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TATESMAN HOLDS THE HELM i I History an Truiy ^leasnre Greatness of Task aud flat ness of Wilson. Newark, N. J., March 2?\?Secre tary Tumulty in an address at a din rriiran in l-?ia hnnAr tOniEfjt 41 V/i ? tii lil UAU v? ? ? , , spoke of the "infinite patience and skillful hand" with which President Wilson is guiding the destiny of ihe nation. j "I wonder if you can realize how j t truly epochal is this period in which t we are living,'' said Mr. Tumulty. ; f "1 wish I could discuss with you! c some phases of the international sit- ' t uation with which the government at t Washington has had to deal since the j ?V world war began. I wish tliat all or m V vou and all Americans could know as | j K I have been privileged to know with. \ m what infinite patience and skillful' s f hand the silent and heavy laden man! c jr wiio but a few years ago served you! ] ' governor has guided the destiny | a of the republic. "No man can realize what he has j j ?r?/i j^/\4r?cr frvr the> United! .. uvux; cuiu v?.v ? j States of America, for the world, for j civilization, and for humanity. It is I not a great thing to be secretary to j the president, but it is a wonderful "thing to be associated with a presi-i dent like Wood row Wilson. Some! day a great historian will tell the story of what he has endured, of the j nrohlems he has met. of the scrupa-1 Ions care and patience he has taken j *" to preserve the rights of America j ? and to keep free and open the pro-j cesses of liberty. -Children in the j * schools and young men in the col- a leges Tvill read in the textbooks of F unsurpassing justice and high J ideals of a practical statesman who j'J was raised up to direct the destiny of . this nation in its most trying: hour.' 1 <Wie are too close to the world events j , of the last few years to appreciate! them, to estimate justly the wonder- j nil period in which we are living.'' ! Senator James of Kentucky. Sena-! tor Hughes of New Jersey and Rep-; ^ resentative Heflin cf lAlabama were ' among the other speakers. ? Fine Tribute to the Late John L. Epps 1 -Phric+inn Advocate. 15th. ! ? On August 11, 1916, at his home in; y Newberry, S. C., died a man of God, * John X?. Epps. Born near "Whitmire c in this county, January 25, 1848, for j s the sixty-eight years of his life,:a "known to all, he held the respect and ^ ^confidence of the people. For sixteen i 8 yearB at the time of his death, he had : 1 "been treasurer of the county, a con-'*3 scientious and upright official. * His wile, Mary Caroline Glen, went on before him to the better world a 1 \> -number of years ago. Three chil- t! -<iren survive the parents, Miss Euge- c - ' ? T * 7 Prn. j ma, iUISS -IjUV^ CU1U vjrcvifec U. ; u ther Epps also left two brothers, J.! t< Daniel Epps of Whitmire and W. L. i o Epps, treasurer of Spartanburg coun ty. Central church, Newberry, never j s Tiad a more faithful member, nor one J d more devoted to her welfare. Brother' c Epps believed in vital godliness, and j ^ no one came in contact with him! j without realizing his deep and abid-! p ing faith in God. Reared in a Chris- I f: tian home, he made his own home, a j o house of prayer, and his children.; t] while they mourn for him. thank j t; God for the heritage of his true life, i a Brother Epps "walked with God" j a and "God took him." Happy the j b life that can be thus summed up.; p Death to such a one is just going to' ii be "forever with the Lord,"that Is t all. F. E. Dibble. V favorite youngster Bell Telephone. Children who cann I Bell Telephone with e; voices over the wires gi ones that all is well. The Long Distar plays an important part the nation. Without you can visit satisfactor: iriends in distant cities. The service is fin< sonable. Every Bell Telephone is a SOUTHERN BELL TE AND TELEGRAPH < PEOPLE CLAMORING FOR WAR GOV. 31A?ING SAYS jonth CaroMna Governor Doesn't Know What He is Talking About. P. H. McGovran in State. ^Washington, March 20.?Gov. Man ling of South Carolina, a White i rlouse caller today, said that al-! hough he had been opposed to war vith Germany until recently he now- i relieved the time had come for using he full strength of the United States I o protect its rights. He declared! or an immediate summoning of j ongress, tne camiig uui ui mo iuut ia, the summoning of volunteers and he aggressive use of the navy. "The people now are clamoring for rar," said Gov. Manning. "The ex )oaure of the German plot to in volve Mexico and Japan in war igainst the United States and the re cent German submarine activities j lave convinced me that the time fori iction has come. "I am not for half way measures. 