Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

STATIC llAITIHT CONVKWN Of <'olor?Ml MinUt?Tf? in at Ml. MurUUi littuiifi IHiwtfc 1.: Wednesday at 10 u. hi . the Intro ,t,,rTrrry "crmnn of ? Vdoret* HtttHW Xji> /-? ? 1 1 \ ?')*-< i(MI lu XeH*|nU al the Ml Mortal. hi Hlllntl wh? |.i..?H^.I liv lt?*V V NV. Itrown. of l?clt?ML Jip^ 3UwV;,?. ?u,v. ? ?' "^r ?,r.r? luuihia. drUveivd a xptrlMl ^ddrcs* Wednesday afternoon, after which '??* Wl|H iv elected |?rcHblent for Hie *e\ Vlltll t tlMf. The ntlMT ollhvi'H vUHtlNl u.rr Ucn .1 W. Il??yk-ln. CiiifMen. vice prcMldent llev. II. Witlkln*. Helton, iVoidlnu *oe?etur> ; ih'V M. NV MWlh Spa rla l.bui U, I it'HHIirrt V ver> ph?MMllilf ImWmw* w I'* (lellv i . i'i .4 1 1 1 ? i in- vonvenlloii bv bis honor. Mm v.. i 0 II Vale*. \V'et|ncntlny night He*. '? 1 ? 1 *; .if SpurlanbuiK. preached the doctrinal m.mihoii ll*-\ MIIIh ' I- *>1 ??* ?'f ,hr I >t rondos!' ;i ml most c\|?crienctsl mill Mel'H. pit ii i -Mila.N iim'I'iiImk ii most inspnin^ OldfC** W :l>i 4 lt*l I V ?>?"*?w* to the convention wax that ?'l I*' ?' Stoke*. of Stunlci. president of Mol'- , i |s i 'I il I cu'i * This is 1 1??* school owned | M Hie ? ?i i \ cuth"i II was founded l?> 1 Hi.- i m * 1 1 \ 4 * i ? t loii ciuhl years ayo Mini - ha> done -uccivmful s\o| K The en i'i.IIiik nl foi I In prescnl yea I wan "-'III i In* | .?? evident reports iflL'.TiM) <17 r? I -??? I i ||i i -.pent .luring III** year. AllinllU I 1 1?* pOillilllCllI ?|M'll liCl> I ? 1 ? l lllll ?<ht.N Jlt'ln IHKHI Wel'C Ml I ? >N \ alenl inc.' president I I*??mmI i?-l College. p,,ii iv Mam-nck, principal Seneca Ill-Ill nil- ; Mr. M. I*. Hull. president friendship College, K.hU Mill; anil i I C < \ I '. Marshall. anil C. !?'. \\ hit 1 1 'ii I iii i'u. ??!' SparUitiluii u. i in), of tin* largest fiuil i ilnil ioiis mailt' I iv nil InillvUiual lu-tfH' ??f Ihi si a u* i'<?r (?liocjt Hiatal wurk is I !??? ulli ? if flvi? 1 1 *i i M 1 dollars ^Ivni < | II \ ) I \ 1 It 'II ('Oil M Mel Ii>\V il. Ill All ? IciHolt. I" Mta ri> ('olli'Kiv I In- '"oil \ I'll I lot i Is rnllyihK l<> raise l<*li Mttai >ainl ilo liars for a now ImlliliiiK al Morris ('oHi'ne. Tlir pmuniiii I t?i lla* rniiaiialor ? ? t t ||t' ('< ill S'trlll ioll follows : l-'rlila v s :;o ;i. hi. Mrvpl loiia K l?.\ llt'V. .1. W, ( 'olt lllJl II. ^ ! i a in Ilii.sha-NN. )? :.*?o a. m.- ICc|H?rl of ??onnnilUs* mi l'urt imi .Mi.-vsioii-s. !>:4f? a in . ? 1 14*| m ?rt of Mislrifl .Mis ; ?iona rifs. |o ::;o a. in.? Athlroxs : "Tho claims- | of our Fon-iKii flcl?b<," by Itcv. II. (_'. | \iii|im*soii. of Aiaicrstai. or llov. A. It.' Ilacolc. (,f SodH > Mill. Id ; 1 r? a. m. Aj Id rests: "'I'lif Max man's work in 1 1 it* <'liiirrb." I<\ <" ?' .loluisoii. M. 1 1.< Allien. 11 :l.*? a. m - "l?'lfly Vmirs of Itapti.sl Misior\ in South Carolina." by Itov. I .1. Mnrlntiu. M. I I.I#. I >. lj.in 1 1. m. Atblre^s: "Wlnil ?*???* ^lilulex lltf i^islorV" by Itev 1 1 M Mom ??. I > I ? . of Anderson \-j ,:;i ? p m 'The home boaril.' pj ; ; ? p. m "'riii' need of Mission Work lyim.' done in South Carolina." I . \ |(i'\ 1 : W. 1 ?i\. ??f Sumter. 1 mni p hi "Tlie rnldUblnK lb>artl" i,\ iiev a \ I'lnek iif> , (Ircenwood. ! !."? o. m Address: "The Man.\ |'a??lorle*? i 'linrebes. Hit- rausi*, tin* |-fUieil_\. b\ Ke\ . C U W aller, A. .M.. Moan of 'I'Ih oIiujv . MorrK t-olleue Sum iff ] |t in "Auieiican ItaptiM I * u I ? lii'illioii S. -i iel 3 ," Mr \ l? I {ol it ? rl ??.. r'lori "i h ?