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The Detroit times., 1914-12-24

German army officers are expert
menting with rubber foot pontoons to
enable soldiers to walk on water. car
rying heavy loads and using their
rifles freely at the same time.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-24
An uItlmatun.

Driver O,Flannagan Ito his horse
which refuses TO get up after falling)
Well. OF all the lazy spalpeens. Get
up. will yez, or oi1l drive right over
yezi-London Opinion.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-24
Woman to the Rescue.

Are you a native OF this placer"
asked q traveller in Alabama OF O resi-
dent.
Am I whatt" was the puzzled re-
ply.
IL say, are you native hereT
While the man was still hesitating
over his answer. his wife came to the
door.
"Ain't you got no sense. Bill?" she
exclaimed. THE gem'lan means was
70 livin' heah when yo' was born. or
wss ye' born before yo' began livin'
heah. Now answer the gem'lan."--
Boston Transcript.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-24
Broken Enaaaement.

The cashier girl is very strange,
She promised. then declined;
Because che liked to mind her change
Was why she changed her mind.
New York Mail.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-24

An epidemic o: colds has struck
town. Henry Bailey and Andy Dag.
gett and two OF Hepburn's mules have
|it.-Wardsvflle (Neb.) News.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-24
From Another Point of NieW

the customers In their native
tongue and familiar with the
whims, fancies and wants OF the
men, women and children.
On the records Of the bank
ruptcy court there will be found
the story Of the failure Of Michael
Dornlns, notion store proprietor,
only In part
Michael was never at the store.
He was away po6tino hlmseif In
the Hungarian language and
while away Jeff the business In
full charge Of the young Hun
oarlan.
Before Michael had qualified
for personal supervision the place
had been wrecked.
cuskomers would call only TO
find the store closed and then
would 90 somewhere else In die
lpust, and never came back.
The notion store OF Michael
Dornino went coon on the rocks
under. the management Of John
Charles james Adam Henry syi-
vester Thaddeus oodaIus, Esq.
This is the day they have tn,
Christmas trees In the free denta
clinics. For Willie Brown, one ex
traction. (Long silence.) is Will,
Brown present.
One OF these days, perhaps. the hu
manitarians win succeed in inducing
the newspapers to declare Christ
mas armistce.
We finally got the Christmas, tree
to stand up, but wouldn't care Il
tackle anything like a Washington
monument
For three or four families on oul
street. please, snow shovels.
MAY ! name a. my candidate
for the Order Of the Can" writes
J. g., "the clerk who steps up TO
you after you have been waiting
half hour and asks: Was there
somethIngr-
No wonder II took US a week to get
a load of coal. The driver explained
this morning, whistling as he arrived
"It's long way to Tipperary."
The Detroit times., 1914-12-24

J. II. Sturgis, Of Minneapolis, has
divorced the wife who deserted him
38 years ago. He was tired Of walt
ing for her return.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-24

"a Lot Of People have suggested
that Tom May ought GIT me away
from this stove, but tn only other
place they make II Hot Enough fr
me 10 4 home"
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-08
BUMPER CROPS
SHOWN BY
REPORT

Washington, Aug. S.-The country's s
| record breaking crop of winter wheat
amounts to 675 million bushels, the
Department of Agriculture announc-
ed yesterday in its preliminary es-
Inmates. This is 22 million bushels
more than was forecast In July. Pros
poets of the spring wheat crops have
decreased during August and that
crop is now estimated at 236 million
bushels or 3S million less than in
July, making the total wheat produc-
tion forecast of oil million bushels,
OF 16 million less than indicated
on July 1.
Corn prospects decreased 2S3 mil
lion bushels during July and a crop
two billion. 634 million bushels is
now indicated while oats decreased
44 million bushels. Potatoes in
creased million bushels and $40
million bushels is indicated in har-
vesting.
Weather conditions for the great
grain crops were not especially IA
vorable during July.
The size of the country-s import
ant farm crops. forecast from their
condition August 1 by the Depart
ment of agriculture's crop reporting
board and announced today. is given
below with the production figures
from the July condition and the final
harvest figures of last years crops.
Comparison OF the July and August
forecasts will SHOW the change in
bushels in the harvest prospects as
effected by weather and other condi-
tions during the month.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-08

