Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 TW0 f TRADE STRUGGLE f TO FOLLOW WAR f Head of Steel Corporation Predicts Tremendous I f Rivalry ? NATIONS TO START ON NEW COURSES i _ United States Must Prepare For the Big Comport? tition. i ______ Elbert H. Gray, chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, and president of the American Iron and Steel Institute, in an address at the institute's annual meeting", declared that after the war there would be among the nations such a race for supracy as the world never has witnessed. There never has been, he said, "so great a necessity for wise and disinterested statesmenship, or for loyal arid hoito'rhble conduct upon the part of practical men of business." "After all dicerences are adjusted," said Judge Gray, "the nations now, or to be engaged in this colossal conflict, though terribly crippled, will take a new start and in many respects a new course, and will begin immediately to build on a better and firmer and more permanent basis for t'iccess and high achievement in everything that adds to national wealth, power, energy and enterprise. These nations will not remain inactive or despondent, or indifferent. We shall see that most active i and persistent efforts to rebuild and extend, and to success in the race for supremacy that the world has ever witnessed. "From adversity will come greater prosperity than ever before. From necessity will spring thought and study and effort that will enable the survivors to reach greater height? of success than ever before supposed to be within the reach of human kind. The people of all the different countries, suffering in their thoughts of the past, will be inspired to greater exertions in their efforts for the future. International Court. "It is not too much to believe that, after the close of the war there will 1 r i .* _i . we ix leeimg aunosi universal mat there must be established and maintained a court of arbitration that will secure the adjustment of all future differences without any protracted or general test by armed forces. "What should the United States prepaue for? If we conduct our affairs properly, if we make the most of our opportunities, if we co-operate with one another, if the government and governmental agencies and the business people are allies one with the other, we shall become stronger and richer and more potential in our influence and we shall be able to occupy a position in the van of nations, progressing toward results more satisfactory than ever before. "I made the statement long before the war, and I have made it since, thnf V.'P mltrllt I"?f>/Tkivir* i liA ? .?< I ? v UV.W1I1V inv; i v. c*vt 111 JUj iiu" tion in finance, commerce and industry. It seems certain Hint v>e may occupy this position if v o properly conserve our resources. Wc may or a primary, or a secondary place, depending upon the wisdom, energy and discretion of our people. Much depends upon our management of affairs. There has never in the history of the world been so great a necessity for wise and disinterested statesmanship or for loyal and honorable conduct on the part of practical business men as at present." No Naval Monopoly. Pointing to the probability of a great extension after the war of the nations' commerce, Judge Gary advocated a stronger navy. We must not remain in a position", he said which permits the navy of any cduntry to dominate the seas." Judge Gary also made a plea for more encouragement by the government of business enterprise, and expressed the opinion that "the lack of continuous business prosperity and success in this country for a number of years has, in part, been the direct result of undue, ill-considered or unjustifiable assaults which have have made by governmental agencies or by ^^^^Ji^j^Jjj^lo^andunwi^jjoHciesof FOREIGN ITEMS GATHERED AND CONDENSED FOR EASY READING Senator Kern, the Democratic floor leader, last week discussed an extra session of congress in October with President Wilson. The president said afterwards that the proposal was under consideration, but he had come to no conclusion. Italian troops last week occupied thirty-seven villages surrounding Cortina, in the AmpeLzo Valley. Richmond welcomed tke survivors of the Confederacy last week, opening the gates of the old capital to the United Confederate Veterans in their 25th annual reunion. The supreme court last week annulled, so far as it applies to interstate commerce, the South Carolina statute penalizing railroad companies $50 for failure to pay within 40 days! claim or loss of shipments. Thousands of veteran survivors of the Confederacy in reunion at Richmond last week trudged through torrents of rain to cheer to the echo the hopes expressed by their leaders that peace in America may not be disturb- i ed by the war in Europe. An official announcement form Con stantinople says the French attempted in vain to recapture the positions in their center said to have been taken by the Turks. Senator Albert B. Cummins, of Iowa, in a