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m DEW u UPON THE TURKS iTORTE HAVING FAILED TO GIVE SATISFACTION TO DEMANDS 3TALY DECLARES WAR Lcmdon, Aug. 21?Marquis Di Garvroi, Italian ambassador to Turkey, fetresay handed to the porte a note de ?arrng Italy considered herself in a 5?artje of war with Turkey and demand <??5 his Dassports, according to a dis ps'tirh from Constantinople to Amster-iVara transmitted to the Central TScvrs. The Teasons given in the note for Tj5?a5y*s declaration of war were the vanpport given by Turkey to the revolt in "Libya and the prevention of the <iprparture of Italian residents from Syria. A Steffani News agency dispatch ^Srvan liome says Italy has declared wagainst Turkey. ?? Although Italy declared war on Ax. *rv\& May 24, there never has been ~ * - ' i TJ 1 syt>y declaration oi war Detween iuuy -and Germany nor, until now, be~twi*en Italy and Turkey. Friction between Turkey and Italy, brvryever, has been in evidence since aflfivirtly after the hatter's entry into IfcrTrar. Early in June there were rethat Italian cons#s gradually leaving Turkey. Later charges ; made that the Ottoman govern-1 rr&Tti -wes preventing consuls from leading and that similar coercion was %rcz|g axerted over Italian civilians -vrcu>-3yished to quit Turkish soil. On July 30 advices said Italy had ' usi/lressed a note to the United States ras*$BJ&g it to use its influence to pro-; Italian subjects in Turkey. The ssmiplaint that they were being prevented from leaving was reiterat- j * Oe August 3 the .Italian ambassa-, tier ztz -Constantinople made another ! j5sr?rtst to Turkey relative to the at-| ixrade of Ottoman authorities towards Italian subjects. It was stated Italia? consuls still were being detained iu Turkey. At that time tension be trssten Turkeya nd Italy was becom j-jap more acute daily. It was announced on August 4 that MSnJy had asked for catagorical explaxkcdotis concerning Turkey's alleged refusal to withdraw her troops rfenoo the Syrenica district in Tripoli .tssrn it was charged Turkey was purssnij^e: what was described as "her Gsaal policy of procrastination. In official circles in Rome the feelicg was that Italy's last note to Tur, ifcey was almost an ultimatum. It "wfses then reported that a declaration <3f war by Italy would be simultaneous "with the sending of about 150,000 xxt?n to aid Franco-British troops on tJzi Gallipoli peninsula. Ji ~was announced on August 19 , tik&i a strong squadron of Italian -czsfisers was in readiness to sail from , "T&ranto, Italy, at a moment's notice. li? ?\as seated the warships probably -wrruild be sent against'Turkey if the latter declined to satisfy Italy's de- , xaaDEts for release of Italian subjects Jbeld in the Ottoman empire. -At a meeting of the Italian cabi- ( , josS Friday Baron Sonnino, the for- . minister, presented an exhaust- j M.xe report on the Turkish situation. , j Elf- declared Turkish provocations * ftsu) ^become intolerable. The cabinet --srssion was kept secret but later it \was learned the Italian minister at < Constantinople had been instructed v.'fco&and to the porte a note asking for ja formal catagoric statement as to ?J*parture of Italians from Turkish I>?2Si*essjons. It was unofficially stat?? ? ?hat the note was in the nature of sae. ultimatum and that a reply was ^expected Saturday. *\ COTTON. There has been a great increase in "recent years in the production of lifters and hull fiber. Linters are obtained at the oil mills by reginning itl-fc cottonseed, the object being to *remove the short fibers so that the ffbjB particles of the kernel will not carried off with the hulls, making gvossFLle a greater yield of oil and rsftal. The total quantity of linters obtained from the crop of 1899 was 11-1.544 bales of 500 pounds each; fifteen years later the output of this hv-nroduet. ftf thp rnffnn coor? nil industry had increased by more than ?00 per cent, the number of , bales "(turned out from the crop of 1914 be5*nr 556,900. Hull liber is obtained by a treat-' njtnt of the hulls which breaks up % it'i-ir structure and makes available f-Jht- .-.hort fibers which have not been '.-aittoved in the , delinting process. -Several establishments have been en.??j|yed in the production of hull fiber for a number of years, and additional oj)t'S are taking up this line of manti-xfactiue. SUPREME COURT ALLOWS PROHIBITION AFTER HEARING BOTH SIDES JUSTICES AND JUDGES DISMISS INJUNCTION (Columbia Record) In an unanimous order the Justices of the supreme court and the judges >f the circuit courts, after devoting the morning to hearing the appeal of John Henry Chappell, of Newberry, for an injunction to issue against the prohibition referendum to be held on September 14, dismissed the appeal shortly after the session had adjourned sine die. Ti *- ??