Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SOUTH CAROLINA CHOPS. i m>kn\i. m roirr cjn \< in \<.i . coM?mn\ \\i> i>itoi>t c. TlON. .U Acreage 2.90.VOOO?Condition HA IVr Qfeg, or <? IVr Cent \l*?%e I i n 1 car Average. HmIuiIu. JoA) i-'.?The Bureau <> Crop Estimates has made known ihi"UKh the oii'k. or pi#M Agent B, I Mare today estimates pertaining to ai l ? .i? . . i onditloll aiol prodm I ion ol the legAggj oreag at south Carolina a? Well ax the entire I'nited States, torn. The estimated acreage planted to nun hi South Carolina is 1,174,400 ucren. an against 1,111,441 ant s of last year, the estimated production bolnf ?0,441,001 husln is. which is 1,4M,440 bushels less than that of last year. The acn ige for the 1'nited BtntOI is plat ed ;ii I I l.oiiii inn) acres, as com pared with 1 11,#00(00| a< r? s last y?ai. The pioduetion, however, shows I slight increase, the \ iehl for II1K he tug estimated at 3. 1 i.o.oon.aoo bush? els, as against 3,159,494,044 bushel* Ja fit year. \\ heat. A decrease h lOtSl in the produc? tion of wheat in South Carolina since the Jum leporl t?> the extent of t.:. 000 bushels, while for the I'nited : t?te: t In i . has been .< i edu< t ion ol ?iO.mmi.ooo bushtds. The yield for louth r.nolina Ih placed at 4,4ltt< 000 bushels and the yield for the 1 ulled States at 891,000,000 bushels. Oats. The production of o;its in South Carolina shows a decided Increase over last year, while there is a small decie.i in the total production for the i oit.d States-. Tile estimated vield in South Carolina in 1411 is 12,'.Ml ""'I 1>U tel.. as compared With 1,000,? 000 bushels in 1 !? 17. while the total yl??UI for the t inted States this year is 1.437,OifO.ooii buslu I- as against 1. 141,000,004 bushels last year . Tobacco. The acreage in South Caroline plated at Ml,H?a acres, a against *,J, 000 ucreH Iaht year, the acreage fOf tin I'nited States being 1,444,444 acrt M or 3,000 acres more than last year The condition in South Carolina July 1 was |4 per cent. M com pan d with H| ggf cent last year. ;nnl an eight yeur average of 79 per cent. Tin condition for the I'nited States |a 0 3.1 per cent, compared With s7 1 per cent of last ye n . ami hi eight - year average ol s ?>. L' per cent. Kite. Aereage in rice increased in South Carolina from 4,444 acres in 1 !? 17 to 4,500 acres in 1414, the increase in the I'nited States being from 444,000 Hcres last year to 1,114,444 acres this year. The condition for South Cure Una Im H5 per cent, compiled with Sv per Of nt on col responding date last \enr. the condition for the United States being HI. I pe icon! ami s*..l per cent, respcctivi ly, for 1'.?11 and 1411 Sorghum. The acreage of sor;:hum for syrup rhowH a decrease from 3.f?00 acres in south CiMhu In 1411 to I.K44 aerei in 191H. ami a decrease In the I'nited States as a whole from 378.000 antes to 353.000 antes. IVanuls. 4 The peanut acreage in Smith Car? olina has been reduced from 10,000 acres last year to 9,nno acres this year, while for the I'nited States there has SOeei an increase from 1,444,444 acres In 1917 to 3,330.000 acres m 14,14, Tin condition in South Carolina Is kr, pet rent, the same as Igel year, while tin condition for the I'nited States is IT, I per cent, or - per cent higher than last year. Cotton The estimated acreage for South Carolina is 1,444,444 acres, with a i.enlition ol II p. r tent The condi lion ggSSrt is || per cent hlghef than on thS col i espoiulllig ?I lie of last >ear and per cent hb'het than tin len wal avoi age ( Tin estimated acreage ami condi tlon for South Carolina are reported at keg bs count les Coaaly Acreage Condition Ahhhevillc . . . ? i.std 11 Allen.101.7 I HI An der nog. 144,471 M Hani berg, . . . 41,414 44 Itai gejetl.114,441 Bean fori. 14,444 7x Heikel. \ . |4,t II 7!? Casheua. ^-.i*.*', 41 Charleston .. ,, 91,741 ?s ?herokee . , |g,tg| 81 Chester. 11,714 v i ? ht sterhehl.|ggj | I < lareeooa ... 71,411 14 I olleton . II |4| || liarllngton . . . . 41,111 s I Milan. 11,44c xo I ?ort beste, . . . . :i 7, I I If Kdgelbld . . . . 41,441 I I h.iirfhhl . . . . 44,44] || I'lon-ine. fg, Ig] |g <;.-,,igetown .. .. 1,444 7!? C.reenvllle . . . . ^ 7'? I || ?Ireenwaad . . . 44*411 41 llamptt.n. 14,141 II llorry . 20,78.1 xo Jatper. l^,36o 78 K? i > ha w.?; 1 ,:?s"i |4 I ..i m aster .. . . 89,879 11 Lauretta.16)9,849 8;: Lee.XL',:! I t 82 Lexington.7-.4'.". || McCormiok . .. 41,111 82 ?Marion.:?7.17?.? 79 Marlbora.l "fi.i i 8 i Nowborry .... 