cent last month, TIA last year and
82.6 the 10-year average. INDICATED
acre yield, 81 bushels, compared
with 7.s last year and 7.S the five
year average.
Rice: Condition 87.6 per cent Of
a normal, compared with S6.5 last
month, 8S.7 last year and SS.4 the
lO-year average. Indicated acre
yield 1913 bushels, compared with
3l.1 last year and 1873 the tive-year
average.
Hay tall tame): Condition, S6.7
per cent OF a normal. compared with
sos last month, 81.8 last year. and
1873 the six-year average. Estimated
acreage, 4S,4OO,OOO compared with
48. .s54, 900 last year. Indicated acre
Weld LA tons. compared with 1.31
last wear and 1874 the tive-year aver
age.
Apples: Condition. 61.5 per cent
OF a normal, compared with 64.2 last
month, 52.2 last year and SAB the
1O-year average.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-08

it has now been six months since took
any medicine at all. l hope my little
note will assist you in helping other wo-
men. l now feel perfectly well and in
the best of health. - Mrs. AUGUST
w. KoNDNER, 1882 Hollins Street, Bal
timore, Md.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotic or harmful
drugs, and to-day holds the record Of
being the most successful remedy for
female ills we know of, and thousands
of voluntary testimonials on file in the
Pinkham laboratory at Lynn, Mass.
seem to prove this fact.
For thirty years it has been the stand
ard remedy for female ills, and has re-
stored the health of thousands of women
who have been troubled with such all
ments as displaccments, inflammation,
liberation, tumors, irregularities, etc.
II you want special advice
write to Lydia f. Pinkham Med
icine CO., (cOnfidential) Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by q woman
and held in strict confidence.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-08
ENGLAND SEEKS AN
EXCHANGE OF RESERv1STS

London, Aug. s.-Francis Dyke
Acland. parliamentary under secre-
tary of foreign affairs. today in the
house OF commons promised to con-
slider a suggestion on proposing the
exchange of Germans in England for
British subjects in Germany.
T. P. O'Connor then took up the
cudgels on behalf of American news
papers by asking Reginald McKenna,
the home secretary. adequately to in
crease the staff Of censors who now
were overworked and to give them
the assistance OF trained newspaper
men so that dispatches would not be
unduly delayed.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-08
ADVERTISED LETTER LIST.

List of letters advertised at Trim
lad, Colo. postoffice. week endin
Aug. 10, 1914; II not called for be
ore Aug. "a they will be sent to tn
lead letter office.
Belea, MasedOnia b.
Brantanic, Jacob
Chief, United Detective Assn.
Cummings. Frank
Clark, ii. i.
Cummins. Mon.
DAILY. Geo.
Davis, Elijah (2)
EsquibaI. Eulogio
Ellis, Flora
Gregg, Leo
Gourala, Camano
Gurule. Doratella
Gates, &.
Griffith. E. l..
Gruner. J. ID.
Goythal, Mrs. NJ. ].
Hall, Miss Emma
Hurst, &. NJ.
Henson, II. d.
Keen Edge Co.
kelloff, James
Fitzpatrick. X.
Lopes, Faustina
Lopez, Miss Petrita.
Luella -, Percival Apts.
Lai, Joe
Madrid, Frank
Madrid, Luis g.
Madrid, Luis
Martinez, Miguel
MARTINEZ. Librado
Miller, NJ. f..
Miller. Miss Ethel
Navarro, Antonio
Neil. Manuela
Narvais, Mrs. Gregoria
Nurs. Mrs. Geo.
Nicholson, Edw.
Osborn. l..
Only, Charles
Price, Rces.
Pomo. Nicola
Pereida, Mrs. Eufemia l..
Paole Nicola di
Price, Miss Martha
Roblido, Bartclo
Reeves. Mrs. Jennie
Sandoval, Matilde Martinez
Stevenson. Charley
Truiillo. Andrellita
Terry, Miss Mary
Thomas. Miss Francis
Valez, Juan ID.
Wilson, Miss Ella
West, Ros
Winter, William J fe
If your letter is mentioned
above list IN calling please state Il
vertised. j. U. VIGIL, I'm.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-08

