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FRENCH Gl*X MAKERS. Creusot Artillery Not Inferior to That of the Krupps. 1 have just completed a four days' visit to the holy ot holies of France, her most sacred, most secret, most rigidly guarded possession in wartime. I mean the great cannon manufacturer at Le Creusot. controlled ' by Schneider & Co.. the only concern in the worid that has rivaled the Krupps in the magnitude of its pro duction, even surpassing them, according to a majority of artillery exl pens, in the ingenuity of its work. A I also passed a day at the great j government arsenal at Bourges, where artillery officers receive their f training, and where explosives are manufactured for the shells, which are also made in the steel works of Le Creusot. The trip was arranged after longer and more profound thought on the part of the ministry of war than that preceding any permissions granted for journeys to the firing line. In fact this is the first time in the history of the works that newspaper men have been taken there. As on my trips to the front, 1 was accom' panied by an officer of the general stafl. Ever since the war of 1870, Le Cruesot has been the great secret of , the French government, not even the name becoming well known to the ^ world in general, as has Essen, the home of the Krupps. Nevertheless, in several recent wars several nations that got badly battered learned that Le Creusot was responsible for Schneider & Co. have sold cannon to all applicants except Germany and * Austria?those countries always having been on the black list. England first got a taste of the Creusot guns at the hands of the Boers; but the real test came in the recent Balkan war. at the battle of Lule Burgas, when the Bulgarians and Serbs caused the debacle of the German-organized Turks. Then every press dispatch in the world carried the significant line: "The Creusot cannon silenced the Krupps." Since then European artillery experts have been in the habit of making the remark?which the public still declines to appropriate?"The French army has the best field artillery in the world." The present war has proved them right; for, excepting Germany's i heavy siege mortars of 44 centimex -4-1 ^ ? "nM tVl O l^rs, [UQ ^TCUSUl too uaTc; iiuu wuv best of every artillery argument on the battleline. In fact the Krupp's 4 "77s" especially designed to combat the "75s" have been pronounced a failure. So, on my trip to the Le Creusot, I did not think about the "75s" that question was settled. What I wanted to know was whether France had evolved, since <he work accomplished by the German mosters at Liege, Namur, Maubeuge and Antwerp. I can now say?for I have seen?that France has, not one, but two types of artillery that will beat anything belonging to Germany. Before proceeding further, let me explain that the captain who accompanied me on the trip, and who will .? personally censor this article, only today obtained from the minister of war the exact data of what I am permitted to describe. His censorship will be more rigid than that previously applied to any story ever cabled. He told me that I would not be al lowed 10 say wneiuer me new i>i/? of guns were howitzers or mortars, and that the ranges and weights of projectiles must not be given. So I shall merely call them cannon, leaving out more specific details. Frenchmen rarely attempt to make , * "the biggest in the world" of anything. They prefer perfection to size. They are perfectly willing to let the Germans make the biggest things. So despite the scores of stories told in Paris about the new monster French guns, bigger than the Diggest lierman areams. i can say that the biggest of the new cannon are not so large as the German 42-eentimeters. My captain has just told me that perhaps I will be allowed to mention the size of the largest ; . new type; so I change it. It is 37centimeters. or five centimeters smaller than the German "Jack Johnson." That is to say, it's bore is fourteen and one-half inches. It is called "le Vainqueurf." I have seen . , these guns. II may not mention their number); I have examined each part r of them and handled them; I have seen their shells in the making from the moment the sreat mass of molten steel, weighing tons, was poured from furnaces like the old-fashioned shell, through the process of shaping, where ten men are required to han; die one shell, up to the moment the * shell was readv for the insertion of the explosive anl its fuse. I have * compared it with the German 4 2-centirreter shells, one of which fell unexploded near Verdun. I can affirm r that this French shell is bigger and more deadly than the German: