Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cto i&alrtnnau aub >ciilbron mmmm? at tge> fpgii^i Ml^, p. O, a* terusnl Clans mtmimm. i-i i ?? PltWOXAL M LINTIG N. M ins I.v.li i Murchlnon of Camdcu, after *i ending a few day* with her Taunt. Mr*. 8. R J. Smith, has return? ed home. Mr. P. Mosen. Jr., and family are '?pending some Ihne on Pnwley's inl? and % Mr. and Mrs. Fowler have gone to Savannah for a visit to friend* and relative?. i Mr. Cratg Hurst has gone to LuKoff, In Kernhuw county, to visit the Rev. Rdwln Ittirst. who has a charge at that place Mrs. L C. Molse has gone to New berry to visit her father. * Mr. J. B. Polsum went to Lanes thla morning. Aftsr a pleasant trip out of the city. Miss Susie Dick has returned home. Miss Nell McKsgen has gone to Camden to visit Mum Leila McLeod. Mr. Horter Rivers has returned 1o Columbia. Mr. William Lawrence haa gone to Cot *v ni bta. Mr. Henry McKsgen. Jr., leaves for Charlotte this afternon where he takes up a responsible poaitlon with the Western Pnlon Telegraph Co. Miss Frances Beasley, of Lydia, is spending ths dsy In the city. Miaeea Flora Bells and Eftle Mc? Leod and Mr. W. T. McLeod. Jr., of Timmonsville. are in the city today. Mies Althla Fennel, of Ttmmona ville. Is spending tome time in Sum? ter. Mrs. George W. Youngener of Co? lumbia la visiting her sister. Mrs P. F. Finn on South Salem avenue. M L. C. Moise has gone to Cornell University to take the summer course Mrs. J. Orler has returned arter spending two weeks in Manning with her sister. Mre. A. V. Bradham. Mise UUie A. Jenes of Gallivant* Ferry, &. C . left June 21st to sccept a government position In Washington. D. C. Mies Jonee haa just finished a course st the Franklin Institute In Rochester, N. T., and says she wants to serve her country the best she can. Miss Jones was bom in Sumter. 8. C, but for i he last fov r years has been bving in Horry county where she has saade sonny friends. She Is a noble young lady and will be missed by her nanny friends.?Mnnnlng Tunes. Mb? Ida Wallace of ('amden. who spent Wednesday In the city, has re? turned home. Mr. Jim Bradford has gone to Co? lumbia where he will work on the cantonment being erected at that place. Mrs. Florlne and Been Plowden. of Mnnnlng. and Mtsa Mary McDowell, of ? "an?den. are visiting Mrs. Claree Nel? son on Salem Avenue. Pan lllc Items. Psxvllle. July 4.?Mr. W. 8. Werts, representing Chlcora College, wns railing on Ms friends here last week. Mr Werts is very pleasantly remem? bered as a former principal of the graded school, about ten yenra ago. Mrs. R. 8. Smith and children were here for a few days last week vinitlng at the home of her parent*. Mr. and Mrs J. M. Geddings. Mtas Pearle Broadway Is the guest this week of Miss Sadie Minis in Sum? ter. Mr. J. la Prltehsrd is spending thl* Welek hem vudtlng friends before go 1ns to Rlloree. where he has accept? ed a nice position with Mr. William i Stack, a prominent merchant of that town Tie ha* recently resigned a po? sition an head clerk In the grocery de? partment of Mrs. C. W. Bates' store St Ptnewood. John Kelly left Monday for Rre vard. N. C . where he will go to the French Hroad camp for two months study Hev. J. T>. Powen left In com? pany with the Rev. Triplett gg Mon? day morning for the annual State Baptist assembly which Is In setwlon at Greenville thla week Rev. Trip? lett. of Alexandria. Va . has recently accepted the pastorate of Graham and Providence churchee. Nourishing; Milk Gravy. (Enough for family of two adults and three children. Reduce propor? tion* If tor nnmller number.) 1 pint nklm milk. 1-4 cup flour, 2 level teaspoon* butter or cooking fat. 1-2 teaapnon aalt. Melt butter or other fat In sauce? pan Add flour and nalt mixed. Blend Add milk gradually. Heat, stirring roii't.