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4 VOU 9, NO. 91, semi-WEB: ! COTTON SITUATION" 01 AS WATSON SEES IT" Head of Cotton Congress Opti- has \ mistic Over Meeting. wa SAYS PLANS ARE LOGICAL. ' f Believes Farmers Will In* Protected his Through Warehouse fro Receipts. go > Columbia Special to Charleston ,xlM News and Courier, Aug. 16.--Com-'"k* missioner Watson, president of the an Southern Cotton Congress, upon his 1 return from Washington today, said: "The press dispatches have, noi<l0' the doubt, kept the people posted as to j th3 sessions of ihe Cotton Congress. The gathering was one of the most thoroughly representative ever held f(,r In the country, and more than filled n,H its mission. Action has been taken. to which will be quickly followed up ,<n' in every state, promising results of jt substantial character. T shall immediately announce the selection of n certain field committees provided for 11,11 and call gatherings in earn state, as ua directed by the congress to do. So u a far those of us who have been wrest[ ling with the intricate problem in 1111 I V! Washington since last Sunday are ,1v jr concerned, I can only say that we "H have a feeling of the highest optimism. If our people will only sit u' steady in the boat rignt now for .1 few days, perhaps a rortnrght, and ,M do not attempt in a moment of hvs. , J epical uneasiness to do things they ought not to do, and for the doing of lla which there is no occasion, we be-!"15 lieve the situation will be fully and 1111 adequately cared tor by the United rP1 States Congress and the federal treasury and currency officials. MONEY IN SIGHT. "We have ull the evidences of wealth we had before the war cornea men red. and there is 110 reason whv at one bale of cotton should be sacri- ^ flced. I would, on account of poRsi- ^ ble severe losses on seed, urge every w'j farmer to hold every bale of cotton \ re he can in the shape of seed cotton. wj The authorities in Washington rea- ^ Use that the greatest demand is for '(i ) that, and that shall reach the small , se man, who raises the actual bale of ^ cotton, and as far as existing laws or amendments to those laws can ex-< '' tend that aid, 1 ajri sure, it will be given. "This feature ^was thoroughly brought home to every man who is at work on the problem. Immediate ware house facilities in all the cot, ton belt states by arrangements for utilization of every square foot of ;ij available warehouse space existing ca now are essential to anything that (j0 will be done. There is no time for Jir building extensive warehouses any- re where. I have been securing lnfor- ol illation on all warehouse floor space In South Carolina, and while all the reports are not yet in, it looks as if this State can take care of her im- Qf mediate needs in this regard. Ia WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS. ti, "It is practically certain that the tli new Federal warehouse bill, which di will thoroughly establish the receipt in on properly warehoused cotton as a ly basis of credit anywhere in the nation, will be a law In a few days, and 1< as soon as passed the cotton ware- I) house receipt will be given a nation- st al and International recognition as W a security. This is perhaps all I ai can say just now. The calls for PI fi i ,1 m.iat ill iru ur 11 1 ho PAUllu (n.tllAP. ci c row. We have been working night or and day in ro-oporatlon Avith those n; able Southerners who ire applying II to the cottou aituption ttie host that hi Is in them and thev situation to-day pi 1s a far different ji\n from what it hi was Just a week ago. The main to thing now is for our people to sit 11 steady and refrain from rushing rot- p ton to market, when one is first open- pi ed or doing some other thing that ia' may be ill-advised, oostly and un- t< necessary. The other necessity now is warehouse facilities, and