1 ? ~ oV>/\tiM r> ;v\n oratO ULMievt! uur i rnv; 3UUUIU vitli the navies of the allies in ester oinating submarines. I think that :ongress should be called together ust as quickly as possible so that ag rressive action can be taken. The >eople of the nation. I think, will tand solidly behind the president in ,ny forward steps he may take." The governor called at the war de >artment and discussed v;oiuniuici a: j hances for securing the army can-h onment'. He told Secretary Baker J rhat Columbia is doing to secure it! i nd of the advantages which that city; 1 assesses. Nothing has yet been de ided regarding the matter, but Gov.; ] lanning is pleased with the outlook. i( le also called to see Secretary Dan- j j els and told him South Carolina! i rould be on hand when wanted and; j tut iui iic/int ivuiQui.. i 1 MISTRIAL IN MI RDEK CASE |1 iewberry Men Involved in Killing in|s Laurens County. \ t i i Laurens, March 18.?A mistrial was' < ate Friday night ordered in the case( i f -the State against John M. Jones the i oung Newberry man who was put on ] rial in the Laurens court Thursday, < harged with the killing of Ben. iVT ? itephens. also of .\ewDerry toumy. i < t Cross Hill, this county, just before j i .'hristmas last year. The case was i i iven to the jury Friday afternoon. | he trial and arguments in the casejj aving occupied" a day and a half of;r he court. t The plea of the young defendant < as self-defense, stepnens naa rnaae 1 hreats against tbe life of Jones, ac* * ording to several witnesses. On the t ay of the killing Jones drove to the I own of Cross Hill, accompanied by ne of his friends. They passed Ste- 1 hens just as they were entering c 3wn. the latter being in a wagon, ihortly after Jones had entered a ? rag store. Stephens c me in and j2 ailed to the former to Know if he j 1 as armed. Hot words followed ana j * ones fired one shot, striking Ste- j * hens in the abdomen. Jones fled | * rom the store, and as he was going! r ut the door Stephens shot at him. 1 bough fatally shot himself. He was aken to a hospital and lingered 1 bout a day. Stephens left a wife and i large family of children. There had t een trouble between the sons ot Ste- ? hens and the young man Jones, and n consequence of this it was said i bat the elder Stephens had sworn hat he would settle the whole trou-. le when he met Jones. [ < lello, Grandma! Ve're All Well, low Are You? It is a joyous Dment for the distant inuparein wiicii sue ars the voice of her the Long Distance tot write can use the ase, and their small ve assurance to loved ice Bell Telephone in the social life of leaving your home ily with relatives or ; the rates are rea Long Distance Station LEPHONE OMPANY GOVERNMENT PLAN'S iOK EVENTUALITIES Navy and War Departments at Work,! Former Especially Heiii# Active in Arranging- for {'oast Patrol Against Submarines?Ti:? Hasten Graduation ox Annapolis {lasses. Was-hington, March If*.?Prepara-! tion i'or agTessive action by the navy against the German suDimnne; menace began today at the direction! of President Wilson. The president authorized tne ex-;, penditure of the $11-5,-CH)0,000 emer-; gency fund provided by congress to speed up naval construction and pay special additional war craft and the suspension of the eight hour taboi . law in plants engaged on navy work. Immediately afterward Secretary Daniels ordered the New York navy! yard to begin building t>u oUDmarme, , chasers of the 110 foot type, io bej( completed in froin 60 to 80 days. i < With the president's approval the' ] secretary also ordered the graduation, j of the first and second classes at the ( naval academy. The first class will ] go out March 29, supplying 172 jun ior officers to fill existing vacancies, ind the second in September, furnish ins 202 more a full year btefore they otherwise would be available. J While the energies of the navy will. 3e concentrated for the present ol? { afforts to get into commission crafi j lesigned particularly to destroy sub- j marines and guard the coast, war: ?hips building generally will be i 3peeded up under the recent agree-j nent with private builders and with j :he funds now made available. The announcements from the de- j partment followed an hour's confer-! mce between Secretary Daniels and ! he president, who walked over irom : :he White House to the state, war and j navy building for the purpose. Engines for the "chasers" to be: :urned out by the New York plant! -sill be bought from private manu 'acturers in time to "have thera in- j stalled promptly upon completion ot i ;he hulls. Bids for 200 or more additional | iraft of