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* Stiff Hambfrg iforalii ?no P.r Y,a, in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 15,1919. Established in 1891 ir WAVE OF PROTEST SWEEPS GERMANY ? ANGRY, BITTER REMONSTRANCE AGAINST THE PEACE TERMS. Scorn, Condemnation For First Time in History German Parties Are United in Opinion. Berlin, Saturday, May. 10.?The protests that came from various - quarters in Germany over the peace terms, as they were reported before the official terms became known, are as nothing in comparison with the wave of remonstrance?angry, bitter, disappointed in tone today?that is sweeping over Germany now that the treaty has been presented. States, municipalities, districts, organizations of various sorts, business men's and women's clubs and the political parties, through their spokesmen, are vieing with each other in finding <* words in which to express scorn and condemnation for the document. i- - w United in Opinion. . For perhaps the first time in history the .German parties are united in opinion,-each of them assailing thb terms Germany is asked to sign, for the body of the Independent Socialist / party does not appear to agree with its organ, Die Freiheit, that Germany should sign the peace on the terms presented. The newspapers are utterly swamped with the protests, being able to print but a fraction of them. They are urged to this by The T&geblatt, which says the unfriendly attitude towards the treaty taken by the Socialists of other countries will not be of assistance, because they art> in the minority in their countries, and the Germans must protest for themselves. The government likewise is being overwhelmed with telegrams, which , It is utterly unable to answer save by public announcement of its grati- , tude. View of Terms. In the criticisms President Wilson is only mildly assailed here and there, since word has gone to the press from official quarters that he is not to be taken to task. The assertions upon which stress is laid are , that the proposed peace lacks all elements tf justice and conforms in no way to the president's 14 points, while indignation is expressed over terms characterized as unbearable , and as spelling slavery for the Ger/inan people. Some of the protestants ; declare they are deeply moved and outraged by the provisions of the , . . ^ treaty, while others express deep conr tempt for what they call a "brutal peace of force." The expression, "a , verdict of death," is one frequently used. rf * / Best Course Is to Sign Treaty. Berlin, via London, May 11.? Maximilian Harden, editor of the i Berlin Die Zukunft, writing on the peace treaty, says: "The peace conditions are not harder than I expeoted. They were nnnl/uiaant fn tha orootor nart ftf fho UJLX |/l^UOau U WV IUV O* VWtV* i/U.* W VA WA4V people. But could one have really , expected them otherwise? \ . "The Germans have not given very convincing mental guarantees during i the six months since the revolution that they have changed their system; on the contrary, the present govern- i * ment and the press have used the same methods of incitement, the : same tricks of bluff as under the old rule of the petty nobility. i "The government's proclamations and speeches are only bad copies of i the kaiser's time. The whole press - resounds in protests and has started i a campaign of incitement against the allies, couched in violent language, i It is agitating for refusal to sign the j treaty, and to what use? All must , know that the allies, by keeping up ' iuu uiuuaauc auu u^^upviu^ mc luai i districts, can force Germany to sign 1 whatever they want. Would Be Suicidal. > "The allies have been threatened : that Germany would join the Bolsheviki. But that would be suicidal. The only way to rescue the country < is by openness and honesty. The rev- : olution has been a great disappointment. i "Germany should have sent -men : who would have laid their cards on : the table and got the allies to under- < stand that some of the conditions < were unacceptable. If Germaiiy ] showed its good will to do what is in ] its power to comply with the allies' ] i PUTS BIG LOAX OVER. ? Victory Campaign Crowned With Success at Close. Washington, May 10.?The fifth and last popular war loan of the United States has been oversubscribed. Although the approximate total subscription will not be known for nearly two weeks, figures available tonight showed that the American people had responded generously to the appeal to "finish the job." Like all .of its predecessors, the Victory liberty loan suddenly jumped on. the last day of the campaign above the mark set as its limit. The day brought an avalanche of subscriptions which banks could not attempt to count