thin (J necessity, for emergency purposes, ei we hope we can meet." f< B Will Ntay In Orient. v London, Aug. 17.?The following g statement was Issued tonight by the s| British official press bureau: tl "Any action Japan takes against n Germany will not extend beyond the a China seas except in so far as may o be necassary to protect lapanese V , shipping lines." Ic # & B ' KI,Y i 3RMANY REPLIES 111 II TO WILSON'S OFFER Hll U rotary Bryan Itcfuscs to tio Into l>etails as to Kaiser's J Acknowledgment Washington, Aug. 17. Germany i acknowledged receipt of Pres:- IKnian it Wilson's proffer of good offices and E mediation or arbitration. All the rring countries excnjft Russia , e now replied. til\ E<h secretary Bryan, consistent > illi refusal to discuss tin repli- Japan V in any of the powers, would not ? into details as to Germany's a< swlodgment, but it is understood. Tokic e the others received, to be only u|M?lttn acknowledgment. night a Efflffculties of communication with vvithdra rlin are taken as the cause for the ()u, ()ri 111 r-iuiiieiur w illlUIll H rcpiv. All |^jaa 01 i others replied several day ago. ti) gun, is known here that the offer has With th n received at the St. Petersburg uitimati eign office, but because Russian ! acnon. rials say they have been unable Kiau get It to Emperor Nicholas, ac- ,j,.man(i riwledgement has been delayed. many, Commenting 011 press reports that of gju ? French reply Intimated that a<ijoinii mice had been forced into \%ar jgpg ai ich aKalnst her will and therefore prott?ct? s not in position to take steps t< - ?jas an rd immediate arbitration, state [lartnient officials said they did not oxt,.a,jp derstund it to b?? final or tiulica- SPaport e of any disposition to disregard <;,.rmau peace proposal. The It was construed only as about th lat was to lie expected a tthis time. %var Administration officials did not o\ Taka i-t that mediation would be consid- tn|?iste mI in the first lieat of conflict and (,|j8patcl fore any great or decisive battles - \? U II ' d been fought. Tlio offer was amj[)a8H ide simply to remind the warring bioad f lions that the United States stands {t)u> lTn ndy to art without discrimination lerest? the effort to bring peace. guarded "The United States," said Secre- upheld. ry Bryan today, "stands for peace for its preservation as long as it owii 11 possibly be preserved?and, in munjca se of war. for restoration of peace japan the earliest possible moment. uitlmal hen the anger of the belligerent rJx 4>hj lions has sufficiently abated, the> L.on(jor 11 find the President waiting to ment , nder sucli assistance as may be Qern,ai thin his power In the direction of ij^ewis commodation and conciliation. lie t r(ipjy s sent the dove out of the ark in coui arch of dry land. C.od speed its rc- n)j,.r , r nwith an olive leaf." paper l 'n Tok LEASE MEN HOWL noon, DOWN SPEAKERS the aft made indidate for State Offices Cireeted (hl, ul by a,OOO Disorderly Voters at jlo wo Anderson. iu coni Anderson Special to Columbia The peord, Aug. 17.?An audience of ..vv,, proximately 3,000 voters met the am, n, ndidates for state offices here to- tlon t, iy. The crowd was closely packed , j.,. ,.a ound the speaker's stand and was pe;ice stless and noisy. Disorder broke Kllar<i it periodically and some of the .,.mp\a ieak?*rs had rough going. The ques- amanc on. "How are you for the United | ates senate?" was shot at several "In the candidates. Anti-Blease dec- en(jurj rations resulting from these ques- r8tabn ons brought such vociferous yells af iat the efforts of the speaker weie imper| owned in the din, some of them beg forced to discontinue permanent- jmper| carry The meeting was called to order at smons ):30 o'clock by County Chairman S. can Hearman. The first demonration came from the crowd when jrom ( r vf II.....-- *? 'i?4? ' . .... .....in., ............in ??