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/ One Dollar and a Half a Tear. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1918. Established 1891.
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STATE RESULTS.
All Anti-Blease Candidates Were
Nominated in Tuesday's jPrimary.
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William P. Pollock received a
* sweeping endorsement Tuesday at the
hands of the Democratic voters of
of South Carolina. In the race for
i the United States senate, short term,
U Mr. Pollack was nominated by a ma
jority which may run to a two to
one vote, when all the ballots are
accounted for.
Sam M. Wolfe, of Anderson, was
nominated for attorney general, defeating
Claud N. Sapp. H. H. Arnold
has been nominated railroad commissioner
defeating Mr. Richardson. W.
d. Garrison defeated B. Harris for
commissioner of agriculture.
In tie race for comptroller general,
to succeed Gen. Sawyer, Mr. Os.
borne, the incumbent, has a long lead
over his opponents, but it is evident
that a second race will have to be
run to decide this contest.
^*The totals up to yesterday morning \
wer as follows:
U. S. Senator.
Pollock .... : 36,164
Peeples 21,194
Attorney General.
Sapp 23,957
Wolfe 32,017
r. r. Commissioner.
Arnold 31,333
Richardson 24,687
Commissioner Agriculture.
Garrison 23,568
Harris 29,585
i Comptroller General.
Elmore 16,248
rtjj Osborne 22,567
Summersett --- 13,238
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senate Votes for prohibition
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Agricultural Bill With "Dry" Amendment
Sent to House.
Washington, Sept. 6.?The $12,
\ 000,000 emergency agricultural appropriation
bill, with its rider for
national prohibition from next July
until after the American armies are
. rfAmnhiiized after the end of the war,
was passed tonight by the senate
without a roll-call.
Before final passage of the measure
the senate voted, 45 to 6, to retain
the prohibition rider. A final effort
to postpone the effective date of the
"dry" legislation to December 30,
1919, was defeated.
May Go to Conference.
The bill now goes to the house, and
because of the many amendments inserted
by the senate it undoubtedly
will be, sent to conference. Prohibition
leaders, however, expect the
K house to agree to the "dry" rider so
f that there will be no possibility of
t changes being made by the senate and
house managers.
r Senators voting against retaining
the "dry" legislation in the bill were.
Brandegee, of Connecticut; Garry, of
Rhode Island; Phelan, of California;
' Pomerene, of Ohio; Ransdell, of
Louisiana, and Underwood, of Alabama,
while it was announced that
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many members absent and pared favored
the amendment.
Boll Weevil is in South Carolina.
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0 Clemson College, Sept. 3.?The
Mexican cotton boll weevil has :begun
seasonable migration and at
this writing it is distributed over
practically all of Jas\>er county and
nair 01 ijeauiort C9uuiy.
The weevil entered Beaufort county
sometime last year, and owing to
the comparatively more favorable
conditions for wintering, the pest
did not receive a serious back set
last winter. * J
The present infestation in this
State is the result of a continued
Eastward movement from year to
year, and this invasion has been predicted,
although thertime of the first
appearance could not be definitel>
forecast. Part of Beaufort county is
seeing its second year of weevil in*
festation, and the injury in some
fields is already very serious. As a
rule, the weevil does practically no
ininrv thA first vftar it aDDears. The
*******? ~ V ? --- second
year the injury is usually noticeable,
while the third year enables
the weevil to get its full momentum;
and people who were convinced in
their own minds that the weevil
would not reach them or it would
not do any serious damage, will
-> change their minds.
, The weevil is firmly established in
our State. It is spreading.
From the conditions in the southern
part of the State, in the light of
our experience further West we must
expect serious weevil damage. It
will be a repitition of what has occurred
in other states, and southern
South Carolina has no advantage in
climate or soil that will make the
situation less serious.
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Bamberg 32 7
Hunter's Chapel 1 3
Midway
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Clear Pond 5
Denmark 20 5
Hightower's Mill
Lees 19
Ehrhardt 11 7
Kearse
Olar 4
Govan 11 2
Colston 5 2
IT. S. Service
Totals 104 34
BLAME WOLFF BUREAU.
German People Deceived by Stories of
Successes.
London, Sept. 6.?The German official
news agency, the Wolff Bureau,
is blamed by the Cologne Gazette for
the manner in which the German
people have taken the defeat of the
Teutonic forces to heart.
The Gazette complains that the
Wolff bureau's official reports, instead
of allowing the facts to speak
for themselves, arouse the impression
with their description of great
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German successes that Germany's en|
emies never would be able to recover
from the terrific blows being dealt
them, that they were exhausted and
i that it needed only one supreme ex??onnAiMTiHoli
tVioir nttpp rift
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feat.
