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' ' ' v * \ OIlj? Hamburg ???? One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28,1916. Established 1891 COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS i SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the < County and Elsewhere. 1 Colston Clippings. Colston, Dec. 20 (Written for last week).?It seems as if cold weather has set in for Christinas, and rain also. The rain was accompanied by a little hail in theser-parts Monday aftomnnn Mrs. Purdy Ayer, of^Olar, and Mrs. Wilmot Sandifer, of Bamberg, were called to the bedside of their mother, Mrs. S. W. Clayton, who is seriously ill with pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Shannon Ray and family, of Bamberg, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Beard. Miss Laura McMillan returned home last week after* a visit of several weeks to her aunt, Mrs. Janie Brabham. The friends of Mrs. Sudie Barnes and Mrs. Julia Beard regret to learn of their illness, and hope for them a speedy recovery. Mr. George Kearse has purchased a handsome touring car. Miss Cora McMillan and Mr. Calvin McMillan, Jr., spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Padgett. ' J Miss Nelle Clayton and Mrs. Hattie Hutto spent last week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clayton. Mrs. A. L. McMillan returned home ?- _ % "X. from the Baptist hospital last Thurs\ day, and we are glad to say she is \ improving very nicely. > Messrs. Perry Lee and Marion Mc.JMillan are at home for the Christmas holidays. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, Dec. 26.?Merry Christmas! Everything is merry and quiet in town, despite the large crowd .Saturday and the big shipments of "booze" that have been coming in for- the last few days. Monday, Christmas day, passed off about like Sunday; stores were closed, the postoffice observed Sunday hours. Santa Claus visited the little folks Sunday night and left his presents. Such happiness as they had to awake Monday morning and find their stockings filled with fruit, toys, etc., the hap piest of all being the little girls with their dolls. They coud not wait long before * they were out to see what others got ancl to show their's. The grown-ups were happy exchanging presents, visiting, and thus ends the birth celebration of our Lord for ^ 1916. Mr. L. C. McKenzie, of Charleston, came Sunday to visit his little daugh ter and be with old '-"ends during the yuletide. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Moore and their daughter, Grace, left Sunday to visit relatives at Hendersonville for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Ritchie, of Richfield, N. C., spent the holidays with Mrs. Ritchie's mother, Mrs. Jacob Ehrhardt. Mr. Harry E. Copeland left Sunday for the "city by the sea," to be with a certain loved one during the ^ happy days and nights. '' ' Messrs. C. C. Moore and Roy Kearse left early Sunday morning for St. George, to feast their eyes and end their heart strain with those so dear to them. "My Precious Jewel, where art thou?" . < Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Chassereau, of Lake City, Fla., spent the holi days with their relatives in town. Misses Daisy Westerland and Annie Stosen, of Charleston, are visiting Mrs. H. Planer and friends. Mr. and Mrs. H. Karesh are visiting relatives in Charleston during the yuletide. Mrs. Addie Farrell, of the land of flowers, is visiting Mrs. John Hartz and friends. Mr. B. L. Speaks is enjoying the Christmas at his old home in Fairfax. A gloom was cast over the expected happy Christmas for Mr. and Mrs. Prentis Griffin, when they received a message Sunday evening stating that his brother, Grady Griffin, of Walterboro, had just died. / Mr. Griffin's death was very sudden, due to heart failure. Mr. Chas. S. Henery is spending the holidays with his home folks at % K Cope. JEF. tjfc If the high cost of white paper interferes, love letters can be just as silly on any other color. By keeping everlastingly at it some people eventually never get anywhere. f w . CHANGED BRITISH FACE. | Scientist Reports Alteration in Sliape as Food Changes. j ??? \ The influenceTof imperfect dentition on the individual face may be often seen, but a change in the form i of the British face that is general has been traced by Prof. Keith in a British association paper. From a onmnnrisrm nf anoipnt and modern skulls, it appears that the cheekbone is becoming tilted. This is due to gradual atrophy from disuse of the bony processes connecting the temple and jawbones, and is a natural result of the substitution of cooked food and soft cereals for the tough means and imperfectly ground corns used until the early years of the Christian era. Besides the obvious narrowing of the jaws, there has been increase in their height, bone being also added around the orifice of the nostrils. No theory of mechanical action seems to explain this deposit of bone, and Professor Keith thinks it may have followed some change in bone production under the influence of the internal secretions of the