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U J: jk |11 *11 \ fTlil" Afjbeyille Press and BanfteM . ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5- 1916. npi 1 tKxi, Jail 3.?The Glasgow t ftamer GlenarvV. has been torpedo IL ? It is the lirgest merchantmai :at has been srnk since the Lusi .rtia and Arabic.\ It is believed th< cssel- carrjed no passengers. It i jdv<that 1Q0 of me crew have' bee] *cued. It is b|lie*gd that man; [hers were lost. \ I The Japanese., steamer Kenkoi aru has also, btiir torpedoed. Th< Low was saved. I Glengyle Sunk Sunday, r Washington, Jan. 3.?The Glen e was stink Sunday morning be Leen Port Said and .Malta. Th< l^sel carried sonte passengers, al \ whom have ' been landed. Sqmi j^^mbers of the crew .are missing. Lansing Astounded. HjMashmgton, Jan. 3.?Secretar was informed by the Unite< Q K the. sinking of the Glengy declared that he was as Ej^HAut refused t? comment HflHR^bmulty telephoned tU< to bulletin Presideh Lading. MBQH^&Jan. 3.-r-Austriar I^^HBHjE^K^Mcalled On Sec re and discusser HHHBHp 'this povernmen HH^HRp^the Persia am HMBnJpKies o^ljfessapeto fron V -esident Hurries to W&fc%gton H ?on is ' expected toT return t< H :ar, rushed to Hot Springs, tc B )Ie him to take charge of th< B ign relations crisis. He wil U h' the , Capital early Tuesday aihg. ? was stated at the White House jg he would immediately call i i'net meeting. ... It was stated ai State Department today that nc Sn ts should be made to minimize IB oeriousness of the situation. H IB indicated that an immediate un ^B "-anding; between^ the Centra |W >irs will be demanded. ill was the President's intention tc ^B m to Washington on Wednesday DW Overman Is Working. jjj^B ashington, Jan. 3.?Senator Ov B n of North Carolina, througl H e influence McNeely was ap B ed to his post, called at th? Department seeking furthei rnation from the reports oi BBfrs on the Persia. Washington is Anxious. RBashin^fcm, Jan. 3.? Officia ^Biington is awaiting with anx MB fnrolinJinM fnrttior lnfnrmntinr ^Persia &HJp^H|HH^K^was predicted l^^pfronZwieunlk, Austrian charge SB l events, further facts are needIB ?fore a protest by this governSH. will be made. It is believed will be little difficulty in estabU ? the nationality of the sub8HB e. Survivors-declare they saw H^H ake of the torpedo. There is jubt expressed that it was ? mm arine. HH Sank in Six Minute*. ^^K>xandria, Jan. 3.?Surviving ofof the Persia, who landed here declared positively that the er was torpedoed. There was ^^HLnic, declared Leonard Moss, s HWi survivor. The loss of life B^Kue to the fact that the Persia BB|ji six minutes and also thai of the passengers were at lun at the time the vessel was HB. They could not use the Won the starboard side because list of the ship. I number of missing is betweer d 255. Only 17 of 87 womer ildren have been landed. Persia Torpedoed Also. Ion, Jan. 1.?The British lin sia, 7,794 tons, was sunk ir lediterranean on Thursday ibly it was submarined. Manj rere lost. Only four boats ig passengers,, and member: crew, are reported to hav? ived. Persia was en route from Lon Bombay. British steamer Adelia, ha.( en submarined. Nearly All Perished. lington, Jan. 1.?Robert Mc , i ni n 1 A J united estates v^unsui at auci jHORS was aboard the Persia wher HRHsel was sunk in the Mediter I^KVi, it was learned from th< HH|V)epartment today. McNeeh Monroe, N. C. is no attempt to disguis: 0ffi9nt<that the news of the sink ^^^Kf tremendous importance ir Hj^D^K>marine controversy. Th< ^^HHoent received a report todaj 9HUW RECEIVER FOR THE' f UNION DISPENSARY V CLAIM CITY HAS NOT RECEIVED j PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF PROFITS. e s i Union, Jan. 3.?The city of UnV ion through its city attorney, Mac: beth Young, appeared before Judge l Sease at chambers in Spartanburg e yesterday and had a temporary receiver appointed for the Union county dispensary and also a temporary writ of injunction enjoining any per. son whatsoever from interfering in . ?ny way with the assets or liabilie ties of- the institution until a com1 plete audit of its affairs has been b made. Efforts will be made to have the receivership made permanent. It is claimed by. the town authorities that they have not received their f proportionate share of the profits i now due and they demand a full in vestigation. Thomas McNally has . been appointed temporary receiver ; and tonight