that "the conqueror" is the more powerful v.oaron. ' ' now it will have a I convincing effect upon Germany f > LITTLE KNOWN* OF RUSSIA. Opi>ortunit.v for American Coininert in Dark European Country. "It is remarkable how little Amei ) icans know about Russia," observe i D. L. Hough, an American who ha J spent the last four years in tlu country, says the Washington Pos "It is the least visited of the Euroi ean countries, although the nuinbe of tourists has increased consider* blv in recent years. In fact, inor than two hundred self-called rei ugees assembled in the first days c the war in Petrograd in order to b near and secure the protection c the embassy. "Russia lacks a great middle class such as is the strength of all civilii ed countries, but its upper class is perhaps, better instructed and in it social relations and in its customs i quite as exquisite, if not more st than that of any other country; it court is the most stately in th "The great lower class might b compared to what the English ca the masses. It is more ruggec healthier and far less vicious tha that of any other country. In th larger cities a healthier middle clas is fast developing. "The lack of education among th masses may be in part responsibl for the scarcity of material out c which skilled labor may be trainee In these days of automatic machir ery this is less of an obstacle in th development of manufactures, whil for all physical labor of the commo type the Russian is equal to anc perhaps, better than men of any otl: er race. "There is little produced in Rus sia that this country needs, but ther is much produced in this countr that Russia needs. We want to se to Russia, and success in tradin with the Russians will depend upo whether our manufacturers Dut o the counters of Russia the thing that the Russians want. It was i accommodating itself to its custom er's ways of doing business as we as to its customers' wants, that Gei many was conquering the world coir merciallv. If we are to make an impression on Russian commerce w must accommodate ourselves to th Russians' ways of doing business." Story's the Same, Too. It was one of those cheaper board ing houses on the north side of Chica go and the hoarders soon notice that the newest boarder had a ver regular habit, says the .Nationa Monthly. At each meal, as he came in, h would stand behind his chair for moment, look down at the table an say, "The Book of Hebrews, lot chapter, eighth verse." Out of curi osity this boarder looked up the rei erence to see if it had any signif cance. It had. This is what he read: "The sam yesterday, and today, and forever." when, perhaps, it hurls its steel fur against the forts of Metz. All I ca say further about this type is tha the data of its going into action i J very near. But, remember, I said there wer two new French types. Of the sec ond and smaller type I may nc speak at all, except to say that it i ci *ci > uuu OILC. During the recent visit of a news paper man to the Krupp works h was spied upon in a room hung wit mirrors, his every movement .was fol lowed, and he was allowed to cabl only meager details of what was be ing done. During my visit to L Creusot, on the contrary, everythin possible was done for me. I wa lodged in the clubhouse built by th Schneiders for the occanional kings j war ministers and generals who use to come to buy cannon. Everythin was shown and everything was ex plained clearly, except in the case c this second new type of weapon. Th secret of it is most jealously guarc ed: nothing of it was shown excep <% yui nun ui us carnage, w uicu gas me a slight hint of its charactei From what I heard I judge that i will prove even a greater surprise t the Germans than its big sister. Reports from Essen are that 4 6 000 men are now employed at th ! Krupp works. On my trip I learne | that even a greater number of me ! are now working day and night i the French arms and munitions fac i tories. not at Le Creusot alone, bu ! in the Schneider company's mino works in half a dozen other place and in government arsenals. At th Ecole da Pvrotechnie. or school c : explosives, which ! visited at Boin ges. there are 10.000 men an 1.000 women. At the Etat Majo d'Artillerie. also at Bourges. tber are ">.ooo men in the workshop. .A 1 p Creusot there are nearly 1 .".00 scattered Through th*? works, covei ins 1.1?ft acres, all going at fu soecd. except the locomotive shop: which have been closed since th war began.?Paris dispatch to Ne' York Times. POLITICS IX PIJISOX. e "Roughnecks" Win Over the "Silk Stockings" in X. V. Prison. The political division of the prisr"i oners at Sing Sing which calls itself I "roughnecks" won