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with CONFIDBNCK. ? . . . ? ' ; :? Supreme Conviction of Victory IVc vad<* Whole (Jemiati Kmpire. A remarkable <li*Hrrl|itl(tu of the at mosphcrc of litter cMiitli^iicc ill the OlltCOlUO of the w ill' w lllcll llMH hceli created |>y the Ge rinaii authorities, hgjrH The Now Vork World, In found h ilif following article 0jr the "nen tral" correspondent of 'I'll# London Tiuw*. whu hua bc'L'ii vJLbltJxiif GiTHiahyt Ho powerful Is this atmosphere In Its hypnotic effects that the corres|M>ndent ill iiiki'I r was almost won oVci by it, 'J'he manner III which It Is created' through skll)ful manipulation of all pew* concerning the war Is minutely described In tlx* following article, ex tracts of which have already heen printed in eahlo dispatches to The H.Ui) : When 1 entered Germany I bellev<*d myself able to take a detached View of the war. Careful study of the differ cut otliclal communiques had, I Imag ined, enabled me to get the truth In its essential features. Nothing. I was (oiivimed, could intluence my deliber ately formed estimate of the relative value of the information officially and seml-olllcially disseminated from the various belligerent countries. Constant reading of all the lafge newspapers published III belligerent and neutral states and made me confident of my rildlity to distinguish the realties he hind news and opinions and had made me proof against "atmosphere," After a month In (iernmny 1 found I was mistaken. It was a remarkable ex|>crlenftc. lie fore many days had passed I made the disagreeable discovery that I was be lli# influenced by the German war at mosphere. The confidence of the peo pie in the Invincibility of their armies, the smooth working of the stale ma chine that seemed to leave nothing to chance, the determination everywhere noticeable, beneath the subdued expres sions of feeling, the dally out|Kiurlugs of the press, ttye contemporary litera ture everything, in short, combined to .. ltd Ice me into a different mood. This strange intluence grow strong er as the week went by. My pre vious ('(inceptions of war news, of po 4 sit ions and conditions along the fronts and behind them ami of the general outlook for the future underwent a perceptible change. 1 began to under stand the workings of the German mind, which had before seemed mys terious to me. It became possible to gauge the soul of the people ami to comprehend to sonic extent their con I'donee, their outward unanimity, t licit; spirit of Hcmi-sacrillcc and their faith In tlielr leaders. The chief agency In the creation 'of this state of mind, apart from the di rect Influence of, the thorough military organization of the state, Is the shrewd management of the press. It will be remembered that on the outbreak of the war tlie whole German press was turned against England over nl?ht. Twenty -four hours after having prais ed the vigorous efforts of (Jreat Britain to prevent war It denounced Sir Ed ward <?rey as the moving spirit In a conspiracy to asatiii Germany, None but distorted views from abroad were ft I lowed to lie published. The German |>Cnplc were fold only what it was do* I red they should hp lleve. All unfavorable information was treated as "lies" and a thoroughly or ganized press campaign was carried on la neutral countries in the .same sense. The "neutral" opinions thus Inspired were reproduced in Germany as evi dence that impartial foreign opinion supported the (ierinan view. By these means the war mind of the (ierinan people was crcated and fash ioued. - The process still goes on. tho, n>- 1 have before remarked, the French, Itusslan and British communiques are now regularly printed in the larger newspapers and are frequently criti cised in the communications from the Ceriuau headipin iters staff. But for-' ? icn reports have no intluence wha't < ver upon the (ierman mind. The (!er mans are so convinced of the accuracy "f their own otliclal versions that no other reports count. It i- the same with enemy newspa ? , i ijii i ?weeaesmsBsmam jnr^ In tin* Victoria Cafe at iknllu I was (t I > 1 ? ? to read day by day till* French, Julian, tjermau mid neutral Journals. They tven' al*o to |x- bought in the newwpapcr kiosk* of tin* large towns. No reiuarks were made when I asked tor them ; hut I a pity ing hiiiIIo on (li'iiuan fmvH whenever they navy "IIutk road them. It Is not lli? biff pajH'ix of interna tional repute - (bat vx^ccIkk the great est influence in ( iiTiiotiiy. In tlu? xuiulU-r towns and agricultural djs trlcln it Jx flu* local press that cOuuts. In I bat press none but Merman rcjsu'ts uro to b<> found, with < J?