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DENMARK TO SELL
ISLANDS TO U. S,
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Negotiations for West Indies
Group Hat/e Been Almost
Completed
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Washington.?Official announcement
was made at the White House
tt^lnv th:0 lUxrnf in t lifiu.i nrni'fi.
ally been completed tor the purchase:
of the Danish West Indies by the
United States form Denmark for
$25,000,000.
A treaty closing the transaction
probably will be signed today and
sent immediately to the Senate.
While details of the treaty were
not given out it is understood that
the United States would come into
complete possession of the islands.
Word has been received from Denmark
that the treaty is practically
certain of being ratified by the Danish
parliament and it is understood
that the Washington administration
hopes that it will be ratified at this
session of Congress.
Of Strategic Importance.
The three islands of the Danish
"West Indies?St., Croix, St. Thomas,
and St. John?lie due east of Porto
Rico and their value to the United
States is strategic from a military
point of view. The harbors of St.
Thomas and St. Croix are of first
importance to the American navy and
St. Thomas itself lies in the lane of
shipping from Europe to the Panama
canal. Important German, French
and English maiL companies have
coaling stations there.
The acquisition of the islands by
the United States has been the subject
of unsuccsesful diplomatic negotiations
since the Civil war and at
one time Denmark offered the islands
for five millions. The United
States Senate ratified the treaty, but
the Danish Senate defeated it largely
. because of opposition of Danish
asristocrats, which still is said to
exist. It is said that if the proposed
treaty is ratified by both governments
the transfer proposition will be
submitted to the people of the islands.
In the first negotiations in
1865, they approved a change.
The three islands of St. Croix St.
Thomas and St. John, in the order of
their size and population?were dis1
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NICHOLS, S. C., every TuesdayMULUNS
PHARMACY, Mullins
; ; PLATT DRUG COMPANY, Ayno
10, IT, 24, and 31 only.
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AS YEARS GO BY
Washington, July 29.?"I never believed
it possible that I could uo it,
but siowiy anvi bj, degrees, I have
come to mink that it was best for all
concerned that the South was defeated,"
said Senator Tillman of South.
Carolina today urging passage of a
bil! dealing with Arlington national
cemetery.
"Slavery," he continued, "was r.
curse which had to be destroyed er?^
the South and the world could advance.
It was a curse for which tin
South was no more responsible tha:
the North. Both sections were responsible,
and both paid four long
bloody years of penance for thcr
joint sin. It had to go, and while it
went in the worst possible way iU
going gave birth to an apparently
in.solvable problem, still I, who wa*
born in and of the old South, am gla
ic is gone never to return. I am gia
that the idea of nationality has sup
: p'arted that of confederation, despite
1 the danger involved. And so, I car.
| find it in my heart to want to makt
flie amphitheatre at Aldington national
in its scope."
Citation Notice.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Ilorry.
By J. S. Vaught, ESQUIRE, PROBATE
JUDGE.
\i;iTTT'Tjrr? ; o <-,i
?? nr.jivii.j-vo, neorge ^Kipper mad
suit to me. to grant him Letters ol
Administration, will annexed, of the
Estate of and eifects of Peter Skipper.
THESE ARE THEREFORE P
cite and admonish all and singula?
the kindred and creditors 01" the paid
Peter Skipper, deceased, that they be
and appear, before me, in the Court
01 Probate, to be held at Conway, S.
C., on 15th day of August, 1916.
next, after publication hereof, at 11
o'clock in the forenoon, to shew
cause, if any they have, why the said
Administration should not be granted.
GIVEN under my Hand, this 31st
day of July Anno Domini, 1916.
Published on tho 3rd rind 10fflovc
of August, 1916, in the Worry Herald.
J. S. VAUGHT,
Probate Judge.
covered by Columbus in 1493. Spanish,
British, French, Dutch and Danish
flags have floated over one or all
of the islands at various times. '
Naval officers regarded the Danish
West Indies as most valuable for any
European government wishing to
quarrel with the United States. They
have pointed out that they are very
near the naval station at Guantanarr.o,
only a thousand miles from Key
West.
Denmark's hug expenses since the
beginning of the war are said to be
responsible for her willingness to
sell the islands.
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Continue to Hammer Lines
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Armies of the entente allies continue
*o hammer the lines of the central
powers on all European fields.
0?i the Western front the British and
French are holding back t\.rman
forces, and British troops have made
additional progress on the hard
fought Somnie battle ground.
Russian forces on the Eastern
front continue their successful drives
against the Austro-German lines.
With Brody in their hands the Rus
sians report little or no activtiy ir.
northern Galicia. In southern Galicia,
however, the Muscovite arNiIes
pushing forward toward Stanislau,
an important railroad centre, which
is not far from Halicz, also a railroad
centre. The capture of Brody
and- the retreat of the Austrian arm}
arc equaled if not surpassed by the
Russian successes west and northwest
of Lutsk. This advance, if unchecked
by Gen. von Liningen, seriously
threatens Vidamir-Volynsky
and makes the railroad junction of
Kovel less tenable for the Austro
Germans.
While admitting the Russian penetration
of the Teutonic lines northwest
of Lutsk, Berlin declares that
the advance west of Lutsk had been
stepped by a counterattack.
Petrograd claims the capture of
more than 20,000 Austro-Gormans in
the recent fighting in northern Galifill
and VnlVivrnJo A
. -..v ..>U> nv\.ui 11111^ LO cnti*
mates of Russian army oflicers, the
number of prisoners taken in the
first half of the present campaign by
the Russians totals 350,000. The
same authorities estimate the Austro-German
losses, including killed,
at 800,000.
North of the Somme, in France,
the British have gained some ground
in the vicinity of Pozieres and Highwood.
The British have beaten off
German attacks against Delville
wood and the French have stopped
German attempts to advance at Varmand
Ovillers, south of the Somme.
Berlin reports little activity oi* this
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PROSPECTS OF FEEDING
POLAND GLOOMY!
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England's Proposal Will Tend
to Block Plans by the
United States.
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Washington.?Great Britain is
granting conditional permission for
importation of food in Poland, has
surrounded her concession with restrictions
which it is feared here will
again defeat the effort being made
by the United States to get relief
supplies to the starving Polish peo_
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pie.
Although acceding to the suggestion
that food be permitted to pass
through the British lines un\er guarantee
that its distribution would be
supervised by a neutral commission,
t the British Government has stipulated
that in return the Austro-German
forces occupying Poland must not
take native food from that territory.
That stipulation has been the chief
stumbling block in previous negotia-1
tions on the subject. i . j .
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P. T. Barnhill of AUsbrook, S. C.,
was among the farmers visiting Conway
last week on business.
front, with the exception of the failure
of British attacks in the vicinity
j of Pozieres.
i Fighting also continues around
Verdun. German attacks on both
the right and left banks of the
Meuse have been repulsed, Paris
asserts. French troops continue
j their advance near the Thiaumont
work, on the right bank of the river.
There has been no great change on
the Austro-Italian front nor on the
Salonikf front, where the Servian
troops began an offensive several
days ago, Sofia claims the Bulgarians
stopped Servian attacks, while
the Servians claim fo have imposed
heavy lossse on the Bulgarians.
In the Caucasus the Russian Advance
aganist Kharput and Sivias,
the present objectives of Grand Duke
Nicholas, continues successfully, f*etrograd
reports.
Hoavv fi crVlt i r\rv {a in
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tveen de facto government troopfe
under Gen. Ernesto Garcia and a
large force of Villa bandits at ?etro
Blanco,
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