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The Washington herald., 1915-11-14

ficers installed where Britons had been at
Constantinople The German replaced
the Briton at the Golden Horn, and in
alarm Britain FASTENED to make more
secure its hold over Egypt. Britain won
Egypt, but Germany won Turkey. THE
Sick Man of Europe, was galvanized into
new life. With German support. he once
more defied Greek. Serb and Bulgar.
Greece, single-handed. was disposed OF
easily. That was the first result of Ger
man influence, the first result of Prus-
sian uniforms among the red feZZes Of
the Turks, the first result of Krupp guns
handled by German officers in fezzes.
II was March. 1908, when Germany
obtained the sultan's signature to the
concession that gave the Berlin-to-Bag-
dad railroad free passage across Turkey.
German engineers followed the path Of
Alexander across Asia Minor, and the
work OF construction went on apace.
Five years after Germany had obtained
the concession Britain awoke to the size
NJ the prize that was slipping from her.
Then began the intrigue that indirectly,
or perhaps directly, caused the two Bal
kan wars and had vast influence in es-
tablishing a cause" for the present
titanic conflict. Germany realized the
weight OF British and Russian opposition
snd sought to temporize by offering Brit
ing board of the railroad. offering both
nations concessions in the way Of termi-
nails and port rights. But Germany was
TO retain the dominating hand. The Lion
and the Bear. however, wanted to be
whole hog or none" It is not beyond the
realms OF speculation to wonder what
will happen IL Germany's dream is
blasted Will the Lion or the Bear ride
across German-laid rails into Bagdad?
Five years ago the Berlin-to-Bagdad
road was laid from Berlin to Belgrade.
at least to the banks of the Danube OPP
posite Belgrade. Serbia was small ma
ton then. but rather than stir Slavic
opposition in the form of Russia's anger,
German engineers sought way across
the Balkans without touching the soil OF
Serbia. There was way. There was a
little strip of land known as the Saujak
of Novibazar. which separated Serbia
from Montenegro and connected the sui
tan's domain with that of Franz Josefs
Through this strip of land the Berlin-to-
Bagdad road was to Join Constantinople
and Berlin. the Golden Horn with the
The Washington herald., 1915-11-14
ENNW:NMVsV.N
BAGDAD

Bagdad, now considered the
ultimate goal of the great Ger
man drive through the Balkans,
has existed as a city for only
about twelve centuries, but it is
the biggest city in the heart cf
the land famous since history
began as the richest in the
world. Through its bazars flow
the wealth of Mesopotamia and
of the valleys of the Euphrates
and the Tigris. Caravans from
Persia and even from India de-
posit priceless treasures in. its
narrow streets. Bagdad was
founded in 1872, raised to an
imperial city of 2,0OO,O 900 BY
Harun al-Raschid in the ninth
century, conquered by the Tar
tars in the thirteenth, by the
Persians again in the fifteenth
century and finally by the Turk
ish emperor Nadir Shah in 1888.
Since then it has been under
Turkish rule.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-14