has charge of the two i local dispensaries. t " THE WEATHER. t Old timers sav that the first twelve days after the first of January are j' indicative of the weather for the . months of the coming year. If this *" /??i MowaIi ic n?Air? cr W. IS U1C t( Utll U1CU luaxvii vv 1 ,be as mild as a May morning and t April is to be cold. OUR MERCHANTS. Since Christmas our merchants t have been busy taking stock and get) ting ready for the coming year. Most - people are busy paying debts or ar) ranging to renew their notes. Our i merchants are displaying garden 1 seed in their windows and new r ginghams to entice the women into spending more money. > ' J AN ABBEVILLE AUTHORESS ?' The people of Abbeville will be [ interested in the news that Miss Myr. tie McLesky has chosen literature as 1 her profession and has written sever-. . al stories. In the last issue of the , "Piedmont," a magazine published in Anderson, S. C., she has had a very ', entertaining story published. The I story is very well written and is a 'credit to the young authoress. Miss " Myrtle has been writing stories 1 since she was in the seventh grade and she is now engaged on what she 1 hopes to make a good novel, r P from American Consul Skinner at [London. McNeely was en route to i his post. IV Secretary Lansing said that he I is awaiting further report before - faVino He is seekinc to i learn if McNeely was saved. . I Consul Skinner reported that neari ly all on board perished. If McNeely Ikwas killed the United States will face Kits most serious situation in the subfcnarine controversy. ^ Survivors of theJBritish passenger . Reamer Persia to the number of 158 [ are reported to have been landed at . Alexandria. They comprised 59 pas[ seWers and 99 of the crew. . j lLatest advices say that the Persia, t whiich was torpedoed off the island of . Cr^te in the Mediterranean, sank in . .fivei minutes. Robert N. McNeely, r-l American consul at Aden, is believed 5 to h^ave lost nis nie. une American i is reported to have been saved. Other American passengers have not been accounted for. Russian advices indicate a powerful offensive movement by the Rus[ sians.'lin the campaign in Galicia and [ i Volhyiiia, along a front of nearly 300 ' miles. \ The Russians have made considerable progress and their efforts k are considered as tending to ~ relieve ' the situation in the Balkans and likeI ly to hfive an influence over the future attitude of Roumania. ' | There has been no fighting in the southern part of the Balkan penin[ sula, and at Saloniki the entente al' I lies have mide good use of the period of quies??pce to add to their defensive position. In the Dardei>elles, Contantinople reports continued engagements in which both land and sea forces took part. i The British mir ister, Mr. Asquith, 1 has informed the Amalgamated So iciety of Engineers, a powerful trade r!union organization, that he will agree II " * 1 it. x ? to tne aemanas 01 uie uauc umumoio 31 in return for their consent that skill1 ed and unskilled labor shall be employed together in the manufacture * of munitions. Mr. Asquith asked for assurances that, should a measure to 3 safeguard the employment of diluted labor be passed, they would end the long series of demands and grievances of the trade unionists. The premier is to introduce his 1 conscription bill in parliament next l: Wednesday and it is reported from " London that the Irish Nationalists i are to offer strong opposition to it. r It has been reported that Ireland is not to be included in the territory - covered by this bill, but an unofficial - announcement has been made that 1 Ireland will be included. - Little fighting has been in progress f in the Western war theatre. IMPORTANT WORK FOR LEGISLATURE MANY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO ENGAGE THE COMING SESSION. Columbia, Jan. 1.?One of the big problems; to come before the General Assembly will be the strengthening of the progressive laws that were enacted at the last session. The object uppermost in the mind of Gov. Manning just now is to make . these laws more effective. It is impossible to predict just what course the Legislature will take on the many matters that will be presented, yet it is certain that prac- | tically all of the members will play . politics to some extent. Next summer many of the solons will go on the stump to ask for reelection and they will try to make a good record