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\ : \ ?l}p lantfeg Sjmlii |l$ One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27,1917. Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS x ????? SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. K News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Lodge Locals. r i Lodge, Dec. 22.-?Misses Janie and Clemmie Fender very delightfully and attractively entertained a goodly number of the younger set of this ' community at their, home on Thursday evening, Dec. 20. The evening was very pleasantly spent by playing many social and attractive games, and on parting the folks voted the Misses Fender delightful entertain / ers. Music was an attractive feature of the evening, being furnished by Mr. L. A. Hiers. Those who had the pleasure of attending were: Misses Carrie Williams, Pauline Pritcher, Marie Carter, Lorie, Nora and CoTine Crosby, Janie, Clemmie and Valerie Fender; Messrs. L. A. Hiers, J, H. Caldwell, Eugene and Dewey McMillan. Robbie Crosby, L. W. Brab.Ehm, J. L. Frank and Eugene Feny? der. Miss Carrie Williams, the able and efficient teacher of the Dry Branch school, left Friday afternoon for her hame near Smoaks, where she will spend the Christmal holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wil, liams. Miss Williams will resume her work at Dry Branch on Monday morning, Jan 7th. Mr. A. R Chandler a Drominent saw mill man and lumber dealer of Walterboro, was a visitor in our section today. Mr. Chandler now owns t and operates the mill at Caldwell station, which was formerly owned and v operated by the late Perry B. Sanders. \ Messrs. J. H. Caldwell, B. F. Fender, J. L. Crosby and L. W. Brabham formed an automobile party to Walterboro Friday of this week. They made the trip in Mr. Caldwell's Maxwell. lyir. W. G. Hiers, a prosperous young farmer of this section, had business at^Ehrhardt Friday. Miss Lorie Crosby, who holds an important position at the Charleston navy yard, is at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Crosby, for the /Christmas holidays. Miss Crosby expects to return to the city Dec. 26. Mr. Hoyt Breland, a prominent young man of Olar, was a pleasant visitor in our section Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Laurie C. Tuten and children, of Charleston, arrived Sunday morning to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Crosby. Messrs. B. T. Ayer and Willie Bishop, two of Etfrhardt's . promising young men, spent last Wednesday in our section as the guests of Mr. Leland A. Hiers. Mr. Clifton Fralix, one of our prosperous young farmers, spent Thursday of this week in Walterboro. Mr. 4nd Mrs. W. G. Hiers and chil? - ? ii ?:n ? 1 aren, OI mis stji^txuu, wm syeuu. iue holidays with Mrs. Hiers's father, Mr. H. C. Bishop, near Ehrhardt. Mr. C. S. Caldwell, carrier on R. F. D. 1 from Lodge, had business in Walterboro today. Messrs. H. C. and B. B. Bishop, two prosperous farmers and business men of Ehrhardt, had business in our section last week. Camp Contractors and Foods. i In some army and national guard camps contractors who undertook to dispose of garbage at a price based ^ upon the amount they expected to get are threatening to throw up their ^ contracts because the amount is so small. j The surgeon general's office and the quartermaster's department are cooperating to secure the best nutrition of soldiers with the least waste. Officers of the food division give instruction in food values, balancing of menus, and methods of cooking and oQwlncr A f nrin pamn 9 onnforonro OU1 T , ViAC 4* VVUJLVi of this sort was attended by 750 cooks, mess sergeants, and mess officers. The allowance provided by the army regulations is liberal and permits of considerable savings. These accumulate to the credit of the organizations if there is careful management. The retail price of milk in England has been andvanced from 14 to 16 cents a quart. The sale and use of cream has been prohibited, except for invalids, infants and butter Cambrai. i ______ "The vast importance to both ; belligerents, of the town of Cambrai, 121 miles northeast of the town oi Paris and 20 miles southeast ol Arras, is due in very large measure 1 to the railways which radiate from it in spoke-like fashion, as from the hub of a wheel," says a war geobulletin issued from the Washington headquarters of the National Geographic Society. "Seven railroads m^t and cross each other at this little city of 30000 inhabitants which clings to a slope rising from the right bank of the River Scheldt. Fully to appreciate the value of this military depot one needs only to realize the territory which its railroads cover. If we should draw a north and south Kr\ /\ f nrV? + V* r\ f Afl'n f All Af if O nnt? UUUU511 cut? IV yy 11 1 v u 1 KJ1 ito railroads would be found branching off in an easterly direction