New York. Aug s.-The elimina-
tion OF nearly all of her great trans
Atlantic commerce is probably the
most striking possibility as the re-
suit of a general European warfare
which New York has yet had to con-
slider. AS the greatest port in the
world this commerce is, of course,
enormous, but it can easily be DEM
onstrated that practically all of this
would be lost and New York have
little more commerce OF this class
than Nashville, as the result of a
general European embodiment. AS
a matter of fact, of all the great
liners which ply between Europe and
this port only six would be safe from
ber which fly the American flag. Be-
cause they belong to neutral coun-
try they are safe from seizure. All
the other great liners whether Eng
lish, German, French or Italian.
might expect capture at any moment.
In the case of cargo steamers which
do not cater to passenger trade, the
BItuAtIOH lb even iuOlc ociiouo anu
the question of moving the country's
great exports assumes staggering
proportions. Officials of all steam
,ship lines with offices at this port
admit feeling of nervousness as
to the future condition OF commerce.
II 10 believed that wireless telegraphy
will be tested as never before and
that possibly the whole system may
be revoIutionized. 1t is pointed out
that II a Greek battleship. for in
stance, is ordered to make prizes of
whatever merchantmen she might
run across the wireless operators of
AUSTRIAN liners at sea will In all
probability make It difficult or i'm
posaSbls, for the battleship to re-
ceive or send messages. Should this
become the case the wireless would
thus play very important part in
the strategy OF the sea.
Of course. this situation could not
affect ships in this. a neutral port.
The spectacle OF New York harbor
populated or'y.-by fcrry=hoats. tug
and car-floats without any OF the
great liners which are regular visit
ors here, affords a striking possible
fly.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-08

While the attention OF the yacht
ing world has been centering on the
trip OF the Shamrock across the At
Iantic for the purpose OF lifting the
Americas cup, much more remark
able voyage which started here with
Ireland as its objective is row un-
doorway. This is the voyage OF a
new power lifeboat only Sc feet long
for, which It is claimed that 1t is air.
tigHt. and unsinkablc. The wife OF
the inventor will accompany him in
the tiny craft on the long voyage
4cross the Atlantic. together with n
crew Of four men. The voyage is be-
ing uurertakcn as demonstration
to European countries. to which the
inventor expects to sell 1t. of the
abiIities of the boat. There are
many interesting features such as
automatic vertilators which close In
\ heavy tea and make the cabin air
tigkt 4 wireless apparatus which can
send messages one hundred miles and
receive them from a distance OF from
six Jhundred to one thousand miles;
an electric stove on which the meals
will, be prepared and which can not
work when the wireless is working;
tho 32-horsepower gasoline engine
which furnishes the power and the
boats ability to roll completely over
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-08

Greatest Fort May Be De-
serted as Result of European EN-.
broglio-0nly Six Atlantic Liners
Safe Under American Flag-Little
Life Boat Which Can Roll Over
Starts Voyage Across Atlantic.
Hobos Adopt New System Of Chalk
Marks-New York May Become
Dogless City-Pickaninny Dreams
Of Heaven in Carload Of Water
!. melons. H
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-08
CARDINAL FARLEY
SAFE IN SWITZERLAND

