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New Britain herald., 1917-03-13
New Englanil Lines Clear.

Boston. March 13.-Ofiicers of principal railroads in New Englel
New Britain herald., 1917-03-13
Boston Ignorant of Strike Ordcf

Boston Ignorant Of Strtkc OrdC
 Boston, March 13.-Local chatrM| of the railroad brotherhoods said tlI they received no strike orders up an early hour today and that th had not been notified that the q tsonal officers of the four brotl& hoods were planning 3 general stFl1
 If any. action of this kind pr opposed I am suret that we wC4! have heard of it," said J. Blake. ch4l man of the Brotherhood of LocOrn tive Engineers and Bremen Of Boston & Maine system.
New Britain herald., 1917-03-13
SECRET ORDERS ID
 GUNNERS PREPARED
Navy Dept. and Sec'y Lansing Complete Instructions to Guards
PLANS STRICTLY GUARDED
American Ldne Steamships May Not Re Able to Sail Unless More Eligible seamcn Arc Locsted-Fifty Per Cent. Bonus Rejected.


 Washington. March 1s.-complete and definite instructions to the armed guards to be placed aboard American merchant craft. bound through the Herman submarine zones have been completed by the navy department and approved by Secre- tery Lansing. They will be forward merchant craft whenever the ships which are to be armed are ready to sail.
 The nature of the instructions will not be made public. They were care fully prepared by navy officials and then submitted to Secretary Lansing. at whose suggestion some amendment was made. It is planned not to send broadcast the orders generally through the naval service. but to fur nish the officer in command of the armed guard on each ship with a copy when his vessel is ready to sail.
 The department is making every enort to suppress all information re- garding armed ships. such as sailing dates, the equipment put aboard by the navy, the personnel supplied to Eandle the guns or anything that might be of the slightest value to an enemy. It was said officially, how ever. that no conflict of Jurisdiction between the ship master and the gun crews would arise.
 American Sailors Scarce.
 New York, March 13.-Prepara tions to send out American merchant ships armed and guarded against submarines have revealed a possible shortage of American sailors. It is understood that the American line. none of whose passenger vessels has sailed for Europe since tho beginning of the German blockade. will need 2,0O0 men, Gustave A. Braun of tho Atlantic district of the International Seamens' union of America, expresses doubt that 50 many men ' can be furnished by the union at short no- tee.
 Other difficulties, according to Mr. Braun, may arise from the fact that many of the union seamen are not American citizens. Some are Ger mans, others are citizens of the Eli tente nations and reluctant to go tc ports where they might be held. for army ssrSice. Six thousand of the union men, expect to go to the Great Lakes, where navigation will openA next month.
 The union will meet tomorrow night to consider the offer of the In- Mercantile Marine, own- CTS of American line, of fifty per cent. wage bonus. The union has de- manded a seventy-five per cent. bonus.
New Britain herald., 1917-03-13
May Disclose Note Secret.

< COpennagen, Wa LOnOOn, M0rcn l ;. Count Von Bernstorff, dismissed German ambassador to the United States prepared statement on GeF- many's dealings with Mexico after hls arrival here. This statement will be forwarded to the Berlin foreign office and, If approved, will be made pub- lie through the Wolff Bureau. the Of fcial German news agency. It Is un- derstood, that the statement deals with the way in which Foreign Sec-i retary Zimmermann's instructions to the German minister in Mexico City fell into the hands of the American government.
 The departure of the Frederik VIII from Christiania was decided upon SO suddenly that several passengers were left behind in the Norwegian capital. The impending arrival of the steamer her was known early, and the German colony assembled at the docks to give the returning b1rssatlur hearty welcome. By g o'clock the quays were thronged with thousands of people but only the most important Germans and those who waved flags and friends were admitted inside the enclosure.
 American Flags in Evidence.
 The German minister to Denmark, Count Brockdorff-Ra Rantzau, with the staffs of the German legation and con- culate and the Austrian minister, Count Szechenyi, reached the dock as the ship berthed. The liners band played American airs and the deck was all flutter with American flags waved by the passengers. Count Von Bernstorff and his wife stood on the promenade deck watching the dock ing and apparently oblivious of an American flag which was waved ener- getically by a neighbor.
 The German and Austrian ministers were quickly on board and exchanged greetings in the lounge with Count Von Bernstorff. who then gave him. self up to photographers and report CTS and posed on the deck with his wife. Count Rantzau remarked. that Count Von Bernstorff's face lacked its familiar smile. The dismissed am- bassador talked with the newspaper men about his trip Tut declined to discuss international affairs.
 According to the other passengers the count had no wireless communi- cation with Germany until he reached waters. An extraordinary number of police had been detailed to control the crowds at the water front but there was no demonstration.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-10-18

