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On? Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1918. Established 1891.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
l County and Elsewhere.
' . Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, Jan. 29.?The Carolina
Gin company started up again last
week, finishing up the 1917 crop of
cotton, which was a record breaker
lor this section?and such beautiful
weather last fall for gathering. All,
as a general thing, graded middling
ur uenci.
The town is sure up against it
with the lighting plant. It seems as
if the engine is about worn out as
it will not pull the generator sufficiently
to give a good light. It has
heen running just long enough to
give the town a good taste of being
well lighted and now how it is regretted
even with just one night's
darkness. Why not some of our capitalists
install an up-to-date power
plant, using steam for power to pull
the generator? It is a good investment.
The moon is the only lighting
monopoly that never made mon
ey?some one get busy.
Last Wednesday Messrs. J. C. Kinard,
J. F. Chassereau, F. H. Copeland
and A. L. Baxter left on the
2:15 train for Ashepoo to enjoy an
outing and deal with the finny tribe,
k It is remembered how it rained and
. froze those two days last week and
they left in the ice. They returned
Friday and to ask any of them about
the "luck" they would hang their
l$eads arid walk off, good as to say
"fish do not wear overcoats."
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. McTeer and
son Herman, of Green Pond, motored
up Sunday, spending the day with
relatives and friends. They returned
home in the afternoon.
Mr. C. S. Henery, who for some
years has been cashier of the Farmers
& Merchants Bank, was called
to the army last fall to Camp Jackson.
He is now off on his first fur.
lough and is visiting friends in town.
Mr. Jeff L. Ashe, of Orangeburg, ,
was in town last Saturday and Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Copeland,
of Summerton, visited Harry's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Copeland,
last week. ,
The war's fuel restrictions have
the business men on the "hard" by
not allowing them to- burn fuel on
Mondays. The clerks are well pleased
with it?two "Sundays" per week
to rest and see their girls.
The weather man got some rest
last Friday and Saturday as the sun
was out good and warm, but Sunday
morning found him at his post?rain
Sunday, Monday partly cloudy and
Tuesday cold again. JEF.
Colston Clippings.
Colston, Jan. 29.?We are glad to
see warm weather and days of sunshine
for the first time in many
weeks.
Mr. Albert Clarke, of Asheville, N.
C., visited relatives in this section
last week-end.
Mr. Talbert Padgett and Miss Easter
Padgett, of Bamberg, were at
home Sunday.
Miss Minnie Kirkland spent Saturday
night with Miss Laura McMil/
lan.
Miss Bessie Kirkland was the
pleasant guest of Miss Mary Clayton
Saturday night.
? The Sunday guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kearse were:
Misses Minnie Kirkland, Laura McMillan
and Eloise Kirkland, of Olar.
Rev. D. H. Owings, of Ehrhardt,
dined at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. McMillan Friday
Mr Duncan Beard, of Savannah,
was suddenly called home last week
, on account of the death of his father.
j Mr. G. W. Beard.
Miss Bessie Folk and Messrs. John,
Hammie and George Folk dined at
^ the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Clayton Sunday.
The friends of Mrs. Molly Kearse
will regret to learn that she is very
ill.
1KH1DLIU1.
An old negro woman, standing by
the grave of her husband, shook her
head and said mournfully: ''Poor
Rastus! I hope he's gone where
I 'speck he ain't."?Judge.
Government estimates of the production
of petroleum in the United
States in 1917 place it at nearly 14
per cent, greater than any previous
year.
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WARNS AGAINST OFFENSIVE.
Baker Says U-Boats Are Being Befitted
for Blow Against America.
Washington, Jan. 27.?Warning
that the Germans are preparing for
a great submarine offensive against
the American lines of communication
with France in connection with the
impending Teutonic drive against the
west front, is given by Secretary
Baker in his weekly military review
made public tonight by the war department.
Recently there has been a marked
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merchant ships sunk by submarines.
The explanation for this is found n
the withdrawal of submarines in preparation
for the coming thrust on
land and sea. The review says:
"As the time draws near, when
once again the enemy will endeavor
to strike a decisive blow in the west,
it must be emphasized that he will
not be content with mere military
operations on a large scale.
