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A Prophecy. Charleston American. After these two years of deep con sideration, Germany would not have launched her submarine campalgiT'uh less, as Bernstorff says, she hac weighed every possible development She is sure of success. Illusive equations about this war and about every war, are the superfici al elements of numbers and resources Measured by these, unquestionably the allies have the advantage. Bui one has only to read history it see that neither numbers nor resourc? es are the determinants of battle. Since this war broke out, we have heard many people refer, and espec ially in the beginning, to the analog* of the north and south, whereon thev based the prediction that while tin south fought valiantly always ana victoriously for a while, we were tu the end overborne by the weight 01 or?/^ uoolfVi qtiH that Rllfh WOllTfl be the fate of Germany, however, foi a time, it might appear she was win ning the war. But like all analogies there is danger of inexactness In them. The south was not a nation, but a confederacy, loosely united dui ing hasty moments preceding the war the very object of which was her to tal destruction. The constitution ol the confederacy expressly granted tc CfotQo tVio rio-Tlt nf (so. IJLiC WilO'vltUCUi tjvat^o (.uv i V4. w cession whenever they willed. The> were indeed but a rope of sand. Tht principle upon which they were basec was the principle of national irrespon sibility. Hence they had no credit tt begin with, and the fugitive credii which they established on the field 01 battle ebbed and flowed with the for tunes of war. Printing presses were not enough to give stability to the value of confederate money. The north was a nation, of giam credit and inexfiaustiDie resources, u had from the beginning every attri -v bute of solidarity and power, an arm> and navy, and an established diplom acy. It was never necessary for hei ambassadors to cool their heels in the chancellories of Europe until admis sion was granted by favor. From the beginning to the end of the war, the Confederate government was never recognized by any respectaoie power Germany, on the other hand, and het three allies, were not only established throughout the world when the wai broke out, but the House of Austr's was the oldest dynasty in Europe. Germany had an immense navy, stu^ irhile not the largest, easily the most efficient, army on earth. Austria wae supposed to be lacking somewhat in these elements, but she has revealed under the stress of war inmmens* strength. Bulgaria has justified hei record of marvelous efficiency in tn* Balkan wars, and Turkey, under the leadership of German generals, ha* redeemed her ancient military fame. The four central powers are conti guous, and by the absorption of Ser bia, Belgium and Rumania and the industrial section of France, together with the only valuable part of Russia, including also her industrial section, they are fighting on a united, highly organized front, served by the best strategic railways in the world, easi ly multiplying two or three fold theii men and munitions'and m^kins: th^n: available for the moment at any de cisive point; wheresis, the enemies of Germany are scattered, heterogen eous and totally unable through dif ference fo language and lac? of com mon purpose, to unite their paper su periority. Besides, there is grea truth in the Shakespearean adage; "Thrice armed is he who hath his ntiarrol inst " The answer of the allies to the president's anpeal for reace has re vealed their predatory intent:ons. II anything were needed in Germany tc awaken the last spark of unity, ii would be supplied by this latest dis closure which strips from the face ol England the mask of democracy, t< reveal her ugly* leer of empire. it is at this juncture that Germany weigning me couscqucutco, iauuv,u? her submarine war. We shall not re peat her justification. We shall con tent ourselves now with making some concrete predictions. Heretofore England has boasted of her "splen did isolation." Her name would have perished from the earth in the dayf Statii Special clos< envelopes at 3 c while they last. Mayes' Lin paper 25 cents p Linen Box ana ouc per doi Maves' B ?r | ci Napoleon had it not been for tli i English channel, and it was