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WONDERFUL GULF STREAM Its Course Fixed and Variations Moi With Precision. Ninety billion tons of water ai carried hourly through the Straits ( .Florida oy me UUil Oli cuui, av/vvi' ing to Admiral John E. Pilisburg, 1 S. X., in a communication to tl National Geographic society. Th stream, he says, is probably tl grandest and most mighty of a terrestrial phenomina. "If this one single hour's flow < water could be evaporated the r maining Gaits would require mar times more than all the ships in tl world to carry it," says Admiral Pill burg. "It is difficult for the mic to grasp the immensity of the gre; ocean river. When one is on boai a vessel, floating upon its waters, or is not as much impressed at tl power and grandeur of this wondt of nature as he is when he stanc before a towering mountain, a immense iceberg or a fall of watt such as Niagara, but when oDe r< members that the mighty torren speeding on hour by hour, day by da; carrying its beneficent heat to tempt the climate of continents, one begir realize that of all the forces of th physical world none would equal th one river of the ocean. "It is interesting to note in the hi: tory of the Gulf Stream how great it * influence has been on the fortunes < the New World. Before the di: covery of America, strange woods an fruits were frequently found on th shores of Europe. Some of thes were seen by Columbus and to hii convinving evidence that Strang lands were to the westward. Thes woods were carried by the Gulf Streai and by the prevailing winds froi America, so that in part the stream i responsible for the discovery c the New World. Ponce d Leon, while searching for th fountain of youth, discovere this stream. He sailed southwar along the cast of Florida, thus sten ming the current. He says they foun a current that, though the wind wa along the coast of Florida, thus sten ed that their vessels were going fas through the water, but they were b< ing driven back in spite of the stron and favorable wind. One ship wa soon carried away by the current an lost from sight, although it was clear sky. "The theories as to the cause c ocean currents have been many. I recent times the course of current has been laid to rivers, and the Gui Stream chiefly to the Mississippi. I actual fact, about 2,000 such river would be required. In the tropica regions there is a steady movemen of the air from east to west, know as the trade winds. Winds blowin over the surface of the water indue a curent in the latter due to frictior At flrat it Is only the merest skir that moves but gradually the raotio is communicated from layer to layo until at last, if the wind is long con tinued, as in the trade wind regior the movement extends to lowc depths, 300 or 400 feet, or perhap more. These trade wind current continue across the Caribbean unti they reach the obstruction of th Honduras and Yucatan coasts, fror which they escape into the Gulf c Mexico. ''Another source of the Gulf Strear is the wave caused by the wind. E\ ery ripple carries a certain amoun of water in the direction towar which it is flowing, irrespective c the current caused by its friction, an when the waves become large, tons c water are hurled from the crest int the trough every time the wav breaks. In a large area like the Cai ibean, having a comparatively constat wind blowing over its whole surface this action is practically a simu' taneous movement of the surface wj ters to the westward. 'There is every evidence that th Gulf Stream is governed absolutel hv law in all its variations: il course through the ocean is withoi doubt fixed; its fluctuations are b days, months, seasons or by years, bi they do not vary materially one yea from the other. So we may conclud that of all the physical forces on thi earth that are subject to any varij tions at all, the great ocean current are most immutable." Alabama Negro Farmers. Negro farmers own or control 5 100,000 acres of land in the state o; Alabama alone, or 350,000 moi acres than they controlled in 1901 The negro farmers of that state hav under their control 3,563,000 moi acres of improved land than the were cultivating in 1900. In te years the number of negro farmei increased 17.3 per cent and now the own or control one-fourth of all tli farm property in Alabama, having a aggregate value of $97,370,000, c 107.5 per cent more farm propert than they controlled in the beginnin of the ten year period. cor NT Y CAMPAIGN OPENS. j -e (Continued from page 1, column 5) | , 1 and asked for their support this, election. re Messrs. Itowel 1 and Jennings. ^ For auditor and county superinten- j d- dent of education, R. W. D. Rowell, j J. the incumbent, was unopposed. He | ie poiuted with pride and gratitude to j is the fact that he has been elected to ie the office seven times with and withH out opposition. G. A. Jennings, standing for reDf e;ection to the office of treasurer with-1 e- out opposition, was received with | ty good humored remarks from friends ie in the audience and thanked the vots_ ersfor the honor conferred on him. id Interest in Supervisor's Race, it When