Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A Mil* ATI YE i'KOPHtrV Dr. Jovnes >Vrites of Hermany Alter the War. To the Editor of The itate: What is to be the end of the European war. and when? What its imme diate result ami its remoter consei quenees? These questions it requires a wiser man than 1 am to answer, But I may at least venture to prophecy some things which will not happen; and this I am induced to do by frequent expressions, both in private iif* and in the public press, which 1 believe to be erroneous, and founded on entire misconceptions of German character and conditions. 1 venture to prophecy: 1. Whatever may happen to Germany, the war will not result in the downfall of the Hohuizullern dynasty. The "divine right" by which this dynasty claims to rule is also the faith of the German people, and their dpvnfirvn fn thp thrrmp a sp^t ed sentiment, a faith, a passion, which lies outside or all logic and an argument, and of which, in our public life, we have no example nor com. -prehension. In the year 1848 the Prussian king, Frederic William IV, was confronted in his capital by the. seemingly victorious forces of revolution. In his zeal tn avnirl armpH hp vipld ed one after another of the royal pre\ Togatives. But when it was demanded that the title of "king by the grac9 of God" should be abolished or amended ihe firmly refused. "If," said he, "I am not king by the grace of God, then I have no right to reign at all.' This is today the claim of his succes-1 eors, and this, I believe, is still the laifch of the German people; so that "whatever may befall Germany will be iCsV\ q l/\trO 1>tt "V? w IVia cu, mm uu:^uicu ivjaixj', 'Ujr uic Crerman people and their legitimate sovereigns. 2. A kindred error is that defeat in war may cause Germany to become republican or democratic. Why should such result follow? The German government today is sound, strong, ?nKe-fltenert benevolent T.ohnr i? there aeoure, property is protected, old age and poverty are -wisely cared lor. Crimes against life or ^property are few; education is more general and more thorough than anywhere else. If a "despotism," Germany is certainly a "benevolent" despotism, and German life is full of privileges and charms never to be forgotten?witness the affectionate patriotism, in our own ! country, even of the voluntary exiles I from the fatherland?a most signm ' cant.fact"What counter temptation is offered j l>y onr own country, with its political commotions, its party feuds, its "malefaction of great wealth/* its labor Btrikes, its uncared for poverty, its! lLomicides, its lynchings, its increas- j N ing divorces, its social and political instability? No- I feel sure that whatever the result of this war tne C:-man people will still be left united, patriotic, proudly devoted to their own social order and form of government; and they will still lead thfe "world in education, science and industry. This is ^written with some personal knowledge of German life; and it is mot intended to indicate any sympa tiiy, for or against Germany, at the ^present time. Yet I have regretted to see how greatly some of our people even of my own friends, misunderstand the German character ana Gerfan conditions. Edward S. Joynes. Columbia, July 30. j TTDr DDriVC AT'T IfillV A' lUii j* AO Ul 1 -1V-A1.1 AT SCENE OF EXPLOSION JFlames Bage Fiercely Among: Ruins of Black Tom and Shrapnel Shells Add to Danger. j New York, July 31.?Fire broke out ; tonight in the ruins on Black Tom < island, where Sunday's ammunition j explosion occurred, and half the fire j department of Jersey City with fire ffcoats from New York and New Jersey fought the flames, which centered about the pier where large quantities of shrapnel and shells were stored. Shells exploded in an almost continuous cannonade. t i Three officers of corporations doing business on the island were under arrest tonight and a warrant was out fnr a fmirth Prfnmrntirms wprc 1111 der way at Jersey City for a joint federal. State, county and