the same t} pe "coast patrox j > oe thoi' srp ta ho designated, i vill be opened next Wednesday. Mr j 3aniels lias called upon the entire! small boat industry to submit figures i is to the number that could be turned j Hit at high speed. He plans to j nonopolize the market with govern- j nent orders. A large number of privately owned - notor craft available for navy use j * nay be drawn upon at any time. Re- j ' ""A Knnn ot ^ ;irea navy oioveis uavc uccu c*l nvi>i| Llong the Atlantic coast surveyingf >oats for a month. Contracts have; ? >een made for their purchase and a jT elegraphic order will make theml^ government property overnight. j 1 Volunteer crews for the boats have j s )een enrolled among yachtsmen and' ^ >thers along the coasts. Navy officials estimate that within { y our months a fleet of 2.000 patrols!^ md chasers will be ready for action.! ? t is planned to assemble the volun- a eers within a few days to begin ac n?i operations as a matter of train ng, pending orders from the presi- | lent for complete mobilization of the! iavy. Officials say it is planned to estab- | ish a submarine proof patrol off the! American coast, insuring safe passage: ;o and from American ports for all j hips. SHOWS ixcbease IN COTTOX CHOP' sonth Carolina's Yield for Last Year #29,718 BaJes of Linu Washington, March 20.?The 1916 < ;otton crop of the (United States was' f [1,442,838 equivalent {500 pound \t >ales exclusive of linters, according 11 .o final figures of ginning announced j c :oday by the census bureau. Thatjf jompares with 11,191,820 bales In' i 1915 and 16,134,930 bales in 1914, the1 f rear of record production. Linters: c produced in 1916 were 931,141 equiva-!i ent 500 pound bales and in 1914 were c ?56,900 bales. jt Round bales included in the gin-/ lings for the season numbered 192,- ji )40, compared -with 111,716 for 1915. t md 57,618 in 1914.' | Sea Island bales included numbered ^ 117,544, compared with 91,844 for!2 1915 and 81,654 for 1914. The average gross weight of bale .'or the crop, counting round as halt;* >ales and excluding linters, was 503.S|^ pounds for 1916. compared with 503.6 L 'or 1915 and 507.2 for 1914. i I Ginneries operated for the 1916 crop, f lumbered 21,621 compared with 23,-1$ 162 for 1915. s Winnings oy estates m trqu.ivci.iv;iiL >00 pound bales was: State Bales. Alabama . .. 532,826 Arkansas . ..1,133,568 California ... 43,620 norida . . . 41,445# Georgia ...1,819,874 Louisiana .... 443.115, Mississippi .... 811,296! Missouri .. 62,699 1 vorth Carolina .... 654,259 3klahoma .... 822,679, >outh Carolina ... 929,718 rennessee .. . 382,273 Texas 3,724,731' f Virginia 27,127 j? ^11 other States 13,604 j Sea Island production by States j ^ **as: ' c Florida 36,092 ' \ Georgia 77.966 i South Carolina 3,486 r PBESIDENT WILSON LYYITED t TO AT>T)RF.*S YETERAXS t Washington. March 20.?President' lent Wilson has been invited to ad Iress the Confederate Reunion on the 3rst night of the meeting here in June, according to an announcement :oday by Col. Robert N. Harper, the vhairrnan of the committee in charge >f arrangements for the Reunion, rhe president is expected to accept f international affairs will permit. } THE NEW BARREL SLLHOl'ETTE Fashion Offers Straight Lines as Well as Barrel Effects this Spring. SILKS STRONGLY IN EVIDENCE New York, March 19, 1917. There will be two fashionable sll-1 houettes this spring. The slim silhou ette. with its straight, clinging lines will continue to be first in favor, a:-, it has been all through the winter, Via TirtTT* V?oT?r?kl oVirt li." i T1 L/UL tiiu 1IC YV uai i UI OUI1 c * * aaa ^ { women a chance to indulge in the ] bouffant effect, which will, doubtless, be welcomed by those who have com plained of being tired of the eternal . straight line. j ] True to its name, the new silhou-! 2tte is in the outline of a barrel, bui?- j , ing at the hips and drawn in at the j j waste and ankles. There are many j, ways of accomplishing this puffiness j ( Dver the hips. One is by the clever t iraping of the material at the waist- ^ Uno crtmcirhat aftor tho fashion of "peg-top" skirts that were u-eed J some years ago. Tills type of the [ txarrel skirt is shown in the sketch,! )ress of Ponsree Showing the New Silhonette/ vhich illustrates a dress of figured Kmgee with sleeves and belt of plain foil^eo ill iidiui ai uvivi. a lit: sau i ioitows down to two yards at tht iem; for the narrow skirt, especially n this form, is to come in with the pring, fashion authorities say. Thid 1 ilhouette has also been named tht bowling-pin;" and looking at the rhole sihouette from shoulder to an-, ;les, and, not merely from the