< ? ?J;imi p. mi I let e.ss for dinnei ?; p. in. MevolioiiN 1 ?>* Itev. I II I'.roiolii"- ai?'i Met .l:is. I l:t nnuha n : ; ; : ?i ? p. n Ct?juinii (<?<?-> I : 1 ."i j i :ii. I tu^i nr\> .i on |> in Adjoin mni M s iHi p in I >c vol ioini I >er\ n e> l>\ i;,.\ .1 \ I'.asKiit and l{?*\ M NN" liosit-i s ; ;t ? p mi M.'iiioi ihJ set . iees. m-i mioii 1 1 \ lii'i '* \ < 'mIImIinii. M M . of I "I rl i nuri < ii ?'? H H MaiKloi k. < . reen \\ ootl i 'oil * i ? ? i \d i< n rniui'iii jsaliirdaj < v ;;<> M M! | >rvi.| ioiia I i\. r<l-i - !?> i:ev. .? NV: Mnthls. !l (Ml m. 111. l5tlsini'>.N Ml 1(11 ;i . ,m Itcport i i . 1 1 1 ' I . ? oil i*? ? I i ? ? I" . itlow >. |ii :;n ,i ,-i Adilri*?. "I 'n i forniii > . (lit part ol paslors in action ami i iii..iii |....'i*s>a r \ I o ( 'ont-enl ra ! eil .ijlmn ..ii pari of clnirclifx. I ? \ |{c\ s ,| I i it lloils l?n>ii.f.^v I oo p i.i Ad joii rnineiil s i ii i | . ii Mcx'of ions. s ,o ,i 'm, M ist-el la neoii> mail i -. ; . . I . ^ . i ' 1 1 \ (hi- roll \ en tit n i Sunday ? : ( i , S 1 1 1 n I J I \ ?c liool I'oin t ? I' I I' i \ I ,;iw mih and I 'rot I Wire \bur Hou^ Thi< Month Electrical Contracting and Supplies WI1X E. JOHNSON HX"?4 Main SI., Ciu??t?*i? rt t< Dttrkdi, 1 1 :<m it. in.- -.Mlssionar* million li> Kev. J. II. Nelson. Hjiartutiliurtf, or Iky, t <? WjUUi*. I ... , (hi p in Sermon l>.\ lit v U P, lone*. CluU'lcNtt'ii. or H?kv. W. I\. Hick *:.'}?? p. in, < %I?k-?Iii*j seiiuou h\ Uev, I I). WjmWim. Helton. or % M. j llll.V Kill. (i Me 111 tin* hlirhll , services was I lie statement Of :? ?IU< | iluuiiUhcd I'lrrtf) iiiiiii in 11 | >ul >1 iU ml ' ilicsv i.ccnlh ilrllVli'l'il fit i(ll III*' ste|i* I of III.' fll,\ luill in ItiiMikl.vu. IK' dc ' cht iim i licit the practice ? ?f 4 i? 't* i I ? 1 1 1 vr deaths to ( lie Almighty Instead of to | I lie I rill' rail m\s vya* I > 1 1 1 vc of a |ii'HI> lu|vi order. 'flu. result of tills. hold sluicim III \\ lis nil arollsitl of h ureal ill-ill ui" piofcssedh rluhleotVs >v rath . i it* I liif minister lu lii^ effort* to state uicdica I I rut lis .iiiiI defend flic Lord UJJIlitlSt t lit* llios\ llip'kllC.VCd pf ?? III li lIl'I'K WHS I ?l|l?l t?*l.\ dCIIOllllCeih Tlii- Medical Times colinii *nt Injf mi I Ins lliclllcllt. mm.vs : "Wh,\ U ll III J)M< plictliolis ill litis Yt'tlr of unite In It'll I In* truth nhotiiihc real origin ? ?f i it - feet.ious diseases'* Wli.v ascribe to <J?mI tt h >n th from typhoid fever, tin* "tuiirc of which i? | m il 1 1 1 1 i*i I tt rl ii k uii l or V Willi! Iwi\e till; I 1(1 1 k Alio* ifol i>li Us, a nv wit y V Tlic Stiit?'* J (oil til of I it alth agrees with tin* .M< ?? I i?'ii I Times mill sa.\* ; I da initio ? It *:i I lis from prex t*ul able <11 ^??it>i'> t?ii I't ovitlfui't* fit 1 1 in u' t hem "tnv sti'i Ions dispeiisnt ions of I'rovi tll'lMf" is I ; 1 1 * 1 1 1 1 \ | Ml ss| 111? ill North t'u rol inn 1 1 1 it It - r ihf liuht of publjc lien It ht film a I It hi. to (In* extent tlint n < 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i- tif ministers have publicly ex I >i-t *ssed I ht 'ii i st 'I \ i'H us iVl'tlsli'K to use I lit- tisinil hlirlnl services in connect loll with ii < Ifii 1 1 1 front t,yi>holtl or from soint* other | ift ? \ ontilhlc iliscn st *, w hich ill tributes the death to "Ills Will" rather (linn lo the title son it e- ? earless m-sH ii i it J nejrleet of some hiiinan lv<*. Iny. FKKNTII TAKK (IKKKNSIVK. Fighting Around Verdun Favorable