"During the last fortnight enemy
submarines have been called to home
ports to be refitted, and the most
powerful submarine offensive
hitherto undertaken may be expected
to be launched against our lines of
communication with France, to interrupt
the steady flow of men and
munitions for our owq armies and
food supplies for the Allies.
More Active on Land.
"During the period under review
renewed activitv along the entire
western front is noted.
"The region bordering the North
sea has once again become the scene
of severe fighting.
"A carefully coordinated operation,
undertaken by British monitors acting
in concert with land batteries in
the area north of Ypres, sujected the
German defenses of Osteud and
surounding country to a severe bombardment.
"No infantry action was attempted
in this sector oy the British, but
later in the week the Germans reacted
sharply and directed a strong
assault against the short sector of the
line in the Dune area, which fringes
the coast in the vicinity of Nieupoit.
This attack, which must be considered
something more than a simple
raid, broke into the Trench lines and
for a brief period the enemy detachments
were able to hold their ground
in tne aavancea j<rencn outposts.
The French dro/e out the enemy and
were able to reestablish themselves in
their former positions without difficulty.
"In the Italian theatre the importance
of the successful French assault
in the region of the Monte Tomba
three weeks ago is proven by the retreat
of the enemy in this area.
"The enemy has abandoned an extensive
tract of terrain north of the
Monte Tomba, extending to the Piave.
The Austrian lines now rest on
the Monte Spinoncia.
"It would appear that the enemy
has for the time being abandoned his
attempt to break through this channel
to the plain.
"The Austrians, while strong in
th this sector, nevertheless, no longer
directly threaten the key positions
of the Italian line. Increasing liveliness
of enemy artillery in the ValLagarina
is recorded. * * *
"Reports reach us of the increasing
restiveness of the Slav population
of Austria, more particularly the
Czechs.
"The general strike in Vienna and
other upheavals throughout the monarchy
are assuming serious proportions.
"In Russia peace negotiations have
continued with frequent interruptions.
"In Palestine the British are extending
their lines to the north and
during a week advanced further in
the neighborhood of Durah on a
frontage of approximately four miles.
"The victory of the British over the
Turkish naval .forces off the Darnil
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event of especial military significance.
"Observers coming from Constantinople
very recently informed us
as long as Constantinople remained
under the guns of the former German
cruisers Goeben and Breslau the
Turks would necessarily continue under
the domination of the Germans."
Arrangements have been made for
some relaxation of the restrictions
on the exports of foodstuffs to Cuba,
whose people are greatly dependent
upon the United States for their food
supply. Among the exports which
may be licensed in limited quantities
are condensed milk, butter and
cheese, pork and pork products,
beef and beef products, and dried
fruits.
GREAT AMERICAN AR
BE SENT TOJF
Secretary of War Bai
Statement Before Co
To Charges Agai
Washington, Jan 2S.?America,
will have an army of half a million ,
men in France early this year, with a
million more trained and equipped
ready to follow as quickly as ships
can be provided to carry them and the
outlook for ships is not unpromising.
Secretary Baker gave this information
to the nation and to the world
today in a statement before the senate
military committee baring much
that until now has been carefully ;
guarded with the army's military secrets,
in answering charges that the
government has broken down.
From early morning until late afternoon
the sercetary addressed the
committee and a crowd including
many members of both houses of congress
gathered in a big hearing room 1
of the senate office building. He
spoke extemporaneously, beginning
with details of the mammoth task
of building an army of a million and 1
a half, answering such complaints of 1
inefficiency as were cited by Senator
Chamberlain in his recent speech and
declaring that such instances were 1
isolated and not general. Some ques- 1
tions were asked and .Mr. Baker from 1
time to time had assistants to the '
unobserved staff of 15 or 20 or 25
young men, the most brilliant men
in the French army?strategists, me- 1
chanical experts, experts in arms, ex- 1
perts in supplies, experts in indus- 1
try and manufactures, and they told 1
us not merely the formal and military 1
problems, but they brought over with 1
them men who were in from the beginning,
in their reorganizations of
their industries; in their mobilization
of their industrial plants and we sat
down with them in little groups until
finally we collated and collected and
extracted all the information which1
they could give us from their respect-!
ive countries. And every country
which has been brought in the war
has brought that sort, or sent us that
sort of staff of experts and it has
been necessary to'compare notes and
with this as a basis to form such an j
idea as might be formed of what was |
the thing for us to do over there. j
Story Grew Old.
