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CAST STARVE TEUTONS! MIST USE ARMY TO WIS WAR By Karl von Wieglana. Copenhagen, June 12?(By Mail.) Money, enough. money, will accorfulish wonders even in the severely rationed Germany. .-And if there is one thing that is plentiful in Germany today it is money. "Money and connections" enables a person to eat better than his neighbor. And despite the severe prosecution by the a authorities, the profits of "contraband trade" in certain articles of food are so great that at no time during the ? *UJ? 4-yrtAn hoDTI tpr ' in war nets Liiis n auc ww" ? Berlin than during Germany's "leanest weeks" this spring. With even unskilled labor getting 50 cents an hour, with every member of the family who wants to, working, everybody has money and is willing to spend it?for food. It take& time to make "connections" and to "get on to the - AJ >~v T? Z* ropes" m ine matter 01 gcumg mun, than your share of the food. Batter. During May a"bout 70,000 pounds of - - - J i ^ fcutter and lard uisappearea m jdcilin. I think I got some of it. Instead of two little marbles of butter once a week in the Adlon, I had but- j ter every day and plenty. It cost, however, $2.50 a pound and went up to $3. It was an appetiz-' tag addition to the breakfast of the dry bread and tie stuff* "Christened i "coffee." One lady whom I know, bought So pounds of butter at one time for which she paid $125. The Eam? lady obtained 200 pounds of L" fcrrly white flour at 55 cents ' a' j>onnd, while others I knew had paid as high as 85 cents a pound. ^ Egg*. /> ' "Contraband" eggs were to be had If you knew how to get them at IS and 25 cents each. Sugar, beyond the amount the government proposed you should have, could be obtained cow and then at $3 a pound. A little coffee was at times forthcoming at $5 and tea at $7. "Contraband" meat was also h be had. but that was still more dfficult. Just before I left I was invited to dinner at the house of an opera song bird. The "centerpiece" on1 the table was a nice pork roast, for i the four of us. It cost $18. There v ^ras also real tea and real coffee and i butter. Up to the time I left, Jac-' Vitiar Maver of New York,' was still ? solving his generous dinners to about ^ 30 Americans, the cost, of which could not have been less than $6 vto $8 for each plate. i In Hotels* ! Hausfraus, however, are not .the. otly "foragers." Many of the guests at the Adlon and other private ho4?A . rtf tels Have "private ?/<inu ICO ; Ui, >vwyi.. gutter, eggs and sugar in their rooms. Some also hav$ hjtiams. bolongas, and ^ sausages and even sides of bacon V in their "private pantries." A gen-' eroms tip to the chef and an occasional slice of bacon or ham to th3 floor waiter, always assures the unostentatious preparation of these highly prized r<additions" to the reg* *n - A ^ ular breakfast. $2 luncneon or *t.ov four-course dinner. It is not unusual in the dining room or in a restaurant to see persons take from their pockets a small round nickel box contrining butter for the day, possibly a second one with a few lumps of Bi.gar. A year ago many Germans who now i "hamster," as this illegal obtaining ?? food is called, would have conaideiea it highly unpatriotic to take __ i more food than the ration card calls ioi, hut the duration of the war has tended to destroy much of that un-! seJfish sentiment. There has been much searching of houses and a num-1 ber of times sides of bacon, hams, bo-' longas and other# articles of food ^ fc?en found under mattresses and ev-' ec between fine quilts in beds. j t Iwas the general belief among the working classes of "East Berlin", aim' ''North Berlin," as the older sec tions of the kaiser's capital are known, that houses in the fashionable "West" had pantries full of foodstuffs which led to the fear during the strike in \ the middle of April that the "West? - j bright be stormed. i I ^ The Country. ' Generally speaking, I found that'the food situation in the country in the provinces was very much better than in Berlin and some of the other larger cities. It was also better in Bavaria than in north Germany. I have seen numerois letters rrom people in small villages saying that they "were getting along very well and were not suffering nor even enduring any great privations. On the other hand, in Berlin I know of the families of the better middle classes, m where like Mother Hubbard, the haus#*,?? uronf to an emntv cupboard many dLl Otu f? vw w? 4 _ a morning and had not the slightest idea what she could provide for the family for the day, especially thi3 spring "when patotoes were unoljtalnI able for a time. g| "Gaenze schmalz," or "goose fat," n for tit bread r a delicacy few ca* ol'tain with geese selling at $15 lo $25 each. "Goose- breast." to many Germans is as great a delicacy as i c?vier to the Russians, is now $1 .">0 t.) $2 a pound. A medium-sized ham coits $15 to $23. Grains. Trio P.orni'in r.nnrklo r.orhflinc riPVPr ate less than they do today and certair ly iipver pai;] as much for it. They have gotten through the "leanest , v eeks*' of three years, between Febri ary and the present time with 250,, 000 ti'Bo of gr-lc; +o still cQmeoutof - - ?? -?? '? ? T X A Vi oi.l Kt-UIIiama up 'I. aixu t'ltn am of vegetables and green stuffs, will get through to the end of August when flour from the new crops will begin . to be available. I ~ - xt. _ ?1 1 - :i. I I un me wuuie ii uuuvuu ' form any accurate idea of how much or how far the "hunger blockade" has touched the vitality of the German nation. A number of instances came i ui der my personal notice, in whic: i wrsnnc affected with tuberculor . i rnpidly grew worse on the diet largely devoid of fats and died. Had they had , proper food and plenty of it they i v.xuld .probably hare lived for years, , s? me of them even recovered perhaps. Thrive, > . It might be said that the enforced simple life has improved the appearance of the Germans on the whole. The "equator" or "national waistlii e" of Germany has shrunken many hurdreds of yards. In many instances rotundity has given way to something like angularity. The "bay window" ee ftct, especially , in the "masculine scenery," is disappearing fast. The "Mg beer" tummies are not so often met with. In walking about in the workingmen's district, I was strucK, however, by the observation that there vac an increase of "pallor" quite general to all. j I heard of occasional cases of men doing h?avy labor collapsing, but not ol a single case of death from actual starvation. Tnat the lack of milk, butter and fats for so long a period will not^be without its effect upon the constitution of very young children seems a reasonable conclusion.* On Farms. / < .About one million children from the large cities were scheduled to be sent to the farms m the provinces for the summer, both to assist with the crops and to get the benefit of more and better food. Up to the time I left Germany, over forty thousand had already been sent from Berlin to East Frussia. * Summing up my personal observa-. tion on the food situation and what T judgett aS being reliable information from others, I would feel justified in concluding that the collapse of the German people and their acceptance of "tf-ctated terms" from starvation alone, ii" still a considerable distance on. ! * WANTED! l,M MEN! j j ! 3f?st Be Willing to Imprisoned Ten Months to Make a New Ameri- ! can Implement of War?No * * - will. A_4 Communication rum vuvside World, New York World. Pittsburg. July 12?The Westinghouse interests here are seeking 1,000 men who are willing to sign an agreement to enter a new plant to be built for the manufacture of war mud rp_ mtions oy a. itjuiyi yiutcos uuu ? main imprisoned for ten months, all communication with the outside world to be shut off. Men who have been approached were told that the plant will manuafcture a powerful implement of war and the secret must be guarded until the gov-j ernment sees fit to make the details public. Only those workmen and I officials who will be engaged in the Droduction of the new weapon will I * know its character and the details of manufacture. i Recreation and entertainment of ev| ery possible sort will be furnished the icr?iatpH emDlovees. Pay double that , they now get is guaranteed, and bo| nuses "will be paid for high producI tion. Only picked men whose Amerii canism is unquestioned and whose | skill in their respective vocations ?s | of the highest will be employed . ! Officials of the Westinghouse ini terests today refused to talk. An artiI san of high standing, who was api nroached by the Westinghouse agents, , said he had received an intimation that the new plant would turn out, in large quantities, one of the late inventions of Thomas A. Edison, i Edison May Soon Be Nation's Host Important Figure. William Maxwell, General Manager I of Thomas tA. Edison, Inc., said at j the convention of Edison Phonograph t Dealers at the Waldorf-Astoria last j night: j "There is a man, an old man over i in Jersey, wlio is working hard for j/Uncle Sam. At the moment he <s j the most important man in the country i next to President Wilson. I believe I he may soon become the most impor*j tant figure i* the Nation: Tkat is all f I can say bow." j , "aV.p*. ?.~d P \uls | j * tt | Froaa Year Negatives. ^ | ? R 8 Prrapt "is*'">y Or<krsreccxrt-<] b?- 0 ) JB W BforoOa ki filled ri::i <i-.y Mill ny | i a % | ui&lrcU as-.l ?-a vi.l sttiii v>u notice | | K <R J of price f"r pvinls and f->v enlirse- I : m * ? in-iit pftstic'ilar". t'iufti.ie l'riuu, tic. I M \ 3 Cyko p.