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W$t Pamberg i>eralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. Thursday, August 23, 1917^ The Local Board is now examining the second call of registrants, three hundred in number. The board has a momentous job in selecting the county's quota of the national army. The three members of the board, Messrs, H. C. Folk and A. L. Kirkland and Dr. J. J. Cleckly, deserve the thanks of the county for the hard work they are doing. They get nothing for their w<5rk. The board has been at work now for several weeks, and the end is not yet in sight. On another page today we print a copy of the food administrator's pledge card. The housekeepers of the county are asked to clip out this blank, fill it out and send or mail to Mrs. J. R. Owens, chairman of the women's council for the county. While there are many families who have already stopped all waste, if they had any, there can be no harm in filling the card and filing it. It will show that the women of the county have their interest in the food situation, and are willing to do what they can to help the country to . conserve its food supply. Xo money is asked and no conditions are levied except to conserve the food supply. The main business street of Bamberg is entirely too narrow anyway, and now that it is used so largely as a parking place for automobiles often it is almost blocked and vehicles of any kind have difficulty in getting tnrougn. we greauy ieai that sooner or later a serious accident will occur on this street on account of this parking of cars. It would seem to be good policy on the part of city council to forbid the stopping of automobiles on our main street for a longer period than five minutes. Of course shoppers often use automobiles which stop in front of business houses, but .what is needed is a regulation based on common sense which will not work a hardship hut will put a stop to the practice of leaving machines on the street for hours at a time. Some people, and unfortunately a few of them live in Bamberg, say that we have no cause for war with Germany. Suppose President Wilson and congress had met the views of these pacifists or pro-Germans, or whatever you want to call them, and had humbly met the demands of Germany and kept our ships off the seas, what then? None of the cotton crop of the South could have been sent to European countries as a result. As America produces about twelve million bales of cotton and only consumes about six million, any one can well * " ?<-v f /iaHati imagine wiiiii uiit/ pi iV.C \jl vwtkv/u would be now. Instead of being abound twenty-five cents it would be three or four, with practically all our industries crippled, people all over the country out of work, factories shut down, women and children suffering for the necessities of life, and hunger and desolation prevailing all over our now fair land. This is i not an improbable picture. It is a stern fact. And yet people who ought to know better, by their foolish talk, are attempting to cripple the efforts of America in the war. Bamberg-Barnwell S. S. Convention. The following is the programme of the Bamberg-Barnwell Sundayschool convention, which will be held with St. John's Baptist church on September 5, 6, and 7: WEDNESDAY. Convention will meet at 11 a. m. 11:00, prayer and song service, led by W. H. Hutto; 11:15, roll call, enrollment of delegates; 11:30, organization; 12:00, address of welcome by Rev. J. R. Smith, Ehrhardt; response by Rev. J. D. Huggins, Denmark; miscellaneous business; 1:002:30, recess; dinner on grounds; 2:30, song service and prayer, lead by A. I. McLemore; 2:45, topic 1: "Should We Have Sunday-schools at Other Places Than Churches?" by R. E. Woodward. Dr. J. R. McCormick, Rev. J. D. Heckle; 3:30, topic 2: "The Relation of the Pastor to the Sunday-school," by Dr. Robert ? ^ ^' - T-k n /-"i TTT^ x BlacK, t. <J. uiayton, rtev. n,. waison, Rev. W. L. Hayes, Rev. J. R. Smith; appointment of committees; adjournment. THURSDAY. 9:30. prayer and song service led by A. \V. Manuel; 9:45, address by Rev. George E. Davis; 10:30, topic! 3: "How to Create an Interest in) the Sunday-school, and How to Maintain the Same," by the superintendent of each school of the convention. by roll call; 12:00, topic 4: "The Missionary Spirit in the Sunday-school," by Col. R. M. Mixon. M. J. Free, Rev. Walter Black, Rev. J. D. Huggins: 1:00-2:30. recess: dinner on the grounds: 2:30. prayer and song service, led by Laurie Abstance: 2:45. topic 5: "How Should the Officers and Teachers in tlie Sun day-school be Elected?" by J. O. Sanders, W. H. Collins, Rev. P. A. ALLIED OFFENSIVE SUCCESSFUL. Ground Gained Around Verdun and Other Points. August 20.?With the British troops busily engaged in the successful parrying of German counter thrusts against the newly won ground in Flanders, the French and the Italians have started monster offensives ?the French against the Germans near Verdun and the Italians against the Austrians from the region of Plava to near the headquarters