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JPBESIDENT PLACES VETO 0> (ARMY AlTliOPfilATIO* Hills Measure Because of Clauses in Articles oi War lievisloh Forced in by Hay in Conference. ^ Wasington, Aug. 18?The army appropriation bill was unexpectedly vetoed today by President "Wilson because he would not accept certain provisions in the revision of the ar( irtlae nf war farmed int/\ the bill bv V4 ?? v*4 , *V?VWM .? vv . (tie house conferees and commonly said in army circles to be in the in terest of certain retired officers "a*, outs with the army." Chairman Hay of the house military committee at once reintroduce! the bill with the entire section revising the articles of war stricken out and the declaration that no revision at all would go through with the bill in this congress. Chairman Chamberlain of the sen-ato msntarr affairs committee an nounced that the senate would reinsert the revision approved by the pres { ident and the war department tut stricken out in the house and that the situation had resolved itself into a contest between the senate and house t>n one hand and Mr. Hay on the ether. The tangle threatens to delay ths adjournment of congress and incidentaly completion of the preparedness programme, as well as to hold up apjropriations for the army increases rnd all the extra expenses involved i i ti "5 Mexican service. The bill as reintroduced now is in * >>? hrmsft military committee and "there is an agreement to take it uo -and expedite passage Tuesday. The fight, if one develops, will come when the senate puts in a revsion of the articles of war and sends it back to tie house. The president's veto, one of the fe T "he has exercised, marks another stage in the long fight between the army and Chairman Hay. The army charges Mr. Hay with defeat of the 'continental army ana universal iram-j ing plans and the substitution of Na-j tional Guard reorganization which :t opposed. Army officers also say certain features of the bill were injected in conference and never were defeated on the floor of either house. T&e articles of war have not been are vised in a hundred years and are saijl to be sadly deficient for dealing whinh growth of the V> At'ii WXiUiwiV4?i^ I army and development of the nation require. The Tvar department Is especially anxious for changes to enable ^.nnv officers to deal adequately v.*i:hj problems arising during the present j Mexican service. Included in the re-j vision marked put by congress, over i the objection of the president and tlioj *v;ar department, v.*us a provision ex- j -empting retired officc^ from courts-j :martial and army discipline, if not, actually frcm any control, and placed j 'them under ti e jurisdiction of the! 'Civil courts, it 13 ccmuua -j standing among army officers tliat tie j section covered the case of a certain; retired officer, formerly regarded as! a power in shaping military legislation, who was preparing io writ* "book and hesitated to do it wihi'c liable to discipline. The president in liis veto, however, m-de no reference to this pha:e 0! j Ihe situation. , COLUMBIA'S CHANCES GOOD nr.Tnnivn rrni'P iT S? 4 VTT1 run viti.n^u i bi/jiiifajj , The Record. Congressman Lever, who is on a! short visit to Columbia, said today! that this city has an equal chance I with, other cities cf this section ir j landing one of the federal !and banks. | ."He said that it is a state affair and j many various wires are being pulled In Columbia's behalf. He talks vervl -enthusaistically of the chance of this i city. 1 'I Congressman A. F. Lever reached,; Columbia over the Seaboard Air L.me j yesterday fo:- the p-urpose of giving j attention to an urgent personal mat- j ter.. "My visit has nothing^ to do with politics whatever," said the congressman. "I came to look after a purely personal matter, attention to which had been delayed for quite a while because of my inability to leave tWfes'hington. I may return at any day, ' certainly in time to vote on conference reports as they come from the Benate. The members of the house are still in Washington have j -r\i rtn f-*T nf -nnnrrv trt their time." I Vi. -- "While "here I am getting in. tou-ci. . "vrith the Columbia viewpoint In regard to the location of a federal land , "bank in this city," continued Con- 1 gressman Lever. "I am hopeful over the outlook of Columbia getting this j land bank. ;Mv answer is: Tfcat Co-i a , lumbia has an equal chance with &ny j other city in this section of the South j ~ Thin i<i all that Co- I UKslLlfZy Wuoiuvi w. ? ?