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PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Mr. Bert Dannelly, of Ehrhardt, was in the city Monday afternoon. ?J. Ham Kirkland. Esq., of Olar, ^ was a visitor in the city Monday. W ?Mr. J. A. Gillam, of Denmark, f was in the city one day last week. ?R. C. Hardwick, Esq., of the Denmark bar, spent Monday in Bamberg. v ?After a short visit to Miss Hays, Mrs. Cabell has returned to Orangeburg. L ?Lieut. Edwin C. Bruce is in the city for several days from Camp ^ Jackson. OVER 1,1(10 NEV STEAMERS INVESTIGATION HAS BROUGHT TO LIGHT WAR PACTS. Guns, All Sizes, and Ammunition Have Been Furnished Allies and Their Vessels Armed. Washington, Jan. 13.?Complete satisfaction with the work of the navy's ordnance bureau and its preparedness for war is expressed by Representative Oliver, of Alabama, chairman of the House naval investigation sub-committee, in a statement tonight, summarizing for his colleagues results of the ordnance phase of the inquiry. "The testimony convinced the committee," says the statement, "that the prevalent belief and opinion as to the navy's readiness are well founded." Interesting Facts. I - ?Mr. John Frank Chassereau, of , Ehrhardt, was a visitor to the city ! Tuesday. ?Mrs. Helen H. Copeland, of Augusta, is in Bamberg for a short visit to relatives. ?Mr. S. P. Guess, of Denmark, was in the city a short while Tuesday afternoon. j ?Miss Nanaline DeWitt, of Black ille, $pent the holidays with Miss Gertrude Smoak. ^ ?Dr. George Odom and the Rev. Achille Sassard, of Olar, were Bamberg visitors Monday afternoon. ?Messrs. J. M. Kirkland and W. D. Kinard, of Ehrhardt, spent a few hours in the city Monday on business. ?Miss Gertrude Smoak has returned to the city after a very pleasant visit with friends in Blackville. ?Miss Nan Osborne, of Spartanburg, is expected to arrive in the city Friday to visit Miss Mary Livingston. ?Mrs. D. E. Harllee and little daughter, Mary Elizabeth, of Greens1 boro, N. C., are visiting Miss Mary L Livingston. |h ?Mrs. George P. White and little - * 1 _ i.: "tt^ daugnter are visiung relatives m uu| ion this week. They will return to ? Bamherg Friday. \ ?Mrs. George F. Hair returned home last week after spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. J. J. Cudd, in Spartanburg. ?Miss Addys Hays motored to Columbia Monday, accompanied her were Mrs. Cabell, Mr. Gilmore, Misses V. Kate Felder, Lalla Byrd and Cooner. ?Mr. LaVerne Thomas is on a trip of several days or more to Bal F timore, New York and other Eastern I Cities to Duy ills spring iijuc Ui gwno. ?Mrs. L. P. McMillan, who spent Christmas and new year's on an extended visit to friends and .relatives in Atlanta, has returned to the city. ?Miss Alice Smoak, who is principal of the Oak Hill school, at Millett, S. C., has returned there, after spending ?he holidays at home in the ?Mr. R; C. Rowell, who has held & position at the navy yard In Charleston for quite a while, is at home for a visit among relatives and friends. _ ?Representative and Mrs. B. D. ^ Carter and Senator J. B. Black, who are staying in Columbia during the | session of the legislature, spent the ** past waek-end at their homes in the city. ?Mr. Marion G. Smoak, a member of the regular navy and of the crew of the United States battleship Min nesota, is spending a short stay among relatives and friends at home here. ?Mr. Lay ton Rentz, a Bamberg volunteer for the army and under the age of conscription, and whose post of duty is at Camp Sevier, Greenville, is visiting his parents, Mayor t and Mrs. C. W. Rentz, here. % ?Lieut. D. Graham Copeland, asv sistant civil engineer of the naval/ l- station at New -Orleans, visited at / home for the first time in several years on a visit to his parents here, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Copeland, Sr., last week. ?Mrs. H. J. Brabham, who has been confined to Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore for about two months following a very serious operation performed there, is at home and out again to the delight of her numerous friends. ?Mr. Louis G. Poliakoff returned K to Bamberg Monday morning after m a week's stay in New York city and I other eastern markets. He report^ ed the weather bitterly cold in those V cities and the fuel situation fully as bad as it is here. i ?Mr. J. W. Smith, formerly of Olar, was in the city on Saturday. Mr. Smith was leaving for Blackstone, Va., where he and his family will reside in the future. The Herald will accompany him, on weekly ^ visits, to his new home. V ?Messrs. Glenn W. Cope and J. W Garland Smoak, who have been in I the naval service for the past few months, are both at home on a week's leave of absence from the naval sta0 tion at Norfolk, Va. They have completed their training