-tntlv until thick Flavor, If de*lred, with anv left-over minced meat or M?h which may he on hand, or minced ham or a slice of broiled bacon, crumbled. Serve on boiled hominy, aamp, rice, potatoes, macaroni, or aliee* of gorn er other braad, or toaat. Tili: ?008XKR TKir. Mori' Thun Ott Hundred lloost?.?r> Pledged for Trip. Twenty-eight automobiles were pledged In writing for the big trade excursion and Sumtor tobacco market booster trip, on July 11th, at the eloHe of business Tuesday, nnd n number of other firms, eorporntions, nnd individ? uals said thev would furnish ears bui were not prepared to sign the pledge at that time. The rommittee consisting of Mr. G. A. Lemmon, chairman; President A. C. Phelps, of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, Farm Demonstrator J. F. Williams, and Secretary Keardon did not undertake to cover the entire bus? iness section last Tuesday with the agreement, but only went far enough to ascertain that not less than twen? ty-five nutos and one hundred people will be on the booster trip. It is hoped that there will be many more autos nnd people on this trip and Chairman Lemmon. and Sec? retary Reardon will continue the work tip to the day before the trip to in? duce many more to go. Those who Will furnish cars are requested to phone Chairman Demmon, at City National Hank, or the Chamber of Commerce authorizing these gentle? men to sign their names to the agree? ment. Of course everybody is invited to go regardless of whether they sign the agreement or notify the committee ?the only object in securing the names being that the hospitable la? dies and gentlemen of Turbeville can be notified in advance how many to prepare dinner for. Names of those furnishing cars will be published. Our good friends, the farmers and coun try merchants of the rural districts and smaller towns of this county will be cordially welcomed to join the Sumter boosters as many have done heretofore. Phone in your signatures so that the committee can have the Turbeville ladies to "put your name In the Patriotic Prosperity Pot" for dinner on July 11th. The committee Invites everyone to do all of the advertising of their busi? ness they like, distribute souvenirs, and especially urge that every auto? mobile be decorated in national colors or flags or hunting. Booze?or Bread. By Reinette Lovewel of the Vigilantes. The world la hungry and needs bread. No well person needs alcoholic Jrinks?even if they do taste good. Eleven million loaves of bread can be saved every single day if the grain that goes to the breweries and dis? tilleries in the United States la ship? ped to bakeries. Men in the army and navy, the women and children at home, cannot be kept alive by the pro? duct of the breweries and distilleries. With the output of the bakeries It is 4Uite another story?a story that spells hope and strength; a story upon which depends the victory of the allied na? tion*. Each soldier and each stay-at-home eats in a year five bushels of grain. Every twelve months eighty million bushels?enough to feed sixteen mil? lion people?is used up in making beverages, the beer folks and the li? quor people going fifty-fifty in its con? sumption. Resides the grain there is one hun? dred and fifty million gallons of mo? lasses mixed in, and molasses is real food. In the production of brandies a quantity of fruit, tremendously Im? portant to healthful diet, is sacrificed. We need to manufacture alcohol, to be sure?but not to pour into pretty, fragile glasses, to sip, at our ease. There is no reason for the breweries and distilleries to shut up shop. They can go right on employing men to make alcohol. We need it for ether, tbat merciful liquid, that turns an agony which Is beyond words Into ob? livion. We need it for medicine to take with the ether to war hospitals and battle fields. We need it to make explosives to fight our stupendous fight; for fuel; for many Important industrial uses?and alcohol can just as well be mude from dumaged grain and from the refuse of canning fac? tories. Do we need It to drink'.' To drink when men are left conscious to feel a surgeon take off a leg or an arm be? cause we ure drinking Mm anesthetic they might huve bad? Can It tastu good to anybody, r"w ? There is no longer any question of the fate of the men hunt submarine Hremen, which was a sister ship to the Deutschland, and which was un? derstood to have sailed for America, shortly after the Deutschland made her first successful voyage. The Neu? este Nachrichten of Kiel, admits the loss of the vessel at sea, according to a Ijondon dispatch. His p per says that the Prunn bus not been beard from since she left Hamburg h?Nt Ali? gn t. and as she carried a largo pai eel of American railroad securities as a part of her cargo, the owners of these seeur ties are making appllca Hons for duplicates ?Yorkvllle En? quirer. W. H. Boyle Company Will Install riant to (.rind Velvet Beans. - \ The