! The paper recalls as a further evil
I how the harvest was overestimated
in the first years of the war, how the
German hopes were dashed on promised
supplies from Russia and the
Ukraine and on the u-boat war and
how inventions of all sorts were trumpeted
forth.
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[* AS TO SUNDAY MOTORING.
Individual Must Decide Question fori
Himself.
Fuel Administrator Gossett received
the following telegram from Wash- j
ington Saturday:
"The request that pleasure motoring
be discontinued on Sundays for
the present is not intended to cover j
reasonable use for necessary trans-!
portation. The question must be de-!
termined not by the fuel administration,
but by the individual, who
should bear in mind the effect, of his
example. We suggest the following
answer to all asking exemption:
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" Administrator txosseu cApicoaco
his gratification because of the gen-<
erai observance on the part of the
people of this State of the request to
conserve gasoline last Sunday, and
hopes that even a better observance
will result next Sunday and on the;
following Sundays".
BEER SUBSTITUTES DISAPPTAR.
Near Variety Just as Much Affected j
as Real Article.
Washington, Sept. 8.?Manufacturers
of near beers and substitutes
for beer, which have developed a
flourishing industry, it was officially
explained today, are just as much
affected by the decision to cut off
brewing of beer as those who make
the actual beverage. Millions of dollars
have been invested in the business.
. One of the largest breweries in the
country recently erected an addition
al million dollar plant solely for the
brewing of this beverage.
The principle uses breweries can
be converted into are the manufacture
of ice, cold storage, making
yeast for baking, rolling barley and |
grinding grains for mill feed. All
these purposes would likely be considered
essential to the war or to the
civil population.
Manufacture of all otner beverages
of the socalled "soft" variety some
months ago was curtailed 50 peri
cent, by the food administration as
a sugar conservation measure. Fur-1
ther curtailment of the manufacture
of such beverages and mineral waters
are under consideration and may
take the form of again reducing supplies
of sugar, fuel, materials for
containers and food products and linu
iting transportation facilities.
We will soon have a more complete
line of lighting fixtures of the best
quality and of the latest designs.
Faulkner-Electric Service Co.?adv.
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NO BEER AFTER DECEMBER 1.
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Decision Reached After Conference
With President Wilson.
Washington, Sept. 6.?Manufacture
of beer in the United States will be
be prohibited after next December 1
as a war measure.
The announcement was made tonight
by the food administration,
which sa,id the decision had been
reached at conferences between President
Wilson and representatives of
the fuel, food and railroad administrations
and the war industries board.
Factors which influenced' the decision
to prohibit the manufacture of
of beer after December 1, the food
administration announcement said,
were: "The further necessity of wax
industries for the whole fuel productive
capacity of the country, the considerable
drought which has materially
affected the supply of feeding
stuff for next year, the strain upon
transportation to handle necessary industries
and the shortage of labor
caused by enlargement of the army
programme."
1. Warning Issued.
Warning was issued to manufacturers
of all beverages and mineral
waters that for the same reasons
there will be "further great curtailment"
in fuel for the manufacture of
glass containers, of tin plate for caps,
of transportation and of food products
in such beverages."
Under national prohibition legislation
passed by the Senate today and
sent to the House, which enacted similar
legislation last May, manufacturers
of beer and wine would be prohibited
after next May 1. 'Today's order
will shove up six months the time for
discontinuance Of the manufacture of
beer, although, the breweries may be
allowed to resume operations between
that date and the effective operations
of the "dry" legislation, if finally enacted,
since today's order was "until
further orders."
CASUALTIES SENT BY COURIER.
Only Dead and Missing Will Be Cabled.?New
Regulations Formed.
Washington, Sept. 7.?Under a
new policy of reporting casualties
in the American expeditionary forces
adopted by the war department, the
names of the men wounded will be
sent to the United States by courier
twice a week, and only the names
of the dead and missing will be cabled
by Gen. Pershing, when the system
is in full effect.
In making this announcement,
Gen. March, chief of staff, said Gen.
Pershing had not heretofore sent in
the names of men slightly wounded
because generally the men had returned
to duty before the names
reached the United States. In reply
to an inquiry from the department,
Gen. Pershing had reported, Gen.
March said, that there were 20,000
such casualties up to August 20.
Under the new plan the names of
all the wounded will be sent to the
umtea states oy courier, togemer
with their hospital records, so that a
statement of the diagnosis cam be
furnished to relatives of the men.
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A Pussy-footer.
Little Joey Jesso was entertaining
| his sister's serious admirer, and after
! making the usual juvenile remarks
on marbles and tops, he suddenly announced:
"Ethel told ma yesterday you was
a born politician."
The young man was delighted and
wishing to know more, asked:
""hat so? Why does she think
ti at?"
"That's just what ma wanted to
know, and Ethel said it's because
you can do so much talking without
committin' yourself."?London Answers.