it was announced that the 'd next speakers were the candidates for te supervisor, evidence of increased inie terest in the audience was noticed, >r and, as has been stated before, it soon Is developed that this race is going to n prove an interesting one. ;r Bruce is Applauded. E. C. Bruce, the present incumbent, was the first to be introduced y> in this race. He was greeted with ;r generous applause. Soon after he had is begun, however, an attempt was made to repeatedly interrupt him and he is replied with -some show of spirit to his questioners until the chairman =- rapped for order. His relation of the ts happenings of the day previous, when )f he had had his automobile wrecked s- in that vicinity and how many forms d of "low-gearing" he had done in orie der to get home, soon put the aud e ience to laughing and relieved the n tension. He then developed his ,e scheme for draining the low country ;e and for permanent road improvement, ^ promising, to do even better in the future than he had done in the past. . Replying to the charge that he had spent too much money, Mr. Bruce stated that the expenditure of money [0 in tr\ nrnnprlv vv as Licccooai j iu v&wv< w 10 ^ equip a working force and had no ^ apology for his record along that line. "The duty of the supervisor," said ^ Mr. Bruce, "is to see that the county's finances are protected as well as lS to build good roads," and produced a ]' good impression when he stated that ? an attempt had been made by dealers in pipe to bribe him and promised ^ to prosecute the bribe-giver. He al s so pointed out that a very creditable d balance was on hand July 1st to the a credit of his department, despite the charges of extravagance on his part, ?? something unusual, he said. He n closed his remarks, after reserving s the right to make reply to his oppoif nents later on, with complimentary n remarks about his opponents and s was heartily cheered, il Cave for Economy. lt Capt. W. T. Cave stated that he Q was brought into the race for superS visor by his friends who believed ? that he could perform a service for i. the county, and had responded to the n call as he would to any other call for n patriotic service. He touched on his r record as a Confederate soldier and t- said he gave his services to the cause l( then and would give his services now. r He related instances in which he had s proved himself capable of an economical administration of the office while serving the old county of Barnwill in the same capacity and believed he would do no less if elected now. n ... . j He wished it understood mat ue was not out for personal aggrandizement, but purely for the county's benefit. D He had no hard words for any opponent and would not utter them for * every vote in the county. Sand-Clay Roads Advocated. >f ^ C. W. Fogle, in referring to Mr. - Bruce's statement that he had already been blessed with the eounty'6 best in a charming wife and splendid children, said that it was his purpose [t in leaving Orangeburg county to come 4 to Bamberg that he might try to return good service as supervisor for the blessings received. "My practical experience," said Mr. Fogle, "especially fits me for the office." Said ? he had not only observed the build/v P r*r\r\A r*r\f*r\a Kilt KiiH QCCIQtpfl "s in the work, and knew good roads lt from bad and hoped to bring Bam berg county up to the standard of lt Orangeburg. "The need of the counir ty," said Mr. Fogle, "is sand-clay ;e roads, properly built." McMillan Well Received. i 3 L. P. McMillan, the next candidate for supervisor, was greeted with cheers and "Hurrah for Mack." He told of his birth on the f?rm, a poor boy, of how he had struggled t_ to secure an education, and of the I f success he had met with as a member ! 6 of Bamberg's council. He has had ! j twenty-seven months of actual exper- { ,e ience in road building as guard and | foreman of the chain gang of the j countv and is prepared to give good j iy . i and efficient service. At this point j n a voice from the audience asked "If: s you are elected, will you go to Or-! 5 I oncroHiirer nr Calhoun countv to ee>t ie a superintendent?" Mr. McMillan! n replied that he would only employ I >r home talent and was cheered. He y raised the question of what had beg come of the commutation taxes received and unfolded his idea of how such taxes should be handled. H closed amid applause. At the close of Mr. McMillan' speech, Mt. Bruce was granted pei mission to reply to Mr. McMillan' query regarding commutation taxe and stated that there was on hand fund created by this tax which wa ready for distribution according t the wishes of the people. Mr. Smoak Asks for promotion. \V. Barney Smoak, the next candi date to speak, told of his own per sonal success as a farmer and of hoi he had faithfully discharged the du ties of county commissioner durin his tenure of office. He thanked th voters for their support of two year ago and asked for promotion to th office of supervisor. Said he had n apologies to make for his record an was seeking the office on merit. Legislative Aspirants Speak. County Chairman Folk announce that twenty minutes