- j ior member of the Shumacher concern. She belongs to the Ozean Rhe- J derei, Ltd., (Ocean Navigation com- j pany, Ltd.), and was launched at Kiel.' in March. * j The novel project was conceived about nine months ago, 'Mr. Hilken j said, by P. A. Lohmann, head of a' Bremen exporting and importing concera, who organized the Ocean >Navi-! gation company. iMr. Lohmann is the son of a former director general of j the ^Corth German Lloyd Steamship! company and has important German interests associated with him. ) The undersea liner, Mr. Hilken understands, is about J15 long and 30 feet team and is propelled by two j great Deinel oil engines. She Is as! large if not larger than any of the German naval submarines. <As to details of her construction, Mr. Hilken said he "was lacking in information. "Most of the information that was % sent to me," he said, 4is probably carefully tucked away in a pigeon hole of the British admiralty office, but I don't care now. The Deutechland is here, nererthe'e&s." Mr. Hilken is an American and his firm has been in business here operating ships under the American flag j since 1824. Carl A.#Lueaerltz, the German consul, is a member of the firm. /~ When the Deutschland will return or whether it is planned to have her make regular transatlantic trips, Mr. Hilken refused to discuss. "This project was conceived," he saicj, "by German commercial inter-, ests who wanted to reopen trade with the United States. It is a purely' commercial proposition and that is all there is to it." If present plans are carried out, j the public will not be allowed to in-: spect the undersea wonder, nor will. anybody except the federal authorities be allowed to board her. The pier of the Eastern Forwarding company was boarded up today to shut out the view of the curious and the -Schumacher firm arranged to surround the pier tomorrow morning with a cordon of police. Six months ago came first reports i that Germany was preparing to put j into the transatlantic trade a line of j submarines that would dwarf in size : and achievements thp U-boats, which ' have been Germany's chief reliance in! her conduct of war at sea. London; cable reports told of the organization j of a company to inaugurate such a j service and English experts were quoted as saying they felt no surprise j at the announcemnt of the.plans. Officials of the Eastern Forwarding company said tonight that a repre-! sentative of the German embassy1 probably would come to Baltimore to j greet the commander of the Deutsch- [ land. They were at pains to point out j however, that the embassy would be interested only informally; that the submarine was a merchant ship pure and simple, and as such ^should re quire no uipiumauc reyre?euuiuuu? i on her behalf. The Deutschland is the first vessel under the German merchant flag to enter an American port since the early days of the war. According to reports, another submarine already is on the way across, and among the Deutsciiland's crew are members of such vessels built or building, which i will be emDloved rezularlv in trans- ! j atlantic trade as long a3 the war I lasts. i Ifessage From the Kaiser. Old Point, Va., July 9.?The German submarine Deutschland, unarmed and flying the flag of a merchantman, passed through, the Virginia Capes early today and proceeded up Chesapeake bey to Baltimore, convoyed by the tug Thomas F. Timmins. J Her commander torn tne pilot mat sne left a German port on June 3, that he had 1.000 tons of cargo and a quantity of mail aboard and brought a message from Emperor William to Tresident Wilson. I I THE SEWS OF PROSPERITY. [ i Congregational Social?Give Up Pastor Leslie and Family With Relnetance--People Coming and (Groin g. iPrrvcnoritv .TnK' 10?}\ social COn a * j ~ ? gregational meeting was held at the Lutheran parsonage Friday evening. A musical and reading programme "was rendered by several young ladies. Dr. J. S. Wheeler in a happy manner told of the Rev. and (Mrs. Leslie's good work during their six years in our midst and in appreciation of same ni-Ai.anta/1 tViom nritVl a handsnmp Sll JJ1 COUIiLtU tUVUl ft Ibu U. w | ver tray. It is with reluctance that Grace congregation is giving up Mr. Leslie and wife. Mr. Watson Luther of Columbia is spending a while with his grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Luther. Mrs. Payne of tSaluda spent last week with Mrs. Julian Price. Mr. and Mrs. Goldman and children of (Charlotte are guests of Mrs. John