The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 01, 1915, Image 1
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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1915. Established 1891.
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS!
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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. News Items Gathered All Around the i
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County and Elsewhere. .
4 Olar News.
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Olar, .March 29.?Mr. H. \V?Chit-Je
ty, who was badly hurt by a mule, is; n
out again. From now on he wil1 i 0
know that the docile looking mule is; 0
always "loaded." t(
A friend of clever Ennis Breland j t(
had this ad. prepared for The Herald: a
"Lost, strayed or stolen," and show-1 a
ed it to a friend. The friend dryly i
said: "He's out on Colston." Thereje
is something in the Biblical adage: i n
"Where a man's heart is, there shall' a
he also be." i t.
The regular communication of; ].
r Olar lodge, A. F. M., on Thursday j,
""oninir ivoc interesting- DeniltV Dis-I e
t <-"'"0 c- ,
trict Grand Master Lemon presided. tj
and he makes a fine officer. Barn-U,
well sent down a splendid contingen- s
cy, and rendered good service in | t
conferring the sublime degree ot'j j]
Master Mason. i t(
I Mr. H. H. Kearse has the largest j
acreage of small grain that we have | p
seen on any farm this season. | f;
Mr. W. H. Ritter has the best field! ?
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v of wheat that we have seen, and the i 0
prettiest herd of hogs?a cross be- 5
tween Biltmore Berkshires and Du- t
\ roc Jerseys. 0
"Old Timer" has harrowed over c
his entire grain crop and it has im- s
proved wonderfully. He must have s
lost his pen, as we do not see any e
of his characteristic letters in The
Herald any more. t
Misses Plunkett and Furgerson, ^
? also Mr. Marvin Arial. of G/aniteville. s
snent the week-end with Miss Sudie e
Ritter. These young ladies were v
very much struck with the grey moss r
on our trees and took back a quanti- r
ty of it to show their friends. Marvin
Arial spent four years near here j
and is no stranger. He is full of g
mischief, and quite a tease. He told
Mr. H. J. Ritter that he had come
down to make a trade with him?
that is trade him Miss Plunkett for
his daughter, Sudie. Quite a laugh f
followed this declaration. a
It is no news to say that March *
has been a cold month. F
) The writer has never seen the far- '
mers so slow in preparing for a cot- 1
ton crop. The time for planting is 1
here, very little preparation has been 1
made, very little fertilizers have been r
hauled on the farms, and it looks! c
like cotton is going to be a back, F
number this year. It certainly was 1
a losing proposition last year. c
Some time ago the writer was on
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one of J. K. Mayfield's plantations. *
He has laid out a 20-acre "tater 1
patch." an 80-acre pindar patch, a
I * kitchen garden, up and growing consisting
of two full acres, and hogs of
different ages were all over the
place. We are willing to bet a goodly
$ sum that vjf "J- K.? makes a full
crop of potaldes and pindars on these ^
100 acres that every darkey on his
plantation will be wind-broken be- C
fore Christmas, and that they will
catch every 'possum in Little Salka- j
hatchie. But "J. K." is doing something
that no other farmer in Bamberg
county has ever done?shipping "
hogs by the carload, and selling corn ^
by the 1,000 bushels. He is a young
man that will yet come to the front *
and stay there. B. J
Govan Items. <
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Govan. March 27.?Mr. and .Mrs. (
B. P. Hartzog entertained recently a '
number of the advanced grade. A
number of games were enjoyed, followed
by a three-course luncheon,
the table was decorated in red can-:
dies and sprays of red jasimine were j '
placed by each place card. All the 1
refreshments were carried out in red !
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also. Afterwards a contest followed j '
and Lerov Kennedy was awarded the j
prize. 1
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Hay enter- 1
\ tained recently at dinner. (
"As She Is Spoke." i
Wilton Laekeye, the player, is a 2
stickler for correct English on and ;
off the stage, and he never loses an j
opportunity to put the erring on the
right path in this respect, says Lip- f
pincott's Magazine.