ductless glands, also that it may possibly be associated in some way with the increased prevalence of adenoids. In connection with the changed diet, it is noted that the ? ??.1? nrnrn f OotVl eariy bK Ullfc SIIUW lliuuu-nyiu with evidence that abscesses of teeth and gums were common, while ordinary dental caries?now so universal?was entirely absent. Robert Gonzales Dead. Columbia, Dec. 20.?Sergeant Robert Elliott Gonzales, of the machine gun .company in the Second South Carolina infantry, died of pneumonia late last night in the base hospital at El Paso, Tex. He was in private life the paragrapher of the State, the morning newspaper of Columbia. He was 28 years of age. The funeral will be held in Columbia, on a day not as yet designated. Sergeant Gonzales had been ill only three or four days. His is the eighth death from pneumonia among the troops at El PasQ' within a week. Mr. Gonzales was the only spn of William E. Gonzales, American minister to Cuba. He had been granted a furlough and was to have passed through Columbia this week on his way to New York, where the family intended assembling for the holidays. His father had been informed of his illness and was en route from Havana to El Paso. A telegram informing him of Sergeant Gonzales's death intercepted him in Florida and he changed his course to Columbia. Sergeant Gonzales' uncle, Ambrose E. Gonzales, with his mother and his little sister, Alida, reached Columbia this afternoon, learning of their bereavement only on their arrival. Col. Holmes B. Springs, commanding the Second, telegraphed to the State: "Bob died at 11 o'clock tonight. The regiment mourns the loss of a good and true soldier and South Carolina loses a valuable and distinguished citizen. He died with honor to the State arid its pfeople. Our sympathy to you all in your' sad bereavement." / Robert Gonzales was born in Columbia 28 years ago and was educated at the Citadel and at the University of South Carolina. He joined the editorial staff of The State not long after he left the university, h:s father being then editor of the paper, which was founded by his uncles, Ambrose E. Gonzales and the late N. G. Gonzales. He had been continuously on the staff until on the calling out of the troops in June he enlisted as a private. He was made a sergeant before the regiment left Camp Moore last August. He was an ardent young soldier, having gotten a taste of military life during the Spanish-American war, when he lived for some months in the tent of his father, a captain in, the Second South Carolina Volunteers, at Marianao, just outside Havana. His paragraphs were. liberally quoted in the Literary Digest and other publications and he was generally regarded as one of the most brilliant paragraphers in the country. Former Governor Blease this afternoon paid a fine tribute to the memory of Mr. Gonzales. "While I did not know him personally," he said, "and while The Columbia State has always fought me, I admired his brilliancy, and the newspaper world has suffered a loss in his death." Plenty of Practice. "Have you any special qualification for this job you are asking for in our establishment as floorwalker?" "Oh, yes, sir. My twins have jusj^ been teething." IN THE PALMETTO STATE ? SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Stat? News Boiled Down for Quick c Reading.?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. " The McCormick county bar asso- i ciation was formed last week with W. s K. Charles as president. 1 Woodmen of the World unveiled a 1 monument to the late Sheriff Adam ? D. Hood, at Winnsboro, Sunday. I The Victoria cotton mill in Rock Hill, has filed notice of an increase in 1 capital stock of from $200,000 to ( $250,000. 1 The army aviation school at Chica- ' go will be moved to Memphis, Tenn., . and that at Mineola, N. Y., to Aiken, S. C., for remaining winter months. The dental parlor of Dr. H. W. Wall, in Columbia, was entered Tuesday night and narcotics and personal effects to the value of nearly $100 were taken. Maj. John D. Frost, of Columbia, was exonerated by a coroner's jury in Columbia Monday of all blame in connection with the death of Elizabeth Nims, who was killed Sunday when she was run over by Major Frost's car. Preston J. Wilson, of Columbia, a private in the second regiment, South Carolina National Guard, stationed at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, died of pneumonia, Tuesday. His death is the fourth among soldiers of South Carolina on the border. i The store of Alex Courier, at Dillon, was broken into and robbed one day last week. Entrance was effected by some one breaking the transom above the back door and pushing a lever which held the door fast. About $395 in cash was stolen. The Caughman drug store in Columbia, was robbed Sunday night of $150. "Thank you for the money; but I can't hse the checks," was the subject of a letter received by the . management of the store Tuesday* annnnoo^hr frftm thA robber who re- .. turned a number of checks. The let- . ter was mailed in Columbia and police , are investigating. , SCHEME TO CHECK