Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TOBACCO PHIZF. SALF.S. Pria<s? (ilrml Tot ton to Orowcr Through (tut ruber of ( nmmi rtv Mwr Distributed Kach Week at filewjr4* ToUuro Warehouse. The ftumter Chamber of Commerce Ii oaTertng several hundred dollar* In cosh prises to tobacco growers of this spot Ion of South Carolina, the romp, tftton Itsta open to all countlea, he gAnnlng Monday, July 3.0th, and cios Frlday. Auguet 17. . On next Friday. August Ird. the Humter to beeco market will offer additional prlsea for the greatest amount teoo brought to Humter market Thla la made possible |g the generosity of a number 8umter h mercantile, banking, and mal concerna contributing to prtaa fund. Ob Friday of each week there will paid out forty dollurs in three cash at the tobacco , ware house for Individual* bringing during each the greatest number of pounds loco to this market, as follows: prise.$16.00 Ml Prise .'. 10.00 Ird Prise. 6.00 On Friday of each week there will be awarded three cash prize . aUreg to forty dollars to the three alstjada receiving th< highest tnt of money for all of the to sold on this market each week How* Prise.$26.00 Prise ........ lO.on Prise.I .. . . a.Oo to individual rOeoiv ng highest per pound not less than 100 (Uds each week . . .$6.00 On Friday. August 3rd, three cash aggregating forty dollars will to the three Individuals in the greatest rumber of on that day as follows: Prise.$16.00 Prise. 10. t. Prise.* . 6.oo Bvery business and professional In Humter. and all Humter men women are cordially In . Ited to at I the tobacco sales during the tt three weeks beginning next iduy. Hundreds of fsrmers will the tobacco warehouse floor that time and' the men and of Humter are urged] to attend end meet and welcome the growers to the Hunter tobac gaarket Any mercantile concerns log to make special pr ces on any isnodines luring the! such as offering Ony line of gro dry goods, clothing, shoes at or very much Ixdow ho norm:: I price Is at liberty to do so and >rt the articles at tbe tobacco ihouse and to ailvertlso the same tobacco warehouse. This offer la) open to all concerns of Humter in eOery line of business. Humter Chamber of Commerce the following bunlnoss tlrms. ?ratIons and Individual* who he " far contributed to the fund for the three weeks' prise awards and the ape tobacco break next week, Friday, lgunt Ird. on the floor of Glenn' iceo Warehouse. Further contrl ?ns sire heeded In nope that tbe )tal prlxe offerings im/ be con? tinued for at least four Hecks. " Bvery subscription wlfl be acknowledged lirougb load! tiewspaperS. Contrlbu csn be mailed or handed to elth Mr. O. A. Lemmon, at C Tv Nation Hank or to Hecretary Reunion at psjor Chamber of Commerce: O ?feineU A Co.$23.00 Ott National Hank. National Bank of a C .... 36.00 Farmers* Totmcco Warehouse 2'. People'a Hank. 10.oe Humter Truat Co. In ? I Humter Dry Ooodn Co. 10.00 ate allum Realty Co. 10.00 Durker A Hultman. 10.On A McCollum Mer. Co... 6.fm Iter Clothing Co. I N i Hearon's Pharmacy. 6.on The Wreck Htore. 6.00 ItuhhM ttros. 6.fto Albert'* Drug Htore. . DuRant Hardware Co ... . 6.00 W R. Burns A Son. 6.tin Levl Brothers . . . . 6.00 flumter Loon Co. Zemp's Pharmacy. I.iw D. C. Bhaw Motor Co. 1.00 McCallum Bros. 5.On Harby A Co. 6 ill Joseph M Chandler. O. J. Chandler Clo Co . . . . r?.w? Moses Oreen .... ,. 2..'." The Battery. 6.00 DeLorme's Pharmacy. ri.im W it Itnyle < n. P| Booth-lloyle Livestock Ce .*> "?' W A. Thompson. ' Mitchell's Drug Htore. I * B tt M?'tro|M>l??. Tbe Kct Theatre. |.?f f.l IIMXN VI1SSI Is Hi \K British IHH|r*??er* Make Kuc?x*s fid Bald on lirrnwn shipping. Amsterdam. July 10.?Two Harens Sessels were mink aid two hove be taken to Kngland by Ihm b d.sti.. ers. according to the Textile cone pondent of Tbe Telegraph A Oer n vessel which wOe torptdotd ha rived at Denhelder. . por MAY SHOOT IJKXIXK. Seems More Likely, However, That ProvlHlomil Government Will |KH Into Him During War. New York, July 25.?Information that the Russian provisional govern? ment has decided to terminate the ap? parent pro-German activities of Niko? lai I^enlne. the Radical .Socialist lead? er, hy arresting him and many of his followers, has reached the Russian Information bureau here. These ad? vices Indicate I^enlne probably will be shot if ho is convicted as a spy work? ing In the Interest of Germany, but If not convicted ho will be isolated I during the war. So