%4-5firm IL IS &<11U UC1C tuai aubt-^ivtuwiw<vii ists will not further try to stop the election, but should it carry, they will carry it to the federal supreme court in the endeavor to have the i bill authorizing it adjudged unconstitutional in that it contravenes the federal instrument. The main contention of the attorneys of Mr. Chappell was that the bill authorizing the referendum is unconstitutional in that the legislature attempts to delegate its duties to the people. Arguments for the appellate were made by former Governor Blease and F. G. Tompkins, of Columbia, while the respondents named in the petition Were represented by F. H. Dominick, assistant attorney general, and T. H. Peeples, attorney general. The prohibitionists were represented by D. W. Robinson, of Columbia, and W. B. DeT.ftaoVi nf r.nmHeri The suit was brought against R. M. McCown, secretary of State; S. T. Carter, state treasurer; C. W. Sawyer, comptroller general, and C. T. Graydon, Warren Thomas and J. F. Howell, commissioners of election for Richland county. The prohibitionists consider the dismissal of the suit a great victory. "IF I HAD BEEN GIVEN TIME I COULD HAVE SAVED ALL" Queenstown, Aug. 20.?United States Consul Thompson stated this morning that there were 21 American citizens among the cabin and steerage passengers aboard the Arabic. Sixteen have been accounted for here. Capt. Finch gave the Associated Press a detailed account of the loss of the liner. , "We were 47 miles south of Galley Head, at 9:30 o'clock this morning," he said, "when I perceived the steamer Dunsley in difficulty. Going towards her, I observed a torpedo coming for my ship, but could not discern a submarine. The torpedo struck 100 feet from the stern, making terrible havoc of the hull. The vessel began to settle immediately and sank in about eight minutes. "My order from the bridge about getting the boats launched was promptly obeyed. Two boats capsized. We had taken every precaution while in the danger zone. There were plenty of life belts on deck and the boats were ready for immediate launching. The officers and crew all behaved excellently and did everything possible in the circumstances, getting people into the boats and picking up those in the esa. "I was the last to leave, taking the plunge into the sea as the ship was ?oing down. After being in the water some time I got aboard a raft to which I also assisted two men ahd women." Capt. Finch paid special tribute to the heroic conduct of several engileers and firemen who remained at their posts to' the last and sacrificed -ucii nvcs tu execute oraers irom tne bridge, thus insuring the safety of ;he passengers. Among those lost was :he captain's nephew. "If I had been given a little more :ime by the submarine," he said regretfully, "I am satisfied I could have saved everybody." BLUE OF MARION. Washington, Aug. 20.?Trustees >f the American medicine gold melal award have unanimously selected surgeon General Rupert Blue, of the jublic health seryice, as the American physician who did most for humanity in the domain of medicine iuring i?i4. The 1914 gold medal has been iwarded to him for his work in national health and sanitation. Dr. Blue is a brother of Victor Blue, rear ldmiral in the United Staes navy, md both are sons of the late Capt. J. Gr. Blue of Marion, county, S. C., ,vho was state senator in 1876. Don't forget that ever-ready flashlight, you cannot well get along without it on your automobile trip. Speed's Drug Store. ) ' t'LAURIN AND HARRIS SPEAK HERE . (Continued from page 1.) "or less than this and make a reason>.ble profit. He stated that toe had tot planted cotton in thirty-five /ears himself.. He depreciated the ondition of the women on the farms n some places, stated he had seen vhite women with guano sacks iround their necks, scattering fertiizer through a horn with babe at he end or the row in the shade of a ree. He thought that such things showed that something was wrong and he did not wonder at the high leath rate of children rai'ied under ;uch conditions. Under the cotton aising plan he stated that he knew ieople who were not able to go to Church for the reason that they did lot have sufficient clothes. He :hought the time had come for these :hings to be remedied and that the | farmer should realize that he must f remedy it himself; the remedy being, <in his judgment, through the warehouse system and co-operation. Ho thought that the farmer should not demand anything but what is right