Sumter Chamber of Commerce has been notified by the \V. B. Boyle Company, of Sumter, that this firm has placed an order for two feedstuff grinding mills that will do wonders for the farmers of Sumter county In preparing to raise hogs, beef and dairy eattle In preparation for the cotton boll weevil. This enterprising local firm has purchased two machines of a kind In use In Chlpley, Ca., by Mr. D. E. Floyd, who rumor says has done more to help the farmers of his section than any other man to prepare for the boll weevil and fight Its evil effects. This feedstuff grinding machine grinds up to a fine well balanced ra? tion the corn stalks, shucks, cobs, corn, velvet beans, vines and hulls, all at one grinding. The W. B. Boyle Company has pur? chased one of the largest of these machines to be operaled for the gen? eral public at the ginnery of the Farmers' din Company, and a small? er machine of the same kind to grind feedstuff at their stables. After the ginning season the W. B. Boyle Com pnny will accommodate the farmers by grinding their feedstuffs at their stables on the smaller machine. By utilizing the entire corn and velvet bean product the farmers will have sufficient cheap feedstuffs to warrant them going Into the cream route business as well as raising beef und dairy cattle and hogs on an eco? nomical and large basis. DRAFT IN WASHINGTON. Drawing for Army to Be Done There Washington, July 3.?Selection of men for the national war army will be made in Washington. Secretary Baker let this become known today, | although the exact nature of the se lection process will remain a secret until the local and district exemption hoards have completed their organiza? tion, probably about July 10. It if generally understood there will be < some form of drawing from the mil- j lions of registration cards. Men j whose names are drawn will be sum? moned to appear before the exemp? tion boards in their communities. FOR GERMAN EXPORT RANK. To Assist In Restoration of Trade Af- ] ter War. , Copenhagen, July 4.?The project , for a German export bank to assist i in the restoration of trade relations | with Central and South America and to promote export trade generally, , was launched at a big meeting of | trade organizations and Batin-Ameri- j can export houses at Hamburg Mon- | day. The bank will establish branches abroad, particularly at important eon- ( tors of trade, Central America, West , India, East Asia and Australasia. Where (lorman bank representation is now inadequate the export bank will assist Herman import houses by granting a line of credit on accept? ances. Tho necessity of combatting Amer? ican and Japanese efforts in South America and emancipating German firms completely from the dependence of British banks which almost mo? nopolize business in acceptances is given as justification for starting the new bank. Warm Religion. In tin eastern city a pastor of a col? ored lkipt?ist ehurepll consulted a plumber and steamfitter about the cost of putting in a baptistry. The es? timate was soon furnished and the figure was regarded as satisfactory. "But," said the plumber, "this cov? ers only tiie tank and the water sup? ply. Of course, you will want some sort of arrangement to heat the wa? ter." But the colored pastor had a truly economic mind, and his own ideas of religion also, as he promptly dissent ed. "You see," said he to tlie plumber, "I don't low to baptize nobody in that there baptistry what hain't got re? ligion enough to keep them warm."? New York World. Word was received this morning by Sheriff Bradford from the state pen? itentiary that Albart Tunnage, ? Bum tor negro who is condemned to the electric chair, wau dead. Tunnage was being held in tho . .Kentlary pending the outcome of un i >peal to the su-, preme Court, lie was condemned to death for the murder of a i egro hack driveri Ralney, some time last spring near i'ocalla. Washington man claims military cxi mption on account of a dependent mother-in-law. Let him go. Thai kind ?