Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WATKlt SIX INCIII-.S AROVE TRACKS AT PASSFNGEI; STATION. Tout Rainfall for Two Days in Near? ly Seven in? h< **?e Radly Damaged. Florence. May 16.?Thin city ami aeetlon has been visited by torrential i sine during the last forty-eight hour* that have done great damage to crops, roads and truck. The rain? fall has been heavier than In the me? morable days of the flood of till and Florence has been practically un? der water for twenty-four hours, an? only Ute this afternoon has there been a let up In the rainfall. Tuesd.i\ morning the government weather ob? server here reported a fall during the night of 1.47 Inches. Yesterday he re? ported s further fall of 1.15, and thb morning at 7 o'clock the fall for last night measured LSI inches, or a total of the forty-eight hours of 5.98 inches Hiace 7 o'clock this morning there has been a further fall of .81 Inches making a total rainfall of 6.79 inches since Tuesday morning at daylight The streets of Florence early thb morning looked like river* and romp of the main streets, particularly flouth Dargan, East Evans. South am North Halliard. East Day and Dlxon. ? nd all of North Florence beyond thi main tracks of the Coast Line, were under water from five to twenty-four Inches deep. At the Atlantic Coast Line passenger station the water war six Inches above the rah. It was sc deep that the water backed up unde the alcove directly in front of th main entrance to the ruin shed an . hoards had to be placed as walk way from the station gates out to th various trains, In order that passen? gers could get to and from the*. trains into the station. Jef.'re; s creek, Rlack creek. Middle ?wamp, Lynch's river and ever} stream la Florence county are alrea 1\ beyond their banks, and the fields an 1 fsrms are covered In wi.ter in hun? dreds of Instances. It Is a serious time hereabouts, be cauae It will be too late for the farm? ers to replant cotton and tobacco that baa been drowned out, and there g no telling what the damage will be or what the result will be in lowei Florence County with the onrush ol the waters that fell yesterday and to? day as they move to the rivers and towards the sea. WOODEN SHIP EVKRY DAY. Seventeen. Aggregating ?0,000 Tons. Sit**- May First. Waahington, May 17.?Wooden ships have been launched at the rat* of more than one a day for the pas. four weeks. The shipping board an nounced today that seventeen wood en craft, aggregating ?0,000 torn burden, had been added to the American merchant marine In thv first seventeen days of thli month. Last Wednesday four wooden hulb were launched, totalling 14,500 tons probably the greatest amount ol wooden tonnage ever launched In a single day In the history of American yards. The four ships were th* Paseagoula. 1,500 tons. Pascagoula Mlsa. the first wooden vessel launch? ed for the shipping board In district No. I. comprising the States of Mis slsstppl. Alabama, and Ixmlslana The Kuws. 3.500 tons. St John's, Ore? gon; Hlackford. 4000 tons. Aberdeen. Washington, and fiasco, 3.500 tons Houston. Texas. None of the fifty or more wooden ships have been completed and de? livered because of a shortage of boll era, VIOLENT ARTILLERY FIGHTING Cntsflkt on R?ttle Front (.rowing In Intensity. Paris. May 1H.?Violent artlller> fighting north and south of the Avff river Tront below Atmen* i* reported In the official statement today. Mr 'w - BATTLE AT GIVENCHY. British Engage In Night Fighting With (iermMiu. London. May II. Heavj artillerj fighting last night between Civenehy and Robecq on the xouthern Hide Ol the Flanders salient, is reported n. the war office statement OBOCd thll morning. I - TWO AIR VI? TORI KM ('apt. Peterson llrliitf* Down Hun 1*1* new. Washington. May 1*.? Another official American BOOawSOalQQP front Clan. Perehln? today gtVOS the dOtalU of the bringing down ot two German planes by Capt. Peterson of the American armv. Wsshlngton, May It. ?00001 i fslr weather with nearly normal tem? perature Is the forecast for South eastern Btatea for the coming week GOVERNOR DESIGNATES WEEK BEGINNING MAY 20, TO AID SOCIETY. Citizens Urged to Give Time ami Means to TI?H Great Work of Mercy. Columbia, May 16.?Governor Man? ning, in a proclamation, quoting with approval the words of President Wilson, has designated the week he ginning Monday, May 20, as Red Cross week in South Carolina. The governor requests the citizens of the State to give not only of their sub-1 stance, but of their time to the great philanthropic war enterprise. The proclamation follows: 'Whereas, by proclamation, the president of the Cnlted States has designated the week beginning May 20, 1918. Red Cross week.' during which the people of the nation will be called upon again to give of their uibstance in support of the American Red Cross and "Whereas, in his proclamation the president of the Cnited States has said in his preamble: ?' 