and three to the west. The two main lines on the eastern side extend to Valenciennes, 28 miles to the northeast, and to Busigny, 16 miles to the southeast. The latter line passes though Caudry, a town of 11,000 inhabitants, and after reaching Busigny turns in a southwesterly direction to St. Quentin. The two less important lines are those running to Le Cateu, 16 miles distant, with important woolen and spinning mills, and to Selesmes, a linen manufacturing town, 13 miles away. "The lines of the western sector run northwestward to Douai, 16 miles away, westward to the village of Boisleux a station on the important Arras-Amien railway line, and southward to St. Quentin on the Somme and to Chaulnes, this line branching east and west at Roisel. "Cambrai lies to the north and slightly east of Paris, 121 miles distant by rail, via St. Quentin and Busigny and 128 miles of St. Just, Chaulnes and Peronne. "Before the war the town was auite an imDortant manufacturing city, with extensive soap works, sugar mill and textile factories. Of course, its chief distinction from an industrial standpoint is the fact it was here that Baptist Coutaing the weaver, is supposed to have made the first cloth which now hears the, name of cambric, in honor of the town and the fine muslin called "batiste," which commemorates the achievement of the weaver. It was in the fifteenth century that cambric was invented. "Cambrai occupies an important place in medieval French history. It was here that the famous League of Cambrai was formed in 1508, the members of the league being Pope Julius II, the Emperor Maximilian I, Louis XII of France and Ferdinand, King of Aragon. The primary object of the allies was the overthrow of Venice, which would have been fully accomplished had not mutual jealousies defeated the chief aim of the alliance. "Twenty-one years after the formation of this famous league, an almost equally famous peace was signed here by Louise of Savoy, represent mg ner son, Francis 1, or France, and Margaret, .of Austria, representing her nephew, the Emperor Charles V. This treaty whjch, owing to its feminine signatories, became known as the Paix des Dames, put an end to the plans for a duel between Francis and Charles. This single-handed battle had been proposed as a means of settling the differences between the two monarchs without plunging their respective countries into a bloody war. "In the closing years of the sixteenth century Cambrai passed to the Spanish crown, and it remained a part of the Flemish possessions of that royal family for nearly 100 years, its recession to France taking place by a treaty entered into during the reign of Louis XIV. In 1793 the town resisted a seige by Austrian forces, but it fell before the Duke of Wellington's attack in 1815." 20,000 Nurses are Required. With a continuance of the war, in the next year at least 20,000 nurses will be needed in army hospitals at home and abroad. Of the 80,000 graduate nurses of the country, only 3,500 have so far been assigned j to duty in army service, and of this number 1,500 are in France. An army nurse must be a graduate of a training school for nurses and must have served for two years in a hospital. They are assigned to duty in the United States or abroad, and preferences are granted when conditions permit. Nurses who prefer not to have service abroad will have their preferences respected. GEORGE STATES WAR AIMS HUNS MUST RESTORE TERRITORY AND PAY FOR DAMAGE. Turks Can't Have Jerusalem.?Peace > Congress to I>ecide Fate of German Colonies. London, Dec. 20.?Complete restoration of the territories taken by the enemy, together with compensations, was demanded by Premier Lloyd ' George in explaining the war aims of the government. The Germans, the premier said, l a t? J I? ^~ ^ nfAA uau Iiau ULIIJ uae suutcss, vvuiti: vvao due to surprise, and this was now engaging inquiry. The Germans, he / stated had lost 100,000 prisoners, valuable positions and hundreds of gun?. Great Britain did not enter the war the premier said, to increase by a yard the terriotry of any one else, but because of the belief that Britain's honor, the question of standing by her v.ord, was involved. Speaking in the house of commons today. David Lloyd George, the British prime minist?;*, said that the margin of losses at sea were narrowing. The sinking by submarines, he declared, were decreasing, while ship building was increasing. Although the merchant tonnage was cut down by 20 per cent., the loss VioH hoon nnlv fi nor r>ont r?n imnnrts over that of last year. Military Situation. Regarding the military situation, Mr. Lloyd George said it was idle to pretend that the hopes formed had been realized. This disappointment he attributed to the Russian collapse. The premier said that he losses in shipping has been higher by hun-l dreds of thousands of tons than