of the Adriatic sea. Li axtc Botq o-<j Ollctl y, UCLIOH C UiU?s iian> ^umivu for the French positions held by the Germans on a front of more than eleven miles, extending from the Avocourt wood eastward across the river Meuse and into the Bois De Chaums, while the Italians, after a bombardment of an intensity never before experienced in that theatre, have leveled Austrian defenses, crossed the Alps, and also the Isonzo river, and now are at deadly grips with the enemy along a front of about thirty miles. Many Prisoners. Nearly 12,000 prisoners already have been counted by the French and Italians. In addition the Germans and Austrians lost heavily in men killed or wounded and in guns and machine guns captured. The new territory taken by the French embraces positions that have literally weltered in French and German blood in battles that have surged t'o and fro since the German Crown Prince started his most costly enterprise, the attempt to take Verdun which resulted in utter failure as a military manoeuver and cost the lives of ten thousands of his men. Notable amoung the captured positions are the Avocourt wood, two summits of La Morte Homme, the Cotbeaux wood and Champneuville, all of which were held, notwithstanding vicious counter attacks by the Germans, which were broken up by the French fire, with heavy casualties to the enemies. Good Work By Airmen. French airmen materially aided the infrantry in the press forward, swooping down in force and emptying their machine guns into the ranks and in fights in the air with German protecting machines, eleven of which were sent hurling to the ground. Likewise the Italian fliers are giving their infantry valuable support, more than 200 of them being engaged in attacking with bombs and machine gun fire Austrian formations behind the lines. At last accounts the Italians were energetically proceeding with the work of destroying the newpositions taken up by the Austrians, endeavoring to blast a road through the defense to make more easy the march of the Italian troops toward Triest, Austria's principal seaport, lying at the head of the Adriatic. The situation in Flanders and in Northern France is virtually calm as compared with last week, but both the French and British continue to make sallies at various points. The Canadians around Lens daily are biting further into the German line and now have the coal center virt ually surrounded. CHINA ENTERS WAR. Violation of Right Forced Step, Says President Feng Kayo Chang. Peking, Aug. 14.?China's declaration of war on Germany and AustriaHungary beginning at 10 a. m. today and the other documents relating to the conflict do not mention the association of the Chinese Republic with the Entente Powers. They indicate that China's action will be entirely independent. The declaration of war aroused little excitement in Peking or in other North China cities, the long discussion of the question having discounted its effect. The Netherlands minister to China today took over the Austrian interests and received the arms of the Austrian guard. The doors of the Deutsche Asiatische Bank have been sealed. Chinese troops at Tien Tsin took over the Austrian concession and the German bank and German barracks there without incident. Bolen, Rev. J. R. Cullum; 3:30, topic 6: "The Place of the Bible in the Sunday-school," by S. G. Mayfi^ld, Dr. J. B. Black, Dr. W. M. Jones, ? ?? T < . AA ^ C Kev. una rue Jones; i.ou, rcpuns ui committees; adjournment. FRIDAY. 9:30, song service and prayer, led by D. O. Hunter; 10:00, address by Dr. B. H. DeMent: 10:45, topic 7: "How Can We Induce the Parents and Grown-up People to Attend the Sunday-school?." by Prof. H. J. Crouch. R. R. .Tohnstone, Dr. Robert Black, .J. W. Folk; 11:30, every Sunday-school in the convention to take part, either by'song, recitation or essay, selection to be made by each school. j The supreme court will within a] short while decide whether or not) Wade Hampton Gibbes, appointed! chief game warden by Governor Manning, can legally hold the office. CLASSED AS/ DESERTERS. Status of Those Who Refuse to Serve in Army After Being Drafted. Washington, August IS.?Renewed instructions that drafted men who fail to report for service will be classed and punished as deserters were sent to the United States district at | torneys and agents of tlie Department of Justice tonight by Attorney < General Gregory. Provost Marshal General Crowder has ruled that per- 1 sons who neglect to appear for exami- i nation will be accepted automatically and that the privilege of claiming ex- ! emption then will be denied. It was to help carry this policy into effect 1 that the attorney general acted. His instructions follow: ; Instructions to Attorneys. "It has been determined by the pro- s vost marshal general that persons who fail to appear for their physical examination after having received their notices to do so from the local boards, by such failure waive their right to physical examination and are ' accepted by the board without any such examination. Their names will be certified to the district boards as chosen by the local boards for the na- _ tional army. "If they do not then appear to claim exemptions they will waive thereby the right to such exemptions as they might.have claimed, and their names will be certified by the district boards to the adjutant genral of their respective States as persons for the national army. The adjutant general will then mail them a notice to report for duty at a specified time and place and such notices will be given publicity according to the regulations of the Conscript act. Treated as Deserters. "Such persons then become subject to the mlitary authorities at the time J * ?