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WHAT THE EDITORS SAW AM) HEARD AT BEAl'FORT A31 Report* of Remarkable Truck Vieids Abundantly Verified and Wonderful Possibilities o f South Carolina's Garden Spot Realized After Personal Investigation by State's Newspaper Men?Interesting Faets. News and Courier. The South Carolina city that will he most discussed, especially in the .press of the State, for some time io ^come is "Beaufort, Fair Isle of th? Sea," where for two days iast week, Thursday and Friday, the newspaper men of the Palmetto State were as-j sembled in their annual convention.' Yery few of those at this meeting | knew anything about Beaufort, and i fewer of them had ever been there. As it was expressed by some, Beaufort seemed a place far away, all by itself and it was hard to think of it as a part of South Carolina. Not so j now, for the editors, the majority olj them, at least, have seen Beaufort and enjoyed its splendid hospitality, and although somehow isolated for the time being, this community of -wonderful achievements and progressi?e tendencies has made , an impres-1 sion upon its recent guests that will dissipate any thought that the fair 5s:and city is not a part and parcel, m i spirit and in acticns, of this great, commonwealth. A great story can be told about Beaufort and perhaps some day it will he told in its entirety, but for the if rr?i 11 /IrtiiVkf euflfi r*r\ fn 1 CSClil U V* 111 11V UUUUt oumvg I.V give here some facts about the city! as enumerated on the program arranged for the meeting of the State; Press Association, and they're all truej ?faets usually are. Here are some cf the things those who were in Beau- , fort last week found out and which! thousands of people in South Carolina | who have not yet been fortunate i enough to visit Beaufort, will sees 3earn: *GIad to See You * We are mighty pleased to have you with us. We hope you will be too v busy enjoying your visit to read this now. Just put it in your pocket and glan-ce it over on the train so that j yo-j can tell the home folks about us.! Beaufort is located on the finest j "~^tjeep water harbor of the South At- j iaiitic coast. We are in the heart of j the" famous sea inlands, renowned for fertility of soil and healthful all-theyear-around climate. Though it often ra:rs at convention and picnic times. IVe. are all more interested in making history than in readmg it. But; here are a few "current events." j 7/hen the war broke out, Beaufort adopted the slogan: "Fight, Finance / / g Non Stoj iiiu/f. c~ KWW<^j " Atlantic ( The Standard Rail) SPECIAL OCCASIONS; ^ June Ticket[and Passenger Agents and C As information we wish to a< tions'have been booked up to date during'the month of June: t o?ndrv Aof the Carolir Independent Order of Red Men of ] North*Carolina Bankers Associatic Hardware Association of North anc SouthernJTextile Association N.C. Baptist Chautauqua, or Assen We'take pleasure in advising and rumors to tne contrary, that W seasonjas in former years; that the j ' ^?11? tnctions wnatsoever as iu auummat, "Lumina" will be open to the pul improvements have been made in ho and in many respects the beach sea; than heretofore. W.J. CRAIG, Passenger Traffic Manaj \ or Farm." Eight per cent of oar white popu-j lation has volunteered for activo military servise. Many of our boys are, now on boats or in training camps. j On June 5, when we registered at j the request of Uncle Sam, Beaufort I county is the only one in the State1 in which a majority of those regis- J tering did not claim exemption from | active service. Our apportionment of "Liberty Bonds" was $.">.000. We subscribed j $200,000, or 400 per cent of our quota. In addition to this over $90,000 was subscribed by officers and men of the marine station, making nearly $300,000 for this district. We were asked for $5,000 for the; Rta Cr-Without any preliminary campaign, a nanaiui or citizens msi, on a rainy night and pledged over; $2,400 to start things off. As we go! to press, the total amount is $6,250. ) l But it's at farming that we feel j most at home. Over $1,250,000 worth j of potatoes were shipped from 3,000 j acres right around Beaufort within thirty days. Our trucking industry though still in infancy, is getting us into trouble. People won't believe the facts we tell. as to the Past. Once upon a time, 355 years ago, on May 27, 1652, Jeane flibault's party of French Huguenots sailed into our harbor, settled here and built a fort. They called it "Carolina" in honor oJ1 Charles IX. For a century the Indians and Span-; iards debated possession with France.! The first