>f a spineless specimen wouldn't make a soldier. The home for the feeble-minded should be his natural habitat.?Columbia Record. GHAIUiKI) WITH DRING SPY. Joseph Grnber, Industrial Worker of World, Arrested, Scranton, Pa., July 4.?With the ar? rest today of Joseph Graber, an or? ganizer of the Industrial Workers of the World, charged with being a spy in the employ of the German govern? ment, federal authorities declared their investigation had satisfied them that recent strikes and agitations of I. W. W. In the anthracite, coal re? gions had been stlred up by German agents, with the hope of lessening the power of the United States in the war by decreasing coal production, Gra ber, who was taken into custody by United States Marshal James S. Ma gee, was held without bail under the Alien Enemy Act. "Information in our hands," said John M. McCourt, assistant United States attorney, "proves the connec? tion between the organizers and lead? ers of the Industrial Workers of the World movement here and the Ger? man government. Graber, an organ? izer of the I, W. W? is a German agent. Our information proves, too. that German money has been poured into the district in an effort to cause strikes, and thus lessen coal produc? tion." Beginnlnr last summer, numerous strikes occurred at the various mines in Luzerne and Lackawanna counties. [. W. W. parades and demonstrations became common. Recently twelve strikes have been in progress in thla vicinity. Tells Them to Their Face. Cardinal Mereier, of Belgium, is a brave man and loyal to his people even unto the uttermost. Though standing daily within the power of the German plunderers and oppressors of his people, he does not hesitate to denounce them in language that must cause gnashing of teeth. But to de? stroy a cardinal of the Catholic church will not do, so they have managed thus far to keep hands off him. Not long ago an effort was made indirectly to bribe a number of priests to furnish lists of men, which lists were known by the priests to be want? ed for the purpose of carrying on the deportation policy. But the priests refused to do so. Thereupon each of 19 priests was fined 100 marks. Car? dinal Mereier protested at once, and bslere finishing his protest wrote these words into it: "The military governor has had the hardihood to sentence each one of 10 priests to pay a fine of 100 marks for not having wished to benefit by a privilege which their conscience for bade them to accept. "Very well; they will pay the 100 marks from their modest salaries or if they do not have the means to set? tle it, perhaps they wil pay with their liberty for their inability to satisfy you. "Very well again! I know the souls of our priests well enough to predict that they will remain patient, just the same. They will drink to the dregs the cup of bitterness that you have forced to the lips of a people who never wished you anything but good. "We await our vengeance In pa? tience. "I am not speaking of our earthly vengeance. We have that already, for the regime of occupation that you force us to undergo Is despised by everything that is decent in the whole world. I am speaking of the judg? ment of history, of the inescapable punishment of the God of Justice. "And to you who are, If I am well informed, a son of the Church of Christ equally with the most humble of our workingmen, I dare to add that you are loading your conscience with a heavy burden in covering with your high authority a miltary decision that likens an act of Christian ami pastoral abnegation to a crime. To tell the German masters of Bel gh i that their regime "is despised by ?-/erthlng that is decent In the whole world" is plain and daring talk. But the heroic cardinal spoke only the bald truth. For the German re? gime in Belgium there is not an apolo? gist left in the world outside middle Europe. It is certainly "despised" with passionate horror by all Christian peo? ples. But It took courage to say those scorching words to the military governor of Belgium. Long may the cardinal live and rejoice In a liberated and restored Belgium?even yet.? Spartanburg Herald. An Elaborate System. "You're managing to wake up ear lier these mornings." "Yes, I've Just bought a par rot." "Instead of an alarm clock?" "I already had an alarm clock, but 1 got so I didn't pay any attention to it. Now I hang the parrot's cage In my room and put the alarm clock under it. When the alarm goes off 11 startles the parrot, and what thai bird says would wake anybody up." N?w York Sun. JIAIG'S CONFIDENCE Certain Victory Predicted by the Brit? ish Comma inter. _ Hitherto General Haifa bulletins have simply recorded farts without a touch of elation or any speculation about the future. Sir John French's