statement made public last week predicted that President Wilson would call a special session of Congres by September. A British submarine operating in the Sea of Marmora torpedoed a large German transport in Pandemia Bay Thursday morning. An anti-government mass meeting in Tokio last week resulted in esrious disturbances. The situation out side the building where the meeting was being, held was the most serious. Andrew J. Bethel, lieutenant governor, returned from Richmond, where where he went to attend the annual reunion of the Confederate veterans. Gov. Manning has granted a parole to Henry Wilson, who was convicted in Newberry county of larceny of live stock in March of this year and sen tenced to two and one-half years on the county chaingang. The parole was granted on the petition that the prisoner is suffering from tuberculosis. A parole was granted to Jim Ford, who was convivted in Dillon county in February of 1914 "entering a house with intent to commit a felony," and sentenced to serve 20 years in the State penitentiary. The petition stated that the prisoner had tuberculosis The trawler Little Boy, of Lowestoft has arrived at that port with the crews of the trawlers Horace and Economy, sunk by the Germans. A German submarine stopped the three trawlers in the North sea Thurs day, and ga^e the crews of the Horace and the Economy five minutes to board the Little Boy. After the trans fers had been made the fisherboats were sunk by bombs. Hostile airships dropped bombs on the east and southeast coasts of England Saturday. Litttle damage was done and the casualties apparently were few. o | Don't Carry a Handicap Through Life j Did you ever stop to think that, your every action, every thought, your disposition and character arc influenced | every day by the condition of your I liver? Failure in life may be the direct result of a disordered Liver. I Dr. Hilton's Life For The Liver And Kidneys will keep your Liver in perfect condition, (let a bottle. For sale by all Druggists. Distributed by Murray Drug Co., Columbia, S. C.?adv. tf o Notice Tax Executions. Tax executions having been turned over to Sheriff, J. A. Lewis, he will be in the country except on Saturdays and Salesdays for several weeks. ?o invigorating to the Pale and Slcki; The Old Standard jreneral strengthening tonic GROVK'S TASTKI.KSS chill TONIC, clrivcH otr Malaria, enrichew the blood, and builds up the sy? torn A ?."? t ?--? J ' a*. ? u? rur f.uuuv unci cuuurCQ* %A)i \ DE^^Og fRAf CORN0 Host rat and mieo exterminator road?. Kills quickly end absolutely without odor Mitinuiifio;<~-thufl provcntlnsr decomposi lion. Better than pli the iiuL?s in the world. Insist on (inmilne BAT COKN. 2*>c. 60c, $l at dealer* or by tuall* post t THE HORRY HERA I WHAT OTHER PAP War Not Needed. While the dignity and honor of the United States must be upheld, we feel that this can be done without going into war, even if Germany's forthcoming letter is not just as friendly as President Wilson and the American people would like for it to be.?Lumberton Tribune. Great Mixture. This is a great country. Sunstrokes in the South; ice and overcoats in the North; all on the same day?Char lotte Observer. The Long Face. Gentleness and cheerfulness come before morality, and if the morality you poscss makes you dreary. you have the wrong sort, depend upon it? York News. Anything to Hasten. It sounds bad to express pleasure at the news of another nation being drawn into the-war, but if the action of Italy will hasten the end of this international strife, as most people think it will, then we welcome the news of her latest move. ?News-Reporter. , W&sh-dine Not Waist-Line. This will be a grand old world when some of the sisters quit worrying] i- .1- - . ?. * - uuouc meir waist-nne and devote a little more attention to the wash-line. The State. Greatest Yet. If Maconi perfects his electrical device for seeing through a brick wall, people will have to wear their Sunday clothes every day and treat each other as if they were out in society.?The * Star. 1785 COLLEGE OF < SOUTH CAROLINA' 131st Year Be< Entrance Examination at all the C< A. M. Full four year courses lead to the I A two-year ure-mcdical course i? e-i A free tuition scholarship is assigm Spacious buildings and Athletic gr< unexcelled library facilities. Expenses moderate. For terms am HARRRISQN RAMI jj ' 'W Buy It j1 Buy ! ?g?T^ aawnwia <3 Perhaps y wanted to bu large, comfo UUUulil something you mmmjoy when tired II 111 that adc,s an { *11111/ r'ch comfortab home. CjJ You can I twant at a re here. In fact, er now than them soon, h time to buy fi te. intend to. 1'*=^ s JJ>, CONWAY, S. O. 