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FACTS AND FIGURES BY BRITISH.
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Publication of Names of Commanders
of Submarins Destroyed by Navy.
London, Friday, Sept. 6.?The publication
by the British admiralty of
the names of the commanding officers
of 150 German submarines disposed
of by the British navy in order to
substantiate the statement of Premier
David Lloyd George to the effect that
"at least 150 of these ocean pests
have been destroyed" was welcomed
by the British press today. The newspapers
pointed out that of these 150
German officers, only one made his
escape. This was Waldemar Bender,
who escaped when his submarine was
sunk and is believed to have made
his way back to Germany. Of the
remaining 149 officers 116 are dead,
27 are prisoners of war and six are
interned in neutral countries.
Letter from Pink Bellinger.
Friends of Private R. P. Bellinger
will be interested in the following
letter from him, written from France
on'August 7th to his brother, Mr. H.
N. Bellinger:
Somewhere in France, Aug. 17th,
1918. My Dear Harry:?How's
everything getting along back home?
I don't know a thing that's happened
in South Carolina since the 28th of
June. From now on you "probably
won't hear from me very often be- .
cause I just simply don't have time
to write to anybody. And you know
what few minutes I do have to write
I have to divide between you and
Lillian. It would be better if you
were both in the same place. But
please write to me as often as possible
whether I get a chance to answer
each one of your letters or not.
I'll write you occasionally. And bear
in mind that there's never very much
of importance that I can write anyhow,
and also that I do m6re work
in one day than you do in thirty.
My address is still the same, Co. G,
54th Inf.v A. E. F.
We are quartered in brick building
in a cozy little French village a
little smaller than Olar. Yet there
is not a single store in it. However,
there are one or two saloons. The
j French people are great on wine.
'They have it nearly every meal and
also in between meals and then some,
and it's good stuff too. Even the
little tots drink it at their meals instead
of water. The people are very
friendly and I took supper in a
French home here Sunday night.
Some of the girls are rather pretty,
but they are not so beautiful as you
might have heard the French women
are, and as for me, well, those back
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a mile. I am picking up a few
French words here and there and
with them and the use of signs can
manage to get by with a little broken
French and talk to the people a
little, usually making myself fairly
well understood. I hope to be able
to speak at least some of their language
before so very long.
The views and the country around
here are beautiful. The crops, mostly
wheat and oats, are very pretty,
but the American business hustle is
lacking, as it is also in England. The
roads of France are wonderful, but
I see no use for it, because there are
scarcely no automobiles and very few
vehicles of any kind. People don't
appear to live scattered around on
the farms as in America, but altogether
in the little towns, which are
much closer together than back in
God's country, and not near so upto-date,
except as to roads. A town
this size in America would have several
stores, etc.
It is sure cool over here and I'm
afraid I'll freeze when winter comes.
Be good. Love to all. Your loving
brother. R. P. BELLINGER.
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NO CAUSE FOR CONCERN.
President Says No Occasion for Alarm
Over Cotton Prices.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 6.?There is no
occasion for alarm over the agita:
tion to fix cotton prices, according to
a telegram received here tonight by
William J. Harris from President
Wilson. The message was in reply to
one Mr. Harris had sent earlier in
the day to Washington calling the
President's attention to the apprehension
of many persons over the
situation and protesting in the interest
of the farmers to such a movement.
The President's message in full follows:
_ "White House,
Washington, D. C.,
"September b.
"W. J. Harris, Atlanta, Ga.:
"No cause for concern about the
price of cotton: The plan is merely
for an impartial inquiry to ascertain
whether agreements would be serviceable
in stabilizing transactions."
"(Signed) Woodrow Wilson."
Letter from Jack Armstrong.
Mrs. C. W. Weeks, of Fernandina,
Fla., is in receipt of the following
letter from her son, Corporal J. L.
Armstrong, formerly of this city,
under date of July 29th, from "somewhere
in France": *
"I received your dear letter and
was so glad to hear from you and to
know that you are all well. Well,
mama, I am writing this letter at a
place right near the firing line, and
I wish some of the sounds of the canons
could stretch so you could hear
and see how the boys are knocking
Fritz. I have been ^p here about
three weeks and will leave tomorrow
for the place where I have been that
you don't know there is a war going
on. Mama I was lying in my tent
last night when Huny came oves, as
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ne aoes eveiy 1115m. ui tuuicc oc
put up the signal, which, if an American
plane, he would have answered,
but Fritz did not answer so we cut
loose on him, and I saw him when he
started head first, never to fly anymore.
Every day and night you can
see Fritz and our boys popping away
at each other. Night before last we
sfyot one down a little ways from
here. I was riding along about
forty-five miles an hour when Fritz
sent out one of his big ones (16
inches thick and about 5 feet long)
and it bursted about 150 yards back
of me. Well, you know how it feels
to sit in a sail boat as the sails jibes?
