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Slip Hamburg Sjpralb % One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1918. Established 1891. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Clear Pond Callings. \ Colston, March 12.?Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Padpett and family dined with Mr. and Mrs. Dave Smith, of the Ehrhardt section, Sunday. Misses Hattie Kirkland, Inez Clayton and Octavie McMillan enjoyed a week-end house party given by Misses Aileen and Hermine Beard. Miss Evelyn Kirkland spent sev-| eral days last weeK witn ner uncie, Mr. W. G. Kirkland, at Bamberg. ,Mr. Harry Hutto, of Hilda, was a visitor in this section Sunday afternoon. The Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kearse were: Misses Sadie Boyd, Mamie McMillan. Minnie Kirkland, Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Kearse and family, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. McMillan and family and Mr. Preston McMillan. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Morris, of the Clear Pond section, visited Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Yarn Sunday. Mr. Harry Richardson, of Bamberg, spent Saturday night and Sunday with friends in this section. Miss Nettie Clayton visited her 1 ^ T_ TT TT nf + V10 UTOtllcr^ jyii . n. xa. v^ia * uwxi, ui tub Hears? section several days last week. We regret to nite that Mesdames H. K. Clayton and Thomas Clayton are on the sick list this week. Mr. and Mrs. Willie McCue and children were the Sunday guests ot Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Beard. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Clayton spent Friday night of last week with Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Bishop. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Folk and children dined at the home of Mr. R. F. Kirkland Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne Thomas and children and Mrs. R. M. Hitt and children, of Bamberg, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McMillan Sunday afternoon. Mr. Jones McMillan spent Saturday night at the home of Mr. Frank Kirkland. La grippe is still standing in the doorway of a good many homes in this section. > Colston, March 6.?(Written for last-week.) Miss Pearle Hutson spent last week-end in North with friends. Mr. Edgar Fender ana nine i^ucile, visited Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Fender Saturday night and Sunday. Misses Bessie Kirkland and Alberta Kearse were the Saturday night guests of Miss Mamie McMillan. Mr. Clyde Padgett, of Camp Green, Charlotte, N. C., was welcomed home by his many friends in this section Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Sudie Barnes spent several days writh relatives in Savannah recently. The Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Padgett were: Misses Sadie Boyd, Evelyn Kirkland, Cora! and Dora McMillan; Messrs Gerald and George Kearse. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Walker, Messrs. Jones Bishop, Frank Kirkland, Jr., and Wesley Kearse dined with Mr. and Mrs. Willie Folk Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Probe Sease and Miss Pretto Fender, of Ehrhardt,. spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Fender. Miss Minnie Kirkland visited Mr. and Mrs. Bob Williams, of Liv ingston, Sunday. Mr. Talbert Padgett, of Bamberg, spent Saturday night and Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Padgett. Miss Bessie Folk and Messrs. Jones Bishop and Hammie Folk were the Saturday night guests of Misses Pet and Doris Folk. Mrs. R. L. Ussery, of Barnwell, was called last week to the bedside of her mother, Mrs. M. S. Wooley, who has been very ill. Mr. and Mrs. Halcod Ayer and Misses Laura, Thyra and Eleanor Goodwin dined at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Clayton Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Bishop visited Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bishop Sunday. Mrs. Ogreta Beard spent several weeks with friends near Ehrhardt, and with her son, Mr. G. C. Beard, of Riley's, recently. .Mrs. furay Ayer anu wmuicu, ui Olar, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Clayton. ^ Denmark Dots Denmark, March 9.?Mrs. G. A Hennies, of Chester, spent the pastj I 9 NO NEW DIVISION'S. Less Than Million Men To Be Called to Complete Organizations. Washington, March 6.?While a large number of men will be called out during the present year to fill up the army and complete its organization, it was learned tonight that war department plans do not call for the creation of any additional divisions in 1918. The announcement concerning the second draft, expected soon from Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder, may outline the manner in which less than 1,000,000 men?probably not much in excess of 800,000?are to be summoned gradually during the year to complete