88,888 s:: Ooonoi.14,117 8 1 Orangeborg . ,.171,887 8f? Pteketta. 10,903 si fttohland.i:{.77!? 11 Saluda.?;2.C . I 84 Spartanl.ur? . . .117,:{'_?'.' 88 Sumter .... 7*.?.57!? Si 1'nion.48.088 98 Wllllamaburg . . . 7 7.??7 8 1 York.I'?i,<;72 88 AMI UKAN ( Ysl AI TY LIST. More Than OllQ Hundred Killed and WooraJod. Washington, July 18. The army casual!) list ehowe seventy-one^ Killed |r notion. 14; died of wounds, I; died of accidents, 8; wounded aavsrcly, 18; missing. 8, Lieut, Blanchard Battle, of Columbus, Ga., is missing In action; Prlvats Rufui F. Beggs, of Canon ? .a., wounded severely. Marine* Lost Thirty-throe. Washington, July 13.?Marine coro: I < leualty list numbera Jthlrty-three Killed In notion, II; died of wound: ."; woumied severely, 17. state High Rehool Inspector W 11 Hand has been elected superintendent 1 Columbia city schools COTTON KF/KD ( nMl lll A< I . Food Administration Ollieial (all Meet im, jn Columbia. Columbia, July 18.?-Dr, George 11 Denny, of the Cotton Bend Division ol Ihs ITnltsd states rood Admlnlstrn lion, with headquarters at Washing 'on, will hold a meeting in Columbia, at the County Court HOUBfl on Tu. day, JuIn at noon. All person.; throughout the State who are inter < -'??<! in cotton seed matters are iuvit ed to attend this meeting, at which lime matters of Importance relating to the cotton seed Industry will come I up lor discussion ami explanation. |i ? sot eted t hat the meelng \\ ill he largely nth nded, \\ BJtTE st(.AH (IT OFF. M ikrra of ??Leas Itasentl ils" D< nlod In Atlanta. Atlanta. Ca.. July 18.?"Supplies of white sugar were refused to sott drlnN tottiers, soda fountains candy makers .?ml Other makers of so-called less es a* ntlnla in an order issued here to nil ht b) Dr, Andrew M. Boule, SI ?< food administrator. The object, it was announced, i^ to conserve sugar foi home use und canning. Brown sugar still is Obtained by the concerns which are cut off I torn white sugar by to night's order. A Slacker .Monument. Quite an extraordinary situation was precipitated In 0 small [owu community recently through the re? fusal Of a prosperous family Of "?on seientlous objectors" to contribute aid in any form to the prosecution of the war. lays the August Popular Me chanlea Magaslne, The family, con? sisting of eight members, Is a proml nent one engaged In agriculture, and aroused Indignation i>> its steadfast refusal to purchase Liberty bonds, or lib crlbc to the Red I Voss n ftor n pea ted n pproaches. As an OUtgrOWtb Of this attitude, a monument, perhaps one of the ..Irangest that has ever been elected in America, was raised In the bean ol the business district of the town, it w is about s feet in height and painted yellow. ( In such Of its four sides be? neath the inscription: "Indicated to C. . County Slacken;." appeal ed the names of each of the eight members of the ostruelaed family. Through Iho sorvlc n of an atlor? gey, the famll) evenluullj 111 ?sl 1 hllsh ed diplomatic r< latlons, Its Liberty bond quota, which amounted to $1. 100, was met by a donntlon of corre ipondlng slas lo the Red Pro* . Whs ? In- family further agreed to erect a 86 ft. flagpole in the place occupied >>\ the slacker monument. I he towns people, assembled at II meeting,, or ?ten d the 1 b 1 ft hUI Oed. Birth I legist rat km Necessary. The only way of keeping nn official record of a pei ion's birth is by birth registration M Is probably the most important record in a person's life, be Oil 11 <? it . , ||| ,,,,, of hlS or her le glllmaej hit or her des? ? nt, bis or bei ? i hi f.. Inherit property la?longing |o tin- family, and his or her age foi schooling, voting nnd man vine 11 will m>t b. b<ng before a birth cei tlfleate is required for almost every kind of service and occupation, 11 1 reall) not safe t?> travel in any eoun ?r) wllhoui tie legal authority ol one'i eltlsenshlp, whit h Is supplied by u birth certificate. \li ms itoM \\?