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PRESIDENT'S POWER EXTENDS TO ARMING j Lansing and Gregory Rule That Ho Can Put Guns on Merchant- i ^ men. i < |1 Washington, March 8.?Secretary t Lansing and Attorney General Greg- { ory have advised President Wilson i that he had full authority to arm t American merchant ships afainst il- t legal attacks by German submarines., 3 it vat thpsp two officers?the sov- ( ernment s authorities respectively on ' international questions and law?that i the president referred the contention ? raised in the senate that old statutes 1 enacted to authorize merchantmen to . I resist pirates raised an insuperable; bar to the step he desired to take to ] meet the submarine menace. They j have reported that the statutes have no application to trie present situa- : tion. T-i } 11 act im w iieiuer uie picsiucui nm ? , mediately in acordance with this.1 opinion or will wait to call a special * session of congress to pass a resolu-: 1 tion similar to that killed by a fili buster during the last session was not 1 revealed tonight. j * In view of the action of the senate ; today in revising its rules to prevent ! another 3uch filibuster, it w'as thought in some administration quarters that ( the president will immediately can an extra session. Weight was given to , this idea by the president's statement last Sunday in which he held biame for the failure of the armed neutrali ty resolution on a "little group of wil ful men" and appealed to the senate to amend its rules and "save the country from disaster." However, it was recalled that in the same statement the president express ed the opinion that old statutes might "Jncitnprahip nracticable ob latOO v.. structions." Since then he has receiv ed the opinions of the attorney gen eral and the secretary of state. One problem invovled in consider- i ing the subject is the probable dif- i ficulty over the organization of the 3 next house because of the almost < evenly distributed balance of poKver, < between the Democrats and Hepubli-; cans. : A long drawn out ngnt sucn a* . marked the organization of more i*:. m ?me house probably would delay ac tion on the armed neutrality ques tion?a contingency which the presi-; dent is determined to avoid. It is taken for granted in all quar-j ters that before July 1 the president | will summon an extra session of con-: gress. The only question open to -- -i.*. whothor it will be called Hi&UL Wao nuwuvi ? immediately. Many members of the: old house have left for their homes, j ' and some of the new members are j J Bot here. Therefore at least a week's !' notice is considered imperative, and! some members want three weeks be- ' cause of their expectation that once ( congress convenes a^ain it will re- j' main in session a long time. The president himself remained in | feed all day with a cold, and saw no callers. Because of his cold, and be cause three members of the cabinet are absent from the city it appeared probable that the usual Friday cabi net meeting would be canceled. On every hand, however, the pre diction was made that the decision ot the president either to call an extra session immediately or to arm -imer-j iean merchantmen on his own author-], ity is expected before the end of thej; present week, possibly tomorrow. SOUTH CAROLINA'S ANNUAL [AUTOMOBILE EXHIBITION i Columbia?March 14th to 17th. Columbia's second annual automo bile show, which opens Wednesday, March 14, gives promise of being one of the biggest and best that has been held in the South. It promises to far eclipse the maiden effort la?t year which was declared by "those who knew" to have been one of the most attractive in this section. One of the features, aside from the exhibits themselves, will be a couple of vonne women who will entertain I v * J U the audiences every afternoon and i, evening with song hits and ballads. |, Miss Lea Leland is known as the "per- , sonality girl," and Miss Josephine , Harman as the character singer. Miss : Leland was formerly with the "Every woman'' company. Miss Harman has . appeared in vaudeville. Another feature of the musical pro- , gram will be the instrumental music, furnished by Schumacher's orchestra ?ach evening. This guarantees good ] music. Many cars will be on exniou. uue of the nifty models will be a new model Sedan which is built according to latest ideals and one of the most up-to-date on the market. Each dealer and exhibitor will be repre sented by one of his best and newest designs. ^* The room with automobile acces sories will also be filled with attract ive exhibits, such as seen in the latest automobile shows. Craven hall has been enlarged for the show and this will allow more room for exhibits and for the specta tors. The show will open on Wednesday evening, March 14, and will continue through Saturday night from 11 o'clock eacn morning unm n o ciuua. at night. Account of the State Teach ers' association and other attractions in Columbia at that time, it is expect ed that there will be large crowds from all sections of the State. The show has been planned along modern methods and will cope with any