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" ; : W ' . V"'' X"'"' ' 'Abbeville Press and Banner , - -_? -- - - - ~ - " ' - - ? ==5$1.50 ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUG. 11, 1915. . established A YEAR. . . 1844 PRESIDENT PLANS I NATION'S DEFENSE PRESIDENT WILSON EXPECTS 1 f- TO MAKE STRONG PLEA BEFORE CONGRESS Co-operating With Department Heads < * President Says Time Has Ccire for \ United States to Form Definite * Plan of National Defense?Expects L'.ttle Friction. r Cornish, N. H., Aug. 5.? With the " object of developing a broad and con- J vincing program of national defense r which will meet the approval of con- 7 *ress, President Wilson is planning ] to cooperate with the chairman of jj the military and naval affairs com-' mittees of the senate and house, as ', well as with Secretaries Garrison and !tDaniels of the war and navy depart- ( ments, before finally deciding on the ( recommendations he will make in his t i-ext message to congress. The President told friends here to- i right that he would arrange to 1 consult chairmen of the committees j j interested in the question of national j s defense, ;n order to unite on a single' program of action. t When the President sees the chair- ? men of the four committees he ex- ? pects to have before him the reports i now being prepared by Mr. Garrison > and Mr. Daniels. The President already has written 1 ' T?. J xx . r 1 xo i^nairman raageu, oi uie uuu&e i naval affairs committee, inviting him to meet Hm on Mr. Wilson's return to Washington. It is reported he also has written ^ the other chairmen. The President believes the time ^ lias come for the United States to ^ decide on a definite program of na- j tional defense and is anxious that as , -little friction as possible develop over ( the question when it is presented to j 6 congress. ? The plan of the President is to con- l sider carefully a program of national } defense after free consultation with c others and then to throw the entire * weight of the administration behind ? the policy agreed on. As already ^ indicated, the part of his next mes- j sage devoted to national defense is t expected to be the most important of j Jt the entire document. The President ( B^Jts opposed to a policy of "militarism" j but thinks the United States should ( be adequately defended. The reports of Secretaries Garrison and Daniels are expected to be ready next week and will be submit- 1 ted to the President after his return L f to Washington. BUSINESS m I IN ALL SECTIONS; 1 k MEASURE OF IMPROVEMENT r WILL BE KNOWN AFTER t HARVEST. 1 t . _ ? t Washington, Aug. 4.? General t business conditions throughout the ( country continue to show improve- c ment but until the crops are harvest- * ed, the full measure of the improve- c ment cannot be judged, the federal f reserve bulletin said today. Crop c r prospects are unusually bright. In several reserve districts war orders have brought a boom to many indus- t tries. W. H. G. Harding of the federal t board in an analysis of conditions confronting this year's cotton crop in today's issue of the bulletin, said there was every reason to believe that ample funds to handle this year's . crop and market it all. Shipping, financial and all other conditions are , (i much beter than last year. "The , cotton tragedy of nineteen fourteen" j won't be repeated, he declared. He warned southern people that in their desire to see a broad market established for cotton that they must n do nothing to embarrass Wilson in t international affairs. Wilson owes higher duty to the south and to the whole country than r the establishment of cotton values and may be trusted to do his duty as e he sees it, regardless of others. He called attention to the fact that a complications with foreign countries k would not enhance the value of cot- ^ . ton. , c t ?i-? QKUMA TO REMAIN PREMIER OE JAPAN TO CONTINUE IN OFFICF BY 1 REQUEST OF EMPEROR? RE-ARRANGES CABINET Tokio, August 8.?Premier Count Dkuma has virtually decided, at the pecial requestof the Emperor, to cmain in office, and has arranged he following cabinet* Premier. Count Shigenobu Okuma; ninister of foreign affairs, Count Shigenobu Okuma; minister of fi- ( lance, Tokitosh Taketomi; minister ] f marine, Vice Admiral Tomcsabu- 1 o Kato; minister of war, Lieut Gen ] chinosuke Oka; minister of jus- ] ;ice, Yukio Ozaki; minister of ITntsnndo Minoura, I >r Viscount Masakata Sengoku; ] ninister of commerce and agricul- . ure, Hironaka Kono; minister of ' :ducation, S. Takata; minister of ^ ;l?e interior, Kitokur Ichiki. 