Well, that was just as I felt on my
motorcycle; it leaped like a frog.
"Mama I would not take $100,000
for my experience in the last month,
and I only hope you can see some of
the real moving pictures I am in,
taken in the hottest part of the fray.
I will have to stop now until Fritz
leaves from above, although three of
our planes are popping it to him.
Well, here goes the bunch of us for
the dug out. Forty-five minutes,
and am back again. Huny won't
fly any more, as our plane No. 13
knocked all his flying feathers out
and is heaped up in the field not
very far from my tent.
"You have to pick out your
chance up here to do anything, as the
boys are so hot after the Huns that
they don't give him any time to do
anything but run.
"How are all? Hope well and
happy. Give Fritz my best regards
and tell him we are knocking the fiz
out of his name-sake. Love to all.
Write soon to your devoted son,
"JACK."
Corp. J. L. Armstrong 259119,
Pigeon Section, Signal Corps,
Service Co. No. 12, P. O. 714,
American E. F.
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Be sure to read the ad. of Jones
Bros, in this issue.?adv.
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"SLACKER ROUND UP."
More Tlian Fifteen Hundred Men In
ducted Into Military Service.
New York, Sept. 7.?More than
1,500 men were inducted into mili-*
tary service and 1,500 others were
adjudged seriously delinquent as a
result of the "slacker round up" in
New York and northern New Jersey
eatly this week. Charles F. De^
Woody, chief agent of the department
of justice, announced today.
A total of 60,167 men were examined.
Of those classed as delinquents,
Mr. DeWoody said, many will be
proved draft dodgers and sent to
camp. \
Others who failed to file their
questionnaires, to appear for physical
examination or to present themselves
for induction at the expiration
of time extensions allowed for special
reasons will be dealt with by
their local boards, the official stated.
Mr. DeWoody asserted that in
New York City 21,312 men were examined
and 756 sent to cantonments,
while 2,485 were rated as seriously
delinquents. Of 38,875 who passed
through the hands of officials in New f
Jersey, 749 were ordered into service
and 12,515 were listed as delinquents.
ESCAPES FROM GERMANS.
Young American Aviator Tells His
Experience in Prison Camp.
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Paris, Sept. 8.?Lieut. Thomas
Hitchcock, Jr., of Westbury, N. Y.,
the youthful member of the La Fayette
Flying Corps who was captured
by the Germans some time ago, but
escaped and reached Switzerland, August
28, today described his experience
while a captive and his flight
to neutral territory, which was accomplished
through evading his
guards on a train.
The guard was taking a nap at
the time.
Hitchcock was forced to walk more
than a hundred miles. This he did in
eight consecutive nights, hiding during
the daytime. He lived on the food
he had saved from his meager rations
in the prison camp. He was entirely 1
ignorant of the country through
which he passed, but guided himself
by a small pocket compass. On the
eighth day of his tramp he found him- s
self in a certain village. He inquired
of a small girl whether he was in
Switzerland and, upon being told that
he was, made his way direct to Berne,
where he arrived August 30 and called
at the American legation.
Hitchcock was captured March 6,
when he was forced to land after an
aerial combat with three German ma
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and his machine became diabled at
an altitude of 1,000 metres, but he
managed to land safely inside the #
German lines. He was immediately
seized by several Germans and taken
to a dressing station. From there he
was sent to a hospital at St. Arnold.
Later he was transferred to Saarbrucken.
It took two months for the wound
in Hitchcock's leg to heal. He said
he was not maltreated by the Germans,
but that there was plenty of
suffering among the prisoners, who
were barely existing. He said he had
been saved by the arrival of packages
containing food from France.
Hitchcock will leav? for the United
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States in about three weeks. He intends
to transfer from the French to
the American flying corps.
He Was in Yale, Too.
Gus Paterson he ain't care much
for dis har society business, but sum
tam his vife her dragg Gus out and
he have awful tam fingering out wot
tu du with hand and feet.
Last Week Missus Paterson took
Gus tu dinner party at Vashington
Hotel and Gus ha have tu set between
to society vimmen. These
vimmen tank it bane gude yoke and
they try tu talk tu Gus, but he ain't
say vary much.
"Ay got letter from my son. He's
in Yale, yu no," said vone of the
vimmen.
"Ay got brother vot bane there,
tu," Gus say.
"Is that so, vot year?" ask the
voman.
"Ha don't got no year," Gus tal
her. "Ha yust punch a Norwegian
feller in eye and the yudge give 30
day."?Washington State Weekly.
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Our Mr. W. P. Jones is now in the
West, where he went to purchase
three carloads of mules and horses,
which will begin to arrive next Monday,
Sept. 16th. All who comtemplate
purchasing will do well to wait
and see these fine animals.?adv.
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