New Yorwk, Aug. s.-Cardinal
Farley and his party as to whose
safety abroad there has been some
anxiety were safe at Brunnen,
Switzerland, according to private
cablegram received here today.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-08
War Menaces
Gothan,;s Commerce

without suffering any damage.
About the only thing that can hap
pen to it, 1t is claimed, is to be run
down by liner at sea. The inventor
is not worrying over this possibility,
however. and expects to reach the
other side safe and sound sometime
about the middle of the month.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-08

v eg e t able Com
pound did for me.
l suffered dreadful
pains and was very
irregular. l became
alarmed and sent for
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vege e table Com
pound. l took it reg
ularly until l was
without q cramp or
pain and felt like
another person, and
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-08

are preliminary estimates.
Washington. Aug. S.-Details OF
each crops, other than total produc-
tion, as announced by the depart
ment follow:
Corn: Condition. 74.S per cent of
normal. compared with S5.s last
month. 1873 last year and S1.9 the
1O-year average. indicated acre
yield, 25.1 bushels. compared with
$50 last year and 25.9 the five-year
average.
Winter wheat: Preliminary esti-
mates show the acre yield at 49,
bushels, compared with 16.5 last year
and 1876 the five-year average.
Spring wheat: Condition, 75.5
per cent Of a normal, compared with
921 last month. 74.1 last year and
SOL the 1O-year average. Indicated
acre yield. 1871 bushels. compared
with l6.5 last year and 1873, the
hve-year average.
| All wheat: Indicated acre yield.
III bushels. compared with 15.O last
year and 14.7 the five-year average.
| Oats: Condition, 79.A per cent or
r. normal compared with S4.5 last
month, 1873 last year and 500 the
lU-year average. Indicated acre
yield, 80 bushels, compared with 29.2
last year and 3O.6 the tivc-year aver
age. Oats remaining on farms Aug
ust l was G2,467.O bushels, COM
pared with 1O3, 800 900 last year and
t34,S72 900 in 1912.
Barley: Conditions. $50 per cent
OF normal compared with 92.6 last
month. 74.9 last year and S2.1 the
1O-year average. Indicated acre
Weld, 2G.9 bushels, compared with
o3,s last year and 243 the five-year
average.
Rye: Estimated acreage, 2.55S,-
900 compared with 2.557.0N0 last
year. Preliminary estimates show
acre yield as l6.S bushels, compared
with 1862 last year and 16.1 the five
year average.
Buckwheat: Condition, SS.s per
cent of normal. compared with SOB
last year and S9.1 the 1O-year aver
, els, compared with 17.2 last year and
: and 2O.5 the five-year average. Es-
timated acreage, 79G.0o0. compared
with 4S,954.OOO last year.
White Potatoes: Condition, ~
per cent of a normal, compared will
, S3.6 last month, $50 last year and
E S3.1 the 1O-ycar average. Indicated
= acre yield, 99.7 bushels, compared
i with 9O.4 last year and 97.1 the five
t year average.
Sweet potatoes: Condition. 7o.F
t per cent of n normal, compared will
y III last month, S5.S last year and
r S6.5 the 1O-year average. indicated
y acre yield SAL bsshels, comparet
K with 94.5 last year and 92.7 the
tive-year average.
Tobacco: Condition, S2.1 per cen
: of a normal, compared with $50 las'
t month, 1873 last year and 61.5 thu
1O-year average. Indicated are yielt
! 81 pounds, compared with 7s4.3 las
wear and 1851 the tive-year average
r Flax: Condition, S2.1 per cent o
a normal, compared with 9O.5 pc
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-08

rive, pending which time he is held
as disorScrly person. although the
melons thoroughly agreed with him.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-08
NOTICE.!