dream, and no sooner had they dreamed
great dreams than with characteristic
energy and system, they set about to
make those dreams come true.
Germany's dream looked to the Orient.
looked past the turbulent near east. Per
haps it looked clear to the far east event
ually, but for the moment 1t stopped at
the middle east. There lay the remnants
Of empire after empire, gone to seed and
TO waste for centuries. Around the his
torical valleys Of the Euphrates and the
Tigris, beside the Red sea and between
the Persian gulf and the Caspian, lay
the richest territory in the world. await
ing only the magic touch Of modern irri-
CATION methods to blossom into fertility
such as had existed thousands of years
ago when Philip and Alexander of Mace
donia, Xerxes, Darius and Cyrus Of Per
sia, and before them the battle lords OF
Cyria, Mesopotamia and Babylon, had
fought for supremacy.
A railroad line from Berlin to Bag
dad was the German dream. chain Of
steel rails from the River Spree. flowing
through the heart OF Berlin, to the II
girls. where 1t separates the modern
trading post Of Bagdad from the ancient
home of the Caliphs. With this line
completed, all Asia Minor would be at
the foot of the kaiser. Turkey. Arabia,
Palestine, Syria and Persia would send
their treasures direct to Germany. And
the glory of Bagdad would rise anew.
until the sun would once more CLEAN on
the dazzling mosaic Of the domes and
minarets of 100 crowded mosques and
the bazars would flourish as they did
in the days of Haroun al Rashid. when
the chief city of the Moslem world housed
100000 souls. Caravans would bring
in priceless stuffs from the Syrian deserts
and camels would deposit the wealth
of India and Persia in the bazars OF
Bagdad. And the railroad would ex-
Dress them through to Berlin.
With Bagdsd firmly in their grasp, the
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d"
~ warfare and the question,
What is the war all about?"
seems no closer to solution
than August /, year ago. Great
Britain is fighting German militarism.
Germany is fighting British commercial
monopolization. France and Russia
doubtless have legitimate purposes in
taking uD arms. The issue between
Serbia and Austro-Hungary is clearly
defined and Italy is frankly fighting for
territorial expansion. The other nations
were drawn into" the conflict, on the
surface of things.
Perhaps the reason we know so little
about the cause Of the war is that there
were so many causes it is impossible to
pick out the one that stands paramount.
Perhaps there is no paramount cause.
But there is one cause that has received
very little attention until lately, but
which now bids fair to leap to the fore.
And that is the re-establishment Of en-
pire where the most brilliant empires Of
history 1ourished in oriental splendor
thousands of years ago, where biblical
history was made and where the Garden
Of Eden stood at the beginning Of all
things human.
Much has been said and written Of the
problem of the far east, and lately much
more has been said and written Of the
near east, the Balkans, but the great
problem of the middle east has received
only too little attention from the world
at large. But not so with the Germans.
When Bismarck laid at the feet of Will
liam I a united German empire. the CO.
lonial territory of the world had been
spportioned between Great Britain.
France. Italy, Belgium, Russia and the
older European nations. By trades. d.
plomacy and Jealous commercial activl-
ties, Germany eventually did succeed in
getting hold of some million miles Of
swampy. fever-laden Africa that the 9TH
er nations disdained to colonize.
But Germany wasn't satisfied. Her
place in the sun had not been won
Tropical Africa. undeveloped. wild and
uninhabitable. offered no inducement for
Germanys surplus millions of population
So the German statesmen proceeded to
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seems no closer to solution
The Washington herald., 1915-11-14

How Germany Would
Drive a Wedge Be-
tween Russian and
British Influence
in Asia's Seat of
Empire and Restore
the Glories of Meso-
potamia and Persia.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-06
Who Are We?

We are we, The Battery, Sumter S
C.--Advt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-06
WILL PREACH AT SUNIMERTON
Manning People Disappointed at Fail
urc TO Have Special Train to
GreclcyvilIc to Carry Crowd to Hear
McLcndOn.

A party of Sumterites passed
through Manning yesterday on their
way to Greeleyville to attend the
McLendon meeting. Some of that
party a few months ago would not
nave walked across the street to
hear McLendon or anybody else Who
VIII say that Baxter McLendon's
work is not lasting? Is it any wonder
that McLendOn makes friends Of ev-
cry nation, creed and denomination {?
The secret is he is broad, sincere, and
possessed Of true religion. May the
world produce more of his kind.
There was a great disappointment
in ManAing last Sunday because of
the failure of those in charge in
Sumter, TO secure train to attend
the McLendon meeting at Greeley
vile. We think there would have
been not less than 100 from this
town to board the train if it had come,
and besides a large number intended
going from Pinweood and Paxville.
However, Mr.. McLendon will soon
hold forth at Summerton, and such a
reception he will get that it will make
the natives look wild with astonish-
ment No man has ever gone before
the masses and won a more sincere
love than this same Baxter McLendon
and it is always a great pleasure for
his host Of friends to testify their
love and affection for him-Manning
Times.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-06
so THE WORLD GOES.

