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c~) - UL &UU1U~ VDUI1~+' VOL. XXVIII MANNING, S, C., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 27. 1915 ~23, 4 -~ PLANS NEW NATION -4. VILL&IUiLl ESTABLISHREFIB LIE IN NSITIERN IEICO TROOFS LEAVE CAPITAL if Neither Gulterrez, Cararnza, or Vila Can Conquer it is Planned to Draw Off and Establish Separate Country-Afairs Are Greatly Un A dispatch from El Paso. Texas, Wednesday. tells of a movement that has started in Mexico to eliminate both Carranza and Villa. Gen. Al varc Obregon, 'Carranza's military chief, heads the mov3ment, with Gen. Eualio Guiterrez, the national con vention'seprovisional president, who recently fed from the capital. They have agr:ed together and with, several of the Carranza and Villa ?eaders, it is reported, to or ganize an independent movement to establish a lasting peace. This agree ment, it was said, dates back to the early part of the present month. Several prominent Villa- officials have been imprisoned or executed as a result of the new movement, It was reported. Luis Benavides, Gen. Villa's private, secretary, is reported in jail at Mexico City. The troops which left Mexico City with Guiterrez have formed a june tion with Obregon's column and are preparing to enter the capital, accord --lng to reports. Advices from Mexico City indicates that the Mexican capital soon would be evacuated by the convention forces. Carranza troops are reported atApan,-within fifty miles of the city. State department dispatches receiv ed at Washington said Gen. Villa's foliowers "were leaving for the north, but did not explain whether the movement was general or merely pre lminary to evacuation. Gen Villa has been named again as commander-. In-chief of the convention forces. From Washington comes a story that Gep. Francisco Villa is contem plating the evacuation of Mexico City, the withdrawal of his forces toward Torreon, and the establhment of an -ipendent government or republic - marthem Mexico. .Omcial dispatches received by the state department strengden this im pression and indicate ths t Villa, sup ported mainly by Gen. Felipe Angeles and the Maderos, may .ot up such a govirnment in the north, giving it the color of authority by asserting that it is ~done under the name of the so called convention. Villa hs not entered Mexico City in the-present crisis. He started for the capital from Aguascalientes when he learned of the flight of Provisional Pres&ent Guiterrez, but halted at QUeeOYM, andjs giving orders to his agenti in the capital f'om that point. There have been reports in Mexico City that Vifla was coming there, but the belief is growing that he wl re turn to the north instead of taking chances on being cooped up in the capital Whle' Villa is prep,.ring for the * contingency of the capture of the capital by'G(en. Obregon's forces and arranging for withdrawal toward the noth, Gen. Angeles, who has for som tie beenVila'sreal choice for 'the presidency, is handling the situa tiUon In the north from Monterey as a base. On Friday, just-before the flight of Glen. Guiterrez from the capita!, Gen. Angeles entered Monterey with the Maderos and deliv'ered a significant speech to the people. He made a strong plea for the support of all the religious- elements of the country, and declared in favor of religious toleration. The Angelea speech is In terpreted 2by some as a l'eynote speech for the provisional presidency of the *proposed Villa government -in -the north. These and other developments are rega~rded as strengthening the theory that it is Villa's intention to establish a new republic in the north which would include everything north of a line drawn from Matamoras at the mouth of the Rio Grande river, through Monterey, Torreon, and Dui rango to the Pacinec coast.. The rew Villa government, It Is be lieved, would take over the states of Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, and the northern ends of Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas. It is generally admitt d that if Villa, An geles, and the Maderos should mass -their troops in this region It would be 'difficult for the Carraneistas or any other element to dislodge them with *out a most difficult campaign. Gen. Obregon, he leading command er' of the Carrancista forces, is now preparing to capture the Mexican cap ital, and expects to be in control there very soon. The fact that the Vifla, provisional government forces are moving records because they are uncertain of their ability to defend the capital, Is Interpreted as a fore runner of the evacuatIon of Mexico City and its capture ~oy the forces of Gin. Obregon. -Forces acting under the directions of Gen. Obregon and the Constitu tionalists are now In control of the region westward from Guadalajara to the Pacific coast. -'Guadalajara is expected to fall any day, if it has not already been evacuated by the con vention forces, as the Constitutional Ists claim. The capture of Guadala - jara and the occupation of Mexico City by the forces of Gen. Obregon would render precarious the position of detached convention units. After the withdrawal of the provi sional government forces and the es tablishment of Villa's republic in the north. it is believed to be Villa's plan to count upon the possibility of dis sension among the Carrancistas and to attack them in an effort to retake the capital at the first favorable rio ment. Should the Carrancistas be able to strengthen their government In Mexico City It would develop intc a contest between the Villistas and the Carrancistas, and between the north and south. Youth Kil'ed Out Hunting. Frank Wllse'n, 19, of Waycross Ga.. was killed Friday when a gun ir the hands of his companion