Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?* - TZ" , 4 | w ? A Big Si dise at a jrjj at ZU"|? c I Do y ? 36 inch Sea I i Cheviots Shir -v I Blue 8?11 Che i u s IlCClV^ J^l llllU 10-4 Pepperell 94 Pepperell I 94 Pepperell 5 * ^ A Q/?nrf A /111U1 c n u wg Hills Bleachin One lot good I ? Bed Ticking 1 J Percale, yard All ffalirns. tl k | Giant Emb C | I Indian Head, I Now v m S _ OMBannna! BRITISH EMPIRE |r KNEW IN 6 MINUTES L. Record Time Made in Informini Colonies That Engiand Was at War. L . ? It required only six minutes* to ir J*r form the British empire that J^nglam "was at war on the night of August 4 1914, says Lord Harcourt, who wa then colonial secretary. "On that unforgettable nigjit," li v. said to the Empire Parliamentary as sociation, "I was in the cabinet roon Downing street, with, a few colleagues Our eyes were on the clock, on thoughts cn one subject only; bt there was a feeble effort to direct on ' .V conversation to other matters. / "We were waiting for a reply, whic ' we knew full well would never conn to our ultimatum to Beriin. "When Big Ben struck 11:30?mi( v night in Berlin?we left the rooi knowing that the British empire wa at war. "I crossed to the Colonial office 1 send a war telegram to the whole < j the British empire. I asked the ofl cial in charge of that duty how Ion It would take. He said 'about six mi] UlCB. "I asked him to return to my rooi When he had done his work. In seve k minutes he was back and before mod ft tog I received an acknowledgment < ^^^ny telegram from every single col< HB&ial protectorate, and even islet in tl Pacific. "So the grim machinery of war b <n nWa/it nrr? or* 5?T rgHil levuiviiis iu ^ij.v.v.1. v.u? ? -with perfect preparation becau: more than two years previously, an ii dividual war book had been prepare by the colonial committee of defem * for every single protectorate ar f island. It was at that moment lock* J in the safe of each governor or cor Missioner and they knew at once whi to do." LAW CLERK IS RICH -/Js"' . k Inherits Fortune After-Struggling f UL Years on Meager Salary. W. W. Scranton, for 30 years a rei B dect of Knoxville, Tenn., who stru K gled for the last seven years to fe< and clothe his wife and two sons < his meager salary as a clerk in a la office in Fountain City, Tenn., & W jast inherited an estate valued j f $100,000. fcfc Scranton learned of his good fortui fefl^ from attorneys for his great-annt, w! died at Galion, O., recently. Forthwi abandoned his clerkship and pi to enter the practice of la nov^ ca is ???2i':i2l of an i Li L. I?, ile for 10 C l Very Low >??. You ca mestlcs s-and, the yard 20c ting, the yard 25c viAtc fhp varrl 30c W IViV^ v J _ _ g, the yard. 25c Sheeting, bleached 69c Sheeting, bleached 63c iheeting, unbleached 59c gins Bleaching 27 l-2e ig . . . . , 30c Bleaching . . 20c 15c, 20c, up to 48c wide . . 25c lis sale ... 10c loth .... 25c 44 inches wide 49c / -? \ is the time , , \ S"J? i | come ot aoout mommy iroui mc H estate, and this total, together with | what he earns from his new profession, he believes, will keep the woll j from the door. ; Scranton's sister, who resides at j * Galion, inherited property worth $1,?; ' 500,000 from the great-aunt's estate,j ! The Scrantons were born in Copeni hagen, Denmark. i i ?.... ! r! PAYS FOR CLOTHING j i k ; It Was Evidence Against Him and Nes > ijro Burned It. ; Miss Geneva Criswell of Yandalia, ; e , Mo., was paid $85 through the county. 