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i' i iuu; , * '+ V, PRESIDENT WILSON ASKS ( ON(iHESS TO DECLARE STATE OF WAR EXISTS - /pavtivi'kh FROM PAGE 2.) tier account to 110 one would be a corruption seated at its very heart. Only free peoples can hold their pur pose and their honor steady to a common end and prefer the interests of mankind to any narrow interest of their own. Hope for the Future. "Does not every American feel that ytssurance has been added to our hope ffcr the future peace of tne world u\ , x tViinoc i the winderful and nearieiiin..; uuUO that have been happening within the last few weeks in Russia? Russia was) .known by those wno knew it best toi have been always in r'act democratic at heart, in all the vital habits of her thought, in all the intimate relation ships oi her people that spoke their' .natural instinct, their habitual atti- i tude towards life. "The autocracy that crowned the summit oi her political structure long as had stood and terrible was tne re-1 -ality of its power, was not in fact Russian in origin, character, or pur pose; and now it has been shaken off ?- - ?rranar/ins Russian peo-l anu uie great ~ pie have oeen added in all their na-j tive majesty and might to the forces j that are lighting for freeuom in the' ^vorld, for justice and for peace. Here is a fit partner for a league of honor.; "One of the things that have serv-! ed to convince us that the Prussian; ?3 npver be! autocracy Has noi anu our friend is that from the very out-J set of the present -war it has filled) our unsuspecting communities and' even our offices of government with; spies and set criminal intrigues ev-; erywhere afoot against our national'' unity of council, our peace within and; without, our industries and our com merce. "Indeed, it is now evident that it3 spies were here even before the war: began; and it is unnappuy liUl U AJUM , ter of conjecture but a fact proved; in our courts of justice that the in-1 trigues which have more than once1 come perilously near to disturbing the peace and disclocating the industries of the country have been carried on at the instigation, with the support and even under personal direction of official agents of the imperial govern-' ment accredited to the government of the United States. j "Even in checking these things and! trying to extirpate them- we have sought to put the most generous inter pretation possible upon them because we knew that their source lay not in "'"-rwop nf the any hostile ieeimg German people towards us (who were, no doubt, as ignorant of them as we ourselves were), but only in the selfish designs of government that did what it pleased and told its people nothing. But they have play ed their part in serving to convince us at least that that government en tertains no real friendship for us and means no act against our peace and -security at its convenience. That means to stir up enemies against us a.t our very doors the intercepted note to the German minister at Mexico ity is eloquent evidence. Mnst Accept Challenge. "We are accepting this challenge of hostile purpose because we know; that in such a government, following such methods, we can never have a friend; and that in the presence of it; organized power, always lying wait to accomplish we know not what pur-' pose, there can be nO assured securi-| ty for the democratic governments of the world. "We are now about to accept gage of battle with this natural foe toj liberty and shall, if necessary, spendf the whole force of the nation to ! check and nullify its pretensions and i its powers. We are glaa now mat wC see the facts with, no veil of false pre tense about them, to fight thus for the ultimate peace;of the world andj for the liberation of its peoples, the' German peoples included; for the1 rights of nations great and small and, the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way of life and of obed-j ience. The world must be made safe; tor democracy. Its peace must planted upon the trusted foundations, of political liberty. "We have no selfish ends to serve, j We desire no conquest, no dominion^ <We seek no indemnities for ourselves,' ? t^ioi fwnnpnsation for the ilU iliaici iai sacrifices we shall freely make. W-3 are but one of the champions of the' rights of mankind. We shall be satis- j fied when those rights have been as; secure as the faith and the freedom; of the nations can make them. j "Just because we fight without, rancor and without selfish objects.; seeking nothing for ourselves but. what we shall wish to share with all I free peoples, we shall, I feel confi-1 dent, conduct our operations as bel ligerents without passion and our-; selves observe with proud punctilio the principles of right and of fair play we profess to be fighting for. 1 Not Against Austria. "I have said nothing of the gov-1 ernments allied with the imperial government of Germany because they "have not made war upon us or chal-l lenged us to defend our rignis ?uu our honor. The Austro-Hungarian government has indeed avowed its AFTER THE GRIPPE j Vinol Restored Her Strength Canton, Mies.?"I am 75 years old and became very weak and feeble from the effects of La Grippe, but Vinoi has done me a world of good. It has cured my cough, built up my strength so I feel active and well again."