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.. . * f. . . ?. !, i'V P , > ' r . ' 1 i > C ' i 15he CKeraw Chronicle SF?=~ ^=^==^*~~~==^=*5=SSSSS5SSS5SSBB5S5BS3SSBSS5SSB5SSS^^ * ) Volume 19 CHERAW, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S.,C? AUGUST 2i. 1915 Number 43 \ . t - WISH PRESS TMKSOF COTTON < CUTPORT THE GOVERNMENT A Mhpu|h Not Unanimous in Demand c ftr Action All Afm in Granting n Approval. * |/indon, Aug. 23.?Declaring out ^ |?a contraband of war and speculi- t] Hon as to what the United State* will p #0 concerning the sinking of the Ami- ^ IMe form the main topics of editorials H?*e this morning. ^ Although the BritlHh pre 14 wa3 by h |K> means unnmimous in demanding ^ tbdl cotton l>e made cont-abiiid now that the rovernmeut has taV-?-? action, j Its decision meetc virtually with the Universal approval of thosj newspapew which hereto had refrained from the step. These nev.sr jijxrs I ^ ImHv take the vleww that the gtwernei VWit was in a better iiosittou tojudge the proper method of dealiug with the question. Some comment shows that <*onsld- , erable iioliticial feeling has entered into the matter. The Morning Post a claims that it has onlv Iw*p? nhui? tho coalition go vttai incut entered into ', power that the order in council lias been adminstered in such a manner as ^ to prevent. (Germany receiving cucton through neutral j>orts. The Post expresses the desire to know why woven cotton fabrics and textiles were not declared contraband, ^ luce It says the claim has been made that Germany can employ them in (* (he manufacturer of explosives. 11 The Daily Chronicle Interprets the litfement's declaration to mean that fr tMule the government "'will decline to I enter into any vast project for buying up the American cotton crop it will tf) on the sinking of the Arabic. It say* * Oat it realises President Wilson's " task has not been made easier by the ' established fact that American citi ens were drowned. _ . The messages from America do not anticipate that the United States Wilt make war," the newspaper says, "but we' may l>e premitted to doubt 1 whether anything short of war will TO compel any respect from Germany. "American intervention on the side Ul of the alies would be a serous factor, ' not, perhaps, from the purely military ** and supply, but from that of finance and supply. It might considerably a* hasten the final end, but the mere rup-. in ture of (diplomatic relations, (unless aecompained by substantial supiwrt to Uqjrmany's opponents, would cause no aI Very tangibble Inconveniences to the kind of argument to which it has hith-. ct erto shown the least attention to defer. al bj Program Baptist (Jnlon. ol ?_ w Program of The Chesterfield Bap- W1 tiat Union to be held with the Cldar w Creek church, Friday and Saturday 1,1 10 to 10:30?Devotional, conducted Al by Rev. J. Frank Funder burk. 10:30 to 11?Enrollment of delegates and organization. * 11 to 12?Sermon by Rev. J. D. Pur- 'fe vis, appointment of committees. 1:30 to 2-^How may I know that I vi am a Chri?rffmY by Bro. J. H. White. 2 to 3?Are we under Covenant and ni Biblical obligations to contribute to ri Missions- by Bro. Charles H. Rivers, ol 3 to 3:30?Some of our needs, by tc J. M. Sulll'-an. vi 3 30 to 4- What is c'runkeness from a Biblial standolnt? by Br. Kirby Ri- ei Rivers. d< Patrday morning, Devotion all by m Rev. B. S. Fnderburk. w 10:30 to 11?The churchs Mission ta In ihn AnmmiinUv hv Pav T .AAn ITun_ <>? IU tuc V/VtUUlUUIV/, J 4?v v MWU *' UM \'l derburk. ti 11 to 12?Wliat qocs It mean to w Vrllgiwily educate cur children T by Rev. R. D. Thames. w 12 to 12:31)?Our "Finanial System" ol Is It Scriptual ? If not give us a better, ol Rev. R. W. Cnto. hi 12:30 to 1?Do we as pastors preach Baptist doctrines from the pulpit as a I we ought? Rev. II. S. Funderburg. T All churches are requqested to send oi full delegation and come prepared to 1, speak on all the subjects. We are fr expecting Dr. W. J. I^angston with lis. J. R. Moree, al i R. W. Cato, A J. M. Sulliva.n n< Committee, is a>' ' ttiggMNH CHE8B PETHQORAJD NIW8 Jnbouoded SattmliM ! Tiding* ( Vlet*7 Petrograd Aug. 22 (Tin) London ug. 28.)