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quently during the following days.

quently during the following days.
March 31st, the capture of Malan-
court was accomplished after fierce
night attacks. The Germans had now
occupied all the French positions
north of FORCES Brook, between Har-
court and Bethincourt and had ma
terially advanced and strengthened
their battle line in the northwest.
New batteries were moved up and the
infantry was rested and reorganized
for the next attack.
On the forty-sixth day of the bat
tie the Germans announced the cap
ture of Haucourt, about three miles
northwest of Dead Mans Hill, which
formed supporting point of the
French left wing. From it a large
section of the French line and for
tifications could be taken under Ger
man fire, including Bethincourt This
village then became the objective
point The French admitted the evac-
uation of the Bethincourt salient two :
days later stating it was premedi-
tated move designed to straighten
out the battle line.
On Saturday of last week the Ger
mans undertook a general onslaught
along a thirteen mile front both west
and east of the Meuse from the Hau-
sector to Douau-
mont. A high French military Of
fetal alluded to this movement as IAN
attack on the largest scale since the
beginning of the offensive
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-04-20
PEACH CROP INJURED.
Clemson Authorities Believe 80 Per
. Cent. of Trees Affected.

Greenville, April 15.-Reports re-
ceived by Clemson college authorities
from all parts of the State indicate
that about 80 per cent. of the South
Carolina peach crop has been ruined
by the severe frosts early this week.
The apple and cherry crop escaped
damage. The report came to this
city through A. H. Chapman, county
demonstration agent, who has just
returned from a trip to Clemson.
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Many Lonely Ewes.

San Francisco, April 11.-When
the steamer Chehalis sailed into a
cove at Tahiti some time ago Tahiti
ian maidens swan out and besought
the sailors to desert their ship and
live there. Most of the men of Ia
hiti have gone to the European war,
and it has become an "Adamless
Eden" Passengers arriving here on
the steamer Moana brought the
story.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-04-20
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading.-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

Men and Happenings.
Fire in the American National bank
building in Spartanburg Friday did
$1,000 property damage.
The South Carolina Intercollegiate
Oratorical contest is to be held in
Lander college, Greenwood, Friday.
Morris Kantrok, a Jewish sales
man, was arrested in Greenville last
week on the charge Of white slavery.
The Bailey Military Institute, of
Greenwood is to hold it's annual
spring encampment at Florence this
year.
The Southern railway has let con-
tracts for the double tracking of the
main line between Central, S. c., and
Cornelias, Ga.
The cornerstone for new $4,000
high school building to be erected in
oIduSSUuIS was ldiu Will UoouIiAoA
ceremonies Friday.
The Winnsboro district conference,
colored, of the African Methodist
Episcopal church, was held in Spar
tanburg last week.
William c.. Redfeld, secretary of
the interior in President Wilson's S
cabinet, payed an unofficial visit to
Beaufort last week.
Fire Friday afternoon destroyed
the kiln of the Penn-Sumter Lumber
company at Sumter destroying prop
erty valued at $4,000.
DR.. G.. E. Lowe, Of the Rockefeller
sanitary commission, New York, has
been elected director of the public
health of Spartanburg.
A negro school building which was
burned in Florence some time ago is
to be rebuilt within the next few
weeks at cost of $25,ee0-
DR.. Henry Miller, former pastor Of
Pendleton street Baptist church in
GreenvilIe, died last week in Louis
vile, KY. He was 4s years of age.
Sixteen houses inhabited by opera
tives of the Woodside mills, Green
vile, were destroyed by fire. Friday.
The loss is fully covered by insurance.
Governor Manning has commuted
the death sentence of A. c. Tolbert,
of Greenwood, who was convicted of
the murder of his wife, to lite i'm
prisonment.
Robbers entered the home Of V. NJ.
Montgomery in Spartan Thurs
day night and stole money and jewel
ry valued at several hundred dollars.
There is no clue to the identity of the
robbers
The supreme court has reversed
the action of the lower court in SEN
L6HCluS 0cOiS0 w. IIfSu, Ol AcAluS-
ton county, to life Imprisonment fol-
lowing his conviction of murder with
recommendation to mercy.
C. P. Sims, of Spartanburg, has
been re-admitted to the practice of
law in South Carolina by the supreme
court. He was indefinitely suspended
by an order filed in April, 1914. The
order re-instating him was signed by
all the justices of the supreme court.
Governor Manning has reprieved
Joe Grant, an Edgeield county negro,
who is under sentence of death for
the murder of white man until Mon
day, May 18th. The governor took
this action in order that he might
have time to more fully investigate
Grants case.
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WILLMEETNEXTS SATURDAY
DEMOCRATIC CLUBS ARE TO
ELECT THEIR DELEGATES.
Under Revised Rules County Conven-
tions Will Meet First Monday In
May, State Convention May II.