oui hunting vwent off. blowing away the back part of his head. Three Come From Ruins Alive. Two women and an eight-year-olh boy were rescued from the ruIns o! Avemann alive on Thursday. TO INVESTIGATE ASYLUl GOVERNOR EMPLOYS EXPER FOR THOROUGH INQUIRY. Wants Only the Facts so as to Ador Permanent Policy for Good of Im stitution. In order to get an unbiased an unprejudiced report of conditions a the State Hospital for the Insane Go' Manning has employed Dr. A. P. Her ring, secretary of the Maryland lun acy commission, as an efficiency e3 pert, and instructed him to make ; thorough investigation, into condition at the asylum. Dr. Herring is the personal repre sentative of the governor and has in structions to make a complete and de tailed examination as conditions ar now at the asylum and to report hi findings and recommendations. Dr Herrings arrived in Columbia Wed nesday and immediately took up hi work. The governor desires to get a re port on conditions at the asylum a they now exist. He wants this with out regard to politics, persQns, o: prejudice. He wants the facts. I setting about the proper way to hav this accomplished, Gov. Manning con sulted physicians of prominence with in and without the State. He spen much time seeking information as t< where he could get an expert famil iar with high ideals, but with good common sense. After interviews with men of na tional reputations in this line of worl in other states, the governor consult ed Dr. Thomas W. Salmon of Nev York city, who is, among othei things, president of the national com mission on mental hygiene,. and on( of the best known authorities in thi county on this suldect. He recom mended Dr. Herring as the most com petent part to make an intelligent in vestigation. Inquiries from - othei authorities on lunatic asylums addec to the recommendation of Dr. Her ring, and the governor finally em ployed him. Dr. T. J. Strait, superintendent of the asylum, was called to the gover nor's office and made acquainted wit: the purpose of the investigation. H( approved of the governor's course and offered every co-operation. The gov ernor telephoned for Mr. J. A. Sum mersett - and Dr. Julius H. Taylor, members of the board of regents whc live in Columbia, and they too, ap proved of the investigation. Col. Alva H. Dean, of Greenville, another member of the board, was consulted over th. 'ong distance tele phone, and he added his consent and approval. The other two regents, Mr. J. D. Bivens of Ridgeville, and Mr. F R. Hunter of Newberry, were ac quainted with the purpose of the gov ernor by letter. Wtih the approval of the majority of the regents and of the superin tendent in his hands, Gov. Manning instructed Dr. Herring to make a sweeping and complete Investigation. His Instructions are toabsolutely dis regard politics, as it was made clear to him that the purpose o4Ae gov ernor was not to dig up old sores, but to get. an unbiased and unprejudiced statement of conditions as they exist. The report will be filed with Gov. Manning to be used by him in decid ing whether legislative action is nec essary, or what plan is to be followed in settlian on a definite policy for the asylum. Friction between the superintend ent and regents upder the dual sys tem of government now in force at the asylum, discontent and charges of incoxapetency which have been made have been heard year after year, and there has been talk already of anoth er legislative invest'gation. The governor wants to have the asylum removed from politics and tc use his efforts. to settle on a policy and plan of management which will remove the asylum from being used as a football for pollies and make ita well manageid business institution, where the greatest care is taken o: the unfortunates who are its inmates. W. F. Caldwell. DISPENSARY SALES. Fifteen Counties Sell $3,66',824 Worth of Booze in 1914. The dispensari : in 15 counties lr South Carolina made a net profit o1 $850,968.09 in 1914, according to thi annual report of Mose H. Mobley State dispensary auditor. A com parison of the dispensary sales in th4 various counties in 1913 and 191 follows: 1913. 1914. Aiken . . . . $ 282,038 $ 232,951 Beaufort . . . 152,350 132,77~ Barnwell . . . 67,990 245,48: Bamberg . . 34,144 118,31 Charleston . . 592,106 578,46 Calhoun . . . 28,428 66,78 Dorchester . . 29,1'2 86,24: Florence . . . 566,674 .564,!11 Georgetown . 167,005 158,681 Jasper . . . 18,567 23,33! Lexington .............107,64' Orangeburg ...........32,05' Richland. .. 982,889 S11,13: Union . . .. 150,579 170,52. Williamsburg. .. .. .. ..... 41,29 Total. . . $3,071,948 $3,3663,821 ENGIAND IS MOVED. Does Not Like Action of Governmen in Changing Dacia. Cable advices to the British for eign office at London Thursday sai that loading of the Hamburg-Amneri can steamship Dacia at Port Arthur Texas, had been suspended. Th hope is entertained in official circle thaf the United States will not pei mit this former German vessel, valid ity of whose transfer to Americal registry is questioned, to enter th German cotton trade. The Washington suggestion tha the Dacia might carry cotton to Rot terdam instead of Bremen is not re garded by British officials as offerin a solution. The foreign office is nc disposed to decide precisely what at tion will be taken until it is know: positively that the Dacia has saile for Germany under the America flag. Even then it is probable, prominent official intimated. that he cargo would be permitted to reach it destination, but the ves'sel detainedi the facts in conn ction with her sal are as reported. Boy Killed by Little Cousin. Henry James, 6 years old, was kil ed at Hartsville Saturday by his si: year-old cousin. Sidney James, w>' niked up a