The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, November 02, 1916, Image 8
CAPTURE OF CONSTANTA MAY
HAVE DECIBED EFFECT ,
ONLY BLACK SEA PORT
(Jutting of ftnflmail Lino. I’royenU
AI<1 Ki.-oni Itiisslu in IKrl>ru<IJa-(’er-
, ‘ » , ; . « '
nuviMla llridg© IniikiHant. hn (iatc-
\>aj to ilu<liar©Ht—Invasion Fronr
Soutli -May Soon Login.
The German Field Marshal von
Maekehsen
in the Dan
rudjfi last
objectives:
Constanza, the only one of any size
possessed by Houm^iia, and the for
tifications, or bridgehead, guarding
Ni
the bridge across tlie Danube at Cer-
novada, thirty-five miles west of Con-
stanza.
Across (lie bridge had come tho
Roumanians destined, it was believ
ed, to invade Rulgaria—fhr it is the
BLEASE EXPLAINS SPEECH
TO THE NEORO STUDENTS
Ki-Governor Tones Down Heported
l.tterauce liefore Those W|io
. v ' Follow Him.
BERLIN BERNES (HEDGE TO US FRENCH ATTACK VERDUN
Latent That All Ships Mtfst He Wara-^ LINE AND GAIN GROUND
* * . ' ' i ’ ' - —> » »
ed.aml (’rews I’ut hr Safety.
In answer to the repo.ijt"sent out
COOPER WILL RUN AGAIN
In reply to a resolution asking .him
to explain a •'•pernicious Peport hf a
speech which lie delivered at a negro
college (!ov. !!,lease, according to the
Charlnston American^ said that he
wished every white man .in South
Carolina could have heaitd Ins : luicdi
at the negro college, "in liis address
at that meeting introducing • me.'"
said thh former -governor, "liisitop
Chapelle referred to tfi • fact that 1
had voted to send Murray to con
gress. •
lit referring to tliat.fact, in my ad-
.1.I . • V’cvc I rirt.-t rviizv. rvf V\ lltll tl
liy the.British wireless titatllie Ger
man submarine U-53 ’‘torpedoed in
some cases and saiiK”‘Kitips, ii-com-
Switch Their Offensive and Capture
■ / Village and Fort of Douaumont
and it.rfoo I’ri.soners.
laiurens Man is in Gulicrnatorial
• Itacc in 1918. ,
. »
Hon. Robert A. Cooper of Laurens
reached Columbia Wednesday after-
j poon and after an infSenuil confer-
^ ' ence with a number 'of personal
, , : .r Switching their offensive from the friends, announced that he was in
PM. ‘ H'f' .Somme region in France—^possibly the race for the Democratic nomina-
as a counter to the advance of the tion for governor in 1918.
the
Teutonic allies in tjie Dobrudja re- The announcement of Mr. Cooper
the gion oi Roumania—the French have w
OverHPa'S News /Ogemy;. .makes
foilbwing stadement: r
“The commercial war near
coast of theV.L nited .Slates is being smashed the German line north and
carried on according to rules and the northeast bf Verdun over a fropf ot
German promise, wnieh means that four and one-thirdmiilos, penetrating
a merchantman can be stopped and, it along its entire length, in the, pen-
that, after the vessel has been Si-aiVti- tre gaining a distance of nearly two
ed. and the crew ant. passengers are miles,
in safety, t lie-vessel, can be sifttk un-,; Preceded by a violent
bomhard-
ask 1 greeted . with-much interest in
political circles and numbers of peo
ple from variotfs parts of the State,
after his decision became: known,
cajled on .hint and assured him of
their support! Mr. Cooper is well
known tlyutrghout the State and is
Considered l>y-many as the dominant
ENVOY ENEMIES UNI It
FOR UEGAU WARFARE
tier certain conditions. j ment,' such as marked the greait at- figure now.
•Tliese conditions arc, for instance, tacks and counter attacks during the i le i. as S p rv prtm solicitor of the
hostile steamer of a neutral
when Verdun
iy-Ulsh and Austrian Ambassadors^
Oppose French . Flan Apart-
. ment ffouse in WasliipRton>
Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Ribe. am
bassador of Great Britain, and Baron
Erich Swedienek^churge d’affaires or
Austria-Hungary, have found a eom-
man cause ami acted together in one
important matter that is affecting
the,entire neighborhood of the em-^
bassies of King GCofge and Emperor
Francis Joseph.