?The statement made in the uma tonight by the president of the bamber, M. Bodzlanko, that the Oerlan fleet had been defeated at Riga 'ith the loss of the battle cruiser Molke and three other cruisers and seven irpedo boats elicited unbounded entiusiasm. The people regard the reorted victor)' as the turning of the ide. The effect of the destruction of a uhmarine,, it Is expected here, will ave a t>eueflclal political result and snd to dissipate the clouds of dlauntent over the apparent inaction of ie Western allies. The Russian rovrnment and the military and naval uthorities have <a ,complete under^ tanding with the allied governments, ut it is impossible to take people utlrely into their confidence. The naval successes, combined with ivorahle news from the Dardanelles, ie declaration of war against Turkey y Italy, the reported clearing of the Iplomatic atmosphere in the Balkans nd Foreign Minister KazanofTs itegorical denial that there is the lightest /foundation for the nndernreiit talk of a seperate peace by ussla Is expected to react beneficially >r the military operations. The American Soldier ew York Sun. It was 1.10 years ago today that en. Howe and 10,000 British troops ivaded Long Island. Later In Auist, 1776, New York was wrested otn Washington by that courage of ie American rank and file soldier was sted to the utmost and rose superbly i the ordeal. Outflanked for lack of cavalry outs, ragged, half starved; absurd-, .Unarmed, -be 'faced and fought le very flower of a German army ider the skilled command of Gen. e Heister and Col. Count Donop, i say nothing of the formidable ritish forces under Grant and Sir ( 'onry Clinton?face?l and 'fought lem and died nohly in his tracts. We get only fitting and far too few Impses thyough the smoke and upar of the Revolutionary battlefields ' the American private soldier in that lequal struggle. Ever a worthy jure, often rising to heroic stature i he certainly did on that Long Island ?ld so near to a century and a half ' jo. It was a hitter fight, ami Washgton Irving gives a stirring account ' its climax. "Hemmed In Itetween the British id Hessians," he writes, "the Amern us fought desi>erately. Some were it down and trampled hy the cavry, others bayoneted without mercy . r the Hessians. We give the words ' one who mingled in the fight, and horn we have heard *i**ak with hor?r of the sanguinary fury with hich which the Hessians phed the lyoued. At length some of the merlcaiiH cut their way through the * >st of foes and effected a retreat to ie lines, fighting as they went." Surely couageous enough in de-. at: and we have other and an eney's testimony to his chivalry }n etory. At the surrender of Bur>yne among the 3,000 or more derail soldiers made prisoners to our igged Continentals ,was a Hessian Ticer who has illuminated that hisirlc event in memoirs of much tlue. "But I must say to the credit of the lemy's regiments," he writes in escribing the surrender, "that not a au was to lie found thelreln who as e inarched by made even a sign of bunting, insulting exultation, hatred r any other evil feeling; on the ecu ary they seemed as thought they ould do us honor." Courageous and chivalrous, sncl\ as the American soldiers of the Itevutlon; such is the American soldier f today. We need and are going to jve many more of him, "What is good for 1,200 Americans t riattshurg, N. Y? says the Chicago ribune, "would lie good for 1,200.000 r more Americans. What is good for 200 for one month would be tetter >r 1200,000 for one year." That Is the sentiment which Is broad in the land and which will nd concrete expression before thei pxt session of the American congress i many days old. SAFETY FIRST SU66ESTS BRYAN REMOTE WAR CHANCE Government's Protest Does Not Necessarily Mean That War Mast Follow. Chicago. Aug. 22.?William J. Bryan tonight gave out the following signed statement. "1 hare read the editorial opinions concerning the sinking of the Arabic, as those opinions were repnsluced in Saturday morning's palters, but .they seem to me to avoid the most Imjiortant question. The real question is not whether American citizens have, under international law, a right to travel through the danger zone on the ships of belligerent nations. That is admitted. The question Just now iswheth-. er an American citizen should put his convenience or even his rights at>ove hla nation's welfare. If American citizens refuse to consider their own Deposit