waiai j Icyvnward, the name is indeed most j ippropriate. Satins and a Variety of Silks for I Spring Perhaps the most generaily favored >f all fabric this spring will be sat n. It is to-be used for one p.'e<.'b Iresses, ror suits, and for separate :oats. Th!s material will also be in lemand for evening gowns and -aftor- . ioon dresses, and for these its pop ilarity will be shared by charmeust, vhich is very closely related to sai n. i'ne suns ana aresses -n saua? will be decorated with braid'ug anci imbroidery, and much of tbe cmbroid jry will carry out the Oriental coi nings which are distinctly in vogue his season. There is a decidcd predominant*; )f silks for spring. Amoag the silks or suits, poplin, rajah and tussur ire strongly in evidence, and many lovel ideas are noticed in the devei )pments of these materials. On a luit of gold-colored silk jersey, black velvet was used for the collar anG or a band at the lower edge of tht ;oat. Some suits 01 rajan are irnu-i ned with stenciling in attractive col-j >r combinations. The stenciling is lone on the fronts of the coats or >nly on the belts, just enough to fur lish some contrast. This is one o? he very best trimming ideas. In spite of the great vogue for col >rs in all the brightest Hues and in ill manner of combinations, a great leal of black and white is used. ^When :leverly handled, this combination is ilways attractive, and it is again I rery r&sniouuuit! m x~<11 is emu <iv<? , fork. Solid black and white ch^ck ;d materials with rather large checks 1 ire considered smart Tor coats, both or Jhe long separate coats and foi ihorter coats to be worn with white ;erge skirts. (VAK RISK BUREAU BROADENS SCOPE lotnal Munitions Will >Tot Be Cov ered in Government Insuranee DaHpioc I , X v*rvj^o# Washington, March 20.?The gov irnraent war risk insurance bureau, chich heretofore has insured only ion-contraband, it was announced to la y. will "broaden the scope of its >perations" and hereafter insure jractically all forms of contraband or European countries except arms tnd ammunition. The decision to insure contraband vag reacnea at a lureim^ uct>r.^o" Secretary McAdoo and the advisory : yoard of the bureau and -was an- 2 lounced in the following statement: Secretary JVlaAdoo, following a ] neeting with the a-dvisory board of ' v>#? vjt.r risk insurance and the 'direc ors of the bureau, announced that >wing to present conditions and with ? view to more thoroughly facilita ing the commerce of the United Jtaies the burean of war risk insur ince would broaden the scope of its operations and insure more jrenerall? argoes and vessels bound to Euro yean countries. Future policies wilt over practically everything excepi runs, arms and ammunition. Under the law, no insurance ca-a be] issued on vessels or cargo of vessels Dther than American. Heretofore the bureau has declined to issue policies an articles declared contraband by the belligerents, including almost aii American products, with the result that only a small percentage of thy American trans-Atlantic merchant fleet was insured by the government. Even with this restriction, the bureau ha3 issued approximately $200,000, XjO in insurance since its inaugura tion in September, 1&14. Total losses have been small, the amount of the original appropriation of $5,(MX),000 i by congress for the payment of losses ' having been reduc-ed about $6-00,000 , Premiums for policies are not avail-1 able for the payment of losses but j have to be turned into the treasury.! Congress recently appropriated 515,000,000 additional for the pay ment of losses, bringing the total up to approximately $20,000,000 and in iicattons are that at the extra ses sion request will be made for a still lurther appropriation. Shortly after the break with Ger many rates were advanced from 100 :o 900 per cent, by the bureau or up :o 2 per cent, of value of the vessel or :argo, to certain ports in the war :.wuc. Auuuufu mt: xa,ies are appre ciably lower than those charged by Drivate insurance companies there is little indication that they will be ad ran ced. The arming of American ships its mly a part of the programme deem ed essential for the protection and promotion of American commerce on :he seas. The insurance of all car joes except the actual implements of cattle is regarded as another step iii ;he policy of safeguarding American shippers against losses due to unre stricted submarine warfare. wnjr v biiuiuiuu^ i are a frequent sourc children who have cc Damp clothing and wet f< that croupy cough, sore thr< Dr. King's New Discove children when they catcl cold. 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