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New Britain herald., 1916-09-25

Washington, D. C., Sept. 25.-If the Germans and Bulgarians can press their northward drive through De- brudja province of Roumania for a distance of fifty miles until the Bu- charest- railway limo is reached the first point to be controlled on this highway of traffic will be the great bridge across the Darube at Cernavoda. The National GeOgraph- ic society sets forth the importance of this bridge both to commerce and as an engineering achievement in the following bulletin issued today in Washington:
 "Regele Carol I is the official name of the greatest bridge in ROuman1a and one of the most interesting series of railway spans in the world. It is the long steel and stone link which when completed in 1895 bound Ostcnd on the North sea to Constantza on the Black sea, two ports that at the out break of this war were connected by a de luxe express train service three times week.
 At the, time it was thrown open to traffic this was the only bridge span ming the Danube below the Serbian capital of Belgrade. The engineer re- spOnsible for the structure was a Roumanian, A. Saligny, by whose name the village of Cernavoda is des ignated on some of the more modern maps of that country.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
BAssWoOD CUTTING RESUMED.

ConnellsViilc, Pa. Sept. 15,.--Large quantities of bassWood arc being cut off the hills and mountains of Fayette County and arc being shipped to New England paper mills. Twenty-Five years ago the Gasswood industry oc- cupied the time of @ large number of men, the wood being used at paper mills nearby, Eventually all tho available timber was used, but recesst investigation has shown trees large enough for pulp have again grown up,
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
}. MCMILLAN 199-2O1-2O3 MAIN STREET.

and continuing a heavy border guard. The bill is a heavy one, and the size of 1t will be used by the republican op- ponents of the Wilson administration to prove that the presidents Mexican policy has been wrong in every detail.
 The answer to this charge is that the policy of intervention. the one wis., ible alternative to the policy MT. Will son pursued would have been infinite ly more costly than the business of chasing Villa and establishing border guards. No supporter of MT. Hughes, nor even MT. Hughes himself, has yet succeeded in showing that any third choice of action confrontel MT. Will son or that the war upon all of Mex ico, which intervention implied could have been carried through save at a price beside which the $100, 100000 so far spent would be a mere flea bite.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
CLEAN POLITICS HERE.

With the cooling of the weather, Eidoxically as it may seem, New Itain politics will be warming up. |e men running for office on the |te ticket will be soon canvassing long their friends. For this once,
 least, Democracy and Republican, h are running a neck and neck race fe, with any one liable to be the nner. And thisfact stands out over above all other things. The men Ivy Britain puts forth in the arena worthy candidates for the honors by seek. It will be 8 good, clean, hest battle, from start to finish, Eh no mud in evidence. These are things that make for better com- unity spirit, and New Britain, des-
 ed to become a greater power in ,te affairs, can we'll afford to add an petus to a growing movement an politics.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
Congressman Hill addressed a, gal

Congressman Hill addressed a gath ering of political banqueters in Wa terbury on Saturday night and vented his spleen on the President of the United States. Also he dragged out the bloody shirt issue and Haunted it before his audience. At the banquet, according to authentic report, there was an army officer, Major B D. Foul lis, of Washington. Its must have been a delightful occasion for this gentleman, a member of the military esta blishment of the whole United States who then heard his com mander-in- chief severely denounced and sectionalism brought up as a po- litical issue. Army officers. above all others, must enjoy that sort of thing. They are supposed to be loyal to their superior officers and beyond the pale of section and politics.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
STUDYING YELLOW FEVER.

New York, Sept. 25.-The yellow fever commission of the Rockefeller Foundation arrived here today on the steamship Brazos from San Juan
 Porto Rico, after two months study of sanitary conditions along the west coast of South America. The com mission, it was said by Major General William c. Gorgas, surgeon general of the United States Army and chair man of the commission, will remain here only long enough to obtain ac- commodatiors on the next steamer leaving for the South American east coast Among the countries visited were Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Panama
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
Preside Evening Hymn.

