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\ i*ME L1V? MMHEJK 32. SEWBEKBY, S. O, FEIDAY, APEIL 27, 1917. TinCS 1 WEES, $Uf A IIAE. YOEtWE L ALLIES TRUST AMERICA BEYOND NEED OF TREATY hington, April 25.?Complete (anding of America's attitude ^r?unreserved cooperation In of democracy against tn? military menace without en litical alliances?was e.\-j Foreign Minister Balfour,! British war commission, j Dent today to newspaper1 ?nts. | [la,'' said Mr. Balfour, "that 'some doubting critics who Ihink that the object of tne of Great Britain and France J'eigle the United States out ot Litional policy and to entangle formal alliance, secret or puu ?uth European powers. I can not ^agine any rumor Ts ith. less founda tion, nor can I imagine any policy so utterly unnecessary Our confidence in the assistance which we are going to get from this community is not based upon such considerations as those which arise out of formal treaties." The foreign minister's statement was officially said to have been maae! aS 3, result OL Ilia wuici the past few days with President Wil son and Secretary Lansing. It was generally regarded as disposing final- j -? ...?rrno^Anc in snme Quarters! IV Oi SU56COUUUJ that the United States might be asked* to sign a treaty not to make a separ-j ate peace. J This was an eventful day for the British commissioners, marked by a hearty welcome to France's illustrious war commission and the delivery to Ambassador Spring-Rice of America's first loan to the allies, $200,000,000. ! Mr. Balfour lunched today with the Italian ambassador, spent part of the afternoon at the treasury depart-; * ?McAaoo and wa? mtm wiui www j entertained at dinner at the Britisn embassy where a reception attended by the diplomatic corps and high American officials 'followed. / The foreign minister received the newspaper men during the day at the residence where he is entertained as the guest of the nation. j When the newspaper correspond-: ents had been presented Mr. Balfour said: Oat ward and Yisible Signs. '"Gentlemen: I am very mucli obliged to you for coming here today and giving me the opportunity of ex pressing to you personally, and through you to the great' American! public, how very deeply we, who be-,' long to this missipn sent from Britain, value the kindness, the enthusiasm,1 the warmth of welcome, which we "have received in this capital cuy vl the United States. All our hearti are gratified and touched personally. We are even more deeply touchy ?y, it as being the outward and visible manifestation of sympathetic emo tion in carrying out and responding a ereat call, which is the real security for our success. "No man who has had the oppor tunity which I have enjoyed in the -last few years of seeing, hearing and talking to leading members or your State can for one moment doubt the full determination of the American people to throw themselves into the greatest conflict which has ever been waged in this world. i | "T Hn not. suDDose that it is possible for you?I am sure it would not be possible for me were I in your shoes ?to realize in detail, in concrete de tail, all that that war means to those who have been engaged in. it for now! two years and a half. That is a feel-' ing which comes and can only come by actual experience, we uu other side of the Atlantic have been living in an atmosphere of war since August, 1914. and you can not move about the streets, you can not go about your daily business, even if your affairs be dissociated with the war itself, without having evidences vmir notice Of tne war uivu^ui, w every moment Back to Daftness. "I arrived here on ?5unday after noon and went out in the evening af """ ter dark, and I was -struck by a some-1 what unusual feeling which at the( first moment I did not analyze, and, '"Suddenly it came upon me that this wa$ the first time for two years and1 a half or more in wnicn 1 na<i seea a properly lighted street. There is not a street in London, there is not a stilet in any city of the United King dom. in which after dark the whole community is not wrapped in a gloom exceeding that which -must have ex isted before the invention of gas or; electric lighting. "But that is a small matter and I. only mention it because it happened to strike me as one of my earliest experiences in this city. ' Of course, the more tragic side of war is never and can not ever be ab sent from our minds. I saw with re - -ii-i. noTSDanftr that the son of Mr. Bonar Law, ourj chancellor of the ex-chequer, wa3 wounded and missing In some of the operations now going on in Palestine; i and I instinctively cast my mnid back to the losses of this war in all circles; but as an illustration it seems to me