and that they should profit from the * Al- ?. QTlH lesson ui cue uig iuiunuuu organization. He stated that the farmers of this State had been losing $300,000.00 per year for the last ten years for the reason they have not co-operated and organized in disposing of the cotton crop as could be done through the' warehouse system. He advised the farmers to fortify* their homes with meat and bread raised on the farms so that it would not be necessary to throw the cotton on the market all at once in the fall, and so that the same might be marketed. gradually and the / farmer might be able to hold the same until he could get the price he asked. He stated the Bankers had been good to the farmers, as had the Doctors and everyone else, and that it was the fault of the farmers, themselves, that they found themselves in the condition in which they were in. He had little sympathy for the mkji who prayed for a drought in Texas in order to cut crops in that State so thai we might get better prices here. On the subject of fertilizers he said that the -best he knew is brains, that every man should think for himself and plan for himself, and improve his land according to scientific ideas, which he could do. He stated he was in Abbeville in 1905 and that farmers had been plowing on and hoeing on, but that he found them in worse condition now than when he was here before. He thought the man who advised the farmer to raise cattle, hogs, grain, corn and no cotton was not giving good advice, but that all the^e things should be raised in quantities sufficient to supplythe farmer, himself, and the surplus put in cotton. He thought the trouble in this country was not over-production but under-consumption, due to the fact that farmers are not making money and haven't sufficient money with which to buy the necessary cotton goods for the home. Honorable Jno. L. McLaurin said that the price of cotton was reflated by the law or supply and demand, if left to itself, but that in( the last thirty of forty yes.rs the speculators had so manipulated things that the price of cotton was no longer so regulated. This was brought abput by the fact that the money and credit of the country, under the old banking and currency system, was in the hands of a few men who could contract or expand credits as they pleased, and that this- caused a loss to the farmers in marking * their cotton, and in that there was no demand for the cotton. He stated that for the last thirty years if a man had bought May cotton in October and sold October in May, that he would have been by this time, enormously rich, due to the fact I 4 # that cotton is always low when it is forced on the market in October and generally reaches the high water mark in the month of May after it has passed out of the hands of the farmer. He stated that the warehouse system was adopted by the State in order to correct this evil. He stated that last fall the South was confronted by a panic, that everything went down and everybody said there was no money with which to handle the cotton crop. The people of the South were the only people in the United States who had suffered by reason of the panic, the people in pther sections getting rich on account of war orders for their products. He stated that the balance of trade in favor of this country was so large that it would only be a short time until we held the whole available gold supply in the United States, paid for by the products of our soil. He thought the question was not that there was no market for cotton, because the records show there have been the same amount of exports during the past year as in any other yeer. Cotton has been selling in European coun ;ries at fabulous prices, 14c per pound'in England; 15c to 25c pei pound in Germany, arid 30c pei pound in Russia. He stated thai .otton was sold in Bennettsville lasl Ifa.ll at 5c and 6c which was senl abroad and sold at 22c per pound, The situation is not that the cottor has not paid a profit, the profit is there, money was made on it lasl year on a larger scal? than for thirtj or forty years, but that it had beer rushed on the market in the Unitec States, bought up speculators anc sold by them at enormous profits, anc that everybody, except the farmer had gotten rich and that instead oi making a profit on the product of his farm, the farmer slips back a little every year. Talk he said is cheap and there i: no use to talk unless you have a plan as in every calling, and can exer cise some self-control as do the mei in other callings. He agreed with th< first speaker that the farmer mus ; help himself as do other men. What ever plan is adopted must be bus iness-like and must be fair to everj 1 ligitimate business, other than th< ; business of cotton growing. H< stated that the cotton crop of th< ~ ? - - -Jf 3 4-1* ! South was tne Das:is 01 creuit <tuu tna good prices help bankers, lawyer! : and every body else as well as th< farmers, therefore, it was a mistak* ; for the farmer to think these pro fessions were opposed to him. H< thought little relief was to come a few politicians going around witl 1 nostrums. 