the existing organizations. i Reason for Delay. Delay in the announcement as to the next draft is understood to be due to uncertainty as to which meth^ ^ ?? oll.A+f inor nn rvtoc f A f Cfof OC lO UU Ui auuiiiu^ 4uuiao iv ututvc to be followed. The Senate already has passed, and the House military committee has favorably reported, an amendment to the law to base the OjUota on the number of men in class 1, instead of upon the total registration of a State. This change is regarded as certain to be made, but to avoid further delay schedules of allotments under both systems are ready to go out as soon as final action is taken. Take Care of Harvesting. As to the date'of the second draft, members of congress from agricultural sections have been practically assured that no withdrawal of men from civil life was contemplated which would embarrass harvesting. It has been indicated, however, that a relative small number of men must be called to the colors prior to June 1, and that process may start in April, when equipment, clothing and quarters will be available. The men are needed to fill up to full strength divisions slated for early departure to TCnrnne and also for field armv and corps troops not attached to divisions. The replacement detachments also must go forward at an accelerating rate since American troops are actually holding a seotor of the French front and men are being killed or wounded in action every day. Will Absorb 600,000 Men. The completion of the full programme of the war department without creating any additional divisions probably will absorb in the neighborhood of 600,000 men. The last increments of the first drafd now in process of mobilization, totaling abput 800,000 men, are being used to fill regular and National Guard divisions shown by their effi; ciency reports to be available for early duty abroad. Some of the men are being used also to fill up the special forces although an additional source of supply for highly specialized technical units is being used continuously. This is by special drafts of particularly qualified men for the trades necessary. Orders were issued today to local boards calling for 52 8 artisans of various sorts for non-combatant units. TROTZKY QUITS POST. Bolshevik Premier Fast Parting Company With Former Colleagues. March 10.?While Nikolai Lenine, the Bolshevik premier, is bending every effort to insure ratification by the Russian congress to meet in Moscow March 14 of the peace treaty signed with the central powers, his colleagues in Bolshevik authority are dropping away from him or are being dropped by him. The latest to go is the man who by virtue of his post as a spokesman has been more in the public eye than Lenine himself?Leon Trotzky, the commissioner of foreign affairs. Trotzky's resignation, announced at Maximalist party meeting in Petro. grad, quickly followed that of Ensign Krylenko, the Bolshevik commander in chief. A sample of starch made from the Indian sweet potato (Ipomoea baf o to o ^ hoe Koon fornrohh- ronnrto/1 nn I.UVUO / 1XUO 1U ? Ui U WXJ 1 VvU Vii by a firm in Hull, England. week with relatives here. Mrs. Emma Minor, of Barnwell, is among the visitors here. Miss Gladys LaFitte, of Savannah, Ga., spent the week-end with her sister, Mrs. F. H. McCrae. Mrs. R. M. McCartha, of Bamberg, was a visitor here recently. Mesdames S. D. Guess and G. W. Goolsby visited friends in Walterboro and Hendersonville last week. Miss Richards, of Liberty Hill, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Tom McCrae. IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading.?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Cases involving the title of a State office situated at Columbia must be tried in the circuit court of Richland county, according to an opinion handed down by the State supreme court. An act which has been placed on i the statute books is that which rej lieves all persons in the military or j naval service from the payment of ^ a *1-1 /\?? nf f rt v 11 vin nr f bn i cuminui<auun ui micci ia.v uuuug mc | term of their service/' The provisions | of the act are made applicable to the year of 1917. The meningitis situation in the State shows a large improvement, according to the State board of health. Only three cases have appeared among the civilian population ofj South Carolina since last Monday? one at Columbia, another at Orangei burg and a third at Greenville. H. Cal Hair, of Williston, had his neck broken in an automobile acci. dent near Barnwell Tuesday, when a Ford car in which he was riding was overturned. T. W. Scott, A. P. j Mitchell, Henry Livingston, and one Mingo, ether occupants of the car, were more or less seriously injured. The total fees from licenses issued motor vehicle owners in South Carolina up to date amounts to $226,022.42, which has been turned into tne siaic treasury, aaummg iu a report tonight by the State highway