- - A J QCSlglldltiU U) Lilt; aujuiaui gcu^iai for them to report. Should they fail to comply with this notice, they become deserters from the army and will be treated as such by the military authorities. "It is, therefore a matter of vital concern not so much to the government as to the persons themselves'to see that they give the correct address , for their notices to be mailed to them. Should they fail to comply with the notices after receiving them they be- . come automatically drafted without 1 regard to physical examination or to ' exemption or discharge. Kept in Jail Until Wanted. "Where persons are known to be wilfully refusing to comply with the requests o' the local boards and are i so conducting themselves as to be a menace to the proper enforcement of the Conscription act, and their whereabouts are known, they should be de- tained in jail on complaints charging violations of section six of the Conscription act until the time when they are ordered by the adjutant general to report for duty in the national army. ' They should, at that date, be turned over to the military authorities. No 1 prosecution need be had as it will be ^ Avroncirn onrl littlp IS ' uuiicucasai 11 < cAjjtuji > t, ui.u ? to be gained therefrom." T i Porto Ricans Not Going to Columbia. < ? i Washington, Aug. 21.?Porto Rican troops will not be sent to Camp Jackson. If any negro troops are sent to South Carolina camps they 1 will be trained separately from the i white troops. Governor Richard I. Manning, ac- i companied by Senators Tillman and Smith; Representatives Whaley and i Ragsdale; Chairman D. R. Coker, of < the South Carolina Council of Nation- ' al Defense, and Messrs. R. Goodwyn &hett, of Charleston; J. W. Lillard, William Elliott, and George L. Baker, i of the Columbia Chamber of Com- ' merce, and Prof. George McCutcheon, i representing Congressman Lever, ] called on Secretary of War Baker i this afternoon and presented their i views with regard to the mobilization 1 of negro and Porto Rican troops in ] the Palmetto State. Governor Manning authorized the following for s publication after the conference; 1 Governor's Statement. '' Secretary of War Baker met us at 1 1 12.30 today, and we discussed the J question of the draft of troops in 'm South Carolina, especially with reference to the negro troops. The Porto Rican troops will not be sent j to South Carolina nor will the white \ and negro troops be mixed. The mat- t ter was fully discussed from the 6 standpoint of the best interests of all j the troops, white and colored, and E the best way to handle the proposl- c tion. Secretary Baker assured us c ! that he would take under serious I I consideration all that was said and , would endeavor to decide the questions involved as to serve the wel- c ! fare of all parties concerned. Tf any 1 l ^ I negro troops are sent to South Caro- j | lina, they will, under the long-estab- s | lished policy of the War Department, } I he kept entirely separate from the * j white troops. c j "At the opening of the meeting Secretary Baker announced that the Porto Rican troops would not be sent * l to Camp Jackson at Columbia. AUSTRIAN'S GIVING WAY. More Than 1(1,000 Huns Made Prisoners in New Offensive. Rome, Aug. 21.?.More than 10,000 prisoners have been taken by the Italians in their new offensive up to yesterday evening, the war office announces. The great battle on the Isonzo front continues without interruption. The war office states that the Austrian ine is beginning to bend and give way at various points. Enemy defenses between Corite and Selc, near the strongly fortified Starilokva position have been captured by the Italians. The Italians, supported by floating and fixed batteries and Monitors, are marching toward success, which the statement says is becoming delineated in spite of undiminished enemy resistance. _ Aviators Burned to Death. Buffalo, X. Y., Aug. 20.?Charles A. Wall, Jr., and Richard H. Meade were burned to death here late today when an airplain which they were experimenting with smoke bombs, caught fire in the air. Both men were dead when the destroyed airplane fell to the ground. Wall was a civil engineer in training for aviation service. Meade was aviation instructor who came to Buffalo recently from the training camp at Mineola, X. Y. Wall and Meade had gone to a height of about 700 feet to make tests