'ERS ARE SAYIN6 | Joe is Busy. Secretary Daniels is now explaining all about the inefficiency of our submarines. Josephus is a very busy man.?Charleston Evening Post. ixoou Morals. Boards of censors are failures. Let the police of the cities deal with films that offered good morals. As to good taste?that is up to the audiences.? Columbia Record. Each Little Moment. Pretty soon the popular song in England will be "Every Little Moment Has a First Lord All its Own." ?Times & Democrat. Newspaper Lie. "Roosevelt Silent" is the headline over a story in the front page of a New York paper. And the Spartanburg Journal agrees with the editor of the said New York paper that the story was worth first page.?Selected A Man Milliner. A -man milliner died and left an estate of a million dollars. How hard it must nave oeen tor tne poor tellow to give up a beautiful ami lucrative business to go to "that bourne whence no traveller e'er returns" to write a book.*?Morning Star. Rich Bootblacks. Many of our wealthiest Italian merchants were once bootblacks. They I began at the foot and worked up.? The State. Your Uncle Sam. Uncle Sam is too proud to back down when he knows he is right. Am Kaiser Bill must admit sooner or later that we are right.?Daily Record. 1915 CHARLESTON S OLDEST COLLEGE j ins October 1st. >unty Seats on Friday, July 2^at 9 1. A. and B. S. degrees. ylj iven. 3d to each county of the State. )unds, well equipped laboratories, i r*4 . I - j J i v.uiiiiuu^ut', uuurcNS >OLPH. President. :r harness by mail !arolinu Custom Hand Muue Harness, at Factory Prices. il Order will prove our assertion. ( IDES AND TALLAW AT HIGHEST! PRICES, us your wants and offerings wilie w. martin COLUMBIA, s. c. " ATr\?7A\ finnnn II Ijlll Tt Here I fill KasuaaBO^ - m ou have long y, say, a fine, ;j rtable divan, ! |;| can really en- UUUlM and something jMTnw ictual touch of fijlflff leness to your Mil ml ind what you asonable price /0?0\ prices are low- l/y \) you will find low is the best ^\lf urniture if you f-^? < mwjmmn | * ^^1 INjTJEMWjY^ % STATE ITEMS jl OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUTH CAROLINA PEOPLE Professor W. H. Hand of the University of South Carolina delivered the literary address before the grudu- I ating class at Columbia College .last week. Mack Dobson, colored, was struck by a Southern railway shifting engine at an early hour Wednesday morning in Columbia. It is probable that no bones were broken. ? t After attending a meeting of the j executive committee of the National j Association of Railroad Commission- $ ers in Washington, John G. Richards, i a member of the South Carolina com- t mission, has rteurned to Columbia. t The Mace Drug company of Marion has filed with the secretary of state a petition for the dissolution of its charter. The federal appropriation approximating .$55,000 a year, has been restored to the National Guard of Soutl Carolina, according to a letter received by Governor Manning from kindley M. Garrison, Secretary of War. Again the sneak thief makes his ap pearance in Marion. A few days age . while Mr. and Mrs. Levi Gibson were away from home, one of the soft foot- 1 eel gentiy slipped in the house an< i gathered into himself a small laelier- J size watch and a pistol. Other arti- ( cles may have been stolen, but have not been missed. There is no clue as to the identity of the thief.?Marior > Star. 1 __ y Gov. Manning has received a letter 1 inviting the State of South Carolina to send an exhibit to the prosperity 1 ? ...ui-i- . ' . . . . ? - wiucn 13 to dg nekl ill Uhl- , cago next September. The governor informed the officers of the exposition i that there is no fund for such purpos- ] es. ? : Jeff Sumner, a young man of Col- ; eraine, eight miles west of Union, was struck on the head and instantly kill- 1 ed last week by a falling limb. ( < A girl baby three months old is to be adopted out in Columbia by the ^ children's clinic. A winsome dainty crap of humanity she is, with bright , eyes and a pretty smile, and those , whose hearts she has won in the two < days she has been at the clinic are most anxious to secure for her a good home and loving care. Commissioner Osborne c.f the international revenue bureau announced last week that he had appointed M. F. Riley of Charleston as cotton futures igent. The position was created by the Smith-Lever cotton futures law. : O ADVANCE OF TEUTONS CONTINUES IN EAST (Continued from page seven) where, it is stated, the Austrian military authorities have decided to remove the civil population. The Russian occupation of Van, Turkish Armenia, has been followed by attacks by Kurds in the districts ot liitlis, Mush and Diarbekr, according to dispatches from Tiflis, Trans-Caucasia. The reports from Tills also state that Armenia volunteers are fighting desperately to protect the Christian population from the Kurds. The visit of Emperor William at headquarters of Field Marshal Archduke Frederick, the Austrian commander in chief, to take part in the celebration of the archduke's birthday, was made the occasion of a rejoicing at the fall of Pryebysl, Coincident with the emperor's visit, the Exchange Telegraph company has published in London a dispatch from Vienna saying that it is now virtually certain that a coalition government is to be formed in Hungary. Submarine activity by the Germans continues, according