an overwhelming LS| victory Monday, at the election ot 3S 1 J members to the board of delegates. i the controlling body in the .Mutual )-l Welfare league, which governs the trj internal affairs of the prison, says an l~! Ossining, X. Y.. letter. e; Speaking broadly, the "roughnecks", are those who are in Sing cincr rnr frimfic r?t" violence, and rheir e, opponents, called the "silk stock,r; ings," are there for crimes of cuni ning. Putting it in another way. the i "roughnecks" for the most part are :~i those without early advantages, who 5,| drifted into crime, while the "silk s I stockings" are educated men. s| Notwithstanding that the "roughnecks" are present at Sing Sing in a ^ great majority, they have been out of ej power before this election. Some adroit lawyers and financiers in the ej prison had built a political machine 11 j there, the main object of which was '! to make themselves comfortable and n! to procure for themselves more and el better food. While the Mutual WelIS fare league theoretically is a democracy, the smart men who got control e! of it made it work for their own per-j cj sonal advantage. '^j There was one big banker who had j made himself a power in the league l"| by promising others that he would ej do much for them in the future when e they got out of jail. When he was in n ; the meridian of his political sway he ] even had some of the guards and l" J keepers taking orders from him. ! There were certain lawyers and oth5", ers who had played politics in the e; outside world who would make fic-, J j titious issues in order to divide sen11; timent of the "roughnecks" along artifical lines. These tactics had kept 111 the "silk stockings" in power heren; tofore. 31 Controling the Mutual Welfare n league, these men intrigued to get l"j themselves appointed for merit to 11 the semi-official posts which entitled "" rhe holders to seats at the prisonl" keepers' mess, where the fare is con-) y siderably better than that of the ore dinary i risoner. At one time there e were more than 100 in the prisonkeepers' mess. As the food supply tr.at goes into Sing Sing is a fixed Quantity, vtfien there is an increase in the guests at the keepers' mess, the rations of each of the other prisL" i oners is reduced proportionately. d | One of the major reforms of the y! new board, it was predicted, will be the liberalizing of the "bench." The triumph of the "roughnecks" e probably has insured the continua ance of the institution of trial by d fights with boxing gloves in the case " | of certain petty offenses. >' Wealth of the Air. i-1 Scientists tell us that above every j acre of land there is, reckoned at I present prices, $11,000,000 worth of e atmospheric nitrogen. At this rate | the man with a hundred-acre farm _) has $1,100,000,000 worth or enough v to build two Panama canals and have n enough left to build a dozen modern I ! * _ 5 u .. tt j uaiuesmps; enougii iu suppi? ocij s man, woman and child in the United | j States with $11 each; or enough to e a little more than half pay for our .. i annual whiskey and tobacco bills, it Are you using this wealth? Are s you changing it from an inert unused possibility into a liquid asset? Are you turning it into real money a e 1 goodly share of these potential milh j lions? [_ Both foreign and American manu-| e facturers are now, by the use of 5_i powerful electric currents combining e i this free atmospheric nitrogen with gj certain materials and thus rendersj ing it available as a plant food. This e is a great discovery; but for plain }J Farmer Jones^we don't see anything cj, as yet to compare with Nature's way, g which is through the bacteria that ! li in tiiQ litt knots or nodules on ,f the roots of peas, beans and the vae rious clovers. [,j From September to April is a it: period when our lands are usually e;idle: moreover, it is a period when . they are too often washing away. I it J But these busy little bacteria work-i o ing on the roots of bur and crimson clover and the vetches, are putting a . new face on the soil fertility probe; lent. No longer have we any busid ness buying nitrogen in bags, when n J we can get it free with a lot of hun j nius to boot. If you doubt this turn under a 11 crop of clover or vetch this spring r j and follow it with corn. If we're s I not mistaken you'll be surprised at eithe yield tbat^corn will make, and if the way it will stand drought will --1 bring joy to your heart in these days d : or high-priced feed, ir' But clovers and vetches are not e the only plants whose roots furnish ,t I homes for our bacterial benefactors, o! Cowpeas. peanuts, soy beans, velvet > I beans and pedeza nnewise are nuro|] gen gatherers, and no Southern farm 5. 