?Mrs. Lizzie Baldwin, Canton, Miss. Vinol is a constitutional remedy which aids digestion, enriches the blood and creates strength. Un A/Mirrha or iVl hronohitie. Your money back it it iU. G4ioer & Weeks, Druggists, New t:rrr, S. C. unqualified indorsement and arcepT [ ance of ihe reckless and lawless sur> , marine warfare adopted now \\ithoui; disguise by the imperial German government and it has therefore not been possible for this government u?. receive Count Tan; v.ski, the ambas-i sador recently accredited to this gov-, ernment by the imperial and royalI ? i i T T ? . K... ! government oi ausu"lii-nungai"* , that government has not actually en ! gaged in warfare against citizens nf I the Tnited States on the seas an I take the liberty, for the present ?'. least, of postopning a discussion ofj our relations with the authorities a' j Vienna. We enter this war onlj i where we are clearly forced into it | because there are no other means otj defending our rights. "It will be all the easier for us to J conduct ourselves as belligerents in j a high spirit of right and fairness J because we act with'out animus, not in enmity toward any people or with the desire to bring any injury or dis advantage upon them, but only in armea opposition 10 an irrespousiuie government which has thrown aside all considerations of humanity ana of right and is running amuck. "We are, let me say again, the sin cere friends of the German people, and shall desire nothing so much as the early reestablishment of intimatb relations of mutual advantage be tween us?however hard it may be for them, for the time being, to be lieve fbftt this is spoken from our hearts. "We have borne with their present government through all these bitter months because of that friendship? exercising a patience and forbearance! which would otherwise have been im possible. We shall, happily, still have! an opportunity to prove that friend-} ship in our daily attitude and actions' towards the millions of men and wo men of German birth and native sym pathy who live amongst us and share' our life and we shall be proud to> prove it towards all who are in facti loyal to their neighbors and to the| government in the hour of test. The7| are, most of them, as true and loyal: Americans as if they had never j known any other fealty or allegiance, j They will be prompt to stand with us j in rebuking and restraining the fewj who may be of a different mind and; purpose. Can Meet the Traitors. | "If there should be disloyalty it will be dealt with with a firm hand of stern repression; but if it lifts itsj head at all it will lift it only here and there and without countenance except from a lawless and malignant few. "It is a distressing and oppressive; duty, gentlemen of the congress,! which I have performed in thus ad-i dressing you. There are. it may be,! many months of fiery trial and sacri fice ahead of us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people in to war, mio me most lerriuie anu ui?-j astrous of all wars, civilization itself j seeming to be in the balance. But! the right is more precious than peace! and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts?for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authori ty to have a voice in their own gov ernments. for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal do minion of right by such a concert of fyrrn rv/innlrvo oc t*rir>{* DP3PP fi Tl safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free. To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those we know the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other." FIRST ARXED SHIP TO 3TEET DISASTER New York, April 2.?Tlie American steamship Aztec, first armed Ameri can merchant vessel to sail from a port on this side of the Atlantic, was sunk last night by a German subma rine near Brest, France. The cable message from the Amerl-1 can consul at Brest that brought the