*rma n explain* | Moil# and (toman accusation* against ? NI IM> countries. No attack upon the | enemy in too gloss for this pre** to reproduce, and Mottling In tieruiany'* favor Ih too absurd for Us tenders to swallow. Not on ly iff t lit* victorious progres* of tin* (ierinan, Austrian and Turkish armies constantly celebrated, but Hi*' financial, induatrlal and *<*ial conditions in (icrmany are declared to Ih far superior to those existing where. Dissensions Isdweeu tin* Pow er* of the Fiifcntc are reisnted, and disturbance* anion# their people are invented and dwelt ii|k>ii. Every scrap of uewx that can |a> turned to amount in tliin direction |* magnified, distorted ami supplied from central agencies to thousandth of local papers. leading article* are supplied in the Name way. Moreover,' the tier, man headquarters report is posted up every day at I p. outside every telegraph otQce, ^jid is circulated in 'h peel a i editions 'of the local pajiers, which contain nothing but this report. I his local press exercises a kind of hypnotic Inlluence upon the jieople at large. As I sixMit most of my time in <?ernittny In the smaller towns ami ru nt I districts, I cfjuno under Its spell. Everybody had a ready explanation in answer to Inquiry about the failure to reach Paris by ('allals. when 1 asked about the news of rcv..iutiuns in In(Jijl a|1J, Kj,yi)f U|w| of Turkish victories on the Sue* canal, 1 was assured that they wehv perfectly line. . 1 he llritish denials were treated J?h "the usual English lies." And It was argued as the strongest evidence of the unreliability of English reports that naval losses which neutrals had witnessed had been kept secret by the Iirltlsh admiralty. The cumulative, effect upon me of this constant suggestion, with its. well calculated variations In the films of the cinemas and in the periodical liter ature. was such that I seemed gradu ally to lose my Individuality and to become merged hi the (iernian mass. IfHt wa? not possible for me to react against it. what chance has a (ierman. i?? matter how sceptically disposed., of acquiring a true perspective. It was with a sense of relief, as of tin- passing of a nightmare, that t crossed the bor der and found a freer atmosphere and neutral associations in Switzerland. Latent "On the Ford." There are any number of stories told concerning Henry Ford of De troit and the well known product turned out in his shops, but a Wall Street man who recently returned from Detroit vouches for the truth of this one, which he says Ford tells on him self: . If seems thai, Ford. Who believed In using his own ears, was out in the su burbs of Detroit one day and stopped when he saw a driver of a Ford ear trying to start his machine which had failed from some cause. The driver did not apjH'a r able to locate the trou ble. so Ford got out from his car ami tendered his services. In a few minutes the stalled car was icady to run again and the owner, af ter thanking his unknown benefactor, pulled a half dollar from his |>ocket and tendered it saying, ''Stop ufc the tirst place and get yourself some ci gars,** The money was declined with the statement. "I have more money now than I can find any use for, and I Was only too glad to help you get your eat* started again." The owner of the rejuvenated ear looked at the (iood Samaritan and then at Ford's yar and said with em phasis. "You're a liar. If you had more money than you knew what to do with, you wouldn't l*> running a Ford.' ? From Wall Street Journal. 1 I barrels of whiskey were seized from one man in Charleston on Sat urday by the State constables. The Great Soap-Maker Red Devil Lye Cold Process or Boiling Process. Four ?f the Big 5c. Cans of Red Devil Lye will make twenty pounds of the best soap. Red Devil Lye is pulverized, and dis solves as soon as it touches the water. Best for Cleaning, Washing, Scrubbing. TIME IS NOW AT HAND FOR SILO-BUILDING Many H*v# Aikfd Clemion for Holp, But Should Not Put Off Work Too Lou*. - 1 Cleiusou College* June 28.? The tlai r.\ xpeeiall?tM of CleiUMoii ( 'oilege and the United State* department of agrl c||Hur? have already received request a for a*>bitauco In the construction of over 100 .->Uoa to Ik' built lhl? aummcr, Pract Ictlly u II these requests conn* from farmers who state that they ox to Im'kIh work oil their alio* after they hava laid by their crnpa au<J many state tliat tliey will' not In* ready until tii?> la 1 1 *' i" pail of AllRUMt. Ah It rebuilt** about a wwk to as*b<t with Mich concrete alio, It la apparent that only a limited number of farmer* can have the service* of the Clemson M|a?