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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-01-25
SOUTH CAROLINA
TEACHERS TO MEET
State Association Holds Annual
Gathering at Columbia
In March.

Spartanburg, Jan. 25.-The
annual meeting of the South
Carolina Teachers Association,
an organization which is steadi-
ly growing in influence and val
ue not only to the teachers
themselves but to the whole ed
ucational life of the state, will
be held in Columbia, March 16
to 18.
Interesting programs that
will be vitally helpful and prac-
tical are being prepared by the
various departments, viz: de-
partment of city and town SUI
perintendents, the School I'm
provement Association, the AS
sociation of Elementary schools
the College Association, the AS
sociation of County Superin-
tendents, the department of
language teachers, of English
teachers and teachers of do
mestic science.
"All the educational interests
of the state are considered in
the work of these special de-
partments and associations by
men and women who are ac-
tually engaged upon it's practi-
cal problems. Every teacher
in the state will have q chance
of getting light and help in her
special field" says an officer of
the association.
The open meetings of the as
sociation will be held Thursday
night, Friday at noon, Friday
Friday night and Saturday
morning at 9 o'clock. Especial
ly attractive programs are in
preparation for these meetings.
The officers of this associa-
tion are expecting a very large
attendance this year. Colum-
bia is accessible to all parts of
the state and it's chamber of
commerce and all of it's educa-
tional institutions are joining
together to make the coming
meeting a memorable one,
marking real advance in the
history of the association.
The officers of the associa-
tion are: DR.. H. N. Snyder,
president; Miss Alexin a
Evans, Cheraw. and A. R..
Banks, Columbia, vice presi-
dents; R. G.. Burts, Rock Hill,
secretary; w. E. Black, Lexing-
ton, treasurer; Miss Annie Bon
ham, Columbia, and A. B. Rhett
Charleston, members of the
executive committee.
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WATER POWER IN
CONTROL OF FEW
Eighteen Corporations Have
One Half of COuntry's Hy-
draulic Resources.

Washington, Jan. 24.-Con-
troll of the country's water pow
er used in public service corpor-
ations has passed into the hands
OF a comparatively small group
of corporations with an almost
endless maze of interconnec-
tions,55 according to a special
report sent to congress by the
department of agriculture.
Eighteen corporations are
shown TO be in control of more
than half-of the water power
employed in operation of public
utilities while more than one
quarter of it is. controlled by
six.
The report resulted from a
resolution asking information,
passed at the last session of
congress. The secretary made
no recommendations because
lone were requested, but. it is
expected the report will be used
for guidance in preparing leg
islation affecting water power
development.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-01-25
TAKE
CHARGE ALBANIA
Claim That Inhabitants Are
Well Disposed Toward
TeutOnic Allies.
GERMANS MAKE AIR
RAIDS AT DOVER
Activity of English in Mesopo-
tamia Hampered by Bad
Weather.

In the progress southwark on
the Albanian border, the Rus
slams have taken Albania's
principal trade city-Scutari-
and in addition have occupied
Podgoritza, Dailoxrad and Mix
sic in Montenegro. The Ser
bians forming the garrison at
Scutari, retreated southwark
without resistance.
The Austrian official commu-
nication reports that the Mon
tenegrins are laying down their
arms and that the populations
in the towns occupied are re-
ceiving the invaders in a friend
ly manner.
Air raids have taken place in
various localities. Germans
again have passed over Dover in
an aeroplane which was engag-
ed by all the anti-aircraft guns
and pursued by British airmen.
Whether bombs were dropped is
not stated in the official an
nouncement. This was the third
venture of the kind in two
days, in the other visits bombs
having been dropped on the
docks, barracks and station at
Dover, and on the aviation
sheds at Hougam, near Dover.
according to Berlin.
Gievegli, Monastir and other
points held by the Teutonic al
lies near the Greek border were
visited by a large French air
squadron and violently bom-
barded, while German positions
in Belgium also were visited by
the Entente allies.
The British through the ex-
plosion of a mine near st. Elois,
in the Arras region, did consid-
cradle damage to German
trenches and also silenced Ger
man trench mortars by artillery
fire near Ypres.
Floods and generally bad
weather are hampering the
operations of the British
against the Turks in Mesopo-
tamia. The high water in the
Tigris is preventing troop move
ments. During the lull in the
fighting an armistice was de-
clared for the burial of the
dead.
In northwest Egypt the Brit
ish have been successful in an
attack on camp of the Senus-
81 tribesmen, the tribesmen be-
ing dispersed and tlreir camp
destroyed.
The military service bill has
passed its third reading in the
British house of commons by q
vote of 383 to SO. 1t has been
sent to the house of lords which
chamber is expected to pass
the measure quickly. The
amedments to the original bill
as adopted are said to have
gone far toward conciliating
those who previously opposed
it.
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NO ACTION TAKEN
AGAINST LYNCHERS
Jury Finds Five Negroes Died
of "Strangulation and
Wounds"