-.per ! 1 GLUISfc UrTICAL COMPANY. I C h largest Ko<!ak r'nirNnc Laboratory S I 1 iott.oStiVs j ^ ^ Greenville, S. C. j COAST ARTILLERY i INTO OTHER ARMS | The following additional informaj tion on the Coast Artillery is from the Charleston News and Courier: ' Plans for transferring regular ! coast artillerymen to field artillery i , and infantry arms of the service have been apporved, Major Gen. Leonard : Wood, U. S. A., said yesterday. The X)ast defense fortifications of the country will not be weakened, however, as the coast artillery companies of the National Guard will be assigned to duty at these stations, replacing the regulars. I ' ' , The field artillery of the United, States has jbeen expended so greatly ( in the last year that at present, ac-! cording to army officers, it has reach-j ed the maximum elasticity, consistent ; with efficiency. The numDer or oma rs and trained and seosaned artil- j 'eiymen is limited, and it is import-' ant that every, organization have, not only capable officers, but a nucleus of trained men. Approximately a year: ago, there were but six regiments of field artillery in the regular army. There are now twenty-one. The pro-( motion of officers has been especially rapid. ?Tany officers have been trans-' ferred from the infantry and cavalry arms of the service to the artillery. | The coast Artillery National Guard will be mobolized July 25, simultaneously with the other forces of the, Tuarci. After, spending about two weeks at their armories the companies will be assigned to stations nlong the coast. j Gen. Wood said yesterday that more National Guard coast artillery! oould be used if it was available. Ef-j forts were made recently to encour-; a^e the organization of coast artillery militia in a number of States that are short of their quota, but the efforts resulted in nothing. i The Soi'th . Carolina companies hope and expect to be stationed at ^ort'Moultrie. Their home stations ! are :at Greenville, Gaff Spartanburg, Greenwood and Jonesrille. Most o? "these - companies reached war strength'shortly after the declaration; nf war1: Their recruitfng was J?pid, i :-s all frre of them lost a large num-' ber of men by discharge, owing to them baring dependents'. "I hope to see a rapid Increase in the rate of enlistment in the National Guard/' Gen. Wood said yesterday, i 5EWS OF EXCELSIOB. Excelsior, July 19.?We have had uce rains after a long dry spell. Messrs. J.' D. Lorick and J. J. ai.-.oriov cnpnt Wednesday In Colum W|?VV ? bia. i; Mrs. Willie ~6lanton and chiTar5n of. Orangeburg.are spending a while with her father's family, Mr. A. A. Nate3. Mr. Eddie Singley, a:nd wife of. Columbia have been on a few days visit to his brother, Mr. J. J. Singley ana iamny. , Mr. Jas. P. Cook is in Columbia this! week working in the navy yards. Mrs. J Cook is spending the week with her brother at her old home. I Mr. L. L. Shealy and family of Little Mountain spent Sunday with rela trves in this section. Mr. J. M. Cook of Birmingham, Ala., ,vho has been in Ohio t?e past month stepped here awhile on Sunday to see! S his sister, Mrs. H. J. Kinard while on i his way home. Mr. Cook is looking j I ! well. t | Mr. G. W. Kinard of Prosperity who i is an all around business man informs j us that he will put in two next sixty saw gins at his ginnery ready for business the coming season and a ; good able engine to pull the gins. Mr. Joseph Quattlebaum another good business man who knows how to ' "nrndle machinery will be in charge J I of Mr. Kinard's ginnery which will j be carried on with success. K. j CHIEF DUKCAN TO SEW FIELD. , Charleston w^merican, 19th. j S. M. Duncan, who was removed I from Charleston while serving as ' chief of the local rorce ot state cuu| stx>bulary, during which period he : made a creditable decord, passed through Charleston yesterday, tlhief i Duncan would not announce his des: tiration, but it was reported that he j is on his way to his ''new field," some* s? y\Or*t nf Smith j wr>ere in suumcaam u ?I Carolina. He came to Charleston /rom Columbia, where he had a comftrence with Governor ^fanning. No explanation fo} the removal"oT'i^hief I)i'i:c*an has yet been announce??. At t!;j time he was ordered to surrender | h:s office here a few weeks a^o it was j rur.ored the transfer was' prompted j because of a statement he had writ| ten about Chief of Police B?ac?" and j the enforcement of the prohibition law j in the city of Charleston, wlrfch is en' trusted to the local police. RESOLUTIONS OF MOLLOHON' WESLEY ADULT BIBLE CLASS Whereas it has pleased our Heavenly ! Father to call unto Himself our classi vnsito nnH fripnrl Qamncnn "Rv>lrlpv in the flower of young