yoi The Bank Chera\ STRONGER THAN ALL QTRERI safety of the nation, then a second question arises, namely, whether the government should permit a few per Hons 10 urag me country into tnis un-. paralleled war. "Our government has made Its protest and there is no doubt that the position taken Is abundantly supported by precedent, but that does not necessarily mean that we are going to war. Diplomacy has not yet concluded Its work, and even if diplomatic efforts fall, we have recourse to the treaty plan which must l>e resorted to in case of disputes with Great ltrltain, France, Italy and Russia and should be resorted to ,l?eforo going to war with any other belligerent nation. "If the treaty plan fait% we still have a choice Itetweeh entering this war and the ismtitonement of tinal settlement until i?eace is refiorted. In the meantime It will be well to think of the thousands, or prafcBbly of the hundreds of thousands who would be sacrinceu 11 we enter tnis war; tne bra re men are certainly entitled to consideration as well as the few who by deliberately incurring unnecessary risks bring harm u(K>n themselves and danger to their country. "It Is time for the uneutral itortiou of the press of the United States to lay aside its Idas and unite iu helping their president to keep their country of war. "The pro-ally |?apers are Insisting upon war with Germany for the Irenetit of the allies, and the pro-Gramani papers are insisting ui>on an embargo on arms and ammunition for tltelrene-, flt of Germany. If these two groufrs of I>apers would join together and urge measures to restrain American citiaens from going into the danger zone on Itelligerent ships and prohibltlnn American itassenger shli?s from carrying arms and ammunition?if .they would do this, they would aid in pre-. truuiiK war mihi in reserving rur our nation the ^irloeless opjsirtuiilt.v to act aa iH'aceniaker when the time for f>eaee arrives." W ' 1 1 Mr. BkaM In Baca Helton Journal. Ex-Governor Cole. K Blease of Columbia. stated while In Belton Saturday night, that he will he In the race for governor In the campaign of 1910. Many of his friends were present and were delighted to hear their former governor make the above statement. \ Cfttoi CMtmbMt, | At last tba PritlaU decree putting cotton on the list of absolute contraband of war baa come. Not unex-. pec ted for months, it baa made it? definite appearance Just at tbe moment when tbe eyes of tbe country and especially of tbe South bare become closely fixed oa the problem of crop marketing. Tbj? effect of the decree ' Is as yet uncertain. The fact that with the publication tf the order comes an aimoimcement that the British government Intends to take steps to prevent any ruinous loss to V1 the cotton lu threat of the South must si be taken as a welcome counteractive measure, which may even, to scene extent. Improve, the situation. The actual 4 decree has been dis 'SI counted. Neaily every well informed person has taken It for granted that w with the appwrance of the new croj tl (treat Brltlaurmust take some action xi which shall substitute for the inetflc.ient and irritating order in council a literally leagal measure which shall A completely styp the passage of cotton a' to Germany. Ah arms and ammunition in themahlvee are contraband, so l? tlie British gliovemment now takes the ^ i. . ==; ir money in _ A of Gheraw I pi v, S.f C. ?_ llf UNKS llfeOMTY COMBINED f rj ? f> wllld 11m v n I f< position, 'long forecast, that cotton, one of the 1 principal ingredients of ^ modern prfpulsive explosive, must 1 \v come under (the ban. In holding off as long as it has done his majesty''ajjoverument has undoubt- W ly l?een actuated by a desire to avoid .p friction wltljt the great neutral nation for which ^he island base of empire lias so many reasons to feel sympathy Q 'and friendship. Prance, it is said, at ^ the beginning of the war demanded ^ that cotton be made absolute contralhahnd, bbut Brltian demurred, undertaking, by extra.