and are now expecting to be designated for some ship and ordered to put to sea. 1 Many interesting facts brought out in secret sessions are disclosed by the chairman. Among other things he says more than eleven hundred merchant ships have been equipped with 1AT> hv MlO nQVV guili auu ammuuiviuu u,> since the steamer Campania was fitted out March 14 last, and that appreciable quantities of guns, large and small, with ammunition for them, have been furnished to England, France and Italy. Many meri chantmen of the Allies, in addition v to virtually the whole of the American merchant fleet, have been armed ' i to fight submarines. Favorably Impressed. "The committee was so impressed after exhaustive inquiry by the effi-j cient manner in which the bureau had in every way performed the ex- j traordinary duty which war imposed," says Mr. Oliver, "that the committee directed me to make a summary of what was ascertained in the hearing and investigation. "The bureau, so far a$, could be learned, has fully satisfied the demands made upon it by the vessels operating in European waters. A letter from Vice Admiral/Sims compliments the work and spirit of the ordnance department. Other officers in the war zone, writing in similar vein, have given like testimony. Personal Investigation. "As a preliminary to its hearings the committee visited the offices of the bureau and personally examined into the organization and operation of the administrative details. The committee was most favorably im pressed with the business organization. Inquiry revealed the fact that practically all letters are answered on the day of their receipt. By a system of progress reports and follow-up methods provision exists to insure the actual delivery of material. The signing up of a contract marks but the beginning of action. Doing Good Work. "The organization of the bureau in time of peace has been developed so as to make it an organization for war with the result that it is working smoothly and efficiently notwithstanding the fact that the expenditures have increased from about $3,000,000 to more than $560,000,000.! "Despite the pressure placed upon the bureau by the demands for more ordnance material of standard types, it has been able to develop much new material, including large depth charges, new submarine bombs, non-ricochet shells, bomb-dropping sights, howitzers, guns for throwing depth j charges, smoke screen apparatus, heavier ordnance on aircraft, and j many other important designs, which we feel it unwise to disclose, and made much progress on essential articles of lesser importance." ' New Supply Sources. "Where there were shortages in the market of various materials the bureau took steps immediately to develop new sources of supply. "Reserves of ammunition and shells have been acquired, and money placed at the disposal of the bureau, we find, has been spent wisely, and has been obligated practically as soon as it became available. The bureau had for years been preparing for war. Guns, mounts, shell, powder and ordnance equipment in large amounts have been manufactured ! and held in readiness for eventual j use. With the declaration of armed neutrality guns and ammunition were promptly placed on the merchant ships of the United States. Upon the declaration of war telegrams long held in readiness were put on the wire, and the wheels were in motion ?without a jar the machinery took up the load placed upon it. There j has been no breakdown, no let up; j on the contrary there has been increased speed and greater momentum. Practically No Delay. "Deliveries under war-time contracts of guns, mounts and accessories now are beins: received; little or no delays have been experienced. "The navy's industrial ordnance plants have been and are being expanded as rapidly as practicable I without interfering with their production. The results of much of this expansion will be felt this spring in ; increased deliveries of all types of j ordnance material. "Anticipating the needs of the na- I val service and marine corps for ad- i ditional machine guns, the bureau i wisely conducted a test of the Lewis ' machine gun early in April, 1917, | with a view to definitely deiermining j _ i its serviceability. Recent reports \ from the war zone indicate that the j gun is giving entire satisfaction. Depth Charges. "Under depth charges, which the j committee thinks may be properly; termed 'the terror of the submarine,' have been produced in quantity, and are in use by.our destroyers and submarine chasers. "It was especially gratifying to note that the skill, ingenuity and inventive resources of the bureau have been productive of new designs demanded by the present methods of modern warfare. Advantage has been taken of every suggestion, irrespective of its source. * * * Fine