>i r KLA1N. Son oi' DofJiroiMMl' Csar Killed bj Bolshevik, London, July IL Swedish nowspa? pore publish a statement by a Swed lust returned from Moscow thai Alexis ttonxanoff, son of Nicholas Roman? off, the former Kassian Kmperor. im been killed by a Bolshevik soldier i>\ means of a bomb, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen t oday, There have been numerous rumors recently of the death of the young Ah xis Romanoff, the former heir ap parent, but none has been confirmed from any authoritative source. The most recent circumstantial account ol his supposed whereabouts was printed In German newspapers late In June. These declared he was then In Tobolsk Siberia, having been left behind tln-r ? because of illness when the other members of the Romanoff family were removed to Yekaterinburg. Ml TINY IN SKItBIA. liislrlan soldiers Rebel Because nf Had Tood. Corfu, July 12. Serious mutiny nmong the Austrian troops In one of the occupied districts of Serbin If announced by the Serbian Press Bu? reau here. The garrison at Kraguy Rvi ts. the former Serbian arsenal, rebelled because of had food. Many officers were killed. The mutiny was auppressed after q battle In which machine guns and artillery were Used NOPU Lt.lAN PA PK SINK. Civw of Nino toon Ordered t<? ?oata An Atlantic port, .inly i 2.?A Ger? man submarine, appearing 800 miles off Caps pace on July '">. captured tin Norwegian hark Mans King, and or dered the crew of 19 to take i<> tin boats, it was learned tonight when the urvlvors were brought here on a Bril? len Stouhiahlp, iVhlob picked them U] at sea. The survivors said they di?l not know what became of the bark whether she was sunk or converted into a raider by the (Jertnaiis. The Manx King, a vessel of 1,728 gross tons, left a United States At? lantic port about two week a ago. sie is the*flral crafl reported as encoui ering a U-boat so far north in the At In ntlo, The crew explained they becaUM MO exclb d al meeting a submarin' thai they promptly obeyed the male: to abandon the bark. Pulling awa rapidly, they were overtaken by dark? ness before seeing what dlapealtlo had been made of the sailing VCSSOl None of them reported having hcare any explosion. The Manx King was built at Sloe! ton, England, In 1884, She was com? manded by Captain llelgesen. i Chamber of Commerce Noles. Mr. John II, Planch, of Clemsoti College, assistant marketing agent, stationed at Orangeburg, informs tin. Sumter chamber of Commerce thai he is prepared to buy any corn or oats from the farmers of Sumter county i; they will write him. Of course farmers must expect to comply with regulations as regards putting up their grain in merchantble ami mar? ketable condition, and selling by Standard grades and on market quo tatlona, The retail grocers of Sumter ate re a- te.i to meet at o'clock next Monday evening. July Kdh, at Sum ter chamber of Commerce on a mat? ter of Importance to the retail deal ers, .Miss Annie I?. Keel a, home demon at ration agent of this county, who has been in RonnettSVllle for a couple ol weeks, on sick have has returned and i'. "on the job'' with her accus tone d Real and efficiency. .Miss Keels, with Mis., Alice .1. Mar? tin, the olllcienl assistant home dem nnstration agent, are planning a se i n s of "community days" in many sections of the < ainty next month with tin- ladies of lie home demon stratum clubs, girls' canning' and to meto, domestic science, ami poultr) chile of this county, to which the men, women, lK>ys and girls will be in? vited. An all da\ online with prac? tical talks ami demonstrations, ami a picnic will be the main features of these eyetits, in 'act a 'got together" atmosphere, combined with pnu leal ? duration stunts will he tin. objec i of the community days. Ii is planned, if the State Council of I lefeUKl and I he Stale ! o n I of H>aMh will permit and will in lisli the speakers, to also make these i an. munlty divsi serve the purp" of stimulating Incroused Interest in the conservation of 'he public he Ith. The County Council of Defense, ami the Chamber of Commerce of Sum ler will b ud th 'ir heartiest co-Opern lion in making these community days ami publh health meetings the sin IS thsy should be. Dass of Promise. Time was when fond fathers an<l mothers grave ly held out to their small boys the hope of one day be? coming president of the United states. If only they were faithful to the wood pile, or washed their faces and hands regularly before meals. As there are constantly something like live million small hoys, and never more than one president, the chance has become what might be termed "s long shot." md Young America very soon discov? ers his chances and hopes some day t<? get on the police force, drive 8 lit*' engine, or lie a locomotive engineer. While tin dignity and honor whic h is due all useful labor belongs especially 0 these three occupations, yei none if them are schools out of which. raduates can immediately step into posts of BUch responsibility, say, as .bat considered in