"But that was not enough. They
admitted that it was impossible to!
draw that picture. They could de- j
scribe to us and bring the specifica-!
tions and drawings for a piece of ar-j
tillery but they could not tell us why 1
the British theory of the use of artillery
was by the British preferred;1
tn that nf thp French. Thev could !
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not picture to us a barrage of heavy?
howitzers as compared to a barrage !
of 75mm guns. They could not picture
to us the association of aircraft,'1
balloons and mobile aircraft with ar-j
tillery use. They could tell us about j
it but even while they told us the j
story grew old. ['
"The thing they told us from the:
vefy beginning to the end was that \1
this war of all others was not a static i1
thing; that our adversary was aj(
veritable and agile adversary; that j'
every day he revamped and changed!
his weapons of attack and his meth-j!
ods of defense; that the stories theyr
were telling us were true when theyj
left England and France, but an en- 1
4irelv different thing was probably j
taking place there now and they told
us of large supplies of one kind and 1
another which they had developed in
France and England and which, ev
en before they got tnem manuiaciur- .
ed in sufficient quantity to take them 1
from the industrial plants to the !
front, were superceded by new ideas
and had to be thrown into the scrap
heap.
"They said to us this is a moving
picture, it is something that nobody 1
can paint and give us an idea of it.
It is not a static thing.
1
"Therefore, it became necessary ,
for us to have envoys there in instant!
and immediate communication and!
we sent over General Pershing and j
we sent with him not merely a di-i'
vision of troops?to that I shall refer}1
in a moment?but we sent with him
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pernaps i can suieiy sa.v me majui |
part of the trained, expert personnel,
of the army. You know the size o 1 i
the official corps of the regular ar-:
my in this country when the war j'
broke out. Tt was a pitiful handful of}'
trained men and yet it was necessary
to divide them and send over to i'
France officers of the highest quality j
MY WILL
'RANCE, SAYS BAKER
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ngressmen. ? Answer
nst Government
so that they would be at the front
and see in the workshops and in the
factories and in the war offices and
in the armies, where consultations
would take place immediately back
of the front?so that they could see
the thing with their own eyes and
send us back the details by cable every
day of the changing character of
this war.
"General Pershing's staff of experts
and officers over there runs into the
thousands and they are busy every
minute and every day that the sun
rises I get cablegrams from General
Pershing from 16 to 20 pages long,
filled with measurements and formulas
and changes of millimetre in size,
great long specifications of changes in
detail which were agreed upon last
week and changed this week and
need to be changed again, so that
what we are doing at this end is attempted
by using the eyes of the army
there to keep up with what they
want us to do.
"Already you will find in your further
examination into some of the
bureau work of the department, some
of the divisions, when they come
ehown you will find that schedules
were agreed upon, weapons which
ivprp splppted and which we had start
3d to manufacture have been so far
discarded that people have forgotten
the names of them almost, and newthings
substituted in their place, and
those forgotten and new things in
their places.
"So that if one gets the idea that
this is the sort of war we used to
have, or if he gets the idea that this
is a static thing it is entirely an erroneous
idea and when you remember
that we had to divide this little
handful of officers that we had and
>end so large a part of them to France
and then think of those who remained
it home, you will realize, I am sure,
that those who remained here had the
double duty, insufficient for either
aspect of it, in numbers?and they
still have this double duty?they had
to go forward with manufacturers,
work out'industrial relations. They
had to see about supplies of rawmaterials
and manufacture finished
products and make from day to day
alterations and changes that had to
be made and they had to be ingenues
with suggestions, to see whether they
?ould devise on this side something
which had not been thought of over
hhere
"They had to be hospitable to sug-l
?estions which came from the other
side; they had to confer with the
foreign officers who were here and
telephone for reports on specific questions.