had been allotte to the speakers for the house of rep resentatives and proceeded with th roll call to find that there were tw absentees. J. Gordan Brabham am Francis F. Carroll, the latter bein, detained in Charleston because of per sonal illness. B. I). Carter. B. D. Carter was the first speake of this group to be introduced am spoke in a masterly manner of th need for constructive legislation am the modification of some laws alread on the statute books in order to mee the demands of a rapidly growinj community. "These things are nec essary," said Mr. Carter, "to make i possible for the people to enjoy th rights guaranteed them under th consuiuuon 01 me aiaie aou me mi ted States." According to Mr. Car ter, a representative should be thi servant of the people or he would b* unworthy of the trust reposed in him He sketched his early career and tol< of his struggle to complete his ed ucation which was finally done b; strict economy and hard work and be lieved he was now competent ti serve the best interests of the peo pie. The time was too short, Mr Carter said, to enter into a detailes discussion of many of the things hi stood for, but would touch on th? things of vital importance. One of thi most important of all was the nee< for education and he deplored thi lack of progressive ideas along thi line. He thought the way shouli first be paved by building bette school houses and providing bette schooling facilities and would thei favor compulsory school attendance if necessary. He advocates bette provisions for safeguarding and con serving the public health as an asse of the State. In dealing with thi subject, Mr. Carter said: "We hav< reached that period when conserva tion of public health should mee with a more liberal response from th< nonnlo fnr tro are nn thp PVP nf J *Wi ' v %-.W W*. V. great awakening along this line.' Good roads, more liberal support o public schools, and biennial sessions o the legislature are other importan planks in Mr. Carter's platform. Hi also believes that a flat two-cent pass enger rate on all railroads should b< established, that railroads should b< required to give better ser vice, and believes that the sys tern of taxation should be re adjusted in order that every class o property should bear its share of th< burden and is against class legisla tion. He closed his speech ami< hearty cheers. J. Wesley Crum, Jr. J. Weslev Crum. Jr.. was next in troduced and thanked the Fishpon* voters for giving him a majority vot< at that box for the house two year ago. He has no public record to re fer to, he said, further than his pres ent incumbency as mayor of Denmarl and spoke of his efforts to suppres lawlessness in his town. Said he hat been told he would be charged wit! fostering blind tigers, and denied thi charges. Since 80 per cent of the pop ulation of the State is composed o farmers, thinks it very necessary t< secure legislation which would bene fit the farmer. Among the thing he advocates is a liberal aid of th< department of agriculture, for th< farmer, good roads, permanent im provements, contract for keeping th< roads in condition and an economi cal administration of county affairs He is opposed to compulsory schoo attendance. Believes demonstratioi farms should be distributed through out the State and favors equalizatioi of tax assessments. He received ap plause. IS. \V. Miley. B. W. Miley, who is standing fo re-election to the house, receive! cheers when introduced. He thankei the voters of Fishpond for their sup port in the past, paid a tribute to th? administration of Woodrow Wilson and stated that he had fulfilled hi promises to the people. He said hi regretted that no more was accom plished at the past session of the leg islature, but charged it to the faction al feeling which was then rife in thi State. Said he had not allowed fac tionalism to interfere with the dis charge of his duty to the people an< voted according to the dictates of hi e own conscience and for the people's interest. He pointed out that there s was a great awakening along educa.. tional lines and favors better school s facilities as the solution for the edus cation problem, but opposes a coma pulsory school attendance law. Xe3 groes, he said, should not be provid0 ed with too much education, and says the age limit for cotton mill operatives should be raised. He charged the Columbia State with misleading l~ the people as to the need for compulsory school attendance and denied * that there was a greater percentage l~ of negro children in school than e white. e | ]>r. S. 1'. Kentz. S I i Dr. S. P. Rentz, who was the last! el 1 icandidate to speak in the race for the house of representatives, was given an ovation by the voters. He provoked much laughter by his reference to his "lawyer opponents" when iie d dubbed them "briefless barristers." d ! Said he was the only candidate in the j race who had been born and reared e ! on the farm and who had stuck to o j the farm, that he was ''farming the d | farm" not "farming the farmer" as g his opponents were doing, and is the '- only true representative of the farmer class. "Representative of the