'Inasmuch as the war fund of 1917 so generously contributed by the American people to the Red Cross for the administration of relief at home and abroad has been practically ex? hausted by appropriations for the welfare of our military and naval forces, and those dependent upon them, and for the yet more urgent necessltes of our allies, both military and civil, who have long borne the hrunt of the war; and inasmuch as the year of our own participation in the war has brought an unprecedent? ed demand upon the patriotism and liberality of the people and has made evident the necessity of concentrating he work of relief in one main organ? ization which can respond effectively md universally to the needs of hu? manity under stress of war; and inao nuch as during the war the closer md closer cooperation of the Red ''rose with our own army and navy, with the governments of our allies, and with foreign relief organizations has resulted in the discovery of new >pportunitles for helpfulness under conditions which translate opportun? ity into duty; and inasmuch as the Red Cross war council and the Red Cross commissioners In Europe have faithfully and economically admin? istered the people's trust;' and "Whereas, 'the people of the Cnited States will be called upon again to <lve gene.ously to the continuation of the Important work of relieving llstress, restorihg the waste of war ind assisting in maintaining the mor? ale of our troops and the peo? ple of our allies by this manifes .atlon of effort and sacirflce on the part of those who. though not prlv deged to bear arms, are of one spir? it, purpose and determination with )ur warriors.' "Now, therefore, I, Richard I. Man? ning, governor of South Carolina, do by this proclamation especially direct the attention of the people of the State to the all-important work of Red Cross week,' and to the vital ne? cessity of prompt asd concerted ac '.lon in making and securing contri? butions to the Red Cross war fund: tnd particularly do I call upon mer. ? nd women In this great emergency to give, not only of their substance, ?ecius.- it is service as well as Muh that is needed, to the end that there may he on the part of the people of South Carolina a response to the call made upon them In according with the spirit of patriotism and the love of humanity, for which our people have ever been known." AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST. smallest Number of Reported Killed ami Wounded. Washington, May 18.?The cas? ualty list today contained 30 names. Killed In action. 3; died of wound. 3; died of disease. 4; wounde 1 se riously. r?; wounded Slightly, 10; mis ing in action, 12; prisone s, 2. Pri? vate Ray R. Mason of iainesvillc. Tim,, is missing in action. RAVED PROM SEA. Ensign stone t.ivcn up Cor Lost Ar? rives in London. Washington, May II.??Kn sign gj, a. Stone, of the United States Naval He serves, of Norfolk, who was given up for drowns 1 in the English channel I i-?r month has safely arrived at Lon? don, aOCOrdtng to Information receiv ??<i today, with ? companion Btone clung to the underside of s see plane pontoon for eight hours without food m drink before being rescued. OVERMAN HILL SIGNED. President Now Has Authority to He orgn n I/t* Department. Washington. May 10.?President Wilson today signed the Overman bill giving the president broad powers to poordlnafe government departmental PLOT IN IRELAND. LOYAL MEN MC ST DEFEAT CON? SPIRACY. Lord Lieutenant Issues Proclamation Calling on IVople to Defend Fair Name. Dublin, May 17.?A proclamation issued tonight says a German plot in Ireland has been discovered. In the proclamation the vicerory calls upon all Irishmen to defeat the conspiracy. The proclamation of the lord lieuten? ant says: "Whereas, it has come to our knowledge that certain subjects of his majesty, the king, domiciled 111 Ireland, have conspired to enter and have entered into treasonable com? munication with the German enemy, and, '?Whereas, such treachery is a men? ace to the fair name of Ireland and its glorious military record . . . and, "Whereas, drastic measures must be taken to put down this German plot, now therefore, we, the lord lieu? tenants of Ireland and governor gen? eral of Ireland have thought fit to issue this proclamation declaring as follows: "That it is the duty of all loyal subjects of his majesty to assist in every way his majesty's government in Ireland to suppres this treasonable conspiracy and to defeat the treach? erous attempt of Germany to defame the honor of Irishmen for their own ends. . ,M Dublin, May 18.?The Irish Times today says the government has not acted a moment too soon as all signs pointed to another outbreak of arm? ed violence, possibly in connection with landing of German troops on Irish shores. IRISH TRAITORS ARRESTED. London, May 18. ? Professor Ed Ward De Valera, president of the Sinn Fein society, Arthur Griffith, founder of the Sinn Fien, Countess Markio vicz, Dr. Dillon, Willian Cosgrave, Sinn Fein member of parliament for Kilkenny, have been arested, accord? ing to an Exchange