far as Informa? tion received by the bureau shows no evldenco has been uncovered in Petro? grad to contlrm tho statements impli? cating Ixnlne as an agent of tho Ger? man genoral staff. News dlspateho.. of recent date have variously report? ed Lenlno to be under arrest and to have escaped to Kronstadt disguised as a sailor. leonine is described by the Russian information bureau as a man with a record which before the revolution commanded respect throughout hi., country. His articles on agrarian, economic and sclentillc problems won him high place In the estimation of Socialists and scientists alike. In connection with his believed pro-German ac? tivities, documents declared to have been found recently In the records of Former Kmperor Nicholas' depart? ment of police are regarded by Rus? sians as significant. These documents show, according to information here, that while a Socialist named Maltnov sky was leader of the Social Demo? cratic faction of the third duma about five years ago, he was on the payroll of the emperor's police. Presumab? ly leador of tho oppoaiiton and eloct vd by the workers to represent them, he was In reality, according to this purported evidence, acting for the emperor ns an agent secretly paid to confuse and disrupt tho opposition. Russians here recall that Maiinovsky at that time was known as Lcninc's right hand man and the discovery now of documents indicating Malinovsky's duplicity Is said to have strengthened tho provisional government's sus? picion that Lenine and his followers are in one way or another connect? ed with the German spies known to have invaded Russia since the revolu? tion. These are estimated here to toumbaV tens of thousands* ( DOPI. KING .1AILKD. Dr. Hilcy t\ Hammers Kent to Atlan? ta Federal l*rison. Convicted of operating a bogus san? itarium for drug users and of secretly importing heroin and other narcotics from Havana for distribution through? out the entire east, Dr. Riley C. Ham? mers, a wealthy phyisicau, was sen? tenced yesterday afternoon by Feder? al Judge Hund to two years and nine months In Atlanta Federal prison and to pay a tine of $2,4)00. Although Hammers operated front Florida, his arrest came in this city when Revenue Agents Ynney and Dobbs of Inspector Nutt's squad trap? ped him, and with every word being recordod by a dictaphone got him to arrange for the sale of a large quan? tity of heroin and cocaine. Seventeen thousand five hundred dollars worth of smuggled drugs which he had clinched the case against him, and *"iOn,ono worth which was discovered stored in his sanitarium, made Ham? mers give up all Hope. This sanitarium was at Tampa, iml was supposed to bo a placo for 'Miring drug addicts, but 'he revenue agents found that instead of curing people there, Hammers was selling them drugs. His prolits were enormous?$.10 and $40 nn ounce being paid him by secret retailers of nareoties. In urging a heavy sentence for him, Assistant I'nlted States Attorney John ('. Kooi told the court that in ruining the youlh of the country Hammers did more harm to the government of the I'nlted States than could any ho til ajrent. He declared him to he th mo ? i tensive thaler in narcoti* ever seized. The conviction of Hammers is an Important chapter in the earapalfjn whit h local Federal official! are wa - in" aaalnet the drug t raffle. While ? u? h cases formerly were h it to the police the deportment of Internal ro\ onus is now attacking tho heroin trade ferot ion I , ;md has run down many dealer*. Many of the dope ped? dlers of the "underworld" here ore i i tu have been supplied solely by ibis phvsit inn. N? w York Sun. MOITO Ml \ JOIN ARMY. Reel uiliim Tal.? - .lump I oiler Minn; mm of Draft w i ihlngton, .inly |.v Under Ilm? i ? of draft, recruiting for the reirulni irmj abowed n decided Increase, y< lerday brtnglaji in 1.194 with four ills irlctn yet to be heard f rom. Th ?; mal cm I he total obtained alnce April i i .:?.'???'?'. leavlai t?niv IS,SIi to Im oh l tilted to bitllfc.' the lii.nl II: lo u il strength. Y. !?? <\ V roH SOl.DIKItS. r.