Separately, but each glad to be
supported by his neighbor and enemy
the^ envoys have protested ■ against,
the .erection of a hotel apartment
house oiv a valuable lot op Connccti-
the^matter, saying that the board
which hear* live contest was compos
ed of' Ellerbe Tindal, secretary of
state; Bales, state treasurer, and Mc-
I^aurin, now warehouse commission
er, all high toned, honorable men
who had Che confidence, of the people
of the state; as shown by the posi
tions which they then held, because
the almost unanimous testimony
however, can this be construed to
sunk by a torpedo without previous
warning.
When night fell,, the‘village and
fort of Douaumont in the centre were
in the hands of the French, while on |
“According to* further reports l' le i r h“H wing the Frenchmen had
from Washington the American P us hcd beyond Tliiaumont and cap-
authorities are said to be afraid that f ure d the Haudecumont ferry, and
Very complicated questions of nmi- f a ken up positions along the Bras-
trality majnarise if the German suh-. Houaumont road. On their, right
marines operate so near the Ahierl- W'f n K considerable progress also had
. 1 V, 11 ' ; pointed to the fact that the negro action is equivalent to a blockade
13
readied —and ninety-eight miles west e<l -
of Cernuvoda is liucharcst the cup»- ( us to , Hlteone y fomegroes,
tal wl.Kh woub be exposed o an at- ^ vi thjlt he had s|atl , d at Allf , n
been made from Douaumont to Dam-
loup. More than thirty-six hundred
prisoners and quantities of war mate
rial were captured by the French.
Mr. Blease went on to give tu
tack across the.Danube if Mackensen
■ educed the bridgehead. At Constanza
the Russian troops had been lauded
from Odessa; they were Jo. “id the
Roumanians in their invasion of Bul
garia and attempt .to cut a path to
Constantinople.
With Constanza In th© hands
Mackensen no more supplies or Rus
sian troops can arrive (or the de
fense of the peninsula; wiiU Cerna-
vodu in his hands r.n invasion of
Roiiuiaiiia in the dircMion of Buch
arest is likely —lor on the left bank
of the liver, the ground being low
and swamp there is no bridgehead by ,
>ln SMI |
can coast and that such submarine
action is equivalent to a blockade. j
Ger
man sea forces are entitled to carry,
on a cruiser warfare anywhere in tae'
open sea. Territorial waters of neu-|
tral state's are carefully respected. [ a ,
A blockade, of coukse, is out of the _
question. Only hostile ships, as (*1'®* Them Lqual Itemunera-
WOMEN GETS MEN S PAY
ion After Seeing Wilson.
Henry Ford announced after
saying
I Hi versify, as he had stated else
where, that he favored the money.
paid by negroes going to their oyn prizes-, or such neutral vessels as
Schools, and white people’s money carry contraband, were stopped, A
going to white schools. “I told those blockade, moans the capture of ail
I negroes that under no condition, or ships steering toward or leaving a conference with President’ Wilson
consideration, would I ever cast my hlockad< > d' coast without- regard to T ueM ] av that as the re ult of an "in
•*» “ *■ n». « ~~t- iJSSntSSr f.tirvSSfVlIa
“The question asked by on* Ameri- dent two weeks ago he had establish-
can journal as to whether it Ts aecqa- ed ‘the women workers In plant
sary that our coast be m:>de a base upon the same pay basts as fh* men.
__ ...i . Ford authorized the following
ran again this year-and polled over
thirty Thousand votes.
Mr w Cooper is a splendid speaker
and has a large perst/nal following.
He stands for all that is progressive
in the Democracy of Soutli Carolina.
Some of the strong Cooper friends
are planning for. a big rally some
time in the spring in Columbia wlien
planswill likely be Jaid to begin an
actiTCT^vipaign for Jum.’
TO CLARIFY SITUATION
Statement Greek Government on
. French .Mctuoraiidui;:.
The Greek government Wednesday
issue’ll a communication to clear up
The construction had progressed to
the third floor when the diplomats
returned from their summer embas
sies and protested. Their legal ad
visers claim that a law of the Dis
trict of Columbia gives these ambas
sadors the right to restrict their
neighborhood from unwelcome trade
or business. .