to French Troo|)s. The French troops notihwest of Ver t Itui. in the region of l,e Mort Iloinnie, have turned on the offensive against the (iei'inaits and in a spirited attack .have captured a strongly organized po sition on the slopes south WeSl of Tx* Mort Homme. Seven tiiaehine uuns ami 'J2T> prisoners were taken in the attack, which was the only Infantry fighting on Wednesday reported In the latest French otliclal communication. The town of Avoeourt and Mill .'KM, in this iiuiiiedia te vleiiiily are under a lied v\ houiha n 1 u i * * 1 1 1 Mini shells of I urge ciillltre arc heh.iir used. Itoiiihardiuents also are in progress north of N'erduu I'roui I he Meitse river to Ft i t Vau\ intl in the Miirtiiiatuis-Wellerkopf rcg.??n of the \ ?sges Mountains < ? 1 1 the Asiago Arsleero sector of tin* Aust iM- 1 ta [tun front Hit!. Austria lis have til ki ll aihllt imial points of vant age from the Italians ami put down attempts l?\ Kinir N'letor Fniatniers men to recuver lost ground. Accord* iim to the Aii>tri.*in conitiittiiic.i tioti *lur inc the present offensive they have cap lured .'M.UNJ Italians ami LM'N cannon, rite lialiati \?ar olllce admits the evac- 1 nation of positions .-it Monte I'rlafora I .?itui 1 * 1 1 1 1 1 : i iJofdin. on the Asi:i*.'o pla-' t**au. Tin* i.ake n-uitui si. nth of livin.sk. ? ?a the I { t t-si:i ii front, a^r.'tin is i I it* scene of heav.v hoinhti rdnients. prniia al?l\ the prelit'le to more infantry lijxht iiiLr Farther sonih. on the Vtilhynlan front, ami ahtii^ the I '.esvarahian ln>r tler. there is increased a>ti\it.\ l>\ the Teutons ami Uttssfaiis i'etroirrad rcptnis tin- lapture <>t a Ku.ssi.iii jiositioii in the tt'uioii of I liar t<ekr. hnl sa\s tli* lCiissi;ius in .i cuiiu lel'-alta<k. ejeetoil I lie i 1 1 \ ;i t If It ' Not h i ntr new has come I hi otiuh inn ? i ? ft I i t iiT tlic in v : i ? i * ?u of lireek Mace donia !>> Hie Itul^ars ,nid <ieriiiaiis. l?iil nil Hit* ? \irenie u extern part of the 1 1 a I k 1 1 1 i'roui the A list riaiis alonu' the \o.\tjs.i tlver. iii .VU'.a 1 1 i : i . have pur sued Italian patrols. The iirit isjt ttoaftoii ot liertnan Fast Africa continues ami has reached a >1 roiiylx eiil reiieiied ?ieriiian )it>sitiou l>ei\tecn tin* F.ira re Moiiutaiiis :ind ilu* rauau'iii I { i > <*r. m here :* liuht s-c. tns ; >r ?? ?: i hie I'laeiir^ a hand ear on the center of I\:.ilt's i 'rt*"k tresth* an attempt was ii. "I.* s u i ?t in \ corn i tc_' !?> n rn-k Soiilh ? . i. ? -a - s . ? c. ? i train \>> oiM*rated ? ? I ?'*?!% lit!! a nil Marlon. \. t Vi .11 I'.Utier. auetl .'11. tlit'd ;i | < *-| m ? i* .. N I Frida.x from acute imli^es l : " i * 1 1 s, ?. | ji\ ealiiiu' radishes mil Im::. -i'milk. s ? ; -? " i u a ra pnl pa* ? f'er ! ? .'*: : t . 1 1 _'a i ? ?i i h. ilu UK. W I Si KM-: N SON KOK ( ON I.KKSS. < ? ' i i i t 1 1 1 ?- 1 ? ? t'l i < ?! ? ; \ , >. i ? -? i ; 1 i i tifli I >ho\\n at 1 1 1 ? ? . " \ i n I i"i i "Tin < ' I h ? ? i i r l i i ? ! ? I ? ? I'. i r i I ? ri*| ilVsonla f i \ r :,| ! ? ? 1 1 ? I ; i n<-?\ Ix-inu ro|ll|Hi>ii'i| of I i 1 1 ^ in - frcii j ?r:i> l h\l II \ ov??r.\ ? -1 n 1 ? in tie < ? ? 1 1 1 : i \ . Ii \va> own morv in *1 ;i I'1' - i"i t 1 1 . i i I \ Mii'l fill lui>i}|sin, i>>|M-<-i;i I it^ : i ? I i ? ? 1 1 iMiiloPstns the <a ml I - ? ?f I !????. \V, K Sf.