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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-10-02
AMERICAS REPLY.
If American Prisoners With
,Shotguns Are Executed
Suitable Reprisals"
Will Be Taken.

Washington, Sept. 3O.-The Am
erican government, in reply to Ger
many's threat to execute American
prisoners of war found in possession
of shot guns, today gave notice that
if Germany carries out any such
threat suitable reprisals will be taken.
Secretary Lansing's reply, made
public today, declares that the use
of shot guns is sanctioned by The
Hague conventions, and that in COM
parison with other weapons now used
in modern warfare the shot guns
used by the American troops cannot
be the subject of legitimate or reas-
enable protest.
eff the German government should
carry out its threat in single in
stance" says Secretary Lansing's fe-
ply, 'it will be the right and duty of
the United States to make such re-
prisals as will best protect the Am
erican forces, and notice is hereby
given of the intention of the govern
ment of the United States to make
such reprisals."
After acknowledging receipt of
the memorandum submitted through
the Swiss legation, communicating
the German protest, Secretary Lam
sing said: -, ,,~e
'In reply to the German protest,
the government of the United States
has to say that the. provision of The
Hague convention, cited in the pro-
test, does not in its opinion forbid the:
use of this kind of weapon. More 7
over, in view of the history of the
shot gun as weapon of warfare,
and in view of the well-known effects
of it's present use, in the light of a .
comparison with it of other weapons
approved by warfare, the shot gun
now il use by the, American army
cannot be the subject Of legitimate
or reasonable sprotest. ssli5
e GIFTED
States notes the threatS of the Ger
man government to execute every I
prisoner of war found to. have. in his
possession shot guns or shot gun
ammunition. Notwithstanding this
threat, inasmuch as the weapon is
lawful and may be rightfully used,
its use will not be abandoned by the !.
American Army. Moreover, if the
German government should carry out
its threats in single instance it will
be the right and duty of the govern
rent of the United States to make
such reprisals as will best protect the
American forces, and notice is here
by given of the intention of the gov
ernment of the. United States to
make such reprisals.
The protest of the German govern
ment, submitted through the Swiss
charge ad interim, is as follows:
"The German government protests
against the use of shot guns by the
American Army, and calls attention
to the fact that according to the law
of war (Kriegsrect), every prisoner
found to have in his possession such
guns or ammunition thereto, forfeits
his life. This protest is based upon
Article 90 (E) of The Hague con-
vention respecting law and customs
of war on land. Reply by cable is re-
ouested before October /, 1913"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-10-02
Senator E. D. Smith Thinks
Price Fixing Storm Has
Passed.

Washington, Sept. 3C.-That Sen
ator E. D. Smith, of South Carolina,
feels that the cotton situation has
vastly improved since his recent. ac-
tivities against what was supposed
to be a movement to fix the price of
this years crop, is shown in the fol-
lowing statement issued by him:
"The statement issued by Messrs.
Page and Brand expresses the conclu-
sion of all the numerous conferences
and interviews of all those interested.
The representatives of the farmers
from every cotton growing state held
numerous meetings in my office dur
ing the past week and with Won
derful conservatism and grasp of the
subject formulated their ideas and
laid them before the administration
with the result as announced by
Messrs. Page and Brand.
I, as chairman Of the, committee
of Cotton States Senators, conferred
with the representatives of the far
mers, the president and the board
appointed by the president, and from
first to last emphasized the disas-
trous result that would follow arbi-
trary price fixing, especially with re-
gard to the present crop. After weeks
of nerve racking, strenuous work, the
cotton situation seems at last salts
factorily adjusted"
I Thomas Walker Page, chairman of
the War Industries Boards cotton
committee, and Charles j.. Brand,
chairman of the committee on cotton
distribution, in signed statement,
announced that it would not recon-
mend that price be fixed on raw
cotton unless unexpected changes
of such violence should occur as to
threaten the welfare of legitimate
interests. They warn the cotton inter-
ests against giving credence to un-
authorized reports.
The committee on cotton distrlbu-
ton has been direct to effect. as
quickly as possible an equitable dis
,tribution of cotton as toNquantity
land grade among both domestic and
for sinanufa with q special
view of providing for.the proper util-
ization Of the surplus Of grades be-
low middling. All purchases for for
oIgn and domestic consumption will
continue to be made at market prices
through the marketing and distribut-
ing agencies commonly used, unless
the cotton committee shall determine
that necessity has arisen necessitat-
ing a change.
Throughout the agitation of the
matter of price fixing, during which
number of false reports were cir
culated, Senator Smith, as the leader
of those against price fixing, kept his
forces well in hand, nor was he ever
convinced that prices would be fixed.
However, this belief did not keep him
from using every legitimate means
at his command to prevent what he
declared would at this time be dis
aster to the cotton growing states.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-10-02
Lyceum Coming.