Sylvester, Ga, Jan. 24.-The
bodies of five negroes taken
from the Worth county Jail
here last Friday and rushed in
automobiles to the adjoining
county of Lee, where they were
hanged and shot, were cut down
late Friday and We're buried
Saturday.
A coroner's inquest returned
a verdict that the negroes came
to their death by stangulation
and gun shot wounds at the
hands of unknown parties"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-01-25
LIEUT.. GOV. BETHEA
TELLS OF HIS TRIP
Says 1t Seems Almost Like a
Miracle That He Is Left to
Tell the Story.
SINGS PRAISE OF
HENRY FORD
Says Norway, Denmark, Hol-
land Sympathize with Allies.
Sweden with Teutons.

Columbia, Jan. PA. j.
Bethea, lieutenant governor of
South Carolina, after undergo
ing many hardships and dis
agreeable experiences as men,
ber of the Ford peace party, re-
turned Sunday morning from
New York, where he landed
Saturday after a tempestuous
trip across the Atlantic on the
liner New York. "It seems al
most like a miracle that l am
left to tell the story" said Mr..
Bethea in describing his expe-
riences.
Mr.. Bethea thinks that the
sympathies of the people of
Norway, Denmark and Holland
are with the entente allies,
while the citizens of Sweden fa-
vor the central powers, because
of an old grudge against Rus
sia.
The lieutenant governor in
terestingly describes his trip
through Germany. He says
that before you enter Germanic
territory, your person and be-
longings are put through a thor
ough search. He was stripped
to the skin, and his belongings
minutely scrutinized; even his
medicines were poured on the
fire to test if they were explo-
sives. These Germans do
things thoroughly" said Mr..
Bethea, in describing the Teu-
tons. He thinks that their eff
cheney would be a good thing
for the American people.
"The North sea is a hotbed
of mines," said the South Caro-
linian in describing the passage
of ship, preceded by mine
sweepers that explode mines
every minute.
The country is beginning to
realize that it is at war, and
both people and the powers that
be seem resolved now to fight
to a finish," said Mr.. Bethea in
giving his impressions of the
awakening of England to the
stupendousness of the conflict
in which they are engaged.
Mr.. Bethea says Henry Ford
is an unselfish, big hearted man,
of whom too much cannot be
said in praise. He is a man
said the lieutenant governor
who would spend his entire for
tune for peace. Measured bv
motive and purpose, Mr.. Bethea
Said that the peace pilgrimage
was successful, in that peace
talk had been started among
the neutral and belligerent ma
tions.
THE world would be a much
better place to live in if we had
more men of the type of Henry
Ford" ayers Mr.. Bethea.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-01-25
HEATH SPRINGS SCHOOL
PLAYS AT COLUMBIA
High School Teams Play Bas-
betball Saturday Night.

The Heath Springs high
school and the Columbia high
school viii play basketball in
the gymnasium of the Colum-
bia Y. M. G. A., next Saturday
night. The Columbia high school
team recently defeated Heath
Springs team at Heath Springs.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-01-25
WEATHER

Wednesday fair;
colder in north
west portion.
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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-01-25
MONTENEGRO PORTS
ARE CAPTURED
King Nicholas Has Only a Few
Miles of Seacoast
Left.
HARD FIGHTING
IN FRANCE
Germans Attack and Capture
First Line Trench-Rus-
slams Still Advance.