of those in the larger cities. about peace, remember. Yet, you nearly came to blows." "Don't jump to conclusions, sir, "We were not arguing aoout a tem porary truce, but permanent peace, and every body, neutrals and "bellig erents alike, seems to think that's worth fighting for/' ojajA. puauj juoa pus no^,, amim aqx IMTMES TEXT OF LETTER HAS KITH PORTE-XT Berlin. Via Sayville. (Wireless,1 March 8.?In a bitter editorial tirade igainst President Wilson and his al- j eged unneutral attitude in the war, i he official mouthpiece of the German government, the Nord Deutsche Alge-! neine Zeitung, today made the unmis akable implication that the actual pvt ynH nnrnort of tb 3 "Zimmerman letter" is far more explicit than ex cerpts published i:: America indicate. | The government organ added to this intimation a veiled threat that if America m aloes war on Germany, Mexico will learn the full extent ot ;he now famous alliance proffer. I "Which way the dice shall fall de-; jends upon the president," says the journal. ! The remarkable article which be rond all doubt was inspired if not written, by the foreign secretary him self, still further deepens the mystery n?-* 1?? aV?a/4 +r\ fVin T r*t t pr PVPT .11-31 "cl* cHiitciicu iu i,*iv >:nce its partial publication in Ainer-: ca became known here. I The Xord Deutsche Algeraine Zeit jng concludes with the flat assertion ;hat no matter whether President Wil son chooses war or peace, "he shall not make us deviate one hairbreadth ,'rom our road which we entered upon 3n February 1." The paper takes occasion to tell the Americans they should "thank Heaven is much as possible" for not being a nnrtv to the war. It asserts no vital r*~ American interest calls for American entrance into the conflict. The article is headed: "Fair Deal ing." It reads as follows: "One word ip President Wilson's iddress strike us: 'Fair Dealing.' As America desires it for itself, so she is ready to claim it for all humanity; tair dealing, justice, freedom to live, and protection against organized tvrong. i "Our whole policy adopted toward America from the first day of the war, ii.? y-vf ^inlnma+io rela until utc iui'iuk v/i ;ions has been a struggle for fair deal- j Ing and a claim for justice and free-; iom to live, and a defense against or-i ?anized wrong, coming from a nation! which was forced by envious adver- ( saries to fight. "But what was it that echoed from icros the water? * j "Xo sooner had the world conflagra-, :ion been kindled?a conflagration in-' tended to complete by force the de struction of Germany (prepared by the political isolation of Germany)?than the voice of an organized press assid uously endeavored to rouse public sninion in the United States againsi I IS. ''President Wilson's government placidly looked on as established seal law gradually was abolished by Eng-j land. "But that is not all. The same gov-1 arnment which had accepted, without Dffering any resistance, British meas ures making the whole trade between America and us and between America and our neutral neighbors the real vic tim of British tyranny oe the seas?! the same government issued protest! after protest as soon as we. began to; repay England with like for like. J "President iWilson's government acted thus, although it well was aware' 3f the fact that England, with her I brutal disregard, purposed nothing! *lse than slowly to undermine our1 forces, -stfiich she had not succeeded In breaking by the force of arras?Dy a. war of starvation against women ind children. "President "Wilson claims for hu manity the freedom to live. To Oerman people alone he denies :he right to that freedom. "At the same time the entire union was transformed into one huge fac tory of aims and ammunition. Not only were the existing plants enlarg ed but others which in time of peace produced goods designed for peaceful ' purposes were transformed in order j fn nrodnee war material for Ger-j nany's enemies. "The entire industry of a people which was completely untouched oy the horrors of the distant European war had been turned irrto an enor mous workshop of death. "And while the government of the United States confirms this concep tion of neutrality, it claims from us that we assume responsibility for the; safety of the life of every one of its; citizens who in spite of urgent warn ing invades the sea war zone. "Fair dealing for the whole world ?except for Germany; that is the main feature of President Wilson's ooliev from beginning to end. "Thus the day came when after the j jeering refusal of our peace offer, the j determination to begin unrestricted submarine warfare was carried out. "One last appeal for fair dealing was made to Presiden/ Wilson. The answer to it was the repture of di plomatic relations and further than that, even an attempt on his part to arouse all neutral powers against us. "Moreover, today the president de clares that America's direct partici pation in the struggle is possible. "The sacrifices which we can bring to peaci with the United States reach fVisv;.. limit -n-Vion tVio maintoTianpp of. 3ur rigtit to live and the victorious conduct of war for