There is nothing more popular in
Edgefeld than a male quartette. This
will be the next Lyceum number
which will appear in Edgefeld under
the direction of the Civic League.
The 10th of October is the date.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-10-02
Allotment of Fourth Liberty
Loan to EGgefeld County.

Allotment OF FOurCh Liberty
Loan to Edgefeld County.
To Edgefeld County has been al
lotted the sum of s5OO,OOO.0O. This
amount our people are asked to sub
scribe for. The length of the cam
paign for selling these bonds is three
weeks, commencing September %
and closing October 18th, 1918.
Distributing. this allotmeit of $500,
100000 among the different tax dis
tricts of our, county based on the as
sessed value. of taxable property in
each tax district of our county as
taken from the office of County Au-
ditor, the amounts will be as follows:
s. Antioch, s5,OOO.oO in bonds.
Bacon, Ss,35O.OO in bonds.
&. Blocker, ss,75O.Oo in bonds.
Limestone, $s,3O0.0o in bonds.
Collier, $4,000 90 in bonds.
lat Roc 5Jo. 90 lIi BONDS: ~
Oak Grove, $6,850.OO in bonds.
Red Hill, $s,3OO.OO in bonds.
Edgefeld, sSs,35o.Oo in bonds.
South Elmwood, S6,5OO.00 in
bonds.
North Ellawood, s3,45o.Oo in
bonds.
Meeting Street, se,ooO.oO in
bonds.
Long Cane, $4,000 in bonds.
Hibler, s7,9OO.OO in bonds.
Johnston, S81, 100000 in bonds.
North Meriwether, S5,450.OO in
bonds.
South, Meriwether, s1o,SOO.Oo in
bonds.
Meriwether Hall, s9,55o.oo in
bonds.
Fork, s6,75O.oO in bonds.
Moss, s24,3OO.OO in bonds.
Pickens, s19,O5O.OO in bonds.
Shaw, s9O,OOOOO in bonds.
Talbert, S9,O5O.OO in bonds.
-ssTrenton, S51,250.0O in bonds.
Wards, S13,600.00 in bonds.
Beech Creek, $9,6O0.00 in bonds.
Edisto, s11,900.OO in bonds.
Washington, $4,000 in bonds.
Wise, $26,9OOOO in bonds.
This should show what each tax
division should raise in bond sub
scriptions as based on property val
ues as assessed for taxation. | hope
that each tax division will use it's
best efforts to raise the amounts
named. Some may go over, and IN
some cases it may not be possible to
approach the allotment on this basis.
l hope that our people will try to do
their duty in this matter. The allot-
ment of s5OO,O0O.O0 to Edgefeld
county is based on per capita as
sessment of $4,000 for each inhabi-
tant in our county, placing the popu-
lation of our county at $500 people.
1 would have apportioned the
amounts to each district on this ba-
sis, but l did not have the population
of each division of our county. AS
sessed valuation of property was the
onlv hacic T could ascertain. So | do
not wish our people to complain
about the allotments. Let each divi-
sion do it's utmost in this fight we
are making on the home front to
help our Allies and our boys win vic
tory in this world battle for humani-
ty, Christianity, liberty and democ-
racy.
A. E. PADGETT,
County Chairman.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-10-02
A. E. PADGETT,
County Chairman.

We have on hand a beautiful as
sortment of blankets which we are
selling at a very reasonable price.
|. MUKASHY.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-10-02
P. N. LOTT,
Johnstons S. c.

We have just received a beautiful
line of ladies' and gentlemen's Hud-
son and Potter kid gloves in all the
latest colors.
/. MUKASHY.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-28
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
SATURDAYS MARKET.
Professional Activity Was Evident ir the Specialties.