(By James Thomas Fields.) Hfther bright angels, wing your flight And stay your gentle presence here; Watch round, and shield us through
 the night,
 That every shade may disappear. How sweet, when Nature claims re-
 pose,
 And darkness floats in silence nigh, To welcome in, at daylight's close, Those radiant troops that gem the
 sky! To feel that unseen hands we clasp, While feet unheard are gathering
 round, To know that we in faith may grasp Celectial guards from heavenly
 ground! Oh. ever thus. with silent prayer For those we love, may night be- Renosing safe, released from care, Till morning leads the sunlight in.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
Our Sales of Meat.
(New York Times.)

(New York Times.)
 1 While the war has brought to this 1 country very large gains on the other side of the account there is the higher l cost Of living, due mainly to the war. 1 A part of the war addition to this l cost is seen in the increased price of meat. For some time before the war g decrease in our supply of cattle had been giving to the price of beef an upward tendency. This reduction in the years from 1907 to 1913 was about 20 per cent. Then the decline was checked and a slight annual in- crease was reported, but our popula- ton has been growing, and the supply of beef cattle Is now only a little more than two thirds as much per capita as it was ten years ago. The decline suggested imports from Argentina for markets on the North Atlantic coast. Beef and mutton are still coming from that country, but the quantity is very small in comparison with our own output.
 Although the condition of our meat supply at the beginning of the war was not such that it seemed to war rant considerable increase of ex- ports, an enormous foreign demand has been satisfied during the last two years Exports of meats have risen from 55,O0O,OOO pounds in the year immediately preceding the war to 5,000000 In the first year of it, and 9,O0O,O0O in the second. Ship m ents of fresh beef in the year that ended with June last were thirty-six times the exports in the year just be- fore the war began, and those of all kinds of beef were multiplied by ten. At the same time the comparatively small imports were reduced by more than one-half.
 The inevitable effect of this great export movement was an increase of meat prices in the United States. Everybody knows that prices are high, but some may not see why they have advanced. Again it is the old law of demand and supply. The war has increased our cost of living in many ways. For example, the farmer must pay very much more for his en- zine and tools, and the average price of the supply things a railroad com- pany must buy is higher by at least fifty per cent. But there is compen- sation, and more, of course, in our war trade gains and the prevailing prosperity here, our extraordinary in dustrfal activity, and our sales of food, metals, munitions, and other products that gave us last year an un- Irecedented accumulation of gold and 100000 in our favor.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
43,93O ANIMALS ISSUED.

San Antonio, Tex, Sept. 25.-Since army remount depots were estab- lished at Fort Sam Houston and El Paso, a total of 43,93O animals have been issued, most of them being re- quired to outfit state troops on bor- der duty. At the present time there are 8,200 saddle and draft horses and mules in the depot at the post here and $500 animals at El Paso it was said today by Capt. Frank L. Case, in charge of the remount work.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
Cost of Guarding the Border.
Brooklyn Eagle. )

According to the rough estimate given out by the war department the punitive expedition into Mexico, which has not yet resulted in the cap- ture of Villa, and the other measures taken to protect the American border from repetitions of the Columbus raid, have cost the United States $1OO, ,000,
 900, and the end is not yet. Fifteen million dollars a month is the lowest figure set for the cost of maintaining Gen. Pershings column in the held
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
IMPROVING POSTAL SYSTEM.
Increase in Efficiency Aim of Conven
 ton in Louisville.

Louisville, Ky, Sept. 25.-Plans for increasing the efficiency of the postal service will figure prominently in the sessions of the ninth annual conven- ton of the National Association of Supervisory post office employees which began here today.
 About 100 delegates drawn from all sections of the country were present at the first session.
 The morning session was the only one held today, the afternoon being given over to an automobile ride
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
GIVEN WAGE INCREASE

Paterson, N. J., Sept. 25.-Five hundred workers !n the Dolphin Jute Mills will participate in a voluntary increase of ten per cent in wages granted by the firm on Saturday. The granting of this increase. simultane- oualy with one announced at the same time by the Barbour Flyax Spinning company, provides higher wages for nearly 2,000 mill workers of this city.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
BANKERS GATHERING

Kansas City, Mo-, Sept 25.-Ai- though the annual convention of the American Bankers Association will not begin until Thursday, the numer- ous committees began their meetings today and bankers from all parts of the United States were arriving on every train. The Group confer ences'' will start tomorrow.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
c. OF c. SECRETARIES MEET