the preceding lines What can and should appeal to the boy old enough to have ambitions, and the young man who has begun to think, is the wonderful demonstration >f killed effort by the big men of the 04 untry who are being called daily to ::ssume charge of this and that all essential position of management, in order that we may win the war. These men wer,, no less able a few months ago, hut they wen? scattered geo? graphically, ami partly concealed by the limits of the industry they served. Now they are brought into action in such a manner their numbers become impressive, just as 10,000 soldiers, one each in 10,000 towns, are not impres? sive until tlu \- muster into one mass. Ami what an Inspiration to the young man! These men of power are i-ig. not because of rich fathers, or in? fluence, or any ( banco of fortune, 'liny are Big Men because they will ? d and determined to be such. These men. c v< ry one, had they chosen. 1 COUld today have been managing a peanut stand, or a popcorn wagon, in? stead of great departments of the greatest government on earth. Bach one would have had more time to spend in perfectly harmless ways, Which WOUld have hit them wher. ihey had began. They certainly IVOUld have bad none hours for sleep and pleasure, and infinitely less ol work and worry and discouraging on 1 deavor. Hut tin y always sought mon responsibilities and places higher up and both came to them. Probably n< ver in all the history o tin- world has so inspiring an exam pie been presnted to the young mei .,f any generation. What they ar? doing, others in years to come can do And never was there a time of BUCl promise to young men of training am ambition as exists today, and will ex? ist in a still larger measure when tin reconstruction period after tin* wat begins, In our ow n ami all other COUn tries tin demand for young men win can do things in mechanics and engi? neering, farming, llnance, ami bus! ness, will be unprecedented. Thoat who have served in tile war will hav< an experience in self-control ami ac? tion they would never have attaine? in a lifetime of peace; those who d not go. owe it to their country ami themselves to make the utmost effort to train their minds and hands in Useful aits, and selecting some Bi| Man as an example, Strive in every way to rise as lullx as possible to the level he has reached, and even go be? yond that. These are the days of large opportunities, and never before wer there so many stepping stones in the way of books ami schools and teach eis. Xo young man need go without an education Which shall make him proficient in at least some one branch of endeavor. Voting man, this is your day, and your opportunity is just ahead. How ? ever small you may be now, are you big enough to train to bo one of the I I ?ig .Men then ? j It's up to you. By 11. II. Windsor in the July Popular Mechanics Mag aslne, Trench Hospitality lor American Sol? diers. Homes of clergymen in France have been prepai d to provide hosp tality for American soldiers on leave or during convalescence, Offers have been received from ail parts of the world to extend this movement, These offers are the outcome of an appeal, sent out b\ the French Prot? estant Committee ami published in French newspapers under the head? ing, a Duty of Hospitality." urging the reception of American ollleers ami soldiers in French Protestanl homes. Madame de Billy, wile of Col. ?b Billy, Assistant to the High Commis? sioner of the French Republic in Washington, is honorary secretary ol tie- Committee on French Homes, tin subcommittee lo tin- French Protest int i.'oi.111 ? i . a ii. i tin one Ilia I hikes ea re of these offers on behalf of ? b men oi i in American army, Tin- rotton i rop is not \ el made ami t in- predict ions of i bump* r crop mas >. i . time to in light. W member what ha I'pem d .1 uly I 8, I ? I,; to the finest cotton, crop prospect this section svei bad. Moscow Women (?obig Mm! and Coin milting1 Suicide. Conditiona in Russia are described as so critical that many women are ending their own ii\?-s or becoming insane, because of lack ol* work and the fact that they* face famine. ' ! know of tWO girls, friends of our friends, who committed suicide and two of the best known young people in Russia) n man and a girt, have gone crasy In the last two days," writes Miss Elisabeth Boies, war worker of {the V. W. C. A. in Moscow. The j schools are closed and the university, too, How people continue to live I do not Bee, for there is a constant de? crease In work and even in their ter? rible distress these people have not yet j come to the point where they throw down their pride and do anything. 