manhood, and, whereas, we know that He is too good tc do a wrong and too wise to make a , mistake, therefore be it resolved: i That while we shall miss our friend and devoted member, we fell that his mission here is finished, and that his lift and influence was not lived in vain. We commend his life to his friends as being exemplary, clean, and upright. Resolved further that a copy of these resolutions be spread upon our minutes and that a copy be given to his parents. Committee: JAMES F. EPTING, DUANE D. DARBY, Newberry, S. C., July 13, 1917. > otiee. All persons are hereby forbidden to j credit my wife, Nancy Smith Blount,1 with anything that is' to be charged to my account, sne leit our nome without reasonable cause. W. J. BLOUNT, 7-19-3t Dillon, S. C. TEACHER WANTED. For Tabernacle school. Application | should be in band of either of undersigned not later than Saturday noou, July 28th. John W. Smith. J. E. Neighbors. M. P. Johnson. Trustees. Kinards, S. C., R. P. D. No. 2. MUCH ALARMED FOR A TIME, SHE SATS 7 I r __ Mrs. Cisson Explains How She Orer-1 . came Cause of Worry. GLADLY 0 IT E S DETAILS' I nas Mape to reel Like a lwfiereut, t Woman and She Is Grateful. * '5 "1 '/ ^Tanlac is the best remedy I ever took for my troubles and I am giad to recommend it because it gave me such. fine results," said Mjs. Jessie The Feder, enables us to !' % carrying cotto The vast fu Banking Syste mate Farming I MEMBER FEDERAL RE cvcTn | JIJIE11 The Nation B. C. MATTHEW5, T. i President Send for Bookie WAR ' Some of the things the j will ] * Bible A Fountain Pen Comb and Brush Radio ite Wrist Watch _ Lead Pencil rad and Lnveiopes Tooth Brush TnOtK Pactp Razor $1.50 Rozor Soap 5c Razor Strop-... 10c FaceJPowder . 10c Books J Kodak to keep a re< Mayes' B< TheJHouse] of a ' Oisson, of No. 15 Main St., Woodside. Greenville, in a statement she gave May 31st. "I took Tanlac for a generally run down and weakened condition and at that time I was almost sure I had a mild case of pellagra. "1 was very weak and very nervous. My head ached all the time, I was troubled a lot with dizziness -and my appetite had about left me. "But I felt like a new person when I quit taking Tanlac. I gained in weight and strength right from the start. I soon had a good appetite and tlie Tanlac quickly had me feeling fine and strong. Those headaches and thV nervousness soon were relieved. I am enjoying fine health now and have been ever since I quit taking Tanlac about a year ago. Tanlac, the master medicine is sold j by: . Gilder & Weeks, Newberry, S." C., Dr. W. 0. Hollo way, Ohappells, S. C? Little Mountain Drug Co., LdttlB Mountain, S. ., The Setzler Company. Pomaria, S. C.-, Prosperity Drug Co.j Prosperity, S. C., Whitmire Pharm acy, Whitmire, s. u ? aot. Pomaria Cotton Weighers Association' ... By order of the president the Cotton Weighers association of Pomaria will meet at Pomaria July 21;'" 1917, at 2 p. m. for the purpose electing officers. /Candidates* for ' cotton i r> i nurr ifMMif !IR con il Reserve Bai > offer special n in bonded wa nds of the Fed m are available and Business > Qf iFraT one or SERVE TORS dr - tell you h ft helps you ial Bank of C. JOHNSTONE, H. T. CANP Cashier Asst'C t "HOW DOES IT riMF.S! 'oung men at the front need. 25c to $2 50 $1.00 $1.00 $4 00 5 to 25c 20c i 1ft. 1UC 10c Razor Brush 25c Razor Hone 10c Mirror 25c Shoe Polisher 25c 10c to 60c cord of your camps. C 1 O. dok store Thousand Things : weigher must hare their fees in by that meeting. The election ^ill be : held two weeks later, August 2, 1911D. L. WEDAMAK, Secretary and Treasurer^ 7-10-3t ANNUAL CITIZENS' MEETING ' j The citizens of Newberry school j district are requested to meet at the court house at 10 o'clock a. m., 7oP I esday, July 24, 1917, to hear the r&' port of the trustees of the school. W. A. McSWAIN, Chairman. 7-10-4t SODTERLASD COLLEGE I FAR WAVBT* Offers These Superior Advantages An ample and capable faculty. " ' . Genuine interest in the individual student. ' Modern buildinge splendidly equips Ped. Ideal location. "Summerland"' ' fe; healthful as well as beautiful for -sit? ' uation. Fine air and pure water?all tftd conditions conducive to good healths A Christian atmosphere and positive Christian teaching. I Moderate terms in order to place* these advantages within the reach Of as many as possible. _.... .. ..,?>i Next session begin September 20tl^ Catalojjue furnished on applications. Inquiries should be addressed to I KEY. F. E. MONROE; i'.... Leesville, S.: C.': .?" tii urmTT I o min 'ON r iking System facilities for rehouses. leral Reserve I > nnlv Kv l^onti. ieeds. ; are not already OUR DEPOS1op in and let us v iow this System i L If i i Newberry ^nA**rn 1U1N, SYV. rv. IRUWLK ashier Asst. Cashier BENEFIT ME"