Then toward the close of the day
the secretary delivered a dramatic
general statement of the American
war plan, telling of the
coming of the allied missions,
of the day and night, conferences
with men from the scene
of battle in which the plans now being
executed were adopted and of
success beyond expectations in building
the army and its industrial support
at home, transporting men
across the *ocean, constructing railroads
in France and preparing to
strike the enemy with every resource
at the country's command.
Profound Impression Made.
When Mr. Baker closed it was apparent
he had created a profound imnnnnninn
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said so before he left the stand. There
was no attempt at cross examination.
The chairman proposed that the secretary
be given a rest and it was virtually
agreed to recall him for further
examination later after the committee
has completed its hearing of
officers of the medical corps, aviation
and other branches of the service.
Scenes Already Set.
"Now, gentlemen, about the plan
of the war. It will be remembered
that this war broke out in August,
1914. We went into it in April,
_ m
1917, so that for two and one-half
years, or more than two and one-half
years the war had been going on. It
was not as though war had broken
cut between the United States and
some country, each of them prior to
that time having been at peace with
one another and with everybody else;
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AMERICA AM) VIKXXA.
Opinion Expressed That Hie Two
Might l>e Able to Agree.
London, Jan. 25.?"It is obvious to
me," said Count Czernin, "that an
exchange of views between America
ft
and Austria-Hungary might form the
starting point for a conciliatory discussion
among all States which have
not yet entered into peace negotiations."
Commenting on the fourteen points
in President Wilson's war aims
speech Count Czernih said, according
to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Copenhagen, that Austria
n uugdiv duu /unci ita ?cic vinuauj
in agreement regarding the great
principles for new arrangements after
the war.
Count Czernin qualified his statement
respecting agreement with somex
of President Wilson's proposals by
saying that Austria-Hungary would
support Germany.
Austria-Hungary and America,
Count Czernin said, were two belligerants
whose interests were less incompatible
than they seemed. He
characterized the speech of President
Wilson regarding war aims as an
important advance toward the Austro-Hungarian
view point which contained
some proposals in which Austro-Hungary,
would gladly join.
The foreign minister said the population
of Poland would decide its
own fate. The Polish question
must not delay peace one day. If
Poland, after the war, wished to advance
toward Austria-Hungary such
an advance would be welcomed.
Interpretation of the right of free
action of peoples has caused a differ
ence between Russia ana Germany,
said Count Czernin, but a compromise
must be reached. The
differences of view were not great
enough to justify abandonment of
the peace negotiations.
Dry Amendment is Ratified.
Columbia, Jan. 26.?The senate
spent yesterday morning in considering
uncontested matters, after
which it passed a resolution that
when it adjourned it would adjourn
to meet at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday.
The most notable resolution ordered
ratified was that introduced by
Messrs. Daniel, Rector and Ducksworth
in the house, ratifying the proposed
amendment to the constitution
of the United States.
It was ordered ratified by the senate
without a dissenting vote, due
probably only to the fact that it had
passed a second reading overwhelmingly.
SPOKE FOR KAISER, SAYS "T. R."
Roosevelt Characterizes Senator's
Speech as Insidious.
Washington, Jan. 24.?Theodore
Roosevelt in a speech before the National
Press Club, asserted his right
to criticise the conduct of the war
and declaied it to be every man's
duty to expose inefficincy if it retards
the work of the war making machinery.
In answer to an attack made on
him recently in the senate by Senator
Stone he said the speech was an
fjisidious effort in behalf of Germany,
and that the Missouri senator
had been the first to inject partisan
politics into the war.
German Newspaper Criticizes.
The Committee on Public Information
has made the following trans
lation of an article appearing in the
Bremer Buerger-Zeitung:
"A soldier's wife who had
gathered wood in the common forest
of Waldkirch, near Freiburg in
Breisgau, was sentenced for the offence
in the following terms:
" 'Mrs. Clara Ganter, on June 13,
1917 has removed from the common
forest of Waldkirch, Sec I 23, one
fagot of dry fir twigs of the value
of 10 pfenning. In punishment
thereof she is sentenced to a fine of
one mark and one day's imprisonment.'