Five hundred bushels government
inspected seed oats ou hand at
1914 SCOTT-LoGAN Co.'s.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-10-18
SECOND DRAFT May
COME IN DECEMBER
WAR DEPARTMENT DISCUSSING
SECOND INCREMENT TO
FILL UP GAPS.

Washington. October 17:-Dis-
cussion of the advisability of ex-
pediting the call for the second in
crement of the draft army. now is
in progress at the war department
and it appears likely that the date
may be fixed for some time in De-
cember or January.
Mobilization of the first increment
of $4,000 men is now far enough
advanced to show clearly that there
will be a big deficiency for the Sew
enteenth national army division.
More than 25O. 900 of the first incre-
ment are still to be assembled, but
it already is evident that there will
be available at the sixteen canton
ments quarters for an additional
regiment at each post and at some
for q full brigade of two regiments.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-10-18
Florence Lad Shoots Himself.

Linwood Spencer, the thirteen
year.old son of Mr. and Mrs Thomas
P Spencer, of l1S Sout.l Gaillard
street, Florence. accidentally shot
and killed himself last Saturday.
Young Spencer and two of his young
friends, Alfeus Nicely and Taylor.
had gone out to the old federal
stockade, beyond the National Gem.
etery. to gather nuts in the swamp.
Spencer carried q rifle. and while
standing under a hickory tree look
ing for nuts, the rifle fired. the ball
entering his body and ranging up
ward through the heart. His COM
panions, from whom he had become
separated. knew nothing of the &C.
cident until later.
Mr. Harris and DR. Moore, of Lake
City, who we're visiting the historic
old prison, found the dead body and
reported the matter, The body was
taken to Florence and carried to the
Spencer home. The lads father is
q machinist at the Charleston Navy
Yard.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-10-18
LIVE STOCK LOST
NSTOCKYARDFIRE
ELEVEN THOUSAND CATTLE LOST
IN KANSAS CITY BLAZE---FIRE-
BUGS ARE ACCUSED

Kansas City, No, Oct l6-Reports
that the fire which destroyed a large
portion of the Kansas City stock
yards and today resulted in the death
of approximately 1900 cattle and
$500 hogs was of an incendiary ori.
gin persisted tonight although dis
credited by officials of the corpora
ration owning the yards.
While no definite fire damage es.
Inmates have as yet been made. in.
surance adjusters and officials of the
stock yards corporation place the loss
at approximately s750,OOO.
Heavy insurance was carried, both
upon the buildings of the stock yard
and upon the live stock, but the
amount has not been announced.
Investigations were made during
the day by J E Marvin, fire warden,
and Chief John Egner of the Kansas
City Fire Department. Both men
believe that the fire was set, but de-
clared that the area is so devastated
that no indications of an incendiary
origin could have escaped the flames.
The statement of the officers is
based largely upon the assertions Of
Lieut. E J Bishoff of the first fire
company to arrive at the yards after
the alarms had been received, whe
said that three fires were burning
fully 1000 yards apart in different
portions of the yards.
George R Collet. general manager
of the stack yards. declared he be-
lieved the fire resulted from natural
causes, and that the wind had blown
sparks from the first fire, starting
the other two blazes. Private detec-
tives, however. were said to be in
vestigating the incendiary rumors.
The work of clearing away the de-
bris for the reconstruction of the
destroyed pens and buildings began
at once.
Receiving and selling will be re-
sumed 10 the stock yards in the morn
ing in. all classes of live stock except
stockers and feeders in the cattle
class, according to Mr. Collet. An
embargo on this class will DO neces-
sary until next Monday, he declares,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-10-18
Fatal Accident in Florence County.


