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I n ?n 1 4 | THE THIRD LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN BEGINS ON ANNIVERSARY OP ENTRY INTO WAR. > 0 ; i Secretary MeAdoo Announces That Amount and Interest Rate Are Yet to Be Determined. Washington, March 1.?April 6,; ^the first anniversay of the United States' entry into the war, the third Liberty loan will open. There will be a campaign of three or four weeks. In announcing the date tonight Secretary MeAdoo said the amount ; of the loan, the interest rate and: other features such as convertability ! of bonds of previous issues, maturity and terms of payment are yet to be j determined and that new legislation will be necessary before plans can be completed. 'The fact that the amount of the loan is dependent on further legislation indicates that it will he for more than $3,600,000,000, the remainder authorized by unissued bonds, and the fact that certificates of indebtedness now being sold in anticipation of the loan bear 4 1-2 per cent, affords some indication of the interest rate. ' How large the loan shall be depends largely, however, on the fate of the pending war finance bill carrying an appropriation of a half billion dollars, and action on the railroad bill with its appropriation of a similar amount. Although Mr. McAdoo made no specific announcement it is now taken for granted in official circles that there will be but one more loan be lore June ju, me ena ui me uscai year. The statement concerning the date of the campaign was made at this time, Secretary McAdoo explained, give every community time to prepare for the big bond sale, and he strongly advocated popular demonstrations of patriotism on the day of j the opening of the loan and the sec-1 ond year of war. < IPI ? A Sympathetic Fence. A gentleman traveling on horseback came upon an Irish farmer fencing in a most desolate piece of land. "What are you fencing in that lot for, my man?" said he. "A herd of cows would starve to death on that land." "And sure, your honor, wasn't I fencing it to keep the poor beasts out iv it?"?Country Gentleman. he Greatest JVc ory Ever Writtt ATTEMPTED BLACKMAIL. Fine of One Thousand Dollars and Serve One Year On Gang. Atlanta, Feb. 27.?One year at hard labor on the chaingang and a fine of $1,000?the maximum penalty for a misdemeanor case?was the sentence imposed on J. W. Cook, real estate agent, for an attempt to blackmail Asa G. Candler, multi-mil lionaire soft drink manufacturer ana mayor of Atlanta, in the Fulton county superior court today. The jury deliberated less than a half hour and | Judge Ben Hill passed sentence im-| mediately upon hearing its report, j The trial was one of the speediest j in the history of Atlanta courts. Motion for a new trial was at once j made by council for the defense and Judge Hill fixed March 16 as the date1 for hearing arguments on the plea. | Cook's bond was placed at $3,000. It: was announced that the case against. Mrs. Margaret Hirscli, wife of H. H. \ Hirsch, a well known insurance man,! indicted jointly with Cook, would be; called Friday morning. Tried in Short Time. Less than eight hours' time was consumed in disposing of the Cook case. A jury was secured within an hour after court convened and the State had presented the' bulk of its evidence before the noon recess, in the testimony of Mr. Candler, the first witness, and Forrest Adair, who acted as his agent in dealing with Cook and Mrs. Hirsch. Tcie defense depended solely on a brief statement by Cook. Attracted by the prominence of the principals, crowds thronged the court house an hour before court convened and when the case was called every seat in the room was occupied, scores of women and children being among the spectators. Mrs. Hirsch entered the court attired in a blue tailored suit and wearing a heavy veil. She discarded the latter immediately and smiled and nodded to those about her : in an unconcerned manner. She took a seat among counsel across the table from Cook. Thus Mrs. Hirsch spent her 38th birthday. Mayor Candler is 67 years of age. 1 Simeon Hyde, of Charleston, and Walter W. Benson, of Greenwood, have been appointed captains in the new regiment of the reserve militia, according to an order issued from the office of the Adjutant General. 