One afternoon Mr. Lac-keye walk- <
ed into a New York drug store andj
stated to a clerk his need?a man's ]
comb. i
# "Do you want a narrow man's
comb?" was the inquiry addressed ]
to him. <
"No," said Mr. Laekeye. with the
utmost gravity. "What I desire is
a comb for a stout man with rubber (
teeth." i
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sk<;kkc;ati()\ act ix koiick. !j^
assed l?y Legislature at Last Session
And is Approved. ; SOM
The last general assembly passed! kl
measure to compel separation of'
le races laboring in the textile man-! statt
factories of the State. The act fol-l I
)\vs:
'"Section 1. It shall be unlawful
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3r any person, firm or corporation |
ugaged in the business of textile | A
lanufacturing in this State to allow |*nS 0
r permit operatives, help and labor ^
f different races to labor and work G?ve
Dgether within the same room, or pe
3 use the same doors of entrance Oran
nd exit at the same time, or to use | upon
nd occupy ttie same pay ucaet win- ]n nc
aws or doors for paying off its op- and
ratives and laborers at the same light
irne or to use the same stairways ^
nd windows at the same time, or
Wini
o use at any time the same
ivatories, toilets, drinking water, i.*' ^
uokets, pails, cups, dippers or glass- j j. ^
s: Provided, equal accommoda-'
ions shal be supplied and furnished j
a all persons employed by said per-|
on, firm or corporation engaged ini of t
he business of textile manufactur-J have
ag as aforesaid, without distinction j niak
o race, color or previous condition, ing
"Sec. '1. Any person, firm or cor-1 will
oration engaged in textile manu- trict
acturing violating the provisions ot" -j-]
his act shall be liable to a penalty! nour
f not less than $100, nor more than |
">00 for each and every offense, to; derti
e recovered in suit by any citizen' cutj{
f the county in which the offense is! tQ
ommitted and to be paid to the jia
chool fund of the district in which j SQ_f.
uch offending textile manufacturing j
stablishment is located.
"Sec. 3. This act shall not applyl
o employment of fireman as subpr-J ^l
linate in boiler rooms or to floor !men.
erubbers and those persons employ-' ijne
d in keeping in proper condition .a- t0 b
atories and toilets, and carpenters, pj,
nechanics and others engaged in the js
epair or erection of buildings.
"Sec. 4. This act shall take effect gvei
mmediately upon its approval by the1 w;th
governor." _ j equi
This
Can't Seize if for "Personal I'se."
rece:
Columbia. .March 20.?Attorney jteet'
leneral Peeples. at the request of froir
deputy sheriff of Greenville county, nien
odav rendered an opinion on somejresI)l
iarts of the "gallon-a-month" liquor j Pecu
aw. The attorney general holds i in?
hat peace officers have no right toj^one
nspect the records of the transpor- anc*
ation companies or to seize liquor! sudd
narked for personal use: that the jnote
ifficers can prosecute persons sus)ected
of having violated this law.' busi
?ut cannot confiscate the shipments
f whiskey. -vou
.Mr. Peeples did not pass on the i bion;
onstitutionality of the "gallon-a-1
nonth" act. ! duel
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Officers Confederate Home, . B
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Columbia, March 2G.?At its first! Ir
neeting tonight the board of com- Sam
nission of the Confederate Infirmary and
igreed on a plan or reorganization dow
or the home, elected a new set of you
ifficers and made several changes in cal
he rules governing officers and vet- kno1
irans. Capt. J. L. Wardlaw, of Co- that
umbia, a Confederate veteran with i othe
in excellent war record, was chosen ! busi
;uperintendent of the infirmary to J T
;ucceed H. W. Richardson. Capt. j leng
kVardlaw has been for years in the; one
smploy of Lorick & Lowrance. and j the
s a highly respected citizen of Co- j com
umbia. Mrs. J. L. Wardlaw was j cato
ilected matron of the home. E. J. i four
Derrick. M. D.. was chosen physician i autc
>f the home, vice F. W. P. Butler, j a h
tl. D. ! enot
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Playing It Safe. i jong
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A satire on those belligerent "neu-j
ral" citizens who fight out the Eu-jfour
opean war in the United States, is J A
urnished in this story, says the Phil-. just
idelphia Record. i (jjsti
A certain man-about-town had in j (0 v
lis employ a snial and fiery Japanese ca]j
ralet who never grew tired of con- i0n?