our existence?a war forced up us?are jeopardized. "No vital American interest forces ihe president to take action toward >var. "Tlie offer of an alliance to juexico cvas fanned on our part to be made )B!y after the American declaration of war asrainst us. ''Even today we still wish to avoid cvur with the United States. "If America shares this "wish then Mexico's knowledge of our offer shal? be limited to what President Wilson's government useu yuuusncu auum Which way the dice shall be cast de pends up the president. "He alone before history has to bear j the responsibility if his own country \ which so far still enjoys the blassings :>f peace and which ought to thank heaven as much as possible for this, were now to be isvovled in the hor rors of the sanguinary world war without any cogent necessity. "As President Wilson now holds iii his hands the lives of American citi zens T\ho disregard our warning against entering the danger zone on the sea, so he also holds in his hands the lives of many thousands upon whom a further extension of the war would bring destruction, sorrow and death. \\'o matter what decision he will take?whether he chooses war or peace?he shall not make us deviate on^ hair breadth from our road whicn we entered upon on February 1.'' WOE Ft L TIDJXGS TO CO XG RESSMEX possible That Xext Appropriation Bill Will Break tp Civil Service Scheme. P. H. AIcGowan, in The State. Washington. March S.?Democrats and Republicans alike here have for the time bein~ forgotten their differ ences, have buried the tomahawk and have united forces co prevent,.if pos sible. the utter destruction of their political fences by the new postofiice regulations which uiu jjieamcut put into operation when alj postmast ers in the United States of the first, second and third classes will bo blaketed under civil service rules, this becoming operative April 1. Little groups of members without regard to party lineup or affiliation gathered today to discuss what ap pears to be the hardest political knock ever given them. It is fully recognized that the hopes of many members for retaining their seats in the house must go with the severing of the strongest link which u ^? in tliair mt ore hp UX1IE>S tUCill IU l;ivu >vrkww. - ing the case, there is much talk here regarding what will be done when an extra session of congress is called, it being the consensus of opinion that this new order of things wfilrh is viewed as one of the most drastic yet known must be withdrawn. What is to be done about the mat ter no one seems to know, but so far as the working of the new order Is concerned and the effect it will have, the situation is this way: It is believed nominations will be sent to the senate as in tne pasi uui in making selections the president will be guided by the results of the examinations so far as possible. Whether the civil service commis sion, under which fourth class post masters are now named, will conduct the examinations has not been de termined. The order will provide for a modified form of civil service clas sification under which ail vacancies whether caused by resignation, re moval or death will be filled by com petive examination. There was talk at the capltol today tha: when the postoflSce appropria tion bill is considered at the next regular session an attempt is likely to be made to put on a rider to provide that no part of the money appropriat ed in the Mil shall be used for pay ment of postmasters appointed under such conditions. There were sugges tions tnax wnen me tup man vci kucu by the civil service examiners is nominated to the senate the repre sentatives in whose district the post office is located may if the nomina tion is objectionable to him bring enough pressure to bear in the senate to reject the nomination and so bring about another examination to reach a satisfactory man. Champ Clark vras quite free in dis mcsin.<r the entire DroDQSition today. "There isn't any member of the house who gets any benefit from patronage,'' he said. "Any of them will tell yon t!>at. If you have to choose between friends all you do is to make a lot of enemies. But at the same time, a member of congress knows the sit uation in his own district better than any one else, and a heap better than fpiinurs in the nostoffice department here in Washington. The history of this postoffice thing is this: When Taft ordered 40,000 fourth class post masters placed under the civil service any one with a bit of sense could see it was a political move. Taft knew Wilson was going to be elected. .Now then, when Wilson came in, if he had said, 'T know this was nothing but a nsvli+i/tol tvi/vu-o and T'm nnt ?TOin ET to stand for it.' he might have nullified that order, but that wasn't done. They kept certifying three names, the fel low who was interested in it, and it seemed certain that out of the three at least one of them woulcl be a Democrat. But along came the Burleson ukasee which said the man highest on the list of the civil service must be chosen, and to my mind that raised more cam m puuut-o mau auj thing else and it is one of the main reasons why the next house