until next week. None of today's harvest was included in the total of $3.S49,638,000 subscriptions officially tabulated tonight by the treasury and officials would not be surprised to see the final figures to nearly $6,000,000,000. Only $4,500,000,000 will be accepted. Late today Secretary Glass issued this statement: "While the official reports to the treasury department show only $3,849,638,000 subscribed up to noon on Saturday, unofficial advices from the several districts indicate that without any doubt the Victory liberty loan is already largely oversubscribed, with every district making a determined effort to gather in every possible subscription before midnight: For Fifth Time. "Thus for the fifth time the country has met the call of the treasury department for the funds required and the great Liberty Loan organization has once again proved its metal." The only gauge which officials could use in an attempt to estimate subscriptions not yet tabulated was provided by the record of the fourth loan,- when $2,392,000,000 was reported after vthe subscription drive had ceased. The last reports obtainable when the fourth campaign ended 3howed-$4,599,000,000 already tabulated or 76 per cent, of the $6,000,000,000 total, although final sub tri 4ft QQ1 000 - bcnptiuud auiuuutou vv T v^ ~ ~ , 000. Blackville News. Blackville, May 10.?Mrs. Rika Rich is visiting in Augusta, the guest of Mrs. Jake Leny. Mr. J. M. Farrell has gone on a pleasure trip to Mt. Clemons, Mich. Mrs. William Duncan has as her guest her brother, John P. Duralde, of Columbia. Miss Virginia Ayer is visiting in Savannah. Miss Caroline O'Gorman has returned from a visit to Savannah. Miss Emmie Plunket, of Atlanta, has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Charlie Martin. Miss Lena Whittle has returned from a visit to Charleston and has as her guest Mrs. Emmie Hill. Mr. and' Mrs. Charles Martin attended the Martin-Martin wedding in Charleston. The school children enjoyed a picnic at Holman's bridge on Saturday. Mrs. Robert Ayer entertained the U. D. C. chapter Tuesday afternoon. The Aid Society of the Methodist church met at the residence of Mrs. E. H. Weissinger Monday afternoon. But Not a Joy Forever. * / Young Tom Toots was in the country and had been invited to the beautiful home of a sweet young thing named Agnes. "What a charming place," he said, enthuiastically, to Agnes's proud, paternal parent. "Does It go as far as those woods over there?" "It does," remarked the somewhat unsympathetic father. "Ah," said Tom, still cheeril, "and to that old stone wall over there, 3ir?" "It does," came the gruff answer, "and it goes as far as the river on the south and to the main road on the north." "Beautiful!" put in Tom. * "Yes," went on the old man, "but it doesn't go with Aggie!" m > Silas (in a whisper)?Did you get i peep at the underworld at all while rou wuz in New York, Ezry? Ezra?Three times! Subway twice % 9 DnfPolA ITvnroec* an i a u uaxi/ ^o, requests, the allies would see that conditions were changed in favor of Germany because they know there must be a Germany and that it is impossible to destroy ;he "German people." GERMANS RECEIVE THE PEACE TREATY 1 * ALSACE AND LORRAINE RESTORED TO FRANCE. . France to be Protected England and America Come to Assistance of France in Case of Unprovoked Attack By Germany. ? ?? ? tt * * ml Mew xorK, i\. i., .uay i.? me treaty of peace, submitted to the German delegates at Versailles today 1 by the representatives of the associat1 ed powers, reduces Germany to military impotence, deprives her of her colonies, restores Alsace and Lorraine to France, and provides for reparation to the nations injured by the war. " This was made known in an official summary of the treaty, cabled from the American peace commission to the committee on public information in Xew York. At the same time official announcement was made that President Wilson had pledged himself to propose to the senate an agreement that the United States, in conjunction with Great Britain, would go to the assistance of France in case of unprovoked attack by Germany. The announcement of this proposed agreement was made in a statement supplementing the official summary fo the peace treaty, which reads: "In addition to the securities at-1 forded in the treaty of peace, the president of the United States has pledged himself to propose to the I senate of the United States, and the prime minister of Great Britain has j pledged himself to propose to the parliament of Great Britain, an agreement, subject to the approval of the council of the league of nations, to come immediately to the assistance of France in case of unprovoked attack by Germany." Main Points in Treaty. The main points