English colonists landed April 19, 1660, followed by Governor Sayles in 1670. But the Governor and his friends moved north to the Ash-, ley river and set stakes. Thus Beaufort gave birth to Charleston. j Our next misfortune came in 1715,' when the Yemassee Indians, by a most wicked and devilish conspiracy,'*, drove our settlers from the island, j They returned soon, however, and we. have lived more or less happily ever* since. I In 1861 the fedearl fleet entered! Port Royal harbor and for four years j Beaufort gave a house party to its j guests from the North, who made themselves very much at home. The Beaufort National Cemetery was! , founded about this time. Orer 10,- , 000 are enrolled in this institution at present. x The Beaufort Volunteer Artillery1. antedates the Declaration of Inde-: i ? pendence. Records show that Co!.' Hardin took command on February j 23, 1776. The visit of Gen. Lafayette and the attending ceremonies are recorded in the campany annals. The , ''Arsenal" is some sixty years old and embodies its predecessor which was built in the eighteenth century, j In 1874 the entire lUnited States i nm CWDIIIIl High Grade I I Complete J I ! CAROLINA AUTO CO. PHONE 172. ! WISERRY, SOCT'H CAROLINA i 1 11 ,uasi Line i road of the South Mrightsville Beach, N. C. 1917 lonnections:ivise that the following conven-j to be held at Wrightsville Beach las June i ith-i2th! tforth Carolina " 13th- 15th >n * i9th-2isci 1 South Carolina.. . i9th-2istj " 22nd-23rdj QDiy j: / Lu-^yun further, notwithstanding the report rightsville Beach will be open this ! government has not made any res- j ing the beach; that the hotels andj Dlic as heretofoie; that material; >tel accommodations and attractions, I son promises to be more attractive ! i I T.C. WHITE j jer. General passenge Agen fleet anchored in our harbor. The government was so favorably impressed by its natural advantages that a navy yard was established and a dry dock built at a cost oJ a million and a half dollars. Shortly after thi3 we presented our navy yard to our "firct.hnm" mi the Ashlev. The har bor was fastened down. Saint Helena Episcopal church was established in 1712. In 1917 Beaufort County headed the list of nine- "Gold Star Banner" Sunday school counties of the State. The town of Beaufort was chartered in 1S03. In 1915 it adopted the commission-manager form of govern ment. Its city affairs are conducted on a strict business 'basis with most satisfactory results. A bond election to make possible a $20,000 paving project carried this spring with but sixteen negative votes. How's that? Thank you. Hard to Believe, but True. Some crops are failures. One farmer lost his cabbage crop, just as it was ready to ship, on account of the big spring freeze. He planted potatoes on the same spot. They yielded 100 barrels per acre. They were so iarge that it took but ninety potatoes to fill a barrel. The barrels sold at $11.50 each, netting 12 1-2 cents for each potato. This same man is clearing over $100,000.00 on his 300-acre potato crop. Whipple Bros, hold the world's record for largest gross receipts from s\p f o rm nrn/lnnto Rotu,'DAn UI1C aui c Ui lax m yiuuuvtk>. ?. w** $5,000 and $6,000 in one year from five crops with one of them a failure. This was on the little eighteen-acre tract at the depot. The land was bought for $25 an acre. Lots more like it. Last year W. R. Eve, Jr., a young man without farming experience, bought a farm for $30,500. Within ninety days his eignteen-acre lettuce crop paid far the farm. The same land yielded twenty-seven carloads of lettuce this year. i i If one crop fails at Beaufort there are four more chances left to make good the same year. ; j One young lady, Miss Lillian Rice, cleared over $8,000 from less than seven acres of lettuce last year. ' Several Beaufort potato growers will realize from $25,000 to $50,000 this pear. i i 1 The Department of Agriculture re ports Beautort county sons 10 De iris most fertile in the whole United States. ' . - ! J. Pope Matthews, president erf the Pa l met to National Bank. Columbia; ' Capt. Sam Rice and Mr. A. L. Murphy, bought a farm across the river this February. By June 15 they had: shipped enough potatoes from a fewacres to pay for th.e farm nearly three times over. A fine crop of cotton is now started on the same ground. C. F. Harvey reports record yield of potatoes per acre this year: 165 barrels, selling for $10 a barrel, or $1,650 from one acre, mis was on the Belleview farm. On the automobile tour we visited Belleview farm, near Old Fort and farms of Whipple Bros., Peter L. Lea. W. R. Eve, Jr., Miss