Silas Eaddy, a negro, was killed
and two white men, Messrs Bridges
Cook and John Taylor, were seriosly
injured Friday by a boiler explosion
at the sawmill of Mr. W S Gardner.
Fred Gardner. son of the proprie-
tor, was slightly injured, while Henry
Singletary,a negro, was considerably
bruised.
The mill was in full operation
when without warning the boiler
burst. The force of the explosion
was terrific. The negro Eaddy was
instantly killed. The plant was
wrecked. Pieces of the boiler were
blown at least 200 feet. A number
Of people, including the workmen,
were about the mill. and it is consid-
cred wonderful that more were not
killed or wounded. The sawmill is
situated in the. Evergreen section of
the Icounty. The boiler had been
used for about twelve years and was
thought to be in the best condition.
The cause of the explosion is un.
known.-Florence Times Of Friday.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-10-18
White Sox Win Championship.

The Chicago Americans have won
the sixth and deciding game of the
1917 diamond classic, 4 to 2. The
White Sox victory gives the Middle
West metropolis the worlds series
championship for the first time in
almost decade.
After winning the first two games
on their home field. and losing the
next two at the Polo Grounds. the
Chicago clan clinched the gonfalon
with two straight victories, one at
Cominsky Park and the other at the
lair of the Giants. The New York
club did not 60 down to defeat
without desperate resistance. The
battle was surcbarged with sensation.
al situations and thrilling plays, but
the invading combination with the
edge of one game lead was not TO
be denied.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-10-18
Locals Items from Salters.

Salters, October l5:-The wealth
er continues fine, though somewhat
dry and dusty. Cotton is being
picked rapidly.
ET Hamer motored over to Sum-
ter Monday on business, taking with
him Mr. and Mrs T E Salters. Mrs
Jas A FerreIl and Miss Eunice Fer
rell.
We were pleased to have with US
Saturday night ard Sunday Messrs
J G Lifrage, Jr, E E and j 7 David
Of Camp Jackson, Columbia. who
were home on furlough. They re-
turned Sunday night and Monday
morning.
Mrs M N Sparks spent Sunday in
Manning with relatives.
Mr. Rion McCown of Florence
spent Friday here on business.
Salters Rural School Improve
ment association met and reorgan-
lied Friday afternoon. the follow
ing officers being elected to serve
the ensuing year: President. Rev
W ! Sinnott; vice president. Mrs T
E Salters; secretary and treasurer.
Miss Lorena Lifrage. We hope for
a wear of much improvement in the
school work.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-10-18
Site for Nitrate Plant.

Washington, October 16:-Shef.
field, Ala, as a site for one of the nj.
trate plants for which Congress ap.
propriated s2O,0O0.OOO, was an
nounned today by the war depart
ment. The site is on the Tennessee
river, near Muscle Shoals. The plant
is to manufacture ammonia and nj.
trio acid. Agreement has been reach
ed between the government and
owners of the land as to the price to
be paid for the site.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-10-18
PRIVATE WHIPPED
AT WADSWORTH
INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED BRU-
tai TREATMENT--FOUR NON
CONS ACCUSED OF DEED