5" | circuit court for the loss of her grad- j uating wardrobe, and thereby hangs aD! 3- j interesting court story. * I Miss Criswell was a member of the i it j graduating class of the Vandalia high j i* school. A few days before commence-; ; ment William Briscoe, a negro, stole h hor PTJiflnatincr clothes. He was cap ; tured, but decided to destroy the evi-' | dence by burning the clothing. He was | J- i sentenced to a term in the peniten-j m | tiary, but was paroled upon prom-: is j ise to pay Miss Criswell for the 1 j clothes. :o ! He has been saving the money at th( j >f j rate of $5 a month and this week made; i-1 the final payment *j HOW PERFECTLY CHEERFUL!! I j 1 Wieitlnn r.nmmi+tAft Ifi ComDQSed Oi UJ ( W lOlkMI^ wvi*..... .w mn : Undertaker, Cabinet Maker and a-1 Crematory Manager. )t' The Rotary club at San Franciscc o-1 has a "visiting committee" to call or -- : mamViorc onri tn rnvp them cheei IB Dlt& lii^UiUVlU tAux 0_ . i and comfort while they are recuperates ! ing. John Smith, president of the id club, when the suggestion to nam? se such a committee was made, promptly a-' said: id "I will name Charles Truman, Franl 5e Mahew and Lawrence Moore." Presi id dent Smith probably forgot that Tru ?<j man is one of Oakland's leading unq dertakers, Mahew is president of t casket factory, Moore is manager ol I an Oakland crematory, i j HONOR TO WHITTLESEY or; Commander of "Lost Battalion'' tc Have Park Named for Him. j As a tribute to the gallant Lieut Sm: Col. Charles W. Whittlesey, command -d er of the famous "Lost Battalion,' 5n j who told the Germans to "go to hell,' lV} | it is proposed to name one of th< as j public parks at Pittsfield, Mass. : "Whittlesey Park." The movement t< ! perpetuate the memory of this Pitts ae , field young man wns launched at i 110 | meetir j of the local council, Knight! tk'j of Col-joibus. The matter is now be >e" fore the park commissioners and a fa w*; vorable decision is expected. _n- j J HBBMaBaHBHHHMB lays. Jrierc Price. ^iV tn save 20c < i 1 T M I r>i2 I j Indian neau, oo i I All Outings, the j B*st Grade Gingl wide, worth 35c, 4 ? 11 Ort l l All 6Z men uingr One lot Dress Gir; Jeans Cloth, for t 50 dozen Men'* worth $1.50. T1 ? Men's Dres* Shirt Men's and Ladies your own price. Men's Pants from All $1.25 and $1, go in this sale at Yard wide Silk Po 1 to maite y< nder 4 5 ^ --?r--~? MYSTERY Sim TRAP U-BOflTS Exploits of Fleet of British Decoy Craft ? FALSE BULWARKS DID GUNS \ "Panic Parties" Fled Over Side as Submarines Approached, but Left Marks men Behind?Stories of Encounters j With German Submarines Are Filled j With Deeds of Heroism?Many [ Ruses Are Employed. f One of the most exciting chapters of the war against U-boats is a series of accounts of notable engagements be tween British decoy ships and the, submarines, made public by the British admiralty. While the whole story of the part played by these decoy vessels, "mystery ships," or "Q" craft has j not been revealed, it is evident that several of them were used to lure the undersea craft to destruction, i Some Incidents in this campaign already have been made known, dealing chiefly with a few of the exploits of j Commander Gordon Campbell as masi ter of the decoy vessels; but others i in which he and other captains par| ticipated, now are available. That at i least a small fleet was used in this 1 work is evident from the fact that CamDbell at different times appears as the master of the Farnborough, the Pargust, the Dunraven, and the Q-5. The Prize, another decoy ship, was commanded by Lieut. William E. Sanders, and the Stock Force by Lieut Harold Anten. Full of Heroic Deeds. Stories of the encounters between these ships and the U-boats are filled' | with deeds of heroism and instances in ; which the discipline of the British navy j was displayed tinder trying circum stances. For many months the decoy ships, heavily armed, but with their ! guns hidden behind false bulwarks, steamed zigzag paths in the seas which were the hunting grounds of the sub* j marines. j In their character of lazy colliers or! ? ? X- I j stow cargo craic tney presented 10 me i stibmarine commander an inviting ob; ject of attack, but once he was well ; within range of the British guns the i false superstructure hiding the guns | fell away and the helpless collier beI came suddenly transformed into a i fighting craft, bent on destruction. It i was dangerous work, requiring a high i i you can fi Ve offer all an Si ? V/Jk J ^ inches wide 39c rard . . 