'More place? are shut up this week i than last. I am going out to see some j pool- neighbors tomorrow With one of our committee women. I have taken in temporarily '> nurse, who dropped on our doorstep the other night with? out a place to sleep and no frlenda te go to. She has worked four years in the war and was wounded three times, the last time while working on an am? bulance In the October revolution. W** are trying to find her a job, hut it almost can not be done. Xo one wants to take another person into the family because it means another mouth to iv-d. Everyone is doing without a BerVant, Instead ?>f having several. 'The small amount of poor bread that we can get la grabbed up by our girls they are so hungry. 1 notice in the c lass that Is out of work how the i iris are t unning down physically. Tin y are thinner and older and look pinched. Even our committee mem? bers are ageing perceptibly. The men? tal suffering that many per ons aro undergoing Is terrible." Miss Boloe is from Cincinnati, <diio. Atter graduating from Smith College sh.- took postgraduate courses at the University of Chicago and Columbia University, she bald charge of the. 1 v. w. c. A. clubhouse at the Panama Pacific Expos!! on and was on duty on the Mexican border in lit 10. Casualt) List of Babies, l?o you know that $00,000 American children under live died last year? Thai we are tco much concerned with ourselves and our particular friends te know how the other half is gettlni along is the charge made by WiUlan P. I'.igtlow, editor of Good House keeping. Mr: P.igelow states the cas< and suggests the following line of ac tion: "My apathy added to yours, am yours to your neighbor's soon widern Into the circle that surrounded?ant ignored?the 300,00 American chil? dren under live, and the 16,000 moth l is. who died last year?n majority 01 them needlessly, because we wert apathetic. So we killed them, b> neglect, just the same as the German! Hid the Turks and the others did tin soldiers of our allies. They used ga> and shell and other things, and W1 used neglect "Hut we are tired of that, and art going to do better. At least the Children's Bureau is putting it up tc us to mend our ways and make this I safe country for a baby to he born in A child welfare drive began in April and each State has been as? signed a definite number ot baby lives to save, just a* it is assigned q certain number ol soldiers tO recruit. A State that fails in recruiting is ashamed before its sister States; q Stale that fails to save its babies will sit in sackcloth and ashes when the results of the Chil? dren's Year are announced. The Children's Year will be inaugu? rated with a nation-wide weighing and measuring of children under live. It will be the most stupendous sur? vey of the well-being of children ever attempted. At the (lose of it each community will know just what Its children need if they are to become worthy citlsens of the republic that saved democracy. Every step of the way will be smoothed out by the r.d eral Children's I hire .u. w hich will furnish material and suggestions for the work. This new movement should have the enthusiastic support of the w hole nation, n you ln >'m,r p'annillg. begin now. Ask for all the help you need from any available source. Resolve t?> do more th: save your proportion of the hundred thousand little ones we're after this \e.n sive every one in your com? munity. Forget that life seems cheap; i, ,s not, and the order that held it B0 iv; ,,n its way to oblivion. Tomor? row I" Hi"1 ''s|y srhlch the well-being ,.i humanity will be tin- prime con? sideration of all governments. And l..morrow draws near." American Casually list, Washington, July r_v The army casualty list totals S2. Killed In ac? tion. i?; died of WOUndS, 7: died of disease, 7: died of accidents. I; wounded severely. 15; wounded. missing, 6. Lieut. Augustus M. Trot ter of Camden, s. C, was killed in net ion; Lieut. < has. Harold ol Cut nta. GS., was wounded severely. The RMe of the Him. <i:\ Kdward C. Crossman, in tho * August Popular Mechanics Maga? zine.) In tin- hands of the chap in the sloppv greenish-gray uniform, watch fully waiting in the trench across tho way, then- is a rille with higher ve? locity limn ours, with nearly a foot greater stahhing length, when the bayonet is fixed, and with a better Lock, it;.i.viut; snap-shooting and -looting at night more certain. The rifle of a nation that has spe? cialized on war and its tools, the Ger? man Matiser in some respects offers S?m?