All the Democratic clubs in South
Carolina meet on the fourth Satur-
day in April, which is the 22nd inst,
to reorganize, elect delegates to the
county convention and transact any
other business.
It is in the club meeting that the
individual citizen has direct voice.
1t is a sort of mass meeting, or town
meeting but it is within the Demo
cratic party, subject to the strict
rules of the party organization. Here
may be offered resolutions expressive
of the sentiment of the individual
voter, or instructions for the dele
gates to the county convention.
Under the new rules, now enacted
into law by the legislature, mo per-
son shall be enrolled in any club, or
take part in any club meeting, or
vote in any primary, or be elected
delegate to the county convention,
except in the club district in which
he resides.
The county convention meets on
the first Monday in May and is COM
posed of one member for each 25
members or majority fraction there
of, in each club, according to the
vote at the preceding first State pri-
mary election. This is change from
the old rule that gave representa-
ton for each 25 members carried on
the roll of the c1ub-which came to
include much dead material-not
only the actual dead" but the per-
SONS moved away, whose names re-
mained on the club lists because
there was no procedure for revising
The rolls.
The new basis of representation
will considerably reduce the num-
bers in the county convention-which
had come to he too unweildy for ef-
fective parliamentary deliberation.
It will reduce the number of dele
gates to be sent from the clubs, es-
pecia1ly the city clubs, where the ac-
tual numbers could not be personally
known to members and an unauthor-:
lied attempt to revise the rolls might
enormously cut off some one from his
rightful membership. The reform of
1914 has insured equitable represen-
tation on the basis of the really ac-
S tive membership.
% The State convention meets on the
third Wednesday in May, the 18th,
this year, and is composed of two
delegates for, each member of the
general assembly from county. Thus
Bamberg has 6 delegates in the
State convention
Some of the matters likely to come
before the clubs preparatory to ac-
tion in the convention are: Indorse-
ment of the administration of Wood
row Wilson; demand for rural credit
legislation; Endorsement of Senator
E. d. Smiths amendment for the op-
Grafton of a nitrate plant by the Unit
ed States government for prepared
ness in war and for providing cheap
fertilizers to the farmers in time of
peace, and possibly expressions on
the insurance situation.
r Under the new rules there will be
an enrolment of Democratic voters
to be made over again for this year
and to be closed so days before the
August primary election.
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The reports of the New York po-
lice department show that ], 1,S31 per-
sons outside the city and 4,035. liv-
ing in the city. were reported missing
last year. Nearly all of them were
found by the police or returned home
of their own accord.
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A wasp on window may be killed
almost instantaneously by the appl1-
cation of little sweet oil on the tip
of a feather.
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The undersea origin of chalk is
indicated by the presence of minute
sea shells which are revealed by the
microscope.
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-10-05
THOSE: ADMITTED
70 CITIZENSHIP
TWENTY-FIVE FOREIGNERS TAKE
THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
TO UNITED STATES.

Court was called To order shortly
after O'clock Tuesday when Judge
Ayers lined up the successful appli-
cnnts for citizenship that they might
take iltcli oath or allegiance and citi-
zenslip The persons who received
thci Gcnship n,s yesterday
wcie: mon A. Nonlvcr. Denton;
peter n. Megrecn, Garn"ill .eendert
Fan Link, Roy los, Masek, Roy:
i.oUIar J. Gronan, Roy, john a. Raltt.
'Iobson; Frnlli ilostok I)nry; Henry
~ Cassidy. Iuft"n Greek, T.. NJ. Engh.
t',rAus. tIuhcrt r. Skinner, Mary
Lotto skinner, Stanford Joseph SoIf.
smith lleury Meyer, Christina, Josef
Eomarch, Roy; Paul Wchr. Lewis.
tNwN inhu Scinsrh,'ti Ross Fork:
Ntttel N"Asp. chcadle. Anthony L.
llGnkar, hcndali William Bcattie,
Eiaer; Tony j Kntra Lewistown;
Jacob heetalra. Wiunctt: James W..
Drake, l.rwistown; Henrik w. Jorrls-
sen, pieter NicliulaSs, Benton.
or the above, seven were formerly
subjects Of Great Britain, four OF Nor
way. four ol Germany, four Of the
Netherlands, five from Austria and
one from Italy,
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-10-05