<H'al Association Placed at the Bei? vier of tlu> Mobilized National (?unrdsmcii. The following letter from Secretary H. Im Blrchord of thi Bumter y M. C. A., to Capt. R. T. Brown, Company L, 2ml Regiment, S. C. National Guard, brings bome to the people of SUTBltOf ? concrete conception of fhs grtMlt work that the Young Men's Christian Association is doing ;ind has undertaken to do for the men who have been called into the militate service of the government. Thi ? ser? vice is needed by the enlisted men and if the Y. M. C. A. was not In exist-, ence, or if it failed to measuro up to Its duty and opportunity men would suffer. Capt. Brown says that the men not only need tho comfort;* ond conveniences that the Y. M. 0. A. af? fords them, hut that to a man they appreciate what the institution is do? ing for the enlisted men of the army Capt. Robert T. Rrown, Sunder, S. C. Following is an extract from the Undings of the Conference of* South? eastern Division Y. M. C. A. Secre? taries held at Blue Ridge. N. G.. July 18-19, 1917. and is a standard for all Associations in above division. It lfl compiled to avoid as far as possible a repetition of certain objectionable fea? tures of Border Associations during the service in 1916. Any association disregarding this agreement does so against tho best judgment of the brotherhood. . ? "Soldiers in United States uniform shall be granted the. use of all priv? ileges as though they were members of the local association. "Soldiers are expected to pay for use of towels, etc. on the same basis as local members. "To prevent the spread of infectious or contagious diseases full co-oper.i tion should be had between Y. M. C. A. officials and army surgeon", or commanders, prompt reports should bo made on every known case.** I think that these three out of 18 sections arc all that affect the local situation at the present time. May we no have the pleasure of the fullest co-operati<m possible wherever it is practicable under the situation. A soldier's first dutjf Is to the service into which he Is called and we wir avoid any infraction of this regulation, but If we can serve you or your met "between times" you will do us a fa 1 ver to command us. How about a gymnasium league of indoor baseball or basketball or some? thing to koep "pep" in the boys? I'se the gym for "setting up" exer? cises If you want to when the weath? er is not lit Wilson, has honored the Y. If, C. A. by recognizing it as the only civilian organization to be allowed to do won; in camps or cantonments and has issued an executive order to that ef foet and the Y. If. C. A. is on its metal to merit this great confidence and I am sure that you will find from that reason as well as from a real de? sire on the part of the individual an inclination to do all that we can in this stern time. Cordially and sincerely yours, II. L. Birchard. our Commander-ln-Chlcf, President "Is Your Boy H?ing?" A writer In the August Woman's Home Companion Says: "Close to me lives a man whose in? terests have been separated from mine by more than a mere ivy-grown ?tone fence?to bd exact, by several hundred thousand dollars. The othei day he leaned over the fence and in? quired: " 'Your boy going?' " 'Yes.' M 'Mine, too. Had a notion he didn't want to wait for conscription. By the Wey, those eggplants of yours are nol coming on very well. May 1 send my man over with some fertilizer that has helped ours?' "The fence is still there?but not the barrier, uur boys and our coun? try leveled it. ' Te.ere's bound to be a lot of such le veling from this time <>n. Some of OH who have been too busy to get ac? quainted are going to know each Ottl er. Some who have been too absorb i d by money-making and reputation* seel ng to make friends will suddenl) feel the need of oomradeshtp, Bomt Of us who have worried because oui neighbors dressed better than we did. bad n liner phonograph <>'? ran a fast? er car are going to have our eyes opened to tho falseness of the stand? nrds by which we have Judged our seU \' and each other, We*re going Li like each oi 1er n great deal better and to need each other a great deal more." <'m 1 i>t rolh r (lorn ml Carlton W. . wyer spent yesterday In the city itld made tin annual settlement with Auditor and Treasurer. As ton d the books uid accounts of Auditor Wilder and Treasure" Wallace wore loiind in excellent condition ami the settlement was luudc in a short time ni'st kor tri: mi.x. Secretary linker Tolls Why Troops Train In South. Washington, Juy 23.?In a letter | to Senator Weeks, of Massachusetts,! outdoor training in the early winter is department's reason for choosing the South as the training ground for the National Guard. This letter was in re? sponse to an inquiry from Senator Weeks. Mr. Baker pointed out that the