Telegraph dis? patch from Dublin. Additional ar? rests reported in the Times dispatch include Dr. Hays and Darrell Figgis. Kinn Feinere Under Guard. Belfast. May 18.?A number of Sinn Felners who were arrested here last night were removed to the mili? tary barracks. The Cull to American Nurses. "I don't think we can do enough for them ? ? ? these men who have left everything* * * I am more thank? ful every day that I took up nursing, even though my bit is so very small indeed. \ These words weie written from a base hospital In France by Amabel Scharff Roberts. Vassar, 1913, who. as a member of the Presbyterian Hos? pital unit of New York, was succor? ing British wounded at Etretat hard? ly a month after her own country had joined the war against the common foe. The lines from her last letter home make a plea that daily rings deeper; for nurses are now one of the pressing needs of the nation, and it is to the girl of higher education that the calling's richest rewards are offer? ed. Miss Roberta died in January from blood poisoning contracted in her work. Her olttSSmatei are now Offering In her memory four scholar? ships In The Training Camp for Nurses, which will be held at Vaasar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., from June 2i to September 11. Where all the nurses are to come from, is a Question that perplexes ev? erybody intimately concerned with the care, and therefore the effective? ness of the millions of our men who are going to France. For we arc go? ing In millions, and with every' mil? lion men there must be from 12,000 to 15,000 registered trained nurses There are only r?r? 000 '11. X.'s" In America today. What will happen to our civil hospitals and to the ru? ral and industrial health service* when the nurses are all gone to war? V takes three years to make a train? ed nurse; and the regular output ot the nurses' training schools is hard? ly Sufficient to meet normal elvi needa?From 'The College Woman as Nurse," by Thomas H. Simpson, in the American Review of Reviews foi May. U-St AT CARTAGENA. tabmarine Tiuit sunk the Lusltanls Disabled in Spanish Fort. Madrid. Sunday, May 19.-The Ber? nau submarine (_%S9, says an official llspatch from Cartagens entered that ?Ott last night m a damaged condl? ion. This submarine, aecordlng to lerman sdvlces, is the one that tor* ?edoed the Lusltanls May i"th. 916 The lL8f Is also reported to have ittaeked the American steamer IV rollte in December, 1915, BUSHMEN DECLARE BRITISH PROMISES ARE UTTERED TO DECEIVE. Appeal to Americana to Have Them Urge England to Apply Principles of Self-de tor mi nut ion. Dublin, Thursday, May lf?.?At a meeting of forty-live members of the Irish party here today, with the I rah Nationalist leader and John Dillon presiding, a statement was issued that the bill for conscription in Ire? land was adopted by parliament largely under the Impression that no attempt would be made to use the power until a responsible Irish gov? ernment and an Irish parliament were called into existence. The latest developments, however, lead to the convi tion, the statement says, that the government has no in? tention of producing any bill what? ever and that all the promises made were uttered simply to deceive the house of commons, the British public, and above all, the American govern? ment, the American people and the l allied European nations, and of prejudicing the cause oi Ireland in their eyes. The statement says conscription would not only be an outrage of na? tional right, but a breach of faith. The complaint la made that Britten propaganda is creating prejudice against Ireland in America, and an appeal la made to the United States to listen to Ireland's case, as stated ? by Irishmen qualified to speak in her behalf. The statement concludes: "We beg of the American people and government In the memory of the bonds of sympathy which have exist? ed between the American and frish nations ever since the foundation of the republic, to urge upon their Brit? ish allies the duty of immediately applying in the case of Ireland those principles of democratic freedom and national self-determination so mag? nificently set forth in President Wil? son's declarations, the benefit ot , which is denied to Ireland, while the Irish people are called on to fight for them in foreign lands." The Coming Total Solar FcIIpse. (By Prof. Edwin 13. Frost, of the Perkes Observatory, in the June Popular Mechanics Magazine.) On the afternoon of Saturday. June 8, 1918, the wonderful spectacle of n total solar eclipse will be visible, weather permitting, over ^. track ex? tending from the Pacific (Washing? ton) to the Atlantic (Florida). This track of the moon's shadow is 70 miles wide at the western coast, nar? rowing to 10 miles in Florida. For about an hour the moon will gradually encroach upon the sun's disk, the daylight will fade, then the narrowing crescent of the sun will sud? denly disappear, and around the jet black ball of the moon, hanging in the northwestern