deal In the way Of legislation BY means
Of lobby. And the lobby. thank God,
has disappeared. | do not mean the
legitimate lobby. the lobby that will
70 to the hearings Of committees and
argue their case in public with the
reporters present but | mean tho but
ton-holing lobby. mean the lobby
that uses influence and not argument: !:
lthat uses lnducemcnt ana not feet.
that understands some special int,
csts and does not give \ cent for gen
eral interest That Is the lobbyist !
mean. and the little towards scuttled
the minute they were mentioned
ALSO the instrumentaltics of con.
troll have been destroyed, and the oh.
ject OF the present campaign on one
side Is to rchablilA'o them You sec
who ore controlling tho present cam
phiGn w VA" rerRiican side, Two
wears peN me republicans fap1IDd iHu,
iNcro NHs q reaction as0iuat lhc demo.
Irrltir par.N brcHU"u VI Ilo bDnu po
ling auur, ! admit tui % ia the
icaMpagn tor tno congressional cluc
! tinhH tWo Years ago somr og thcit.
niut distinguished l"Rno,s anukr Very
mdicrrrtlr. Fh.l ASA taat NhM tuia
/ country needed VA Il business aduiur
is,tation Whiri from one 5ont oJ yfrN
tive lJi@l' lap, con ur.'.d w n lH"
ihad not nddcd to this definition that
.N Nat we country wanted NBS 10 rr.
tnru 10 the good ull days of MarlS
7 |ilanra."
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-10-05
CHICAGO GRAIN.

CHICAGO. Oct. 4-Export buying
which was said to be on large scale
helped to elevate the wheat market
today to new high record prices fol-
1916, and so, too, did denials of ru
mors that rain had fallen in Argentina
The close was strong at Is 0A to LIZ
net advance. with December $159ia
to $685. and May $l.5Sla. Corr
gained u to q as; oats Is and pro
visions II to 1862
At first the wheat market showed
= notable tendency to sag owing tC
prevalent opinions that bullish effec,
of the Argentine drought had been
discounted enough
Substantial gains in the last hall
Of the session replaced accordingly
the earlier losses of wheat values. and
left the market in the end at virtually
the topmost prices yet this season
Corn was bullishly effected by ex
port demand. Oats reflected the
strength Of grain. but only to a slight
extent.
A squeeze of shorts in October porl
tended to lift the provision market
as whole. At one time, the coveted
option was bid up nearly $500 bar
rel, but 1t did not appear that any
large transactions were involved
Wheat--December, open. $1.bS; high
$l59A; low. Sl.57; close. $l,59hs. May
open, $l.57la; high. $l,5SA; low
$l5Gas: close. $l.5S1a.
Corn December, open, 747sc; high
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-10-05
DENTON.

Denton has been infested with a
number of Weary Willies" or the 81
Won't Work class. 1t would he a
wise idea to get a number of balls
and chains and put these nomads to
work upon the streets of our town.
George Snooks was in from his
ranch ON the Arrow Creek bench
Monday and reports the birth of fine
baby boy which arrived at the Snooks
home last Saturday, September 80
George felt so proud over the new ar
rival that he done "the handsome
to number of his friends in town.
The contractors are rushing work
on the Denton State bank building.
DR., Woodcock reports the birth of
son at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Shelton, Thursday afternoon, Sep,
tember 81.
A smooth-fingered artist passed
about seventy-five dollars worth of
worthless checks in Denton last Fri.
day. No clue to the perpetrator has
as yet been found.
The Lutheran ladies' aid will meet
in the fire hall next Wednesday ater.
noon, Mrs. Jensen and Mrs. Johnson
entertaining. All ladies' are cordially
invited to be present. Recorder.
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-10-05