in? ability to get sufficient tonnago for iho transport of troops abroad be? fore winter' sets in made it neces sary to send the National Guard to a 'climate whore they might have out of-door training in the early winter months. Before the winter ends, he said, he expected that all the Nation? al* Guard would be on the way to France. Tho letter follows: "It is intended to send the National Guard, or such units thereof as arc properly equipped and trained, to join the American expeditionary forces In France, before the additional forces authorized by the selective draft ac4. now called the national army, can be sent. When the plans for mobiliz? ing those two' forces were drawn, it was not known how soon the National army could bo assembled under the draft. The National Guard having al? ready in its possession some equip ment, and' having, after several months' service on the border, re? ceived a certain measure of training, it was believed that that force could be more promptly dispatched to France than the National Army, which at the time the plans were ap? proved had not been authorized by congress. "Plans for the dispatch of our forc? es to France depend not only on their training and equipment but also upon the availability of sufficient tonnage for transportation. Had it been pos? sible to procuro before winter, trans? portation to Franco for the National Guard of all States in the North, it is quite possible that my advisers would have recommended that the National Guard be placed in cantonments In the North. Had such a plan been pro posed and given effect and tonnage been sufficient, the approach of win? ter would have found the National Guard in a climate where out-of-door training would have been impractica? ble. "It would, jthen have been neces? sary, after considerable expenditure for the constriction Of cantonments, to transport them to the South, build new cantonments, and possibly return them to a Northern harbor for em? barkation. Hence it was decided to construct cantonment shelter for the National Guard in the South. "After sitos had been selected for many of the divisions of the National Guard and for the National army it wns reported by the officer in charge of cantonment construction that, due to thep rice of material, the sum of [ money appropriated for cantonment construction would be sullicient for only about half the number (32) ol cantonments planned. It was also re? ported that the construction of half the number of cantonments could be complete by Sept. 1, 1917, but not by July, he month in which it had been planned to call the National Guard into military service. This month was selected because, due to the lack of clothing and oilier equip? ment, it was bolieved impracticable to complete the cqlpment of the reg? ular army with all its increments, be? fore July, and it was not desirable to call the National Guard before it was possible to supply the necessary equipment, "Because of the impracticability of constructing' thirty-two cantonments with the funds appropriated it was de? cided, as the National Guard had then In its possession a certain amount of tentage, and the war department could reasonably hope to supply the necessary ocmplement by the end of July, to place the National Guard under canvas in order that their training might not be longer delayed, and to conline the cantonment con? struction to the sites selected in va? rious divisional areas for the National army. "You correctly assume that it hop? ed to send the National Guard to France within a reasonable time, but it is manifestly Impracticable, with the limited tonnage available, to transport all the National Guard of the Northern States to France? before cold weather, even if the dispatch of the division of the regular army be postponed for that purpose. "if the National Guard of the New Rngland division should be camped in New Rngland considerable expendi? ture will be necessary at the site se lected. Oil the approach of cold weather it will be necessary to trans? port them to the South and to spend an equal amount on the construction Of a camp there. In the sites which have been seleced, training of the National Guard may be continued throughout the winter. During the winter, if not before, it is hoped thai sufficient jonnage Will be available tor Hie dispatch ot mos! of the National . HI iluard to France, namely, those dl visions properly equipped and train? ed for service in war. 