sky among the brighter stars, will be seen the pearly radiance of the mysterious solar corona. The remarkable spectacle may be enjoyed for 122 seconds at the western coast, and for half that time in Florida. Then the crescent of the sun Will appear on the other (western) side of the moon, and af? ter another hour the full disk of the sun will shine as usual. This event happens at any one place, on the average, only three times in a thousand years. The gaseous envelopes of the sun can be advantageously studied by astronomers during the brief interval of total ec lipse, and it is then only that the corona can be observed. It is estimated that there are only about DO minutes in a century for the in? vestigation of this interesting but still perplexing outer appendage of the sun. Its shape is not constant, but varies with the eleven year cycle of the sun's activity in producing sun spots. Sun-spots are now about at their maximum, and accordingly we may expect a corona with streamers distributed In all directions around the sun, but not so widely extended Oiist and west as in H?00. The stream? ers Issuing from near the sun's poles suggest somewhat certain appear? ances of tin- aurora boreal la Tim light ?>f the corona is partly re? flected sunlight and partly radiation due to the Intense heat it receives from the sun. But the most interest? ing part is due to an unknown gas, called coronlum, which has not yet l?een found in the earth or in the spectrum of any other sun. THE BROOKS COUNTY LYNCHING. No Further Trouble Reported?Posses stilt Searchtng for Negroes. Vahlosta. May 20. NO further out-1 breaks are reported following the (luartet of lynching, growing out of murder of Hampton Smith, and the shooting of his wife at Barney Brooks COUnt)*! Posses ale Mill BOnrchlng for tWO more negroes WAITING FOR MEN. GERMANS BUILDING IT? FOR ANOTHER BIG EFFORT. British General Staff Says More ami More Retaforcemente are Arriving in France. London, May 17.?The Associated I Prem has been given the following summary of the military situation as represented the opinion of the Brit ; ish general staff: I "The situation on the West front j has been quiet during the past week i except for minor raiding operations in which the allies, on the whole, had the advantage. "The momentum of the Germans in the opening spring offensive has been expended, but it is clear that they are now boiling up for another big ef? fort. "The longer the Germans delay the more men they can put in from divi? sions which have been resting and re forming, and if they wait only a little longer they will be able to resume the offensive on the same scale as be j fore. But they can not wait too long The steady stream of American rein? forcements is coming faster and faster. "The Germans still pretend to treat the Americans as neglib'e, but the German staff does not underrate them. If the German staff had not taken the American army seriously, it is doubtful whether they would haz? ard their whole future on the dan? gerous expedient of a spring offen? sive this year. "The Americans will have to ben? efit by the experience, but Ameri? cans are good business men and can be depended on to buy in the cheap? est markets and sell at the dearest price. The British staff is confident that the American army will make good and that the American nation will never let go until the end." "The air fighting during the past week has been heavily in the allies' favor. Between the ninth and the " 15th wc downed 71 enemy planes to i 19 of our own missing. ? I "The allies' aerial success has been I a large factor in bringing the first stage of the German offensive to a standstill. "The situation on the West front . today is much as it has been before. . The German commander, finding that the momentum of the first rush has been expended, has tried smaller at? tacks, but finds they do not pay. Our experiences in the past have been similar. It is clear that an initial success is the cheapest and "that the further one goes without pause the more costly attacks become, until the ratio of loss to profit becomes pro? hibitive. So now the Germans are preparing for another really big move. The more time they take in prepara? tion the more time we have for de? fensive plans. "In the meanwhile, there Is great strain and wastage to the German troops in the line from shell fire, gas and other causes. "llegarding the war situation as a whole, we ui Rcd the. importance of the public retaining the proper sense of proportion. We have got a long row to hoe and for the whole sum? mer the situation must continue to be an anxious one. In the long run man power will be the vital factor." Prepare to Can. In this month of May. just before the canning period, take account of stock, not only of your equipment, the canner, et cetera, but of your jars, your rubbers, and the closet in which the finished product is to be stored. Have the closet as dry and cold as possible. Fruits or vegetables that are to be canned