shot gun, which won' of the loading blowing away the sidec nry's had. PERKINS ONVICTE THREE YEARS FOR SLAYER 01 HIMIAN ON STEAMER CRAZED BY -MAD VOICES d Tried in the United States Court ai . Columbia Boston Architect Tell One of the Most Interesting StorieE S Ever Heard in a Court Room im This Country. With the same stoical indifference that has marked his conduct during his entire trial, George B. Perkins, Boston architect, was Thursday night sentenced by Judge H. A. M. Smith, in the federal court at Columbia, to s three years in the Atlanta federal prison for the killing of F. W. R. Hinman, business manager of the Florida Times- Union, of Jacksonville, last November aboard the Clyde liner Mohawk. | The morning was consumed with arguments by the attorneys. At 2:30 o'clock the case was given to the t jury. After taking one ballot the jury found Perkins guilty of man slaughter at 4:40 o'clock. Six o'clock was named as the time for sentence to be pronounced. It was stated by attorneys that a writ of. error will be sued for, and Judge Smith fixed $5,00- as the amount of Perkins' bond. The case will be carried on appeal to the fed eral circuit court at Richmond. If this verdict is sustained an appeal it is said that the case will then be - taken to the United States supreme court. With good behavior Perkins would be released in two years if he serves the sentence imposed upon t him. Perkins told his story Wednesday. With gripping intensity he described "the awful hallucinations," "the su pernatural voices that drove me into a frenzy," and "this series of horri ble nightmares that were ten thou sand times worse than anything I have ever experienced, from which I wanted oblivion, even the oblivion of by suicide in preference to their con tinuation." In perfect language, making use of an unusually large vocabulary, and with excellent choice of words to ex press the "awfulness" of his mental and physical *condition, Perkins re lated his story, supplying even min ute details from that time on Novem ber 9, 1914, when he had luncheon with his brother-in-law, H. B. Hol ton of Boston, at a Boston club, through a night in New York at the Hotel Martinique, when he was be set, he said, "by terrible hallucina tions in the form of black nebulous objects," his departure 'for the West Indian Islands on the- Clyde liner Mo hawk, "the incessant humming in his ears of indistinct voices" during the first night aboard the steamer, the "frenzy" in which he was thrown early in the second night on the steamer "that was ten thousand times worse than anything I ever ex perienced,' and how he obtained the "oblivion" from these voices and his nightmare, he said, he desired, even "should it have been death." SPerkins told the court in a calm, quiet voice how he recklessly drank from a bottle of medicine which bore idirections to take a teaspoonful every six hours; obtaining the "oblivion" he was "frantic to find." He declar ed he did not remember the shooting on the deck of the steamer when he committed the act for which he is standing trial, Displaying some of the qualifica tions of the trained actor, the accused man made incessant use of inflection, facial expressi'on, gestures and move ments of his entire body to increase the horror of the story he related with effective choice of words. He was a willing talker and answerea questions, direct, possibly dangerous to his cause, with readiness; never hesitating for any reason. At times the witness would close his eyes or blink rapidly inhen col lecting his thoughts. Again he would inject a humorous touch by reciting some trivial -circumstance-for in stance, his attempt to read an exces sively dull book on the ship or to reg ister his complaint against the ser vice in the dining room. -Once he controverted testimony of fered the day before by one of the waiters as to the dinner to which he was served. The waiter swore that Perkins ordered baked cod. "Now I never eat codfish. It's full of worms," said Perkins. The expres sion on his face was one of disgust. At different times the witness would mimic the uovements of the body when suffering from the halluci nation, and to indicate how his feet ;tweetched, he stretched out his legs and dangled them in the air in illus Stration. The voices would be discon tinued when the defendant talked with others, he said. With a slow, quiet pace, Perkins walked to the witness chair after Dr. Roberts had been asked to "come down," and began to testify in his own behalf. After a brief recital of his life work and his habits, he launched into his remarkable story. Perkins stated he was 44 years, two months and six days of age; that he t was an architect and designer, hav ing designed the furniture for the ways and means committee of the na -tional House of Representatives, for the New York public library and oth er noted buildings. "I have been eight times in Eu rope, three times around the world, a dozen or more times in the West In dies, and through South America. I went over the Andes Mountains when four revolut'ons5 were in progress in Argentina." He stated he generally drank light wines after his meals. Perkins stated he wanted to go tc t the West Indies to do "some hunting and swimming." He said he fell "nervous" when he left Boston, Nov ember 9, 1914, for New York, to be t gin his Southern trip. He asserted his trip to New York was "miser able"; that he "suffered intensell 1with dyspepsia." SAs the second day at sea drew to a a (close, Perkins asserted he "becam r very nervous." He said he took s dose,of "the liquid" (the chloral mix fture) and then "I became very quick e ly much more nervous, and I begar having the most awful experience] ever knew. Immediately I began