farmer that I am, I can prescribe for r the body and also for the body poli2 tic," he said, amid laughter. The e audience, which had apparently be2 gun to lose interest, had dwindled v considerably, but at this point they t came trooping back and gave close ? attention to the speech After taking a few witty jabs at his opponents, Dr. t Rentz settled down to outlining a e few planks of his platform. He fae vored a system of taxation, he said, whereby bank stock and live stock shoi/ld each bear thier just portion e of the burden and not place too much e on the live stock. He favors good roads and a lengthening of the term ^ of the supervisor to four or six years as one means of obtaining this rey suit and in order to obtain more efficient service. He would recommend D | a license and badge for pistol toters I and that the funds derived from this , source, as well as from the perquij sites now going into the pockets of , e court house officials, be used to build roads. Dr. Rentz said all automobile users favored good roads and j that he, who also drove a "one-eyed red Buick," favored them. Said a sentence to servitude on the roads j should supplant the alternative of a r fine in cases of conviction for violation of the concealed weapon law. , He favors a two-cent flat rate for all railroads,, and compulsory school at^ tendance for the children of the State t At this point Dr. Rentz launched s an attack on Mr. Miley's record in 3 the legislature and criticized harshly . his votes on several measures wjiich t were introduced at the last session, 3 among which were the provision for i medical inspection of school children, compulsory school atendance, the supf pression of houses of ill-fame, and the f special one mill tax for school purt poses, all of which he said Mr. Mil ov nnnricori "Whv " said Dr. Rentz, - W .. ? ? , . "Miley made the best speeches of his 3 career against some of these bills,"and ? was cheered lustily when he predict- . . ed his defeat. The remainder of his . time was given to further criticism . of Mr. Miley's record and when he f was notified that his time had expira ed voices from the audience shouted _ "Give him more time!" 1 Mr. Miley Replies. After the cheers which followed his speech had subsided, Mr. Miley _ requested a little time in which to j make answer to some of the charges 5 made by Dr. Rentz and consumed 5 possibly 25 minutes in defense of his . record, at the conclusion of which _ Dr. Rentz made a short repiy to Mr. c Miley, in which he stated that he s would employ the method of the lawj yer and show the motive for Mr. Miley's legislative acts. The motive e perhaps lay, said Dr. Kentz, in tne . fact that the governor also opposed f these bills. j The meeting was adjourned at . 2:15 p. m., following the announces ment that the next meeting would be s held at Ehrhardt on July 22nd. g The chairman also called attention to the necessity for every voter to g ehroll on the club lists with his name writen in full. 1 G. MOYE DICKINSON 1 INSURANCE. AGENT 1 Will Write Anything Fire, Tornado, Accident, Liability, Casualty, in the strongest and most re_ liable companies. r i i My Motto: "Buy What I Need i in Bamberg, and From Those - WHa Pntrnr?i70 M 'Phone 10-L, or at Oil Mill 3 BAMBERG, S. C. e : No. 666 g This it a prescription prepared especially . for MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER. Five or six dotes will break any case, and if taken then at a tonic the Fever will not I return. It acts on the liver better than s Calomel and doea not gripe or ticken. 25c I * BREAKFAST ON TIME You can sleep late and still breakfast on time with a i Ney Per/Action Oil Cook-stove No fire to build?strike a . j match and you have full heat ! in a minute. The New Perfection cooks better than a coal range at j less cost, with less work. Bums kerosene?clean and i ! inexpensive. I t ! Made in 1, 2, 3 and 4 burner | sizes, also a new stove with a j i fireless cooking oven. ; ; J At all hardware and depart- . I ment stores. Ask to see a "New Perfection." , STANDARD OIL COMPANY Washington, D.C. (New Jersey) Charlotte,N. C. Norfolk, Va. BALTIMORE Charlesto^n.W.Va. Richmond. Va. Charleston, S. C. Mjw \i I ^^B^bk' f W j I Sold Hogs by Telephone A South Carolina farmer had a large number of hogs which were ready to kill. The weather was so warm that killing was out of the questionHe went to his telephone, called a dealer in Columbia over Long Distance and sold his hogs ! at a good price. He then called the local freight office and arranged for shipment The telephone is now a necessity on the farm. You can have one on your farm at small cost. See the nearest Bell Telephone Manager or send a postal for our free booklet FARMERS' LINE DEPARTMENT ' * SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE ^ AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY SA| ' S. Pryor St, Atlanta, Ga. ?m????| J. F. Carter B. D. Carter GRAHAM & BLACK "f I CARTER & CARTER Attorneys-at-Law AttorneyS-at-LaW Will practice in the United States and GENERAL PRACTICE State Courts in any County _ in the State. BiMTJPRfi. S. C. I I j BAMBERG. 8. C. 3 f "