behin this bulwark that she believed herse ! impro^uaoie. She '\as impregna'>?l j as long as her population was propoi tioned to the fruits of her own soi i A hundred years ago, she could slit herself up on her own island and def the world. But she is now the hon. ot fifty million people. Her life ha changed from agricultural to indut trial. She has profited immensely a the emporium of the world, and ui der the belief that her navy woul keep the lines of traffic open durin the war, she has abandoned the so ! and become a nation of shopkeeper and manufacturers. Vast acres ar | converted into preserves for game an parks l'cr the rich gentry who inak J money everywhere and spend it i luxury there. These fifty million pee *ple cannot live for more than si weeks within themselves, and at tlii season of the year nothing come , from the soil. j ' r* 1-.Ti-ili sin fr'ir nut f Vi ? o ri!nr>Tj ade to the letter. She will, indeei ' bring starvation to these millions wn 1 in cold blood flatter themselves tha ?. they could starve the seventy millio ' people of Germany, and it will be tn >j irony of fate. After these six weeK [ the corpulent John Bull will suffe a considerable reduction in avoirdit pois. The typical John Bull with hi iK-n. ied ltui?icak color will su; fer a pathetic metamorphosis, and 1 will assume a lean and hungry look. We predict that in six weeks th bull that has been bellowing for wa will be mooing very gently for peac< But peace will not come with the lirs moo/ Germany will demand cert.i substantial tokens of the humilit which accompanies hunger. Firs the surrender of the British navy, th seat and cause of the wa^, the ver thing which nerved Gray in his suf> terranean way to pull the Serbia trigger. One by one the British nav will file out of its hiding place an be delivered to Germany. When thi is done, Germany will say: "Not yet if you are really hungry, turn ove Gibraltar to Spain, from whom yo stole it some century ago, and likt wise Malta to France,and so o down the long line of restitution, ur til th? a?n<s nurJ thp thprpf . break in freedom on every shor< ;:When this process is done, German will still say: "Just a while yet. J 1 you are starving indeed, at once rt ' nounce the theft of Ireland. You bt lieve in the principle of separate na ; tionalities. There is a country sei ' arated from you by geography, u race, by genius and religion, and trta \ you hold only by the power of tn | sword. You are starving now; r( member how you starved Ireland fo ; seven centuries, how you infamine her people until they died on the hig ways and byways; and how when the rose in futile, unarmed rebellion, yo shot them down without remorsi You believe in separate nationalitie: Release the two hundred and fift millfon people of India from the moj cruel slavery a starving nation ha ever known. You do not allow thei to keep even poeketknives, lest in moment of desperation they cut you intruding throat. Give them bac thpir r-nnnfrv their arms and thei armies, and let them be free." An so on until the whole catalogue c British sins has been expiated in hur ger and humility. Then we can hav peace. The little submarine, which wi give Germany the power to do thi is not a weapon to be feared froi the standpoint of aggression. Gei many can free the world by the sut marine, and will do so. But she ca ? UC?C1 rusiavc It, UUI nao CUV kuv u> C sire. For it is but the weapon of Di > vid which was destined to bring th i. Goliaths of the world to justice. ] . is the sling by which henceforth tl] I monster of might* will be slain b > the champion of right. May God spee . the day. , ! ???>. Cincinnati, Feb. 24.?Four me . were killed and anotner probably fs i tally injured here today when large touring car crashed into north-bound Madisonville street ca' j All five men were occupants of th i automobile. onery e out sale of linen ents per package en Lawn pound er pound. Paper 10c, 25c look Store Thousand Things. ie SENSATIONAL SUIT TO a KErOVEK LOST DAUGHTER !i 'e Columbia. Feb. 23 ? A beautiful wo man who has been looking for her l- child during the past 11 years insti ll tuted proceedings in Columbia today 5 for the recovery of her 12-year-oid. e daughter. The mother's home is m Houston, Texas, and she has come all the way from there to bring