lenn.ing the Germans and all their j f
vorks. His repeated tirades finally nuni
.vearied his employer and the, latter mon
leaWed to call a halt. So. one day.> ^
ifter Sato had delivered himself ot'1 j rece
>? nnnciialiv hitter tirade, his em-! ,\
UMl,OUttiI.' ,,i4vx" " * ~ ICS1
iloyer questioned him: te]j
"Why don't you go back home and erac
ight if you feel that way about it?" jias
For a moment Sato was astound- vant
?<1- pa to
"Me Melican citizen," he replied at |JUT
ength. His voice showed a sense of ]00,.
njured dignity. ent|.
"You confounded rascal," roared .
lis employer, "how dare you tell me j-nQ,
;uch a preposterous thing as that!"
The Japanese bowed low.
"Japanese in time o' peace," he y<
explained politely, "but Melican in stati
Lime of war." for
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THE PALMETTO STATE
K OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
INDS IX SOUTH CAROLINA.
? News Roiled Down for Quirk
Heading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
new dispensary board, consistf
H. P. Dyches, W. C. ftawl, and
P. Hite, has been appointed by
rnor .Manning, for Aiken county.
ititions are being signed in
geburg calling for an election J
the matter of issuing $30,000 i
>nds for a public school building
$30,UUU ill uonas ior a waiei auu
plant.
le Blair-Frr.zier company, of
lsboro, has gone into bankruptThis
is one of the largest firms
lat section. It is rumored the
lities were $1 10,000, with $45,-1
assets.
m and Sam Wolf, proprietors
he Aiken Dry Goods company.
i been arrested charged with
ing way with goods after_enter-J
bankruptcy proceedings. They
be tried in the I'nited States discourt.
le State board of health aniees
that the law requiring the
? of certificates of death by milkers
will be enforced by proseI*?I
nrriftf tr* ollnw pvprvnne
rua. til uiuc * cvy ^ .
;come familiar with the new law,
is not been enforced to the letter
ir.
A Telephone Telltale.
le good old evening entertaint
of listening on the telephone
on rural party telephones is soon
e a thing of the past,
ow does this indicator tell who
utting in?
hy, by means of musical notes,
y telephone is to be equipped
an indicator. Every indicator is
pped with a disc with teeth,
is set in motion the moment the
iver is taken off the hook. The
1 on the disc pick musical notes
i keynote tongues in the instrut.
The high and low notes corond
to the short gnd long notes
liar to tire telephone that is betampered
with. Thus, if Bill
,'s's ring is a short and two longs,
you are talking -.business and
lenlv hear a high and two low
s over the wire you will knowBill
Jones is rubbering in your
ness.
Bill Jones, you get off that line,"
can shout to him. It is then opal
with Bill whether he will get
the line or fight you a French
the next time you meet him.
you have the dope on him.
ut the indicator does even more
derful things than this,
t the first place, when you call
Smith with Smith's two short
two long rings. Smith takes
n his receiver and immediately
hear two high and two low musinotes
in your receiver. You
sv at once it is Smith and not
Butinsky Jones, who is at the
:r end. You go ahead to talk
ness.
hen the indicator gauges the
th of the conversation, so that
may comply with the rules of
company. When the receiver
es off the hook it sets the indi4
r into operation. At the end of
minutes it runs down. Then it
unaticallv disconnects you. That's
int that you have talked long
igh for a mere visit. If it is busi.
however, and you want to pro
: the conversation, all you have
o is*to press down the lever and
spring is wound up for another
minutes.
gain, by this means one can tell
how long he is using the longance
phone and does not need
ratch the clock or ask central to
him down when he talks too
he indicator will also register the
iber of hours in the day, the
th, or year, the phone is used in
ven home. The time when the
iver is moved and replaced is
stergp so that it is possible to
approximately how long the ave
conversation on a given phone
been. This is of immense adage
to the trouble man when the
rns deny they ever did anything
obey the rules scrupulously. He
s at the indicator and reads the
re history of the use and abuse
hat phone. Then he talks from
iviedge to the persons complainof
trouble.
our choice of any box of sample
lonery in The Herald Hook Store
4 0 cents.