Lillian Rice, J. Yv' Vorn iinrl J. W. Grav. manv of whom are mentioned above. For additional information write to W. R. Eve, Jr., vice president. Beaufort County Branch, Southern Carolina Association. Peoples' Bank, Beaufort, S. C. This beautiful poem also graced the program: Hail to the country that Nature ha3 blessed, Beaufort, fair isle of the sea: We come from the east, from the north and from the west To offer our homage to thee. Turquoise thy skies, o'er acres of green; Sparkling thy waters, the jewels of a queen, Fairest of all neath the moon's silvery sheen: Beaufort, "air isle of the esa. Loved by the Indiaas who roamed o'er the land. Beaufort, fair isle of tne sea: Held bv the French under Ribault's command. Ere the dawn of the nation-to-be. Bathed by the tide as it rises and falls. Barnacle-clad, its rough tabby wails. Centuries passed thy old fort recalls. Beaufort, fair isle of the sea. Children shall thrill as thy story is told; Beaufort, fair isle of the sea; Their forefathers fought with Britons of old TiP Marior.V men were free. ear:.<!^ the call o~ our dear Dixie land, Their fathers marched forth, a brave-: hearted band, 1 Leaving their homes, 'neath the new ' Hag to stand, ' For Iieaufort. fair isle of the sea. i . I j 'Tis the land of the oak with its moss- j laden bough, i Where palmetto nods to the sea. | 'Tis the land of the Present, the Godgiven Now! Hail opportunity! I ! ! We come from tlie east, from the north and the west, Down to the land we learn to love i best; j Hail to the country by Nature so blest, ! Beaufort, fair isle of the sea! I L. H. Wannamaker, Jr. j ! CAPTAIN AND LIEUTENANT ~~~ j OF CHRLESTON DRAGOONSi 1 ! Election Confirmed by Special Order; of Adjutant General?Capt. Schay- | er's Resignation. I I Columbia, July 1. ? The following special' order was issued by the adjutant general's office today, confirm-i ing the elections for captain and lieutenant recently held by the Charles ton Light Dragoons, and announcing the resignation of Capt. Isadore Schayer, of the sanitary detachment,. Second regiment, South Carolina in' fantrv, accepted yesterday afternoon by the governor: i . Columbia, July 1, 1917. j Special Order, No. 44. Tn with cnprial r>rdf*r No. 40, A. G. 0., Columbia, S. C., an election was held in the armory of( Troop A. S. C. Cav., June 25, 1917.; . for captain and first lieutenant of said | troop. - j "2. Lieut. H. P. Porcher having re-1 ceived a majority of the votes, is hereby elected captain, Troop A. S. C. Cav., and A. F. Littlejohn having re. ceived the majirity of votes cast, is hereby (declared elected first lieut- j , enant, Troop A. S. C. Cav., commis- j j sions to take effect June 25, 1917. "3. The resignation of Captain Isa-j Ont,ovo? oonitart' Hotanhmprit. 2nd! 1U1 C uv>ua/ ^>1 J OUU1WI**; V*vwv.^u S. C. Inf., is hereby accepted to take : eectff June 30, 1917, or as soon thereafter as section 68, with regard to the property of said unit has been turned j over and receipted for by his suc-^ cessor. "4. Pvt. H. H. Sturgeon, Co. I, 2nd; S. C. Inf., is hereby transferred :o; Company C. S. C. Eng. Bn., this trans-: fer having been approved by bothj company commanders, June 23, 1917, and approved by the governor on said date. "By order of the governor and com mander-in-chief. "W. W. MOORE, ^ "The Adjutant General." "Official: f "JOHN D. FROST, Maj. Insp. Gen." Capt, Schayer's Resignation T'iio resignation of Capt. Schayef: ea^es the sanitary aerachmen,. of the Second regiment -*vhout an officer.! ! except Lieutenant Harrison who is. njw at the medical officers' Valuing, camp at Fort Oglethorpe. While Capt. Schayer has made no public state-' 1 ment. it is konwn that his resignation. . is the result of the playing of politics in the appointment of officers, j which began when the national guard i was mobilized last summer prior to being sent to the border. It will be recalled that the public first began to take notice when Capt. j i J. Frost Walker of Union was made I the scapegoat in the promotion of of-', ficers over Ms head. Several have since then been promoted over him. Capt. Walker is an efficient officer, but he was aligned with the Reform | party of South Carolina and it seems that punishment continues to be meted out to him. Prior to going to the I i-.v .lor be had represented Union I countv in the legislature. Discrimi nation against him has been so marked that even the local afternoon paper recently called attention editoi rially to his efficiency. Other instanc3 : of promotion of officers over the heads of other officers and of going out of | companies to secure omuers, uatc