Trinidad, COlo., aug. Z, 1917.
The practice OF using the Colorado
& Wyoming Railway company's
main line between Lanes crossing
and East Weston, by auto trucks and
automobiles is a bad one and must
be stopped. F
This is to notify all concerned that
the Colorado Il Wyoming Railway
company will not be responsible for
any accident that may happen by
reason OF the public using our track
and bridges. A. l.. DAlN,
Supt.
Approved: r. l.. HEARON, Cen
eral Manager. At
Something TO sell? Want to buy?
ChronicIe-News want ads reach the
buying public OF the district better
than any other agency. tt
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-08
THIS W0MAN'S
SICKNESS
Quickly Yielded To Lydia e,
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Baltimore, Md. .-"I am more than
glad to tell what Lydia E. Pinkham's
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-08

The old familiar chalk-marks
ity have been wont to place on gate
posts and Water tanks for years have
been abolished, and in their place
there is an entirely new system OF
signals. This. at least. is the in
formation given to city official
hobo for sociological purposes.
While it may take some time for the
news system of chalk-marks to spread
over the country the house owner by
chalking up some of these himself
can undoubtedly secure some protec-
The first OF the lot and the simplest,
which seems also to afford the best
protection, consists merely OF cir
Gle with a small crescent inside.
This means mo use'' A circle con-
tanning two crescents inwith a cross
such as is made on ballot means
that food can be obtained. That a
hobo will have to work before he
received food or assistance IL indicat-
ed by an TX" followed by horizon
tai line with line at right angles
at either end. A rectangular oblong
containing four uprights with bar
across them will indicate the pres
ence of dog. while n circle crossed
by two arrows pointing to the right
means get out of this town as
quickly as possible" II is suggested
that 1t is not bad idea for the
suburbanite to make note OF these
signs for future use.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-08

A pickaninny who probably came
closer to realizing his dreams OF
heaven than most mortals do. arrived
here recently locked In u freight car.
The fact that he was in a freight
car is not the essential point, but the
fact that the freight car was filled
with watermelons is. Fred Mitchell
is the name OF the 13-year-old negro
who was found by a yard hand on
opening the door OF the freight car
In train which had arrived from
the south. Fred says that the trip
lasted three days which apparently
was not long enough, since the car
contained 1,225 melons when ship
ped and of these there were quite n
few left when the car arrived here.
Fred is to be taken home by his
father as soon as the latter can ar
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-08

That New York may eventually
become n dogless city is the possible
fly suggested by the deputy commits
sioncr of health as the result OF
regulation which tile board OF health
has passed, making II compulsory for
all dogs in the city to be muzzlcd
throughout the year when not kept
at their owners homes. This is said
to he an important step in the direc-
tion of eliminating dogs from the
tity entirely. Formerly the ordi
nance dealing with dogs ordered that
they be m,,zzled or leashed only dur
ing June, July. August and Septem-
her. and alf dogs not conforming to
the ordinance were supposed to be
turned over to the city pound. The
humor OF this ordinance. however.
is indicated by the fact that there is
no city pound except on paper. The
new ordinance will go into effect as
soon as the health authorities deem
that the dog owners have had suifi-
cient notice. There is no intention
of confiscating prize dogs without
giving their owners chance to re-
deem them, but all owners who claim
their dogs after the dogs have been
caught unmuzZled will lay them
selves open to prosecution as violat-
ors of the sanitary code.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-08
, Mothers Prefer the Wagner

Because 1t is the most comfortable
go-cart made-more room than the
old style baby carriage. TWO large
springs placed at rear Of seat direct
ly under baby's spine take up abso-
lutely all the jar-giving the seat
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-28
FIRE AT BLACKVILLE.
Sleeping Boy Was Rescued From
Flames.