1 The cursu of this coun ' try is poverty, "the grinding heel o: poverty is holding us down." W< have a monopoly prepared by nature He stated thai; England was declar ing cotton contraband because n< other country can get along withou it, that all depend upon it, and n< other country can raise it. A1 ! countries had tried to break the mo 1 nopoly, that England in trying t< i raise cotton had undertaken to se ' lect its ground and climate and soi ; as near like that of the South as pos sible. That Russia had tried it ii 1 South Africa, but that all had mad< 1 a failure in raising cotton and tha - the South retained its monopoly. Hi asked the question, what should wi do with this monopoly? He advise* ! the farmers to fix a minimum price which price would show a profit ove: . and above the cost of production an< . that the crop be carried where it i i. needed and dealt out to them as de [ manded. We must have something ; safe, sound and business like. W< | have a monopoly not dependent 01 i Legislature, but guaranteed by ou: > climate arid soil. ! The speaker paid a tribute to th< ! new financial system of this country ' inaugurated under the administra : tion of President Wilson and pre dieted that it meant a new era in fi 1 nance. Under this system he state* > that the time had passed when capita i can control money and labor, ant ' when money can be handled only fo: > the interests of a few. In order to carry out the plai 1 which he advocated and take ad van tage of it, he stated we must havi cheap storage for cotton, and chea] money. He advocated the farmer getting together and building ware houses of their own. He statec ! that a standard warehouse built ii this: country cost so much money tha ; if was necessary to make very larg< charges for storing cotton in orde; . to pay a dividend upon the money in vested, but that cheaper ware-house: might be built by the farmers them selves, which he would take over an< put in charge of a Manager undei the State Warehouse law. . ? When the cotton is stored it be comes the one agricultural cro] which is the basis of credit in thii country, that it is practically inde structible, and may at any momen be converted into gold. He state( that a bale of cotton must be conver ed into a negotiable .security just lik< a share in the steel company or i i State bond, and when this was done all the credit of the south could b< marshalled and the people of th< south would have paper which woult pass for money. He thought any thing which tended to build up credii in the country was the best thing that could come to us. He statec there was as much money in th< ; country last year as ever, but th< trouble was that credit was gone. H( said that cottoh being a monopolj which the world demanded, the soutl could demand gold therefor and thus enable the people who control it tc dictate the finances of the world. He stated that we need a Stat< ware-house receipt t'lat will guaran tee title, weights and grade of cot ton; that at the las1; session of th< Legislature he attempted to have ? plan adopted which would set things moving along this line, but that hf failed because certain members oJ the Legislature did not take kindlj to his scheme. His idea is that cottor should be weighed and graded bj State officers, and that it should be sold upon these grades and not be graded by the purchaser. He stated that he had not accused the cottor buyers of being dishonest, but that they transacted business as other men and bought as cheaply as possible. He explained the system by which , he proposed to have money borrowed in the North upon negotiable warehouse receipts when his plan is finally adopted. He believed this money i should be obtained through the local ; banks. He says the money can be borrowed in New York at 4 percent and that the local banks should charge an additional 2 percent for handling , the matter for the farmers. This . would be a benefit, not only to the fanner, who wishes to borrow upon : his cotton, but to the Southern banks i themselves, in that their debts would i" be paid and deposits increased. He stated that he had arranged last year i to raise money with which to finance the