in the peace treaty follow: Alsace and Lorraine go to France. All the bridges over the Rhine on their borders are to be in French control. The port of Danzig is permanently internationalized and most of upper Silesia is ceded to Poland, whose independence Germany recognizes. Poland also receives the province of Posen and that portion of the province of West Prussia west of Vistula. The Saar coal basin is temporarily internationalized. The coal mines go to France. Germany recognizes the to.tal independence of German-Austria and Czecho-Slovakia. Germany's colonies are taken from her by the clause in which she renounces all her territorial and political rights outside Europe. The league of nations will work out the manda-1 tory system for governing these colonies. Belgium is conditionally given the! Malmedy and Eupen districts of Prussia bordering on Belgium, with the opportunity to be given the inhabitants to protect. The league of nations has the final decision. Luxemburg is set free from the j German customs union. All concessions and territory in China must be renounced. Shantung is ceded to Japan. Germany recognizes the French in Morocco and the British protectorate over Egypt. German troops and authorities must evacuate Schleswig-Holstein north of the Kiel canal within 10 days after peace. A commission will be appointed to supervise a vote of | self-determination in the territory, and the districts wishing to join Denmark will be ceded by Germany. Helgoland must be demolished and by German labor; the Kiel canal must be opened to all nations. Army of 100,000 Men. The German cables in dispute are surrendered. Germany may not have an army of more than 100,000 men and cannot resort to conscription. She must raze all her forts for 50 kilometers east of the Rhine and is almost entirely prohibited from producing war materials. Violation of the 50 kilometer zone restriction will be considered an act of war. Only six capital ships, of not more than 10,000 tons each, are allowed Germany for her navy. She is permitted six light cruisers, 12 destroyers and 12 torpedo boats in addition to six battleships, but no submarines. All civilian damages are to be re HARD FOUGHT TRIAL. Elijah Douglass and His Son Convicted at Orangeburg. Orangeburg. May 11.?Elijah Douglass and his son. Otis Douglass, were convicted here Saturday afternoon, Elijah Douglass being convicted of murder with recommendation to mercy, and Otis Douglass being convicted of manslaughter. The case lasted nearly three days, and was one of the hardest fought murder cases ever witnessed at the local courthouse. Each day a large crowd was present, as the parties each had large family connections in the western section of the county. Wm. C. Wolfe, leading counsel for the defense, gave notice of motion for a new trial next week, and sentence upon the two defendants was postponed until then. It will be remembered that the killing of Fuller Sandford was the cause of the trial. The testimony showed that there was a plot to steal the 16-year-old daughter of Elijah Douglass to marry one Belton Garrick. On last Christmas Eve night, the girl in company with several of her friends, attempted to escape from her father's house, and Eden Douglass, the 16-year-old daughter of Elijah Douglass, was met at a ditch by Mr. Fuller Sandford, now deceased. Otis Douglass and Elijah Douglass followed. Otis Douglass and Fuller Sandford got in a fight in an oat patch, and in a few minutes Elijah Douglass came up, and in the fight, Elijah Douglass shot Sandford three times and killed him. Branchville News. Branchville, May 9.?The farmers are having to work hard and fast now. The crops wrere held back on account of the cool snaps a few weeks ago, and now with this warm weather ' the grass is growing fast. If much rain comes in the next few weeks they will have a hard time to overcome the grass. A good reduction in cotton acreage is being made in this section. The fire which recently destroyed the Southern railway depot was de' PC a'^1 rvnlr Viorl tro "Inor? LCUICU auuui U u WUtn ouu ?au such a-good headway that it was only possible to keep it from spreading. About 35 or 40 bales of cotton were on the platform but on account of the ' wind were never in danger. The farmers are turning loose a . little cotton now from time to time. They believe it is better to sell a little at these prices than to have to I borrow money to go on. A large number of the boys are returning home now from overseas. The greatest interest seems to be in the thirtieth division as this division seems to have more local boys than any other division. The good ladies of Branchville have certainly been very patriotic. Practically every train of soldiers that has passed through have been given various kinds of "eats," sandwiches of all kinds, doughnuts, small cakes and numerous other dainties. At first the ladies did not have very many biscuits, but ] after the first train or two they I realized that the boys really enjoyed the good old home-made biscuits ' best. Whenever they would see a basket of biscuits they would all want one as they said they had not seen one since they left home. Smile while you're awake and I vou'll lausrh in vour sleeD. imbursed by Germany, the initial pay- 1 ment to be 20,000,000,000 marks, 1 subsequent payments to be secured by bonds. 