SENT0R MYERS
THOUSANDS OF "sQuATrERs" ON
PUBLIC LANDS GRATEFUL FOR
PROTECTIVE LAWS.
WERE PASSED BY MYERS EFFORTS

HELENA, Oct. 4-Thousands of
"squatteres" upon public lands in Mon.
tana are commencing United States
Senator Henry l.. Myers and the 9TH
er members OF Montanas democratic
delegation in congress as the result
of Il law introduced in the last ses-
sion of congress and which has Just
become effective due to the tireless
work of Senator Myers and the other
Montana Representatives in the ma
tional congress.
The law. in effect, gives the squat
ters" the same rights and privileges
as have been enjoyed by the home
steaders during the past and makes
ii possible for them to obtain leave
of absence from the land on which
they are "squatting" without the dan
ger of having their land Jumped" by
other and less scrupulOus home seek
erS.
Surveyor General Henry Gerharz
yesterday received notice from the
general land office that the law now
IS in effect Under its provisions, peo
pie who have made settlement on lln-
surveyed lands in the public domain
may obtain leave of absence in one
or two periods each year, provided
that the total leave or absence does
not exceed five months in any one
year. All that is required 10 obtain
3his leave of absence is that the
'squatter" Shall file with tie local
land office notice OF his intended
leave Of absence and that he also
plainly mark the exterior boundaries
OF the land upon which he has To-
Gated. When this is done it will be
impossible for any other person to
Jump" his land.
Heretofore. if Il man located on II
piece OF unsurveyed land he was
compelled to remain upon it perma-
nently until 1t has become surveyed
and opened to homestead fling. In
many instances, a person was forced
to remain upon the land for years
at time and could not even leave
it for a day without taking a chance
of having some person jumping" it
and getting it away from the original
locator
Under the new law which was
passed through the influence Of Sena
tor Myers, these thousands of squat.
tors" in Montana have been given the
same rights and the same protection
as are enjoyed by bona fide home
steader, and he can obtain his an
nlal leaves Of absence until such n
time as the land has been surveyed
and is open for filing under the home.
stead laws.
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-10-05
AroundtheC County
GRASS RANGE.

The Grass Range Creamery and
Produce company closed its first
months business September 81, with
splendid showing for commence
Ment. The total amount OF cream
purchased was 5,673 pounds, contain.
ing 1,790 pounds of butter fat The
number of pounds of butter made was
1,122.
Charles Randolph left for Chicago
last Tuesday with five car loads OF
beef cattle.
G. B. Laird has been confined tc
his bed for several days with a serious
trouble DR.. Bartlett operated on him
yesterday for perirectal abscess with
flstula and at present it looks as IL
the operation was very successful.
D. ]. Burke, more commonly known
as "Pickhandle, went to the mat with
one of the I. w. WIS at his camp be,
low here last Saturday evening. There
had been some disagreement in set
Ting wage claim, which was fol,
lowed by an exchange of blows. Mr.
Burke was badly cut up about the
face by rock which the laborer
used.
Oscar, the 10-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Sibbert. was brought
in from their Elk creek ranch with
bad case of blood poisoning that
developed from a slight scratch on
his 'tingerj sustained while playing
with a carpenters saw.
Twenty head of black hogs were
received in Grass Range last Tues.
day from the Elliott ranch, 10 miles
south Another bunch is being put
in shape and in few weeks will be
ready for market. Mr. Elliott takes
the view that while the present time
witnesses big prices for wheat. it
cannot always remain at those figures
and when the drop does come, it will
come good and hard and unexpectedly,
Review.
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-10-05
STANFORD.

On Monday morning fine baby
boy arrived to brighten the home OF
Mr. and Mrs. w. II. Schlotman. DIR,
II. S. Holmes Was In attendance and
both mother and son are doing nicely.
Last week Mrs. Ella Chamberlain
underwent an operation for gall stones
and at this time is improving rapidly.
AS soon as she returns from the hos
pital in Great Falls she will make final
proof on her homestead.
Last Friday afternoon team of
horses on the ONeil ranch became
frightened and ran away, throwing the
occupants of the rig out and breaking
limb for Miss Mary O'Neil. DR.. II
S. Holmes was called and set the
broken limb.
Last Thursday noon DR.. Fl. S
holmes took Mr.. IL. L. Dester to thc
Deaconess hospital in Great Falls
where he underwent an operation fol
appendicitis. The last word received
from Mr.. Dester was Saturday and
at that time it was thought he would
be home in about a week
DR.. H. S. Holmes and d. J. Cannon
met with very serious accident last
Monday afternoon while en- route tC
Helena to attend the state fair. They
had crossed the divide and were gOinf
down Sullivan hill when the acciden
occurred. 1t is not known whether
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-10-05
CAPITALISTS To
P|AY U('jj 4 VISIT

A special train Of three private cars
arrived in LewiSio@ii Friday after
noon bringing II T. i3;trlinl., vice pres
ident of the Milwaukee; W B. Foster.
general superintendent of Puget Sound
lines e. H. Barrett, assistant general
superintendent; J. w. Harkness, cap
italist of New York City, and one Of
the directors of the Milwaukee Rail,
way company; +. A. Delano and Mr..
'Maybon, also New York capitalists,
and several others, including ladies'.
This party stopped at Moore Fri
day morning and from there went to
the r. A. Harlow ranch in automo.
biles. The special arrived in Lewis
town late in the afternoon and the
gentlemen of the party were conducted
about the city by A. W. War;, j. f.
Woodard and j. +. Lane Their sup.
per in Lewistown that evening includ
ed several fine prairie chickens es
pecially procured for them by loca
huntsmen.
Mr.. Earring and his guests are max
ing special trip over this section II
order to show the easterners some o
Montanas great resources The,
spent Saturday in Great Falls.
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-10-05
ARRESTED FOR WHITE SLAVERY.