The new enterprise covers a trian
gle formed by’Connecticut Avenue,
Eighteenth'street'and X Street. The
Eighteenth Street front would over
look the homes of the Secretary of
State and Mrs. Lansing. Robert Lin
coln, and Mr*. E. H. G. -Slater.
The constrfiction has stopped tem-
"porarily while the legal question in
volved I* being debated, to the great
Inconvenience of certain prospective
tenants, who expected to take pos-
misunderstandings due to exaggerat- »e**>on. of suites with the opening
negro's vote for myself.
WAR ON NORWEGIAN TRADE
German
ppewlM- in
can be defended 1 .
When Kouiuanic. declared war*on
August 27. she had. about forty
thousand troops, or two divisions. In
Dobrudja. a:. I be main Roumanian
army was concerned with the*inva
sion of Transylvania. These troops
were being reinforced by Knsstras
landed at Constanza and aent down
the railway, which leave*, the Con-
stanza-i'< rnavoda line at Mejrdic, la
the direction u( Dobrir. when, on
September « and lo Mackensen
struck his hrat blows, capturing the
Roumanian forllllcsttona of T'Hrn-
kan and Siltstrta on llte right bank
of the Danube, which at t would have
threatened the Knaso-Roumanian
Submarine t
Many Trwav
for a German submarine' must be
considered superfluous since the U-
53 on touching at Newport did not
even use her right, to take on fuel
*be was •entitled. So sensible AtnerP
German submarines are waging esn citizen will believe that n secret
a peisistent war on .Norwegian ahip- depot -for supplying German sub-
ping. In tiie meantime, arconjmg.to marines could eataljlshed on the
the Exchange Telegraph Company's Ame.ican coast.
Copenhagen correspondent, the Nor-- "Curiously opposed to these many
wegian government still is dicruaeing complaints is the fact that since the
the form of Its reply to Germany's beginning of toe war HrttisU rruis-
protest against Norway's .stand with ers hgve been watching American
regard to aubmarines In Norwegian porta and have even approached the
waters and aenaational rumors are const off New York so closely that
tween Norway and Germany. | they could be seen from the roofs of
The Norwegian government organ, 1*11 buildings with the naked eyt *
referring in thesd rumors, according| w w
“1 had the pleasure to inform
women woT!?
ers of my plant at bciroli and In the
branch factories in other cities upon
n pfY equality wlih-tbe men workers.
two
ed reports of King Conxtantine'sTn
terview with the French military at
tache Friday. .The communication
explains that the French government
made no demands but merely suo-
m tiled a memorandum sand that ins
King never declared he was prepared
lo break off relations with the En
tente. '. • *
gw. w „-o Wj AMER|CAN MUED
micd that the German protest -
so couched as not to bear the rharar-j
Norwe-
Drsth of Several
troop. OU th. MeJIdie Dobli: »»«• cUB^Mercanm^'sMppIng* iVaiViie Kl * , * t
bail h it »*> ttirn .n for *«* * iuivs that ttTr Ocrmafc ?
Meanwhile. Gen von Falkenhayn a haTe ealahliahed n regular blockada!
2?*** *■ .® r Norwegian south coast In an engagement between Ameri
£^*l“*'keRoiin»aiilanah»AlOthate| R^gtsf** giavanger correspondent can troopa and rebel forces Tuesday.!
says the Norwegian bark Athenian. Gen Ramon Batista was killed Rev-'
as arrived al Kaersund. re- eral Americans also were reported
sawfouf kilTr^r including TWO nffTren. 'rad
of tl*
HTbon mm
la now in operation and I look for
ward with complete confidence to its
vindication.'*
Mr. Ford rams to show ths prael
dent advertisements supportlag the
administration which be ptai
have published prior to the election
to hen he stepped oft the train and
was asked why he came to 8||p4ww
Lawp, ha replied: “To get on the
Wilson band wagon.**
LUl UiBUfiljt Ihfil AM A IWilU 9f.l
conversation between the King and
the French minister Wednesday
morning during which explanations
were made, the French marines may
; be withdrawn shortly from Athena
and Piraeus.