1 She must replace shipping ton for ton, handing over a great part of her 1 mercantile tonnage and turning out * new construction for the purposes. 1 She must also devote her economic ' resources to rebuilding the devastat- ! ed regions. J Parts of Germany will be occupied ( on a diminishing scale until repara tion is made. Germany must agree to the trial of 1 former Emperor William by an inter- ' national court for a supreme offense 1 against international morality and to the trial of others of her subjects for violations of the laws and customs of war. 1 The allies and Germany accept the league of nations, Germany, however, accepting only in principle and not as a member. < All treaties and'agreements with 1 Bolshevik Russia must be abrogated < as well as the treaty of Bucharest < with Rumania. I German prisoners of war are to be repatriated but the allies will hold German officers as hostages for Ger- i mans accused of crimes. 1 CHARLESTON RIOT COSTS TWO LIVES XKGROES KILLED IX CLASH WITH BLUEJACKETS. Number Badly'Hurt Xavy Authorities Conduct Searching Investigation vnto Race Trouble Saturday Xight. Charleston, May, 11.?Out of the confusion on the heels of the rioting here late last night and early this morning, it is established by city and county authorities today that two neor r?/\ T n a a a 1 1% awf a ? /I T a a a a I 1 a a!? ,j anics laiucii aii u isaav; JLUJUIYtor, are dead and at least 17 negroes sufficiently wounded to be treated in the municipal hospital. Seven bluejack are reported to have been wounded. It was learned today that the leave of all bluejackets at the navy yard and the naval training camp has been indefinitely canceled, only those with special permits to be allowed off their reservations. Meantime the naval authorities are carrying forward a searching investigation into the serious disorders between bluejackets and negroes. John G. Mansfield, county coroner, who has ordered inquests into the deaths of Docktor and Talbert, is carefully collecting the evidence in these cases. The rioting was precipitated after the fatal wounding of Docktor, who is alleged to have assaulted and shot a bluejacket. Charleston was agog today with comment on the rioting. The police department has taken precautions against a recurrence, even though bluejackets are not permitted in town. While the negro population appears to be quiet the authorities do not propose to take any chances. Marines from the navy yard barracks will again patrol the streets should this be considered necessary. The patrol by marines in the early hours this morning was done through the co-operation of Rear Admirals Francis E. Beatty and Benjamin C. Bryan, commandant of the Sixth naval district, and of the navy yard, respectively, with Major Tristram T. Hyde. Practically all the rifles taken by bluejackets from shooting galleries have been recovered. At the police 3tation where many persons were taken during the height of the rioting there is a remarkable assortment of weapons, ranging from pistols and rifles down to brickbats. A bullet Saturday night wounded a negro girl on an up town street. She and her companion were a considerable distance from the rioting and it I is supposed that the wound was inflicted by a bullet that had been fired into the air. Her name was not recorded, as the wound was not serious. With respect to the origin of the rioting, reports are conflicting, but it appears that Violent trouble broke out after a quarrel between Docktor and several bluejackets on Beaufain street, near Charles. Bluejackets refused to say what they knew about it and negro prisoners and patients professed their ignorance. Just how word of the disorder spread so rapidly among the bluejackets in town on leave is not explained, but in a very few minutes about 2,000 were in- the mob which shouted: "Get the negroes," and similar phrases. According to the police and other reports, several of their victims were innocent of any offense to the bluejackets. One was dragged put of a Broad street car in spite of the motorman's effort to save him. A.nother was dragged from a King