20c i i lams, 27 inches ( :0c. This sale 30c jams . . 35c i sghams . . Ibc J 'anis . . 25c ] 5 Work Shirts, -I T_ OS? 1 115 SdIC . JUU J s ... 98c j ' Rain Coats at Come see them, i $1.69 up. ! .50 Shirt Waists .... 98c I pliirt, this sale 98c our dollar i ???w wmj == i order of courage, for the submarine must be lured near before the guns could . safely begin their work. Mean-! time the Hun frequently had sent Jiis j torpedo home, and the decoy ship was j disabled, sometimes on fire and part j of her crew wounded In that condi-; tion the battle was fought and often the submarine destroyed. "Pnnir> nnrtips" was one of the TOSeS practiced by the decoy ship's com-! mander to coax the cubmarine along-J side. When the mystery ship was tor- j pedoed these panic parties took to the ' boats, apparently abandoning their vessel, but always leaving on board another crew to man the guns and finish the submarine if it came near enough. v j The first encounter mentioned by "L"1 {n Hfor/lh IQIft . lilt" HUiHH til l,y UtXUliCU 1U .uai\.u, J.VA.V| when the Farnborough. disguised as a collier, was attacked by a submarine. The "panic party" took to the boats, and when the submarine closed in to about 800 yards the Farnborough opened fire on her. The U-boat submerged and the Farnborough passed over her, dropping depth bombs. The submarine reappeared, standing al-; most on end. Five rounds were fired into her at nearly point-blank range, arid she went to the bottom of the sea. ? x { Sunk by Gunfire. Prior to that action the Farnborough had cruised throughout the entire win-; ter without being attacked. Within a month the Farnborough coaxed another submarine near enough to sink her by gunfire. Commander Campbell later was transferred to the command of the ' - * T.? Q-5, ana in ine IOHOWing r euruai^,: 1917, his vessel was torpedoed by a submarine, which eventually ap- { proached so near that a shot from the j Farnborough beheaded the U-boat cap-1 tain as he climbed out of the tower, the submarine was sunk, with her conning tower open and her crew pouring out. Destroyers towed the Q-5, in and beached her. For this exploit the Victoria Cross was awarded to i Campbell. The decoy ship Pargust, with Camp- j [ bell in command, was torpedoed on | I June 7, 1917, when disguised as aj British merchant vessel. The subma- j rine come within 50 yards of the Par- : gust, which then opened fire on her j with all guns. The submarine crewj poured out of the conning tower and held up their hands in token of sur-j condor j-mt thp TT-hnnt stettmed awav, i trying to escape in the mist. The i Pargust again opened fire on her, and! sunk her with one man clinging to her I bow as she went down. The decoy | vessel was towed hack to port by j American destroyers. Two Victoria! crosses were awarded for this successful action. I ' i ????? V Villi ind Good N ! Shoes In t! ..00 you spe J. & J. Cotton, the sj Silkateen Thread, v colors, the spool Big lot Baby Blanket Big lot Children's Dr rived. This saie $1. All Winter Unden low prices. 50 pieces Madras, 3< - ? IT^I 1 worth 5Uc. I his sal * 3 pieces Plaid Skirtii this sale .... Baby Elite Polish, bo Airfioat Powder, cai 2fo a long ^ YANK GUNNERY AMAZES BOCHE Captured Hun Says He Never Saw Such a Perfect Barrage. ? R1U ! IRISHMEN SAVED IHt DAT Famous New York Infantry Regiment Did Great Work at CJ?ampagn&? Took Terrible Toll of Death * From Enemy. New York.?Over the rail of the hospital transport Sierra as it came in one day recently leaned Hoy Davis of Chicago. He was a soldier of the One Hundred and Forty-ninth artillery, formerly the First Illinois, in command of H. J. Reilly. He yelled down to those on the police boat: "Tell