> ncuinii- (;ermj, it governor, was speaking. "How spls 0 r**"you stand for the United States once t nate?" railed a voice from the (jrawn owd. "I won't tell you, but hia .<Sei imp la not Colie," replied Mr. |a(er , anier. Thla waa greeted with yella )((.rjai id the din increaaed as Mr. Hamer roceeded until ho could no longer tjr(, j( a heard. The chairman appealed with ? > the crowd for order and Mr. tjon 0 amer waited patiently?all to no "Tli urpoae. He exchanged aome re-? poven artee with the crowd, but waa uu- tJlne ( ble to continue hia speech and had ,.eiv|n > take hia seat. 1914, The same question waa tired at A. Qermj . Brlce, candidate for attorney gen- uncon i <n. mi . i>i iiio nam turn lit; who iiuv abov? >r Oovornor Blease. After this Mr. jap(,n irice could be heard only at inter- (>onipp rIh because of the lusty yell of a may ( roup Immediately In front of the gjtUHt peakers* stand. Thomas H. Peoples. InR| fie Incumbent, said that his oppoent had practiced law for 30 years jty bl nd should have been attorney gen- alJy 0 ral long ago. "He has Rip van tinkle skinned a block," he d< lared. i (( I i?.,. . M . ANCASTTTR, S. C. Tl'KSl ITIMITIIM FROM IFNI t_ I il ill l I V/l ? I I IllHM JLMI APAN10 GERMANY D ds Removal of Warships lilea? Evacuation of Kiau Chau. E KAISER ONE WEEK. MEE till \rt Mter Sunday, \ii^im Govci -War is Kvpertcd to Kol- st low Then. >, Aug. 16.?Japan sent nil Ge< urn to Germany Saturday Recoi t 8 o'clock demanding the was * wal of German warships from strati ent and the evacuation of teamp hau and giving Germany un- wago lay, August 23, to comply the s e demand. Otherwise, the dred am states, Japan will take were the s Chau, from which Japan has he re n t\ thn tv i t Vi /I ro tv n 1 of vU V..V .. VI viri- IHHKJ1 Is a town on the peninsular two I in-Tung, China, leased with ig territory by Germany in (;,.or, id soon afterwards made a (jle irate. The German territory ,ion area of about 200 square najjv Germany also controls an sjj, <1 waterfront. Tsing-Tau, the ,j1(, , in the teriitory controlled by iv is strongly fortified. I ironi general expectation here is ^ ^ e ultimatum will he followed Guill was aki Ks.fo, Japanese foreign r. simultaneously with the ^ ^ j. Ii of the ultimatum, conferred "" eorge W. Guthrie, American ador, anil made to him a . . not il statement calculated to assure Oeor ited States that American in in the Far Fast would be safe- ,<M" 1 il and the integrity of China 1>rf*s' an d VIA AMERICA. th<> 1 iK to doubts whether com- n'IU! tion with Berlin were assured, to insure the arrival of the,.man um, forwarded it to Berlin by innels, including Washington. ,'(l 11 i and-Stockholm. The govern- man iIbo notified Count Von Rex. a ambassador to Japan, and! ('' e retarded the time limit for aske ' until August 23. tirao it Okuma, the Japanese pre- ca'" oday invited the peers, news- 8lom men and leading business men lo to come to his office at ray ' at four and at six o'clock in ,lis ' ernoon, respectively, when he (l' known to them the terms of ,)Uri! timatum and announced that uld give out the negotiations cu,tl lection with the alliance. that ultimatum follows: consider it highly important <<)m' 'cessary in the present situa- ,lur' ) take measures to remove M r uses of all disturbances of the ' in the Far Knst and to safethe general Interests as con- '' li: ted bf the agreement of the e between Japan and (treat ( ( of s order to secure a firm and ^ ng peace in eastern Asia, the <,ov shment of which is the aim il K< i said agreement, the Japan ot 1 11 al government believes it to duty to give the advice to the ,M'?' al German government to out the following two propoDKMANDS MADE, spt*a it -To withdraw Immediately <rov Japanese and Chinese waters s')<>!1 n men-of-war and armed ves- ^eai f all kinds and to disarm at hose which cannot he so withthe