New York, Jan 26.-In view of next Mondays enforced holiday todays stock market session was perfunctory. Foremost industrials, including steeis. coppers and shippings were variable with equipments at the cut set, but the list soon hardened on a resumption of yesterdays inquiry for rails.
 Transcontinentals noticeably Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific, also Nor folk & Western and Rock Island is- sues registered extreme advances of : to points low grade coalers also improving.
 Professional activity was again ob- served in specialties such as Indus trial Alcohol, General Motors, Stude- baker and some of the miscellaneous issues.
 Trading broadened before the close minor war shares then coming for ward.
 United States Steel sold over and under it's final quotation of Friday l finishing at small fractional gain l Others of the same class were slight | ly higher, but Mexicans reacted. Mex | lean Petroleum and American Smelt- l ing denoting pressure. Sales amounted | to 240,000 shares.
 Noteworthy changes were shown by
 the bank statement. actual loans in- | creasing about $79,000, 900, reserves o1
 members in the federal reserve banE | expanding alm2st s51 .s00,OOO witz g
 gain of $29, 9,000,000 in excess reserves | The bond market was devoid of in-
 terest, except for the low records made
 by Liberty issues. The '1-2s fell te
 97.94 and first As to 96.60, new minima
 while the second As ranged between | 96.S0 and 9622. Total sales (par value,
 aggregated 2S5,000- - Y United States bonds (old issues,
 were unchanged during the week.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-28

tain elective games and certain com- pulsory calisthenics. All that is need ed is time for each, a detail that is easily arranged. Proper instruction n both games and physcal culture should be supplied. +"
 Calisthenics are all right, but like mass exercises they do not make for character. aThis brings us to the mat ter of intercollegiate athletics. Again we must follow the mental parallel. Why not make the intercollegiate team-the varsity-the goal of physical effort just as we make the Honor Man the goal of the mental, recognizing that happy combination of the two is bes fitted for that which follows Commencement The vastly, as we know, is the stimulus in a compre- hensive plan of physical education.
 There is above all else the financial problem. How better can it be solved than by using the receipts from our intercollegiate games for working out plan of this kind?
 But if we continue intercollegiate sport even under such conditions it's so-called evils; professionalism prose- lyting, great efforts to win and others too numerous to mention will remain ! with us.. To take care of all this would it not be best to confine our varsity | teams to the Senior Class alone? Just ! as the Class Day Honor Men must prove their worth by four years of mental effort. l. FPS
 1 Such a scheme would rid us o1 many of the present evils of inter collegiate athletics; it would make oul vastly teams truly representative o1 | the educational work of the college; and it would give to each student the opportunity of winnig his letter, as the reward of merit. With this goal 1T view would not intro mural spor | flourish as now dreamed of by it's mos active advocates?
 Such plan is educational athletics | It is practical and its answers { worlds call for sound minds and soun( bodies for it's leaders. The plan is no
 the writer's own but it is summar1 ] of such information as he has bee. able to obtain from those men wht
 have been thinking deeply about th'
 practical solution of our educationa
 problem of sport for all : - Whatever plan is adopted we gail
 nothing by casting aside intercollegi
 ate athletics. It's best features mus be. Incorporated into a sport for al
 programme. Those who would cas
 intercollegiate sports into the scral
 heap are of the type that forget
 Marathon when finding Greek root
 To them the Olympic games sugges
 barbarity and active transitive verb
 of a dead language. They have of
 fered no fitting substitute for wha
 they would discard. Likewise the
 have forgotten the ideals of youth.
 Copyright, 1918, by Sol Metzger)
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-28
PRINCETON TO RESUME ATHLETICS. THIS SPRING.
Baseball Team Will Not Be as Good as in Years Previous.