WEEVIL. \ 1 Propose System of Quarantine Zones to Stamp Out Cotton Pest. 1 Creation of a series of zones in i the South in which no cotton could 1 be grown for a period of one year as 1 a means of checking and exterminating the boll weev;l m this country 1 will be proposed in a bill which Sen- i ator Smith of South Carolina an- 1 nounced Wednesday night he soon ] would offer and urge for passage. The senator proposes that the nongrowing area shall be started in the extreme northeastern limit * of the cotton section and gradually work southward and westward in a series of zones 100 miles in width each year until th# entire cotton growing section shall have been covered. The federal government,. Senator Smith eaid would be sriven the dow er to police the zone to see that the 1 law was observed and growers and 1 ginners affected would be compen- { sated by the government. Experts 1 estimated that it would cost twenty- 4 five million dollars to maintain the 4 boll weevil zone in Alabama which ( Senator Smith proposed a year ago. T The first year the cotton prohibir 1 tive zone woud include the extreme 4 eastern portions of North Carolina 1 and South Carolina. The next year 5 this zone would be released and the c non-productive area extended one hundred miles and this rotation ( would be kept up until the entire 1 territory had been covered. "Highest entomological authori- * ties have approved the zone system { as the only practical means of ex- 1 terminating the devastating boll * weevil in this country," said Senator 4 Smith. "The annual cost would be 5 11111111 lesiiilili as wui^aicu iu 1.11c ucuefit that would be derived. Six hundred million dollars has been expend- [ ed to eradicate the boll weevil in this country, but he still thrives and J is moving rapidly toward the fields ^ of North and South Carolina. "The zone system not only would 1 prove the practicability of this meth- 1 od of exterminating the boll weevil, 1 but by giving farmers opportunity to 1 grow cover crops, would demonstrate ' whether the South can successfully ; grow other food products." No wonder men of today are be coming stoop shouldered. The hos- 1 iery display keeps every male eye on ! a downward slant. i IMPROVING THE MODEL. j laint-Gaudens's Task of Making Distinguished Sitter Intellectual. In his younger days Saint-Gaulens was shy and avoided somewhat he company of the great, and he deicribed to me as one of his early rials his modelling of a bust of a iistinguished diplomat. This gentlenan's doctor had ordered him to >oak his feet, so when he posed for ny friend he sat wrapped up in a ilanket on a high chair, his feet >tuck in a tub of water which it was )art of Saint-Gaudens's duty to keep lot. When the bust was well under vay Saint-Gaudens noticed that the Iistinguished diplomat kept bringing :he conversation around to Socrates md Seneca, Marcus Aurelius and Plato. The reason for this was not long obscure. "I find," said the D. D., "after a careful examination, :hat all these great and distinguished nen had very broad foreheads. Just broaden mine a bit." So SaintGraudens, afraid to object, meekly jomplied. Repeated urgings and the resultant broadenings brought the forehead finally to the point where it seemed to be affected with some dreadful swelling disease. But this did. not bring complete satisfaction to the heart of the sitter. He suggested that these same great forerunners of his were also notable for having had very deep-set eyes. So poor Saint-Gaudens was forced to bore and bore, deeper and deeper, until he almost pierced through the back. He told me this story with ?reat excitement, interspersing in the narrative many uncomplimentary remarks on celebrities in general, md illustrating it all by puffing out bis cheeks and making violet boring gestures with his forefinger. He said be'd give anything to get hold of that bust and smash it to atoms.? Wommnn TTich Armstrong in Janu L1U1U1A WU ? ? - ? ?? ? w ? __ iry Scribner. Negroes Lured North in a Plight. Savannah, Dec. 16.?The plight of the negroes who went North last summer from Georgia seeking work is deplorable, according to a letter received today by Miss Helen Cinnamond, secretary of the Associated Charities, from the Bureau of Associated Charities of Newark, N. J. The letter states that "during the last month Newark has been overrun with colored families from Georgia and Alabama. They told us that two months ago a white man came to that section of the country and told them common laborers would be paid $3 a day in Newark. "The families which arrived here found this to be untrue. Most of them have returned and some were taken ill with pneumonia and removed to the hospital." The Evolution of Rdosevelt. Mr. Roosevelt's disappointment with the outcome of the elctioii is keen but not overwhelming. And the more he thinks over the matter, in the course of his brief resume the more cheerful he gets to be. In the beginning he is inclined to think Lhat the trouble is with the nation's moral fibre. Later it occurs to him :hat we are not really wicked, but Dnly asleep. Towards the