Two German air raids on the
coast of England; the capture
of Montenegro's two principal
seaports by the Austrians and
the taking by the Germans of
trenches from the French near
Arras and in the Argonne for
est are told in the latest official
communications of London,
Vienna and Berlin.
First one German aeroplane
and IL hours later two German
seaplanes flew over and drop
ped bombs on the east coast of
Kent. Nine bombs were drop
ped by the aeroplane. One man
was killed and two men, one
woman and three children were
injured. Some damage was
done to property. The raid of
the seaplanes was without eff
feet, apparently, the London
war office declaring that no
damage was done and that no
casualties had been reported.
The aircraft in both instances
escaped, although they were
fired upon by the British guns
and chased by British aviators.
Antavari and Dulcigno on the
A6riatic coast of Montenegro,
have fallen into the hands of
Austrians which leaves to King
Nicholas only a few miles of
front on the sea and gives to the
Austrians command of the coast
from the gulf of Triest virtual
ly to the Albanian frontier.
Vienna reports that the Mon
tenegrins continue to lay down
their arms and that in addition
1900 Serbians have surrender
ed in the past few days, al
though a serli-o official commu-
nication says that a consider
able portion of the Montenegrin
army has declified to surrender
and that fierce fighting has been
resumed in the mountain dis
tricts.
Heavy fighting has been in
progress in France, a French
advanced position on the road
between Arras and Lens being
attacked by strong German
forces. The infantry attack
was preceded by mine explo-
sions and a violent lombard
ment and the Germans captur-
ed a first line trench on front
of several hundred yards.
French counter attacks were
Immediately inaugurated and a
portion of the captured trench
was retaken. The Germans.
however, at the close of the
day, occupied about 200 yards
of the advanced trench which
formed a salient in the French
lines.
The British forces in Meso-
potamia going to the relief of
Kut-el-Amara, are being ham,
pered by bad weather, neverthe-
less fierce fighting with varying
success is being indulged in
with the Turks. General Sir
Percy Lake, the new British
commander in chief, rercrts
that the casualties ON both
sides have been very heavy.
The Russians are continuing
their advance against the Turks
in the Caucasus. Petrograd
says the Turks are making q
precipitate retreat in the region
of Erzerum and that the Rns-
slams are capturing prisoners
and ammunition and other sup
plies. The roads are strewn
with Turkish dead.
The Russians also are on the
offensive against the Teutons
south of Dubno, one of the Vol
hynian triangle of fortresses
and on the Dniester and Pruth
river in east Galicia.
AT one point along the Pruth
Vienna says the Austrians blew
up Russian trench killing
nearly all tof fha Q0O ,,na,, =, -
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-08-17
Darcy Votes Down Bonds
for Electric Light Plant

On Tuesday the special election for
the purpose of issuing bonds for an
electric light plant for Darcy was held
and the proposition was overwhelm-
ingly defeated. There was a total of
SO votes cast and 80 were against the
proposition and in favor of the bond
issue,
Various causes are given for the de-
feat of the proposition. Some were
against electric lights at all, the fail
ure Of the crops to come up to the an
ticipations caused some to vote
against the measure, but by far the
greater number voted against the is
sue because it was believed that the
plant which had been accepted subject
to the approval of the voters was not
the kind which Darcy should have,
particularly the engine which was to
be furnished. A number also believed
that the plant to be success in Da.
zey should be private owned and not
a municipal affair.
At any rate it is not likely that Da.
zey will have electric lights this year.
but it is to be hoped that next year an
individual can be interested in the
proposition and that we will not be
left behind the towns of the immediate
vicinity.-Dazey Commercial.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-08-17
WEST PRAIRIE

Hastings Times, Aug. 80. Holberg
and Haaken Thompson were Hastings
callers Friday.
Miss Martha Davidson, of Valley
City, was visitor at the Meadow
Creek farm last week.
Esther Manstrum and Gena Johnson
called on Julia Nordgaard Manday
evening.
Mrs. John Falstad entertained Mrs.
c. Johnson and Mrs. 0. SelbO Friday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Peterson and family
spent Wednesday evening in Hastings
visiting with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. B. Skonnard had as
their guest a few days last week, Miss
Olga Skonnard. of Minneapolis, who is
visiting relatives and friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Evenson and
children, of Edmore, were visitors at
the Church Hill farm last Friday and
Saturday. They came from Iowa,
where they have been visiting rela-
tives and friends the past month, and
are making the trip in their auto. Mr..
and Mrs. Evenson are at the present
writing, visiting friends in Nome, and
will return later for longer stay
with Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Nordgaard.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-08-17
Young Man Of Lllverne Is Killed
by Gas in Barnes County Well

