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___THE NEWN SANHB UO_ --X--N 54.. WINNSBORO. S. C. T+LURSDAY, JUNE 22. 1916. vol LXX-No 54.--m THE BES2 MON WE N4 600 IN THE YARE PLY YOU ATS We will be g prices===delivE LYLES Coal ( I lam still int have an ample sup needs of the best B or slack) the same ( for several seasons such complete satis used it. This Coal' year before there price. I will beg August-September' -satisfaction in qual IDon't be in ah Sders. Thirty years Ibusiness justifies rr ing is gained by sui COLUMPM1 LUMBET Manuf. Sash, Doors & Blinds, press and Oak, Floori:r king, Moulding, Door; )AL F THAT EY CAN BUY )W HAVE TONS , AND CAN SUP= UMIMER PRICES lad to quote you red. & DAVIS ,ustomers e Coal Business and ply for next Winter's [ock Coal (no lump, nut oal that I have handledI and which has given action to all who have vas bought early in the was any advance in in delivery as usual in and will guarantee ity, weight and* prices. rry to place your or experience in the Coal, .e in saying that noth amer prices. Caidwell1 MANUFACTURING C( sturers of Interior Finish, Pine, Cy g Ceiling Weatherboard nd Window Frames. - SOUTH CAROLINA PRESEN SENDS - GENERAL SUMMONS All State Troops Ordered To Duty. Washington, June 18.-Virtual ly the entire mobile strength of the National Guard of all the States and the District of Colum bia was ordered mustered into the federal service tonight by President Wilson. About 100, 000 men are expected to respond to the call. They will be mobi lized immediately for such ser vice on the Mexican border as may later be assigned to them. Gen. Funston. commanding the border forces, will designate the time and place for movement of Guardsmen to the international line as the occasion shall require. In announcing the orders See retary Baker said the State forces would be employed only to guard the border and that iio additional troop movements into Mexico were contemplated ex cept in pursuit of raiders. Guard call, Secretary Daniels of the navy department ordered i additional war vessels to Mexican waters on both coasts to,,safe guard American lives. At the war, navy and state de partments it was stated that no new advices as to the situation in Mexico had come to precipitate the new orders. Within the last two weeks, however, tension has been in creasing steadily.- The crisis presented by Gen. Carranza's note demanding the recall of Gen. Pershing's expeditionary force has been followed by a virtual ultimatum served on the American officer by Gen. Trevino, the Mexican commander in Chi huahua. To this was added yes terday the possibility that Ameri can and. Mexican troops had clashed across the border from San Benito, Texas. Administration officials made no attempt to conceal tonight their relief over the safe return of Maj. Anderson's cavalry squadron to Brownsville afterI their k ccessful bandit qhase. SThe tr pee.-re . 4r. i of bandits in the face of intima II'tions that they would be attacked 1if they did' so. Gen. Funston himself reported that he antici pated fighting, presumably with Carranza forces. Mobilization of the National Guardsmen to support Gen. Fun ston's line will pave the way for releasing some 30,000 regulars for immediate service in Mexico in the event of open hostilities with the Carranza government. The Guardsmen themselves c-ould not be used beyond the line with out authority of congress, and unil they had volunteed for that duty as they are called out under the~old militia law. The new! law, which would make them available for any duty under_the federal government goes into~ effect July 1. The entire mobile regular army in the United States. several pro visional regiments o f regular coast artillery, serving as infan try, and the National Guard of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona now are on the border or in Mexico. Definite figures have never been made public, but it Iis understood Gen. Funston has about 40,000 regulars and pro bably 5,000 or more guardsmen, of whom 10,G00 regulars are with Gen. Pershing or scattered along his line of communications from, Namiquipa, Mexico, to Columbus, N. M. General Call Sent. Telegrams calling for the miii tie. were sent tonight to the governors of all States except the three whose guardsmen all ready have been mustered in, after an all day conference at the war department attended by Secretary Baker, Maj. Gen. Scott, chief of staff; Maj. Gen. Bliss, chief of the mobile army, and Brig. Gen. Mills, chief of the militia divison, general staff. Brig. Gen. McCombs, president of the army war college also was Iconsulted. since Mr. Baker did not find it necessary to confer again with President Wilson after his visit to the White House late last night, it was apparent the decision to bring out the militia was reached then. eBy the new orders there will: bplaced at Gen. Funston's dis posal two major generals and 21 brigadier generals of militia with Ktheir complete infantry com mands. The entire infantry di visions from New York and Pennsylvania are called out as are 15 full brigades from other States. In all 88 regiments of fantry, with 13 separate battal ions and