(This poem was written in Decem-
Der, 1862, by Col. John A. Joyce, at
the Gait House, Louisville, KY, at the
request Of George ID. Prentice. Col.
Joyce died on January 49,
Laugh, and the world laughs with
YOU;
Weep, and you weep alone;
For this brave old earth must bor-
row it's mirth,
1t has troubles enough Of it's own.
Sing! and the hills will answer;
Sigh! 1t is lost on the air;
The echoes bound to joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.
Rejoice. and men will seek you;
Grieve and they turn and go;
They want full measure OF all your
pleasure.
But they do not want your woe.
Be glad and your friends are many;
BE sad, and you lose them all;
There are none to decline your nee.
tared wine,
But alone you must drink life's gal
Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast. and the world goes by;
Succeed and give, and it helps yol
live,
But no man can help you die,
There is room in the halls of pleasur,
For long and lordly train,
But one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain.
New Haven Register.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-06
Plan the Garden Now.

10 is time to- begin thinking of the
spring and summer garden and plan
ming for 1t. The seed houses are
getting busy with advertisements and
catalogs. Select your varieties care
fully and buy seed from reputable
houses. disrogarding those that make
the most eXtravagant claims and
promises. They may be all right.
but the other way is safer. Any
questions about the garden will be
promptly answered by the horticul-
tural division Of Clemson College,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-06
NO. 1O66O.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
CFFICE OF COMPTROLLER 9
THE CURRENCY.

itIC SCINNENC1.
washington, d. c., Dec. 5, 1914.
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence
presented to the undersigned, it has
been made to appear that THE Ma
tional Bank of South Carolina, of
Sumter" in the city Of Sumter in the
County of Sumter and State Of South
Carolina has complied with all the
provisions Of the Statutes of the
United States, required to be complied
with before an association shall be
authorized to commence the bust
ness Of banking;
Now Therefore 7, John SHELTON Will
liams, Comptroller of the Currency, do
hereby certify that The National
Bank Of South Carolina Of Sumter" in
the city Of Sumter, in the County of
Sumter and State of South Carolina is
authorized to commence the business
OF banking as provided in Section
Fifty-one hundred and siXty-nine OF
the Revised Statutes Of the United
States.
Conversion of The Bank OF South
Carolina, Sumter S. G.
In testimony whereof witness my
hand and seal Of Office this fifth day
Of December 1914.
| JOHN SHELTON WILLIAMS
Comptroller of the Currency
| (Seal)
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-06
THIRTY THOUSAND FRUIT TREES

Horticulturist Reports Interest in Or
chards to BE Greater Than in
Previous Years.
Clemson College, March 4.-Nearly
thirty thousand young fruit trees
have been placed with South Caro-
lima farmers this season by c. F..
Niven, assistant horticulturist in the
extension work of Clemson College.
Interest in home orchards is run
ming high and the growth in this
line Of work is greater than in any
previous year. The Clemson dem
onstration orchards have now been
placed in all except six counties.
This information is contained in a
preliminary report made by Prof.
Niven He says:
People in the State are taking
great interest in their home or
chards. The demand for the or
chard work has Dcen heavier this
year than ever before Besides "a
number OF ola orchards that have
been worked over anu put into
bearing condition, I have placed
among the farmers about 10000
peach trees. 1000 grapes, 1000 ap-
pies and some plums. Several farm
ers in the upper part of the State
have also added cherries to their
orchards. P,
These orahrds are being devel-
oped with the idea principally of
supplying fruit for home consump-
ton. A few farmers. in the Sand
Hill region, have planted for local
markets and for canning purposes.
'At the present time, demonstra-
ton orchards are being worked in
every county in the State except
SIX"
Bulletins on pruning and other
orchard operations may be obtained
by writing to the horticultural di-
vision Of Clemson College.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-06
COAL NINE HORROR.
Hope OF Rescuing Hundred Miners
Abandoned.