Blackville, May 25.-Fire bells
pealed forth last night about
O'Clock, it being discovered that Ed
Harley's dwelling was in a mass Of
flames. The house and the automo-
bile house was about so feet from Mr..
Johnston's palatial two-story dwell
ing and the numerous spectators pre-
sent were apprehensive that the
dwelling would also be. destroyed.
However, heroic work saved the res
idence.
Mr.. Johnston's automobile was
snatched from the burning automo-
bile house, but the house was too
far gone to save the tools and other
articles therein.
Ed. Harley also lost all his house
hold belongings and says his boy was
rescued from the burning building by
an old crippled man.
1t seems that the boy was asleep
at the time it caught. The origin Of
the fire is unknown. 1t was impos-
sible to learn if any insurance was
carried.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-28
Denmark Personals.

Denmark, May 23.-Mrs. A. l..
Izlar, of Ocala, Fla, is visiting her
mother, Mrs. C. G.. Cooper.
Miss Emma Owens has returned
from an extended visit to her sister,
Mrs. H. W. Goolsby, at Hartsville.
Mrs. S. R. Tindal is visiting her
son in Birmingham, Ala.
Miss Ruby Guess has returned
from Privateer, where she has been
teaching the past session.
Miss Ruth Buford is the guest OF
Miss Sadelle Guess.
Mrs. Julia S. Payne has returned
from a weeks stay in Willlston.
H. w. Goolsby of Hartsville, spent
the weekend with his parents here.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Chandler, OF
Orangeburg, were in town this week
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-28
One Dollar and a Half a Year.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.

Ehrhardt, May 25.-Mr. Bean, one
of the firm of Beck & Bean, died
Friday, and was taken to his home
in North Carolina and laid to rest by
the side of his relatives. His father
came to accompany the remains
home. While he was away from
home and in a strange land, he had
all the attehtion that could be given
him, but the call was urgent, and ne
had to go and obey the Lords call.
Mr.. Bean was a man who had very
little to say to anyone, acted gen
tlemanly when around On the streets,
attending to business.
Mrs. Bertha Jones and little
daughter are spending some time
with her mother, sisters and broth
ers. enjoying this delightful wealth
er with us all. Bertha is as lively as
ever and makes one enjoy her COM
pany.
Mrs. Jacob Ehrhardt and her
daughter, Mrs. Fannie Copeland,
went to Savannah, Ga, to spend a
while with her daughter, Mrs. NJ.
j. Epting.
Rev. Roof preached for us Sunday
morning and will preach Sunday af-
ternoon at Mt. Pleasant. He preach
ed, as the ladies say, lovely SER
mon.
Old man Lip Moore died very sud-
denly this morning. Went out to
feed his mules and when going back
to house fell dead.
1t is so dry and dusty until pic
mics are not enjoyable. If it holds
on until the candidates have to
speak they will receive dusty hand
shake from G. 0. P. JEE.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-28
ITEMS FROM DENMARK.
Teachers Elected for Next Term.
Mrs. Faust Injured.

Denmark, May DETERMINATIONS
begin to-day in the Denmark graded
school, and the commencement will
be on Friday night, May %, follow
ing the annual public meeting of the
Lanier Literary society, to be held
on Thursday night.
The following teachers have been
reelected: E. NJ. McCown, principal; ;
Miss Fewell of Rock Hill, Miss Lind
say of Chester, Miss Calhoun Of
Greenwood and Miss Richards of
Liberty Hill, Miss Tolbert of Laurens,
Miss Townsend of Ninety-Six, Miss
Cochran of Pickens and Miss Dixon
of Bishopville have been elected to
fill out the faculty.
Mrs. w. H. Faust, while ton a Wis
it to her sister, Mrs. John NJ. Major
of Ware Shoals, some two weeks ago,
sustained a serious injury from a fall
down the steps. She is improving
at this time, and is in Greenwood
with another sister, Mrs. J. S. An
drews. Mrs. Faust expects to spend
the summer in Greenwood.
Mrs A. L. Izlar Of Ocala, Fla, is
on a visit to her grandmother, Mrs.
Alice Cooper. She will go from here
to the Wofford college commence
ment on account of the graduation of
her son, Laurie T. Izlar, Jr.