1 When th /not wait for England, and He recoi words. In a f< ?and after t | before he wi H| Sergeant r to be wc to live f to be co to go "c to grasp to capti to get t yi We take this remarkal mencing NE] First insta NEXT W t ~~1 SEND L BAI HHBBDBBHBBHHiI FIELD DAY PROGRAMME. Annual School Events to Be Held on April 11th and 13th. The annual field day events will be held this year in Bamberg on Thursday evening, April 11th, and Friday, April 12th. The field day committee has prepared a very attractive programme for this annual school occasion. Last year the field day was a * * *'1 *4 I/* Vi Ano/T tremendous success, auu n is by those who have the matter in charge that every school in the county will participate this year, and make field day the biggest event ever held by the schools in Bamberg county. The following is the programme in full: Thursday Evening, April 11th. At the Bamberg school auditorium. High school declamation and recitation contests. . Each school will be allowed one boy in the high school and one in the graded school declamation contests. Each school will also be allowed one girl in the high and one in the graded school contests. The graded school contests will be held Friday morning. Friday, April 12th. 9:30 a. m. Assembling of the schools of the county in the auditorium of the Bamberg graded school. 9:40 a. m. Address of welcome. Response. * Announcements. 10:00 a. m. Contests in the following subjects: English composi tion, English grammar, arithmetic, I algebra, geometry, geography, reading, spelling Latin, and general science. 12:00 m. to 1:00 p. m. Dinner. (Promptly at one o'clock the schools will come together for a parade to the athletic field.) 1:00 p. m. to 4:00 p. m. Athletic events. 4:30 p. m. Announcemnts of winners and awarding of trophy cups. MENTAL CONTEST. Class A, high school.?English j grammar, analysis of sentences and; parsing of words. Theme writing?; on some topic of today. Arithmetic ?percentage and interest. Algebra! 1st?through fractions. Algebra 2nd; ?to simultaneous quadratics. Plane 1 geometry?books I-II. Solid geome try?books VI-VIII. Latin?Caesar, books I-III. General science?pages 1 1-232. History?West's modern: i world, to part VI. CLASS B. 5th, 6th, and 7th grades. Arith- 1 metic, 5th grade?Smith's Advanced, j pages 1-100. Arithmetic, 6th grade \ he" ?i Serg't Arthi ie Lusitania was sunk Art his country to declare 1 I enlisted as a Canadian, ints this incident in "OVf ew thousand more worfls i hat he is in France?for I as invalided home, in the t Empey tells what it actv rnnded seven times; or a year and a half with m vered with "cooties" and n iver the top" in a charge; i for your gas helmet when ire a Prussian; mgled up in barb=wire wit! irds away; pleasure in announcing ble story and that it will WEEK. illment ffctK | IN YOUR SU1 MBERC \ ?Smith's Advanced, pages 100-164. Arithmetic, 7th grade?Smith's Advanced, pages 164-283. Grammar, 5th grade?Kinard & Withers', to page 242. Grammar, 6th grade? Analysis of sentences and parsing of j nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Grammar, 'Jth. grade?analysis of sentences and parsing of words. C+Vi rrwn/la irnnld't! Moe. OpClHilgy U til giau^ Xil UV1U KJ AfAMW I tery of Words, to page 82. Spelling, 6th grade?Arnold's Mastery of Words, to page 128. Spelling, 7th grade?Arnold's Mastery of Words, part 11 to page 38. Geography, 5th grade?Groups of States with capitals and chief cities. Geography, 6th grade?Leading occupations with the chief products of the different States. Geography, 7th grade?Questions on capitals, forms of government, lead-i ing occupations, and the chief products of the countries now at war. CLASS C. 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th 'grades, subtraction, multiplication division. Arithmetic, 4th grade?Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division. Arithmetic, 3rd grade?addition, subtraction together with multiplication tables. Arithmetic, 2nd grade?ad- , dition and subtraction. Reading, 4th i grade. Reading, 3rd grade. Read ing, 2nd grade. Reading 1st grade.?; Readers to be selected. Spelling, 4th j grade?Arnold's Mastery of Words 1 to page 50; spelling, 3rd grade? Hunt's Progressive Speller, book I, , section I. Spelling, 2nd grade? Hunt's Modern Word Book for Pri- ' mary grades to page 50. Athletic Programme. 1 Boys over 14?100 yard dash; 1 mile relay race; running high jump; running broad jump; pole vault. Girls over 14?50 yard dash; 1-4 mile relay race; running broad jump; potato race; baseball throw. . Boys under 14?75 yard dash;running high jump; running broad jump; 1-2 mile relay race; baseball throw. Girls under 14?40 yard dash; running broad jump; 75 yard dash; 1-4 mile relay race; sack race. . The following are the rules, regu- ( lations and suggestions for field day ; exercises: ! Mental Contests. ] Each school will be allowed one entry for each mental contest. This means, of course, that there can be one from each for every contest in ' that grade. All who expect to enter any of 1 these contests will report to Prof. ] Allen's office where they will regis- . ter and be directed to the room where their contests will be held. One 1 TOI 3Y : ir Guy Empey thur Guy Empey decided war?so he sailed with R THE TOP" in less th< he completes his experiei the greater part of the ei "Front Line Trenches." tally means and feels lik< iud