*\ fit-on f..r ? *? ?i 1 ?? ? Partisan linos which cut ? li'i'i.ijv i'ii<> I i>- voto iii this couiity I w ? ? war*. : i ? liavo boon obliterated ; 1 1 m I a 1 1 1 1 i t ? m I county 1m U'himl him. ami I he enthusiasm shown on tho suh jeet i-n la?i Momliiy warrants the | ?r? ? iJit flon that liix majority in this coun ty i H in- the zroatost rvcr jrlvon a <*a ml iila I <? here who hail an opponent ('.herun I'hroniclo. May J. HUM, ??ft i? mi l? I that < 'hostertlehl eouiity nnitiMi as <he has not l?oen in thirty years before. This unity moans much fi?r the |>oaoo of the county (luritii; the ?tuninc <-rtni|xil*rn ami ' i may inoan iiiu< fi more. It iriHy mean that ("ho* tcrti?*hl county will furnish tho next representative from tb?' Fifth (\>nj;res slotml IMstrict to the TTnlto<l Stato* '"If the enthusiasm for tho Hon. \V. I-'. StoviMison mHntfe*te*1 tit this con j vent ion represents tho sentiment of tho l>oople i?f the counter. Mr. Htevenson is sure of every voto to bo east In this county next tall ? ami that will help some." ? < "hostertlehl A<lvortl?er, May 4, 1M0 7-11. WfNTHHOr KMKS KKSNiOY Knrollmeitl Kor PmnI SrsMiou Wan < n.?(? ( it| Its Hlhiory. U<tk Mill. M.i\ ;:ti w'lih i lu- jut -?t-fttntttm ???' ?i*p???mHH i??H girt*, wiiii 1 1 ?. ? i > Xorumi ami l ihI iiKt tin i col lege tonight e|o*t?d the lien! se?iflon in 1(4 history. Tonight's exercises, lured by the address Of the Kev. I .??!) . ? I Irony liioii, of Kno\v|l|c, Twin., probably I In- l?esi known minister In (!??? Southern state-**. . mill <?ov. It. I. Manning <anu' at the close of a day of iiiMuflv<r J??y immI sailing. the nil ml acccuipaniuicuts of I In- tiual i|a> of III!' ncIuhiJ (Kjrill 111 21 fills' College! In. Hii-u^lifon s address io the grad anting class, us li strayed somewhat intercut. While 7-omiucucemciit orators on I ho whole are inclined to xlrcs^ aliMtnnt and -morality and ethics, In*. ItriMitfhton made a siroug iluirrhly ap |H?al, sketching i li?- pail played b\ the Christ spirit In the reformation of tin* world, III (la* colli, SO of the h|HHH'Ii. I?i* Itroughton i tail I a uotnlUe tribute to '''? l'- H, .lolmson. whose work he xii hi was one of the noblest In I lie whole worhl. Ilo inMed that l?r. John won would eoiitinne at (ho head of Wlnthlop college hs long ns lie was spared. Hie A. M l.ee scholarship wa? awarded io Miss i.j||v (iregg, of Minn tor and honornr.x scholarship* were given |o iln> 1 li girls in the undergnid nut I nvr classes making' I In* best records during the year. Cot. Manning proven t ed diploma < to l 'l? ulrls and cortilicntes to Is girls. sii.v lug in his short address : I deem li an honor and privilege i to hi '.stow I||H)I| .VOU this evidence of! your application and ctlicicncy, | inisi thai ,voi ir achievements here Ik hut an earnest of vynr future accomplish mci it The Slate of South < 'a rolling Is grate-, tnl lor the priv ilege of granting von I the op|M>rt unity of Hie training which this institution affords., I am sti i*4> that you will go from these scenes, which are endeared to yon hy association almost sacml, with full sense of the J obligation you owe for these advan- j tages. You will discharge that ohll- 1 nation hy rcs|?ondliig to the ,*fnll <>f service in loading others out of the darkness of Ignorance into |iath* of light and information. Furthermore It w ill he yours to shed sweetness ami purity . upon the hearthstone, not only of | he family hut in the community uhd state. l.el fhe love of the true, the beautiful and the good, grow in von and spread- Mil it purities ami lills the slate. Your