<lul|Mta If all build at the name time and wait until the end of aunimer to do that. During July, the college will have four alio exj>erts or more, ??acb of whom will* go to farmers' boineH and assist in building the forms for concrete alio* and remain until the forms have been tilled and mined and until a farmer is thoroughly familiar with the work and can continue it himself. They will ijlso assist in build ing stave silos. The extension division of 0tpmson Collage has already assisted In the coii at ruction of six concrete and t>vo stave silos this summer. These silo* were built very cheaply and the farmers are well pleased with them. One concrete silo in Lancaster. County waa built at a cost of oiily $UH). This alio will hold KO tons of silage and will pay for it self the tlrst year In savings in feed bills. A silo in Itichhmd county to con tain i>0 tons whs ' built at a cost <?f $188.04. ' It will be greatly to the advantage of any farmer who expects to const met a silo this year to begin during July rud construct the foundation, bjiild the forms and keep at" work on the silo at (iihl times, A silo should lie r completed at least a month before it b: to lie tilled for the first, thnb. VIC. HI'KRTA ARRESTED. Probably Puts an End to New Revolu tion Attempted in Mexico. 101 Paso, Tex., June 28. ? Charges of conspiring to incite n revolution against a friendly country were tiled yesterday against (Jen. Vlctorlaiio Huerta, former President of Mexico, who Infer been placed under arrest at Newman, N. M.. by Federal authorities. Similar charges were tiled against lien. Paseual Orowo, who had been ar i est (m! at the same time. Huerta was released last night 011 ,$15,000 bond and Orozeo 011 $7,500. Huerta was detained , by United States' authorities. Upon his arrival Federal officials, who, accompanied, by United States cavalryman, had met Huerta 's party at Nfewman, N. M.f es corted Huerta to the Federal building for a conference. Later the general and bis party were taken to Fort Rllss where, it was said, they would be detained pending ad-? vices from Washington. Detained with Huerta Is Gen. Pas eual Orozeo, who, with Maj. Luis Fu entes, a son-in-law of Huerta, had gone to Newman, N. M., by automobile to meet General Huerta., Fnentes and Victor Huerta, a son, traveling with the general, were not detained. United States officials were silent re garding future action pending the re ceipt of Instructions front Washington. Other observers, however, freely ex pressed the belief that Sunday's action of United States authorities would hove an important bearing on Mexlcfan developments and might effectively put au end to rumors of a new revolution ary movement. Reply Will Suit Both Nations. Berlin, June 28. ? The German reply t?. the second American note regarding the Lusitania will be banded Ambas sador Gerard July 5th or 0th. On ac ' V . .. count of the Fourth of July celebra tions .in the. United States flic Foreign < Hlice deems it advisable to send the answer afterwards. The tentative draft has not yet l?eet} approved by Admiral Von Tlrpitz. The reply will take the form "to which no one in America can make objection," a high official said. Secretary of State Lansing has re ceived the report of Ambassador Ge rard at Berlin regarding the German reply to the American note. The am bassador states that the "reply will be along favorable lines." The State Department refused to discuss that the United States bad sent Identical notes to Toklo and Pe king the warning that America would not accept the Japanese-Chinese agree ment violating the open door policy. At the recent commencement o?_ Coker College at ?Hartsvlllo It was an nounced that two friends had given $80,000 to the i>ermanent endowment of the college. ""roOTruTSS Knllrc T?uo Cuwpwxx) of llrathem or Klntt ( ?u?ia?. y. ?- ? ?.' QKLI Columbia, June 26. A team cowpo* ?d eutlrely of HlcliunU has Imhui play ing some star I?m11 at different pitted In the xtaio and are ready for any non piofoodonal team which feels like play ing h good game. The member* of the I (fit hi live ?t Ulierty Hill In Kershaw I county, ami they ar? either all brother* or first cotjftln#. One of the team is aj hod <>f Rallr??ad ComiuISHlouar John <J. Mellaril* ami the other nine are nephews of IiIh. The team was organ l/.ed and In in ana god by J. <?. Richards,! Jr., mijierliitendciil of the schools at I Wageuer. Teams desiring to play thel Richards (an get a game by addreHH- 1 Ing J. (i. Ith'ha rds, Jr., at the IJnlver Kity of South Carolina Hummer School, J or James I\ Richards, at Liberty Hill. Four of tha members of the team are In other*, all m,>im of the late Dr. James I J. Richards. They are: A. 1>. Richard*, pitcher, who played with the Clemson team last season and lost only one game; John <?. Richards, abort stop; James