ja.e had anticipated in his August estimate. The premier said that the loss in sian army had fulfilled the expectations of its gfenerals, by this time the pride of the German military power would have been completely humbled. Somewhat Disappointing. On the whole, the British campaign had not achieved the expectations formed, he said, but there had been military successes in Palestine which would have a permanent effect on the history of the world. Jerusalem, he stated, never would be restored to the Turks. After referring to the Italian reverses the premier said it would be necessary for .Great Britain to make greater sacrifices to strengthen its armies in the coming yeah The need would arise to increase the nation's man power by taking some men now exempted. Problem of Food. The premier's speech was deliver ed when adjournment for the holidays was moved in the house of sommons this afternoon. He dealt with the problem of food first. Two circumstances, he said, had contributed lately to the gravity of the situation?the failure to obtain margarine and butter from Holland and Denmark, and the fact that England had been required to make sacrifices in order to supply deficiencies of her allies. Owing to the efforts of the food controller an improvement was visible in circumstances which had caused so much anxiety in the last few days. More tea was coming in and it was hoped by increased manufacture to improve the situation as regarded margarine shortly. America's Entry. The advent of America into the world politics, the premier declared, was an event which would loom large in the future. This was true also of the establishment of the International council at Versailles. As for the disposition of the German colonies, the premier said that must be settled by the peace congress. The future trustees of those countries must take into account the sentiments of the people themselves. , The premier told his hearers that a league of nations in which Germany was represented by triumphant militarism would be a hollow farce. Output Smaller. Owing to the food difficulties in Germany, the premier went on, the physical deterioration of workmen there had been so marked that the output per man had been decreased by 33 per cent. As for the British casualties, Mr. Lloyd George said they had not amI ounted to more than one-fourth or one-fifth of the Germans. Opposed to Germany, Austria and their allies, he asserted, were man power and reserves more than double those which the Teutons possessed. The government, he said, would confer I / THIRTY-EIGHT KILLED. Passenger Train Crashes into Rear of Accommodation Train. Shepherdsville, Ky., Dec. 20.? Thirty-eight persons were killed and about thirty-nine others injured tonight when Louisville and Nashville passenger train No. 7 from Cincinnati to New Orleans, crashed into the rear of the Bardstown, Louisville and Springfield accommodation train just south of the station here early tonight, according to W. F. Sheridan, niin/n^lw/I ^ ^ f V%/\ T /mi icirill a rl i_ oupci III LOllUClll UL L1IC uuuio v 111U division. First reports, apparently auehtntic, had placed the numbed of known dead at sixty-seven, and the number of injured between forty and fifty, but this was reduced when an official check of the figures were made. No cause for the wreck was assigned by Mr. Sheridan, who would make no statement, pending an investigation of the tragedy. ^ m ? Extracts From Diaries of Germans. The 94-page booklet "German War Practices," published by the committee on public information, devotes one section to extracts from German war diaries, among them being the following: "A shell burst near the eleventh company, and wounded seven men, three very severely. At 5 o'clock we were ordered by the officer in command of the regiment to shoot all the male inhabitants of Nomeny, because the population was foolishly attempting to stay the advance of the German troops by force of arms. We broke into the houses, and seized all who resisted, in order to execute them according to martial law. The houses which had not already been destroyed by the French artillery and our own were set on fire by us, so that nearly the whole town was reduced to ashes. It is a terrible sight when helpless women and children, utterly destitute, are herded together and driven into France." (From the diary of Pvt. Fischer, eighth Bavarian regiment of infantry, thirty-third reserve division.) Copies of this booket may be secured free of charge by application to the committee on public information, 10 Jackson Place, Washington, D. C. Lucid Testimony. "The average individual," said the Scotland Yard official, "can't give a detective simple, plain, straightforward information. Questioned bv a """ " ^ * w ^detective, h? becomes as involved and difficult as the office boy. A detective asked an office boy