many separate compa nies ar ffected giving a total of ATI .ANTA GETS BAKER, Secretary of War Goes to At lanta to Address Christian Ead'eavor Convention July 13-16. Atlanta, Ga., June-5. -Newton D. Baker, the new Secretary of War in President Wilson's cabi net, who was appointed to-ill the vacancy caused by the 'esigna tion of Seeretary Garrison, has accepted the- invitation of the All-South. Christian Eindeavor Convention to be held in Atlanta, July 13-16, and wil give the opening address of fhe conven tion. This will be Secretary Baker's first trip to the Sout4 since en tering the cabinet. He-comes to address two convertions, the All-South Christian ' Endeavor Convention in Atlanta, uliy 13, and the Alabama Statr Asso ciatioat Decatur, July 14. Coming sosoon after the Na tior\al Democratic ConIventi-n in St. Lewis, it . is expected that Secretary Baker will in- a sense make a speech that shall be a keynote of the presidfitial-cam paign just opening. The Secretary of War is con sidered the strongest )eaker in the president's cabi n& and he may be depended upon to deliver a great address. Three thousand delegates are expected to attend this conven tion, coming from all parts of the South. The railroads h*ve grant ed especially low rates and spe cial trains will be run from many cities. It will be a great conven tion in every way. State Militia Notes. Members of the National Guard who ne'lect or refuselto sign the new oath of enlistm66t will be required to remain under orders of the military authities until the expiration of thir present terms of enlistment; according to the construction plOaced uDon the new law ,and tle require merts by W. - W. re, adju tant general. he National G' of South Carolina, comprisiU4 at peace strength 2,658 men, iv.tludes staff and sanitary troops' two regi ments of infantry, one troop of cavalry, five companies of coast artillery and five divisions of naval militia. The -organization is deficient in machine gun com panies, there being none now in service, but it is understood an effort will be made to form one in Columbia. At war strength, of course,' the total would be over the peace basis, the war maximum being 150 men for infantry companies, as against a peace strength of about 75. Will Attend Firemens Conven tion. The State Firemen's Associa tion will meet in Orangeburg this week Messrs. L.. Landecker and John M. Smith represent Winnsboro. 148 companies, eah of whic must have a minimum strength of 65 men when mustered into the federal service. The total enlisted force of in fantry therefore would not be less that 85,000 men. Lesss than 500 companies, scattered thoughout the country, will not be mustered in and the National Guard coast artillery companies have not .rbeen sum moned. All of the field artillery, cavalry, engineers and signal troops will be employed, as will many of the militia field hospi tals and ambulance companies. The war department has on hand ample equipment and clothing to outfit and maintain this force. The call applies to 79 batteries of field artillery, 99 troops of caval ry and one New York cavalry machine gun troop, 25 engineer companies and 29. signal com panies, all with full equipment already issued to.them. Twenty six ambulance companies and 27 field hospitals also have been ordered dmade ready for entrain ment. . No indication was given at the state department tonight of the course to be pursued with regard to the reply to Gen. Carranza's note demanding the withdrawal of the Americati troops now in Mexico. It -was prepared last week by Secretary Lansing and is still in President Wilson's hands. It had been intended to dispatch it to Mexico City to morrow by special messenger but recent d4velopments may hange this plan. CALL WAS ANTICIPATED BY GOVERNOR MANNING Columbia, S. C., June 18. Ad. Gen. W. W. Moora stated tonight that the two regiments of infantry and one troop of cavalry, with a maximum war strength of approximately 3,800 offleers and men, would be mob ilized at Styx Camp ground, near Columbia within five days after the order came, which is expect ed late tonight. Already he has notified regimental commanders to instruct their various units to be re.ly for the mobilization call. The preliminary preparation and permanent arrangement of the camp at Styx will be in charge of Major Drew, of Barn well, chief of the quartermaster department, who already is in Columbia. Capt. J. M. Graham, Nineteenth Infantry, U. S. A., will muster in the troops after their arrival at the mobilization grounds. Adjutant General Moore will be in immediate charge of the camp. Anticipating the call, several days ago Governor Manning is sued an order instructing the various units of the State militia to be in readiness and each com pany commander has issued com plete instructions how to act In case their commands were called out. Little trouble is expected, when the order is issued. The full war strength of the South Carolina guard is more than 5,000 officers and men, con sisting of two regiments of in fantry, one troop of cavalry, five companies of coast artillery and four divisions of naval militia. Governor Manning and Adju tant