Cleveland, Sept. 25.-Secretaries of chambers of commerce from all over the United States are here today for the opening of the convention of the National Association of Commercial Organization Secretaries. The conven- tiOn will continue until Wednesday
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
BANKRUPTCY HEARING TODAY,

A hearing on the claims of creditors in bankruptcy proceedings against Cohn & Chester of this city was held this morning in the office of Referee Yeoman in Hartford. The firm con< ducted a bakery and wholesale flouA business. Cohn has removed to Payonne, N. J., but Chester still re- sides here. M. D. Sake is counsel for the company, which has no as- sets.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25

The United States will have two bushels of apples this year for each man, woman and child. The apple is the typical American fruit From Virginia to Nova Scotia it grows in perfection; from Maine to Oregon it never skips a state.-New York World.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25

iustment of rates. No fair minded man in any business or profession, not even a candidate for the Presidency, can ask more.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25

The arrest of eight charged with blackmai1 in Chicago, in relieving rich people of their money, under threats of exposure under the Mann act is an illusion of what has been going on without doubt all over the country.- MiddletOwn Press.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25

$25, ,OO0 a year by buying ten-cent bread, but it has been a long time that he has taken in deciding to take the public into his confidence.-Nor- wich Bulletin.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25

about the city with a luncheon at its conclusion. The first business ses- sion will be held Tuesday morning.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
SPECIAL SALE OF
 CUT GLASS

During Linen Week we will offer 100 pieces of Cut Glass, values up to S200. Linen Week Price 99c each. at this low price, so come early
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
BED QUILTS

See the values that we are offering g be repeated at this price.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
BLEACHED BED SHEETS

Good quality and we'll made, size 81x90, regular 98c values. Linen Week Price 79c each.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
PILLOW CASES

Heavy Weight Cotton, size 45x36, 11hc each.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25

Fered at the Post Office at Kew Britain sS Second Glass Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
FACTS AND RANCHES.

The fisherman's luck has been bad in entucky.-Louisville Courier Journal
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25

Hed 0s1fy (sunday excepted) at s:I6 p. n-- at Herald Building. 67 Church St.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25

The war tortoise, or tank, is our old friend the steam roller after talk ing Q course in Delsartism-New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25

Some of the old enthusiasts are cal ling for marching clubs to stir en1hu- siasm in the campaign but it $ use less, for that sort of thing IS as dead as the campaign roorback-Meriden Journal.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
TURKISH TOWELS

Heavy quality, large size, regular 17c value Linen week Price 12 F c each.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25

A master baker in New York de- clares that the consumers would save
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25

HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
 Proprietors,
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
LINEN TABLE DAMASF

A good $1.50 value Linen Week Price $1.19 yard.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-10-26
State CoIIeae Loses Rulldinn.

Orangeburg.-T main dormitory
at the State Colored college. known
as Morrill, hall, was destroyed by fire.
The building was of wooden Construc-
ton and five stories in height. "
was the last wooden building at tke
college, the others having been de-
stroyed by fire. Three buildings have
been burned in the last four years.
Last year the college suffered a heavy
loss by fire and two brick dormitories
have just been completed to replace
burned buildings.
The buildings burned were the
auditorium, the chemical laboratory.
most of the class rooms and $50 rooms
for students. None of the students
was injured. Some of the furniture
was saved and many OF the students
escaped with a portion of their per-
sonal effects.
1t is thought that the fire was OF
incendiary origin. 1t started in an un-
used room on the fifth floor where
there were no electric fixtures or
radiator.
The building was valued at $50. 900
with $4,000 insurance. Until recent
ly the building was insured in the
sum OF $4,000, but as it was the only
remaining wooden building in the
college plant the insurance compan-
les some time ago declined to reinsure
1t for more than $4,000.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-10-26
TO STUDY VITAL PROBLEMS
Southern Commercial Congress Is
Called to Meet in Ma folk Decem-
Der lila, by E. J. Watson.