of a local nature to influence votes. The first great aim of the Legislature this year will be to hold down appropriations. The various institu- ] tions which have claims upon the General Assembly might as well be ' prepared to have their amounts cut down. It is certain that the Legislature will not increase the appropriations over last year and in no event will the tax levy be increased. The chairmen of the finance committee of : the House are disposed to work out some plan whereby the levy will be decreased. Much important work is being undertaken by the State government | just now and the leaders will see to it tnar none 01 trie aeparunenus are crippled for a lack of finances. Several of the State institutions will be asking for appropriations to . I erect new buildings. At the pres- | ent time there is little chance for , | these sums to pass in the app *opri- j ation bill. Gov. Manning wiii watch | the appropriation bill with an eagle eye and certain items are certain to be eliminated. Educational Issues^ Gov. Manning is very^jfcHrch interested in the common scnool system of the State and he will use his power , to strengthen these schools in every ; way. J. E. Swearingen, State superintendent of education, has al- j ready stated that he will ask for an '' appropriation of $400,000 for the common schools of the State. The common schools will get this amount if there is enough to go around. I The Legislature will very probably spend some time in discussing the compulsory education law which was , enacted at the last session. It is not probable that the law will be made State-wide at this session. It is prob-1 ' -1-1 - 11.-1 -11- - .UilJ limi'f auie tnut uic tuuu >auui age * ? will be raised to 14 years from 12. , I It is argued that the age limit should be the same as provided by the com- | , pulsory education measure. The ', I compulsory law has been adopted by i [many districts in the State. j The strengthening of the law govI erhing the State warehouse system 1 will be another problem for the Legislature. During the past several weeks Gov. Manning and John L. Mc. Laurin, State warehouse commission er, have held a series of conference when chanees in the law were dis- j 'cussed. While nothing of an official nature has been announced it is un- ] derstood that the proposed changes 1 will include a special commmission to have charge of the system. The ' commissioner would work under the I' I fUio nAmmioci'nn TVlO I UUCt UUll UA UUO *yv | people of the State are in the dark i so far as to what has been accomplished by the cotton warehouse sys- * tem, yet it is said that the report of 1 Mr. McLaurin will show that much has been done of a beneficial nature 1 to the farmer. Mr. McLaurin has ' refused to give out his report until ' the General Assembly opens. He i said that many important questions 1 were discussed. \ Tax Commission Law. It is practically certain that the j law creating the State tax commisIsion will be amended at this session. ( (The bankers of the state are fight- ! ing the commission and it is rumored J that certain members of the Senate will oppose the confirmation of the appointment of A. W. Jones, chair- j man of ths commission. The name ! of Mr. Jones will be presented to , the Senate early in the session and ! rumor has it that a determined fight will be made on him. The tax commission has recommended the passage of an inheritance tax, , a sur- ! vey of the State, a strict enlorcement of the income tax law and more power for the Legislature, by constitutional amendment, in fixing; taxes. One of the most interesting1 reports to be filed with the General Assembly will be that of thel State board of charities and corrections. This board created at the last session has done a wonderful work for the benefit of the State's wards!. It is certain that the board will b? continued and liberally supported biy the Legislature. The board has) already justified its existence. The ground work has been laid and, even greater results will be obtaine/d in the future.. Liquor Questions. j Liquor has been a subject for discussion in South Carolina for 25 years and again this year ijt will cause some talk. The State [is now v GENERAL NEWS IN CONDENSED FORM SHORT ITEMS OF HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. Fire in the stables occupied by the Sumter Transfer company, complete- 1 ly destroyed the stables and burned 1 up six mules last week. The loss 1 is partly covered by insurance. 