hands will strengthen the Church of (!od. Paths of service in literal lire, in education, fh business, and most id tin1 professions,' are now ojien to you. The state is ttftjioulitig I" .vou in the great work of aiding the ignorant and giving comfort to those who lut'd. II is a work of ser vice and of mercy that lies before you. I know you will tiled and dis ?4m r^e that obligation." In eoiuuH.'tlon with the presentation ol' diplomas and cert Iticales, President Johnson made the following statement regard to the college work during the pas| year: "Winlhrop college lias made g?M,.| pr< grcss during the past year, and I believe i( lifting that some report "f I ha t progress should be made to this great representative audience of the people of South Carolina. Io whom Ibis col lege belongs. "The enrollment of students for the pjixt session wa s the greatest in the Idslojw uj Llie college, reaching 5)71. There were l.tiiii; applications for ad mission to the college. Most of the (io'J who did m?t gain admission were not prepared for college work, but - 1" were eligible for admission on en trance requirements. inir hoard of trustees asked the hlsl legislature to provide lor another ift?rinitoi,\- to ac comodate more of the .\ouug winnen applying for admission i.. Winthroji and now turned away for lack of ac comodations. but it failed to make the appropriations. It was freely said in I lie legislature, however, tlnit the new dormitory asked for b\ our board would probably l?o provided for at the lioVt w<tvoi?vl) " ? ?v ?? i ? ? SECRET OF A MOTHER BIRO. " I How Doca the Chimney Swift Got H?w | Brood Up the Flur? in the :t n ( it ltt 1 1 ?*iti in >u;ii nest> j often made the ehimnex - 1 1 , . >k?*. ami J they liuil to he tished ?>.ii knoeked j down l?.v h?welilii: a ??????? :i n?*ii on a j rope from the r????i < >iice u ? ?? 11 a tiltn ? ? I ? mii'T. these swallows I >i : i 1 1 in h ? ? 1 ; ? ? > \ n.,--,. Hut ?? ! pair of llictit. M.> iiu: <>\> r . :mfuth in j Uilil. s|?ifl ?>mrl!iii _ w ! . s ii looked like a new kind of i . and iliu hreed i was on h.?. \? ay i-? ;i i. u |. . cdiire. J I'osslhh tin fan ih.ii ? e ? ieys an safer from squirrel*. .wis and ; ether pos^i! ie eneisiie- I'nCtor in j determining tlu'-ehn: - T!i< n, too. it j is undotihtr dly fvi-te.- :? n; | . hlraneys j today than h?>lh>w t.?-e I \ . I reuiem j her, as a hoy, hem i'ii: . i, ? in one <?( ! our chimneys ami ; ? j : . . i , . _ nut the stovppi|K* hole ? *ji ? ? "i m> 'ha in her j There, ilireetfv opp.-il f\ o(K?ntll^. J [ierched on a protri'd'M-r '? !*, a ?wif? was building a nesi . >i -ii-As! I watehed the wh.-h* |'!?.-e*s, fdm-i nated h\ the slieky mm iln-e which the hird san-reted in her saiiv;u> elands t<> fasten the stiek* toKethet .tad after the mother was sitfini, ^vohinlly got J her so tame? or. rather *nl!l<lently sulxiued her wlldness that *? he would remain oi!?3isltiiially on the nest when tho cap was removed. M\ ^re?t desire was to see how she got tin- youlfg birds tip ?lm chimney after rhe\ were large enough to leave th?? nest, nut, alas. th*t feat v.as accomplished one day when I wasn't look inn! 1 felt certain then that sh?? must have carried them np In her hill, thoijuh ! \\:<c laughed at for my t>elief Has any one ot>ser\ ed h chimney swift Kcttiug her young up the fine? Curiously enough, I myself have never had another chance to watch.? Walter Prtchard Eaton In Harper's Magaxlno. The governor has ap|>ointed W. II. Parks, treasurer, and C. W. Pennel, auditor of the new <<ounty of McCor mick. Fleeing FroTj War B> DONALD CH A:\IB1-R1. IN V\ hell I I M* >vii I tlltlko ,M' I I wtis 1li Perlm. I Wirihfd to leUch |,?im|nn. where I lull hi get a Hcauier for America tts *<?ou m> possible. for I feared mii interruption of travel. l?ut there wa* ?tnh U. i TOVI'U of fugitive*, besides tllC IIM>V('t| west ward, t irf 1 1 I ? ?prfMudi'd to waif tilt l lu> truing were less i'i** ?