t< hear the voices again. They were - the most damnable, accursed, raucou! .ivoices I have ever heard. I became o frightened. I became frenzied. Mg -brain as in a very clouded state, anc fI thing the voices might well have driea man ad. T don't knov ' what happened to me. I feared I was going insane. I -took some more of the liquid (chl ral-mixture), I don't know how much, and the last I re member was that I swallowed some clear water to wash a very disagree able taste from my mouth. "I haven't the slightest recollection about going into the hall that night barefooted, clothed in pajamas and wearing a raincoat," he said. "My mind is blank as to the shooting. I recall nothing about being overpow ered by members of the crew. In fact I have no recollection as to how Hinman looked. Yesterday when Mr. Wright was testifying I tried to re fresh -my memory :.s to the dead man. I don't remember seeing Capt. In gram. There was no reason why I shculd want to shoot any man on the boat. I had no quarrel with any one." Perkins testified that he took one dose of chloral, a teaspoonful in water, according to directions,- This was to relieve a "fearful headache." Contrary to expectations, the effect was just the opposite. The pain was intensified, and the defendant was haunted by "damnable voices of de mons" shout'ng at him. "They curs ed me. They screamed at me. I never heard human voices like that. They were not of this world. They were either from the spirit world or from the imagination. One said get - the electric battery. Another would di-, rect that it be applied to my feet or to my back. Always I felt that part of the body indicted twitch." The witness spent the night prior to sailing at the Hotel Martinique in New York. He did not sleep any at all, nor did he hear voices then, but was haunted by nightmare. "It is difficult to describe," he declared. "It was all like a waking nightmare. I was in terrible distress. What I saw was with the inner eye, or -ith the eye of the mind. Three nebullous figures came tumbling toward me. They grew as they advanced. They had no definite or fixed form.- One assumed the siape of a high building with windows. Another that of an Egyptian mummy case, without the face, or like one of Rodin's statues." The following morning Perkins consulted Dr. Roberts, and received the prescriptions for chloral and caf fein citrate, the former for insomnia and the latter. for nervousness. Describing his actions immediately prior to the shooting, Perkins said he' had a light dinner, and went early to his room, explaining that he knew no one on the boat and was feeling "very badly." "The visions had diB appeared, but I began again to hear those awful voice'y. Things happened very rapidly then, and this awful hor ror came upon - me, ten thousand times more horrible than anything I had ever experienced. The voices were demonical,~ shrieking. They drove me into a frenzy. I did not be lieve man could feel fear of that in tensity. I wanted oblivion. . I took some more out of that bottle (con taining the chloral mixture). I don't know whether I drank the whole con tents of the bottle or not. I don't say I took this liquid with intent to get away from the world," he quick ly answered a question of this pur port from Attorney Waring. The first the defendant knew of the killing, he said, was when he awoke from the comatose state in the Roper hospital in Charleston. "A line of people filed in by my bed;" averred Perkins. '"They all looked sad. Then one read a paper of something about a killing. I pre sume it was a warrant; nobody has ever explained. I wasn't much in terested igntil I heard my name. Then I wondered If I was a murderer. 'Have I killed some one? Am I a mrderer?" I asked. The man who had read the paper said, 'Yes, sir!' I reasoned, too, that it was strange that If I was a murderer the man should 'sir' me. He should have an swered 'Yes.' Just why Perkins should have a pistol on this trip figured In the testi mony Wednesday. Perkins said he carried a pistol for three reasons. The first was a precaution against panic. He had been on a ship that caught fire, and a panic was fore stalled among the passengers and the crew of negroes by the threatened use of firearms. A second reason was for protec tion In foreign lands. The witness had traveled around the world three times and through Europe seven or eight times. In remote places he found it necessary to be armed, as in crossing the Andes mountains. A third reason was his opinion of a death by drowning. "I was particularly anxious to have a revolver with me after the Titanic went down. Several people went down with that boat whom I knew. Since then I have wanted a pistol with me that I might have one to turn to my temple should I ever be caught under the same circumstances as those on the Titanic. I would pre fr death from a revolver bullet, fir ed by my own hand, to death by drowning. I have feared drowning as a very painful death." "I have no recollection of shoot ing any one," said Perkins, with un usual emphasis. "I have no recol lection of how Mr. Hinman looked." He made no other reference to the man he had slain, but looked with some silght degree of Interest at Mrs. Hinman, seated near hIm, who began weeping afresh. SENT TO CONFERENCE. House Refuses Two of Senate Amnend ments to Immigration. Bill. The immigration bill was sent to conference late Thursday by the House, after it had registered its dis approval of. Senate amendments bar ring "members of the African qr black race" and exempting agricul tural immigrants from Belgium from the literacy test and the contract im migration provisions. Both these amendments caused protracted debates. Most Southern members