rond?To deliver on a date not than September 15 to the Im- to 11 Japanese authorities without t',nl ion or compensatiiTli the en;<ased territory of Kiau-Chau 1 aI i view to the evenplal restorai>f the same to China ird?Tl^e Imperial Japanese iment announces at the same wai1 that in tke event of it not re- <lex g by noon on August 23, ",n| an answerVrom the Imperial * m government signifying its ditional acceptance of the CQM< advice offerc^l by the Imperial *n< ese government Japan will be on lied to take such action as she leem necessary to meet the s^e' Ion." pired utterances express regret ^ i inability to maintain neutral- R,i,< it say that Great Britain, the f Japan, is compelled to de- cro herself against the aggressions ma 'ontinued on Page Eight.) 1 ' ^'|p ?AV. AlMil'ST IS. 1!I14. MINGS WAS HOWLED TI OWN AT GEORGETOWN - Hecklers Force Him to r (iive It I'p. Kr>' SOU .TINT. WAS DISORDERLY : p pec An nor Given tin* Largest l>cnmn- r ration Vet Tciitlpml Mini ( , During do* Campaign. irgetown Special to Columbia ?i. Aug. 17.?Governor Hlease ,iej civen one of the largest (lemon- p!U ons yet tendered him during a an? aign. lie drove a red-ribboned pU| ii. drawn by two grey mules, to th;i tand, followed by several bun- tb?. of his followers. The mules fai draped with banners bearing f.<i logan, "Vote for Hlease." When be ached the stand he was given a Co net and a flower horseshoe by 0b? Handsome women. , liter II. Andrews, mayor of rol <etown and general manager of \tlantic Coast Lumber coruora- ? v a i a 11 <1 the Georgetown & Western v.j| ray Co., gave the chief executive j rer loving nip. a present from j,0 Ity administration. ))fl e meeting was railed to order on tl street, near the inonnmont, by (,o) '. Doar, acting in place of l>r. ard. county chairman. I'rayer (>t <>n. red by Itev. II. J. Canthen. n ivernor llk.iso, the lirst speaker, j iced his speech by telling of v:i- (j(. appointments of Georgetown ar( He explained the reason for ippointing a county chairman for getown. The executive committ r< 1rst declared, he said, that the ?nt treasurer was the nominee. 14 days later they declared for other man. The supreme court 1:1 *ed to decide the matter and the <u rnor refused to appoint either If the supreme court had dei in favor of either man he stat- P int he would have appointed that The present treasurer is a over. T| ivernor Blease flayed a man who d the chief executive about John e, pointing his disturber out and uk him a "hypocritical profesil beggar." ^ jvemor Blease read his usual arstatistics today and referred tc? l>'1 pardoning of convicts, overnor Blease quoted a letter Q< torting to be from M. J. Miller, f clerk in the department of agrijre to John G. Chaffee, saying w' the Blease followers are from to lower class, who Miller ?loes not w e in contact with, according to "n letter. he governor scathingly attacked or Miller, and said: a? I here today denounce Miller as *r for writing this letter and. b< r the campaign closes, I will he in olumbia and he can get any kind cc atisfaction he wants." tli t the conclusion of his speech ernor Blease was presented with fo dd-headeil cane by the machinists ;1| lie C. A.' W_ Itailwnv e said he was glad to meet the y< >le of Georgetown and the rp ascites of Florence, Williams- j() ? and other counties." k, s soon as Mr. Jennings began to w ik the lllease hecklers in the id began to howl and jeer at the iker so ihat he could hardly be rd above the din. . { JENNINGS HOW UK D DOWN. I am mayor of Sumter," declared speaker anvd the olamor, "and I s have enotigh polie.e and citizens ai teep order. I am going to see s] : Governor Blease gets a respect- t.' it'ui iiik, ami hi a i in iihmx' illiiu |) ii receiving." This is God's country," cried a u :e. e If (his is God's country 1 sure u it to Join the country of the |> il," was the retort of