That Princeton will be represented in baseball, crew and track this spring is practically certain and preparations are well under way for all three, de- spite restrictions which are being laid upon them by the military training program and by the financial crisis which faces both the university and the athletic association.
 The baseball team will perhaps suf- fer more than the rest by the present situation, as it will be without the services of a coach. Coach Bill Clark is now engaged in Y M c. A. war work in Mesopotamia and Fred Daw- son, the freshman coach, leaves, in April as the university does not feel ! able to renew his contract, which ex- i pires then. There will of course be no | southern trip and it is probable that ! the schedule of games will be limited to a dozen instead of 30 games. It is l hoped that games will be arranged with Yale and Harvard R. o. T. c.
 A great deal of importance will be laid upon crew work this year, princi- pally because of the splendid organiza- tien of Princeton rowing under Dr. J. | Duncan Spaetn. With the recent de- l cision of the board of athletic control increased impetus has been added to I the sport and there are now six crews working daily on the machines under Dr. Spaeth and Coach Fitzpatrick.
 The schedule for this year is still in a tentative state, but Princeton will doubtless participate in the historic Childs cup race as we'll as the usual Il dual and triangular meets if they are held.
 1 Keene Fitzpatrick already has 8
 squad of 60 odd track men practicing
 daily in the cage. Several of the var sity candidates are experienced mer
 and are showing promise in the pre-
 liminary workouts. The sprints are
 represented by Captain Barrett, Lar
 kin, Stewart, Brown and Van Meter
 Raymond is the best candidate in the
 mile, while Erdman, member of las
 years team, is doing well in the hur-
 dles. Sinclaire and Cleveland are tho
 best of the weight men,,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-28
ROSTER OF RED sox READY NEXT WEEK
Will Include Many Stars and Reput- ed to Be Best Team in the League.

President Frazee of the Red Sox will be able within a week to give odt pretty accurate list of the play CTS who will represent the Hub in the American league this season. Recent developments at the navy yard may have caused some consternation in the ranks of the Red Sox rooters but the ultimatum from the navy yard of- ficials has not sent any chills down the spine of the Boston club owners.
 FraZee has been preparing for long time on the quiet. He saw the way that things were shaping up. While Uncertain quarters it was believed that the Red Sox at the navy yard might be granted furloughs to play ball this season, the owner of the team never considered this possibility at all and on the quiet he has been working along certain lines with the view of having a complete and powerful line up on March 15. no matter how many of his would be taken into the ser vice of Uncle Sam.
 Frazee was very sorry to see some of his best assets taken into the ser vice of the government but he has heen patriotic enough 70 take his medicine without whimper.
 The Red Sox will be fit and ready when the time comes and if the war should end before the first of Apri' of the Boston American leagua team will be simply appalling to aI rlvals This week Frazee will be ir Pean- town. The Red Sox mana eeIne1t vii worry none over the idea tila& Dutcl Leonard or other players wit enlist Secretary Grover received a lertcr iron Dutch the other day in which Leonard gave not the slightest hint that he hat any such move in contemplation.
 Next week, in ali probability, E'razet will give out the name or his tenn. porary manager. Since it seems cer. tain now that Barry like all hi. mates will be retained in the service Frazee will name Rarry's successor pro tenn.
 It looks very much as though Dicl Hoblitzel would Ee F'raZee's choice, al both Barry and the Red Sox owne have the highest regard for Hoby! ability and figure that he would mak, a splendid substitute for the presen Red Sox director.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-28
In Need of Second sacker.

As a result of the deals made with Connie Mack, the Boston Red SoX now need only a second baseman to loom up as the best club in the American league, not excluding the champion White SoX from the consideration. The new players more tran offset the loss es and this despite the fact that Fra zee has lost about ten men and added only four. As only one player can occupy one position in a game, the losses are not as bad as the ratio of 10 to might indicate. Frazee has Me lnnis, Scott and Gardner for his in- field, with second base in doubt. For his outfield he has Strunk, Walker, Hooper and Walsh. Behind the bat he has Schang, Cady, Agnew and some young backstops from the minors. For pitchers he has Ruth, Mays, Leonard, Bush and few lesser notabies of the pitching peak. The newcomers more than make up for the losses at first base left field, in the box and behind the plate
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-28