Columbia.-E. ]. Watson. president
or the National Association of Com
missioners Of Agriculture, has called
a general conference of the members
to be held in Norfolk. December IL
a. during the convention of the
Southern Commercial congress.
Mr.. Watson, in making the call,
said to the members:
Il have the pleasure to announce
to you that the Southern Commercial
congress. which is to hold it's eighth
annual convention in the city OF Nor
1olk, Va, on December lila, has sug-
gested to our association the advisa-
bility OF holding a conference of the
members Of our association at Nor
folk during this convention.
1T is the purpose Of the gathering
in Norfolk to devote it's sessions to
the practical consideration of vital
questions relating to agriculture and
education, and the industries. to COM
merce, and most particularly to an in
depreciation of the relation OF the
United States economically to interna-
tional reconstruction and readjust-
ment, following the close OF the world
war. 1t is the general purpose to re-
view existing conditions as brought
about by the world war situation and
to endeavor to outline a program that
will meet the demands of the future.
The suggestion having appealed to
me most strongly. particularly in view
fthe fact that present day conditions
are thoroughly abnormal and read
justments will be forced have deem
ed it wise and timely that such an in
formal conference Re held While
this is not intended to call a regular
meeting Of our association, I do here
by call a general conference of the
members OF our association. for the
purpose of discussing these things
among ourselves, and participating in
the general sessions dealing with the
general subject. In doing so. wish
to earnestly impress the hope that
each one of you will make every pos.
sible endeavor to be in Norfolk in at.
tendance upon this general conference.
which will be held on the afternoon
OF December II, and also of partici-
pating in the general sessions cover
inS the four day period indicated
above"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-10-26
RUMANIANS ON OFFENSIVE
AuSTRo-GERMAN FORCES ARE
FIERcELY FIGHTING IN NOUN
TAIN PASSES.
Great Russian Front Battle Continues.
French Troops Make Fresh PROG
ress South of Somme.-German At
tacks Are Repulsed.

London.-Having held the Teutonic
Aiiles In the mountain passes on the
Iransylvania-Ruman border for sew
erai days, the Rumanians have taken
the offensive at various points and
now are declared to be pushing back
their adversaries, who are leaving
prisoners and guns in the hands OF
the Rumaninas. Berlin, however.
controverts this statement by the as
sertion that the Austro- Germans are
engaged in successful fighting In the
mountain passes
Generally speaking there Us no
change in the situation in Macedonia
although both the Entente and Teu-
tonic Allies make claim to minor sue
cesses on various sectors. The Bull
garians in the vicinity of Monastir
are bringing up reinforcements and a
large number OF trench mortars.
Except on Mount Pasubio, in the
lrentlno region, where the Austrians
IN violent attacks recaptured positions
taken Tuesday by the Italians. only
TO be driven out again, artillery duels
are taking place in the Austro-Italian
theater.
In the fighting south of the River
Somme in France, according TO Paris
the French troops have made fresh
progress between La Maisonette.
North OF the Somme a German at
tack on the French lines north and
east of Sailly-Saillisel was repulsed
says the French War Office.
Berlin says that in their attacks on
the SENSATIONAL front the British cap
tured German positions, which later
were retaken, by the Teutons. Heavy
rains fell Thursday on the British
front and except for a slight gain
by the British at Butte de Warlen-
court and the repulse of a German
counter-attack there. comparative
quiet prevailed.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-10-26
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS

Enterprises having an aggregate OF
capital stock OF S27S.O0 we're author
ized by the secretary of state one day
last week
The campaign in Spartanburg 10
raise $4,000 for Wofford college result
ed in $14,346 being raised the first day.
The Tooth anniversary of the Co
lumbia Bible society. organized simul.
taneously with the American Bible
society, was celebrated October 22d
In the auditorium of the First Baptist
church
At a very enthusiastic good roads
meeting held in Mccormick there
were gathered about 200 men. repres1
enting the bankers. the merchants and
the farmers of the county.
Twenty-one farmers Of Privateer
township. have organized Farm
Loan Association and will make appli-
cation for $91 .0OO.
The Sumter Chamber OF Commerce.
through the efforts OF Congressman A A.
F Lever has finally succeeded i'm Sc
curing an expert and disinterested
government cotton grader for the
Sumter cotton market for part OF
the 1916 cotton selling season.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-10-26
FIRE INSURANCE
AGENTS CONFER
OUTLINE REMEDIAL LEGISLATION
THEY WILL SEEK WHEN AS
SEMBLT MEETS.
McMASTER is CONSULTED
Proposals VIII Be Laid Before Cover.
nor Manning During the Week.
Details Are Withheld.