Tba official statement says the sit
uation baa been improved consider
ably on account of the loyal "dacla-
rations of the King regarding hla
eeutlnirpta toward* the Entente and
also toward tbe French minister s
• uranees were given with a view of
re-estabiisbing relations of roofer-
■•MO- Wtth tbe Hellenic government
to, on tba boats of maintenance ef ben
evolent * oeetfsltty In conformity
wtth the prev|ous
In the Cnrpotbioun and the
TradbyleatMen Alp©, -mhkh
form a sort of Elbow Jumm-d into
GERARD SEES PRESIDENT
GINNING TO OCTOBER 18
the side of Rnqmania between Mol
davia and Walachia and almc^t sep
arating one from the other al tho ex
tremely of the tdbow. which la only
Rond
The Athenian
ports that
Norw ^
German
escaped to Egersund
i ^ dare to put to -aea again, says the Ham Low and Capt- Atwood
lit lie! v liillcs west id the lonflUc.u'O o«,Bdeiit
of the Danube and H e ITutti. where P« nueo,.
il.ey form the intricate, multiple • • ^
shich iHwra th .r u ter* mto, ATTACKED BY MAD BOAR
one'Amrrlcaa officer , » , wound,wl |
The names of Hie American offl-.
rer* killed nra given ns Capt.-Wil-
Li#ut
With tot
the Black Sea. ‘ . I-
On in tolK-r 3-1 a Koumnnl.-ri force,'*
variously estimated al ten lheti«und MnJ.
or twvnty thousand Men. was thrown
across Hie Danube by a br.dj'e of | *
boats, from Giurg -vo-to near Itu-t-
chuk. th© ieriu:nu» of (lie Itulgarti n
James W. Gerard.. America/ am
bassador to Germany, came to Hhad-
Morrison was wounded — j ow |^ wa Tuesday to dbwuas with
The American »*oniniand*-r at- Prealdent Wilson wliat the am^aaan-
tenipted to arrest Geo. Hatista. who dor characterized lz.ter as “every
resisted and ordered an attack on the
to. T. la—4--ih-, «vf Mannifi;
- Sev erety lascersted. . ,
Major \Y. T. l^sesne. a prominent
ra.lwav Irom the Black Sea poll of r » n,, *f i T
Varna, running par llel and twenty J*' Mk Iiv ‘ n '', thr ™ "" W * « u
uPiiis disiant From the llulaaf-lK.b- Manning, met with a painful
ufllcs distant Irom Hie Mulg.ir-lh b-
unilril* i^‘dlrnil Thr^Ttrm rrrrr-nn
the Russians and Roumaniaiia back
to the Constanza-Cernuvoda lino. It
.failed, for it bad neltMr bridgehead
nor heavy guns, and V.r.s made to re
am! possibly serious accident Sunday
jtlliyuuajiL—. ,*«- —^
lle strolled out Into tbe pactnrh lo
liMik at some stock, when he was un-
expectedly attacked by a large boar,
receiving lacerations Iq one hand and
| American forces Fighting continued
' for a considei^hle time blit the rebels
were eitrntually defeated.
| . The-engagement took place nppo-
sifr-‘Santo Domingo City and reused
somewhat of a panic in the capital.
Reinforcements' were sent there to
aid American .troops in maintaining
order. Tbe number of-killed and
wounded in the tight la at present
not
Colton ginned prior to October !•
7.2>I.73G bales, compared with
5.7•*».73» tor I>15, and *.«l».7t*
for l»lt. the census bureau to ©does
day announced Round bales inrlud-
ed were I33,<59. and sea Island (ft.
la f*’
phase of tbs situation Involved la-my nuMhef of hales ginned h>
w ork In Berlin. ** Ha lunched with and last •years ginning lo the
the president and rem-Hjie | wtth him ••f*
afterward for more than two hoars *
The ambassador said he planned to Alabama •
remain in this country until after Abe
election, but would take no part in
the presidential ermpain. lie talk
ed freely with tbe reporters about
the various phases of the German sit
uation. but refused to'be quoted or
r ll» allow the publication of whet he
id. "1 am representing tKe wioTi?
Arkansas .
California
Florida. .
Georgia.. .
Mississippi.
North Carolina
1914
:93 > (I3
449.93»
treat across the river by n column k "^- f r°, m «hUh be hae'since been
operating up the stream front Silts-1^bflned to.botf. Tlie hog is a valu-
trta.