impressive. I went over the melan-| cholly list, and, if my memory serves me right, out of the small number of cabinet ministers, men of cabinet *rank, who were serving the state when the war broke out in August, 1914, one has been killed in action,' EXBARGQ URGEJ) OX FOOD EXPORTS Washington. April 23.?State coop eration in the government's war time food control program will be encour aged it was announced today, by the appointment of a federal expert In! each State to assist State boards in> putting into qperation food produc-i tion and conservation measures, j These men will be put at the dispoa-: al of governors as special represent* j tives of the department of agricul-: ture. ' | Consideration of food problems was continued today before committees of both houses of congress. Secretary Redfield and others appeared before house commerce committee and urg ed the passage of a bill empowering the president to control exports. The senate agricultural committee board supporters of Secretary Houston's plan to supervise ioou proaucuuu axiu distribution. Secretary Redfield advocated the embargo measure as a means of a3r suring the United States a proper food supply and also for the allies. The bill is intended primarily, he said, to give the president power to direct exports rather than to restrict them. Secretary Houston explained today his stand for giving t' "? government the right to fix prices. "A minimum price to producers," he said, "would stimulate production of certain staples by asuring farmers that these products would not be dis posed of below a certain level, which would give them a reasonable return and would not cause them to suffer loss in any event. This would he done under proper regulation. The short age of impbrtant crops in this coun try, the greatly depleted resources, abroad and the waste and destruction in Europe should cause a continu ance of renumerative prices, but aft additional assurance to farmers the power indicated ought to be vested in the government.'' * four at- least have lost son?, and new Mr. Bonar Law *8 son is wounded ana missing?not, I hope, lost to us, but still in a position *from which he may not return to his friends. "That is the sort of things that have happened in quite a small ana narrowly restricted class of men, but it is characteristic of what is happen ing throughout the whole communi ty. ' * . . i Even Worse in France. "The condition of France in that respect is -eviaenuy evcu wuic xun w sorrow and tragedy than our own, be cause we had not a great army, we had but a small army when war broke out, wliereas the French army was of the great continental type, was on a war footing and was, from the very inception- of military operations, en gaged in sanguinary conflict with the common enemy. "We have today coming amongst us a mission from France. I doubt not ?indeed I am fully convinced?that they will receive a welcome not less warm, not less heartfelt than that which you have so generously ana encouragingly extended to us. That was. and certainly will be increased by the reflection that one member of the ? - -~~ o 1 T/-\ffrp wTif) Will 2TO IlUb&XUIl is ?uai iiuui it**? w _ down through all time as the genral in command of the allied forces, the successful general of the allied forces, at one of the mr?st critical moments in the world's history. "I remember when I was here there was a dook wuicu was out in the Schools called 'The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World.' I do not know whether they all quite de serve that title, but there can be no doubt or question whatever thai among the decisive battles of the world the ^battle of the Marne was most decisive. It was a turning point in the history of mankind and I i;e 'horn r?f thnt PtVPnt is juice mac tiic uv> v v*. v?. today coming among us and will join us, the British nation,-in'laying be fore the people of the United States our gratitude for the sympathy whicli they have shown and are showing and our warm confidence in the value of the assistance which they are af fording the allied cause. "Gentlemen, I do not believe that the magnitude of that assistance can by any possibility be exaggerated. \ am told that there are some doubting critics who seem to think that the ob ject of the mission of France and Great Britain to this conntrv js to' inveigle the United States out of its traditional policy and to entangle it in formal alliances, secret or public, with European powers. I can not imagine any rumor with less founda tion, nor can I imagine a policy so utterly unnecessary. . j Confidence Without Treaty. "Our confidence in thi3 assistance which we are going to get from this community is not based upon