Mr. Jen- d p lowl alter howl went up from the ]j fence. and there was no effort t, le to keep order, although Mayor t< Irewt and the chief of police were the stand. p ifter repeated efforts to make his o pch Mr. Jennings had to givj up v I take his seat. J k telegram from VV. P. Pollock ting that he was unable to attond's meeting brought jeers from the ji wd?some of whom exclaimed e y would have pulled the Oheraw p n off the stand if he had come. ;<j rtayoi Andrews before Senator r IE CLEMSON nr HOME COMTNO UL Xttraetive l*i ogrnni Has Been Xrrungctl far the (Withering of K\-St udonts. 'lemson College, Aug. 1 7. ,, ( iC rything is in readiness to- the at "Home Cotnink" of ex-Clonistuden s on August "7 to .11. sident Itiggs states that lie is ex ting between 1 .(?!?? and 1,2 M?, attractive program has ;i at geil and no dotal! looking o the ' nofrt and ideas.ire of tli > . isitors 1 he overlooked. riie expected number of old stu- ' its will t.ix to tlio utmost the pa- this itv of the dormitories, dining hall that l Memorial Hall in which sill the war blic exercises will be held. For *',e it reason, as well as the fact that caVi "Home t'oming" is a "family at- caP' r,'* none but ex-students ar ; invit or will be permitted to regist< r or an<' entertained during the "ll:?me h?01 ming." This rule will be strictly: 1 served. "tu Dther visitors are welcome to 'he alege campus at anv other time. for This announcement is made in adpini ice so that none but e\-slu?l< nts II make their plans to visit the col- . , Cllll e during the "Home <'oiuin?T." .. ... , the sitively no accommodations can offered to others at that time. tnei The "llome t'ouiing" is a tricly lege alTair. <ommcmorat utg the ,|)>n ill anniversary of the \< t of Ac- o)itiince, which lead to the est ibl'-h- ] 'lit Of tile college. Invitation j>rj ve been issued only ?n the <\ -tn j>rj Ills of the inst it nt ion w li/> . .1111?...i res: )UU<I 5.000. ,j)ar The railroads have offered reduced lues les from all points in the state and ma ?m Augusta, Atlanta, etc . in 1 orgia. stri All in all the "Home Coming ' bids for ir to be the largest gathering of of liege men only ever held in the by uth. Cai Sac ANAMA CANAL 1 ;r OPEN TO COMMERCE COT ie A neon Made the Official Open- jI|V ing Trip Through the val l.ocks. Rr| Panama. Aug. 15.?The Panama cae rial is open to the commerce of Na e world. Henceforth ships may the iss to and fro through the great ed lterway which establishes a new ha' ean highway for trade. The steamship Ancon, owned by sa> e United States War Department, ,,>r 1th many notable people on board, Ad -day made the official passage An hich signalized the canal's open- ba g. She left Cristobal at 7 o'clock is morning and reached Balboa 'be i the Pacific end at 4 o'clock this the ternoon. ba The Ancon will remain at the llal- <a' >a docks for some time, dischnrgg her cargo. this being the first tmmerclal voyage made through le canal. ,nThe canal will be used tomorrow ja >r the transfer of four cargo ships id a yacht. ja The Aucon's trip was the fastest an ^t made by a large ocean steamer, ati he steamer went through the Gatun Ja icks in ?( minutes, a speed never in ?fore equalled. The other lockages til ere equally rapid. "A ( olonei George \\ . Uoethals, build- mi of the canal and governor of the >ne. watched the operations closely th rid was pleased at the improved addling of the locks. mith was introduced requested the *?' udience to give the speaker a re[>ectful hearing. "If he doesn't itick the governor we will" cried the pa ecklers. tr Senator Snaith today delivered his >'i sual cotton speech hut it was couchd in language more eloquent than sual. He \yas given rapt attention by y the audience, who gave his no in: isturbance. He was frequently aplauded, especially when he narrated is efforts to get money to help the n? urmer of the South to hold his coton for a normal market. ,I?i The crowd today numbered ap- I' roximately 1,000 persons and it wrs o( iverwhelmingly pro-Blease. Thefajvi .as little disorder, except when Mr. ennings was attempting to speak. 