'that this summer does not utilize e these to the utmost will he living up cv to its opportunity.?Progressive Farj me:. TI KTOXS TAKK PRZKMYS1 Austro-Gernvin Armies Acconi] Main Object in Western Galici London, June 3.?With the j ture of Przeraysl, accomplished e today, the Austro-German ar achieved the main object of the g ! thrust they commenced against j Russians in Western Galicia a m I ago today. They have yet to drive the ] I sians farther back and estal | themselves in easily defended ] i tions. which will enable them to j tacli forces for operations agj Italy and the allies in the west. Whether or not they accomj this, the Teutonic allies have w< great victory and with a sudden which overshadows all past op I tions of the war. It was only weeks ago that Przemvsl fell to Russians after a six months' ini ment. which was interrupted f< short time in November by an trian advance. With the surrender of the fort there fell into the Russian ha according to official reports, 120 Austrians and six hundred guns an immense amount of war mate .Most of the forts, however, had 1 destroyed by the Austrians, and is considered in military circles to account for the fact that the : ress succumbed so quickly to i Austro-German attack. When the Russians captured I mysl they were pressing the Au.< across the Carpathian passes. 1 on May 3 came the news of a e Austro-German drive into Gal Advancing slowly but surely and rying 1,000 gunss the Teutons < pelled the Russians to fall back til the Russian line ran to the r bank of the River San. Crossing river, the Austro-German forces gressed to the north and south oi lortress, and on Tuesday Berlin nounced that three forts to the n had been stormed, while Vienna : ed that the railway between F mysl and Lemberg was commai by Austrian guns. There still was hope in the a countries, however, that a Rus counter-offensive would hold the vaders off, but this proved ill fo ed and today the Russians ha< give up the city, which, eariie the war, had cost them so dearl win. There is no estimate of booty tured, but it is fairly certain that Russians, having lots of time, away as many men and as much terial as possible and destroyed guns and ammunition that remai 17*3 1 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON South Carolina's Oldest Colleg 131st Year Begins October 1 Entrance examinations at all county seats on Friday, July 2 9 a. m. Full four year courses lead to B. A. and B. S. degrees. A two-; pre-medical course is given. A free tuition scholarship is j signed to each county of the Stat Spacious buildings and ath grounds, well equipped laborato | unexcelled library facilities. Expenses moderate. For tf and catalogue address HARRIl | RANDOLPH, President. NOTICE TO DISTILLERS AND QUOR DEALERS. Bids and samples are hereby quested in accordance with the pensary Law now in force for following goods to be furnished State of South Carolina for the of the County Dispensary Boar< Bamberg county, South Carol Liquors to be shipped in car load 1 except Beer, freight prepaid to B berg, S. C., to-wit: All kinds of corn, rye, gin, w and brandies, both in bulk and tied in full 1-2 pints, pints quarts. Beers in pints and quarts to be livered at Bamberg, Denmark, 1 hardt and Olar, S. C. Also bids on empty bottles, pint, pints and quarts, in dispen: cases, cork and tin foil. All goods shall be furnished compliance with and subject to terms and conditions of the Dis: sary law of 1907, and bidders r observe the following rules: 1. All bids must be sealed there shall be no signature or rr upon the envelope indicating name of the bidder. 2. All bids must be sent by press or registered letter to Geo Jennings. Treasurer, Bamberg, S on or before Monday, July 5, 1 3. The contract will be awai to the lowest responsible bidder, board reserving the right to re any or a.ll bids, or parts of bids. The Board requires that on all submitted the age and proof of goods shall be stated, and bids s be in gallons, 1-2 gallons, qui pints and 1-2 pints. Bids will be opened at the offic the County Board, Bamberg, S. on July 5, 1915. J. M. Grimes. Chairmai J. B. Kearse, I W. H. Faust. Board of Control County Disi saries. ' Bamberg County, S( Carolina. PAPKIt HAXGIXG HOVSK paixtixg \VIXIK)\V GLASS KKPLAi All work neatly and promptly (1 Prices reasonable. When in need of anything in lino t'liinp tn spp GEORGE EAVES BAMBERG, S. C. I WILLIAM H. PATRICK [>Iiy>li ^ Makes Auto.!hv mobiles Repaired. "<p Best Equipped Shop in the County "nth ~ Agent for Goodyear Tires Sji^ggs-!