7 i Count Okuma's assumption of the :oreign ministry following TakaWi <ato's declaration to retain thatporwtfolio is to be temporary, pending . selection of a permanent minister. x j It became known late last night hat the Kmperor had requested Pre- ' nier Okuma to remain in office, and :hat the premier had agreed provis- ^ onally to do so. His acceptance vas contingent on the construction . >i a cabinet acceptable to him. and , o-day announcement was made of lis arrangement of the new Cabinet. ( Urges Support for Okuma. . The Association of Ukuma sup- i jorters has sent circulars throughout ( he country, urging that support be < iccorded Premier Okuma, on the H ground that his ideal is to make Ja?an a nation of foremost rank, capa>le of competing with the most pow:rful countries. The Count, the cir- : ulars say, resigned because the al- > egations of election bribery created ' i situation repugnant to one of his 1 ofty principles, but, nevertheless, le was unwilling to be a caure of ' oncern to the Emporer, who had 1 isked him to remain in office Notwithstanding pressure b.ought ! o bear on Count Okuma to retain is place, differences of opinion have J prung up among his supporters. The j eaders of the Okuma branch of the . }kuma organization sent a telegram ^ o tne premier urging mm to insist ,n retirement. Three Portfolios the Same. j The appointments for the war, jus- J ice and commerce portfolios are the > rune as in the Cabinet which re- , igned on July 30 in consequence of harges of election irregularities af- < ecting members of the Government, i /ice admiral Kato, named for minis- < er of marine, was Admiral Togo's l hief of Ktaff in the battle of Sea of ; rapan, and last year was appointed , ommander-in-chief of the first Jap- 1 nese squadron. M. Taketomi, se- | octed for minister of finance, was < ninister of communications in the re- i ired Cabinet, and M. Ichiki, named I is minister of the interior, was minis- . er of education. M. Minoura. men;oned for minister of communica- 1 ions, has held public offices and is 1 ditor of the Hochi Shimbun. Vis- : ount Sengoku, alternative choice for s his place, is a member of the House ( if Peers, and is a manufacturer, and ? ormerly was secretary of the home ffice. ^ M. Takata, designated minister of ducation, is dean of Waseda Univerity. j ?EACE PROPOSALS OUT OF QUESTION Petrograd, Aug. 9.?The report hat Germany has made peace proosals to Russia was circulated in fficial circles here several days ago nd was discussed freely in the the obbies of the duma, says the 'echernee Vremya. "We learn on good authority," dds the newspaper, "that Germany hrough Denmark, proposed to Rus:a a separate peace, Russia to re- 1 eive Galicia while Germany would 1 etain tne western district 01 ro and. A representative of the for- ] ign office catgorically denied that < here was the remotest possibility of } iiiy peace negotiations. In the lobues of the duma the proposa1 was j lismissed as unworthy of serious j onsideration." 1 10 SELECT NEW HEAD FOR MEXICO PLANS FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT TAKING SHAPE?CARRANZA MUST PLAY FAIR. Washington, Aug. 9.?That a definite plan of action to settle the Mexican rroblem had been ueeided upon becime known here this *?fter?oon. Secretary Lansing announced that his conference with the Latin American diplomats was adjourned :.t his request last Friday so that he :ould communicate this plan t*-1 the President. He announced that the program as outlined by him was approved a*id would be followed when the conference resumes in Ne?.' York Wednesday. Although Secretary Lansing would not discuss his plan, it is said it con templates placing at the head of the Mexican Government as personal president a man of neither faction engaged ,n the war. It also hi-;new financial system in view, it ij said, though the details are withheld until Ihe idea L-- brought to perfect;cn. He said that he communicated his program to the President by mail, fhe Secretary indicated that he regarded the situation very horffullv ind he saw an end to the troulies. | Brazilian Minister Cordoza earlier to-day had advised the State L'cpartnent that he expected to Jeaw Mex-! co City +o-morrow for Vora ' Cruz. | Ke will sail from there on a F;ench teamer, he said. He report id the * I impulsion of Dr. Ortega ( saying the' iction was taken "for reason.