end it turns out that we are not asleep at ill, but, on the contrary, very wide iwake. So awake were we that the ordinary pre-election gold brick of the professional politician utterly tailed to deceive. In developing this irgument Mr. Roosevelt makes confession of his own errors, in very subtle form, to be sure, but still a confession: When public men are readily parioned for making any promise whichthey think will secure public favor 3efore. election, and for repudiating my promise which they think it inconvenient to keep after election, it is impossible to expect that the vot3rs will not finally grow skeptical ibout all promises, prophecies, and A ^ ~ WW A ^ n J 11 w! /lAtTFCA sia.it:Luems LLiaut: uuimg iuo wuisc Df a campaign. Now, this at first sight would seem to be pointing straight at Mr. Wilson but logically it cannot be. It would be absurd to argue that :he people, disgusted with Mr. Wilson's violated pledges, showed their resentment by re-electing him. The reference is really to Mr. Roosevelt himself. The people, wide awake to the emptiness of pre-election pledges ind conversions, refused to vote for Roosevelt, the ally of Perkins and Penrose, and voted for the real Roosevelt as embodied in the ideas which Mr. Wilson stole. Thus while the outcome of the election is to Mr. Roosevelt a sorrow, yet it is a sweet sorrow.?New York Evening Post. ? t PEACE MOVEMENT IS MADE SENIXS NOTE TO BELLIGERENTS TO OUTLINE VIEWS. President Does Not Propose Peace or Offer Mediation, But Suggests That Warring Nations Discuss Terms. Washington, Dec. 20.?President Wilson has appealed to all the belligerents to discuss terms of peace. Without actually proposing peace or offering mediation, the president * _ _ X ? 1 A 4. ~ iUA nas sent iorniai uutes lu me suvcmments of all the warring nations suggesting that "an early occasion be sought to call out from the nations now at war such an avowal of their respective views as to the terms upon which the war mght be concluded and the arrangements which would be deemed satisfactory as a guaranty against its renewal or the kindling of any similar conflict in the future, as would make it possible frankly to compare them." Wholly without notice and entirely contrary to what administration officials have described as his course, the president last night despatched notes to all the belligerents, and to all the neutrals for their information. Summarized in the president's own words as contained in the notes his attitude is as follows: ^ot Proposing Peaee. "The president is not proposing peace; he is not even offering mediation. He is merely proposing that soundings be taken in order that we may learn, the neutral nations with the belligerent, how near the haven of peace may be for which all mankind longs with an intense and increasing longing. He believes tha^t the spirit in which he speaks.and the objects which he seeks will be understood by all concerned, and he confdently hopes for a response which will bring a new light into the affairs of thtf world." The notes to the belligerents are prefaced with the instruction by Secretary Lansing to the American ambassadors presenting them: "The president directs to send you the following communication tc be presented immediately to the minister of foreign affairs of the government to which you are accredited." The text of the notes themselves then begin identically as follows: "The president of the United States has instructed me to suggest to the (here is inserted a designator of the government addressed) a course of action with regard to the nresent war which he hoDes that the government will take under consideration as suggested in the most friendly spirit as coming not only from a friend, but also as coming from the representative of a neutral nation whose interests have beer most seriously affected by the wai and whose concern for its early conclusion arises out of a manifest necessity to determine how beat tc safeguard those interests if the wai is to continue." At this point the texts vary. In the notes to the central powers this paragraph follows next: To the Central Powers. "The suggestion which I am instructed to make the president has long had it in mind to offer. He is somewhat embarrassed to offer it at this particular time because it may now seem to have been prompted by a desire to play a part in connection with the recent overtures of the central powers. It has in fact been in no way suggested by them in its origin and the president would have delayed offering it until those overtures had been independently answered, but for the fact that it also concerns tne question 01 peace ana may best be considered in connection with other proposals which would have the same end in view. The president can only beg that his suggestion be considered entirely on its own merits and as if it had been made in other circumstances." To the Allies. In the note to the entente allies the fololwing paragraph takes the place of the one just quoted: "The suggestion which I am instructed to make the president has long had it in mind to offer. He is somewhat