1 1 The New Year celebrations all' \ over the country were held as usual < and varied according to the locality 1 in which they were held. In New ( York the saloons were privileged to j stay open two hours longer than i usual and the gay throng on Broad- < way celebrated in style. In Char- ] leston the Hibernian Society held a s public reception at their hall from ] noon till two o'clock and every one i who attended was treated to a dish ] of hopping-John. This is an annual 1 dish at the Society's celebrations and ] helps perpetuate the old time super- j stition that any one eating hoppingJohn on New Year will have good 1 luck. 1 < Among tne ;\ew xear nonors conferred by King George was that of title of Baron on William Waldorf Astor, the American, who has become a citizen of the British Empire. He has recently made large contributions to the war fund. A decree establishing a minimum wage for the thousands of women and girls employed in the retail stores of the state of Massachusettes went into effect with the New Year. The minimum wage commission has fixed $8.50 as a proper wage for experienced employees. Business Manager Gaston, of th$ Ford Peace commission, estimates that the expenses of the commission will go over a nflllion dollars. . There is a movement on lo&t jot Spartanburg to erect a moohment to Robert Y. Hayne. A Citizenscommittee of Spartanbure. -headed by John B. Cleveland and H.JjJ. Ravenel have asked the Spaj$anburg delegation to favor an appropriation for such a purpose. The delegation is asked to secure an appropriation i of not less than one thouc&nd five hundred dollars. &5?fv _ ' The battleship South Carolina, is poon to receive a fine present from the Holland-American steamship line, in appreciation of the South Carolina's effort to secure passengers from the steamship Ryndam, which collided with another ship near Nantucket last May. The present will be in the form of a solid silver model, four feet high of the warship Zeven Provencien, the flagship of Admiral DeRuyter, famed in the history of the seventeenth century. According to the figures compiled by the Tuskegee Institute and issued recently, there were sixty-nine Ivnchings by mobs in the United ? States last year. There were fifty- : five negroes and fourteen white men j put to death in this manner, which is six more negroes and eleven more j whites than in 1914. Only fifteen ; per cent of those put to death were charged with assaults on women. in the prohibition column and the . Legislature may be asked for a spe- < cial appropriation to enforce the k law. Some means must be provided * to stamp out th^ "spueakeasy" and c the "tiger," or the prohibition law ? ivill Tint. hp wnrt-h tho nanop fViof if io 1 written on. It wril be intereting * to hear just what Gov. Maftping will J have to say on this .subject. Law * enforcement is dear to his heart&rid ' the enforcement of the prohibition law will be o;ie of the hardest tasks r before the chief executive. The s Legislature will also have to decide c on the disposition of the stocks held s in the 15 counties, formerly having c the dispensary system. - ^ Gov. Manning has been giving the c question of rural credits serious con- * sideration and his message will con- 1 tain some reference to this important c subject. Just what kind of a law ? will be proposed can not be predicted * at ^his time. I Gov. Manning will insist upon a * continuance of the constructive pol- ? icy with reference to the State Hos- c pital for the Insane, where wonders 2 have been accomplished during the ? past year. Several departments of t the institution have been rebuilt and the State is now dealing T*ith its in- ? sane in a most kindly manner. The 1 Governor will ask the special appro- * priation of $150,000 for the improve- * ment of the building be continued. c This request will meet with little ? opposition, because the appropria- ? tion for the same amount was so well 1 used last year. * During the past week Gov. Man- ^ ning has been in conference with the t State officials when their recommendations were discussed. The military department of the State is asking for $69,000 to meet the demands. Of this sum $25,000 will be used to refund the federal government for lost property. t There is little prospect for wrangling at the coming session. WHISKEY 1M OF I SOUTH CAROLINA ? VARIOUS LAWS HAVE BEEN 5 , . . PASSED IN THIS STATE FOR *. PROHIBITION Columbia, January 1.?The question of the abolition of the whiskey < traffic in South Carolina, begat to I be agitated soon after the redemp1- f tion of the State under Gen. Hamp-' ? ton in 1876, but this early agita- ii tion was for local option in a few v scattered counties. Special acts of t the General Assembly.