favored retention of the ne gro amendment, but others suggested that to press It might mean final de feat of the entire bill. Northern rep resentatives generally opposed the provision. After an extended debate a roll call showed a vote of 252 to 75 against it. More Air Raids to Come. Berlin papers in commenting on the recent air raids to England refer to the fact that it is only a rec2T sor of the many raids which will fol ow. Suicides After Killing Wife. When his wife refused to rejoin him James Hutchins, of Pittsburg, went to Monclair, N. J., where she was, and killed her Friday. He then MANNING AND HIS iS SHORT SKETOH OF MAN WHO I NOW- GOVRNOR. His Family Has Long Been Prom nent in the History of the Palmett State. Richard Irving Manning, who wa Tuesday inaugurated governor o South Carolina, Is a self-made maE He has been successful as a bankei farmer and business man. .Richard Irving Manning, son o Richard Irvine Manning, and his wifc Elizabeth Allen Sinkler, was born a Homesley Plantation, Sumter county South Carolina, August 15, 1859. Th< father. a man of equable tempera ment and gentle and unobstructive ii manner, was noted for his excellen judgment and scrupulous uprightnes in life. He Impressed all as an hon orable and just ma. and his.opinioi naturally in matters of moment wa often sought. He was a successfu farmer and served acceptably In th State Senate. Gov. Manning's paternal ancestor Laurence Manning, was born In Ire land and immigrated thence prior t< the American revolution and settle( in Craven, subsequently Clarendox county. He married a daughter o: Richard Richardson, a distinguishe< patriot, born near Jamestown, Va. 1704, where he had been a land sur veyor, removed to Craven county South Carolina, where ho engaged it farming. During the Indian bordei war he commanded a ,regiment; wai member of the council of safety it Charleston in 1774; and for his ser. vices in duelling a dangerous Loyalisi revolt in the "back country." receiv ed the thanks of the provincial con gress and was promoted to the ranil of brigadier general. He was a menim ber of the legislative counc In l7-6 and in the provincial congress o! South Carolina, assisted in forming a State constitution. Lord CornwaI0. made fruitless efforts to gain hin over to the royal cause. Made-orison er at the capture of Charleston, hc returned from the prison at St Augustine and died in a few days near Salisbury, N. C., in September, 1781. His eldest. son, Col. Richard Richardson, commanded the right wing of Gen. Francis Marion's arm. at the battle of Eutaw and wp, wounded. - Another son, James E Richardson, was governor of South Carolina, 1802 to'1804. The same Lawrence Manning, great grandfather of Gov. Richard I. Man ning, was a Revolutionary soldier and was distinguished for his Intrepid courage and imperturbability of de meanor in moments of great peril, In stances of which are narrated in "Garden's Anecdotes." The early- years of Gov. Manning were passed upovr the plantation of his father, and he grew up a healthy and active lad, fond of horseback rid. ing and fox hunting. His father dy ing when he was quite young the re sponsible care of the, plantation and of his mother and sisters fell upon him when he was a mere lad. HEiE training was of great value to him It necessitated daily intercourse with the neighbors in varied matters o business, and impressed him with thE value of the .golden rule in all h transactions, as well as accustoming him to self sac'rifice. Gov. Manning's mother was a high y educated and refined, a sincerely pious woman of 'a deep religious faith, in whom all consideration a1 selfish comfort and pleasure were subserviant to her duty to God, tc the cause of humanity and the good f her country. The special lines o1 reading which young Manning found most helpful in fitting him for hiu work in life were primarly, the Bible and the biographies of men famous in the world's progress. After at' tending the primary schools in thE vicinity of his birth place he was foi two years a student at the Kenmori [niversity high school of the late H A. Strode, in Amherst county, Vir ginia, and later at the University 0' Virginia, which he left In 1879, be tore completing the course of study He commenced the active work o! his life In Sumter county as a farmei in 1880. On February 10, 1881, he marriet a~t Richmond, -Va., Miss Leila Ber nard Meredith, daughter of John A Meredith and Sarah Anne Bernard The first choice of young Mannini was for the profession of law, but biF eyesight being threatened, he aban doned the study. Gov. Manning was elected to thi House In this State In 1892 fron Sumter and in 1894, although he de cined ths nomination, he was re elected. In 1898 he was elected member of the Stato Senate, was re elected in 1i902 and served as presi dnt pro tem of that body In 1905 He was also chairman of the financi committee, a mamber of the sinkini fund commission nnd a member o the Wade Hampton monument com mission. He was a candidate for the Demoratic nomination for governoa of South Carolina at the primary ii 1906, but failed of success after hotly contested campaign. REPLY AMICABLY. Indications Are That British Repla Will Make Concessions. Great Britain's reply to Presiden Wilson's note protesting against in terference with American ocean comn merce will be delivered in a few days probably early next week. Foreigi Secretary Sir Edward Grey and Attor ney General Sir 3. A. Simon Frida: discussed the points of internatliona law involved. The note has also beel laid before the admiralty. All indications point to a concilia tory reply, says a dispatch from Lon don to the New York World, an< there is every indication that th Mritish government