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MlCIl SXOW FALLS. j
X umber of I Mures From l"p-State I iepoit
Rain, Sleet and Snow. 1
Columbia, .March 30.?Sleet, snow
and rain have been some of the
brands of weather which has enveloped
Columbia today, accompanied
by a biting March wind, which
drove pedestrians into overcoats and
broke up the wearing, temporarily, ;
of spring attire. An inclination to
rain gave way shortly after the noon
hour to a suddenly violent sleet
j storm, however, melting as fast as it
fell. After a lull of about an hour
large flakes of snow began to fall
and this continued several minutes,
but the snow did not linger, melting
as fast as it struck the earth.
This is unusual weather for Columbia
on March 30 and many agreed
with the statement of United States
Senator B. R. Tillman that this was
i the most "atrocious" March from a
weather standpoint they have ever
seen.
| The severity' of the weather is
| causing uneasiness on account of the
! trucking and fruit. Many trees are
I in bloom and a freeze would mean
no fruit this year in South Carolina.
TO COMMISSION DAKGAX.
Governor Notifies Secretary of State
to Act in Case of Greenville Man.
Columbia, March 25.?This morni
ins: Governor R. I. Manning gave out
I the following statement relative to
the proposed appointment of Harry
A. Dargan as clerk of court for
Greenville county, to succeed John
Ma Cureton, recently deceased:
"On the night of the 15tb inst. I
; gave out that I would appoint Harry
] A uargan ciern 01 couri 01 ureeuville
county, vice John H. Cureton,
deceased. I had up to that time re1
ceived a great many endorsements
| of Mr. Dargan, and few, if any, for
! any other candidate. Monday I was
; out of the city and for that reason
j the commission of Mr. Dargan was
! not signed that day. I received that!
: day *long distance calls asking me!
i to hold up this appointment until
| further communication with me
j could be had on this subject. This
; was accompanied by statements
| charging that Mr. Dargan was unfit
i for appointment. I have held up
I the issuing of this commission since
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that date, as requested, and have j
given time and opportunity to any)
j one interested to appear before me j
[and to substantiate reasons why Mr.
Dargan should not be commissioned.'
-In-the meanwhile I have sought all J
the light I possibly could get on this
! matter, and am now convinced by the
1 testimony of men whose judgment |
j and character are abovie reproach, i
| that the reasons assigned and the I
! charges made against Mr. Dargan are j
erroneous and have not been sus-j
tained nor proven and there is no
cause for my refusing to sign his
commission.
"I have notified the secretary of
j State to complete the issuance of the
| commission."
That "Voice" Again.
For many weeks the town had
j been ornamented by bills announcing
; that a lecture on the value of vege'
tarianism would be delivered by
Prof. P. Knot. There being nothing
j else going on in the town at the time.
; quite a respectable crowd filed into
the hall.
The professor was eloquent, and
, before he half finished his lecture
; many of the people present had de1
cided to give his teachings a trial J
j when?alas! the "voice" interfered j
, in the proceedings.
Getting worked, up as' he neared |
j the closing passages of his oration,
j the professor said:
"Ladies and gentlemen: I do as-1
| sure you that I never cedse thanking
| the good soul who first persuaded |
! me to give vegetarianism a trial! 1
, have never for an instant regretted
i the day when I decided to give up
| meat eating forever! Before I took
, this step I was a wretched, ailing
I creature?a thing of aches and
J pains; an undersized, hesitating mortal.
more like an animated scarecrow
than a man. To vegetarianism alone
can be given the credit for this
change?this?"