such considerations as .those which arise out of formal treaties. No treaty could Increase the undoubted confi dence with which we look to the United States, who, having come into the war, are going to see the war through. If there is any certainty In human affairs, that is certain. I "Two years and a half have gone since the war began, and the great public on this side of the At^nti^ Ms been watching, with deepening inter set, the blood stained dr^ma ^ on across the ocean and I am w.ili convinced t?at. .as. each-month , haa CA1YIN CROZIER CHAPTER i WILL &EJLL TICKETS ! The guarantors for the Redpatn Chautauqua have made arrangements with the Calvin Crozier chapter u> have charge of the selling of tickets for the big event, and they have gone to work by appointing committees and offer the tickets for sale. Several I inquiries liave been made about tick ets. We are publishing the commit | tees so that you may have no trouble : in securing your ticket. I At the meeting of the guarantors the following committee was appoint ed to have in charge the selling or 1 the tickets and that committee has made arrangements with the Calvin Crozier chapter to sell the tickets: E. H. Aull, Z. F. Wright, S. J. Derrick. The following committee was ap pointed to arrange for the publicity in the way of advertising the Chau tauqua in the county and otherwise, : and no doubt will soon arrange for a booster trip throughout the county: J. B. Hunter, J. H. Harms, G. 'VT. Sum? mer, J. H. Wicker, M. L. Spearman. The following are the committees from the Calvin Crozier chapter for the sale of tickets in the city. Ward 1.?Mrs. U. J. Burns, chair man; Mrs. L. G. Eskridge, Mrs. Claude Dominick, Miss Rosalyn Hipp, Mrs. Elmer Summer, Mrs. Boyd Ja cobs, Miss Elizabeth Dominick. Ward 2?Miss Ruby Goggans, chairman; Mrs. Lonnie Dickert, Miss Eva Goggans, Mrs. Chas. Ruff, Miss Mary Wright, Miss Mary Frances Pooi. Ward 3?Miss Florence Bowman, chairman; Miss Kittie Smith. Mrs. Jack Goggans, Mrs. T. P. Johnson, Mrs. Norman Toole, Mrs. Hugh Sum oilier, .^virs. w. ouieutft.. sYard 4 and 5?Miss Ethel Bowers, chairman; Mrs. Robert McC. Holmes. Mrs. Paul Anderson, Mrs. Homer W. Schumpert. Mrs. Jesse Burns. In addition to these commiitees to sell tickets the tickets may he secur ed. from any one of the drug stores. Mrs. Herman Wright has charge of the sale of tickets in the towns of the county and in the country, but any ot the people who reside out of the town may buy tickets from any of the ladies above named or at the drug stores. It does not matter to the members of the chapter from whom you buy just so you buy. Mrs. Wright will arrange to make some trips to ; the towns of the county and to the 1 country districts, and will ap7>omt several committees for the purpose. The Chautauqua will be here the week of May 8 to 15. Those who have seen the program for this year say that it is much better than the one last year, and that was a fine one. MONTHLY MEETING DRAYTON RUTHERFORD CHAPTER 'JL'ne mommy meeung 01 me uray ton Rutherford chapter will be held with Mrs. T. W. Keitt oil Tuesday afternoon, May 1st, at four o'clock. Mrs.' C. J. Purcell, chairman of the transportation committee, asks that all members who can go will send her their names, and that the mem bers meet at her home at 3:15. All cars Will start from there. Those who attended the Davis birthday celebration at this attrac tive country home still recount trie delightful occasion. Mr. and Mrs. 1 Keitt agaiL ask that a delegation of Veterans and all Sons of Veterans be their guests on Tuesday. All officers and chairmen are ask ed to be ready with complete concise reports, so that the necessary busi ness may be transacted as expedi tiously as possible, leaving plenty of time for the program and social hour. | Mrs. F. R. Hunter, Secretary. passed, so has the conviction grown among you that after all It is no small or petty interest mat is mvonrea in this war, it is no struggle for so, many square' miles of territory, for j some acquisition,, some satisfaction of' small national ambition. It wa&j nothing short of the full conscious- ; ness that the liberties of mankind are really involved in the issue of this; struggle that wa3 animating the al-j lied countries 'Wltn SUCU a WUOt! tiic nmct iuiu public has always been in full sym-' pathy and now, after watching it through all these months, you have found yourselves impelled to join in . the great conflict, I feel perfectly certain that you will throw into it all your unequaled resources, all your powers of invention, of production, all your men power, all the resources j of that country which has greater re ' sources than any other country in the world, and