will on numerou points make concessions to the Amer ican complaints, adjusting the whol matter satisfactorily. Thero is no In dication of fear of serious conse quences ensuing. British officials, Il discussing the situation, show tha they consider America's complaint are susceptible of adjustment. IWill Imarre Dacia Cargo. A policy of insurance has bienr is sued against the cargo of the Dacd although the ship has not been Is sured by the government's federa insurance bureau. Bombs Dropped at Essen. Allied airmen are reported to hiav dropped bombs upon the Krupp plas at Esen n WEdr~~sy AAR DRAM ALONE ALL SIDES MAE SMIll GAINS ARE SMALL LOSSES ATTACKS ARE SCATTERED War of Trenches Continues in the West Almost Without Ceasing Russian Reports Show.Indications of Serious Offensives In East Prus t sia. Fighting in the west is of an in termittent nature. An intimation of the future policy of the Allies is given in a statement taken from a 2aris t summary of the activities of the past 5 four. months, which says: "It con - sequently can be affirmed thLt to ob tain final victory 'it is sufficient that France and her allies know how to wait for it and at the same time to prepare for it with inexhaustible pa tieice." London reports: "The battle for the trenches in Flanders and France continues almost without cessation from the sea to the Swiss border. "In the mud of Flanders, the floods of the Aisne valley and the snows of the Argonne and the Vosges, the sol diers of Germany and the allied na iions keep up a continual fight to hold what they possess and taking something from that held by the enemy." Berlin reports: "Although spirit ed fighting is in progress along the western battle front, the engagements are, of merely local character. The French made repeated attacks near Arras and .south of St. Mihiel, but were repulsed. The Germans on Thursday captured trenches near Ber ry-au-Bac and Pont-a-Mousson, but lost ground about Notre Dame de Lo rette. "On Wednesday several successes were claimed, notably at Notre Dame de Lorette and in the Argonne;- where 500 yards have been gained. In the forest north of Sennhelmthe German advance has been satisfactory. At other points on the line there have been the customary artillery ex changes. Paris reports:. , "In the Argonne the Germans made-a strong attack on Thursday on a salient of our line in the heighborhood of St. Hubert. Af ter a violent bombardment of our trenches they- began the attack, but were repulsed by the fire of our in fantry combined with artillery fire. "There has been no change in the Argonne. To the southeast of St. Mihiel, in the forest of Apremont,.we occupied 150 yards of the German trenches and repulsed a counterat tack. To the northwest of Pont-a Mousson, in the forest of LePtre, the enemy succeeded by a violent coun ter-attack in reoccupying about 20 of the 500 yards of trenches taken by us. In recent- days. Generally speaking we are holding ourselves securely in this position "Tuesday evening the enemy gain ed a footing in one of our trenches to the north of Notre Dame de Lorette. Wednesday morning he was driven from it following a counterattack, leaving in our hands more than one hundred prisoners." Wednesday's report told of the-loss and recaptur.e of a trench north of Notre Dame de Lorette and the re pulse of German attacks in the region of 'Albert, at -La Boisselle and at La Fontaine aux Chermes. At St. Hubert the Germans blew up by meanis of a mine the northeast ern projectir. n of our trenches. Our troops threw themselves into the ex cavations cause-d b these explosions and prevented the enemy from taking possession of them. To the northwest of Pont-a-Mous son, in the forest of LePetree, we es tablished ourselves at a distance of 100 yards in front of the German trenches captured by us the day be fore Wednesday. At the end of the day (Tuesday) the enemy here de livered a counter attack but without success. Petrograd reports: "There is noth ing of Importance to report of opera tions on Tuesday along our entire front, except the usual rifle firing and cannonading. "In the region north of Rawa the Germans mtde two attsmpts at a par tial offensive. These were stopped by our fire and the enemy was compell ed to fall back. "In Bukowins. our troops are ad vancing with success. They have oc cupied, after some fighting, the vil lage of Ichane Sohti, about ten miles north of Watra Dorna,. where they captured and made prisoners both of fcers and men." London reports: "In Poland and western Galicla the Germans and Aus trians continue isolated attacks against the RussIa lines, which, ac cording to the Russian report, have been repulsed, with heavy losses to the attacking forces. "The Russians have resumed of fensive operations against Miawa, a town that already has changed hands often, and It appears they will again1 attempt to envelop the German forces holding the line of the Mazurian lakes and avenge themselves for the defeat of Tannenburg. "On the rest of the Polish front and in Galicia, Austro-German at tacks are becoming more Intermit tent, according to the Russian report, which is generally brief when big ,events are happening. The Russians icontinued their progress against the ,ustrian outposts In the mountains between Bukowins, and Transylvania. I "'Wireless dispatches from Berlin refer to the recent attack on English coast towns as having been made by Zeppelins and other dispatches report -that the Germans offacially explain the throwing of bombs by the fact that in their expedition against the Sfortified town of Great Yarmouth the -air ships were fired at and retaliated with explosives. - "Holland has asked Germany to - explain reports that the German air ships on their way to England passed t -over Dutch territory. 