to a dispatch from Kirkwall, Orkney islands, which # , 4 1 stares tnreo more British vessels had been sur.k. They are the steam fish- . ing vessels Evening Star and Cortes of Aberdeen and the Kathleen of Peterhead. A fourth vessel, the steamer Sunnerthead, was torpedoed on Friday, and the crew landed at Berwick. The American note, which is sent to Berlin in reply to the German communication on the American demands has been completed, but is not yet in the hands of the legal officers of i the state department, according to ] Washington dispatches. As a conse- ( quence, the note will not be forwarded ] IEL6IAN MAKES THRILLING ESCAPE Traverses Whole Rhine Country and Reaches Switzer land and Italy. London.?Jules Liaudat, a twenty:wo-year-old Belgian soldier, has ju?t irrived at Nice after effecting a darng escape from Germany. His jourley across the enemy's country into Switzerland and Italy is one of the nost striking stories that have come o hand since the war began. At the time of the outbreak of hosilities Liaudat was doing his military jervlce in the Fifth Lino regiment at Antwerp. He took part in the fighting iround Aerschot, whence, after a iplendid resistance the Belgians were >bliged to retire toward Malines. I^ater he Germans bore down upon the prosperous little town, famous for its lace nuking trade, and it was during their mccessful attack on that place that Aaudat and somo lifty of his com ades became separated from the rest )f the Belgian forces and wore obliged o give themselves up. Sent the next day to Aix-la-Chapelle he nrisonprs worn tilnred in ji rnm. jound formed of wooden planks with i guard of five men of the landsturm. The prisoners noticed that they wero left unguarded by the sentinels or a few minutes each day while the guards went to get the soup. On December 1 the Belgians lay in wait for he return of the sentinels at the enirancc to the compound. As one of the Germans came back with the customary caldron of soup ?e was set upon and strangled. He was able to utter a cry, however, and tils comrades came running to see what was wrong. One after the other they were shot down by one of the Belgians, who had picked up the revolver of the strangled soldier. \ Then began a wild dash for liberty under the bullets of a company of landsturm. brought to the scene by the sounds of the shcts. The Belgians ran In zigzags to avoid being hit. Almost all of them made toward the Dutch frontier. Not so Dlaudat, who J f J A I .1 i - mu nut wisn 10 oe interned in Holland until the end of the war. He had conceived the more desperate plan of crossing Germany and reaching Italy. %. To this boldness he probably owes his life, as the landsturm men, feeling confident that he would be caught later, fired only a few shots after him, whereas in the opposite direction almost all the runaways were brought flown. Once well on his way, Liaudat gained in confidence and succeeded In walking to Merestret without being questioned. He went round the outskirts of the town and on to Limburg, where he found some old clothes in an abandoned house. This allowed kin. 4- ~ -1 I 3 1. 1- - 1 Him iu uibcuiu iiiw neigian unirorm, now all tattered and torn. Thus disguised he continued his journey as a tramp, without papers of any sort and with no money. He was obliged to pose as a deaf mute when he met peo- . pie and beg for food by signs. He f slept in ditches, behind hedges and in old tumbledown barns. The weather was extremely bad and his sufferings 1 were great, but the courageous Belgian kept on and with the aid of sign- J posts along the roads found his way jk through Bonn, Coblentz, Mayence, ^ Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Strassburg and Erstein. finally crossing the Swiss-Ger- w 4 man frontier and reaching Basel. ^ While in German territory he was often stopped and questioned by police and military patrols, but he always signaled that he could neither hear nor speak, and when paper and a pen were offered him he would write: "Ich bin Schweiz" (I am Swiss). This was his passport. Not content with reaching Switzer- i land. IJaudat continued his tramp by * Thun and Briga over the Simplon pass to Domodossola. He succeeded in reaching Genoa on January 27. Since his escape from Aix-la-Chapelle he had been walking for 57 days and had covered a distance of roughly 750 miles. IJaudat is going back to the front to fight the Germans a^ain. % o WHAT DO YOU KNOW. Do you know that an editor or a: reporter for a newspaper can in hi? rounds stop and ask a hundred persons "what is the news?" and ninety out of the hundred will reply. "Nothing special," and yet 50 out of that number know something that, if noF^ found in the next paper, will astonish them greatly and disappoint them more, and perhaps make them madder than hornets. Don't be afraid to let the newspaper man know it.. t RUB-MY-TISMV Will cure your Rheumatism Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, 3olic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used in