General Moore remained on duty untill after midnight to re eceive the official. instructions to mobilize the South Carolina mili tia. The Governor's offlce was kept open throughout the night and he remained in touch with a telephone at his side to. start the machinery in motion which would gather the militia at Camp Styx. The Governor read the press dis patches telling of the call by the President for the militia for use on the Mexican border and late tonight dictated the following statement to the people and, the "I know that the Naona Guard will gladly and willingly respond to the call to aid in the defense of American rights, I American lives and American honor. I feel certain those who employ men who are members of the militia will make satisfactory arrangements whereby the men can respond for service on the border without injury to their positions so that South Carolina will sustain her enviable reputa tion fo: patriotism and devotion t'o duty. I know there will be the best of co-operation between the people and the National Guard. South Carolina stands ready to, furnish promptly her quoto of men for service in this Icrisis.'' Adjutant General More notifi ed Col. E. M. Blythe of the first Regiment, at Greenvillle; and Col. H. B. Springs, of the Second Regiment, at Georgetown, that he was momentarily expecting or ders from Washington and they in turn notified all company com manders to be ready to assemble their men immediately. Late tonight the Adjutant General tel egraphed the militia bureau at Washington as follows: "The organized militia of South Carolina. including the naval militia, stand ready to answer any call to duty within or with out the States. The Guard is not only willing but anxious to res pond to the call of their country in this crisis." Colonel Springs, of the Second Regiment, authorized Capt. E. B. Cantey, of Columbia, to org anize a machice gun company at once to be attached to his regi ment. Captain Cantey will be gin receiving enlists tomorrow morning at the office of the Adj. General. Capt. W. M. Carter, of the Columbia cavalry troop, said if the War D4partment would ac 'cept the troop it would be com pleted and be ready to muster ~within 8hours. Militia officers throughout the State were in touch with the Governor and Adjutant General by telephone and telegraph and they were all ready to gather their commands and come to the State mobilization grounds at once on receipt of orders. At 1 o'clock this morning no offcial orders had been received to mobilize the National guards of this State. WANTED-The public to know I have an expert helper. Satis faction guaranteed. Give us a trial. Sam Moore Barber C hon - - -- . i ne uan 10 rmus. For the first time since tf War with Spain, 18 years ag< the voice of the President of th United States rin:-s throughot America, calling its militia cit zenry to arms for the Nation defense. The proclamation ths was issued last night in Wasl ington by Woodrow Wilson ma well awake apprehensions in th so-called President of Mexicc whose presumptious" self-esteer has blinded him to every idea o justice, and to every idea o consideration for the outragei rights of a sister republic, whicl has been patient to the limit o endurance. It needs no prophet to predic that his call will fall upon sym pathetic ears. It will evoke swift and thrilling response fron loyal hearts and spirits intrepid In this, the supreme crisis of thi long series of delicate situations the people of the United States are behind their President to man. These are not glad tiding. which The Observer gcatter. broadcast this morning, for, al though a state of war does no1 exist between the United Siate and Mexico, and those who an. swer to the call may never b( asked to make* the journey t( the border, there is no assuranc( that fighting of severe and pro. tracted nature does not'lie ahead. But the emergency will be faced. Two years ago Great Britain, which, like the United States, i a non-military, peace-loving Na tion, was stirred to its depths by the appeal. "Your King and Country Need You!" America has no king. In this Republic every citizen is a sovereign, and hence the call of the country is the call of this people to itself. The news will create in the ranks of the National Guard nc excitement. The members have expected such a call for months, and have held themselves in a state of readiness. . Every well posted military man in the United has known for four years that oar relations with Mexico have been poised on a hair-trigger., For weeks the attitude. of the de facto head of Mexico the pom sand It has been marked by ilsolence and by an utter failure to sym pathize with the American point of view or to rightly appraise the benefits he could obtain from the assistance this Government is willing to give. After months of investigation to determine whether any one Of the so-called Constitutionalist leader was able o restore order in Mexica, the Administration selected Carranza s the one appeared best able to emonstrate that this title was 2t mere sound. Villa himself ad recognized him as hi's "first hief," though he later turned against him in revolt. The mo