-K, ?? Tumbia aslrs; it is all tbnt I wart;. TVn j1 vires for Columbia's drive are being \ _ - , . - w ' } ? ,?r- "T*" * . v - carefully laid. Some of them already have reached the point, as I hai.pen to know from telegrams received rrom my confidential clerk in Washington since I have reached Columbia, n v> ill be a great thing for Columbia and a greater thing for the farmers of South Carolina if we can land one ofthese institutions for the state, and of course that means for Columbia. I am happy to find that practically all the chambers of commerce of all the towns and cities of the state ai^ enthusia-stilly . backing this fight, v-Jiioh Is a state fight rather than a local fight. If we all pull together we have got as good a chance as any . body." w WILL >0T STAKE ! $PEAKI>G TOUE [ Wilson Thinks That Dignity of Place Forbids His SeekingTotes Thus. "Washington, Aug. 15.?-After a conference today between President Wilson and the members of the Democratic campaign committee, Vance C. 'McCormick, Chairman of the national committee, announced that the president would make no speaking toar but probably would accept invitations t*. speak at different places. Mr. I.MeCormick explained the pres- j icent's decision by saying Mr. Wilson considered a stumping tour in-; compatible with the dignity of the office of president. Last week congressional callers at the White House gained the distinct impression that Mr. Wilson would make a trip to the Pacific coast. So far the president's only speaking engagements are Hodgsenville, Ky., Sep-; tember 4, and St. Louis September 20. He probably will speak before a suffrage meeting at Atlantic City, i September 8, and in Boston October 12 *"* I That lively,quick-action, hit- ! the-mark-evej'y-time taste of ! "Bull" Durham has made it j the Cmoke cf the Scrvice from j Maine to the Philippines, i There's crisp, brick snap to a j fresh-rolled "Bull'' Durham j cigarette that just suits men of rpunk and spirit. GSNUiNE - 66 fES ^ SMOKING TOBACCO A "roll ycur own" "Bull'* Durham cigarette has dis tinctrvdrjcc 3 ? character?per- ; r-.-l *ty. It gives you that ;cr.clerful mellow-sweet flavor unique aroma which are j - - * * r.t round in any ether tobacco. ; Learn to "roll your own** ; with "Bull" Durham ? a few j trials will do it?and you'll get , i u" more enjoyment out of j c .noking. j i ?-? - j Aik for FREE * j jj package of "papura" j cviih each ra XJ8ERJGU< TOBACCO COMPAQ, ltd Drive Out Ma Jen a And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC. You knoxv , --a 4A1??M/V ^/-srritila ?o ' WUttfc y\ju a.ic caj&oxtg, as iiiw ?o , printed on every label, showing it is Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form, j The Quinine drives oat malaiia, the . Iroi builds up the system. 50 cents [nvfgorattag' zc ziie Pel? anc! SicXiy I rh* Old Standard j?ener*d strengthex-vagr toeic. SROVF/S TASTHLivSS c!iill TONIC, drives out ' Mifl^rja.earicht; *.t ;eb!co<J.and builds .oihe.-ys- ' %fc Iti t, ?S/W ^ CLOUDLESS DAI GREETS T200PS Both First and Second Derote Themselres to Putting Tklngs in Stope. In Camp, in the El Paso Patrol District, Adjoining the Border, j\.g. 14.?A cloudless ilonday greeted the South Carolinians in beginning tneir l.rst week as part of the 70,000 troops galhered in and abound El Paso for torder patrol. The El Paso district i:> in charge of Brig. Gen. George Bell, Jr., and the Palmetto, boys are among the best in his command. They.Hav*. | | been complimented by the regulars and National Guardsmen from other States who have been here for some weeks and they show the resuits of the splendid training which they obtained at Styx. The Second regiment was en^a^ed in putting its camp into order today. | The tents had been pitched last nigh-, but the final touches were put to thi camp today. All the sage brush, cactus and other desert growth, was irubbed and burned and the camT) thoroughly cleaned. The big headquarters tent of the Second was put up this morning. The Second brought the big megaphone which it used iat Styx and it was placed today. The bugler uses this in making his calls v.liich carry distinctly to all parts cf the grounds. A Clean Camp. The First policed its camp thoroughly using the drill hour for this purpose. The underbrush was all collected and the rubtish carried away or burned. The c?.mp is clean and , neat and shows the thoroughness with , which the South Carolinians do things. Not the slightest detail is overlooked and close attention is paid to the policing of the grounds and the sanitary conditions of the camp. Lieut Col. J. B. Allison of the Second is on the ground rendering assistance in getting the reeriment located and down to the regular duties of camp life. Col. .Allison was holding a captaincy in the Seventh infantry, which is al3o stationed at Fort Bliss, and was on duty as provost marshal at El Paso when he received his