Layland w. Va. March i.-Sixtecn
dead have been taken from the New
River Coal mine up TO noon. There
In no hope for nearly a hundred moro
miners who are believed To be still i'm
the mine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-06

The lawyers of the upper section
OF the State included in the new fed
eral district, are up in arms against
the decision of the South Carolina
delegation in congress to recommend
the appointment of Congressman Jo-
seph i. Johnson. of Spartanburg, as
judge,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-06
, TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Office of Comptroller OF the Currency


NO. 10670.
Washington, D. c., Dec. 23, 1914.
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence
presented to the undersigned, it has
been made to appear that 1.-The Nat
ional Bank Of Sumter" in the City Of
Sumter, in the county of Sumter and
State OF south Carolina, has compile
with ali the provisions OF the Statute
-of the United States. required 20 Dc
compiled with befole an association
shall DE authorized ~ commence thu
business Of banking;
Now Therefore, I. John Shelton
Williams, Comptroller Of the Cur
ency, do hereby certify that "Tho
National Bank of Sumter in the City
CT Sumter, in the County of Sumter
and State Of South Carolina, is au-
thorized to commence business of
banking as provided in Section Fifty
one Hundred and Sixty-nine Of the
Revised Statutes Of the United States.
Conversion Of The Bank of Sumter,
South Carolina.
In Testimony Whereof witness my
hand and seal of office this twenty
third day of December, 1914.
(Signed) JnO. Shelton Williams,
Comptroller Of the Currency.
(SeaD
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-06

President Wilson has nominated
Houston B. Tcehee. OF Talequah,
Okla. to he register of the treasury
He Is a Cherokee and formerly u
member OF the oklahoma legislature
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-25
NEVER TOSS BALL WHEN
I'm SWINGING, SAYS BODIE

1--WE told 'em many a time never to
pitch that ball when they see me
swinging"
1t was Ping BOdie who was doing the
talking, and the fence buster Of two
leagues was issuing 4 warning in eX-
traordinary to the beavers of the Pa
cific coast who can be expected to face
him during the coming seven months.
Just after that famous jacksonville
home run the other day, when Bodie
was flushed with the enthusiasm of his
achievement, he issued this declara-
ton:
when I'm swinging it's a bad time
for the pitchers to be pitching the ball"
he remarked. IF they'll only watch out
a bit and catch me unawares it will be
a different story
And then some fan who was stand
/ ing alongside declared in terms of ap-
| probation:
you sure walloped that ball in Wat
sonville."
Yes" boosted Ping, right back at his
man, land I'm going to bust up many
a game in the Coast league this sea
SON."
Which leads one to believe that mod
esty is not the besetting sin of the out
fielder.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-25
WEST GUILFORD.

Rev. William Robinson is ill with
grip.
Mrs. Cyrus Mortified is confined to
the bed with neuritis.
Mrs Walter Davis was taken to the
Memorial hospital Monday for treat
ment..
Mrs. F. p. Caldwell of Athol, Mass.
spent Tuesday and Wednesday with her
sister, Mrs. Herbert Nichols.
Arthur and Charles Lynde were call
led to Deerfield Saturday by the seri-
.ous illness of their father, Mowry
Lynde.
Homer Thomas went to Shelburno
Saturday. He returned home Sunday
accompanied by his wife. who had spent
a week with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
\. p. Goldthwait.
Sumner and Calvin Coleman wen,
| Monday to Fitchhurg, Mass, to atten,
the funeral of their sister, Mrs. JUL;
Stone, who died of pneumonia. Twt
months ago they were called to Gard
ner by the death, from the sam
disease, of another sister. Miss Persi
Coleman. They returned home Wed
lnesday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-25
STRATTON.

Eugene Thomas visited relatives in
Wilmington last week
Harry Oliver and Vera Vose are
working for George Tudor in West
Wardsboro.
Mrs. Ray Lyman went Saturday to
Castleton to visit her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Griffith.
Mr. Kingsbury of Chester was in
town Tuesday, selling new kind of
lamp burner.
Miss Mildred Lackey of South Yer
non is visiting her brother, Alfred
Lackey, at f. A. Eddy's.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. C. Pike were in
Brattleboro Tuesday, Mr.. Pike to at
tend the road commissioners meet
ings.
Mrs. c. J. Allen went to WardsborC
Tuesday to care for her sister-in-law
Mrs. Emma Knapp, who has sprainet
her ankle.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-25
WHITE Hopes
LACK Brains
So Says FltzSimmOnS In Talk
About HGdVyWGlghtS.
WILLARD IS ABOUT BEST.