already having come to that decision, nothing will turn you from it but success crowning our joint efforts. "This expresses the sentiments with which I have been animated ever since I came to this city?my senti ment of gratitu'a, my sentiment of hope. I do not know that I have anything of value to add. "Altow me to thank you most heartily again for having some here for this brief interview, and to ex press my gratitude for what you have rV>ne, and my firm confidence that all ci you will, wielding the great power you do, exercise it in the convincing ciU6e,oI,jystice, truth and peace," FIKST AMERICAN GUN BAGS GERMAN U-BOAT London, April 25.?Capt. Rice of the American steamship Mongolia, which has arirved at a British port, told the Associated Press today tnat the Mongolia had fired the first gun of the war for the United States ana sunk a German submarine. The periscope was sighted dead ahead on the last afternoon of tiie voyage. The captain gave the order for full speed ahead with the inten tion of ramming the submarine. The periscope dispppeared and a few minutes later reappeared on tne ship's broadside. The gunners fired, hitting "the periscope squarely and throwing up a mountain of water. Even more pertinent a fact, as re gards the ultimate fate of the sub marine, was that the shell disap peared immediately after the hit was made. The captain stated that a shell always riccchets in the water and-can be seen again unless it finds the mark. Oil also was seen on the water after the submarine disap peared. The Mongolia was going at full speed and was a long distance away when the spray and foam subsided, but from the bridge the officers ob served the spot through their glasses and they are confident the subma rine was sunk. Capt. Rice outlined the Incident with modesty but could not quite con ceal the pride he felt in the achieve ment of his ship. He paid a Tiign tribute to the gunners and especially to the manner in which they wertr handled by the officer who directed the firing of the telling shot. "For five days and nights," said Capt. Rice, "I hadn't had my clothes off and we kept a "big force of Iook outs on duty all the time. It was 5:20 o'clock in the afternoon of tne 19th that we sighted the submarine. Thp nffirer commanding the gunners was with me on the bridge where in fact we had been the most *\f the time throughout the voyage. There was a haze on the sea at ttie time. We ha?l just taken a sounding for we were getting near shallow water and we were looking at the lead when the fir?t mate cried: " There's a submarine off the port bow!' "The submarine was close to us, too close in fact for her purposes ana site was suDmerginK it&am 111 \Jl U^A bv manoeuvre into a better position for torpedoing us when we sighted her. We saw the periscope go down and the swirl of the water. I quickly or dered a man at the heel to put it to starboard, and we swung the nose of the ship toward the spot where tha submarine had been seen. "We were going full speed ahead and two minutes after we first sight ed the U-boat, it emerged again about 1.000 yards off. Its intention prob ably had been to catch us broadside on. but when it appeared, we had the stern gun trained full on it. "The lieutenant gave the command and the big gun boomed. 'We saw the periscope shattered" and the shell and the submarine disappeared. "I can't speak too higlj of the cool manner in which the lieutenant 'handled his crew of gunners. It was a fine exhibition of the efficiency ot American naval men. The lieutenant knew before the shell struct tne sud marine that its aim was accurate. There was no guesswork about it, but a case of pure mathemetics. Taking the speed at which the Mongolia was traveling at the time and the speed which the submarine undoubtedly would make and computing these fig ures with the distances we were from the submarine when it was first sight ed and when it appeared the second time, it can be shown that the lieut tenant had his gun sighted to the inch. -And it must be rememmcu that the whole affair took only two minutes. 