and rats and shells; ever to get rid of them; _ a second's delay-mean's d< 1 that machine gun work umi wc nave dctui cu ; I appear in weekly ins Firs Nl BSCRIPTION 1 1 HERj hour will be allowed for these contests. neriamatinn and Recitation Contests. Each school which expects to enter these contests should send the names of the pupils who are to speak, along with the name of the school, to Pro. Allen, Bamberg, S. C., two days before the contest. No one who won a medal in either declamation or recitation contest last year will be eligible to speak this year. Athletic Contests. Each school will be allowed one' entry in each athletic contest. How- j ever, no pupil may enter more than t three athletic contests. No pupil j who won first place m any athletic j contest last year will be allowed to j enter the same contest this%year. All pupils who wish to enter any; athletic contest will be required to; register at Prof. Allen's office be- j fore the hour for beginning these i contests. Trophy Cups. There are to be two cups awarded j this year. One will be awarded to j the rural graded school making the j highest number of points, and one j to the town graded school making i the highest number of points. In j case any rural school should make a higher number of points than the! Viichoct marlA hv a tnwn school. it I will be awarded both cups. On the i other hand, no town school will be' eligible to compete for the rural j school cup. In counting points there shall be J first and second only. In the dec-! lamation and recitation contests first place shall count twenty points and each second place ten points. In the mental contests, first place will count ten points, and second place five. In athletic contests, first place shall count five, and second place 2.5. We earnestly request all schools to take part in this programme. The teachers of Bamberg cotinty are urged to meet at the graded school auditorium next Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The field day programme and other matters of importance are to be discussed. It is urged that as many teachers as possible be present at this meeting. COMMITTEE. A Threatened Harvest. As the oats in her hat nodded and trembled they persistently tickled the ear of the man seated next to her. He stood it in silence for some time, then he ostentatiously took a huge knife out of his pocket and began to sharpen it on the sole of his boot. "Whatever are you g-g-going to 3-d-do?" gasped the girl. "Oh, don't you worry, Miss!" said the man, testing the edge of the blade on his thumb. "But the next time them oates gets in my ears there's going to be a harvest!" D 1 that he could out orders for *&? m five hundred ices in England ighteen months jjM ;ath; J&5 ing a few ^ /M4? ?> 1 M? /vl%4>r% A )cnai rigiiu> iu jjjj tallments com t installment EXT ;WEEK || \LD || REUNION IN TULSA. . Local Committee Announcement Follows Statement Concerning Rates. Tulsa, Okla., March 2.?Reports that Tulsa had withdrawn its invitation to the 'Confederate Veterans to hold their 1918 reunion in this city, because of the war, were denied today by the local committee having in charge arrangements for the gathering of the old soldiers, but it was stated that the reunion would probably be posponed from the date originally set in June to some time in September. The announcement by the local committee followed a statement issued by Director General McAdoo, of * the railroad administration, giving assurance that adequate equipment would be provided for the transpor/ tation of veterans and visitors to this city, and that the railroads would be authorized to make a special rate of a cent a mile for the reunion. Urges Catts to Keep Liquor Out. Columbia, March 1.?Governor . Manning, in an appeal to Sidney J. Catts, Governor of Florida, asks that something be done to suppress the "pernicious and demoralizing traffic" in liquor between Jacksonville and South Carolina. In the absence of Governor Catts, a reply has been received from J. S. Blitch, his secretary, who says that the Floridian is doing everything to have a "dry" State and a "dry" nation, and the prospects for a liquorless Jacksonville are bright, as he thinks that Florida will adopt prohibition by an overwhelming majority at a referendum to be held in November. ^ * m? ^ Either Would Do. An Irishman occupied a barber's chair recently and he was drowsy. His eyes could not be kept open and his head rolled about and dropped over his shoulder and down upon his chest in a way that made shaving a . difficulty for the knight of the lather and a dangerous one for the patient. At last the barber said gently but firmly: "Look-e-here, sir, I can't possibly shave you unless you hold up your head." To which the response was made with drowsy indifference: "Well, thin, cut my hair."?London Standard. -i -ji-a