Spartanburg. Oct I6-An investi.
CATION is in progress in the los field
artillery. the old Second, involving
an alleged brutal whipping said to
have been administered to Private
Otto Gottschalk, of Battery D. last
Saturday by four non.commissioned
officers. said to have been acting un-
der orders of Captain Howard E Sui.
livan. The nature of Gottschalk's
offense is not revealed and no official
comment is to be had on the matter
further than the admission on the
part of the officers that the investi-
CATION is in progress and that a re-
port on the whole matter will be sub
mitted to Brig Gen Phillips, proba.
bly, tomorrow.
According to the story going
around camp. Gottschalk was strip
ped and beaten by the non-commis-
stoned officers while Capt Sullivan
looked on the performance. Gott-
schalk was confined to his tent this
afternoon and showed signs of his
treatment by bruises on his hands.
Capt Sullivan, when asked today for
a statement, declined to discuss the
matter, and referred newspaper men
to Capt Freganiers, the regimental
adjutant, who also expressed the
opinion that the public was not con.
cerned in the incident.
Col George A Wingate, who is act.
ing commander of the brigade, said
the matter had been reported to him
on Sunday and as brigadier comman.
der he had reported the affair to
Gen Phillips. Col Wingate said the
report of the matter, together with
recommendations. will 90 to the COM
manding general tomorrow.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-10-18

race, either by their friends or by
themselves. 1t is known that many
of the friends of Sam j Nichols. OF
Spartanburg. Congressman from the
Fourth district, are urging him to
run for the Senate, but it is prob
able that Mr. Nichols will be in the
race for reelection to the office to
which he was elected by such large
majority last year.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-10-18
Exchange Old Books For New Ones!

Exchange Old Books For New Ones!
John E Swearingen, State superin-
tendent of education. emphasizes that
many neachers in the public schools
and patrons have thoughtlessly fail
ed to insist on the right to exchange
old textbooks for the new or recent
ly adopted textbooks. Any dealer
refusing to exchange any new book
for the reduced price when the old
book is offered in part payment is
liable to a fine of s25. The exchange
price of every State adopted book is
printed or pasted on the inside front
cover.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-10-18
BETHEA OUT
FOR GOVERNOR.
ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY AND
PLATFoRM--FoURTH TO ENTER
SENATORIAL ASPIRANTS.

Il am both conscript and volun-
teer in the race for Governor in
1918, and | expect to win." is the
emphatic and striking way in which
Andrew j Bethea, Lieutenant Gov.
ernor. has announced his intention
to enter the race for Governor next
year. Mr. Bethea stated that his an
nouncement was made at this time
in response to insistent demands of
friends in all parts of the State.
There is ample time" he contin.
ued, in which to discuss issues and
publish platforms. and besides. the
people know my position on the vital
questions of the day. have never
lodged an issue or shirked q duty.
stand now, as heretofore. for a
clean, orr ~ progressive govern
ment Wit , State fair and
lust 60 .ment to be administered
fer pc!- tnd rich alike. stand also,
as l .ve SO per cent Of the citi-
zensn,y of South Carolina stands,
fol .oyal and unquestionable support
of the President and the National
Government in the present crisis.
crave the opportunity to be OF
service to my fellow man, to help
tie man on the farm. in the factory.
in the bank, behind the counter, in
the school room, at the desk. on the
railroad, at the shop and in the Of
fee, and ! believe that the circum-
stances of my birth and training, the
twelve years experience ! have had.
in the three branches of the State
government, and the opportunities
have had to study and. observe con-
ditions as they exist in the world to-
day fit me for what hope to do. If
/ am elected shall strive to enlist
the cooperation and support of every
man, woman and child in South Caro-
lima in an effort to make the State
better and the people happier. To
my friends wish at this time only
to repeat the words of Woodrow
Wilson: Let us all speak, act and
serve together"
Mr. Bethea's announcement is the
fourth made for Governor. with at
least another in contemplation, Rob
ert A Cooper, of Laurens. made
known some time ago that he is an
aspirant for governatorial honors:
Thomas H Peoples of Barnwell. At
torney General, in unequivocally in
the race, according to his statement,
and William A Stuckey, in a recent
announcement. said he would try
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-10-18