| rh.us advantage to its user over the 1 tew Springfield of the American forces.' The weak point is the man behind, it giv<s unquestionable ad? vantage in bayonet lighting?but the Hun doesn't like the bayonet, and icrefore g< Is licked in spite of his su ii< riority in weapon. It gives higher speed t(; its bullet?but the German soldier is usually a poor shot and ev< n the. little, antiquated, patehed-up, short Lee- Kntiehl of England proved loo much for the better Mauser, be? cause it was in the hands of better n and better rifle shots. The stock is better than the stock on either new I Springfield or our newer MIHI7, mod? ified Knlicld, but the bolt handle is so clumsy that the superior speed of fire 0 the American rille neutralizes this advantage and gives us a lead into the be rgain. Consid? r Mauser rille No. 2GG8, cap*.' lured at tin Somme, and made in the I year 1910 at the Herman works of Oberndorf, where Haul Mauaer de? veloped the great rifle that bears his name. It was taken by the British in tin- year in which it was made, but as it Iii ? before me it looks the part of the battle-scarred veteran. The wood of the stock is chewed up and scarred and full of dents, as if it had bean used on barbed wire. But the bore is still clean and bright, testifying to the German efficiency, and the fear of the c >n: i quences that compelled Its owner to keep it clean in spite of "hell and high water." The stock is 13 inches long, or one fourth more than the Springfield. It is far better shaped, with its neat pistol grip, and semi-shotgun lines, and it is better shaped than the stock ( of the It 1917, because it fits the r shoulder and aids to line up the rifle. k|ln mechanism the rifle is practically the sann* as the new Springfield and j the M 1917?which are both modified, MaUsei I, We tried it out one day at Camp 1 Kearney, Major White and I, and a i lieutenant with a very Teutonic ac I cent, a man who had doubtless serv? ed his time with some, other army regardless of his love for America now. The African big game hunter, snap j ping off his shots in the short time . of 1 seconds per shot, from a po . sition below the elbow to the report , of the rille, and using only this square t of light for a rear sight, made bull's ? eyes on the little 8 inch black spot at 100 yards, or else 'fours" close up , to the black spot. The lieutenant did , nearly as well. ! ) We tried out the Hun rifle at long range, S00 yards, and then some groups at 669. It was accurate enough for lighting?it hit the 3-ft. black spot eight times out of ten shots > at 800 yards, with the other two shots . not far off. At 669 yards it put five shots into a space smaller than a man's (best, but not into so small a space as would the two American rilles. But with all the Mauser's good points, it has a point so bad that our Yankee rifles far outclass it in the sort of lighting now done on the fields of Buropo. This is that the American rifle, in the ha mis id' skilled Ameri? can riii? nun, will fire, 1 should say, three or four shots to only>two shots for the Hun rille. The sole difference lies in the silly ami clumsy shape of the Mauser bolt ban.lie. tiie only weak point in the Mauser, hut the fatal ami necessary concession to the rough-handed, half trained "wop" type of soldier ft und in the armies of central Europe. 1 say half-trained. because as riflemen, tiny are half-trained; ? regiment of American marine of tho old days? I don't know about thorn since war I ' e I nt COUld lie Ig a held at 800 ards and >t to pieces s regiment of Prussian guards if said guards de? pended only on their rille lire to servo them. I know Ibis because 1 know German systems of training and 1 ! now the ms l ines. Wherefore, In spite of the bayonet superiority of the Hun ritte, and in pite of the better stock, and in spite .0 the higher velocity of the Ger? man bullet, our new rifle makes two bullets fly where but one bullet had flown before and bullets are what ; re going to end this war. Washington, July 12.?Irregularity in letting army concession for officers i a s at Camp Johnson. Jacksonville, lust winter is charged by Fred K. Farnum. formerly a lieutenant, in a ntatement made to the senate milt" tary ?ubcomittee today.