^ were intro- a iuced and passed penbittirfg "wet" P and. "dry" elections for Anderson, f DrangebUrg, Laurens and^ other counties. The contest'between the B prohibitionists and license men jjh h some of these countfes^ was heated, ti [n none of them which Succeeded * in a /oting out the licensed saloons was o prohibition successfully enforced in ti those days and after a! few2' years ti nost of them returned to (the lie en- ti sed. saloon system, * In the Legislature .tof 18910/ a. bill T "or Statewide prohibition, .introduced i Dy late L. D. Childs, *- of^ ;|tttehla^d' k bounty, developed great/strength and si larrowly failed of?jia38age.\ \ jThSajM vas the period of iatdsse' factional livision between the "TiJIimiiitdB' r md the ''anti-TiHmanitiesWx aitd, ? Doth factions incltid#4 n^niwets of I ncn on both sides ' f luestion. Neither %fctionfJ(?[r^ich/bi vas willing to taUtf? % iide of the questioifc^'-ln 1892', wbeh. I ;he contest for ji ;ween B. R. Tillman and- Joh? Sheppard, the State Pemodratic' -e?.(y ;cutive committee consented that in u ;ach precinct a /separate box should li 3e placed in which the people at tfce.i primary election might vote - as be- {I1 ;ween prohibition, and licensed sa-,n oona. The total vote cast for gov-1 jrnor at this election was a little n ess than 88,000, and the vote on the U tfhiekey question totaled a little S nnvfli .fhft-n 7fl AAA Tlia O ******* viy vy? auc |/a vuivt" ipnists won m the referendum by u ibdUt 10,0<!)0, the vote for license be- ,31 n^abojit 30,000j arid that for probi?.? rigon<fibout 40,000. When the: re-( nut beeame kno^ it wM'^aSjen.for D ptinted^ th^fte^^gialature^^iid ^ ion biU wtis.introdueed^^^^i^^ )y Mr. Roper, when ^ net in November. The Tinmaffitos 0 >r "Reformers" had eaders of their faction fwere afraid r' >f prohibition. They apprehended M bat it might, if enacted,; cause an in-! ?; :rease of taxatfcra and in other ways d iivide the Tillman forces. The Bo- a jer bill was, however, promptly pass- J id by the house. In the senate a lumber of bills bearing: on the whis- " cey traffic were introduced and at * >ne time it seemed as though the a lubject would be so confused.in that ? jody that no legislation would re? J* iuit. governor numan already naa t .aken the position thatthe profits of |b he saloons, which hitherto had gone (P mtirely into the' town treasuries, a ihould be divided with the counties, v 10 that the ruraf sections might share ? n them. Marlboro county at this " ime was dry, as it had been, since i day preceding the War Between 81 he Sections, and there1; may have." >een one or two other qty couh^i?t-T |j Gothenburg ;Snb;q. As the end of th? session of the p General Assembly a^pro&ched. . the ^ lispensary bill was?^troduc$L by _ Senator John GaryvEvans, then of ^ Uken. The dispensary system, moleled upon the Goqlenburg system a* >f Norway, was already m operation jj n Athens, Ga. 'T*j Larry -Gantt, C( hen editor of the Columbia Register, _ lad lately come to South Carolina rom Athens, and it was said that w le suggested the Athens plan to Gov- 0 srnor Tillman. At-anv rate Gover- tl lor Tillman became enamored of the ? cheme. > When the. bill was intro- S luced in the senate no one took it a eriously except those of the inner tl :ouncils of the Reformers, but it vas said that the Reform members >f the General Assembly or some of ^ hem held a caucus and decided that."] t should be enacted. The measure P :ame up in the senate for discussion tl it a time so close to the day fixed ei 'or adjournment that it was im- -A jracticable to give it three readings C n both houses. The prohibition bill o: ilready passed by the house had ^ :ome over to the senate and the sen- ti ite dispensary bill was then moved s< is an amendment to it, only the r< itle of the house bill being retain- tl id. After strenuous opposition and a: i filibuster by the seven anti-Till- n namte senators the bill was passed, 8 hree of those aligned with the Re- c' 'ornr faction voting against it. One * >f these three was