9 "With all her other occupationls England has found force to deal with he "Mad Mullah," wh has been stirring up the tribes in Somalliland - and attacking those friendly to Great a Britain. The muliah's adherents have - been defeated or scattered. 1 "It is believed that the Turkish Caucar-tan arm:y will not retire to Erzerum, but will be put in readiness for defence against the Ruisians~ e when they decide to advance. It is t onidred likely, -however- thant the LITTLE BOY'S SAD STORY FATHER COULDN'T HELP HDI SO HE HANGS HDISELF. Yearned to Make His Own Living Finally Got a Job But Red Tape Prevents His Going to Work. Billy McNally of New York was only about 9 years old and the young est of six brothers and a sister when his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. McNally, brought their family to that city a few years ago, and Mr. Mc Nally opened a plumbing business, which prospered immediately. So Billy wasn't a very important mem ber of the family; but one by one the brothers and the sister grew up and one by one they drifted back to Bos ton, the home where all were born. Then, a year or so ago, Mrs. Mc Nally died, and B'lly and his father were left alone. Mr. McNally was greatly grie7ed by his wife's death. He lost interest in his business, and finally he closed it up, taking Billy to live with him. in the hotel which Bernard Brenman runs. over his cfe. Billy went to school regularly, and spent all his spare time with his father until last June, when Mr. Mc Nally heard of an opening in the Pan ama canal work, and departed for the South. leaving Billy in charge of Mr. Brennan. Every time a steamship arrived from the Isthmus there was a letter for Billy from his father and a money order to cover his expenses at the hotel and leave a little spending money for him. Billy was lonesome. but he kept a stiff upper lip, as his father admonished him in each letter to do, and told Mr. Brennon he could stick it out all right till his father came back. It was last September when Mr. McNally -returned. Affairs on the Isthmus hadn't been as prosperous as he had hoped, and he had determined to return to his old home in Boston and try his luck there. He consulted with Billy and Mr. Brennan and final ly decided to leave the boy in New York until he found what his for tunes might be. He left at once and the letters be gan to.come regularly again, but this time there was no money in them. Billy worried, but Mr. Brennan told him everything would be all right as soon as his father made his pile; meantime he would take. care of the youngster. As the weeks extended into months, however. Billy, more worried each lay, quit school and told Mr. Bren ian he was- 'ging to earn his own living if he could. He found that he would have to have working papers issued by the board of health because le was only 14 years old, and he set about getting the necessary reports from his schools to procure these. Neantime he sought a 'job without uccess and each day fotind him more disheartened.. Mr. Brenn'an couldn't heer him up. "If I only had long pants,"- the ittle chap insisted, "I'd have a hbance. -Everybody thinks I'm a kid." At last he found an opening as a district messenger boy and told Mr. Brennan gleefully Wednesday: "I'm going to work on the 'muts' ust as soon as I get my papers." He expected to get them Wednes !ay. and James B. Duke, an elderly an, who lives at the hotel and had nown Billy for years, went with him o the health department. They earned that Billy had neglected to ut down the name of his father as 2s guardian and this little hitch, ound up in official red tape, prevent d the :.ssuance of his papers for the ime being. The boy almost wept at the news. e returned to the hotel and went at once to his room, telling Mr. Duke he felt too badly to see any one just hen. "I'll be down for supper," he said, ad closed his door. When he didn't appear Mr. Duke ad Mr. Brennan went in search of im. They found him swinging dead beside his window. He had fashion d a noose out of his leather belt, astened it with a cord to a nail above the window, adjiusted it about his neck, and then sprung off from the window sill. He had been dead some time. HAS NEW PhESIDENT. eican Convention Elects New PrQ visional President Saturday. Gen. Roque Gonzales Garza Satur day night was named provisional president of Mexico by the conven tion In session at Mexico City. over which he has presided. The former provisional presIdent, Gen. Eulalio Quterrez, together wilth Gens. Bllan o Robles and Jose Vasconcelos, left Mexico City Sinday utorning at 4 o'clock for Pachuco. Martial law has been declared by Gen. Garza and the city Is being pa troled by mounted police. In elect Itng Garzk. the convention declared It self to be supreme, and until a new president Is elected has assumed all the legislatI-e. executive and judi cial powers. -To Bury Fallen Mexicans. A committee of citirecns of Naco, Ariz., have undertaken to bury sev' eral hundred dead Mexicans whose bodies have been on the ground since the battles between the factions near there. ent with successes already gained in this region and turn their attention to Turkish forces In Azerbaijan be fore invading Turkey."' Petrograd reports: "Alon:g a 60 mle front. from Ciechanow, south of Mlawa. to Pobrzyn,. on the Vistula. 