141 assure you we did not stop to reconnoiter after the incident but steamed away at fall speed, for It was not improbable that there was another submarine about The one 1 got undoubtedly had been lying on the crjot waiting for the UUll/UUi Ckb ?r ship and came up when it heard our propellers. I immediately sent a wireless message stating that a sub marine had been seen. ! That's about all the story, except- j ing this: The gunners had named the gun3 on board the Mongolia and one,1 which got the submarine was . called Theodore Roosevelt; so Teddy fired j the -first gun of the war after all." | Oapt. Rice recalled that he came' from Alliston, Mass., and . that the encounter with the submarine oo curred on the date wben tne dhj i State was celebrating the annlrersay of the battle of Lexington. A BIG 8HIP. Mongolia One of Largest Uader American Fla*. New York, April 25.?The Ameri can steamer Mongolia, a vessel of io coo trtna nwtifHi bv the interna-j tional Mercantile Marine company, left an American port for England on April 7 on "her senond trip since Ger many's submarine declaration of Feb-, ruary 1. The mongolia carried a crew of United; StatM naTy . ganners-in-charge - PREPAREDNESS CAMPAIGN VERY WELL RECEIVED The civic preparedness compajign j gotten up for this county foe Wednea-' day nignt was well received by tne | farmers of the county and at most; of the meetings the attendance was ! ; good and trie interest mamresi. me i people must be interested when you1 ' stop to think that they will attend these meetings aiter working in the ! field up until dark and then go home j and get ready to come. From all that we have had report! ! comes the intelligence that the at- j ' tendance was good and the people' interested. We hooked up 111 and, drove down to St. Phillips. Our I ; neighbor, J. R. Davidson, went witn ' us and we had a good meeting and j o trarw nioacarit t-rin The farmers! 6f this community as a rule already have adopted the plan of growing what they need on the farm and so far as their immediate needs go they are already prepared. This is true of a good many sec-i tions of Newberry county. These meetings will do good because theyi will get the people to thinking and to realize the seriousness of the pro position which we are up against. We understand that the meetings at Zioii and Utopia were postpones j until Saturday so that they might be j held in connection*with the closing1 of the schools in tnese comjiunitle*. j That is well because the farmr-s will be at the closing exercises and will not cause them to loose too much time and the chances are that the at* tendance will be better. i District Conference A. M. E* Church The Newberry District conference of the African Methodist Episcopal. cnurcn, coiureu, wmcuca m ?. . ant Grove A. M. E. church, near the County Home, Thursday at 9:30 ?. m. April 26-29. The Newberry district has more than three thousand members and about twenty appointments. Rev. J.. E. Thomas, presiding elder. Prominent among the distinguish ed visitors who are expected to be present: Rt. Rev. Wm. D. Chappelle, presiding bishop of South Carolina, i *"* "r"rT rvT-oaifi Ck-nt nf AllftQ i-tev. tx. VY. yi voiuvuv ~ university, and Prof. Green Jackson of Columbia. The public is cordially .jvited, special seats arranged for the whites. Death of TP. H. Evans. Wiley Herbert Evans, 13 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Evans, died of bilious malaria at their home in tne Oakland mill village, on Wednesday morning after an illness of only two days, and was buried at Enoree Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock, ser t Kr thp, T?ev. Mr. Baxley. I ^ . W. F. Ewart. commander Jno. M. Kinard Camp, S. C. V.. has collected $30.SO and A. L. Boozer, Adjt., $5.00; total $35.80 for the C. V. dinner fund, which has been deposited in Com mercial Bank for the ladies who have charge of the dinner. Anyone wno wishes to give *o this fund can give same to Mr. Ewart, who will turn :t in to the bank for the ladies. t Standing by Wilson. The State. Washington, April 24.?Senator Smith of South Carolina today placed in The Congressional Record a peti tion signed by John M. Kinard, S. J. Derrick, John H. Wicker, Mrs. W. H. Hunt and Mrs. F. Z. Wilson of New berry, as a committee selected at a mass meeting of citizens held there \ a day or two ago in which it was the I - mfloHn<r fhat. congress' { sense 01 mc wmiug ??? w ; and President Wilson be informed t that the eople of Newberry heartily approved of the stand ^hich has been taken to uphold the dignity, honor and rights of the United States. Special Service at King" Oreek. ' Dr. J. S. Moffatt, president of Br-' skine college, will preach at Kings Creek Friday evening, Saturday i morning and evening and Sabbath ' mornine and evening. The morning! services will be at 11 o'clock and tne evening services at S o'clock. All are cordially invited to attend these services. of a lieutenant. She is one of the largest vessels under tne American ( flag. The Mongolia carried a crew cjf N. J., ^n 1904 for the Pacific Mail Steamship company and for a num-i ber of years was engaged in the Cili-! fomia-Oriental trade. She was pur J chased by the International Mercan-; - tile Marine In 1915. Tne Korea amj the Siberia were resold to a Japanese': line and the Mongolia