appointment as lieutenant colone. j of the Second. Thp hpvond where the South ! iQarolina regiments are encamped and, on the same side of the railroad traci j / j 1 will be occupied -' by the National j Gr.ardsmen from Georgia and North j Carolina, which. with the South Caro- j lina and Florida regiments. Comprom- j ise the Ninth divison. Immediately to the left of ^this ground and on j the opposite side of the railroad track j lies the Pennsylvania divison under Maj. Gen. Clements. This divison j tikes up two square miles of ground, j The Pallmeto boys are encamped! at the water pumping station wnere j all the water for 'El Paco, Tort Blir.s and the country 'around here i3 ob tained. The pumping station is in j charge of IVir. Bethea, a native of! South Carolina and a member of th | Bethea family of the Pee Dee section j of the State. Several of the m^n b?ve already become acquainted with Mr. Bethea. A Diamond Rattler. Just to the left of the camp lies a range of hills which are calls-i mountains in this country. This chain o; hills lies diagonally to the Mexican border. They are bare of vegetation \ except' for .cage brush and cactus in trie ravines. Some of tie South Carolinians have already climbed to the top of this range of hills which ar_* ( about eight miles from camp. It is j in these hills that rattlesnakes an! the other reptiles reside. On Sunda * . First Sergt. Hughes of the Smyth ; Rifles of Pelzer climbed the hills and brought back into camp a diamond , Mexican Rattler. This snake is about 15 inches long and the one" he cap- 1 tured had a button and two rattles indicating that it was four years old. No snakes have yet been seen in j esinp but there are plenty of horned tcads, centipedes and ants. Tin i? *1 -P?caii i o. UUUltTI HUiil Lino ovuivv, Iiv W ^ insignificant so far and nothing like what one would expect from the ' stories heard before coming here. Two motorcycle couriers are num. bored among the First. Private Frank i: Cureton of the Butler Guards and | Capt. Justile of the Hampton Guards j < of Spartanburg own -motorcycles. These couriers enable the camp to get fast communication with Fort Bliss i 1 or other points. IJ The mail is obtained from Fort' < T"? j/> i , Bliss posiomce. v;iiapiam xv. of the First handles the mail for that I regiment. The mail can "be addressed j 3 to either "El Paso of Fort Bli-ss but 1 the name of the company and the ] rev2rimpT>t. shouM alwavs. "be eiven in i saeh case. The Second has no chap- < lain as yet and has not announced 7,-to will fcanll.e the mail. It's "mail < % si culd be addressed to either Fort U'ifcs or i?l Paso. The Butler Guards boast the tallest niyn in the First. He is Private Mitchell of Greenville better known u.s "3ig'^ Mitrhell. He is six feet and four inches tall. Become Kegrular Dudes. The men of the First are being . equipped thoroughly with, clothing. ' Every man is drawing two hats, two pairs of shoes, two pairs of leggmfc,' two shirts, four pairs of trousers, four suits of underwear and six pairs of seeks. Each regiment is running its own canteen and the profits go pro rata into the company funds. Each organization subscribed $1 for every man when the canteen was organized and the profits go lack intc the treasury of each company. The canteen is onerated for the benelt of the enlist ed men and not the officers. Kach company can use ite fund in any way it sees fit for the men but must account for it to the federal government. The Smyth. Rifles of Pelzer went on a hike this morning towards the mountains. They were gone about two J hours. Several trainlcads of -cattle and sheep have been passing by the camp, from EI Paso. The cars are all dou- j tie deck and each train carries an i immense load. While a detail from the. Butler j Guards under Lieut. Shearer was an- j loading some wood Sunday afternoon; a prairie dog dropped out of the load i and was caught after a chase over| the camp. Several jacknabbits have also been caught in camp. Sunday! while the machine gun company of the Second was scrubbing off the cactus and sage brush, it jumped a rab bit and some of the men caught it. To Help With Flies. There has been a suggestion that the folk back home might like some +v>c .i rtrnori toads as tvets and if V_ U4VA UWM they can be shipped by parcel post it) is likely that several will be sent back to Carolina. If the toads don't thrive in captivity Just take them down In the yard where the weeds abounci aa1. ti rn them loose land they will imagim that they are again among the cactus and mesquite of the Texas plains, dz least this suggestion has been advances uy one oi. i^e young lieutenants ot the First. These toads are als.?. very i.ona oi flies ana mignt