columbia Recommendations look
Ing TO legislation remedial of the fire
insurance trouble in South Carolina
were adopted at an executive session
held by so full time" fire insurance
agents. committee from the meet.
ing OF the agents conferred with F. II.
McMaster insurance commissioner,
and he approved the recommendations
The resolutions as adopted will be
presented to Gov. Manning, when he
returns from st. Louis for considera.
ton. The plan for legislation will be
sent to the legislature for action by
the agents.
l.. NJ. Pinckney OF Charleston. Au.
gust kcEn OF Columbia, Sam M. Grist
OF York, James II. Frazer Of George.
town and A. G.. Furman of Greenville
were named as members OF a special
committee to present the recommen.
dations OF the committee to Gov. Man.
ming. Practically all agents attending
the conference VIII return to Colum.
bia for the hearing before the gov.
ernor.
THE meeting was very represen.
tative," said a member OF the con.
ference. Between 40 and so full
time fire insurance agents were pres.
ent II was not an experience meet.
ing, but was called for the purpose
or formulating some definite plan
looking to the passage of remedial
legislation by the general assembly.
The recommendations were laid be.
fore Insurance Commissioner McMas.
ton nd hn ,,,,l
cussed the manner in which we should
20 about getting satisfactory legisla.
tiou. When the general assembly
convenes we will have something
definite to propose"
l.. NJ. Pinckney of Charleston acted
as chairman Of the conference. III. G.
O'Neall of Charleston was elected
secretary
Among the agents attending the
session We're: ID. B. Henderson OF
Charleston, A. G. Furman of Green.
vile, James A. Cathcart of Columbia.
j. r. League OF North Augusta. vii.
liam Goldsmith OF Greenville, Sam M.
Grist of York, A. S. Gaillard of Co
lumbia, w. d. Mccain OF Anderson.
John Laird OF Aiken. H. r. Deal OF
Columbia, A. w. Fogle OF fColumbia.
w. ID. Smith of Orangeburg, l.. 8.
Trotti of Brookland, August Kohn of
Columbia, j. d. Dali OF Columbia, F..
NJ. Robertson Of Charleston, George
l.. Dali Of Columbia, ]. T. Reese OF
Columbia, f. b. Shelby Of Charlotte,
l.. NJ. Pinckney OF Charleston, II. G.
O'Neal Of Charleston, H. Moses, d. M.
Henderson. all of Sumter; L. S. Geer,
J. S. Foye, Ellison Capers Of St Mat
thews, ]. II. Frazer of Georgetown.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-10-26
COMPANY OWNING BREMEN
REGARDS SUBMARINE LOST.
Great Anxiety Prevails Among Faml-
lies of Crew-DitficuIty In Obtaining
Sailors For Other Vessels Feared.

Great Anxiety Prevails Among Fami-
lies of Crew-DtficuIty In Obtaining
Sailors For Other Vessels Feared
London.-An Exchange Telegraph
Company dispatch from Amsterdam
says telegraph received there from
Bremen confirms the report that the
German Ocean Navigation Company
has received no news from the COM
mercial submarine Bremen and that
she is regarded as lost.
Great anxiety prevails among the
families of the crew virtually all Of
whom reside in Bremen and 1t is ex-
pected difficulty will be experienced
in obtaining crews for other COM
mercial submarines which may un-
dertake transatlantic voyages.
According to this information the
sailing OF the Deutschland on another
voyage across the Atlantic has been
cancelled.
BaltimOre-PaulG G. L. Hiken. Am
crican manager of the company own
ing the German submarines. admit
ted that the Bremen was a month
overdue, that he feared an accident
had happened to her machinery and
that she had been lost with all her
crew.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-10-26
Upland Rice In FIoreno..

Florence. Reports from various
sections OF the county are to the effect
that there has been a great deal OF
upland rice raised here this year and
that 1t is very fine One farmer. a
negro OF the Poston section, William
Boatwright, has a crop OF several
acres that will yield about so bushels
to the acre. All along the line OF the
railroads may be seen patches OF rice
well headed. 1t was one crop that
the floods die not seem to hurt.