* un-' known either to Ortega or myself." , Consul Silliman at Vera Cruz r* ported the arrival of Dr. Ortoga and his Family thore. Carrunza Mutt Play Fair. Washirgton, Aug. 9.?Csrranza | nust "paly fair" with the ITnit'ed States, or his military commanders ind not himself will bp factors in all further negotiations to restore peace n Mexico.' That was said to-May to dc the unalterable position ci the Jnited Suites. The action of the first chief in ex jelling fr'.m Mexico the Guatemalan , Minister, Dr. Juan J. Ortega, at a .ime when the Guatemalan Minister ;o Washington was endeavoring to /elp arrange a general plan for Mexcan peaco, is accepted here as a direct defiance of the Latin American liplomats. It's effect is certain to be r??:"ccted n the next conference to be held in ^ew Work. Carranza has u ready een warned that this action nay .ause trouble. . Secretary of State Landing its unlerstood to have told Secretary Mc\doo in New York yesterda: "that Carranza was "playing" with 1:he United States. In this^conne'ct.on it s underwood that Lans;ng i^? angered over the effort on the part of he Carranzistas to make it apptiar hat a rsU offer to confer w:th his a_ nemies was contained in the brief iled at the State Department ly the rarranzistas' paid attorney, Charles \. Douglas, last Friday night. Lansing not only did not read the jrief or authorize copies being sent o the Latin Americans, but he is inderstood to have characterised the :ummary prepared for him as an eviient attempt to becloud the nal isue. GERMAN COLONY IN WEST AFRICA LOST TO FRANCE Paris, Aug. 9.? Operations by French troops against German forces n the Kamerun, a German colony in West Africa, have resulted in furher successes, according to an offi:ial statement isued by the ministry f colonies today. The statement ays: "JEncnv'ing operations Ly I rench ?orces in the South and East Kamerm are proceeding successfully. On ruly 17, columns from the south took Bitam, w'nch the enemy 1 ev* uated luring the night, thus completing the onquest of that part of ihe Ccngo:eded to Germany in 1911. "On July 23 columns operating in ;he east stormed the post of Moopa, forcing the enemy to retire on Mombi vhich in turn was captured f ~t? days ater. Reconnaissances were immediately dispatched against N^anela STyassi. "Our t.rnnns arp ncr orpot x? *- ? ictivity on the Gadji-Beri Bimba front. Gudji, after a violent combat, tvas evacuated by the German^' SAYS THE ALLIES. HAVE QUARRELLED ATHENS DISPATCHES' STATE FRICTION BETWEEN FRENCH AND ENGLISH INCREASES Berlin, August 8.? (By Wireless *o Sayville.)?Telegrams fron Athens give reports of increasing friction between French and British officers on Gallipoli peninsula, according to an Overseas News Agency announcement, which says: "It has been necessary to forbid :hem to converse with each other. The French accuse the British of having lost courage on account of their heavy losses." The agency also announced"A Milan dispatch says the British 1 ave purchased five Italian ships, fi'led them with ballast and sunk <hem off the coast of the peninsula to form a bridge for the landing of heavy artillery," The Vossische Zeitung learn?, from a reliable source that there i& no truth in the report that a British submarine blew up the bridge between Galata and Stamboul. "The Central Railway station at Belgrade was reduced to aehes by the latest attack of Austrian aviators. Ship yards and barracks.' gdso were iired. "Newspapers of Athens," say that King Constantine has .determined personally to open the new session of Parliament with a Speech emphasizing that it is necessary for Gieece to preserve unconditional neutrality during the war as the only guarantee of the country's; welfare. "The Lokal Anzeiger prints a letter dated Hoboken, Belgium, July 14, j-aying that when the Dutch steamship Rotterdam was detained by the Pritish admiralty in June she was compelled on several occasions to make trips at night between Dover <*nd Calais, apparently in the hope that she would be mistaken for a Brit sh ship and torpedoed by a German s-ubmarine. 