commission, which has been in session today. Licenses have been issued for 523 motorcycles and 38,375 dealers and owners of automobiles. Andrew Baker, a middle-aged white man, was found guilty of murder in the second degree at Camden last Friday and sentenced by Judge Memmin:;er to life imprisonment. Baker was charged with the murder of Lucy Marsh, a white woman whom he waylaid and shot to death while standing behind a tree along the roadside on which the woman was passing riding on a wagon. The latest enterprise for Orangeburg is a velvet bean crushing plant. The business is owrned by F. Mason Crum & Company, a feed and seed concern of this city. The plant is a large hammer attrition mill, which will reduce to commercial meal velvet beans in the pod or corn in the shuck at the rate of 2,000 pounds per hour. The mill is operated by power from a 40-horse power electric motor. Mail bv Airnlane. Washington, March 6.?The postoffice has under consideration a project proposed by Representative Bell of Georgia to establish an airplane postal service between Washington and ^Atlanta, to connect Camps Greene, Wadswort'n, Seveir, Lee and Gordon, with Washington and the Southern city: Mr. Bell, who is a member of the house postoffice committee, says the purpose is to link | these Southern camps with the postoffice department's aerial mail ser| vice that is to be established soon between Washington and New York City. Pershing Praises Fighting Men. In a recent communication to Secretary of War Baker, the commander of the American expedition ary forces said: "There has never been a similar body of men to lead as clean lives as our American soldiers in France. They have entered this war with the highest devotion to duty and with no other idea than to perform these duties in most efficient manner pos-v sible. They fully realize their obligation to their own people, their friends, and the country. A rigid programme of instruction is carried | out daily with traditional American enthusiasm. Engaged in healthy, ! interesting exercises in the open air, with simple diets, officers and men, like trained athletes, are ready for their tasks. Forbidden the use of strong drink and protected by stringent regulations against sexual evils, and supported by their own moral courage their good behavior is the subject of most favorable com ments, especially by our allies. American mothers may rest assured that their sons are a credit to them and to the Nation, and they may well look forward to the proud day when on the battle field these splendid men will shed a new luster on I American manhood." SEC. OF WAR IN FRANCE. Mr. Raker Will Inspect American Front and Confer With Cliiefs. Washington, March 10.?Upon hearing of Secretary Baker's safe arrival in France through the Associated Press dispatch from Paris, the war department tonight announced that the Secretary's visit is purely military and not diplomatic and is for purposes of inspection and per_ sonal conferences with military officials. Mr. Baker is accompanied by Major William M. Black, chief of engineers; Lieut. Col. M. L. Brett and Ralph Hayes, his private secretary. No official report on the secretary's arrival had been received. The department issued this statement: "A cable dispatch from Paris to the Associated Press tonight announces the arrival at a French port of the secretary of war. Sailed Feb. 27. "For some time Secretary Baker has desired to visit the headquarters of the American expeditionary forces. He sailed from an American port about February 27. "Secretary Baker has not determined the length of time he will remain in France, but his stay will be long enough to enable him to make a thorough inspection of the American forces abroad and to hold important conferences with American military officers. "It is expected that not only will Secretary Baker visit the American headquarters, but his*inspection tour will cover construction projects, including docks, railroads and ordnance bases, now under way back of the American lines. "The secretary's visit is military and not diplomatic. It is essentially for the purpose of inspection and personal conferences with military/ officials. "The secretary of war is accompanied by Major Gen. William Black, Lieut. Col. M. L. Brett and Ralph Hayes, private secrtary to Secretary Baker." ^ i?