dispatches had an atmosphere of valor and reflected the traditions of the British army. He was of Irish blood, and wrote, as he fought, with imagin? ation and spirit. He was inclined to magnify in an eloquent way what hud been accomplished by the army. It was never depressed by the general's view of a check or reverse. When beaten the British army acquitted it? self gloriously, as in the retreat from M?ns. Sir John French was no less sturdy with the pen than with the sword. Sir Douglas Ha ig is all Scotch, dour In defeat, composed in the hour of success, always steady, inclined to caution. His bulletins have had no at mosphere; matter of fact, they have understated achievement and avoided vainglory. Halg has never let him? self go. There has been nothing lit? erary in his dispatches, not a met? aphor anywhere. He has never dipped his pen in the traditions of the Brit? ish army. At no time has he shown optimism or been cocksure about any? thing. What is to be thought, then, when Sir Douglas Haig throws off his restraint, abandons his reserve and confidently predicts the decline aim defeat of the German army on hb front? One of the most remarkable des? patches of the war is the special or? der of the day which Field Marshal Haig issued after the capture of the Messines Ridge by General Plumer's Second army. The carrying of a po? sition of such great natural strength with comparatively light casualties the British commander in chief considers a demonstration of the superiority of his army when it undertakes the offen? sive after careful preparation, and for the first time he does not hesitate to predict the final result: "Nothing can save the enemy from complete defeat, and, brave and tena? cious as the German troops are, it It unly a question how much longer they can endure the repetition of such blows." Between the lines can be read the British strategy. The enemy cannot be outflanked or forced into the open, and objective hardly enter into the calculations of the general staff. But by fierce and sustained attacks, often repeated, heavy losses can be. inflict? ed upon the enemy and his morale heaten down, until he will have no desire to stand and fight it out. Then lhere will be what the French call a 'debacle," in plain English a rout; ind instead of giving way a mile or I wo the German army will abandon I he held and "retire" from French ind untlmately Belgian terrritory. This Is the vision of Sir Douglas Haig, one of the most reserved of men, a soldier who knew the bitter? ness of defeat when the Brtlsh force he commanded in the first month 01 Ihe war was cut to pieces by the en? emy and only a remnant of it was saved by the courage and professional skill of Sir Horace Smith-Dorrlei rind of Haig himself. We venture to say that the supreme confidence thus exhibited by the Brit ish commander in chief and hit pre diction of the breaking of the Ger? man military power constitute a mo mentOUS record in the great war.? New York Sun. Sinionds Indicates a Four-Year War. Looking at the situation as it now Stands, with the third anniversary of the struggle in sight, it seems to me that every sign points toward a four year war. We shall continue to be pleased by the optimistic reports that those who sympathise with Russian liberalism give us. But there is very sound reason for believing that these reports do not reveal the extent of the Russian collapse. Actually the allied cause *has been deprived of not less than 1,600,000 soldiers, who were or? ganized and commanded by brilliant generals. Discipline in these armies has been destroyed, temporarily at least. This collapse has given Germany U chance to utilize in the West the troops that otherwise would have been contained ami fully occupied in tin Bast. It has given her another year'* supply of men for the West. Her condition :it the end of this time, ii she does not win victory or peace, will he far worse than before, hut this i a future consideration. Today she i better off, because she has new di \ ismus to draw upon. A tomplete collapse of Russia and the signing 01 a separate peat's be tween Germany and itussia will only make ihe situation worse. Then I thinly believe the outcome of the war will depend upon the number of hundreds of thousands of men the Pnited States can put on the western front by this time next year. Beyond next year the war cannot go. Purlm; next year Germany will collapse eco for MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER. Five or six dotes will bresk any case, sod if taken then at ? tonic the Fever will not return. It sett on the liver better than Cslomel and does not gripe or sicken. 