solve the } problem of "swatting" that pesx. The Palmetto Riflemen oi Ander- j toil, t^oui^aiiy jj, imve a good barber, j rnvate uiimer, and wnenaver nis - tr l'A O MAO* wJll n uuLifca l/UiiiiiLS xic Jliar.co a. u.i uu-. ci plying aid ira.de among the cilicers. .juiiias i->. It.'JOU, WHO represent-j i?o ti.t; i^uicago i/vdiiy .News en mis j part ot the border, and George H. j ^ements, oi tne publicity aeparcmeno I o_' the El Paso Clumber of Commerce,' vv ere among the visitors in the South j Carolina camp tiiis morning. Bo^i j were ith the punitive expedition un-! der Gen. Pershing in Mexico for i while and are thoroughly familiar wxtn tne conditions in and around the uorder and in Mexico. Chaplain Jeter held religious serv k ps for the First Sundav afternoon. ' The men turned out in large num- ! bers to hear him. W. H. Caldwell. 31 AX WELL COMPANY SELLS FIFTY CAES Autmobile Concern Gets Contract Because of Sterling liecord of Product. i William Campbell, agent for the I Maxwell Motor Company, Inc., of De- J troit, for the whole 'of South Africa, v.as a visitor at the main offices of the company last week and brought with him the news that the Maxwell dealer in Johannesburg has just filled an order for fifty touring cars, the order being placed by the government buyer This ner/3 was contained in a cablegram received by Mr. Campbell in Nov York, just before he took a train for Detroit. These fifty cars are now being do li ered from stock i,nd will be used for transport purposes in -the war under General Smuts in German East Africa. 1- is order was placed by the governr ent buyer after a careful investigation of the entire field and after testing other makes he satisfied himr>eif cf the sturdy character and low aftercost of the IMiaxwell product. FUEL MILEAGE FACTOR Another of the vital elements that ted to the* selection of the MJaxwail for this severe military service is the enviable record for low consumption Df petrol the car has made in the South African ofuntry. This is a .nore important item in South Africa i*. ;0 a,rrwn in fVia TTnifpd Spates. AiCLLl 11 iO C?\/U a ax v/ Mr. Camp-bell says that fuel in Jolannesburg now sells at seventy-eight jents a gallon. "The Maxwell is now considered one >f the first lines in South. Africa, te- ? cause it is adapted in every way to tiie topography of the country," saidl.viT. Campbell. "Our business last year was phenomenal and I personally am convinced 'that the future is a very bright one for the Maxv/ell. MALE RECORD RUN'. r>UTn? thft T>ai?t vcar a Vovu-oll stock car made the record long-distance run in Africa. The ground covered was almost entirely new |?"-the driver and although he encountered climbs of 3,000 feet over toads that could scarcely be called?: roads, he .. .V#"' 1' .1# uc-saaaa Wake up be The Bell Telephone is Ring up on the BelL Yoti may talk about your breath but it won't breath to talk into your Be] Ring up old customers, of prospects, there is no c _ a! _ __ saves more ume or expense If you haven't a Bell ' Call the Business office for SOUTHERN BELL T1 AND TELEGRAPH v BOX 163. COU Annual Mountain LAUJJ AUGUST VL m n . 1 lit Lbariesion and ffes way Co? To Spring and M< North Carolina, Sc Tennessee. Final Limit Septen For Tickets, etc., call on Ticki TTPMT Gei SEA SI ROUND TR FROM NE1 Summer Exci To Wrightsville Beach To Isle 01 bairns To Sullivan's Island To Myrtle Beach To Norfolk Tickets on sale from May sive, limited returning unl stf-p-over privileges. Schedules and further p? nished upon aplication to Ticket Age ATLANTIC Ci The Standard Railro mnmmmmmammmmrnum i wifamg?pro??bp?mmmm? went through without, a mishap a with no mechanical trouble. v "The placing ot the goverameni or-9 der of fifty cars does not surprise smH In tue least in Mew of Maxwell per-* formances in South Africa. It frill V be remembered that the Maxwell gar? flj a splendid account of itself, when. It was used in the round-up of General 1 DeWet in tie rebellion of two IBM*' I ago.". '1 THE HBRAJLD AND N2W3 OM I YEAR FOR ONLY $1.50. ' l 1 MM iI lisiness! 1 the Big Ben of Business. dull times 'till you lose help matters, Save your 11 Telephone. then start on a fresh list [uicker way ? none that t * Telephone, get one now* rates. I 2LEPH0NE $T&\ I COMPANY 1 JMBIA. s. e. I i and Seashore FUSION 23, 1916 | . . 1 ten; Carolina Railmpany. I aim tain Resorts in < rath Carolina and ! tiber Sin, j st Agent or address SST WILLIAMS, neral Passenger Agenc. riORE JP FARES iVBERRY * irsion Fares $10.50 7.35 7.35 9.45 17.10 =s m 15 to October 15, incla1 7 ;il October 31. Liberal ? irticulars cheerfully furT. S. LEFLER, i r* IT O T T\ n c o. IN . oc Li. rc. n , Newberry, S. C. OAST LINE, ad of the South.