The Luverne Ledger of Wednesday
gives an account Of the accidental
death of a Luverne young man in a
gas-tiIIed well on the farm OF Thos.
Thompson, who lives in Barnes coun'
ty three miles southeast of that vii
hge. The story is as follows:
Suspended on cable rs feet below
gbe surface of the earth in an 80-foot
sircaIar well, Herman Nybo, popular
yuuag man Of this vicinity, met death
shruugh poisonous gases. 1t seems that
the drill had struck a rock and Mr..
Nybo vas being lowered to locate and
Hnaedy the trouble when the disaster
secured.
Medical aid was hurried to the
scene, Drs Nygard and Abbot being
present, hut they could avail nothing,
rs the body could not be raised until
five hours after his death.
The victim was the youngest of the
Boys in the Nybo family, being %
Years Of age at this time. He is sur
sIyed by three brothers and three Sis
Gers, all located in this comm unity.
Burial services will be conducted
this afternoon from the Lund Lutheran
church by Rev. Sigrud Olsen.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-08-17

of millions of dollars annually to the
state. Land in his state sells for 5000
an acre, and he believes that our land
will be worth as much when farming
is carried on in the same manner.
Pete Davidson, of Valley City, has
crew at work on the bridge over the
creek on the Valley City road north of
town. As that road is closed until the
completion of the bridge, all travel is
now by the road west of town as far
north as C. H. Kulsrud's, crossing to
the main road there.
School commences on Sept. II for a
nine months term. The teachers will
be Miss Carrie Smedshammer in the
upper grades and high school work,
and Miss Gina Smedshammer in the
lower grades. The new teachers are
we'll known here and come we'll rec
commended, as they have had several
years of experience.
Miss Olga Bake is visiting with
Miss Florence Lavery in Valley City.
1t is reported that Ole Overdahl is
to put in our street crossings within
a few days.
Rev. Berseth spent some time in
town last week. He is working in the
interest of St. Luke'e hospital at Far.
go.
Rev. Holen, of Kathryn, visited
friends in town last Wednesday and
attended the prayer meeting in the
evening.
Mrs. Aug. Berlin and daughter,
Helen, left last Thursday for their
home at Slayton, Mimi, after visit
OF about three weeks at the H. O.
Dahle home.
Mrs. Theo. Thompson and two child.
rem left last Thursday for Brecken.
ridge, Mimi, and is visiting at her
old home near that place.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-08-17
WIMBLEDON

News, Aug. 10.-Miss Grace Winters
left Monday morning for Lemert.
R. Clendenning and family spent
Wednesday and Thursday at Spirit
wood lake.
Miss Mary Dick left Tuesday for
Missoula, Mont. She will be gone sew
eral weeks and will visit several other
western points.
Miss Emma Schmirler of Wausau,
Wis, is here visiting her brother, J. C.
Schmirler, and family.
Clarence Trepp left Sunday for Kief,
where he will be in charge of grain
elevator this fall.
Miss Ida Ellifson and Katy Citing
visited jamestown friends from Sat-
urday until Tuesday. .>5zr.-,
Mrs. Geo. Simpson returned home
Sunday after spending week at
Spiritwood lake at the J. L. More cot
tage.
DR.. w. B. Wanner has been on the
sick list since Sunday, but is now i'm.
proving. -...
Several farmers have begun their
harvesting Geo. Hatch has his barley
and oats cut and says both are good
crop.
Charles Miller, who took in the sum.
mer term at the Valley City Normal
school, returned home Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. S. Mallough recent.
ly returned from Wheatland, where
they visited relatives. They made the
trip by auto. .. ..'
The DR.. w. B. Wanner family, who
have been spending a month at the
Platou cottage at Spiritwood lake,
came in Sunday. g.. .s
Chas. Peterson and son, Arnold, of
Leal, were in Wimbledon on Tuesday.
The boy has been afflicted with inflam.
matory rheumatism and they came to
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-08-17