the people of New York the old Sixty-ninth (a famous Irish infantry regiment in the New York National Guard, now the One Hundred and Sixty-tifth, a part of the Rainbow division) saved the day at the Cham pagne. The people of France are wildly enthusiastic over the One Hundred and Sixty-fifth, and, believe me, they have reason to be. "\Ve followed the Sixty-ninth up at the battle of Champagne, laying down their barrage for them. It got hot as hell behind those boys and then hotter and it was just as bad in front. The Poilus started to go bp"k and yelled to the One Hundred ana Sixtyfifth to turn and follow them. "'To hell with that!' yelled back <**?? ?'WoVa win? risrht me KsiiL^-uiiiLn. .. ^ ?0 __0_ on.' And, believe me, they went right on and saved the day. Exacted Terrible Cost. "The gray-green uniforms strewed the ground in front of the Irish positions. One walked on a carpet of dead bodies after the attack was hurled back. The Sixty-ninth was cut up, but they exacted terrible cost from the Boche." It was of the One Hundred and Fop ty-ninth field artillery that a capturfed ueruja.u isaiu . "Let me see those men who are behind those guns. I never saw such a perfect barrage in all my life." One of the most popular officers od the transport was the Rev. Ray P. Jenney, the fighting chaplain of Decatur, HI., who had four wound stripes on his sleeve. When all the officers of a company in his.regiment had, been! ~ ~ i J A &A 1 A j . * lerchanbe house ;nd here. ? f p. jool . . DC ? 1 11 vnite and all \ ... 5c ts . . 98c 1 . 'PSSM Hist HI* .50 and $1.98 I K vear at very I mm 3 inches wide, I !- OO- 1 le . I ig, 75c value, I . . . 45c I ttle . . 7c I a 7c j I vays. I shot down in the big drive at St. Mihiel he led the men on and brought back a trophy in the shape of a silvermounted Luger pistol that he took: from a German commander when hiscompany smashed up a machine guiv Bear Distinguishes Himself Among those wearing the Croix <&Guerre was Lieut. ,T. Sanford Bear of: tVin TViiptir.ninfh inf jntlT _ ililUUl> U1 liiC 1.1X111^ ~UIUIU w He. is twenty-two years old. On Julj27 he distinguished himself in a noveh': manner. It was before Chateau-Thier-ry and a group of officers in French uniforms on the opposite bank of th Vesle were believed to be Germans , in disguise. It was to find out if the officers who pretended to be French ?^ * ?i..' J were really so that uear voiunteereu to swim the Vesle and make close observation -on the other shore. Whether they were friends or foesBear was exposed to the machine-gun lire of the enemy while swimming, but he carried through his mission successfully, found that the French uni* forms were but disguises, and so per* fitted the fire from the American side noitororl i nnn thp PnPTTlV DOSi* tions. For this he won the cross. | Almost Entire Family ^ VA/inoH Out L?, wn? I T I'WW W?? Uy ?fa, ~ ^ 5 Leavenworth, Kan. ? Almost 3 fthe entire family of Sergt. Wil- 4 liam C. Baldwin, Company C, of 3 J the Soldiers' home near here, has J been offered up on the altar of * t America. Recently a letter was x received by him stating that his 4 f third son had died from pneo- 3 monia at Camp Funston. Two 2 f other sons died in action in 1 ^ France. f 4 Two daughters are now over- <| % seas, serving as Red Cross J J nurses. One of them has been 2 J wounded by a bomb. 2 WAR IS GOOD HAIR TONIC Yankee Goes to France With Billiard Ball Head and Now Has Fine Crop. Sharon, Pa.?The crash of cannon* shriek of high explosive shells and the bursting of shrapnel is the best hair j tonic ever concocted according to Private Harry Vance, a Farrell boy now in France. Vance tells of an Amerfc can soldier who landed in France with a head as free of hair as a billiard ball. After a short time in the front lines, where he engaged in a number of sharp battles, his hair started to grow and today he has a fine crop. * > h - u. :