Sease. Mrs. Swygert and children of Co lumbia are visiting tMrs. T. L. sneaiy. iMrs. John Sease and children attended the family reunion at Chapin last we8k. i Misses Willie Mae and Tena Wise and Elizabeth Hawkins and Messrs. i D. H. Brown and J. B. Ballentine j spent the iFourth of July in Clinton. Mrs. Mary Hunt of Spartanburg is. the guest of the Rev. E. P. Taylor, j ( x rrM I Mr. ana Mrs. joe suz spent iuursday in Columbia. Mr. Ellis Wheeler, who has been with the Prosperity Drug co., for the past several years, has resigned to accept a position with Summer garage at Newberry. IVIr. Dallas Caldwell has gone to Statesville, N. C. | The Rev. E. C. -Cronk and son of (Columbia spent the week-end with his j brother, the Rev. 'Mr. Cronk, of St. j Luke. Mr. G. P. Griffin spent Saturday In Newberry with his pastor, the Rev.1 "TViT t? D/\ 1 n r? *U1 XlViOUU. Drs. G. W.' Harman and E. N. Kio-j ler leave Tuesday for Chick's Springs ; to attend the Dental association. The Baptist church will have services every Second and Fourth Sun-! day, the Rev. Mr. Beasley . being pastor. Mesdames E. A. Tinsley of Spar-1, tanburg, Fuller Lyon of Columbia are' spending the week with Mrs. P. L. Langford. Messrs. S. J. Kohn, B. B. Hair, W. C. Barnes, Kerr, Ellis Wheeler, Johnnie Hawkins, Arthur Pugh, Pierce Scott and Dr. Harman visited Styx last week. Mr. Kerr has returned to Chicago; after a visit to his father-in-law, B. j B. Hair. Misses Lizette Counts and Grace! Counts spent Friday in Newberry. (Mrs. Nancy (Wheeler spent last week in Newberry with her daughter. Mrs. H. H. Rikard. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Black and Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Kohn spent Thursda, *n Saluda. Little Mary Kohn came; with hpr srnnrinarents for a few weeks' stay. Miss Annie Laurie .Lester left Fri- j day for Sullivan's Island. Miss Evelyn Wise has returned to j Little Mountain after a short visit to , Miss Marguerite Wise. Mrs. Mae Lee Chase of (Columbia has been visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. E. W. Werts. Misses Ellen Werts and Essie Black visited Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh of Po maria last week. Mrs. H. J. Rawl left Friday for .Scotland Neck, <N. Q. i Mrs. L. W. Harman has returned from si visit to lier brother, Mr. J. P. Wise, of Ridgelaad. (Mr. and iMrs. A. G. Wise spent Monday in Columbia. Little Miss Louise Bedenbaugh has returned from a week's stay in Newberry. Zion Democratic lnb. Will meet at the school house on Saturday, July 15, for the purpose of I enrolling for the primary election. ' Under the law all the voters have to j register each year and each one nm*t 1 sign the roll himself. I M. H. Folk. I J. *W. Kinard. I Enrolling Committee. ?????? r SEWS FROM ST. PAUL'S. Woman's Missionary Society to Give Barbecue?Good School?Community Prosperous. a* "P-anTr, TiiItt 7 ?(Mis<s Leola Bed V X UUA O V * *? ? ? w enbaugh is taking an extended trip to Washington, Baltimore and other northern points. Mr. D. 'L. Wedaman, who has been in bed for some time with rheumatism, is able to be out again. Messrs. C. K. Epting, Hugh Epting and J. J. Kibler attended the State campaign meeting last Saturday in Newberry. In the evening Mr. Clemson Wilson kindly took the latter to Whitmire to hear Gov. Manning speak. Whitmire showed all signs of improvement and progressiveness. The farms along the road seemed to be abandoned because of the fact that so many people are going to town and leaving the farms in the hands of a few who do not do justice to them. Why not make small tracts and sell them? We have too many large land owners, whereas if small tracts would -be made and sold with a small rate of interest the land would be cultivated on a better plan and the people would live better. tMr. McDonald is the Iategt in the community to purchase a car. It is a, Maxwell. Mr. R. E. Kenney ?f Johnston visited at the home of Mr. J. J. Kibler on Friday. The council of St. Paul's church has been very fortunate in securing the services of the Rev. ?\lr. Ballentine and Dr. Bowers. The former preaches on the first Sunday in the J 11- . 