consult a physician. He is now i'm.
proving. They made the trip in their
new Studebaker and Mr.. Peterson
stated that the nearer they came to
Wimbledon the poorer the roads were.
Clifford Couey left on Wednesday
for Makoti to visit his brother, Char
ley Couey.
K. L. Glidden came up from Wah-
kon, Mimi, on Wednesday and will
spend some time here looking after
his farming interests.
Fred Hunter of Shell Lake, Wis,
Ben Hunter and Miss Jennie Hunter,
of Rogers, were guests at the George
Hatch home over Sunday.
E. w. Stein is improving his resi-
dence with a small addition in the
rear and a large porch around the en-.
tire south side of9the building.
A. ]. Nichols and family, accompan.
led by Miss Rosetta Wright, returned
Sunday from an auto trip to Sheldon,
where they spent several days with
friends.
The Misses Ruth Clark, Hazel Bal
ley, Agatha Dewey, Marion Eckes and
Anna Eckes, of Lidgerwood, returned
Monday after spending a couple of
Spiritwood lake.
Fred Rebhahn returned on Tuesday
from Rochester, Mimi, accompanied
by Mrs. Rebhahn and son, who under
went treatment at the Mayo hospital.
Mrs. A. T.. Dennstedt and children
leave next Monday for visit with
her sister at Williston. They will re-
main there about six weeks and then
60 to Wichita, Kan, on a visit. Mr..
Dennstedt will join her about Dec. 1,
and they will go south to spend the
winter.
Mrs. A. Fried and daughters, Hilda
and Florence, who enjoyed an outing
at their Spiritwood lake cottage the
past six weeks, came in Wednesday
evening.
Robert Evans is enjoying visit
from his brother, Russell Evans. He
is professor of history at the high
school of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and will
remain here for the balance of his
summer vacation.
Miss Irene Lynch, of Lidgerwood,
while on her way back from a visit
from the Pacific coast and Canada,
stopped off in Wimbledon Wednesday
to spend few days with Miss Grace
| Kotchian.
| J. C. Schmirler has bought out
Frank Outings barber shop and on
Tuesday moved the fixtures into his
billiard hall and will run the two in
connection. Frank Citing and Frank
Zebley will be the BARRIERS.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-08-17
Three Propositions to
Be Voted On byPeople

Bismarck, Aug. 11.-Three PROPOSE
tons will be put up to the voters of
North Dakota for direct vote at the
fall election unless the courts inter.
vene in the two propositions that are
being contested.
Advertising of them must commence
Aug. rs, but the courts may step in at
any time before election day and pre-.
vent vote.
The two referendum on laws are:
Referendum on chapter 25S, 1915 S.
L., relating to the Is of mill tax for
the terminal elevator fund. The last
session repealed the chapter and the
people will now vote on this act of the
legislators.
Referendum on chapter 1874, 1915
session laws, defining crime of bootleg
ging, held defective by the supreme
court, now pending in the courts.
The initiative on the constitution is
to amend section 215 so as to make
New Rockford the capital of the state.
This proposition is now pending before
the supreme court.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-08-17
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE.
CLOSURE SALE

Notice is hereby given that that GER
tain mortgage, executed and delivered
by Ida NJ. Wilson and Harrison Will
son, mortgagors, to William Olson,
mortgage, dated the 22nd day of De.
cember, 1914, and filed for record in
the Office of the Register of Deeds Of
the county of Barnes, and State OF
North Dakota on the 23d day of De-
cember, 1914, at 9:55 a. m. and record
ed in Book IS of Mortgages on page
GIG, will be foreclosed by sale of the
premises in such mortgage and herein.
after described, at the front door of
the Court House in the City of Valley
City, county of Barnes, State of North
Dakota, at the hour of three o'clock
p. M, on the 10Th day of August, 1916,
to satisfy the amount due upon said
mortgage on the day of sale.
The premises described in such
mortgage and which will be sold to
satisfy the same are as follows: The
south half of the northeast quarter
IS. u of N. E. ~ and Lots one ~
and two (2) of section four az, Town
ship al, Range So, Barnes county,
State of North Dakota, containing
1853 95-100 acres, more or less accord.
ing to the Government survey thereof.
There will be due on such mortgage
at the date of sale the sum of Fifteen
hundred and seventy-five dollars
($1,575.00), together with the costs OF
foreclosure and statutory attorney
fees.
WILLIAM OLSON,
Mortgage.
H. A. OLSBERG,
Attorney for said Mortgage.
(Last Pub. Aug. III
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-08-17
KATHRYN PEOPLE OBSERVE
THEIR SILVER WEDDING.

Kathryn Recorder: Last Sunday Mr..
and Mrs. John C. Bjerke celebrated the
twenty-fifth anniversary of their mar
riage. The day being rainy, there we're
not as many in attendance as were ex-
pected. Among the out-of-town guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Davidson, of
Casse]ton, father and mother of Mrs
Rjerke, Miss Christine and William Da
Wis, of Valley City, Mrs. G. Sorenson,
of Casselton, and Rev. and Mrs. Strux-
ness and family. Of Fingal also Mr..
and Mrs. J. l.. Ekern and son, Louis,
of Fingal.
A very enjoyable day was spent and
upon the departure of the guests they
presented Mr.. and Mrs. Bjerke with
fine silver set and number Of other
silver articles as a remembrance Of
their silver anniversary.