Dr .D. E. Finley, J ;enator from York and now repre^lentative in congress. The new law 12 ncluded the essential principles of si ;he present dispensary system. It. vas passed in December, 1892, and ;ook effect July 1, 1893. It pro- Jj rided for the establishment of a State wholesale dispensary and sub- d lispensaries in all the counties ex- ? :ept Marlboro which the late Sena;or W. D. Evans of that county, by j esolute efforts succeeded in causing 1, o b* exempted. .? Law Attacked. .. The constitutionality of. the SERIOUS MATTERS ' PRESENTED FOR CONSIDERATIO^^DE- T ' * .BATE WILL BEGIN. . " ... Washington^2>-^CJongres8 irox , onvones Tuesday for. the consideraion of momentous questions conrpnting it ^Before the h?#d,ay reess little was accomplished, but durngthe preliminary two weeks there , ?er(6j assurances Jthat foreign-^ regions incident to, the European war ??& nd preparednw would be the domiating features of the stesWn*; raugh withffar reaching possibilities? ..'*VtV iiinportant ' international . events * ; .% ince the^ecess haito served *to mJ)ke idications stronger thaii>> ever., that * Ms legislative br4nch wtll s?ak,;^vaihiblg. information in possession f t i the governmeti| relating to retain c^priplicatioii^'^;; .v. A dmmistra^ ion leaders probably./fcfitifiad ifcalif^' cjilt to prevent speecfc ttiuiin^imiediately after congress reconvenes . Warding pxe recent sinking ?f til* . ? :'.5 [pitish steamer Persia in the Medit? t, rrafeean, .iau which; an Am^jHcan con ivestigatioD.?be made into the "law nd the facts" concerning destrucloa of the 'Lusitania, oilier attacks t>on vessels: imperiiingr American ives and the':cohspiracy' again sbneu- , rals "within our borders" to which 'resident Wilson referred in his anual address to congress. About this resolution an$ amendlent will center committee's deberationB .over foreign.; problems. enator Hose Smith has prepared an- J ther address on the commercial sit- * ation with cotton as his particular ; abject which 'he expects to deliver ' son after the senate meets. The military and naval affairs committees of both houses have been 5 ^ th ?e afc wwe^ irstto be considered the mendment of the war revenue lawj/ 'hich was re enacted hurriedly juar . \ efore recess with the general tx j erstanding that amendments wou>?^ I e proposed to increase its revenue vtefej roducmg power. Involved in this re issues likely to provoke wide diergence of vievB, among them the ; nggestions to tax gasoline, automo- ^ iles, horsepower, steel products and 1 ; i ther articles of commerce a?d a . -1J tamp tax on bank checks. Amend- A lent, of the income tax and an in eritancetaxalso are to fce given M Eri6nff, thought. * fl Much general .legislation is tin the v M rogramme for considerati<mas!' soon s the preparedness and' defense jHS uestions are out. of the Way. A-MB i|l to create a land loan bankina^^^W astern and another to develop mines^HRfl 1 resources on public lands ha\fl|^BB een practically completed by hotu^^HH ommittees during the holidays. ;as attacked in the State conr^^H^nfl opposition to the law was. -intent^H^H iroughout the State but. it ww^H^H enerally and firmly supported eiiator Tillman's faction yrho werel I decided majority of the people. In ^RH| le spring of 18^4 occurred the Darlington war/' . as it was. popu- JH irly called, which resulted in theJ^^^H illing and wounding of three or fou^^^^J ten of both factions, resulting in thj^M^^H roclamation by the Governor le counties of Darlinsrton and nee were in a state of insurrectiflH^HH bout a month later the Supre^^^^^H ourt of the State, then compoHn^HH f Justices Simpson, McGowan ^HHH ope, declared the law uncons^HHHM onal. Mr. Pope dissented. jme weeks following whiskey >tailed freely without license^^^^^HH lere was no license law in exist^H^HBH nd the dispensary law had been ull and void. In August the pflHH jnnel of the Supreme Court hanged, a new test case was brou^^^^^^B nd the former decision was revers^^^^^H he dispensary system was again JHH jrce At the session of the Lej^BH^H iture of 1893 and at subseqij^^^^B^J sssions the law underwent tianges, the essential regul^^^H^^H lethods of selling intoxicants stained. In 1895 the con^E^^^HB onal convention incorporatedHH^^^fl ispensary plan in the organic'^^^^^^H f the State in a clause which H )r Tillman has said that he The Downfall. In *905 the - Brice law, intajj -ft (Continued pn P&g6