constantly been noted. The AnderI son Tribune, in its issue of Friday, I said: i ."Although Anderson has more men i in the national guard of South Carolina than any other county in the j state, this (referring to recent, ap-j j pointments), is the fourth time that j Governor Manning has gone outside of the companies and selected men I from other companies to be officers | over our boys, when there were plen-j ty of capable men in the Anderson' i * | companies who would have been glad . to nave utjcu mtiuc uiuv? o. , Your correspondent does not know ! how Capt. Schayer votes, but he has had considerable service in the nai tional guard and his ability as a phy-, sician and his efficiency as an officer are generally recognized throughout ! i the State. He served with the troops j i i on the border last summer and winter,' i w-i".made j. s pi end. J record. "When Major Allen .iervey. of t'ue sanii t&ry department, resigned, the natural' expectation was that Capt. Sehayeri would be promoted to the position. It v\. ? learned, however, that such was' t n; i ro be the case and it was generally noised around that the posi-i tion had been offered to a civilian physician. Capt. Schayer tendered hii ! resignation several weeks ago. and it' was formally accepted yesterday afternrnn i That such things as these few instances which have been called attention to, among many, account, to some extent, at least, for the failure j of the national guard to recruit to war! f strength by voluntary enlistment, there seems to be no doubt. South Carolinians have always been ready to do their full duty to their state, in peace or in war?bat in a war emerg-i ency they want politics laid aside inj an issue involving life and death.! F'gures compiled by the adjutant gen eral's office today, to be sent to the ! War Department, in order that South; Carolina's allotment of the national army may be fixed, show that the Sec-j ond regiment has remained practically j i I stationary in number of men since! June 1, and still needs about 1,000 men. There has been some gains, but: they have been offset by discharges of those with dependent families. Governor Obstinate. It was urged with great force some jg A\l Always Be Sure We urge our su the Telephone Direct 4-/\ Ka r>->nrln 15 IU uc inauw. Y * uw memory, your are apt ures in a telephone trust to an old card c apt to call a number t A nUTAi I r\nu wiitu yu u number," you cause delay for yourself anc you call in error. N! consult the Directory SOUTHERN BELL T1 a mp* tci rr.CAPH AH1/ lljJjJuuiini ai TUB D i decidely the vogue for Surame 101115 * PI ^ Mg 1||M The Mc structio i \ furnish with e; tern, i McCa'! Patterns Waist No. T7US. Skirt No. 7767, perteCt Many other new designs for June gdl 111611 A?f 11 Po ffoicn c fnr x uiivi iiu OTTO KL time since that if the organization o? a third regiment were permitted, giv- 1 ing South Carolina a brigade, permit- fl ting the South Carolina troops to see service as a unit, under their own brigadier general, in accordance with the published plans of the War De- J n?rrmpnr for the enlargement of the national guard, that enlistments would be greatly stimulated, and that not only could the third regiment be secured, but thai the /anks of the two other regiments would be filled. The governor, however, :efused to authorize a third regiment, lack of funds r'cr its equipment until it was mustered into federal service being stated as one of the excuses. It now develops that South Carolina had to her credit of the federal apportion- j$p ment $20,500, which has actually been expended during the past week for equipment?and the equipment pur- -M1 chased, with the 2,000 Springfield rifles in the State army, now idle, would have fitted out a third regiment and left a considerable amount of equipment to be distributed among the existing units?one of the regiments being in the federal service, and the other being equipped as far as recruited. The time during which enlistments would have been credited ^flj to South Carolina against the number ^ which she raust furnish under the selective draft, however, expired yes- I (of the Number i bscribers to consult M*T *Tti\ AtTA1* #1 "* rf""l l 1 Uiy VVllCilCVCI <X /. n you trust to your v : to transpose the fignumber; when you i ) >r letterhead, you are hat has been changed. do call a "wrong 1 : inconvenience and ' [ for the party whom J lake it a practice, to J ' IJI ELEPHONE COMPANY Vl?J *" X&WE*<?/ JESSES r, have a prominent place in nsures ^ ^ r - fitti II g McCall Pattern \*o. 7T?7. Many other attractive t. designs for Juao June Now on Sale .ETTNER