-leagal means, to keep cotton out of Germany with a minimum of loss to the Southern States. Now 1,1 fk it is found that the French were right; that the ortlers in council were clumsy sultstltutes for a step which tan not cause more irritation in America and n which can not but prove vastly more ?' effective in keeping the explosive base out of Germany. The protest of the United States will hardly lie more than a blasts for future hrahitration of the question of seized cargoes. They will l?e tiled to prev- l1 ent any waiver of rights on the iart * of this country and will be designed n to i>ermit leagal or diplomatic settle 'ment, as the case may be, of dispute s< 'cases. ci * The decision of the British Rovern- w ment to support the markets, if need ? 'be, will come as welcome news, tbaugh tl 'it too had l?een foreshadowed in everv h 'unofficial intimation of the course or P [the allies toward cotton. As indl- s [eated in dls|iatches from Washing t? 'ton, it is scarecely likely that the n British will !>e called upon to do tl much in this direction; the mere as- 'el surance of supjiort will probably prove tl sufficient to keep prices from sink- ti in& to the irreducible mlninum. a The declaration then, may be taken n as afrectlng the interest of the South w but little adversely. If at all. Even, tl one may venture to. hope, the settle- ** input of the state of the crop, with ti the promise of barking from the full Ik colters of tlreat Rrltinn, may have a a desirable steadying influence on the si I market am! thus prove of some help fi In the present situation.?The State t< a Eleven Million Visitors. U San Francisco, Aug.?The total number of vlstors to the Panama Pa- h clflc exposition has reachjhl 11,000,- h 000, It was announced to<lay. The average daily attendance for the last F two weeks has been 70,277. li ill WANTED IS f FAGTS IN CASE TO BE NO ARGUMENT i Pben All the Facts Are In President ( Wilson will Lay the Arabic Case Before the Cabinet. } Washington, August 23.?Four days j are passed since a (ierrnan submarlm < ink the Arabic with the loss of twc | overniueut still without the detailed ( ad official information necessary t* lape its course. \ The only notable development todu.c < as a break in the official silence . , ?e White House. Secretary Tumulty, rter conferring with President Wilson, sued this statement: 1 "As soon as the facts regarding the i rabic are ascertained, our course ol L'tion will l?e determined." i Secretary I^anslng declared all the (formation so far in the hands of tin tate Department was fragmentary. 1 mbassador Page at Ixmdon, who bad I warded by mail u detailed state i >ent, including some aflidavits of , merican suvivors, was instructed to . ?nd Immediately a summary by cale. Some dispatches were received om htm, but they were not made 1 ubblic, because, it is understood, the .? [*I?artniciit was unwilling to give out < uiterial it considered incomplete. While the situation still was a waitig one official quarters reflected the rain which grows hourly as no word * >mes from the Germnit Government t he United States had clearly express- } 1 its oj>pOHitlon to dlstruction of ' ierchant ahliw without warning, and id pointely warned y German 1 gainst rbpetion of such tragedies in ' hlch American are involved. i epartment off Ida Ik now believe it 1> \ icMuwnt Amemin uumir tent to ask Germany for an excuse >r the condnct of the submarine inlander who sank the Arabic. 1 If is assumed that unless Germany t ishes to make an outright issue with j le Untited States, some explanation 111 be volunteered. Ambassador Gerrd was intruduced today to report hether he had received any such exlanation. He was not, however, in:meted to ask for one. It Is said the State Department will ot necessarily wait indefinitely on ermany Iiefore taking whatever ocon is decided on, nor does it intend i invite or encourage argument. All wants now are the facts. When these are asseuibbled and of dais are convinced their evidence is roperly substantiated, President Wil>n will lay the case before the Cablet. No meeting has lieen called for imorrow, a regular Cabinet day. and II the Cabinet Members but three are ut of the city. Several days more .... - - -- ?j i'iiw "rn?re mere is a detlnlte i evelopment. Met With Accident J Last Thursday morning i>olicemeu egues and Jacobs met with a pretty 1 ?rlous accident. They were off for 1 fishing frolic over in Marlboro coun- i They had gotten as far as Hick- ( ni's Mill. The B. and C. train waa rousing the road and Mr. Jacobs, who as driving the car brought down to 1 very slow ai>eed in order to