cotton crop, if the Legislature had . adopted his recommendations in his ' l annual report, but it was prevented i by the Legislature. ; He went into an intricate discus. sion of the manner by which this . money could be obtained and explain r ed the system at some length. The , plan will likely be outlined more de, finitely and thoroughly than we can , do here and for that reason we do ; not undertake to give his plan in de; tail. . He spoke also on the insurance rate , on cotton and stated that he had suc. ceeded in having the rate lowered , whenever the farmers yould huild j , warehouses, according to specifics-' { tions prepared by him, and have same ^ . placed under a Manager named by l ; the State Warehouse Commissioner, . which Manager the farmers themselIves might designate. Speaking again of the interest , rate upon money borrowed on cotj ton, he said that it was necessary for , the Southern bankers to charge' [ large rates of interest because they . were forced to pay high rates of in, terest in the North on account of the . class of security held by the South- j [ erri banks, consisting of mortgages . on old mules, automobiles, buggies, t etc. This condition could be reme, died according to his plan of havl ing negotiable warehouse receipts , issued for every bale of cotton in 1 , the South, thereby creating a more I stable security and one easily con- j vertable into,money. Commissioner McLaurin is one of I the ablest men of the State. He has I nntliino1 nf the demaeosrue about his 5 ? ~ ? - speeches and his plans promise to be , of benefit to the people, if they can ; | be matured. His plan of financing j i the cotton crop of the South deserv-' . es the study and careful consideration of every thoughtful business man. j Whether it can be worked out as he' ' thinks or not, we can not say, but it has much of promise in it deserving of attention. ARABIC TORPEDOED BY SUB| MARINE BEHIND DENSLEY I London, Aug. 23?The British admiralty today made the following announcement: The Arabic was unarmed passenger ship, outward bound to a neutral port. It was thus ^ impossible for her to have been carrying contraband to this country. "She was sunk by a Uerman sudj marine without warning ahd she neither attempted to attack the submarine nor to escape from it. , Submarine Lay in Wait London, Aug 23?Survivors of the . Densley said yesterday that she was ; torpedoed just before the Arabic was sunk and that the German submarine I hid behind the Densley to wait for the Arabic. Densley Was Unarmed London, Aug 23?The admiralty ' today authorized a denial of the re' port that the steamer Densley, torpe' doed shortly before the Arabic was ' sunk, was an armed patrol. The ad' miralty stated the Dunsley was a peaceful and unarmed trader. Washington Goes Quietly. 1 Washington, Aug. 23?Secretary , Lansing today cabled Ambassador j ! Gerard at Berlin, asking if the Ger-: ! man government had received an j ' official report on the sinking of the ' Arabic. The ambassador, however, ' was not instructed to ask for one. It was officially stated that the ' American government is not yet at ! all sure of the facts and considers its !' information very fragmentary. 1 The point now in doubt is as to . whether Germany will claim that the 1 change of course of the liner just be- J ' fore she was attacked let the subira1 rine commander to believe that she j was attempting a hostile act against - him. The administration is maintaining ^ v? am /J ?/> n p till upcu iiiiiiu anu nu otatciacau i tn the course to be pursued will be issued. i Discussion continued today as to : the possibility of the United States breaking off diplomatic relations with Germany in the event it is decided that the sinking of the Arabic was a deliberately unfriendly act." Secretary Lansing said no steps had been taken other than to get accurate information as to what had occurred. ^ SUNDAY SCHOOL. 'A . v; , \ , ; Lesson IX.?Third Quarter, For ; ' Aug. "9,1915. j THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES. . Taxt of th? Laaaon, I Kings xvii, 1-18. Memory Vara**, 14-16?Golden Toxt, i I Patar v, 7?Commentary Praparad 1 by Rov. D. M. Staarna. I . We have had a sample of the kings bad and good and are not asked by the committee to consider the life of another king until the end of October. We. have heard the Lord's message through several prophets, and now we . are to have seven lessons on Elijah , - ? i. AL *K/v * una Eiiisuu, ihu vii. iuc gieuieai ul iud prophets, both of whom, as well as Jonah, are mentioned by name by the Lord Jesua (Lake lv, 25-27; Matt xtt. 39-41). He spoke of Daniel also brname and said of all the true prophets that it was foolish not to believe all they said (Matt xxiv, 15; Luke xxiv, . < 25, 27. 