street car and shot down in front of i fashionable restaurant, which was crowded at the time. A third was ranked from a motor touring car of which he was chauffeur. Until dawn aegro chauffeurs refused to take out ears and the taxi business was broken iown for about six hours. TO SURRENDER EX-KAISER. FTolland Decides to Accede to Allies* Demand. London, May 11.?The. Dutch government has decided to surrender the [ormer German emperor to the allied ind associated powers, according to i dispatch from The Hague to The National News. ^ < > m Waterman Fountain Pens always :n stock at Herald Book Store. Orders :aken for repairs to Waterman pens. i PRESIDENT'S PROMISE.' No Mystery or Privacy About it, Says Executive. Washington, May 9.?In response to an inquiry from Secretary Tumulty. President Wilson cabled today that he had promised France to propose to the senate in connection with the peace treaty "a supplement in which we shall agree subject to the approval of the council of the league of nations to -come immediately to the assistance of France in case of unprovoked attack by Germany." "Happily there is no mystery or privacy about what I have promised the government here," the president cabled. "I have promised to propose to the senate a supplement in which we shall agree, subject to the approval of the council of the league of nations, to come immediately to the assistance of France in case of unprovoked attack by Germany, thifs merely nastenmg tne action to wnicn we should be bound by the covenant of the league of nations." ^ ^ < > ? TEETH OF MANY VARIETIES. Even Beetles and Worms Boast a Dental Equipment. " / (Literary Digest.) The teeth of all kinds and sizes are shown in a new exhibit recently installed in the American Museum of National History in New York. A press bulletin from the museum signed by George JPindar, chairman of the public information committee, describes the odd varieties of teeth shown in the exhibit, from the comnl ? /\A ^ A J A tWNAMAitvn />n 11 A/5 O A 1 A'A puuaueu aypaxams caixcu ausiulic^o lantern," worn by the sea urchins, up to the fang of the lion. The former, we are told, consists of five pyramidal jaws, each carrying a long slender tooth of continuous growth, which moves forward in the jaws as it wears away at the point. The horseshoe crab wears his teeth on his legs, at the first joints of which is a series of spines and sharp points. The food is torn to bits on these and worked into the mouth opening. The lobster's teeth are to be found on his fourth to ninth appendages. Some of them are adapted to seizing the food, others to grinding it. The exhibit also reveals the little known J fact that the beetle and worm boast teeth as useful and efficient as any. "Of course there are teeth of many kinds. But the typical tooth of a vertebrate or back boned animal, as shown in cross section, consists of pulp contained in a cavity, which by deposition of lime in its exterior portion becomes dentine, ivory, or bone, forming the body of the tooth; enamel, overlying the dentine on the crown of the tooth, and cement, usu- t ally surounding the base and sometimes covering part or all of the enamel of the crown. The teeth of some animals, however, the sperm whale, for exairmle. have no enamel whatso ever. "In man, as in most mammals, the teeth are set ip distinct, separate sockets, and are separated by a membrane from the surrounding bone. But nature has other ways of implanting the teeth. The extinct sea reptile known to scientists as ichthyosaurus had his teeth planted in a continuous shallow groove as was the habit with certain birds which lived many centuries ago. Modern birds, however, have adopted the fashion of going toothless. "Another sort of attachment of the teeth is by means of a bony union of the outer side of the teeth with the . inner side of the jaw. In a fourth case the base of the tooth is completely fused with the side of the jaw. It is another evidence of a beneficient nature that man, the only creature who is given to having his teeth extracted, does not have his teeth implanted in this last way. Some animals have the advantage pf teeth which are more or less movable. due to the fact that they are attached to the jaws by ligaments. This is the case with many fishes and some reptiles. With snakes this arrangement facilitates the swallowing of the food." Larger Damages Required. Lawyer?Don't you think $25,000 cash would be punishment enough for this breach of promise? - - - - J J . T The Aggrieved?ivo, inaesn; a want him to marry me.?Boston Transcript. Dampening Report. First Student?The idea; my napkin is damp. Second Student?Perhaps that's because there is so much due on your board.?Standford Chaparral. '& ' .'.J