of the new bomb, which had been offered to the United States government for work in spotting gun positions. Circling ,the field, they released one of the bombs which burst into smoke at a safe distance below the machine. Their watchers on the ground, amoung them the inventor of the bomb, saw Wall lean over the side, a second bomb in his hand. He dropped it and almost immediately there was a flash and the planes were ablaze. When the blazing machine dropped the men were found burned beyond recognition. Wall was 32 years old and was the son of a Buffalo physician. Mead was 27 years old and his home was in Boston. j NATURAL IRON BEST CHEAPEST TONIC OF ALL HIGHLY CONCENTRATED ACID IRON MINERAL GOES FROM TWO TO SIX TIMES AS FAR. More Powerful, Economical, Than Prepared "Patents." When people nna tneir appetite on, vitality low, and are sluggish, tired, and worn-out, a short treatment with just plain, everyday natural iron is the wisest course. You can get natural iron, known as Acid Iron Mineral at most drug stores and a fifty-cent bottle goes from two to six times as far as other and weaker iron compounds of laboratory and chemist. A dollar bottle will permit a whole family to take it a couple of weeks which in its powerful highly concentrated form is usually sufficient to ncrease the family's vitality, strength and appetite in a truly wonderful manner. Acid Iron Mineral has been bottled, tested, and guaranteed up to its pressnt high standard for thirty years for use in hospitals, surgery, and dental work, and it may now be secured in family sized bottles. Be sure you ?et the genuine, the trade mark "A[-M" is your protection. It is nonalcoholic, is not a laxative, and is the product of the only medicinal iron mineral deposit of its kind known to the world, 50c and $1. Bottled by essors, the Ferrodine Chemical Corp., Roanoke, Va. Note: Acid Iron Mineral contains such a high percentage of iron, it may be used as a germicide, antiseptic, and astringent. Farmers, surgeons, and dentists use it to stop bleeding, prevent soreness, and as a healing agent. See directions on bottle.?adv. NOTICE OF SALE. Pursuant to an order of Hon. J. J. I Irabham, Jr., Probate Judge for Bam-1 )erg county, in re estate of Mrs. B. J. Smith, deceased, the undersigned jxecutors of said estate, will sell at rablic auction to the highest bidder or cash, at the late residence of the ;aid Mrs. B. U. Smith within the ounty of Bamberg, on the fith day )f September, 1917, beginning at ten >'clock in the forenoon of said day tnd continuing until sold, the followne soods and chattels, to-wit: One Ford automobile, one organ. >ne victrola. all household goods and urniture and kitchen utensils, loc-at'd at said residence, and also farm ; mpleinents consisting of plows, plow- ; tocks, etc.. a more complete list of j vhich will appear hv reference to an j nventory of the same on file in the iffice of probate judge for Bamberg j ountv. JNO. B. SMITH, J. H. SMITH, Cxecutors of the estate Mrs. B. U. j Smith, deceased. August 21st, 1917. j I lw"S ,Mai^w>tiTthe I J W ^ Bank Book 1 ~~1 for some day v I jfpSlk he will be the ^ man with money I MR and possess ||:f| Ha Fortune, l|| Young man! If you will start RIGHT NOW and " , j put a part of your earnings in the bank every pay day, J there is nothing can stop you from becomine influen- tial and RICH. ; : Money breeds money. 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Hi 123 . kSS CvJ I ^ Touring Car $745 vft ' Y/ Xfrk ' ^ Roadster $745: Berline $1095 |g| 4/ Sedan $1095. All prices f. o. b. Detroit \/A I i %m I ? ' - ' W--:m I BAMBERG AUTO COMPANY. I, J % 0. FRANK BAMBERG, President > || '-Tijl ILj. BAMBERG, S.C.' NOTICE TOCBEOITOHS ffQ|J| _^ All npvsnns having claims against! IIIL_ If.~- -< !the estate or' -Mrs. Laura A. Warren, FfllK^ Wllfl ATlflW deceased, will file the same duly ver- III IlllVfVj ified and itemized with the under- . . , , , , _ Administrate or the Estate ot .Mrs. . trouble.?J. Height, Wetuihpka, Ala. Laura A. W arren. Deceased. j Had heavy headache. Vomited, August 15th, 1917.?4t. twice to six times a day. Four doses ~~~~ 1 " , of Granger Liver Regulator made me NOTICE TO CREDITORS. well.?Loundas P. Brindley, Somef- % AH persons having claims against j ^ille? Ala. the estate of Mrs. B. u. Smith, de-! Mother had sick headache. Granger. ceased, will file the same, properly ! Liver Regulator did her more good itemized and verified, with the un- than all the medicine she had taken dersigned executors of said estate; before.?Pearley Davis, Pacio, AJa.*4 . and all persons indebted to said es- I never expect to be without it in ' 1 tnv home.?Jenie Usev. Gadsden, Ala. tate are liereoy noimeu to matve iw>- ( ? ^ - ., ment to said executors. ; It is a great saver of doctors biLs. J\0 B SMITH ?Louis N. Kent, Honoraville, Ala. A J. H. SMITH. ' j -There is none better.?Dr. T. E. A Executors of estate of Mrs. B. U. Alexis, Ala. <? I Smith, deceased. _ All druggists sell Granger Livei Smoaks, S. C., August 21st. 1917. ??^ator?25c,_ Try IU -