4 Skal WILL NOT TRADE GALICIA FOR POLAND? GERMANY PREPARING TO SWEEP SERBIA OUT OF PATH. London, Aug. 9.?Russia having rejected what in England is regarded :s a bona fide proposal made by the German emperor, for peace with a part of Poland traded for Galicia, the h.reat struggle in the east mus* continue and as there is no indication of an immediate general offensive in the west, the struggle of the Russian forces to shake themselves free of the A<i?tro-German grip romains 4hechief factor in the war news. The operations in the Dardenelles will be closely watched because of i-heir possible bearing on the Balkan situation <?gain simmering by reason of renewed quadruple entente pressure on Bulgaria and Greece. Never before has the importance of these operations been more keenly realized ?n Great Britain and France than now, especially as there are many indications that Germany plan* to deliver her r.ext hard blow against Serbia in order to link, up with Turkey. It is increasingly manjfes: that Germany looks to the east for a settlement of the war. By overrunning Serbia she would occupy a very favorable strategetic position to in- -.ke Bulgaria's aid in reaching Constantinople along the main line The expectations of such a move doubt.ess has brought about renewed negotiations between the'entent.. allies a.-?d Bulgaria. The Turks claim successes in the lecent tronch warfare on the Gallii oli peninrula but there has been no noteworthy change in the situation. The Austro-Germans contir.ue to make progress to the northeast and to the southeast of Warsaw and the Austro-Hungarians claim to have cut in two the Russian forces which retreated after losing the l.ublinChelm raProad. 0 GOVERNOR MANNING TO SPEAK AT LETHE r WILL ARRIVE TO-NIGHT AND SPEAK TO PEOPLE AT LETHE TOMORROW Governor Richard I, Manning will arrive in Abbeville this afterncon on ihe Southom train, and rpend the right in the city. Tomorrow morning, along with the Legislative Deleration, consisting of Senator Allen Johnstone of Newberry, one other senator, and two members of the House, he will go to Lethe to inspect that property and to speak to the peopl? of that section. Lethe was once an institution of a great deal of importance in .Abbeville County. Dr. John Dela Eowe, more tha^ one hundred yeais ago died there, leaving his entire estate consisting of about 3000 acies of land for the education and support /N# /VYmllOTID flWA/] V'jl i ciuxuieii, ui^uaao exex x eu, of Abbeville District. For many years the school at that placc was vidsly th ought of and sough' after. It did'a great deal of good until the free publ.'c schools became gcr.eral, ?:nce whv.'h time the gift, in a measure, has 1 een lost sight of Of late years, however, the trustees of the Fchool have been making an earnest effort to ~evive it, and to get fi om it fome of ^he good results conttmplaI ted by the donor. Rev. H. B. Blakely took charge of the school about a year ago, and is j making a great success of it. It is j felt, though, that a great dem more 'good might be had from the school <-nd the farm if the State woulu make j rn appropriation for the support of orphan aid needy children, so that large number might be sent from other counties to be supported at the expense of the State, while tbt income fro.n the property would be still donated and used for the purpose of educating the poor ci^ldren (of Abbeville District. For th s purpose, Governor Manning and the Legislative Delegation will vis;t Lethe. ' The people of that comr unity should turn out in force to hear Governor Manning speak. He is ? most agreeable gentleman, a pleasant speaker a? well as an instructive one, and fre is making South Carolina a governor of whom all the people may well be proud. While in the city Governor Manning is the guest of Wm. P. Greene, and Senator Johnstone, of V. W. Bradley. FIRE DESTROYS HOME OF MR. B. P. GREENE Ciiw/^otr of O A'/?1A/?V ac * rl A KJUUUOJ) OW yj VJVWXV) UUC X^CtUCllV^ of B. P. Greene, on Church street, was tota':y destroyed by fire, with most of its contents. The family had just ?it down to dinner when ^he fire was discovered. At first the blaze seemed small and was thought into the house belonging to the Abbeb few buckets of water, or by chemicals. Tie firemen soon disco ered, i owever, that it was making headway against their efforts and the water was turned on. By this time the Ore had gotten such a start that the building could not be saved. The residence was built several years ago by the late A. G. Fau'kner, snd was *ne of the handsomest cot4 n/?na in A /?if tr Tneiiror?