\\ ?|<h(, si? I re inaiucd where i w us. and ilnall.v ilteje I'liiuc m time when I Celt I Ini t I < go through comfortably.. ' I chose m way tin In, because iIh> ; main uxodui* wa? on f he c\iifi'^ trains. Tho former arc compound of compartments holding eight persons, between which there Is no connection. The latter a tv also compartments. but there Is a passageway *o thai one can walk through the train, ax In America. Tin- compartment In which I started was full. I'M t traveler-- kept getting out hi the stations until tliet" was hut one person left, n woman who wore m. vel! llii? k enouiih r ? . conceal her tea lures As soon as she anil I were alone she he^au to show i- ns of illness. J .'jjskisl her it' I could ilo anything for her, ami site replied in a coarse voice lor a woman. I tlnamht -asking me if I had any liquor. I told her I had hot. whereupon she s:ijd that she had some very line hramly which she had intended to make a present to her mother, but she must use if. Taking It from a handbag, she poured a little of it into a glass she produced and drank if otV. Then, suddenly ( remem bering me. she poured the rest of the liquor into , the glass and handed it to me. "I ?r i 1 1 k it." she <?id "M,\ gift is spoiled." "Hut it is more than I care for." I protested. "Drink what you like and throw the rest out of the window." 1 did not propose to throw away such good liquor and drank it all. A few minutes alter I had done so I began to feel di/./v :? n 1 the power to move or speak leaving me. The woman at once discarded all appearance of illness and asked me how I liked her liquor. T could not reply, and when she was sat isfied that I could not she threw off her feminine attire and appeared as a ninti Then he took my traveling cap ? ?IT my head and put it on his own, Ills nest act was to go through ray j>ock ct s till he found, my .passport, which he appropriated. Ills liermnn speech had been with a foreign accent, and now that he had taken m\ passport I suspected that he wax a foreigner t <? the country trying to get out ot it. I was completely I helpless from the effects of the liquor, i which had been undoubtedly drugged. 1 Nevertheless. I was perfectly ''onseious i of 11 " that whs taking pla<v. The man put his woman's apparel under the ! cushion of the seat, and m hen the train 1 stopped at the next, station and tlve I guard unlocked the door of the com partment he uot out and hurried away. ! ' endeavored in tell the guard to stop him. lint I w ns- powerless* even to point I" him I'll" door was again locked, a in I * be i ra i . ? moved on The effect of the dru.: did not last : long, and when I righted I found my I self on a tr.