'I can assure you that every uteri taken by the war department for tin organization and training of all our military forces has been prompted solely by the desire to further the prosecution of the war in such a man nor as to effect the best results. It is Impossible to foresee what difficul? ties may arise in the future, but the present plans of the war department are so framed as to provide for the training of each portion of the army as soon as the equipment can be fur? nished, and to dispatch each portion of the army to France as soon as it Is trained and equipped and tonnage becomes available." Mixing Politics and Religion. (By Herman Hagedorn of the Vigilantes.) "The Messenger of Peace" ("Der Friedensbote") is the dovelike title of a religiously weekly published in St. Louis by the Herman Evangelical Synod of North America. It prints on its front page two biblical texts, a plOUS poem and two sermons, and con? tains in each issue, besides these, a number of religious articles, reports on domestic and foreign missions, and one or two pieces of Sunday school fiction. At the end of each issue it contains furthermore a de? partment entitled "Aus Welt und Zeit.' In this department is given in brief words the week's news from the four corners of the earth. It is here that the Cloven Hoof appears. Here is a sample of the tone of the editorial notes printed in this section of a religious weekly: 'Our yellow press has recently been speaking with particular glee of 'for? eign language papers.' "Well, isn't English a foreign language? We hope that no one would assert that it had grown up on American soil. It comes from another, from a foreign land. The fact that English is the language of tho courts makes no difference. After all, English is only a German dialect anyway. Where did the Angles and the Saxons come from?" On the same page with this gem of erudition is an article quoted from Friedrich Naumann'.?? "The German Soul in the World War," explaining and upholding German militarism. The following page is devoted to advertisements of four books, glori? fying the heroic exploits of the "Envden," the "Ayesha," the Deutsch? land" ?nd of "Zeppelins over Eng? land." It. is noteworthy that, where? as these advertisements have nothing to do with religion, they do make ex? cellent propaganda for Germany. The "Friedenbote" is not the first religious paper which the German government has used for its own secu? lar ends. In Strand House, London, there is a room devoted entirely to books, magazines and pamphlets pre? pared by Germany to be scattered over creation. Every language and many dialects are represented, and practically every religion of the world is there used as a medium of pro German arguments. The German armies arc no greater menace to the freedom of the world than this insidious invasion of news? papers and magazines by German pro? paganda. It should be thwarted wherever it raises its head. Papers like "Der Friedensbote" should be told strenly to'keep out of politics or sus? pend publication. When to Do Your ('aiming. The Woman's Home Companion for August says: "The time to do the canning Is within twenty-four hours of the time when the fruits and vegetables are picked. The fresher they are when the canning process begins, the surer they will he of keeping and the bet? ter they will taste when opened. Fruit should be picked before it is over ripe, and vegetables while young and teml? er. Do not wait for tho end of the season, but put up the new things as they come along. If you do not know how much better small beets are than large ones, lind out this summer. Car? rots two or three inches long seem like a different vegetable when com? pared with coarse, woody full-grown ones. Can them while they are small "A jar or two, put up every day while one is getting dinner, seems to take no extra time. If one hurries a bit, or if one serenely plans to take advantage of the odd minutes while waiting for something else to cook, these little extras can bo done with? out any trouble, while on the farm canning parties may be planned ahead when it is known that large amounts of produce will be ready to can at a given time." II the farmers want a government cotton grader on this market they should take steps to organise a llv< marketing association. This would be a timely subject for consideration at the next meeting of the County Committee of Public Safety. ?