/? WOO r All l-rc V 4 \jJ . IIIOUIOIIW ' VT uo carried on the building to the amount of $2,000.00, while the furniture was insured for $1,000.00. Pra:t'oally all this w?.s lost. Mr. and Mrs. Greene have moved into the house belonging to th Abbeville Realty Company, next to the old Post Office, where they will reside for the present. BRAZILIAN MINISTER CABLES FOR A BATTLESHIP Mexico City, Aug. 8.?Jose Man;-el Cardoso de Oliveira, Brazilian minister to Mexico, who has represented the United States in that country since the withdrawal of its embassy, to-day cabled th-i State department at Washington, requesting that a warship be provided to take rim to Key West, on his way to Washington, where he will confer with the Brazilian minister to the United States and Secretary Lansing. THE RAIN MONDAY. There was a heavy rain in Abbeville Monday afternoon, which cooled off the atmosphere, did good to the gardens and the housekeepers who worry ab-mt the dust. . . ^ It AIKEN ON THE COIN SITUATION CONGRESSMAN FROM THIRD DISTRICT GIVES HIS VIEWS , ON THE OUTLOOK. Government Could t Help Materially If United States.Could Hold Eng> land in Check, Cotton Would Bring High Prices. Editor Dally Mail:? I have 70ur letter asking me for an ' expression of opinion as to the course congress should take to maintain an open market with neutrals, for the * cotton crop. > Let m?5 say in the outset that the stand the president has taken in his preliminary note to England, demand :ng free trade with neutrals ia non contraband, which cotton has been declared to be, will, in my judirment, find favorable response with a large majority of the members of congress; The proposition of England financiers to purchase from American exchanges $150,000,000. worth ot cotton that would normally go to Germany, Austria, and Hungary and ' $25,000,000 worth that would norimally go to Holland, Denmark, Nor-. I way, Sweden and Switzerland, and 1.. 'allow the English government to declare cotton to be absolute ' contraband, is but an insidius proposal for England to take our crop at her own figures. The amount English financiers wuld thus spend would buy about 3,000,000 bales of cotton, which is far below even . her normal supply of cotton; for she has iought for the efeven months just closed 3,712,502 bales. Her purchase for -?:i ? J * -i uic ycax nm cosuy eAceeu. lour million bales. I If English financiers will buy the 3,000,000 bales of her normal supply, 1 and agree to Jiold the surplus off the market during the continuance of the | war, or to be used by the government only for the manufacture of explosives, this codntry might suspend action on an English order in council [making cotton contraband, but cer' tainly not otherwise. , Contorary to predictions by the prophets of evil the foreign demand for cdtton has not been decreased as an effect of the war, but on the con- 1 trary it has been enhanced. Despite English aggression at sea even Germany and Austria have taken more than their normal supply of cotton, indirectly through neutral port3, and in shipping to those ports we have violated no law of neutrality. Even if the war continues the de-f .?U.. Ti J mi aim lui kuiwu win lucrcuae. Jit IS estimated that 300,000 shells were fired in one day in the battle north of Arras on June 17th. The largest of these shells consumes 732 pounds of cotton for each exploded. ' There were probably over 100,000 bales of cotton consumed in this battle alone. Then, all available labor is being used in the manufacturers of tents and uniforms for the soldiers. It is conceded that if the war should close the demand for cotton would soar into new high levels. If the United States government can prevent England from taking over the present surplus and the new crop, at her own figures, there is every reason to believe that cotton will sell for more during the next twelve months than it has sold for since the American civil war. Either the cotton exchanges are not informed as to conditions affecting the cotton crop, or are assuming that the growers are not informed and are trying to effect a corner while prices are absurdly low. As bearing on this question, it will probably not be amiss to give some figures. For those touching on the consumption of fertilizer, I am indebted to the enterprise of the publicist at Clemson College. In 1914 eight cotton growing states not including Texas and Oklahoma, used 4,431,000 tons of commercial fertilizer. In 1915 these same states used 2,636,000 tons; a falling off of 41 per cent and the grade was much lower than of the previous year. In Texas and Oklahoma rainfall during the growing season has been heavier than in years, and the ravages of the boll weevil have been pro portionally greater. A conserva(Continued on page 8.)