John Dickerson, who has been con.
Quoting the Grand rOoming house, was
placed under arrest by the sheriffs
force yesterday charged with white
slavery. under the Thompson act II
appears from The complaint that Dick
erson lived from the earnings of a
prostitute and that recently they had
some alteration after which the
woman informed the county attorney s
office of the situation and Dickerson's
arrest followed -
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-10-05
Yesterdays Market Quotations

arrive, $l.7G; No. northern, $1.70M
l.72; No. hard Montana, $500
l.62; Dec. durum, $1,73; May, $1.6S&;
No, l drum Oil track. $1.7601.78: ar.
rive. $ rs; No. durum on track.
T,,&d1.15; Oct flax. $2.45R; Novem.
ber, SAC: Dec, $2.44; May. $249;
lax on track and arrive, $2.471a; oats.
Acc; rye. $1.21; barley, 60@1.05.
OMAHA LIVESTOCK.
OMAHA, Oct. A. 4.--Hogs-Receipts,
5000 head; market lower Heavy,
- 50@S,90; bulk of sales, $S60@S.90
cattle Receipts, 5000 head; mar
Set higher Native steers, $3.50
1850; western steers, $6.50W9.l5: !:
stockers and feeders, $6.000S35
Shcep-Receipts, $4,000 head: mar
ket steady. Yearlings. $7.000775;
lambs. $9300910.
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-10-05

DIR. Holmes lost control of his car or
not. but upon turning a sharp curve
the hind wheel struck protruding
boulder and the car turned over twice
were severely injured, DR.. Holmes
sustaining sprained back and some
broken ribs and Mr. Cannon a dislo.
Gated shoulder and a broken rib
World.
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-10-05
MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN

MINNEAPOLIS, oct 4.-Wheat con.
tinued strong today: December closed
rractionaNv moro than 1r hirher and
September finished asc ur Corn I 1lsc
higher Oats strong Wheat receints.
10 cars. compared with 4o6 year
ago ....
W'heat-Decenbor. open. $1.69ls to
81 1.6Si"; high. 20; low. 81 6s% :;
close $l.6e to u May. omen. Sl.66 10
$685.; hieh. $780,; low, 81 63c (:
close, $1.66i4
Cash. No. hard, Sl76a No. l
northern, $1,72& @173M: to arrive,
S70% M1,72%; No. 2 northern, $1.67A
0l.72a; No. 3 wheat. $685. al 6SA !;
No. 2 hard Montana. $l59A al .62la !;
durum, $1.77@1.S3.
Corn--No. 3 yellow, S5MS6c: oats,
No. 3 white, 44A m45c; flax. $2.44M
2.4Sia; barley. 65 to Sl.o4. rye, 81. %
and $1.21.
DULUTH CLOSE.
FURNISHED by Quinn ShapHerdson CoA
Wheat Dee. $40. May. $780,
No. northern on track. $l.7Tml.7S;
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-10-05
COFFEE CREEK.

A. G. Dvorak is confind to his room
this week suffering with the rheuma.
tism.
Work on the erection of the large
addition to the Farmers elevator here
is progressing nicely. b. T.. Hills is
experimenting the Job.
4 tennis court is being made in
the northwest corner OF the school
yard.
Frank Svejkovsky has his threshing
rig tied UP this week having repair
work done or~his engine ut the Tom
Smith shop.-Herald
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-10-05

NOTICE OF CLOSING OF REGIS.
TRATION BOOKS FOR GENERAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD IN FER
GUS COUNTY, MONTANA, NO
VEMBER, Z, 1916:
Notice is hereby given that the reg.
istration books for Fergus county,
Montana, will be closed on Saturday
October Z. 1916, at ) o'clock p. M,
and will remain closed insofar as reg
istering for the general election to be
held in Fergus county, Montana, on
Tuesday. the seventh day of Noyem
ber, 1916.
Electors may register for said elec
tiOn at the office of the county cle,k k
at the court house, in the city OF
Lewistown, Fergus county, Montana
between the hours of . o'clock a. IN
and o'clock p. M, or by appearing
before a justice of the peace, or no
tary public or deputy registrar in the
manner provided by law.
/ f. II. CUNNINGHAM,
| County Clerk and Recorder and Ex
Officio Registrar, Fergus County
\ Montana.