> ? TREATY WITH RUSSIA. Treated by Germany Like Nothing But a Scrap of Paper. March 8.?In spite of the fact Pn.mnl trootr f noafo hflSl Uldl <X 1U1 liiai iicav/ vt |/vmvw been signed by the central powers and the Bolshevik government of Russia, fighting continues at various points along the eastern front. That Germany considers the convention she forced / Lenine and Trotzky to sign as a "scrap of paper" is evidenced by the announcement that the Teutons have reached Jamburg, a town 68 miles from Petrograd. The report of the subsequent partial retirements of the Germans does not lend encouragement to the belief that further invasion of Russia has been abandoned. The text of the peace treaty signed by Roumania serves, too, to show that the central powers are loath to forego any requests they may make in Russia. One of the clauses of the Roumanian treaty "bound that country to assist in the transport of Teutonic forces through Moldavia and Bessarabia on their way to Odessa, the "granary of Russia." Turks on Move, ovn tVio Toiitnnc Jidvanc i>UL UI11? ai\> Uig A VMVVMV . - ing against the demoralized Slavs, but the Turks are aggressors in Asia Minor. Reports state that the Ottoman troops are operating near Trebizond, on the southern shore of the Black sea. Germany has negotiated a peace treaty with the republic of Finland in which the latter agrees not to cede any territory or grant territorial rights without the consent of Germany, which in consideration for this concession, covenants to exert her influence to secure recognition of the Finnish government from other nations. iyil claims for war costs or damages are waived, and the Alands islands will be evacuated by the Finnish troops and will not again be fortified. A commercial treaty will be negotiated at once. Coincident with the continued in Vv Tah f rvn o f A vasion 01 nussia uy mc icuiuno, me , Bolshevik authorities have annonced that they will not permit the revolution to be defeated and have expressed the determination to continue fighting a "holy war" even if they are forced back to the Ural mountains. American Ambassador Francis has issued a statement at Vologda, warning the Russians that a German victory means the return of monarchial conditions and advising them not to ratify the treaty signed by Lenine and Trotzkv. The congress of the HUNS RAID AMERICANS UXITEI) STATES TROOPS TAKE OVER MORE OF THE FRONT. Hold Over Eight Miles of Front.?At L^ast Three Divisions of Troops There. Headquarters American Troops in France, March 6.?American troops on still another place on the French front have been raided by Germans, who were repulsed with losses. This is the first time permission is given to mention this engagement. The American forces entered the battle line in a certain place in Lorraine. The French commander congratulated the Americans on their behavior. The foregoing is confirmation of the French official statement of March 5, which said that a German attack on trenches held by American forces in Lorraine on the night of March 4 was repulsed. Holding Eight Miles. Washington, March 6.?American troops are now holding something over eight miles of trenches on the battle front in France it was learned today, although in an air line their frontage is only about four and a half miles. This frontage is liable to extension at any time to the regular trench allotment for an army corps. Irregularity of the trench lines is responsible for their eight miles of length. They are laid out so that a flanking fire may be obtained along every part of the front, strong points containing machine guns jut out for this purpose. The trenches also follow closely any protective slope of the country and wander up and down hill. Divisional Frontage. The American sector is understood to be a divisional frontage, which means that at least three divisions of American troops are there to give the necessary support in depth for the front lines This fact has aroused speculation here as to who will be selected by Gen. Pershing to command the first corps of his army. Major Gen. Hunter Liggett is known to have acted in that capacity, but as yet the expeditionary commander has not made any recommendation. It is possible that the French sysf/im txmIi ho fnlinwoH in the American tV/ill TT 111 1/V ?> vu v ? army so far as the appointment of corps commander goes. It is the custom in France to select any one of the division commanders in a corps and to place him at the head of the corps. He retains his rank as division commander, however, and in the case of the American army that would be a major general. Must Secure Licenses by Feb. 15. Manufacturers of and dealers in commercial feeds for livestock, cattle, and hogs must secure licenses under tine Food Administration by February 15. This covers baled hay, shelled and ear corn and'other commodities intended for use as feeds or as ingreadients in mixed feeds. The only exceptions are for millers manufacturing bran and dealers in coarse grains, who have already been placed under Food Administration licenses. Applications for licenses should be addressed to the license division, Food Administration, Washington, T? C f f vin cr the natiiro nf the XJ , f J *ai{3 ?</* v ** v* v v* ? v v * ?? ? business to be licensed. < ^ in m> Classified News. The politician rushed past the official Cerberus into the editorial sanctum. "What do you mean?" he roared. "What do you mean by insulting me as you did in last night's Clamor?" "Just a moment," replied the editor. "Didn't the story appear as you gave it to us, namely that you had resigned as city treasurer?" "It did. But you put it under ihe head 'Public Improvements'."