"Tne nusoand or ine cuipnt nas
been for three years at the front,
she herself has four small children
to support in the direst poverty.
Similar reports of punishment should
be reported in greater numbers. Our
bureaucracy understands how to
employ this period of shortage of
wood and coal on a large scale for
the benefit of the treasury.'*
The winter of 1916-17 was the
most disastrous the range stockmen
of the West have ever known. The
lamb crop for the entire West was
15 to 20 per cent, below the average,
and the calf crop was considerably
below normal. t
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading.?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Governor Manning has sent/the
general assembly a message in which
he urges a State-wide school compulsory
law.
me bnerin s association or soutn
Carolina held its annual meeting in
Columbia Tuesday night. R. S. Patterson,
of Marlboro, was elected president.
Policeman Conklin of Charleston,
shot and killed a negro named James
Brown, Wednesday. Brown resisted
arrest for begging and took away the
poiceman's club.
This State's proportion of the 250,000
shipbuilders to be raised in the
United States is approximately 6,000.
A special effort will be made to secure
at least this number of men.
The house has passed its bill for
the abolition of the state tax commission
by a good majority. The
house bill would substitute a state
board of assessors consisting of fourteen
members, one from eaeh indioial
circuit. The fight is mainly against
A. W. Jones, who is described as a
would-be autocrat with reference to
taxation.
APPROPRIATION BILL.
House Gives First Reading to
Measure.?Total of $3,154,758.85.
Columbia, Jan. 24.?The general
appropriation bill, carrying a total
of $3,154,758.85, which will necessitate
a levy of 8 3-4 mills on the
present taxable property of the State
was introduced in the House tonight
and given its first reading. The budget
measure last year carried a total >
of $2,985,846.77, and 8 1-2 mills.
The ways and means committee Dili
for 1918 shows an increase of $168,910,08
over the measure of last year.
The total estimates submitted to the
ways and means committee was $3,442,073.71
and that body cut this
down by $287,314.86.
The State superintendent of education
asked for a total of $561,100 for
the public schools and the committee
allowed $326,600.
The $5,000 asked for by the State
geologist was refused.
The University of South Carolina
asked for 185,957.80 and was allowed
$143,826.36.
Winthrop College's estimate was
$216,244.40, and the ways and means
committee allowed $196,325.86.
The Citadel asked for $64,200 and
the committee increased the estimate
to $175,860.
The Medical College of South Caro!
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una asiveu ior ^u,d;u auu v\<ts allowed
$47,620.
The estimate for the Governor's % _
office of $17,180 was cut to $15,680,
and the $50,000 requested for the
law enforcement was disallowed by
a vote of seven for and seven against.
The Adjutant General's office is allowed
$5,900 for its expenses and
$45,087 for the new regiment. The
Adjuntant General's office asked for
$40,200 and approximately $68,000
for the regiment of State troops..
The Governor's mansion was cut
from $1,950 to $500.
May Vote on Bond Issue.
Columbia, Jan. 25.?A sub-committee
of the ways and means committee
of the house, headed by E. M.
Seabrook, of Charleston, as chair
man, is preparing a resolution providing
for submission to the people
of the State in a referendum election
the question of increasing the bonded
indebtedness of South Carolina by
$4,000,000, as recommended by Governor
Manning, read to the genral
assembly Wednesday night.
The resolution would provide $1,000,000
for permanent bridges over
the streams of the State connecting
arterial highways; $1,500,000 to put
the State on a cash basis, and $1,500,000
for permanent buildings for
State institutions and the erection
of an office building to house the
various State departments now renting
offices in the city of Columbia*
outside of the State capitol. This
last item would be so divided as to
provid $400,000 for the office building
and $1,100,000 for structures at
the institution for the deaf, dumb
and blind at Cedar Springs, negro
colleges at Orangeburg; reformatories
for white and colored and for
negro youths, University of South
Carolina, Winthrop college and others.