Executives. "The committee was gratified at the executive ability shown by naval officers placed in charge of industrial work. As an illustration, the bureau found it necessary to commandeer a plant producing binoculars and other optical instruments for the navy. Under the former management this j plant produced but 168 standard Di-j noculars in two months, whereas during the first two weeks of operation under navy management it has pro- i duced 600 satisfactory binoculars for the use of lookouts and spotters. "The committee made a special inquiry as to the damage done to tor-1 peddes at the Bliss works. It ascer-1 tained that torpedoes or damaged' I parts have found their way into serI vice, that spare parts for torpedoes, j such as gyrowheels, had been tamper- j j ed with, but this was promptly de- j tected by the naval inspector of ord- j nance and a close watch was maintained upon these articles, with the i : result that the perpetrator of the I | damage, one Paul Charles Hennig, a ' native of Leipsig, Germany, who had been in this country since 1908, has been arrested and is awaiting trial. Attacks Warded Off. "The committee was supplied with full information of how many attacks of submarines upon armed merchantmen have been warded off by the ship's gun crews using the battery with bravery and skill, and was given the details of certain engagements of special interest. The record of attacks on our merchantmen shows a comparatively small percentage were successful, and that the chances of escape, when a submarine is sighted, before she has time to fire a torpedo, are very high, due to the efficiency of ?he naval personnel. The unseen torpedo is responsible for 80 per cent j of the sinkings." Cut the Lights. "1 He?"Since you lost that bet, I j think I can claim the forfeit." She?"Really, I don't know what i you mean, and besides someone might! i see us."?American Magazine. MIMUBi11 iMMm?w^1 I FURNITURE | Dear Friends: I wish to thank g have given me since opening my U . been fortunate so far in regard to El it not being delayed very long on 0 have been able to pretty well su Ej the future, no man can say. K I was at the furniture factories H Xmas holidays and find that our g 1 go on all furniture being shippec I places us in a very good condition g The railroads are now, as you we] g ernment control. Any day that tl g stop it immediately then we sha] R same condition as the North and "V gj Sears, Roebuck & Co., and Cha H majority of their furniture from e U exactly the same prices as I. Or jy order was received by one of the ] $i Williamc Str>rp? for tlirpp rnre nf I that I handle. Of course the ordei railroad conditions, but had it b York, and been resold to South Ci what kind of condition would it 1 sumer have paid a great deal mon I it been shipped to your nearest de; Put your hand on the goods, see you like it and not if you don't. J> spend my money with exactly the allowing you the second chance a Again, if you order a suit and ruined. Let me have this trouble I am not knocking you for ord< ordering, and endeavoring to hell is too late. Again thanking you for your ] our 1918 business shall be larger a Yours ver F. K. GF 44 The Furniture Man." EHRH Caught in His Own Trap. It happened in the court room during the trial of a husky young man who was charged with assault and battery. Throughout an especially severe cross examination the defendant stoutly maintained that he had merely pushed the plaintiff "a little bit." "Well, about how hard?" queried the prosecutor. "Oh, just a little bit," responded the defendant. "Now," said the attorney "for the benefit of the judge and the jury, you will please step down here and, with me for the subject, illustrate just ho\^ hard you mean." Owing to the unmerciful badgering which the witness had just been through, the prosecutor thought that the young man would perhaps overdo tlie matter to get DacK ai mm, ana thus incriminate himself. The defndant descended as per schedule, and approached the waiting attorney. When he reached him the spectators were astonished to see him slap the lawyer in the face, kick him in the shins, seize^ him bodily and, finally, with a supreme effort, lift him from the floor and hurl him prostrate across the table. Turning from the bewildered prosecutor, he faced the court and explained mildly: "Your honor and gentlemen, about one-tenth that hard!" CITATION NOTICE. The State of South Carolina? County of Bamberg?By J. J. Brabham, Jr., Esq., Judge of Probate. Whereas G. W. Kearse hath made suit to me to grant him letters of administration of the estate and affontc nf \T A Inahinptt dppp.asfid. VUV/VWO VI J.A. A?.v? VAMWVVJ These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said M. A. 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