- WII.I.IAKI H. PATRICK ?0S1- II ' < de- I BAMBERG, S. C. linst - 1 . ? . , . . i* . Stonecypher s Irish push Potato Bug Killer on a Guaranteed to destroy the ness % Ju3L ? Irish Potato Bugs without fail ,era" IS? and injury to the vines. One ten /o ^ iMlWlwyL or two applications, usually sufthe 1^1 rnHlllDDl^rl ficient to save the entire potato ,C3L" Cif crop, naswy appneu, uuee uui 3r a >1 cypher's?aure death to the Aus" IJjWfn ^v7 wash off. Insist upon Stone1/ ^ V bugs. Money back is not satieress fied' Sol(i by DruSSists and nds- X. ifray general Merchants everywhere. -000 Manufactured only by ri?f STONECYPHER DRUG & CHEMICAL COMPANY, WESTMINSTER, S. C. ?. For sale by F. W. FREE CO., Bam 3 ergS, C. this here Experience I eTa' /UyL Convinced Me -I Jnl of its Value men demonstrated the an- Jit value of the Long Disorth ^fy tance Telephone to us. >rte- He was at Huntsville, lded Ala., and upon his own ' > s med responsibility put in lsian Long Distance calls for fifteen merchants within a und- radius of several hundred miles. I "In less than one hour he had sold 2100 barrels >'to of flour at a total cost to us of less than six dollars. M ~ ? ? ?/ W^V ca^ "Since then we have applied the Long Distance got Bell Telephone to every feature of our business with most profitable results. The service is fine, the ned. rates are reasonable and there is more satisfaction 5S in one Long Distance Telephone talk than in half e a doren letters" SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE ^ I AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY My ea"j BOX 108, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. letic ? ? == \ 2 T. I LIFE, FIRE, LIVESTOCK | S?J lA/lft* I imflP UCAITH ?nA iffinPNT LI.: |f m 111I1C0 "*"* i.Vw?.. .re-1 INSURANCE ^is" ' After the war horses and mules ! ? the * the I wil1 be hish* Prepare now by \ Agent for Superior Monument Co. use raising your own draught horses. can gave you Money on Tombstone*. 1 of See the Thoroughbred, Registered, j V " lots Percheron Stallion, W MAX WALKER am- ; RFTRHARDT, S. C. ^ fipnroian Chichester s pills i and VlUlfl ZLllIll the diamond brand, a VVVI S11**1 I Ladle*! AV< yonr Uruyvlut for /\ aH Ckieket4eriINibimdBraad/AV rip. I'liUIa Red *1:1 Gold mralUcXV/ l V Ofin boies, sealed with Blue Ribbon. \/ F Standing at stables of ^ jjy i^wrf?t-?Ask7>Tchi-cii^eStebb 1 C i DIAMOND KUAND FILLS, for as 1-2 VP JOT yew known as Best. Safest. Always Reliable Sa? I I 3MOAK j ^ SOlO BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE in V* V* fcaTAVA-WA AAA ? the bamberg, s. c. RILEY & COPELAND Peu_ \ j Successors to W. P. Riley. IlUSt j . -; weight 1530 pounds. ; Fire, Life iark Accident NOTICE OF SALE OF UNCLAIMED ! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ P ^ ex- LM.rrrun I Office in J. D. Copelands Store ? ft1 Khlun I* * BAMBERG, 8. C. >-* ? I 915. Notice is hereby given that the 1 "ded Seabord Air Line Railway will sell at _ fpirnMAC "RT ACTT TT> the public auction on the 18th day of; SJT. IxIUItIAo .DliAOlx, da. sject June. 1915, at 12 o'clock, noon, at | DENTAL SURGEON. V\? ft. a? crVi f ctotinn nf cairi fnmnanV 1 /-, ] ? ? T-?, ( ' , . , .l,lcT* r i <jrrauua.ie ukultti ucym llucui u uibids in Olar. SC.. one p aner, one shaft-, versit of Marvland. Member S. C. all ing and pulleys attached, said articles . State Dental Association. hall having been shipped troni the Modern , Qfflce , ngw * over office Graham & Black. Office Ga.. November <th, 1913, consigned i .,_o 0 9n . - on ^ ^ e of I to the Dowling Lumber Company, and j hours* 8 30 a" nK t0 5-30 p- m* C.t | arrived at Olar on or about N'ovem- ; BAMBERG, S. C. ber 11th, consignee notified November _ 12th, 1913, and refused to accept! a. same or pay freight charges therefor. Hi portable and stationary The proceeds of said sale are to be I M IBB V applied to the payment of thanspor- B| || | B| | 11 pen- tation charges and demurrage ac- Hi B|| B? | HI puth crued on same and all expenses of I HHH |H | ||| said sale, and the surplus, if any, II II I II 1^ B I to be h-eld for the party entitled there- HH I H IP I II Hi ; t0 SEABOARD AIR LINE RY. AND BOILERS rKDi ' B* A^ent- j gaw> ancj shingle Mills, Injecone. To Drive Out Malaria j J.0"' ? racnd And Build Up The System ' |?*?? ^ | J J,* : Take the Old Standard GROVE'S i BeltinS- Gasoline Engines this | TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know 1 laroe STOCK | OIVIR A I^r> 1 what you are taking, as the formula is : at L^WIVID/AIvL/ printed on every label, showing it is Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works, Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form, j Supply Store. 1 The Quinine drives out malaria, the ; * Iron builds up the system. 50 cents J AUGUSTA. GA.