44; Acts ill, 21). There were false prophets whom God never sent* as well as bad kiugs (Jer. xxill, 16, 21, 25, 26), but a true prophet was the Lord's messenger with the Lord's message (Hag. I. 13). This is our^flrst introduction to Elijah, whose name sig- . nifles "Jehovah is my God," and his watchword is "The Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand" (verse 1 y and chapter xviii, 15). We are reminded of the angel's reply to Zacharia's "How shall I know?" in ^.uke I, 18* 19, "I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God," arid also of Paul'9 words in Actjk xxvii, 23, '"/here stood by me the angel of (God, whose I aia nnd whom I serve." A true man of God. has to do only \ with God?take orders from Him only. \ and look to Him alone for supplies. Our Lord mentions the three and a! half years ..without rain, and Jamesv * says that it was in answer to the ) earnest prayer of Elijah, although he "? was a man subject to like passions as we are (Luke iv, 25; Jas. v, 17, 18). The reason of his prayer is found in the fact that Israel had become des* perately wicked, and as to Ahab it'is * ^ written of him that he did evil in the V sight of the>Lord above all that were ' before him (I Kings xvi, 30-33). Then v in the law of Moses it was written that if Israel sinned God would, among other things, make the heaven as. iron or brass (Lev. xxvi, 10; Deut. xiviii. 23). Elijah therefore, in his jealous^, for the honor of Jehovah, asked God' to fulfill His threat in this matter that: t Israel might be brought to repentance: : That Elijah might be out of the way v i m ? -A4* T OAnf . i oi me wraiu ui auhu u>c juuiu ocu? hlni for a time to hide himself by the, brook Cherith. Contrast "Get thee hence and hide thyself wiih "Go shew thyself <xvil, 3; xviii, 1). The man of God has no say, no choice, but'slm ply to obey. ' If God Is to be seen and glorified self must be out of sight It miiist be "Not I, but Christ;" "Not I? but/the grace of God" (Gal. 11, 20; I Cor. rv, 10). When the Lord ^ends us He will provide all that we need In His own way, and when He shall ask us at the end of the journey, "Lacked ,ye anything?" we shall, no doubt, be able . to answer as did the disciples, "Nothing" (Luke xxii, 35). In this case Eli- ^ ' Jah's food was to be water from the brook and bread and flesh brought to him every morning and evening by ravens, real, literal blackbirds, such . as the one Noah sent out of the ark. No other interpretation of ravens will stand. Notice that the Lord told Elijah where to go and then said, "I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there." To know the Lord's care we must be where the Lord wants us. "Strength and gladness are In His place" (I Chron. xvl, 27). but if we are not in His place for us we may miss the strength and gladness. Both Elijah and the ravens were obedient to the word of the Lord, and this Is all that is required of us. After awhile the brook dried up (verse 7), and some day Elijah may tell us if he had any anxiety as he saw the brook growing less and less?probably not If any who read this see their brook drying up, let.,them remember the Lord God of Elijah and Deut xxxi, a; PhlL Iv, 19. By the word of the Lord he is now commanded to go to the home of a widow In Zaraphath or Sarepta, who has been commanded to sustain him, and on his arrival there he finds the widow gathering sticks with which to prepare her last me?l for her son and herself, for she assured Elijah that she had no provisions In tbe house, but a handful of meal and & little oil. Now make this as literally, real as you can and say how you would feel with such a prospect But Elijah had the word of the Lord to rest upon and he boldly assured her that there was no cause to fear, and that there would always be meal In the barrel and oil in the cruse, and so it came to pass according to the word of the Lord, which He spake by Elijah, and she and he and her house did eat many days, or as In the margin, a full year (verses 13-16). It was simple and somewhat monotonous fare?meal and oil, oil and meal?but we do not hear of any one complaining. The story of the death and resurrection of the widow's son in the rest of our lesson chapter is the first of the kind in the Bible, and has many suggestive and practical lessons. Let us lay it to heart and note verse 24 and trust the Lord to use us to give life to many. Note a similar event in II Kings iv, 32-37, by the hands of Elisha and consider the three resurrections by the Lord Jesus and see Thil, ill, 10.