the suit. The child was born in Chattanooga, Tenn. The mother shortly thereafter went to Atlanta, where the baby was taken away from her, according to her statement, and placed in a "home.,: She "later married her second hus band, after which she went to Tex as, and then she and her husband, a^nrdina h her statement, snent a fc UV.VV. ri number of years in Mexico in search of the child, which has just been lo x cated in Columbia. It is one of the b most ' sensational habeas corpus pro 8 ceedings instituted in this State in re cent years. Mrs. Mildred Yandiver. proprietress, l, of one of the fashionable hotels of o Houston, Texas, employed Solicitor li Cobb, of this circuit, and former Gov h ernor Blease to bring the proceedings t for the possession of the cnild, which she claims to be her daughter. Mrs. Vandiver's petition, as prepar l~ ed by "her attorneys, recites mat int . s child was gorn in 1905. At that time, ! ' she says, she was living in Chatfri- ' ^ nooga, Tenn., as the wif^ of R. M. ! Milkey. She was only 15 years of fe age. She says in her petition (hat i she afterwards became "badly invol"- 1 3. ed financially" and that, while she 1 was living in Atlanta, the child was - o iiel nut intn o ''iinmp.'1 1 taiveii uuiii iici aiiu pm, t? , from which it was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Leach, who now reside in this city. Detectives have been con tinuously employed, says Mrs. 'Van diver, but the seirch was without ef fect. Finally, she says, she located her daughter in Columbia and came here and instituted legal proceedings to regain possession of her. The whole matter will come up before Circuit Judge DeVore her on March 1. Mr. and Mrs. Leach livev in Lincoln street. They have been living here about six years and have no children of Their own. Mr. ueacu 13 iUlCUJO'.i of the machine shop of the Columbia Lumber and Manufacturing company. Expected her to Help Some. Silas is a country character, who means well. He tries to earn a liv ing, and "tinkers around" at odd jobs and chores and whatever be can get to do; but he works a good deal as he talks, with a painful drawl that is suggestive of that state of natural restfuness which his ilk call "born tirfid." Silas came to mend a fence y the other day for one of K patrons a in the suburban village V* % he be 3t longs with a peculiar .ii ->f festivity about'him. He had o*. " ht new y necktie of blue Japanese .. and his honest face was covered by an ex i3 i pansive grin all the time that he was n receiving his orders. a, "You seem happy, Silas,'' said Mr ir: Blank, with some curiosity, when he k bad about finished the fence, ir; "Ya'as," drawled Silas. "Ya'as. I've d been a gittin' married this morn-1 )f in'.' r | i-': "Married? You? Why, Silas, man e alive, ^hat on earth have you gone and done that for? You can't support li; yourself as it is!" | H'vVell," ?aid Silas. "I ken pooty n j nearly support myself, 'n T think its a durn pity if she can't neip some. ? Boston Record. WHY NOT -P VINT, LIGHTS AND WATERWORKS" .NOW! Paint, lights and waterworks? this is the year of all years to put them in. If you don't do it now, you may look back to this winter in fu +?ira voopo a 11^ cnv "Whv didn't 1 I IU1 V/ J VUl U ^ ? .7 , 'I "J ? - provide these comforts for my family, my loved ones, baclf there when cot n j ton was twenty cents, and everything; l- else bringing good prices?" a i Lumber is getting higher all the a' time, and you need paint to save it,! r. to say nothing of the increased beau- i tv you get for your home. A good sy t:m of waterworks will pay for itself in a very few years in time saved, to say nothing of the in_ ( creased comfort of the family. lAnd now almost for the first time good lighting systems are available j for farm homes at a reasonable cost. I There will never be a better time to put in paint, lignt ana waierworKs. | You expect to have them sometime; j and if you can' possibly spare the I money, why not get them now and! enjoy them before you and your wife! gel. older??The Progressive Farmer. ! Vacuum cleaners have been design-; ed especially for cleaning school blackboards. The upholstering of motor cars! now requires the use of more than 1,000,000 hides annually. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF N0WBERRY, i BY W. F. EWART, PROBATE JUDGE: WHERAS, Talu A. Aull made suft i to me to grant her Letters of Admin istration of the Esuite and effects of Sidney B. Aull. . THESE ARE, THERFORE, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the said ! Sidney B. Aull, deceased, that they j be and appear before me, in the Court j of Probate, to be held at Newberry j on Friday the 23rd of March next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Adminis tration should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand this flr3t day of March, Anno Domini, 1917. W. F. SWART, nrr i n " p. j. n. c. . L-. WOULD >OT STOP TO Pit; iv I i' THE MONEY ] UI Had Absolutely Lost All Intercut : In Everything,"9 Says >1 rs. J Woo ten. ] SHE FEARED THE WORST. t t Is Strong, Happy Woman >"ow Bnt Once Her Folks Seemed to J Have Lost Hope of Her Re- i r covery. I c !l "I had gotten in such bad health. that I did not take any interest m 1 anything before I took Tanlae, and i nffpn tnlri mv fnlks that if I Should 2 see money on the floor I would not. stoop to pick it up," said Mrs. T. M. i Wooten, of 153 Morgan Ave., Green-! ville. as she began to tell how Tan- 0 lac had changed her condition from a that of almost an invalid to a healthy, j 3trQng, happy woman. Mrs. Wooten's q statement follows: ' if liT o rtAmnlaffl rvVitrc?? S I auucicu i-jviii cl wmpi&ct: -? ~ :al break down and the after effects t Df a long drawn out spell of malaria, c I was very weak?so weak that 1 a was in bed at least half of every day, p and I did not try to do any of my a housework for a rather long time, t My appetite had leTt me and it seem- j ?d that I didn't want anything to eat t and I couldn't find mucli to tempt my a appetite. I could not sit up long at g 3 time, and I had absolutely lost all, IntorpQt in pvprvfliine' "I had been *in very bad health for two or more years and "I sure was lx sick person, too. I had begun to wonder if I ever would get well, or even a little stronger, and I could tell by the way my folks talked that they had about lost hope of me ever getting well again. "men someuoay ioiu me iu try Tanlac, and I began taking it. I tooK six bottles and I have gained at least twenty pounds in weight. I sure was 3kin and bones when I began taking Tanlac, but I am heavy enough now and I feel like a new person. "Tanlac did me a great deal more good than all the other medicines I took put together, and I certainly did take a lot of medicine before 1 aaI. Tonlo/i Tho Tsmlar wjivp mp a tV/UJV A UUKW. iMV * 0w, v ? good appetite almost from the start and soon I began to improve right along in health and strength, and now I am able to do my housework and my ironing and I am strong and hearty. I give Tanlac all the credit j for getting me out of bed and on my feet again, and no one can fully un-! derstand how much Tanlac did for me1 unless they had seen me before I. took it. and I had been almost an in- r valid for two years before T took j Tanlac and then I only' had to tafce six bottles to get my strength back, j "I certainly can give Tanlac the highest praise, because it changed me from an almost bed-ridden invalid to; a strong, happy and hearty woman." j Tan lac, the master medicine is sold by: iiilder & 'Weeks, Newberry, S. C., Dr. W. 0. Holloway, Chappells, S. C., Lit tle Mountain Drug Co., Little Moun tain, S. C., The Setzler Company, Po maria, ri. C, Prosperity Drug Co., Prosperity, S. C., WTiitffiire Pharui Whltmire. S. C. BIDS FOR COUNTY;SUPPLIES j In accordance with the C-ounty Sup-' ply Act of J917 requiring the County) Board of Commissioners to advertise for bids, based on delivery at the Court Hou&e, for all supplies of what ever kind, for the period af three . months, from March 10, 1917, the 'Djvq-'H ivf r.nmm1ssi/>ners do I WUUIJF LTVU1U V* hereby solicit seajed bids to be filed i with the undersigned not later than i March 7th next, for the following: supplies, the Board reserving the right to reject any or all bids, name, j ly: 360 bushels sound corn. 360 bushels feed oats. 2 tons mixed feed. 10 tons No. 1 hay, alfalfa or timo-; Vi v 1340 pounds fat back bacon. 100 pounds rib bacon. 24 bushels cow peas. 200 pounds of table salt. 1 dozen 5-c boxes of black pepper. 1 case Rough. Rider Baking Powder. 