Once an old seaport owned by ‘ho
Genoi'se, Constaliz: , or
alile animal that he purchased a few
months ago at a cost* of seventy-five
K'.slen ji | do, . , . ar *; • .- ... , j , j
1 Mr. Lesesne had nothing to defend
himself with hut an ordinaev pocket
knife, and doubtless he would have
been killed by Hie furious animui
1413
354.us4
393,433
• 1.2.2
32.145
1.174.015
121.443
241.935
44.255
aTTSTS^f
1
815,110 2.011.114
34.829 14.347
d by slates
marine Issue or peace with the praai-J is: Florida 31,099; Georgia, 43,545;
mifboma
South Cal
ot mix in politics,*'j Tennessee
_ A ^ , . ook .?!“ c . c A , !.* h !. I ^ 0n ‘L n . 1 ; nation and c.nnoi o,» m pomww. .
he said. I Texas
Mr. Gerard would not say spacifl- All other states
32.915
,J .214.743
. 414.171
353,523
449,792
Syollka.—
tlie season.
CAN'T TAKE CHIHIAHUA
i
l*rt—erne of H.ihhi TnM.ps i* Enough.
Kays t«4*n. Trevino.
* * |
Skirmishing betw<en Gen. Oxana'*
ton ■ » * snif tbo-e of Mila
lough the
at ml
continued, although the general en-
gagement Is being delayed by Gen.
Trevino until all of his trw ps have
bean placed la strategic positions la
Western Chihuahua. '
Tba excitement caused by tba ap
proach of the Villa forces has been
quieted and the roorealrattoa of
eight thousand troops at Chihuahua
City has restored tbe Mdiag of se
curity among the lahabttaats.
Two military trains carrying n
part of Gen. Mayrolte's command
from Torrvon arrived Gen. Trevino
anthortaed The Associated Tress ta
make an official denial of the ru
mors that he a as preparing to etraca-
ate the city Ile characterized thews
rumors as “maltrjhus laveattons “
- Gen Trevino stated that the alt-
natloo la tba field and In Chlhaahna
City was entirely satisfactory.
“Any fear that Chihuahua City
would he raptured by bandits Is sim
ply absurd, ba said *
KEEL Ot BIG WARSHIP LAID
4 wltforaU
IH«f4arr X! ooo Tons.
WIU
The keel of the saperdresdnought
California was laid al the Mate 1-1-
and navy yard at Velleyo. Cal., In the
prFseacr of the California eongrea-
sional delegation ami eight bundled
rlylUan guests, who went to Vallejo
on the battleship Oregon The Cali
fornia. It is expected, will-be ready
for launching by January 1,'19lfi,
and will be completed a year later.
8he will displace thirty-two thousand
tons, have a speed of twenty-one
knots and carry fitty-eight oifitxfq
can army several weeks ago but
American marines and bluejackets
soon had control of the pally that he had ditcuaaed the aub-| Distribution of sea island hr
American . . 1
uVITW? 'antT 00a thou-aad
79.353 men.
WO
slowly fell into decay, under Turkish
rule, but /hen t!:e'peninaula was
ceded to Koumanlr in 1S78 it was re
built. umt now lias a population of , , . , ^ ^
about liltccn tl It is .he base had n .° on “ •'u'nd^ on the p ace
Tliev were reinforce! with
troops from I’ort au Prince. Haiti. I ^ nr _ blll , n r p ply , 0 ^ airect Soulh Carolina. 35
The available naval records made question replied: “We discussed the
no hientfon of Copt. Atwood, who >*Entire situation." He did s: y. how-
reported as having been killed, (apt. pppp, that it could be taken for grant-
Williani W. Low was attached to tlie ed that he’would not be awav from
First brigade of marines, stationed p OS , i( he,believed any immediate
recently at I’ort au Prince.
of.Rounuinia's little navy, and i.hcre
the C/.ar tKiid a visit to .he late King.