Here the horrible "voice" interrupted
with:
"Wot change, guv'nor?"
His Kest. |
1 said in under breath: all our life is
mixed with death,
And who knoweth which is best?
And I smiled to think God's greatness
flowed around our incompleteness,
Round our restlessness His rest.
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MUST ENFORCE THE LAWS
(JOVKItXOIl SAYS HK HAS (ilYKX
CHAKLKSTOX MAYOR WKKK.
During Conference Manning Laid
Sjieciiil Stress on Gambling and
Liquor Laws.
Columbia, .March 29.?"Definite
action must be taken within a week,"
Governor .Manning told Mayor Grace,
of Charleston, this afternoon at a
conference between them. "I asked
Mayor Grace," said the governor. "as
head of the government of Charleston
to enforce the law. I specially
mentioned the gambling and the
liquor law. I asked ftfr enforcement
and no regulation. I pointed out to
Mayor Grace that as sd much has
been said and written on the situation,
and as so much time has already
elapsed on account of his illness,
since I had first taken the mat-j
ter up with him, that definite action
must be taken within a week; that
the public is so well informed on the
situation that nothing could be gained
by further delay."
The statement of the governor followed
the publication in the local afternoon
newspaper of an interview
with Mayor Grace, in which he was
quoted as saying:
"Governor Manning told me unequivocally
to enforce the law in
Charleston. I took his order." Continuing
this interview says: "Mayor
Grace was rather reticent in discussing
the liquor situation in Charleston,
saying that everything appertaining
to the illegal sale of intoxicants
had been aired by every one on
every occasion. He averred, however,
that Charleston should be
granted autonomy, that tta people
of the city should be allowed to regulate
their own affairs as to liquor
selling in a progressive way.
"The Charleston Mayor is of the
opinion that the State needs a new
constitution, which will do away with
the present cumbersome system of
legislation and allow progressive
measures to be passed. He also
thinks that Charleston needs a new
city charter, but it cannot be grant
ed unless there is a change in the
organic law ?>t the State."
.Mayor Grace reached Columbia today
on the Carolina Special and went
into conference with Governor Manning
at the executive offices, their
talk lasting about an hour. At first
the governor would have nothing to
say for publication, and it was not
his intention to give out anything,
but when he saw the statement of
Mayor Grace in the local paper he
dictated the interview in which he
said that Mayor Grace had been given
one week in which definite action
must be taken.
What he will do if the mayor fails
to take definite action within the
specified time was not intimated by
Governor Manning.
The MojJern Spirit.
The modern world thinks and
lives and speaks in terms of the
body, not of mind and soul, says the
Atlantic. The soul, that secret of
personality, conceived as a part of
one not wholly caught in the mechanical
chain of things, capable of
choice, was their great concern. To
them a little child was something sacred,
immortal, whose endless destiny
commanded on the part of those
to whom it was entrusted alertness,
watchfulness, lest its feet should go
astray from the narrow path that led
to the heavenly hills. Words spoken
near the cradle where the new-born
baby lay, turned the spot to holy
ground. To those of us who are
most advanced to-day, a little child
is a little animal; few are left who,
in its presence, think of sacredness
any more than in the presence of a
little pig. There is the utmost alertness
in meeting its physical needs;
there is. if possible, a trained nurse
to bring scentific knowledge to its
requirements, to keep loving fingers
away, but the ideas that encircle it
concern for the most part its body.
.Meanwhile, the most progressive
thought of the aee is busy with the
question as to whether its standard
cannot be raised to that of choice
animal stock, whether the infant human
being may not be bred, as colt
or calf of approved ancestry is bred,
by choice of the physica'lv fit. This
represents the farthest vision of the
future: this is the goal against which
the imagination of the present
dreams.
Providing a Jol).
"Senator, you promised me a fob."
"But there are no jobs."
"I need a job, senator."
"Well, I'll ask for a commission to
investigate as to why there are no
jobs, and you can get a job on that."