11: There was a magic phone over the peaker's head today and attached to t was a telephone receiver connect-L, d by wires with the exchange. Any u, ihone could hear the speeches with- ti nit going to the place where the j' ueeting was held. K - , - ? ?r* $1.50 A YEAR. LGIAN COURT FLEES FROM BRUSSELS mans I'ushinn Way Through to France. . . ITISH MOVE SEC RETLY. mi W ill Keep in the Orient ami Confine llrr Aid to .\ll> to t'liina Seas. he Associated 1'ress dispatch in morning's daily papers report the Germans are forcing their through Belgium is indicated by Brussels report that Gorman dry is approaching the Belgian ital; that measures for the de<e of Brussels are being hastened mat nit* scat ot government has a removed to Antwerp. 'he Mritish press bureau annces that any action which Japan t take against Germany will not *nd beyond the China seas, except tlu* protection of Japanese sliipg. 'lie Mritish War Council has de>d to exclude correspondents from forces in the field and it is enneed that tin* French war dt partit intends to tak< tin- sani?* action that probably war < r> spouts in nelpiuin will be ordered nut that state. "lie German Fmperor. the Crown nee and two other Imperial nces, are now ar the z"* <;. ? s of Main/.. The Kniperor's de- v tare from Merlin for the front evoked enthusiasm in the Gern capital. Pin- 11 ra I i:i 11 irnvfrnment lino In ucted its minister at lterlin to ask explanations and the punishment those guilty of the alleged attack German soldiers on Bernardino mpos, ex-President of the state of > Paulo and his wife, who are rented to have been beaten and forcacross the Swiss frontier. Several Austrian army corps, aeding to advices from Vienna, have aded Russia, and the Russian adice in Oalicia has been checked, ussels admits that the French tualties in the fighting between mur and Dinant were heavy, as Germans were strongly entrencband their artillery caused great roc. rhe Hritish official news bureau s the French fleet in the Mediranean has made a sweep up the riatic as far as Cattaro. Four strian warships are reported to ve been sunk. Montenegrin troops have crossed 1 Bosnian frontier and occupied ? town of Tohainit/.a after a fierce ftl#? Thov :t rp :) 1 sn r n.iiiti (1 vtith [during eight Austrian blockhouses (I several villages. The Hritish niili try and naval vements are I shrouded in rstery. pan t<> I'ltitftt Knstern "shipping. San Francisco. Aug. 17 ?"The panese fleet will protect American d Japanese merchantmen in Asic waters," declared Y. Xumana, panese consul general here today discussing the possibilities of hos ities between Japan and (Jetmany American trade with the Orient will t be endangereil." "Japan is 10 times as strong e Orient as Germany," he added. U'KTKI.-WS AUK KKIM'l.SKD. Tviinis Check \iiempt t4> (rhf Save River. I.niiiloii. Auk 1 > A ll?: !>-r :<Ntch from N'ish. Servia. .)> - A i* iun troops it 1 1 o'clock Tliuf 'V \ Klit tried to pass the Save river ider protection of artillery, but pre compelled to retire in disorder a well-sustained Servian caunonle. Many were taken prisoners. The dispatch adds that two boat ads of Austrian soldiers were sunk ar Belgrade by Servian artillery. All attempts by the Austrian^ to erce Servian territory on the anube at Tekia. near the junction fii** Austrian, Itoumanian and s?>r an frontier, have failed. The bombardment of Pelgradi by le Austrians continue* nightly To Traverse < axial. San Francisco, Aug. 17.?The rmy transport lJuford received overs today from the wai department > depart for Qalve?tnn, Toxua, via ie Panama canai as soon as she can e ready. No explanation accotn anied the order. * >