ever else was in the race.
Mr. Cooper and Mr. Bethea have
been identified continuously with the
anti-Blease faction and the other two
candidates have been supporters Of
the Newberry partisan leader.
There has been deal of unofficial
talk in political circles that the So
called reform" or Blease faction,
at q contemplated convention here,
will nominate Major John G Rich
ards, of Liberty Hill. chairman of
the Railroad Commission. as its can
didate for Governor. However,nei-
ther Major Richards nor former Gov
ernor Blease will verify this rumor.
Up to the present time there have
been only two candidates announced
for United States Senate-N B Dial.
of Laurens. and w Jasp Talbert. of
Mccormick county. the former run.
ming as an independent. but identi-
fed with the majority faction of the
State, and the latter an exponent
of Blease principles. Mr. Talbert
was chairman of the convention which
met in Columbia on the night Of Oct
"a, 1916, and launched the so-called
reform" party. Senator Tillman
recently issued a statement in which
he said that he would enter the race
for reelection if the people of the
State would "conscript" him. 1t is
known that several other senatorial
aspirants are waiting Senator Till
mans decision before they decide
whether they will run or not.
Up to the present former govern
or Blease has not definitely announc-
ed whether he will be in the race.
The general supposition. based on
his various statements that he will
serve in any capacity in which he is
placed by his faction, is that ne will
make the raee. He. however, has
made no direct statement to that ef-
feet.
Congressman A F Lever. of the
Seventh congressional district, has
been prominently talked of as a sue
cessor to Senator Tillman because Of
his unswerviing loyalty to the ma.
tional administration and his patri-
otic work for his country, but he al
80 has not announced his political
plans for the future. 1t is not be-
lieved, however, that Congressman
Lever will make the race if Senator
Tillman decides to run for re-elec-
ton.
Others spoken of unofficially as
possible candidates for the United
States Senate are r Goodwin Rhett.
of Charleston: w P Pollock, of Che
raw, and L D Sennings, of Sumer.
None of these men, however. has
stated publicly whether they would
allow themselves to be put into the
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-10-18

We give Profit-sharing Coupons.
Four certificates with every dollar
spent in our Dry Goods department
only PEOPLES MERCANTILE Co.
l0.4-tf
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-10-18

We give Profit-sharing Coupons.
Four certificates with every dollar
spent in our Dry Goods department
only. PEOPLES MERCANTILE Co.
10.4.tf
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-06-21
Red Cross Week

This is Red Cross Week, and as
this paper is published the week
is nearing it's end. The question is:
"Have you done your Bit This
phrase, originated in England, has
stirred the men on the battle line,
which is now practically encircling
the globe. 1t has stirred many
millions of people to the aid of the
Red Cross, but it should stir more.
During this war, many thousands
of Americans have not only given
money towards the Red Cross
Funds of the European warning
nations, but have given their SER
vices and still more further noble
have given their lives, combating
the terrors of sickness and diseases
that have broken out in trenches,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-06-21

They who live in other centers
than those in which life gyrates
around the lobster palaces and the
terrible post-meridional poser,
"Where shall we eat tonight"
will take a languid interest, per-
haps, in the fact that a New York
jurist sees no SANDER in calling
a head waiter ga CRATER" and the
"greatest scoundrel in New York. -
They do these things so neatly and
deftly over in New York that
abuse, to be libelous or slanderous,
seemingly must be laid on with a
trowel, the ordinary Billingsgate
Of invidious generalities, such as
"greatest scoundrel," being ap-
parently merely airy persifage,
giving a keen edge to an otherwise
dull and monotonous experience
among those who are after their
table and a place to scream at
each other while listening to the
noise of cembalos raked with
pitchfork and the ragtime break
downs. Of course, the decision
rests in the inability of epithets to
convey thought, the word graft
err" being considered flexible and
greatest scoundrel" not referring
technically to any flaws in the art
of head-waiting. Consequently,
what with flexibility of common
words and the lack of a technical
nomenclature to describe remiss-
ness in a head waiter, it looks as if
license to indulge in redhot Ian.
guage were viewed in New York
as part of the price one pays for
being of or in Lobsteria, since in.
deed "they serve who only stand
and wait and get abused.-'Phil.
adelphia Public Ledger.