Ex-Heavyv~eisht Champion Says Kan
sas Cowboy outclasses the Others,
but Is No Match For Jack johnson
and Predicts That Negro Will Knock
Him Out In Four Rounds.
Considerable light was thrown on /
the white hope situation by Bob Fitz- /
simmons recently, and his reasons for !
the poor crop OF white heavyweights /
are about the best ever advanced. !
Lanky Bob declares that until the
present day heavies learn to use their
brains there will never be any one ca
pable OF wrestling the championship
from Jack Johnson. The one time
heavyweight champion Of the world
declares that there are no good white
heavyweightS and that there is no one
capable Of teaching the white hopes.
Fitzsimmons in speaking Of the white
hopes summed up the question in
few words. He said, Brains are no
good unless a person knows how to
use them, and until the white hopes
learn how to use their brains they will
never amount to anything"
day heavies should be better than
those of the Old days, because they
were bigger in every dimension. How
ever. they seem unable to make use OF
their brains at the right time, and fur
thermore there is no one able to teach
them anything. In making this asser-
ton Fitzsimmons did not even bar
Corbett, who was acknowledged to be
the cleverest man in the ring in the
old days. Lanky Bob said that Corbett
was wonderful fighter but he could
not teach others what he knew.
According to Fitzsimmons, the best
white hope is Jess Willard, but even
he has great deal to learn before
he will ever stand a chance against
Johnson. The Australian prophesied
that if the coming Willard-J Johnson
bout was on the level and the negro
didn't stall for pictures he would put
Willard away in four rounds. The
white hope, according to Fitzsimmons
hasn't chance with Johnson, ant
Fitz also said that his son could licb
any heavyweight with the exception
of Johnson.
Besides their failure to make use o.
their brains, Lanky Bob said that non,
of the white hopes learns the frs
rudiments of the game, and half o
them don't Know how to stand. To b
a good fighter, E1tz explained, perso
should learn the game from the star
and study carefully every minor detail
When FitZsimmons had finished tall
ing about the white hopes he repeate
that Robert junior, who is only ninetee
years old. could lick any one Of tn
present day heavies with the exceI
ton of Johnson. The lanky one sal
that his boy knows more than Corbe
ever did and is Il better fighter tina
he Fitzsimmons) ever dared to be.
another year FitzsimmOns junior wi
make his debut in the boxing gam
and his father expects great things
him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-25
HAS FRACTURED PELVIS.
Man Hurt i'll Runaway Yesterday
Likely to Recover, However.

jess Hopkins, who was injured in a
runaway accident on Canal street yester-
day afternoon, as reported in The Reform
er briefly yesterday, has a bad fracture OF
one wing of the pelvis bone Dr. George
K. Anderson, who has charge of the case.
used silver plates in reducing the fracture
today.
Unless internal injuries develop it is be-
leved Mr.. Hopkins will recover. He sui
tered cut and minor injuries to his head
and face, but these We're not serious He
was driving fast horse owned by +. n
Larrow when the animal became fright
ened at a passing automobile and in jump
ing broke one shaft of the training sulily
IN which Mr.. Hopkins was riding. JIG
was thrown out on the hard ground
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-25
ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT.
Railroad Station Hearing Moved Along
Indefinitely.

Interested parties have been notified 10y
the public service commission that the
hearing on the railroad station PROPOSE
ton, set for tomorrow at o'clock, has
been indefinitely postponed. The notices
give no reason for the postponement but
contain the information that the public
service commission will send notification
of the date on which it Is TO be held
The Central Vermont has recently set
up claim that there Is mistake IN the
| phraseoIogy of an order of the commission
concerning the division OF expense for the
regarding of Vernon street and has asked
| that the order be modified.
| The postponement of the hearing is due
! in part to the fact that it was impossible
for one or two of the interested parties
to be present tomorrow.