$:tn.OOO LOSS FROM I5LA/K.
Twenty-Two lUiihlings Burned at
Town of Prosperity.
Prosperity, .March 26.?Twentytwo
buildings burned, entailing a
loss estimated at not less than $30,OuO,
with insurance of only $3,300
were the results of a fire here today,
believed to have been the most disastrous
blaze in the history of Pros- .
peritv. The flames were discovered
about 1 o'clock this afternoon on a
[ wooden fertilizer warehouse near the
depot of the Columbia, Newberry and
Laurens railroad, and'very soon other
j near-by wooden buildings were
I ablaze.
The town has no organized fire
protection, and only individual efforts
of many in the crowd that soon assembled
could'be counted on in the
desperate fight to check the flames.
For a while it appeared that practically
the whole town, certainly the
entire business section, would be destroyed,
but through the heroic efforts
of the many citizens who volunteered
their services, and after two
hours of determined resistance, the
fire was subdued, but not untij two
solid blocks had been laid in flames. .
It is thought that the fire was started
by a spark from a passing loco- *
motive. ' j
Among the buildings burned were
five warehouses, two shops, four vacant
stores, five occupied stores, a
: barber shop, a vacant dwelling and
: the residence of W. A. Moseley. In
addition to the buildings occupied
i by them the following merchants lost
j thejr stocks: E. A. Counts, W. L.
| Mathis, W. L. Dominick. G. W. Mor;
ris and W. G. Mitchell. All of the
i burned structures were of wood exI
cept three stores, which were of con!
crete construction.
Other heavy individual losers by
j the fire are: Dr. G. Y. Hunter, A. G.
Wise and S. D. Duncan. Reliable *
figures on the separate losses are not
available at ^his time, but it Is not
thought that the estimate of $30,000
as the total loss is any too high. The
aggregate would have been much
greater had not so many of the buildings
been unoccupied. '
Of the $3,300 insurance carried
$2,500 was on the Moseley residence
and $S00 on one of the store buildj
ings.
Xew Abl>eville Sheriff.
' Columbia. March 25.?Governor
* ' - *? ? D .v
.Manning- tunigiii <i|ipunucu uuwcib * >T?
j M. Burts sheriff of Abbeville county.
I .Mr. Burts was not an applicant. He
| is a farmer and a brother of the
I Rev. C. E. Burts, pastor of the First
Baptist church, of Columbia. There
were more than a dozen applicants
for this office, made vacant by
the appointment of Charles J. Lyon
as United States marshal for the
Western district of South Carolina.
ARMED MERCHANTMEN".
ShijH. of Commerce Should Not Carry
Offensive Weapons.
There ought to be a clear line o?
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demarcation between warships and
merchant ships. The belligerents,
particularly the British, are injecting v
confusion into an already chaotic naI
val situation by trying to make the
I same craft serves both purposes.'
| If, as Germany charges. Great Bri- v
tain has set about deliberately and : \
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systematically to arm ships of commerce
with guns for the destruction
j of the enemies' submarines, then
1 there is justification for Germany's
j threatened policy cf sinking British
; merchantmen without warning. A
] submarine can not be expected to f ^
j rise up and hail an innocent-looking
ship at the risk of being perforated
! and sunk the moment she shoulders
| up to the surface.
This appears to be the strongest
i argument that Germany has producI
ed in support of her "war zone" policy.
It would have been greatly to .
her advantage to have produced it
sooner. International law requires
that the non-combatant crews and
passengers be saved when a ship of
commerce is destroyed, but the presence
of guns capable of sinking a
submrfHne seems to make any ship
a warship, and on a warship there
are presumably no non-combatants
to be saved.
If Great Britain will take the cannon
off her merchant vessels, and
give lier word of honor that none of
them shall be armed?and. furthermore.
that they wil' sail under their
own flag?then and only then can the
neutral world properly support her
in her demand that the German navy
respect the lives of those aboard.?
Augusta Chronicle.
Your choice of any box of sample
stationery in The Herald Book Store
for 40 cents.
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