news of the ship's sinking to her' owners, the Oriental Navigation com-1 pany, gave no inkling as to tne rate of her crew. An Associated Press dispatch from, Paris said, however, that while some of the men aboard the Aztec were rescued a . number were missing and probably had perished. The Aztec under command of Capt. | Walter O'Brien, was manned by a crew of 39. Seventeen of this num ber, including the captain, were Americans. Whether the Aztec fought a losing battle with her under sea adversary has not been disclosed. Her owners believe, however, that she had no chance to fight because she was sunk at 9:1T> o'clock at night when a heavy sea was running. The vessel was armed with two 5 incft guns, one iorwara ana one an, manned by naval gunners under com mand of a lieutenant officer. In expressing the fear that the gun j ners on the Aztec had no chance to show their skill, it was recalled that the Cunard liner Laconia, sent to the j bottom off the Irish coast on Feb i ruary 2.v, was sunk at night and that no submarine was seen. The Aztec, a slow moving freight-, er of 3.727 tons gross, steamed from New York for Havre March 18 with a j full cargo of foodstuffs and general ! supplies valued ar more than $r>00,000. i She was due at Havre tomorrow and ' probably was less than TOO miles I from that port when torpedoed. This ! fact has given hope to her owners | that all the crew may be saved if 1 they had no opportunity to take to the boats. The Oriental Navigation company also owns the steamer Orleans, one of the first vessels to sail unarmed from an American port after Ger many's declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare. The Orleans suc cessfully ran the blockade of under sea boats. Saves Doctor's Bills Instead of calomel and other violent purga-} lives, which are dangerous as wellaa nauseating, it is better to use a reliable medicine like U\ Under date of i Oct. 27,1<"0. J.W. I Clark, Lafayette,. | Ala., R.F.D. No.4.1; writes: "I have" been using Granger \ Liver Regulator in j my family for years , and find it to be a fine family remedy which has saved numerous doctor's bill3.1 always keep it in my house and would not be with- j out it." "j Sold by drag gists, 25c* box. Refuse all substi tutes. Granger Medicine Co^ Chattanooga, Tana RESOLUTION INTRODUCED DECLAJR15G STATE OF WAR Washington. April 2.?Immediately after the president left the capltoi, the senate and house reconvened ana an identic joint resolution was intro duced in both houses declaring the existence of a state of war and di recting the president to employ all the resources of the country to carry on war against the Imperial German Government and bring the conflict to a successful conclusion. Because of the opposition to the measure of Senator Stone, chairman of the foreign relations committee, the resolution was introduced in the senate by Senator Martin, of Virgin ia, the Democratic floor leader. Rep resentative Flood, chairman of the frkroio-n affairs committee, introduced! it in the house. The resolution was refered to the foreign affairs committees by both houses and adjournment until tomor row soon afterward. Both commit tees meet tomorrow morning. The resolution follows: "Joint resolution declaring that a state of war exists between the Im I>erial German Government and the government of the United States and maKillg piuuaivu tu pi same; "Whereas, the recent acts of the Imperial Government are acts of war against the government and people of the United States; "Resolved, by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assem bled, That the state of war between the United States and the Imperial German Government which has thus been enthrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared; and, "That the president be and he is hereby authorized and directed to take immediate steps not only to put the country in a thorough state of defense, but also to exert all of its power and employ all of its resourceb to carry on war against the Imperial German Government, rjnd to bring the conflict to a successful termina tion." CORN-BREAD. A Wholesome Food That Should Be Used More Extensively. Justly dismissing as "a legisiauvu impossibility"' the embargo on wheat asked by bakers and millers, Repre sentative Rainey of Illinois urges a bill permitting the use of cornmeai with flour for a bread-making mix ture in interstate commerce. Twenty per cent, of corn, as pro posed, does make an excellent flour. But American families need no legis lation to use much more of this na live IOOU. r 1 UjJCl iy ua^u, , wholesome and heartening in a va? ' riety