Richards, centre Held; James I Richards, left field. Three of the team are brothers, sons! of ('apt, N. S. Richards, of Liberty 1I1II, and flrat cousins of the other 1 members of the team. They are; Jas. Prloleau UlehardH, second base, who played seeond base for the University I last year; Norman S. Richards, first J base; Uibbes Richards, light field. John <5. Hlehards. Jr., suiieriiitondent I oi the schools at Wegener, and a son 1 oi the late Stephens M. Richards, Is the manager of the team and plays third base. ' Stephen <M. Richards, a son of ltall load Commissioner John d. Richards,! l* the catcher. He graduated at Clem son College the past commencement as captain of Company K. McDonald Richards a son of the Kev. C. M. Richards, of Davidson, N. C.? 1* t he-substitute for the team and Is often s? nt In as a "pinch" hitter, a position which he has tilled nicely, for he has batted out n victory on several occa sions. He is handy with the hat he sides being a general utility player, al though only a young boy. The Richards team "mopped up^with a team from Liberty Iflll and another^ from Heath Springs, They have ^Ar ranged a game with Ha good and are negotiating for one in Columbia. They are open to challenge from pther teams through the state. The members of the team come by their love of baseball and their good playing naturally for their fathers be fore them were good diamond i>erform ors and the old Lllierty Hill team made n record for itself.. It contained at one time six Richards, all brothers. It was on that team that Aug. W. Smith, now a capitalist of Spartan burg. caught, and he Is said to have had n wonderful "wing" and woe to the base runner who tried to steal second, for Mr. Smith would "peg" him every time. Other members of that team were: Norman S. Richards, s s. ; James I*. Richards, 2l>; J. Jones, 3b; W. S. Jones, lb; Thos. F. Mel >ow, now of York, c. f. ; ? R. H. Brown, now of Rldgeway, r. f., and John <?. Richards, the railroad com missioner. 1. f. ? W. F. Caldwell in News and Courier. , ' Attacks Splitting of Fees} San Francisco, June 21. ? The secret division of fees between physicians -and surgeons is "criminal dishonesty,", said Dr. William D. Haggard, of Nash ville. who addressed a meeting here today of the Fellows of the American College of Surgeons. "Fee-split ting," Dr. Haggard declar ed, "is criminal, because it leads first, to unnecessary, operations; second, txr incompetent work resulting in unnec essary death : and, third, to a constant lowering of the moral and professional standards in medicine. The practice has all through It the element of tlieft. "When a physician refers a patient to a surgeon under an agreement that the surgeon later is to divide with him the fee collected, the crime is not pri marily one against the pocketbook of the patient. It Is a crime against the health or life of the patient. This practice means that the physician auc tions off his patient to the highest bid der who naturally is the most incom petent and unscrupulous surgeon avail able. "Another evil. is that the juirgeon feels under 'obligation to accept the diagnosis of the physician to operate, whether or not on examination he agrees with the diagnosis of the phy sician. If he does not operate in such cases he discredits the ability of the physician and loses further business with him. Thus is perpetrated the meanest of crimes and unnecessary surgical ?>|>eratIon. "The sovereign remedy for commis sion giving by surgeons and bribe-tak ing bv physicians is publicity. If we don't cure the cyU by extermination, the public will do K by legislation and the elimination of the unfit. The phy sician who diagnoses a case is quite as much entitled to compensation as i ? i .I.wnij I ?mill nil IHWHWWWI In the aurgeoji, but ?e|>arftt* hliu ii"iii?i in- rendered by (he pbyalclau and the aurgeou to the imttent. In other word*, the imtlcut nhould ulwayw know what !u- in pitying for. To ntamp thin practice <*it of the profusion of medic Ine 1h oue of the chief ta*k? of the American College of tturgeona." - - ?? I ? . I I ,1. I I I. J Mil ? .? Ill ? Harrow. Mug. ? The 6U0 women ? m ploy? <i here In the manufacture of war ammunition have given such aaUafac (ion that an additional 1,000 women v ill be employed immediately. L_: - ? tleftiy Uny o?? I mich Itorltn. Juim 2K. ? KmtmmS' fgOjOOO MU*1| lmv?? IKH'U \.-vUs4 ^ the towiw HottuU ?u4 Y?| deunen l>y th?* <;?u.nui* tn rcuu* ftor t\w ?lwlrurii?ni i.\ ih? (SerniU) wiwullttti III Ihv o|i?ii T* Uh KttifTu ttUrt Alfkaiulorw. f -???'?? 1 ? 1 ?? I'Uewter httH VftOft a t?Mi yen < tru<*t fur el*H*trU' ; him) tt* , KtiU? of that city are ? 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