1-Ai 11.A AT- I ? J auernoon ana me latter ou me uiuu Sunday in the morning. Both are able and forceful preachers. A barbecue will be served on the church grounds July 15 under the auspices of the Woman's Missionary1 society. & good time is in store for those who come. The committee has secured several prominent speakers. Hon. A. J. Bethea, lieutenant governor, and Hon. J. L. McLaurin, State warehouse commissioner, have promised to be present and address the crowd. Probably other addresses will be delivered bv others also. If you wish to be with an intelligent and prosperous crowd come to this barbecue. This community is not in a dormant state but it has the same ideals, same culture as it had in the days of our forefathers and added to them the modern improvements and conveniences. We stand on our own merits. Our school is as good as any. It is supported by a four mill tax, voted unanimously. Everything gives promise of rapid movement in every line. ? HE *SAiSSED" HER AJTD SHE SHOT HIM IS LEG That is the reason that Fannie Stevens gives for pouring a load of No. 9 shot in the leg of Jim Childs, a 14-year-old negro boy. It occurred on Sunday afternoon in the yard of Policeman H. D. Whit taker in the western portion of the city. Fannie was arrested by 'Sheriff Blease and is now in jail and the reason she gives for the deed is that the boy "sassed" her and she would not take that from any one. The shot was fired at close range and the doctor says the shot can not be picix-d out and while the wound is not dangerous it may be very serious before it heals. 'iAMT VTFT/nft IX THE WHEAT CROP The wheat crop in this county is turning out much better than a good many expected at one time. Mr. Jim Monts planted 2 1-2 bushels and gathered 44 1-2. Mr. Mark Bedenbaugh. planted 5 bushels and gathered 1<X>. Prof. 0. B. Cannon planted 5 husheis and gathered 102. The oat crop wa3 not so good. County Medical Society. Regular meeting of the 'Newberry County Medical society in Dr. Pelham's offire Friday afternoon, July 14. at 3 o'clock. Dr. Houseal will discuss "Eclampsia." John B. Stezler, Secretary. County Campai At Jo 11) A Fine Barbecue is Served?? I Praise the New School Buii the Community?Harmoi The county campaign opened up at Jolly Street last Friday. There had been a heavy rain in tho early forenoon and as it was too wet to plow a large number of farmers took the day off to listen to the speeches of the candidates and to meet those who were running for offices for which speech making was not customary. The day was cool and cloudy, an ideal one for an open air meeting. There were probably 350 or 400 people on the grounds most of whom listened attentively to the srpeakers for the various offices and although it was late in the afternoon when the I last speaker walked down from the j platform the crowd seemed loath to i IpavA. The dar nassed off auietlv and tliere was little demonstration during the 6peaking... The candidates who spOke refrained from any remarks of a personal nature and the audience was quiet and in a receptive state of mind throughout. The barbecue was well cooked and most efficiently served. As the I speaking stand was almost within the shadow of the elegant nev/ two story school building nearly every candidate made some happy illusion, to it. At 10:4o Chairman Frank R. Hunter called the meeting to order and introduced the speakers. The candij j dates for the senate spoke first and j Mr. Alan Johnstone was the first of \ these. Alan Johnstone. 'Mr. Johnstone said that he would | speak of himself and his acts and1 that probably he would sometimes i say "I" when he should say "we" for 1 while he had accomplished some! things he did not claim credit, fori everything the senate had done. He j said he was willing for the search-1 light of scrutiny to be focused upon ! ills ill mc ocuai^. When lie entered the senate there j were three burning issues before the | people?school improvement, road improvement and the liquor question. On these issues he centred his attention and was instrumental in bringing about the passage of good road laws and the improvement of the common i school system. Did not claim all the, credit for these improvements but; contributed his part towards their ac- | complishment. He helped to frame an act that was an aid to weak schools which became; law and from an appropriation of! $40,000 or $50,000 it has now grown to $180,000 which was placed in the hands of the State superintendent of education for rural schools. Of this amount Newberry county has received ?1,000. (V-r. Johnstone spoke of the destruction of the State dispensary system and of his part in the work. He contended that prohibition does prohibit and cited Charleston as an example i and while he admitted that city was not absolutely