1 case cooking soda. 120 bushels- corjj meal. 120 gallons Ka;o or 4ther corn sy rup. 3 barrels first patent flour. 9AA w/m in/la /,*o}lH?JPrp U V\J pVUliUO VMMMM0V. 40 pairs brogan shoes?Nos. 7 to 13. 2 cases of salmon. 2 cases of tripe. 100 pounds of stew beef. 50 pounds of beef steak. 100 pounds Brown Mule tobacco. 50 pairs of socks. 12 pounds of coffee. 50 pounds of sugar. 8 tons 6 per cent acid for county home. Bids will be received c|i one or{ more articles, or as a whole. J. C. SAMPLE, County Supervisor. 2-27-3t. W2i?E. All persons wishing to pay com mutation or road tax can pay the same now, as the time has been ex tended. The price is $2. C. . SCHUMPBRT. County Treasurer. 2-13-4L XOTICE ABOUT COMMUTATION TAX. The time has been extended for the payment of the Commutation Tax. All persons liable to road duty will be worked the full six days unless the tax is paid. I am giving out this notice to let the people know that the law ie going to be enforced; and if y?u are called on to work the roads when you are busy in the farm, don't blame me. t . r? a awpt.w tj v? Sounty Supervisor. I e i t# Mch 16. I 1 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. < Take notice, that I will make a. final settlement upon the estate 01 Mary E. Counts, deceased, in the Pro-1 Date Court for Xeuberry County, at LO o'clock, a, m. on the 23d day ut: March, 1917, and will immediately i Hereafter apply to the court for a i inal discharge as excutor. All persons holding claims against; ;aid estate are hereby required 10. ender in said claim, duly attested.! >n or before the 23d of March, 191/, j. o me or my attorney, G. G. Sale, Es^. i CHARLES H. COUNTS, ^s Executor of Mary E. Counts, ae-l ceased. -23-4tltaw MASS MEETING. ! MASS MEETING is hereby called, f the Farmers, Merchants, Bankers! nd other business interest to meet i ti the Court House at Newberry, S. I on 7th March, 1917., to confer fori hp crnn Ora 1 crns\/1 r\f oil in /v/vw i vi ~ + ? jjviivi M-1 Vt UXX 1U VULLlIilg I'J g ome important and necessary mu-j \ ual understanding to prepare for the c ertain coming of the bill weevil; jt ,nd also, 'to adopt some cooperative c 'lan looking to the establishment o I c . county marketing system for all t he products we grow. No more im- j 3 lortant meeting has ever been called j ogether in this county, and we urge^ ,nd implore a large and enthusiastic j < :athering of our citizenship. 1 s Do not forget the time and the, f )lace, Wednesday, March 7th, 1917,1 it New Court House at eleven o'clock. ' J. Stuart Blackton ai Pxe*i _ i/# i ^tara rvimt & A De Luxe Edition of t In Six Written by Richard Henr James Young. Photograp the VITAGRAPH Co Arcade FRIDAY Mi Admission 10 Landi GARDEf Full line of n?i i i i wider and Newberr "WHY NAT Play to be given*in T iflla Mountain Hink JUIiUW iflV/UIIWlU A Aig II k/VUVI 2nd, at 8*o'cIock. Little Mountaii "WH\ NAT Will not only be very inter* so do not fail to cc Rpffpshmpnh V VV? SAAAWA k*/ Admission IS ? t-, / ^ * Refreshment, \* ^IIWI mill Mil iIiilIZwiiiii Mill Tiu this notice out and put it in pocket so as not to forget the tj^ia. R. C. Sligh. Win. Johnson and Sou. . Summer Firos. Co. C. J. Pureell Co. .1 oilnson-McCraekin Co. . Geo. C. Hipp. JiOminack and Reighle/ B. C. Matthews. James Mcintosh. H. L. Parr. Jno. M. Kinard. W. E. Wallace. G. W. Suber. ,T. T. Hunter. M. B. Caldwell. H. 0. Ltmg. A. L. Aull. J. E. Counts. 30T1CE TO CREDITORS. G. L. Robinson having made an al ignment, to the undersigned, for lha >enefit of his creditors, all suci. ireditors are hereby notified that here will be a meeting of creditors >f said G. L. Robinson at the office ?f B. V. Chapman, Boy.-e street, New terry, S. C., on the 6th day of March, 917, at 11 o'clock A. M, for tlie par >ose of appointing an agent to act vith the Assignee in the settlement >f Assigned Estate and to transact iuch other business as may come be ore said creditors. B. V. CHAPMAN, lAsaigsee. !-27-2t. id Albert E. Smith snt >ai! Young ialWife" he Vitagraph Feature Parts y Savage. Directed by >hed and copyrighted by impany of America. Theatre A.RCH 2nd. and 15 cents eth's j crrn new Seed WppIk fn y, S. G mn in?rrn ? LWLlMtU the auditorium of the >ol, Friday night, Ma rch * u March 2nd. ?-NL,iai?Lr ssting but most amusing; ime and enjoy it. /ill be Served md 25 Jenis rill be on safe