embarrassed to offer it at this particular time because it may now seem to have been prompted by the recent overtures of the central powers. It is in fact in no way associated with them in its origin and the nresident would have delayed of fering it until those overtures had been answered but for the fact that it also concerns the question of peace and may best be considered in connection with other proposals which have the same end in view. The \ > i ._ / _ * . president can only beg that his suggestion be considered entirely on its own merits and as if it had been made in other circumstances." Identical Wording. Then, all the notes proceed identically as follows: v "The president suggests that an early occasion be sought to call out from all the nations now at war such an avowal of their respective views as to the terms upon which the war might be concluded and the arrangements which would be deemed satisfactory as a guaranty against its renewal of the kindling of any similar conflict in the future as would make ~ ^ it possible frankly to compare them. He is indifferent as to the means tak-> en to accomplish this. He would be happy himself to serve, or even to take the initiative in this accomplishment, in any way that might prove acceptable, but he has no desire to determine the method or the , instrumentality. One way will be as acceptable to him as another if only the great object he has in mind he attained. Aims of Both Sides. "He takes the liberty of calling attention to the fact that the objects which the statesmen of the belligerents on both sides have in mind in this war are virtually the same, as ( stated in general terms to their own people and to the world. Each side desires to make the rights and priv- , JS ileges of weak peoples and small States as secure against aggression ' or denial in the future as the rights and privileges of the great and pow-? ^ ; erful States now at war. Each ? < % > wishes itself to be made secure in the 1 iuture, aiong wun an oiuer uauuiut L and peoples, against the recurrence ./ of wars like this, and against ag -gression or selfish interference of any > ^ < kind. Each would be jealous of the f formation of any more rival leagues to preserve an uncertain balance of ! power amidst multiplying suspicions; ' but each is ready to consider- the 1 formation of a league of nations to t insure peace and justice throughout ' the world. Before that final step can be taken, however, each deems it necessary first to settle the issues ot the present war upon terms whiclr" . I will certainly safeguard 'the inde> pendence, the territorial -integrity^ , and the political and commercial ; freedom of the nations involved. America's Interest 1 "In ,the measures to be taken to - -viJ ! secure the future peace of the world, ; the people and government of the United States are as vitally and a* , | directly interested as the .govern- v;<~?! | ments now at war. Their interest, [ moreover, in the means to be adopted to relieve the smaller and weaker DeoDle of the world of the peril of' , \. \-J r wrong and violence is as quick and , , ardent as that of any other people | or government. They stand ready, - . t and even eager, to cooperate in the , accomplishment of these ends, when the war is over, wilh every indues-ft s / and resource at their command. Tlie ( terms upon which it is to be conclu i. ed they are not at liberty to suggest; .but the president does feel that it is his rights and his duty to point - / , out their intimate interest in?its conclusion, lest it should presently be too late to accomplish the greater things which lie beyond its conclu-' , sion, lest the situation of neutral nations, now exceedingly hard to endure, be rendered altogether intoler' able, and lest, more than all, an injury be done civilization itself which can never be atoned for or repaired. \ Comparison of Views. "The president, therefore, feels altogether justified in suggesting an | immediate opportunity for a comparison of views as to the terms . TxrhinVi miithose ultimate " "*V" *" ~ M arrangements for the peace of the world, which all desire and in which the neutral nations as well as those at war are ready to play their full responsible part. If the contest must t / continue to proceed towards undefined ends by slow attrition until the one group of belligerents or the other is exhausted, if million after million of human lives must continue to be offered up until on the ' one side or the other there are no more to offer, if resentments must be kindled that can never cool and , despairs engendered from which there can be no recovery, hopes of peace and of the willing concert of | free peoples will be rendered vain and idle. "The life of the entire world has been profoundly affected. Every part of the- great family of mankind has felt the burden and terror of this unprecedented contest of arms. No nation in the civilized world can be ' said in truth to stand outside its in, fluence or to be safe against Its disturbing effects. And yet the con; , (Continued on page 4, column 2.) - * '-"3 % * ( . . : *