is so close. People in a Democratic dis trict want a Democrat in office as postmaster." It has been suggested that the or der would put many Republicans in TAKE NO ALCOHOL PREVENTS Colds, LaGrippe, Rheumatism A pleasant but effective emulsion, which rebuilds the tissues, relieves the system, adds strength and stim ulates the nervous system. It has absolutely no alcohol, and in every sense a tonic. $1.00 PER BOTTLE Ask Your Druggist Manufactured Solely by THE FERRGL COMPANY Columbia, S. C. cfn--? z.3 many ci' thp more active as sistan: postmaster* are Republicans: retains j by the lxiraocratic post-1 masters. and some are asking what' would happen ii" the one man certi-1 fiod iron, tue examination were t i negro. The postmaster general, ac-1 cording to those who have talked with' hmi. .iay > tJ:at th<- examinations will j have to take place and there will be "no special privMege to any one.'' mma^m I Mamma's in Heaven. j Two little children, a boy and a girl,j Sat by an old church door. T1 m ? j v 1' a 1 i t H <s foot u-oro hrnuii 3 5 ! the curl | That fell on the dress that she wore; ! The boy's coat was faded and hatless was his head; i A tear shone in each little eye. j hy don t you run home to your mamma," I said: And this was the maiden's reply: Choros. j "Mamma's in heaven; they took her away, Left .Jim and me alone; We come here to sleen. at the close of day. For we have no mamma or home. We can't earn our bread, we're too lit tle," she said; "Jims five years and I only seven; There's no one to love us since papa is dead, And our darling mamma's in heav en.'' | "Para was lost out at sea, long ago, (We waited all night on the shore. For he was a life-saving captain, you know, But he never came tuck any more. men mamma got sick, augeis iuok. j her away, She said to a home warm and, brighc; 1 . 'They'll come for my darlings,' she! i told us, 'someday,' | Perhaps they are coming tonight." , i " 'May "be tonight they've no room there,' she said, 'Two little ones to keep;'" Then placing her hands under little Jim's head, She kissed him, and both fell asleep.; The sexton came early to ring the church bell, He round mem oeneam me snow white; The angels made room for the orphans to dwell In heaven with mama that night. Your Cousin. i FIRST REGLMEST READY TO FIGHT GERM AXE ; Columbia, March 1.?Lieut. Col. P. i K. McCully, Jr., of Anderson; Maj. T. ; B. Spratt, of Fort Mill, and Capt. L. C. McFadden, of Rock Hill, were In the city today on "business which happened to get them together in the office of the adjutant gentral, where: I they were seen by the -Columbia cor respondent of The Charleston Ameri- j can. They stated that they had no opinion to express- as to the contro versy between this country and Ger i many, but that they felt they could speak for the First South Carolina regiment, so far as to say that its officers and members were ready and prepared to respond to any call in the line of their duty. | Capt. J. M. Graham, mustering ' officer, has just returned to the city after standing the examination order ed to decide upon his qualifications for promotion to the rank of major. The examination was held at Fort Moultrie. Sens i and forta mm Si II f k,= ' ipr m. H0>. A. K. SANDERS IN CHARGE OF PENITENTIARY Has .Matured Plans for Humanizing Treatment Accorded the Convicts. Will Institute the Merit System. Columbia, March 1.?Hon. A. K. San ders. of Hagood, Sumter county, to day took charge of the South Caro lina State penitentiary, succeeding C'ol. D. .J. linnim, who nas servea as superintendent for the past 18 years. Mr. Sanders was elected superintend ent by the legislature at its recent session. Col. Griffith did not offer. for re-election. At the time of his election, Mr.' Sanders was a member of tlie house of epresentatives from Sumter coun ty. He entered politics in 1888, when I ^ ~ ~ C * nlnrttn/1 f r\ t ll )l AllOO frnrii ' lie rtas 111 SI CICtlCU IU ^ Sumter. Ke ha* been prominently1 j identified with public affairs since that j , time. In 1S99 he was elected as one ! | of the directors of the State peniten- \ j tiary, and continued in. that position^ for 16 years during 14 of which he;, served as chairman of the board. la;. 1914 he again offered for the position of member of tlie house from Sum-! ^ ter county and was elected. In 1916 ! , he was reelected. I, voorc? nf Ck && Tip 1 -. AI . uauuti o 10 *j\j /v^uic v/*. -.