municipal disaster which killed at least three men, injured scores and caused approximately $20,000,000 property damage. The theory that the lire which caused the disastrous explosion started on a munitions barge, tied up at the island, was combated late today by Robert S. Hudspeth, prosecutor for Hudson county, and Theodore B. Johnson. president o* the Johnson ' Lighterage company, owner o:" the i munition barge. Both declared the ! lire originated in two Lehigh Valley ! ! railrud 1'reight cars iauen with ex-' i ' plosives. Johnson, who was arrested on a ; wan ant cnargmg munslaugut.er. as | were Albert M. Hickman. Black Tom a.iient of the Lehigh Valley, and Alexander Davidson, superintendent of the National Storage company, denied all responsibility for the conflagration. He intimated that the fire was of in cen-aiary origin. Prosecutor H:\ispertii corroborated Johnson's story. He said he had obtained an affidavit from the commander of the Tug Geneva which gave a | comprehensive story of the disaster. "According to the affidavit and other evidence," said the prosecutor, "'the tire started two hours before the; Johnson barge was destroyed and it, was not this barge that caused the! great explosion. The tire spread rroni i freight cars to warehouses and the; i barge. The captain of the Geneva j ? 1 was towing away anotner barge, said to have been loaded with a tremen j < douslv high explosive, acting upoii j orders of a Lehigh Valley official. f I when the barge, which had shown no | sign of being afire, exploded. This j j was the first explosion and the ont> : j that was most severe." Later in the day a warrant was is! sued for the arrest on a charge of " I manslaughter of Edmund L. Mackeni zie of Plainfield, N. J., president of ' the National Storage company, whose plant on Black Tom was destroyed. Plate glass insurance underwriters voted at a meeting Ihere today to replace at once all windows shattered by the explosion. It is estimated that j the plate glass loss in Manhattan, j Brooklyn and New Jersey was $1,000,AAA J wu. AMERICANS SLAIN IN BOEDER BATTLE Two United States Soldiers Fall In Clash With Bandits Near Fort Hancock. San Antonio, July 31.?Carranra and United States troops fought side by side in an engagement "with Mexican bandits south of Port Hancoui, TftTas. pfl.r'iv t/vlav a<v?nrriine' ti? ?..#> official report from Brig. Gen. Bell, Jr., at El Paso, to Major Gen. Funston tonight. The incident marked the first time Carranza troops have cooperated in pursuit of bandits on American soil. 1 After the bandits foad been suirounded in a ranch -house on the American side of the Rio Grande ] River and an American customs guard had been killed, another customs i guard, named Beane, ran down to the j river bank and called to a detachment of Carranza soldiers on the Mexican side to come over and assist the | 'American troops. r i A captain and eight soldiers responded. They joljied in the fighting, 1 ; which soon became general. Imow. i ! the report says, the bandits fled the t r.nnch house and retreated over the 1 river, leaving behind four dead. Americans Lost Two. < i The American dead numbered two, ] Private John Twoney, F. Troop, 8th j j '"United States' Cavalrv. and Robert i t Wood, customs guard. Sergt Lewis! Thompson, F. Troop, 8th United States | cavalry, was seriously wounded. He : was made the target of three bullets, i The report to Gen. Funston does not make clear the manner in which the ' fight, which took plaofc about 1:301 a. m., began, nor does it indicate the j object of the bandits in crossing to ! the American side. Gen. Funston said j it was possible, however, that the j bandits, when surprised by the Amer- j I * icans. were attempting to escape from \ the Carranza troops, who later en- j gaged in the battle. The latter had hppn in Tmrsmt of i the marauders for several days. American Forces. j The American force consisted of! eight men under command of Sergt. Thompson, two hospital corps men and the two customs guards. They i speedily surrounded the Mexicans in ! the ranch house. Woods was the first to flail, laid low by a bandit who had slipped outside to aim at him. A moment later, one of the hospital j corps men shot down the bandit. It was at this point that Beane sum-! moued the Carranza soldiers. Brisk : firing followed for a time. Then quiet reigned in the ranch house. A cau- . tious investigation disclosed threj 1 S more dead bandits inside its w..;lls. . 