sequently this type of educator. may be dismissed in dealing with any. athletic problem.
 Having seen wherein all balanced, ed- ucators and athletic officials are striv- ing for much the same thing let US now examine the question of sport for all. Sport for all goes far beyond the realm of intercollegiate athletics; far i beyond the vision of intra-mural sport and extends itself throughout our whole educational system, else it miss- es it's mark. Its realization is a big work. The college in no way can solve it alone.
 But our colleges can do much to force a comprehensive plan of sport for all and a nation wide scheme of physical education at the same time l if they deal with facts, just as our government long, ago realized it in so far as it relates to our two service schools at West Point and Annapolis Let us for the sake of brevity. deal with the problem only in so far as the college is concerned.
 If our educators are in earnest in 1 their acclaim of this sport for all prop aganda because of the splendid results 1 it's establishment would have both up- on the manpower of the nation as
  ual they need but require physical standard along with the mental, as an entrance requirement to the college l And why should they no do this? True, this might work hardship ir the beginning, but in the end it would supply our colleges with balanced young men each capable of filling his place in the days work of the future in far more efficient manner than has has been the case in, the past. And such a standard would force our entire l preparatory school system-whereir the courses are modelled to prepare 1 students for college-to establish 6
 system of physical education whicf would begin with childhood.
 I This act alone would have tremen. dous and far-reaching results for good For one thing it would give our col
 lege personnel fit to play game
 and pave they way for sport for all il
 each educational institution. Within
 the college the mental parallel coult
 well be applied to the physical. I'm
 mediatey we confront a schedule il physical culture which calls for cer
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-28
PRACTICAL SPORT FOR ALL
This Ideasm More Easy Euogze Than to Accomplish
 Says Sol Metzger-The Varsity Team Should be Goal :, for Physical Effort.

The advocates of sport for aIls in our educational institutions have adopted slogan which appeals to all classes. It is the most universally popular athletic propaganda ever launched upon the American public. The war has crystalized it. There fore every educational or athletic man who talks on sport during these stren- uous days is as given to a daudation of this idealistic form of physical cul- ture as is the politician to patriotic phrases. Like all idealisms sport for alp' is far more easy to eulogize than to accomplish.
 Unfortunately, sport for all has been dealt with entirely too generally. Few of it's advocates have gotten down to fact. There has been an avoidance of the practical and complex problems its realization in our colleges would have to surmounts Vital points have been carefully avoided for glittering gen. eralities and high-sounding phrases
 Witness the Yale-Harvard situation, now that Princeton has come out in favor of intercollegiate athletics. Here we find worthy gentlemen devoting much time to an arrangement of in- tercollegiate sport and but little to a plan of what they are striving for. They are inconoclaStic-notc conStruc- tive-if their public methods of deal ing with the situation. Because of this they have been subjected to much censure at the hands of the press and we find them in defensive position where as as advocates of a new regi- me in college athletics, they should be on the offensive.
 It seems as though both sides in this present intercollegiate athletics tangle if they only knew it-are striving for much the same result. Take the two extremes-the professional coach and the academic agitator. The form CT wants more and more experienced candidates for his teams; the latter wants every student playing these game:. It would seem they are or common ground.
 Unfortunately there is another type in educational work which is at odds with the two mentioned above. 1 refer to those dried professors who op pose all athletics. They are paicfsts l They have no place in the work or play | of a nation. Balanced minds wer,
 never more needed than today. Con
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-28
Tiaers Want Pitchers.

Howard Ehmke, one of the Detroit Tigers best pitchers, has enlisted in the marines, and Hughey Jennings finds himself in tighter fix for good boxmen than ever before. Harry Gov eIeskie seems to be through. The Tigers still have Dauss, Cunningham, Mitchell, Boiand and James, but, eX- cepting Roland, they do not amount to much Jennings will experiment in t.Je spring with five young right handlers the best of whom is Kailio from the coast. The owners of the Tigers have made no deals for experienced pitch CTS this winter, although a big offer for Joe Bush of the Athletics was turned down ty Connie Mack because Owner Frazee of the Red Sox outbid President NaYin of Detroit
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-28
Boxing For Hoiyoke?

Holyoke men interested in putting the fight game hack on it's feet in that city. met with officials of St. Jerome's Temperance society in the board of government rooms of the society Fri day night, and as a result things look bright for a boxing bout staged by a Holyoke club, on or about February 4. It seems to be the opinion of those interested that public opinion is now with the game and that no interfer- ence with it's development as a sport in Holyoke will be encountered.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-28
Dempsey Wins Quickly,

Jack Dempsey, the new heavyweight home from California. made short worlS of Homer Smith at Racine; Wis, the Benton Harbor husky lasted o.ily one minute and 16 seconds: During that time he was twice sent to the floor and the second time he stayed down for the full count. -<':