-x/ is a graduate of the Carolina Military, institute, of Charlotte, X. C., and has j made farming his life work. It was stated at the penitentiary to-j day that Capt. William H. Sondley ; would be continued as captain of the I guard, which position he has held under Col. Griffith. Mr. P. H. Lesesno will be succeeded as bookkeeper by Mr. L. L. Bultman, of Columbia. The appointment of five new guards was announced. It was stated that the merit system ! of dealing witb prisoners win De in stituted. . |! Superintendent Sanders lias care-. fully matured plans for humanizing 11 as far as possible the treatment ac-1 corded the convicts. What he consid- i ers one of the most important fea- [ tures of changes which he will un-1 dertake is the plan of rewarding prisoners who prove themselves trustworthy with certain liberties not inconsistent with prison management. Mr. Sanders during the past 16 years has been a member of and! chairman of the board of directors of the State penitentiary. In that ca-j pacity he has made frequent trips of inspection through prisons in other States, making a close study of their j methods. Many of the modern fea- j tures of the work attempted in other j States will be undertaken by thfe new j an norin tort on f Mr. Sanders made it clear that In j his opinion changes which he propos es must be made gradually, but he is J confident that this State can ultimate-1 ly have a prison routine and disci-! pline in accord with the experiences I of other States, which involve no un-| reasonably strict discipline of the' men. j "Under the present system in the1 ! penitentiary," said Superintendent i Sanders today, "but little distinction is made between prisoners who have i proved themselves trustworthy ana those whose records are bad. I think j : we ought, as far as possible, to pro virt? crimp rpwards for the better class." Mr. Sanders mentioned two or three privileges which he thought might reasonably be extended the men under his charge, bjit did not wish, them to be made public until they had been eiven the sanction ot the board1 of directors. \AH1 of the plans which Suuerintendent Sanders has matured will be submitted to the board for its approval before being instituted in the prison management. One very interesting feature of the change which the new official will un dertake to bring about relates to the dining room. At present the men re ts/ble Six lible Because of Its Bign beauty?its power and cc .ble roominess. ^ote the width and depth of the seats, he size of the doors, the leg room in x>th tonneau and driving compart nents. Every measurement means * Vioc q nart in :omlort ana servicc auu ~ t naking the Oakland Six one of the randsomest, as well as most sen sible, cars ever built. (33) CU-O^NTA. A 'JO C). 'hone 172 Ask for Demonstration :eive their meals from s; ig!e planks, ivh.ich serve as a table. Other Ion* planks without backs seats the men. riii pans contain the food, which is dumped into them, each man's allow ince being apportioned by the walc jrs. Mr. Sanders intends to make meal cime a more cheerful honor for the lungry men. The bare planks from kvhich the food is served will )lace to oil-cloth covered tables, "'hairs will be substituted for the un comfortable benches, and plain plates, cnives and forks will take the places )f tin pans and spoons. The food will ;e placed on the table for each rnai: ;o help himself. This is the superm endent's plan, but it will be submit ed to the board of directors before )eing put into practice. v The raising of truck will be en couraged on all of the .State farms, su :hat the men in the penitentiary and it the camps may be fed an abundance )f vegetables. A canning outfit will ae used to preserve the truck pr?j iucts, so that the men may have it variety of food during the winter months. Mr. Sanders plans to institute some form of industrial work for the mer: inder his charge. The chair factory VVIUC'n Was opuiiiicu IU1 :}uiiic iuuuvuj ias been discontinued for some time. Phe men are now idle a s;reat part o? the time. Mr. Sanders was not read?* today to make an announcement of what kind of work would he under taken. but. stated that some enter prise would be established in the pris on walls. Mr. Sanders today announced the appointment of five new guards whu will be assigned to duty in the peni tent! They are: Messrs. Newel L of ^.L^eville: Sullivan, of Laurens; Keenan. of Aiken; McWaters. of Ch<^ ter, and Abbott, of Oconee. They take the places of H. X. Boykin, W. S. Ramsey. George Duren, Horace Cairo and I. S. Chappels. NOTICE ABOUT COMMUTATION XAA. The time has been extended for the payment of the Commutation Tax. AH persons liable to road duty will be worked the full six days unlese the tax is paid. I am giving out this notice to let the people know that the law going to be enforced: and if you are called on to work the roads when you are busy in the farm, don't. blame me. J. C. SAMPLE. County Supervisor ' e i to Mek 15. FOR SALE: $30,000 REFUNDING BONDS' A Sealed bids will be received at Ne^ berry, South Carolina, until 12 o'clock noon Tuesday. March 20th, 1SH*7, for the purchase of $30,000 Town of New berry, S. C., 20-year water and light coupon bonds to be in denominatioa to suit the purchaser, the said bonds" being refunding bonds of water an& light bonds for a part of the amount issued in 18SH5, totalling 42,000. Bid? desired on 4 1-2 and 5 per cent bonds* separately, nterest payable semi-an--, nually. Place of payment optional with. Durchaser. AM bids must be ac companied with a $300 certified check payable to the undersigned. Com missioners of Public Works reserve the right to reject any and all bids^ M. L. SPEARMAN, Chairman. , C. E. SUMMER, H. W. DOMLXICK, UOramissioiiers ul .ruiuuc 3-6-3t. SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERALD AND NEWS. less im ? z\