1 : J i The remainder had succeeded in get- \ tins; out and making their way over ! the Tiio Grande. The Carranza men followed in pursuit. Gen. Funston said that no American troops would ? join the chase. The number of ban| dits who escaped is not known here, j i 1 M I ( :I I. VTilKK ri.'Ol'HUT" j u hiKTllDAY The State, .iuly :>!. \\*iIIi111 Preston Tlou.-cal. alias the "D.r.t a A '.Mt' ?*r Prophet." was Cy }( ;,; < oM yesterday celebrating the ;:lii::versary by i:oin_; to < .i;ir< i 1. Mr. Hoi:.seal was born in 1 the same year the cornerstone of the state capito! was laid. Work had begun on this building six years previously, bu' insecure foundations compelled abandonment. and reconstruction of base ~ ... 1 v "* > Tl- ^ IIlUiHS ?;i> aiiufi utin i lit; buikling was incomplete with the advent of the War Between the Section?, it being without roof or floor when Sherman marched upon Columbia. .Marks may yet be seen 011 the western walls from shells thrown from the Brookland side of the river. Only ene building is s. id to have graced the western bank of the Congaree at tha: time. This is said to have been destroyed by Sherman. The reason ascribed that the bombardment of the r.r? nit/vl 1 1 n n-nn' AAnf A/1 nnf ? ! Lapiiui u ano v* as nut vuiiiiiiucu until they crumbled was that Sherman didn't have the powder to spare. The roof of the stite house was '.fted by a severe windstorm April 1. ldS4. Mr. Houseal was named for Preston Brooks, who caned Charles Sumner in the United States senate chamber in 1S56. .Newberry college, which institution has always been closely linked wicn tne ni 01 !.?r. .nouseai, was established the year Mr. Houseal was born. HOKE SMITH'S BILL PASSED BY SENATE Vocational Education Measure ProTides Federal Cooperation With States in Practical Training. Washington, July 31.?The senate today passed Senator Hoke 'Smith's vocational education bill providing for federal cooperation with tne States m promotion of agricultural and industrial education. The postmaster general, the secretaries of interior, agriculture, commerce and labor and th#? commissioner of education would form a federal board under the measure to supervise the work and to dis:ribute funds. This bill would appropriate $500,000 for 1917, $750,000 for L918 and annually increase the amount )y $250,000 until 1925, after which the mnual appropriation would be $3,)00,(KK). The money would be allotted ;o the 'States on the basis of rural population. The measure has not ye* jassed the house. JELTOJi MiAJi KILLED BY INTERURBAK CAR L J. Williams Meets Death on Track in Front of His Home. \ rhe State. Belton, July 31.?A. J. Williams was un over and instantly killed by an ncoming trolley car from Anderson ;his morning at 7 o'clock in front of lis 'home on south 'Main street, 100 rards north of the Piedmont and Northern depot. The particulars .and ?ircumstances could not be obtained. Mr. Williams is about 67 years of age md leaves a wife and four daughters, hree of them married. |) Worn Out? f| No doubt you are, it you suffer from any of the numerous ailments to which an women are sub- &l ject. Headache, backache, sideache, nervousness, weak, tired feeling, are some of the symptoms, and you must rid ggS yourself of them in order to feel well. Thousands of women, who have been benefited by this I p remedy, urge you to TAKE 11 IHie Woman's Tonic j| Mrs. Sylvania Woods, 9 of Clifton Mills, Ky., says: "Before taking C a r d u i, I wac at times. SO weak I h M 9 jjB 4 """i ? ' ? j ? could hardly walk, and the pain in my back and head nearly killed me. R? After taking three bottles of Carcui, the pains dis- g | appeared. Now I feel as g | ^ g well as I ever did. Every ? suffering woman should g | 3U try Cardui." Get a bottle |y F.aq g 1 Trw^ilfWTi-fMir^liifcr \ [ FOUi MOKK ! ASl> W I! Ji <;NK UK ATM | SicirfiSJihiirL'' ( !lrI?l liu-s of 1 man tile Paralysis. The State. A .i;. 