of forms. Ignorant cooks spoil it by too much shortening or make it needlessly expensive by the addition of eggs. A New Yorker mat sings i Dixie or pretends to childhood j raemor.e? of corn pone of more Spar tan structure, fit to rank with the scones of old Scotland as a maker of men. It is odd that a food so rich in calories is more eaten in our South than in the North. It is much the same in Europe. During the famine! of 1847 the people of Ireland did notj know how to use corn sent to them, i "Cornbread" Murphy, patriotic evan gel of a noble food, had little en couragement in -Germany, though now they would welcome his goods. In Southern Italy and Sicily, where they call it "Turkish grain," corn is more used. PEANUTS CAUSE DEATH E. B. Welborn Succumbs to Acute In digestion at Wflliamston. The State. Greenville. April 2.?E. B. Welborn, a large land owner and who also en gaged in lumber manufacturing, died at his home in 'Williamston of acute indigestion, which was brought on by eatinz Deanuts, it is believed by phy sicians. i RUB OUT PAIN* with good oil liniment. That's the surest way to stop them. The best rubbing liniment is a i ib b mm w* LllvlmtK I Good for the A ilmenis of Ti Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc. f l Qood for yon, cam A ches, | Fains, Rheumatism, Sprains, j; , HOI Si; ORUIMZKD BY THE DEMOCRATS Washington. April 2.?The Demo crats. with the aid of the five Inde lendents. organized the house when he new congress assembled today, e-eleeting Speaker Champ Clark, of VT??snnri. unrl sweenine into office a :th him all the other Democrat'c caucus nominees. Mr. Clark received 217 votes against >or> for Representative Mann, Repub lican, who lost the support of five of lis party colleagues. All the Democrats present voted for Mr. Clark a,->d were joined by Rep rcscn;::t:ves LSchall. Progressive, Min nesota; Martin. Progressive-Protec :ionist, Ix>uisiana; London, Socialist, v"ew York, and Randa1. T>roh'hition ist, California. The five Republicans tvho did not support Mr. Mann were Gardner. Massachusetts, who voted lor Representative Lenroot, of Wis consin; Gray, of New Jersey, and Dallinger, Massachusetts, who voted !or Representative <iliieue, 01 .via.s> jachusetts, and Haskel of New York, ind James, Michigan, who v<#ed present.'' Representative Fuller, ndependent, Massachusetts, voted for Representative Lenroot. Republicans Surprised. To the surprise of the Republicans, Representative Schall placed Mr. Hark in nomination. For a time it ras thought that he had done so by nadvertence, but later it developed hat he acted through prearrange-) aent with Democratic leaders. He i .sked permission to address the I :Ouse after the first roll-call, and; hen declaring the international sit- j ation demanded united support of j Resident Wilson, aroused tremen ous cheering by announcing that, al hough with his sightless eyes he ould be of no use on the battlefield, j e could at least supoprt the presi-j ent by casting a voie for Champ j Hark. j Selection of the minor officers of j ? J~i-v,., tVio Runny,. I Q6 nouse was utnaj cu uj ^? , icans, who, hoping to obtain one or j wo places, demanded separate roll- i alls on each office. Democrats were lected to all of the contested offi es, however, and the house then pro eeded to adopt its rules and organ ze committees. SE STOMACH PFKP TO CATCH BOOZE ARTISTS laeou Sleuths \ow Equipped Thor. | oughly fca Enforce Bone Dry Law. Macon, Ga., Mar. 31.?A stomach! iurap has been added to the equip ment of the detective department of he city of Macon with a view to aid ng in the detection of violators ot he "bone-dry" prohibition law. When City Detective Ed Newberry earned early this morning that the ,ew law was already in effect he se ured authority from the chief of po-1 ice to purchase a stomach pump ana! ;ot City Physician C. C. Gibson to I nstruct him in its use. He proposes! ~ orvniv tvio ?tnmaf:h numo on every lerson arrested and whose breath has .ny evidence of the odor of whis key. "I have had any number of people isk me this morning to interpret the >one-dry prohibition law," said De tective Newberry this morning. "I lave told them that my construction >f the law is that if they even smell >f whiskey they , are violators, and in )rder to make sure that mv olfactory )rgan does not deceive me m LUC )dors, I have purchased a stomach Dump and added it my equipments. [ propose to handcuff those wrom I :hir.k have been drinking and after ;hai: has been done I will apply the >tomach pump. If I And as much as i drop of whiskey I will hold them for violating the prohibition