Caiol in August, 191;t, to.tii nk liim,
IP wus^suid. for his i .vak/oti of BuU-
garia *w hieli ^eiide.l ;.'ie <*<>< ud II.*.!-
kan war. - -
.Constanza is iivt forfitict*, - hut is
well sliciteivd bv’ a. mole,; v. bicli V.liuts
in tw.o large basins wirti go* d w-ia'f-
age and other eoirvenien* es, and'it
has tlih 'special-advantage over Jlie
Danube ports of being sal do in, if
ever, closed by ice iti- winter. Since
the constructhm- in 1K90-95 of .the
railway bridge across the Danube at
Cernavoda Him freedom from ice has
drawn a vast" proportion of the,
winter traffic to tlie port. North
ward, between Constanza and Hie
St. George's- mouth of the Danube,
th*f l.'igoons.' although large, are too
shallow to TTlvs, gooiF haibur facili
ties except at enormous expense.
Cernavoda—Bljckwator—i-; ■* the
Liezit. Victor I. Morrison is listed
seen Ids predicament and rushed a s attached -to tlie First brigade of.
his relief. .After Ids rescue he bill marines.-'
prompt medical attention and it is
Sloped lie will ! gdon reeover.
emergency qras-threatening.
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CAN BREAK GERMAN LINE
i .
13 SHIPS ARE SUNK
London Reports Activity of Sulis on
‘ .Monday. «
Thirteen vessels, with a total ton-
.nage of nearly s.ev nteen thousaml T
have been destroyed in the war zone,
according to announcements made in
London Monday regarding the pre
vious twenty-four liojlrs. Only-one
j>f Hie ships, the Donaldson liner CaV
botia, of forty-three hundred tons
PLANNING TO AIL ROUMANIA
Gen. Rawlinson Says Teutonic Front
■ ■ Can be Pierced.
BRITAIN MAY ARM LINERS
Premier Asquith Says tlie Allies 'Will'
Do All They C-an.
■ w -* **
“Can the German line on the weat-
| ern front be brokkn?” .■ ■*“*
Next to Gen. Haig few British sol-
Tlie subject of - Roumania waa diers are in a bettdr posiiion t > judge
brouglit up again in the House of than Gen. Sir Henry Rawlinoon, Gen.
Commons Thursday w hen Premier Hiug anght hand ufan in the-Somme
Asquith said tKat the military situa- offensive. Gen. Rawlinson is to Flalg
tion of *Roumania was engaging tlie Jackson was. to Lee, .
most anxious attention not only of Undoubtedly it can, was Gen.
tFiis government but of those of our Ka^ 'tnsofi s reply t° tiie question
a i[j 08 • 1 which the whole world Is asking.
' ’' ' * I . “liawley,” ‘as he is known, has
“They hive taken and
Washington Sees New -Move in Arri-
■ val of Laconia n ith (imj^s.
The arrival at New York Tuesday
of the Ctinard liner *I-vconia with a
four-inch glut mounted on her st^rn
is looked upon in Wqslungton a’s
marking the initiation of a new pol
icy or arming for defense British
merchant , vessels traversing the
North Atlantic steamship lanes.
Early in the war two British -ships
came into Amecj^an ports with guns
mounted on thefr decks, hut, after an
exchange of communications between
the state department and the British
ambassador, the guns were removed
from these vessels. "—~'
The activities of the IJ-53, which is
regarded by Lord Robert Cecilias
having extended the war area do the
American side of the, Atlantic, ac-
step to support oq-r gallant comrades of” the armies under Sir Douglas'|.cording tb information reaching
in RoumaniaMn the splendid struggle oonimand. The char^ctbr of each i YVashington, "has revived in Engtand
ENGINE KILLS CHILD
key to Roumania from tbe Danube* . .
The bridge was constructed-here be- k ruos -< ir e s,1 ll missing
cause 1 he ground would not hepr itj ~
elsewhere. Including its viaducts I
and causeways, it isjcleven and.a half
miles long, and extends, the whole!
way between Cernavoda.*bn the right
bank, to Fetisci, on the left-.
The bride tig of the moving w-ater
was not- -the raost'-senous prolilom
w hich confr*. * ed tlie enginre* - *'. The
main streai cif Hie I>anuhe ircrossed
by a fne-sp. . iron bridge, nine hun
dred yards U>ng and ab i:it one Jiun-
dred fe*t abevo. high water le-el.