-.in leaving Cermatiy and | required to <n.ov a passport that I did not have I was not permitted to re main nndisturbiHl. for later on in the da \ , when the train .stooped. a eouple ! of tl'Tttian officials api>eared at tbe door of my compartment . evidently looking Tor some one. They pounced upon n le and demanded inv passport. I told tliem how I had been robbed , of it. and I had but half finished my | story when one of them exclaimed, I "He Is (Mir man!" Then they ordered j me to proiluoc any secret papers I had | about me I protested, and they ; searched lue. I It wa* evident that ?he\ v. ere after u | ?P>. and I believed that he was the | man who had drugged tue and taken | my passport. Thcv took mo out of the train, and we boarded one going to I tor "in. When we reached the caplial I . \y.r- inkeu :?? lore nn otlieer and ques t fioiied. I d:d not correspond with the j description he had of the spy. and I i heard hiru I ? * 1 1 m,\ caf>tors that thev ! had made a mistake. I w.i? atde to i produce lei i e* s received from America I and told him that If he would permit I me t" . .irnmuuieate with the American | embassy, where my passport' had been j vised i , Mill, I further substantiate niv I identity They wi'i'c al?out ?<< < 11 a iiiess? 'Hirer for 1 1 1 j purpose when a telegrnm was received tin^r that a man had boon artvsted wlrh iuililary information on his person and boaring the passport of nn American. the name being the one 1 j had givon. This proved my ease, but I ; i was held till the spy was brought to Berlin and to ttao office where I was de tained. As soon as I saw hint I recog nlzed him for the man who had drug gcd me. TTo whs n Fronrhman and had gathered a lot of military Informa tion. Thero was not nine h formality hbout such matters, and Instead of trying tln? spy the officer who rxumlned 1dm told IiLh raptors to take him away. I fan cied that this was nn order to shoot him. Having recovered m\ passport, I made another attempt to leave the country. This time I accepted no in vitation either to drink <>r to smoke, but pursued my way without a word to or from any one except officials. 1 worked my way through Belgium to Ostend. crossed tho channel and after much dolay In Tendon found parage for New York ?voMiriNmiMIM i iumjm rmhai* atlv Inability may prefrtttv' a j uinn forj^ic Ufu bdyoittl th?* gftfv# ii mrtHllK Ills ? milt whllo on oarlh ? ( i' 'i : 'i- ' * I A woiuhu'h idea of a m, on.' >vh?> limkos u toiA'S wln*r . ? i. ???:? - * IS NOW 0| All Patterns of Hats and Untrimmed Shapes for dies, Misses and Children to be sold at Half ginning Wednesday, May 10th. Remember these goods are not odds and endi, is an opportunity for you to get the very beit at ceedingly low price. Make us a call and look ov?r the stock whether! wish to buy or not. To come early means that yoJ g4t the choice of real bargains. A pretty fan will be given to each customer a purchase of a Hat. Our Soda, Our S Phone 30 BOTH GOOD Rich, pure products, cleanly put together ICE CREAM Made from tested dairy products in a sanitary W. ROBIN ZEMP'S DRUG ST( I) K L I V K K Y M OST SATISFA C T 0 l? ',KfcAT COmmrUM in this el as* ot time] f abwu< HUth a h^h standard that Alarm CW? without anui^.rr Lnciioa ?f ?** former prlee. N#~ an alarm dork when they can be bought at* oil! hnTr rt. ln.r*e Htook of other clocks? from tbe i in unci >.,! T to tho l)r?tty mantle tipaeplece. and "draire? we know you will buy. ^ G. L. BLACK Jeweler and Opti * c-^j THE BA1LEY-LEBBY COI ^ - v- -? -j&g -STATE DISTRIBUTORS CELEBRATED G. * J. TIRES AND by UTsTtiRE CO.' VEEDOL OILS AND A PULL l'ne;of|automobile CHARLESTON, S. C. A

Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 02, 1916, Image 8