1 2 miles below Plock, the Germans are on the defensive against the Rus sion advance towards East Prussia. Heavy artillery engagements have oc curred at various points. "Meanwhile the struggle is in pro gres for possession of the left bank of the Vistula. from Its junction with the Rzura at Wiszogrod westward to Dobrzyn, about 45 mIles. "Possession by the Russians of Wiszogrod and their footing on the left bank of the Bzura affords them a base for operations against the Ger mans who are In force west of that position, and effectually prevents a movement upon Nowo Georgiewsk. the Gerruan objective in the advance toward Warsaw from the north. In endeavoring to retake :renches cap turedi by the Russians immediately west of Wiszogrod the Germans were re-oteto inr ost 900 men. FIRES CQNSTAKE HMNNINI KICKS IT DETElfET AND DEPUTIES HOUSES81DI Captain Griffith Re-elected - tendent of the State Pen D. A. Spivey and J. P. Thomas es Citadel Board of Visitors Pen tentiary Directors Elected. The commissions of all constables special deputies, law agents and de tectives are revoked through a pro lamation issued by Gov. Mannenjg Thursday afternoon. Thei proclams. tion reads: "By his Excelleney, RichardL Manning, Governor and Comme in-Chief in and over the State afora said: "To all and sinqular, Indg iffs, constables, mayors, intendants and other officers of justice4.in the said state, and to whom it'maw ed cern, greeting: "Whereas,. certain persons. heretofore been app6inted bythego ernor of South Carolina as constahls or special constables to vesti the enforcement -of law, nd as agents, and as deputies and - tives; and "Whereas, it is primarily the of officers of. the various countift , this State to -enforce the law;and "Whereas, it is my belief thaf - will do so. "Now, therefore, I, RichardfMa ning, governor as aforesaid; e' revoke and cane- any co appointments- heretofore jissuedi' such persons as such comls, Ipe cial constables, law agents, and detectives." At the night session of thal 34 assembly 0. C. Scarborough and-P.Ie Bethea were elected dicetors oft penitentlary, and D A.S P. Thomas were elect of visitors of the Ci The result of the first ballots for members of the Medical Coeg6board was as follows: Gadsden 94,. Crof 83, Sims 63, Fishburne 97,W ia 41, McLeod 61, Crosson 50, Wyatt?8 The new-members of the boardfo the medical college~ elected on-the first ballot were Messrs, Phiip Gadsden and Drs.. Croft, Flshburne and Wyatt. The result was not reached until 11:30 o'clocl in the* joint assembly In the elections that were held during the morning -sittin of te joint assembly Capt. D. J. Griffith was, unanimously re-elacted superintend ent of the State- penitentiary. Capt. Griffith has-acceptably filled this- po siion for many years and the high est testimonial to his efficency was given -in his reelection without oppo sition. The second election was for code commissioner to fill the positione vacant by the promotion of M1. Bethea to lieut'enant go4 or Mr. - Marshall P. DeBruhl, formerly of beville county, was elected on the first ballot. The other names pre sented for this position were Francis F. Carroll of Bamberg, and -F. Wetmore of Florence. There were twelve names presented for the three positions on the 'board of directors of the State penltentiaryr The only election on the first ballot was that of Mr. J. M. Smith, who;.was. a candidate for re-election, now -be ing a member of the board. The nominees and the result of the first ballot were as follows: 0.. c.-ar borough of ClIarendon, 61; J3 A.-LIr lngston of Orangeburg, 28; Te H. Rainsford of Edgefield, ~58; 3. R, Haile of York, 12~: E. A. Perry-o o, Saluda; 33;0O. L. Saunders of York,., ' 17; P. E. Bethea. of .Dillon, 60 George A. Browning of Laurens, 4 J. M. Snilth, 111 (elected);- 3. H Wharton of Laurens, -37; 3. -B.Bell of Cherokee, 32; J1. H. Gosnell o-' Spartanburg, 14. The elections were not concluded at the morning - session mnd the bal loting for directors of the penitean tiary was resumed at thb night, ses sion. On reconvening at the night ses sion the names of Messrs. Lvingstone~ Haile, GosnelT, Saunders and Brown ing were withdrawn as candidates'for membership in the penitentiary board. The second ballot resulted 0. C. Scarborough, 87; -P. L. Bethea, 88; 3. H. Wharton, 28; T. H. Rainsford, 68: J. B. Bell, 24; E. A. Perry, 15. .Messrs. Scarborough and Bethea were declared .elected. The vote for members of the Cita del board resulted: D. A. Spivey, 99: J. P. Thomas, 8i: Wmn. M. Godfrey, 61; JT. T. Reese. 665 A majority vote be-ng cast for Messrs. Spivey and Thomas, they were- de clared elected for the prescribed time. The nominees for the board 'of trustees of the medical college at Charleston were then taken up. Th first nomination was made by Sena tor Sinkler, who nominated Mr. PhIl Ip H. Gadsden of Charleston as a suc cessful and energetic business mna~ and one who would make a most t-l uable member of the board. - Dr. T. G, Croft of Alken, Dr. Chas. Sims of Cowpens, and Dr. S. B. Fish burne of Columbia, members of the present board, were nominated, also Dr. C. N. Wyatt of Easley, Dr. D. K. Crosson of Lexington, Dr. A. H. WiI liams of Lake City, and Dr. F. H. McLeod of Florence. ' I FRENCH ARE STARVING. Inhabitants of the Valley of Mouse Are Dying for Food. Herbert C. Hoover, chairman of the American commission of the Amer-: can Commission for Belgian Relief returned to London from t tour of in spection in Belgium and issued this statement: "An appalling situation, has been presen dtetNthe5S-etaoln etaoin etaoi presented to 'the commission with re gard to the French peasantry In 'the Valley of the Meuse, where there are 10,000 persons absolutely without food. Our investigation there show ed a large number of deaths slreadl from starvation." -Offers Reward for the Lynchers. Gov. Slaton has offered a reward. of $50P0 for the arrest and conviction of the first five men guilty of the roe cent lynching at Monticello. Lawnrakers at Winthroo. The general assembly spent 17d nesday at Winthrop insectng Sta cege.c