The four star pier* found n_ bold on
the harder li ie tohe bottom, and
tboqgh tj|e wo k was arduous it pre
sented ho ex. .ption.-1 engineering
difficulties. ^
But pno neroaa jbe main at
larvoi by a 1ft>©■ ann^nl'^t. •
are 9P* been for nearly four inonths direct-
gross, was owned in a .belligerent taking,*' he added, "every possibly jug the sledge-hammer blows of one
cpudkrjr, and twenty-eight sailors, ''“””•"'1““ - - - — — • •
the captain, and fifteen of the pitteh
steamer Kortuna’s'crew, and twelve
of the Greek .liner Geprge M. Embi-
thoy ard* making. I hope we iball CO mmander being impressed ugon his the question of arming for defense
not take unduly pessimistic views. In surr0 undings, ■ Gen. , RawlingSon’s "vessels traveling to and from ^nler-
Russia, hYance, l.ngland k'nd Italy headauarters might-Be reedgnized by lean ports.
Son of Itev. .1. H* Itelf Meets lK*atli
- on Tracks.
Report has been received'of a dis-'
tressing accident at Ruffin, near
oas
l.Ine engine riin over and killed .tlie
headquarters might Be recognized by
there_ha*ve been and^there arc now smartness of. the-sentries, the
concerted measures.in which each of ne atpess of tbe'grounds and the Took
us is doing all in his power to S»P- and sharp manner of his eubordi-
port Rmiibifnia in her struggle for nates,
independence.’’*
TOBACCO IS RELEASED
NEGRO BOY KILLED
Walterbwo; wiierc an Atlantic Co|sf JIHtaln Permit* Sliipment .of
s.mmmi.*nhi \Yorth to'l’roeenl. L
Struck* l»y I'ocket Knife TNirown
White laid.
by
OFFICERS m MEN PERISH
British Mine Sweeper* Torpedoed by
Submarine.
The British mine-sweeping vessel
Genista has been torpedoed and sunk,
according to an announcement given
out by the Hritiih admiralty. All tbd
Thursday afternbpn a Jittle white officer* and seventy-three members
.. 1“ Vk' i ?'-**»** LT S n 4# * — * —z. 2 •_ „ *•
to hat
World Owe» You.
V
-two ami one-half year old son of thej
R. v J. B. Bell of Bethej cIreulL Tile 1 Release of between two and thrde boy of Kingstree tolllie Crete King.' of the mine-sweeper/ crew were los|*
ctriid ran upon the tracks, falling million dollarc worth of American ^.-ot into t street row with a little The aurvivora numbered twelve,
under a moving engine. A ‘flagman . tobacco he'd at Copenhagen and U«t- negro boy. Davr Wallace, during the . The -tatinient as
made a ^eroir but vain effort to. res- .terdam because.of failure to comply course of which the King boy threw ..urttiak
cue the child, -naTrowly escaping'.Iq- with the condltlona of importation * an' <>peu knife nt the little darkly, t
l jury «o himself. Although living sev- |,id down by Great Rrltaia has been ,K© blad^ entering hi* abdomen on!
One
n’otit bp the
You needn't bother so much abo>
what the world ow^s you, becaus
yjju .have probably already received
a thousand times more than the
kings and potentates of the long ago.
You are living in a time when the
worh! pays y’ou before it..asks any
thing of you, and it 'takes not even a
•promissory fiote. ,
. You don't hgve to pay tb© debt'Of
tjhg! newspaper under whose benefi
cent guide you learn the news;-you
don't have the burden of supporting
the electric plant wflich serves you
in a hundred ways; you don't have
to keep-the srhoyl going whicK edu
cates your Children: you don't have
to pay .for a lot of other fine things
which you got in this life while you
weYe growing .up. Nobody has evar
asked you to pay for them, anil no
one ev'ef .will, ‘ .
BuF just because you don’t get it
dun on the first of every month don't
forget that you owe th{s old world-
of yours a lot more than you owe
ahybody-else. Xf" 1 can !t even pay
this debt no matter how hard you
try,■‘but ymi can do something to
wards keeping the interest down.
If you live the life of a-elean man,
if you give some of yqqr gorods to
your neighbors, if you lend a helping,
hand to all worthy things and 'make
the life of other human beings hap
pier than they; perhaps, would he
without your help, then you ©an Say
that'you are paying the Interest on
the debt which you owe the world. •
Tf at your death you leave
others to take your place, who. are
better fitted for their task than you*
were for' youra. and. i^imi