dry yet conditions were very much improved. He supported the bill to appropriate a fund to enforce the liquor law which was passed and became law. He spoke of his part in favoring the passage of the law creating the /' insurance commission and that the j revenues from this source in the state treasury naa lnereaseu irum $45,000 the first year to $185,000 at the present time. (He spoke of the inequalities in land taxation in the different counties which he thought should be remedied by appropriate legislation. In concluding he said he was running for reelection and based his claim purely on his record and his own merit ?al TT. Workman. >Mr. Neal W. "Workman expressed - - .. - .. . his gratitude for tne nattering vot-3 Jolly Street had given him two years ago and thanked the voters in advance for their support in the coming primary. He said it would be his purpose to discuss measures and not ' l \ - -1 ''v 1^ 'A1" 1 - ^ j.. C Ign Opened ? Street Friday All the Candidates Speak? !ding?and the Progress of ly and Good Will Prevail men and cited his record to show that he was not a facticnalist and that he was not the candidate of any man or set of men, that he was running on his own initiative and on his merits. He spoke of the freedom of the ballot and admomsnea tne T ,iers 10 vote as they saw fit and p. ,per. Mr. 'Workman said lie would not discuss the personal or priv. te affairs of Mr. Johnstone, but that he would discuss .Mr. Johnstone's official record with fairness and in the open where Mr. Johnstone would have an opportunity to answer back. He, too, had a public record whfch Mr. Johnstone was at liber' ' j criticize, but he hoped Mr-. Johnston would do se fairly and that Mr. Johnstone would not attempt to discuss his (Workman's) private or personal affairs. He said that if iMr. Johnstone should - At A 1 t- It resort to unrairness mat ne mmseu had a reputation of being fully atole to take care of himself. In his platform lie said he was in favor of a reformed tax system, but voted against the tax commission supported by iMr. Johnstone. He gave his views on the publia school system; and criticized Mr. Johnstone as an advocate of compulsory. education. He said he was in favor of the farmers' warehouse system and believed the farmers wanted it, but Mr. Johnstone had voted against the system in every session of th" legislature sinpe 1914. In the last legislature Mr. Workman said he voted against a bill to abolish the State warehouse system and that Mr. Johnstone voted fot the bilL The chairman calling time on him Mr. Workman said that he was only about one-third through with his speech and concluded by referring to the Sam Nance incident and roundly denounced the appointment of negroes to office in any capacity. W. B. Bolnesi. The candidates' for the house of representatives then spoKe, Mr. w. !B. Boinest being ,the first speaker. Mr. Boinest said that after his friends had succeeded in persuading him to run he began to think of the common school system and the great disparity between the amounts of money appropriated for State colleges and tlia rural schools. He said that when the legislature met the representatives of these higher institutions of learning would floet to Columbia and influence legislation in their behalf, but. that nobody goes to Columbia in the interest of tlie common schools. He favored a lower rate of interest Vid be-ennial sessions of the legislature. T. l4. Domlnick. Mr. T. A. Dominick, the next speaker, said he had not been brought out as a factional candidate but was running on his merits. He spoke of his past life as a jfarmer and could appreciate the needs of the farmers. He graduated from Newberry college in lS9f> and had been a merchant in Prosperity for 14 years. Mr. Dominick said he 6tood for law and order on all occasions, for liberty, freedom, equality and for service to the people whom he wished to represent He admonished the voters to \ lay aside factionalism and work for peace and prosperity. He was in favor of greater appropriations for the common schools as many hoys. and girls do not go heyond the fifth grade and only a small per cent, of common school pupils ever go to collate. He spoke of the education of the negro as compared to that of the whites and showed that the negro was taking advantage of his opportunity. He was not trying to find fault witfi any candidate or the record of any (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2). C . ' -