must be fresh and not over one day old if possible. Peas and corn lose their davor so rapidly that they ought to be canned within four hours of the time of cooking. Do not waste any time on decayed fruits or vegetables. The former can be put up safely with sugar, as jam. by discard i ing the poor portions, hut should nev? er be used for canning. Go over the jars and rubbers. Do not use rubbers which are sold with jars, unless a known and tested brand is provided. Even so. it is bet? ter to purchaae new rubbers, helng very sure that the rubber of which they are made will stretch slightly without break or crack. An excel? lent test that Good Housekeeping In titute has evolved consists in pressing the rubber between the thumbs and forefinger of each hand with a slight poll. If this pressure develops a soft, spongy feeling in the rubber, discard it. if it feels slightly granular and firm to the touch, it will prove pood. Then, too. the jar must he carefully examined to make sure that there are no invisible nicks or cracks and that the clamp on the cover tits securely and tightly.?-Good Houaekeeping. London, May 6.?Eighty ships of the British Hoot are now equipped with moving picture apparatus for the entertainment of their crews CAMPAIGN OPENS JUNE 18. ENATORIAL ASPIRANTS BEGIN THEIR TOUR AT WINNSBORO ?OTHERS OPEN AT BARN WELL. omplctc Itinerary Now In Process or Formulation, It Is Announced. Columbia, May 17.?The sub-com? mittee of the State Democratic exe? cutive committee has decided on Tuesday, June 18, for beginning tho State and senatorial campaigns. The complete itinerary is being arranged by a railroad man and will be an? nounced in the next few days, prob? ably Monday, Gen. Wilie Joneg, a member of the committee, stated to? night. The senatorial campaign will open at Winnsboro and swing through the Piedmont section, and the initial State meeting will be at Barnwell and will take in the northern part of South Caro'ina first. The candidates for State and feder? al offices automatically will have to file their pledges with the Secretary of State at Columbia on or before noon of June 17. A WELCOME ANNOUNCEMENT. Food Dealers Will be Required to Sell at Fair Profit. Columbia. May 15.?The Food ad? ministration has sent out a warning to corn millers and to wholesale and retail dealers in corn, barley and oats products that at the present prices of these grains cornmeal and oatmeal should be selling at least twenty per cent below the price of wheat fiour and that corn Hour and barley flour should be selling at least ten per cent, below wheat flour. The high levels ruling in grains ac a result of car shortages and storm weather last winter have now fallen materially with much greater free? dom of transportation and the stocks accumulated by manufacturers and I traders at the prices ruling then should have been liquidated by this time, in the view of the food admin? istration. The maintenance of high? er price levels by millers and whole? salers will require justification to the State and local administrators, and although retailers are net under control wholesalers will be instructed to cease dealing with retailers who cannot justify their prices on the basis of the cost of their goods. - ,< IX>RD DUNMORE COMING Distinguished British Statesman Here May 31. Columbia, May 18.?Lord Dun more, distinguished British soldier and statesman, will reach Columbia on Thursday afternoon, May 30. He will speak in Columbia that night, probably at the Columbia theater. He will go from Columbia to Sumter Friday and on Saturday he will speak at Florence. The remainder of his time will be divided between Charleston, June 3; Orangeburg, June 4; Spartanburg. June f?, and Creenville, June 6. MTIIODISTS NEAR ADJOURN? MENT. General Conference Expected to Close Tonight. Atlanta. May 18.?Whea the South? ern Methodist general conference resumed its session today, the be? lief was generally expressed that final adjournment will be taken to? night. HAH) ON PARIS. Germans Make Unsuccessful At? tempt to Bomb City. Paris, May 18.?German airplanes attempted to bombard Paris again last night, but did not reach the city. Bombs, nowever, were dropped on the outlying suburbs. COOPERATION IN EAST. Entente Powers Will Meet Dangers In Manchuria. Paris. May 18.?China and Japan have been informed by the allied gov? ernments that they have arranged for entente military cooperation to meet the dangers threatening the peace of the far East from German penetration. Purely I>efenslve Measare. Washington, May 18.?The entente military cooperation reported from Parts is understood here as a purely defensive measure in which partici? pation for the present will be con lined to Japan and China. The pri? mary purpose will be the safeguard? ing of Manchuria, with possibilities of extension to Siberia. McAllen. Texas. May 20.?Sergeant Herbert Clrich, of Michigan, was killed by a shot from across the border near Hidalgo today. Four Mexicans were killed in the return ire.