ment this Government extended recognition to Carranza, Villa's ambitions were -doomed, and none knew it better than he. Behind the Carranza regime he well knew would be put the in fuence of the Colossus of the North. In blind rage he begat h i s revengeful outrages or Americans in Mexico and in the United States. Whether it was also his hope to embroil the United States and thus force the overthrow of Carranza no one knows except Villa and his inti mates. But all the world knows that when American troops crossed the Mexican frontier it pursuit of the Villaistas they were at that moment virtualb~ allies of Carranza. All the worlc knew it, that is, except Carranza. Yet his acquiescence in theii coming was forced and ungrac ious, and not granted at all unti: Washington had, in a carefully. worded agreement, extended t< him the reciprocal privilege 01 coming into the United States t< ursue American bandits whc had invaded Mexico and wer< beyond the control of Mexico au thorities. Since then he has bee! increasingly resentful of the pre: sence of American troops. anc the ultimatum given by one oj his generals that the American: must not move south, or east, 0: west, has made it appear tha he is willing to back up his rasi words with actions even more rash. Mexican sovereignty, Carranz; would have us understand, it jeopardized by the presence o: an alien soldiery. That is the battle-cry with which he rallie his supporters. With a superfie iality and lack of stamina charac teristic of his race he holds i far more important that the ap pearance of National sovereignt: be maintained than that soy ereignty shall possess characte ristics of actuality that shall en tite it to respect and make it o RaI t WFRb OPENS AT SPARTANDI e - Will Wind Up Here On Au-, gust 26.-Five For Gobv ernor. The State campaign opened at e Spartanburg Tuesday morning land will continue for nine weeks i five counties being visited ea0h f week, Mondays will be off days f for the candidates. The camn I paign will come to a.celase in i Winnsboro Saturday, August,26. f The first primary will be held the following Tuesday. tI Twenty-one cindidates will ,make up the State campaig i party. Five of these will con i test for the office of chief execu tive and five for the office of railroad commissioner. W. W. W. Moore, adjutant aod in spector general; . Carlton W. t Sawer, comptroller general; John E. Swearingen, superintendent ; of education; Thomas H. Peeples attorney general, and E.L Wa son, commissioner of agricultumr. commerce and industries, will be unopposed. Two surprises were sprung the race for State offices. Ts were supplied by W. BaWkae-D6v of Columbia, who filedhis pld yesterday for secretary of state to sneceed R. M. -McCown and Dr. E. C. L. Adams, who wil oppose A. J. Bethea for Iietenn ant governor. Mr. Dove- has been assistant secretary of stae eight years. Dr.' A nm had_ previously announced his eandi dacy for the- legislture in Rich land county. Mr. McCown di not offer for re-election A. F. Lever, from the Seveptb congressional district, willAgaM be unopposed. Wyatt Ai present in'eumbent from " Third district, will have fdr ponents. These are: Tillman, John A. Horton, W, H. Dominiek and A.H. DL Sev en ur candidatesk-t-k -the race for the offices, include con tors. $6,000. C nor were 4 other State 746 mani$200, solicitors $( dates for the diferent offiees I For State Gffe?es. Governor-C. L. Blease Cooper, J. M. Desihamp ".1j, T. Dunean and R Mannmge Lieutenant Governor-E. C. L Adams and Andrew J. Bethea". Secre of State-W. Bnks Dove and (~reW. Wightman State Treasurer-TS. T. Carter and D. W. McLaurmn. Adjutant and inspector G~en eral-W. W. Moore. Comproler.General-Carlton W. Sawyer. IState Superintendanlt c, Edu- A cation-John E. Swearingen. Attorney General-ThoniaS H. Peeples. Commissioner of -Agriculture. Commerce and Induistries-BE. J. Watson. Railroad Commissioner-Jamies Cansler, Albert S. Fant,.G. Me Duf ie Hampton, W.Bf. Kelly and W. P. Thrower. Congressionlal Candidates -Third District-Wyatt Aikeri AAL Dagnall, Fred H. Domi nik, John A. Horton and Henry IC. Tillman. Fourth District-A. H. Millet, Sam J. Nicholls and D. B. Trax Aler. Fifth District-D. E. Finley and W. F. Stevenson. S ix th District-James D) Evans, J.-S. -McInnes and J. W Sventh District-A. F. Lever. For Solicitor. Snxth Circuit-J. Harry Foster an .K. Henry. real service to the distressed people who live in anarchy. No body could with more painstaking care be regardful of that- soy ereignty than President Wilson ,has been. -The Pan-Ameica~ . -diplomats at Washington, who * Uin season and out of season have 1urged on him the importance. of not offending the delicate sen sibilities of. Latin-America have not labored in vain. No troop crossed the line until.decentself? respect compelled it. -No decision 1to keep them there was made until a common regard for self - Idefense compelled it. No mat- j M - ter what happens in Mexico.o t matter what complications, what C' - actual hostilities result, in h!w~ d supreme court of civilization h --es fCarranza and -is mis guided followers will be ikot - a leg on which to tand.Ca-7 fllotte Ob)sevr