if it was Mr. Jones or his partner who reached the office first as a rule. " 'Well,' said the boy, turning very red, 'Mr. Jones at first was always late, but later he began to get earlier, till at last he was first, though before he had always been behind. He soon got later again,'though of late he has been sooner, and at last he got behind as before. But I expect he will be getting earlier sooner or later.' "?London Tit Bits. next week with trades unions on the man power proposals. Peace Terms the Germans Want. Washington, Dec. 20.?What purports to be an outline of the kaiser's much advertised "Christmas peace terms" has reached here through the same neutral' diplomatic channels which earlier in the week received information to support intimations from abroad that a new peace offer was coming. In the main, the terms, as described, follow the lines of those said to have been written by Foreign Minis ter von Kuenimann last summer. At that time they were denounced as liaving been written purely for political purposes. The so-called terms are said to leave the disposition of Alsace-Lorraine to a plebescite of inhabitants. German Colonies. England to pay Germany for her lost African coloni.es and the money to be used for the rehabilitation of Belgium, Serbia, Roumania, and Northern France. Russian provinces bordering the Baltic, the Black sea and Prussia to become independent, under a German plan. Poland to be called an independent State under Austrian suzerainty. Disarmament, freedom of the seas, and commerce to be left to the peace conierence. Roumania, Serbia and Montenegro to retain their original boundaries, with the right of access to the sea being granted to Serbia. Turkey to remain intact. LARGE ACREAGE IN WHEAT GOVERNMENT FORECASTS CROP OF 540,000,000 BUSHELS. Condition is Poor.?Dry Weather Big Backset.?Third Largest \ Crop is Predicted. Washington, December 19.?Government plans for a billion bushels wheat crop next year to help the United States feed its allies have received a rctback. It was disclosed today by the December crop report of the I department of agriculture that while | winter wheat was planted on the largest acreage ever sown to that cereal its condition on December 1 was the 1 ' "i r* a1 a. lowest oil record ior tnai uate. A winter crop of 540,000,000 bushels was forecast by the bureau of crop estimates. The actual production will be greater or less than that quantity, according as conditions better or worse than average. An area of more than 47,000,000 acres was the mark set by the government for farmers to plant to winter wheat this fall, but the December canvass shows that 42,170,000 acres were sown. The farmers did their best, department of agriculture officials say, but conditions were against them. Dry Weather. The very dry weather in most of the winter wheat belts was a large drawback, while late harvest of other crops and shortage of farm labor were contributing causes for the failure. Should the winter wheat crop mature to 540,000,000 bushels as fore cast today it would be the third largest on record, being exceeded only by the crops of 1914 and 1915. Government officials had figured on having winter wheat production reach 672,000,000 bushels, but today's forecast indicates that it wni fall 132,000,000 bushels short of that figure. Indications are that rye production will be 25,000.000 bushels larger than last year's record crop. Spring Wheat. Already steps are being taken for a large increase in the acreage of the spring crop to be planted next spring. Council of national defense and department of agriculture officials have conferred and will adopt measures to insure an adequate labor supply for planting operations, ample supply of seed wheat and help for the harvests. The largest spring wheat crop heretofore was in 1915, when 351,354,000 bushels were harvested from 19,161,000 acres. Acreage by States. ' Acreage of winter wheat with the percentage of increase over last year in Southern States follow: Virginia, 1,463,000 acres, 10 percent. North Carolina, 1,179,000 acres; 15 per cent. South Carolina, 270,000 acres; 20 per cent. Georgia, 428,000 acres; 9 per cent. Tennessee, 840,000 acres; 5 per cent. Alabama, 144,000 acres; 20 per cent. Mississippi, 36,000 acres; 100 per cent. Texas, 1,622,000 acres; decrease, 6 per cent. . Oklahoma, 3,264,000 acres; decrease, 4 per cent. Arkansas, 288,000 acres; increase, 31 per cent. Cooperating with Y. M. C. A. While the Young Men's Christian association is the largest body doing welfare work among the United States troops, other organizations are cooperating. The Knights of Columbus, a fraternal organization in charge of the Roman Catholics, has r?nt nn and is nilttine Tin. P.lub-hOUSeS U^/J If ~ CJ r7 ? equipped with desk rooms, benches, phonographs, player-pianos, moving picture apparatus, and other