allow ^ le train to pass. A party with a mule I itched to a wagon stopiied out at this , oint and held up his hand. The mule , howed fright. They were so close i the frightened mule thut they did ot think it safe to stop, therefore * tie car was turned to one side in an il ffort to pass the mule. While doing , llis their automobile was mi iNimnn. ?I rated on the freightened mule that 11 thought of the train crossing the ?ad had passed from their mind, and ' ithout any thought of danger ahead, heir ear Jumped Into the rear of the i oal?oose" pulled hy the It and C. rain. The auto was badly wrecked, Ir. Pegu en was considerably bruised ml Mr. Jacobs suffered a dislocated boulder and numerous cuts alsmt the m-c and IkhI.v. Both parties are able 9 lie up and almut. They certalnlyhad narrow escai?e niltli their lives ' ccordlng to all rejK>rt Mrs. O. W. Diivail and children who ave Ihwi spending some time at Sa- ( nda, N. 0., have returned. Mr. and Mrs. Lynch Bellinger, of ensacola, Fla., sjient the week end 1 a the city with relatives WILL BERNST0RFF GETS HIS PASSPORTS? Washington, August 22.?Unless Germany conveys through diplomatic hannels an explanation or disavcwel >f the act of her submarln commander vho torpedoed the Arabic or unless 'acts develop in some other way to hange the present aspect of the case is it has been thus far reported, irevalling belief here is that the Presllent will hand Ambassador Bernstroff lis passports mid recall Ambassador lerard from Berlin. It would probably take n week or wo to allow for the final development >f the facts and for the possible Oernan explanation or disavowal?through there Is practically not>ody now who ?xpects the Kaiser's Government to nake any such statement When the Cabinet approves the President's last note to Germany, vlilch was in the nature of an ultinatum, it did so with the undcrstandng among the memlters that if Gernany continued the acts which the lote declared to be delll?erately un: 'rlendly, the next step of this Governnent would l>e the severance of llplonatic relations. Whether or not such severance would mean actual war with Jermany it would be for that country to say. It is noted here with Interest that he resumption of the sort of German orpedo-boat warefare which President tVllson condemns is simulatanous with he Biltlsh movement to make cotton ontrabend and to float a loan of se *ral hundred million in the United States. For various reasons Germany aas feared that this bid for a loan * would *? ^ ?*-* A?4, that she hopes to keep onr money and munitions both at home by dragging is into war or into a position momentarily threating war. Cheap Money for Farmers. The Government is working on a >lan to help the farmers to finance the rottou crop. This is dangerous, for it night create a panic that would nwaksn the Manufacturers Record of Ba'.tlnore. In a statement issue<l Monday, Jecretary McAdoo said that should it ipi>ear that the obicct in view couid he iccouipllshed with greater eff'ciemy tc :he cotton producers, the merchants uid the banks of ?.bt Soutn by derailing government funds in the national ainks direct instead of in the federal reserve banks, he would take that lourse and make deposits in such lational banks as would give him the insurance that the money so deposited >r the credit based thereon would Ik* onned on cotton insured or warehoused ind at a rate of interest not to exceed J per cent. This all sounds very fine and will be i great help to the farmer. But what r. McAdoo should see to is that these loans were made for long terms?say d\ months with privlledge to renew 15 I>cr cent, if necessary in the spring. K farmer has nlnrnt as much use for . all money, at any rate of interest, as lis barn .has for a State house cupola. And we think that if he could get the rate of interest even to Ave cents, Mr McAdoo would injure no one and would prove a savior to the cotton fanner. Woodmen Investments in South Carolina. It will probably be as surprising to a [TPiiilt mnnv a C IIIIU tn Tho fheivnl/ila to learn that Woodmen of World had Invested, as mi emergency fund, In the State of South Carolina, to June 1, 11115, the sum of $529,000.00, every ilollar of which Is invested In School mid Road l?onds?$15,000.00 being inVested In Iannis in Cheraw School District.