1. Four more cases of infantile paralysis were rej orted to the State bo :rd oi health vesterclav. the number throughout the State having been reported now being IT. Ore of the four new eases proved fatal. The distribution oi the new cases was: Greenville 1. Tncapun mills. Spartanburg. 1: Central 1. ahfl Swansea 1. The Spartanburg child died. \ \Vi!I Show Film Thursday, The moving picture film, indicating methods of preventing infantile parai lysis which The State board of health has leased from New York, will be shown at the Ideal theatre Thursday. ! After it has been used in the theatres I for white people, it will be thrown i on the screen for nearoes in theat.rps . ? - - w " operated by this race. Dr. Cow ird is | making efforts through the county j an:l city hoards of health to have the j riim "screened" in strategical points itliroushout the State, so that the ini i formation provided may he generally {disseminated. It is probable that the j picture will be exhibited for several I days in Columbia, j , I)r. Fisliburne Writes. I * ^ ?. * mv, _ n-us v? ci du inqun y liuui l ut; State. Skottowe B. Fishburne, M. D , city health officer of Columbi" writes as follows from New York, waere he went to study methods used there against the epidemic: "The situation in regard to infantile paralysis seems unchanged. There seems to be about the same number of new cases and deaths e^ch day. Thero are so very many cases of so exceedingly mild type, almost entire obscure of prominent symptons, that it is necessarily -hard to check the spread. Cases are frequently 48 to 72 hours' ill before they are recognized or even seen. "There is to be a conference o? c- ? a. ~ ? ic<ru*.ug jjjcu irvui rariuus parca ui the country next 'Thursday. That may help some. If it were possible to give a preventative vaccine or serum the problem "would be easy. Home next Thursday sight." TRADE WEEK OBSERVED GafFney {Merchants Offer Bargains To Big Crowds. rue siLaie. Gaffney, July 30.?Last "week was ! generally observed in Gaffney as trade week, the.first event of its j kind that this place has known. The j week was formally, opened last Sat- ! urdav and continued through yester-1 day. Mr. Went-and-Cut-It -Here's Mr. "Gets-k" The New Plan Corn Cure That's as (Sure as the Kisang Sun, "G'ad to meat you!" says the rezor to the corn. "I'll bleed for you,*' says ! the corn *o the razor. Razors and' * (corns love each other. Corns love to : | SWl^r, O Wly, Did I Do ^ for Me After Tliis?if i jLivei" be cut, picked, gouged, salved, plastered and jerked out?the grow faster. Mr. and Mrs. AVent-and-Cut-It realize j it now?they use "Gets-It" instead? {it's the wonderful, simple corn-cure ! that never fails. Stops pain. You apply it in 2 seconds, it dries at once, the corn is doomed. Nothing to stick i i to the stocking or press on the corn.: It means good-night to plasters, salves, {diggers, razors and toe-bundling. You j I can wear smaller shoes, lour corns will come right off, "clean as a whis- j tie.'' Xe-ver inflames 'healthy flesh, j The world's bluest selling corn cure. 1 "Gets-Tr is so:d bv druggists everyf . where 25c a bottle, or sent direct bf | Lawrence & Co., Chicago, 111. Sold j in Ne wberry and recommended as the j world's best corn remedy by G:ld,er & . Weeks, W. G. Slaves and P. E. Way. ! I i t | The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head ! Because of its tonic and Laxative effect, LAXA] TIVE ERGMO QUININIJis better th?n ordinary | Quinine and does not cai?se nervousness no: J ringing in head. Remember the hill name anc took lor the signature n< K. W. GRi VE. k5c ! PHYSICIANS < \T1Ii;it in wani; uosi: town i j I Fifth District \>sociatioii HoM> Iut?