facilities for entertainment. Sixty-five halls are now in operation, open to men of all denominations. The Young Men's Hebrew association has made arrangements for headquarters in Young Men's Christion association buildings. There is not a sufficient number of Hebrews in any one brigade to justify the building of a hall by this organization. The American Library association has raised a fund of over $1,000,000, and is erecting special library buildings in the camps. In five years the portion of the world's gold monetary stock (coin and bullion used as money) held by the United States has increased from one-fifth to more than one-third. Ovation to American Artillerymen. To the tune of "The Campbells Are Coming" the first American artillery unit to engage the enemy went back to its billets behind the French firing lines last Wednesday afternoon. The artillery had a longer stay at the front than the infantry, and both men and horses were tired, muddy and wet with the rain that beat upon them as they came into the village. When they reached the village the entire command drew up on a hillside, and a gun covered with camou nage pa ml was brought out in front. On its shield an artilleryman had written in chalk: "The first gun for the Germans." Their colonel told . them the villagers wished to do honor to the gun and its crew and to the American army. The children placed a wreath over the barrel of the -gun and a bunch of wild flowers inside the empty case of the first shot fired. The regimental band played both the American and French national anthems. After this brief ceremony the troopers dismounted and, to the embarrassment of many of them the townspeople embraced them effectionately. The artilleiymen escaped without a casualty, although they were shelled heavily several times by the Germans. The officers said that on the night of the German raid on the American trenches the artillery quickly poured a counter barrage into No Man's Land, and they are sure they killed some of the enemy and prevented more from reaching, the American line. The gun crew that fired the first shot is made up of youngsters hailing frqjn South Bend, New York, Minneapolis, Chicago, Baltimore, New Orleans and Douglas, Ariz. All the artille^yuaen are anxious to get back to the front, but before doing so will be sent to other camps to instruct artillerymen who have not yet been in actual battle.?Exchange. Demand for Men of Training. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker urges men in scientific institutions to continue their training. "The government service will demand more and more scientifically trained men," said he, "and I hope those who are in charge of scientific institutions will impress upon the young men the importance of continuing their studies, except to the extent that they are necessarily interrupted by a mandatory call under the _ .y provisions of the selective service law." *4 Every effort will be madq to use , each student's special training in connection with specialized occupations in the army to afford technical students liable to call as great an opportunity through the national army as if they had enlisted. Plans for Care of Injured Soldiers. Plans for caring for members of the expeditionary forces who may be returned from Europe unfit for further service include, besides the necessary surgical and medical attention, instruction in the use of injured and artificial limbs, and vocational training. The experience pf Canada and European allies in this work has been of great value to the United States government in arrange ing its plans. * Equipment for heat treatments and electric and hydro therapy will be provided; gymnasiuA will furnish \ opportunity for special exercise for reeducation in the use of joints, mus- V cles and nerves which have been af- \ fected in service; in curative work- y shops the man will perform useful \ wor? which at the same time will \ bring these parts into activity. V The aim will be to return every man into civil life able to be self-supporting and useful, and not dependent merely upon the pension he will receive from the government. Rules for Illumination of Signs. Orders governing the use of electric signs, made by the fuel administration to assist in conserving fuel, apply to the entire country?villages and small cities as well as the larger centers. Among these instructions are: Directional signs on retail stores may be illuminated from one-half hour after sunset until closing time, but not later than 11 p. m.; such signs on theatres may be illuminated from one-half hour after time of commencement of last performance. Dis- ** yv?-k Vj ATI/9 pia V ciuvci UOXU5 K/ki lucanuo auu xv~ tail stores may only operate between 7:45 and 11 p. m. Enforcement of the orders is in the hands of the State fuel administrators. p \ V - . . oi ' ' >*-.