law." SAW AN AIRSHIP. Sreenwood People Saw Strange Sight in the Air. greenwood Journal. An aeroplane ^n.n ia.n ugmd um iantly burning passed over Green wood early last night, according to VTr. T. B. Hughes, who saw the air craft fly over Utopia school. "At irst I thought it was a large shooi ng star." said Mr. Hughes, "but up >n looking a second time I noticed Plainly the outlines of the machine, r* >nv6 hppn 1.000 feet above ground and was flying in a westerly lirection. T should think that it >assed over the orphanage/' Mr. Hughes states that a number )f other people saw the strange night Dird, and everyone is confident that t was an airship. There are various conjectures, of course, as to what this weapon of i,a rir^nqr "nsine" around :he peaceable city of Greenwood. Some are of the opinion that the nachine carried bombs to be dropped )n Long Cane bridge between Green ivood asd Abbeville, but the consen sus of opinion is that the pilot of tie nachine was carrying orders from Berlin to the captain of the Kron prinz Wilhelm who is now interned it Fort McPherson in Atlanta. It svill be recalled that the German cap hid Atlanta guard that he lad "no pledges to make, but would :ake his orders from home." 'Whatever the reason for the ap pearance of the strange visitor, there ?an be no doubt that its visitation Is m omen of war and that as a result recruiting in Capt. Tillman's coast irtillery company will be more than :wo men can handle between now ind Monday. Gulls feast on Salmon and their iSgs. A fire in an Ohio grain elevator nurned for more than a year. A danger signal has been devised to ivarn of overhead perils. FEAR FOR ONLY $1.50. THR HERALD AND NEWS ON? fLUTHERANS IULLY ti TO SCHOOLS- AID si j ti Canse of Education to I*e Featured w at Celebration of the Kefor- " niation. H The State. (. ommitteemen, planning the eele bration of the quadricentennial 01 a the Reformation, to be held in Co- 11 It nibia April 18 and 19 for Lutheran a congregations in South Carolina, met yesterday and addressed letters and ^ programmes to all churches of the n denomination throughout the State. ^ u. a. oneaiy, cnairman 01 uie enter tainment committee, is advising pros-; . | pective attendants that entertainment ' for the night of April 19 will be pro- E | vided, coningent upon the reporting of names not later than April H. j ine meetings are to be field at tfte .Jefferson hotel. | ] Gov. Manning will make the open-1 & ing address. The first session will be .ii o iL* ? -.r A t t T ai o u (jiuck un nit; cuiemLxju in April . ! 18. Speakers include the Rev. L. B. | r; 'ttVolf, D. D., Baltimore; the Rev. R,' tj | S. Patterson, D. D., Charlotte; the S j Rev. C. L. Brown, D. D., Salem, Va.; | I the Rev. A. D. R. Hancher, Staunton, i ti \ Va.; the Rev. George J. Gongaware,; n j D. D., Charleston. George E. Cromer ! d i of Newberry will preside. j * ! A special feature of the assemoly | f I Tl'ill Ko fTlO tcjllrc frr?rr> tVwi fcan>?v I H of the four Lutheran educational in situations, supported in part by the denomination in this State. A move ment is now on to enlarge the en dowments of the different institutions as one of the tangible results of the Reformation anniversary. Those who will speak for the schools are: Presi dent Harms, Newberry college; the Rev. J. L. Cromer, Lenoir college, President Monroe, Summerland col lege, and the Rev. J. C. Seegers, D. D., Lutheran Theological seminary. AX ANGRY EDITOR. InceBsed by a Notice to Cut a Name From His List* We received a notice from the Post master at Rogers to discontinue The Pod to a Wealthy citizen. We have given this man and his family a number of nice notices in the columns t>i mis paper, <auu sume vi | them were so well "written that they j , appeared not only in the dailies of i ? this State but were even copied by | b the New York dailies. A son won! "V* high honors at college; we wrote him ; rl up in our best style; another mem- i sc ber of the family married; we pub- j st lished a column write-up of the wed- : ni ding; two of the family had been in the hospital; each got a consoling1 notice from The Pod. If they had f undertaken to buy all this with mon ey they would have failed. It cost3 I money to put the notices in type and j money to buy the paper to print K them on. For this expenditure of money we P receive a discourteous notice, on his I part, from the postmaster to diseon- I 521. PAPAS PER THE HERALD AND NEWS TBI-WEEKLY CONSTITUI THRICE-A-WEEK N. Y. W< THE PROGRESSIVE FAR] ?tittt tt ? t A "d A TUT A TT"W | W liJCi f\ 111 illiADAiUA iXiu. 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