*r?,sti:ii?r ( onu'iition ik York \ Full I'ruirransruc. The te. York. July 20.? Piiysici .ns from /'!w 1 #? iwl I ''wirnL'on mimr ino I U1 jV, ilti i 'wl Ciix*.i v?JM viivv/ vuunuv-o and several from more distant points gathered here Wednesday for the semi-ann ;;i: meeting of the Fifth : District Medical association. Owm& tii the had roads and numerous streams without bridges as a result' oi tne rccent Mood, it was though! that the attendance would he uicid- j ed!;.' sniali. and the fact that about, two score m^'Iical men assembled i despite these adverse circumstances' was .1 matter of keen gratification to I local members of the profession. The meeting was held in the court! house auditorium, being called to or- j der at 11 o'clock by the president or the organization. Dr. E. '"A"'. Free-sly ' oi Clover. John R. Hart welcomed the visitors to York in an appropriate ! speech which was responded to in behalt' of the physicians by Dr. J. H. j Save of Sharon. i The technical part of the pro-! ; ? gramme was then taken up, the first | paper, "Function and Treatment of | | the Tonsils." being read by Dr. S. b. : Koser of Chester. Dr. C. A. (Mobley j of Rock Hill and Dr. S. E. Harmon of1 . Columbia next read papers in t\ie j iorder named, the latter's subje ' be| ing "Early Recognition and Treat- ' ment of Perforation of the Intestines | in Typhoid Fever." Dr. G. A. j Hennies of Chester was next on the programme, followed by Dr. E. W. Pressly of Clover, who, at the request of the association, go.ve a synopsis of the papers and discussions at the i last meeting of the York County ( I j^jj If ^ jj I "I'M ONE O ivvho save time, mor by cooking in con Perfection Oil Cook S New Perfections do a. ing and relieve you over a hot, dirty coa The lone blue chimr o less, even flame and j tion, because it give I and puts the heat needed. Gas stove comfort v Fuel cost?2 cents a j New Perfections are i styles and sizes. Your dealer can supj Look for The Long Use Aladdin Securii the best results in Oil (and Lamps { STANDARD 01] (New Jer Washington, D. C.' BALTIMC Norfolk, Va. MO. ul Richmond, Va. .tv*, i JZ. Medical society at v.hi .i "The Cause, ^ Diagnosis and Treat:!.; : ' Thyroid Poisoning'' was the topic under consideration. Dr. Presslv ;rave a comprehensive and illuminating account ?>t the former meeting, his t Ik beina one or the most interesting cf the fl.'V. The election of oCicers resulted in the unanimous choice of ail the old officials to serve another year, who are as follows: President. E. W. Prc-siy. Clover; first vice president. I'r. R. T. Ferguson, Gaffney; second vice president, i >r. Samuel Lindsay, hester: secretary and treasurer. Dr. G. A. Hennies. Chester. Rock Hill was chosen as the next place of the meeting, which will be held some lime in November, the exact d ite to be announced later. The session came to a clo.-e at 2 o'clock, following which the physicians repaired to a hotel, where they jvere the guests of the York men :'t dinner. There was 110 afternoon session. the doctors spending several hours of this part of the day in strolling around the streets and conversing with friends. 9 PEABODY SCHOLARSHIPS Awarded to Young 3fen of Aiken and Pickens. The Peabody scholarships of the University of South Carolina for the sessk 1 of 1916-1917 have bees conferred on Messrs John W. Weeks, of Aiken, and John J. McFail, of Pickens. Both of these are successful young teachers. Last year the Peabody scholars were Mr. C. M. Wilson, of Newberry, and Mr. H. 0. Hanna, of Hampton County.?The News and Courier. I F 2,000,000 I iey and hard work ifort on a New I >"? | tove. ny kind of cookfrom sweltering 1 or wood range. I tey assures an odorbermanent satisfac- 1 >s a perfect draft just where it is I ^ * / /ith kerosene oil. I > meal for 6 people. : made in many I ) )ly you. ' Blue Chimney ty Oil to obtain ! 1 Stoves, Heaters L COMPANY J sey) )RE Charlotte, N. C. Charleston. W. Va. ' Charleston, S. C. 8 , iV A I J^luechimndJ ^