- ? n* The Cure for Grief. Tito only euro for grief is action.? George Henry Lewis, No; Six-Sixty-Six This it a prescription prepared especially for MALARIA or CHILLS e\ FEVER. Five or six doses will break any case, and if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not return. It acts oo the liver better thso Calomel end does not gripe or sickca. 25c r>uild Ship>! Gentleman! The polemic! within the shipbuild? ing bureau of tho federal government has degenerated Into a petty row that suggests the bickerings of ward bosses rather than the methods of men of stature and brains bent upon the single purpose of equipping their country for the supreme test of the "entury. The people are weary of the back hauling, squabbling and disputations between those upon whom rests the tremendous responsibility of con i structing an adequate merchant ma? rine. And it is enough to make the country sick! Bver since Major General QoothalS was put in managerial command of the emergency fleet corporation srhat he has wanted Chairman Denman, of the shipping board, has objected to; and what Denman has wanted Gen? eral Goethals has opposed.' It has been a case of Tweedle-Dee and Twodlc-Dum between the two. There has been constant and continuous dis? cord?little cooperation, no harmony, and, cansoquerdly, practically no pro press! And instead of this great de? partment having at its disposal an enormous appropriation of funds? rising to the performance of its func? tion, it has proceeded more upon the order of a discordant playhouse, with its masters acting more like naughty children than big men. Something Is radically askew in the shipping department. The Constitu? tion does not profess to know what it is; neither do we presume to judge as between the respective contentions of Chairman Denman and Manager Qoethals. We do know, however, that there should be no contentions. The task to be performed is of too vital national importance, and it is too big, to per? mit of time for personal spit-firing. Denman and Goethals are delaying the game?the greatest game in which the world's freedom is the stakes. Evidently they cannot agree?can? not pull together in harmony. There? fore, one or the other ought to get out! Which of the two should be the one to go, The Constitution does not profess to know. But we do know this: That it is un? thinkable that a man of General Goe? thals' past performances?a man who could take hold of the isthmus job, after it had been balled up and botched by red tape and precisely such tomfoolery as is now disrupting the shipping department, cut the tape, straighten out the kinks and carry the biggets piece of construc? tion work of the age of speedy and successful completion, without a hitch or a jar?is not man enough for the work now cut out for him. We know little of Mr. Denman'a capacity or qualifications. But we do know that when the canal enter? prise became completely muddled through polities and red tape, Presi? dent Itoosevelt commissioned Colonel Goethals to go down there and dig the ditch! And from the day Wash? ington received the historic cable? gram from the new boss announcing laconically that "I am on the job!"? that from that day on the work went ahead like a ship plows the sea! And Goethals was the BOSS! If General Goethals has the genius for organisation and construction that Colonel Goethals had. it would he a wise move for the administration to put an end to this standstill jangl? ing and ruction, cut the red-tape and command the canal builder to "get on the job" in Washington with a free hand and with the same spirit that he got onto the jo > in Panama. ?Atlanta Constitution. It has been officially announced that no flimsy claims for exemption from military service will be consid? ered by the exemption boards. Those who have been drafted will have to serve, Unless they are physically un? lit, or have a good excuse, or are of more service In some other capacity th:ui as a soldier. Beeswax Wanted. See me before you sell your wax. I Will buy it for cash at the best cur? rent price. N. G. OSTERN. roil SALE?Registered Abordoen Angua bull, four years old, tubercu? lar tested, without fault or blemisii c. p. Osteen, Bumter, s. C. RUB-MY-TISM Will cure youy Rheumatism, Noural^ia, Headaches, Cramps, Colie, Sprains, ltruises, Cuts and Burns, Old Bottja, Htings of Insect*, Bet. Antiseptic Anodyne, used internally and externally. IViuj 2&