and Manchu-j' ria, brought; to the Atlantic, entered, ' the service of the Atlantic Transport i line, a subsidiary of the. International ' Mercantile Marine, and have been ?' carrying freight only. AnHi 19. the dav on whi<<h the Moi? i k-- - 'i golia fired the first shot of the war, t i is the anniversary of the battle of Lexington, when the first shot was fired in the American Revolution. Makes ne Statement. Washington, April 25?The policy ] of the government is to make no an- ] nouncement or comment upon the ; destruction of a German submarine ] by the steamer Mongolia, at .this t time. I YOUNG MIX TO ORGANIZE CHA3?BER COXXERC* The meeting called by the Busi ness League for Tuesday afternooa was fairly well attended, but not as well as it should have been. Chair man Spearman stated that the Biisl n?? not held a meeting in a long time but that it still had some thirty dollars in the treasury and he hoped that something would be done to organize some sort of busi~ ness organization. 3Ir. T. M. Mills the county dem onstration agent who was present bf invitation stated that in his work some sort of business organization m the town would be of great assist ance to him in the matter o? cooper ation, and especially at this tint* would he like' to see an organization. What was needed just at this tinte while we were all urging the faun ??J ~?a^. $ r\r\A c<?iffc Wifl 1-T5 lO piclUL auu 5IUW JLirvru 01,uu? tfce mat'^r of a market Short talks along the same line v^ere made by Dr. Harms, J. B. Hun ter, E. H. Aull, Z. F. Wright and oth ers. Mr. Wri^frt said he tlioug.it that It would be a good idea to get the young men of the town to hold of the organization, to which w3 all agrpei not admitting of course that any or those present were old men. It was decided to ask the younff men to call a meeting 01 ne?t Tues day afternoon at 6 o'clock and organ ize and that all of us would pull, together with them. J. B. Hunter, C. C. Schumpert, Floyd Bradley wem appointed to notify the young men of the action taken and to call the meet ing and get the boys out next Tnea-? day. We hope to see enough enthu siasm aroused by that time to get the court house full and a real live organization put to work. programme of y. p. c. 0. DISTRICT CONFERENCE Prosperity A. R. P.* Church, Pros pcrity, S. C. Friday Afternoon, 4 O'cioek, *?y 4? ait niriffa Through Oirri^t. JKIUllU . All' ^ -pnr Watchfword; Faithfulness. Devotional Service: The Tree Spir it of Service, Rev. J. M. White. Organization. Psalm. Prayer. Welcome Address: Dr. Y. M. Browa* Response: Mrs. E. H. Moore. The Y. P. C. U. as a Chorch Build er: Dr. C. B. Draffin. Psalm. Building the Social Life of a Church, Miss Mary Brown. Strengthening the Spiritual Life of the Church, Miss Marie McGarity. \n Oil a^'-i<r intellect Developnjpr*. Mr. E. B. McGill. Psaim. Prayer. Intermission. Evening Service, 7 Sr Prayer. Report from Unions. Question Box. The Y. P. C. U. as a Home Mis sionary Agency, Dr. J. S. Moffati. Psalm. The Y. P. C. U. and World Bvan* gelization, Mr. J. C. Kinard. What Use Should be Made of Our Standard of Excellency, Mr. Claud Sloan. Psalm. Lard's Prayer in Concert. Benediction. GOVERNOR WARNS AGAINST VAGRANTS Issues Address to Municipal Authori ties Urging the Necessity of Enforc ing Vagrancy Laws. Loafers Cause Discontent. Columbia, April 18.?Through the press of The State Governor Manning today issued an address to the coun ty and municipal authorities througn ? * > out the State urging upon mem advisability of enforcing the vagrancy laws. In the case of vagrants hanging around a town," said Governor Man ning, "there is not only a larg* amount of waste going on througn the kitchens of the towns, but there is a large waste of labor. I believe that through the strict enforcemni ? 1/* wo fl'Vi of trie vagrancy iawo, ' Tf V %J J . - -0 ? State could be relieved of the undo- ? airable presence of a few trifling people, there will be a tendency to wards increasing the labor on farms. I feel also that much of the discon tent that is reported and rumored comes from the idle minds of those who are not working and who are making no effort to secure worK. This is a time when we should all work together, each person doing his ntmost to support the government. "The campaign for raising a large amount of food crops for man aria beast Is taking hold all over the State according to the information I have at hand." County Medical Society. There will be a meeting of the Newberry County Medical society in Jity council chamber Friday after noon April 27 at 3 o'clock. Dr. Pel ham will discuss "ryenua m hum ind Childhood." Will also have re port of delegates to the State con gestion. Jno. B. Setzler, Sec.