?Sac- ( ramento Bee. ^ i > ? Ended the Good Time. "A general good time was had by . all until about eleven o'clock when fruit cake and salad were served by 1 the B. B. E. club."?Prescott, la., 1 paper. ' When will they teach cooking in 1 pubHc schools??St. Louis GlobeDemocrat. soldiers' and workmens' council is < meeting at Moscow and will probably 1 decide on the issue of peace or con- 1 tinued war. Conditions of the old < regime are reported to have been re. f stored in German occupied territory. 1 BERGKR INDICTED. Five Socialists Face Array of Charges. List of Overt Acts. Chicago, March 9.?Victor L. Berger, former congressman from Wisconsin, Adolph Germer, national secretary of the Socialist party, Irwin St. John Tucker, a Chicago Socialist, J. Louis Engdahl and William F. Kruse were indicted by the federal grand jury here today charged with obstructing recruiting, encouraging disloyalty and interfering with prosecution of tho war The indictments, returned February 2, but withheld by District Attorney Cline, charge 26 overt acts. It is charged those indicted conspired to violate the espionage act by speech and articles printed in certain publications. Engdahl, who edited the American Socialist, before it was denied mail privileges last September, now publishes the Eye Opener, a Chicago Socialist paper. In a statement tonight he declared "every word in the American Socialist was put there to promote the best interests of the great mass of people" and that if ''that is unlawful then freedom of thinking in the United States is dead." Kruse is editor of the Young Peoples' Socialist Magazine, also published here. Berger, who is a candidate for nomination for United States senator in announcing his platform this week, said if elected he would work for the passage of a resolution by congress directing the president to summon the warring countries to an immediate armistice and peace conference. TTi/s w aIca 11 c* f at* TT*ifl^rlro Tir nisi piciiJLUi m diou LCIHO IUI ? xtnux ? TTal of American troops from Europe to procure absolute "security for 'this country." The Wisconsin senatorial election will be held April 2. Seymour Stedman, counsel for the National Socialist party, issued a statement tonight in which is expressed the view that "warT>rofiteers and monster capitalists are the, most interested in this prosecution." Relative to suppression of the indictments Mr. Cline said: v"The government felt that the announcement should be made at this time to develop other angles of the . . case." OBJECT TO CASUALTY LIST. - 9 General Pershing's Request Causes Action.?Names Alone Given. Washington, March 9.?The war department today issued the first of its expurgated casualty nsis* containing the names of one captain, one lieutenant and 18 men killed in action, a lieutenant and a cadet killed in aeroplane accidents, one lieutenant and 12 men dead of disease, a lieutenant and 23 men severely wounded in action and 36 men slightly wounded. The dead and wounded officers: First Lieut. Louis J. Jordan, killed in action, and First Lieut. John H. Greene slightly wounded. A second casualty list without next of kin or addresses issued late today by the war department contained the names of Capt. Harry C. McHenry and 15 men men killed in action and of First Lieut. Frank J. Montgomery killed in an airplane accident. The list also showed that Second Lieut. Alex William Terrell had been severely wounded in action and that First. Lieut. Arthur Ward had died from paralysis. There were also given the names ^ 3f 20 privates severely wounded in action, 18 slightly wounded and two "wounded in action" with four who l-io/i nf At thp u'ar dp nail Ul^U VI UA^VUCV* AAV V**v ?? ? ? partment it was said that the two reported as "wounded in action" probably should have been included among the slightly wounded. Request From French. The war department's order deleting the next of kin, addresses and dates from the list was officially explained today as having resulted from ^presentations of the French government to General Pershing that the Casualties as published in this country made accessible to the enemy valuable information. At the same time the order of the department was brought up in the senate, Senator New, of Indiana, introducing a resolution requesting the department to inform the senate why the order h^d been issued and why such information "would be inconsistent with the ?ood of the service." Charlie Chaplin Coming. Washington, March 8.?Charlie . Chaplin, the movie actor, will devote :wo weeks, beginning April 15, to a ;our of the South, speaking in behalf Df the third liberty loan. William S. lart will make a similar tour through :he West. -