2Sc nomlcally, militarily, all ways, if the Struggle is prolonged. This is iho com rr.on assertion of the Germans them SOIVSS, who do not dream that the allies ean continue the war into next year. Hut everything that has happened in the past month has but emphasiz? ed the importance of the American role in the war. Unless Russia re? turns to the attack, we must he ready next year to "make up the deficiencies in France man-power and with the British continue the pounding and grinding up of German man-power until Germany consents to Riakt pea^e upon terms that demonstrate the downfall of her military caste and leave the world in some sense protect? ed against a renewal of the German attack. Writing here for readers to whom I have been talking now for nearly three years I think it would be folly to pretend that the present situation in Europe is favorable, viewed from the point of a German-American con? test. That Russia, Britain, and France could conquer Germany and Austria, with Italy neutral or allied with the western powers, I never doubted. With Russia in the war, the end this year would be assured. But the collapse of Russia leaves a gap in the alliance against Germany which can only be filled when we are ready and may be fatal to all if we are not ready before too many months. It may be that Germany will col? lapse from starvation before the mil die of August brings a new harvest. It may be that the German Socialists will compel the government to make peace on the basis of a surrender but I do not believe either thing will hap? pen. It may be that Russia will at? tack and a new Brusiloff victory, like thut of last year, will restore the bal? ance. But I doubt it. Equally ill founded seem to me German claims that they will win the war by their submarine campaign. Many months will pass before the British people are as hungry as the German has been for more than a year. And in this time the German situation is hardly likely to improve much. When American troops begin to ar? rive in large numbers in Europe, I be? lieve the Germans will see that the game is up, and not before, unless Russia conies back. Until the Ger? man masses see that the game is up, I think they will go on and their pres? ent expectation of victory has put an end to all chance of disintegration duo to domestic discontent. Kitchener's estimate of a three-year war was bas? ed on a belief that Russia would con? tinue. With Russia out it seems to me that there can be no escape from a four year period, unless America follow; the Russian example and fails to do her part?then I think a peace by ne? gotiation will come before next spring And leave Germany in possession of some of the fruits of her campaigns and not improbably in possession of that great Mitteleuropea, which would he but the basis for new campaigns of conquest to complete the work al? ready begun, the work that was to ^ive Germany world power and world domination. ? From "An Ominous Month of War." by Frank H. Simonds, in the American Review of Reviews for June, 1917. New Honey. I am now extracting the new crop of honey and am selling at the old price, :'.r> cents per quart, on draught, or in glass jars. 4!"i cents per quart. Have a limited supply of white comb honey in sections, about one pound, that I am selling at 20 cents per section. Send to my residence, 320 Welt Hampton Avenue or Phone No. 2. N. G. OSTEEN. Mr. Lv e. Ilerrtman, of the executive Office of S. II. Kress & Co., 3 50 Broadway, New York, is in town to superintend the opening of the Kre ? store on the corner of Main and i ah - Well Street. The new building, one of the handsomest and beat equipped in the city, is Hearing completion, and will be opened for business within the next two weeks. I Beeswax Wanted. See me before you sell your wax. I will buy it for cash at the beat cur? rent price. N G. OSTEEN. RUB-MY-TISM Will pure youv Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps. Colic, Sprain*, Hniises, Cuts aid Burns, Old Soros, Stings of Insect*, I Vt. Antiseptic Anodyne, used i iteinallv and externally, price 2%,