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VOL.XXVIII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27., 1915 PLANS NEW NATIO VILLA WULD ESTABUSI RENB LIC IN NURTIN MEIEO TIMPS LEVE CWITAL If Neither Guiterrez, Cararnza, a Vila Can Conquer it is Planned t Draw Off and Establish Separat Country--Afairs Are Greatly Un A dispatch from El Paso. Texas Wednesday. tells of a movement tha1 has started in Mexico to eliminat both Carranza and Villa. Gen. Al varo Obregon, 'Carranza's militar3 chief, heads the mov)ment, with Gen Eustio Guiterrez, the national con vention'soprovisional president, whc recently fled from the capitaL They have agred together and with, several of the Carranza anc Villa !eaders, it is reported, to or, ganize an independent movement tc 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 at a result of the new movement, it vat reported. Luis Benavides, Gen. Villa's private, secretary, is reported in Jail at Mexido City. The troops which left Mexico City with Guiterrez have formed a junc tion with Obregon's column and are preparing to enter the capital, accord Ing to reports. Advices from Mexico City indicates that the Mexican capital soon would be .evacuated by the convention forces. Carranza troops are reported atApan,-wlthin Afty miles of the city. Stite department dispatches receiv ed at Washington said Gen. Vila's followers "were leaving for the north, but did not explain whether the movement was general or merely pre iminary to evacuation. Gen Villa has been named again as commander in-chief of the convention forces. From- Washington -comes a story that Gei; -Francisco Villa is contem plating the evacuation of Mexico City, the withdrawal of his forces toward Torreon, and the establihment of an miepedient government or republic in northern Mexico. .Omfeial dispatches received by the state department strengzdien this im pression and indicate thz t Villa, sup ported mainly by Gen. Felipe Angeles and the Maderos, may ot up such a government in the north, giving it the color of authority by asserting that It is lone under the name of the so called convention. VMS- his not entered Mexico City an the -present crisis. He started .for the capital from Aguascalientes when he learned of the flight of Provisional President Gviterrez. but halted at Queretbro andjs giving orders to his agents in the capital froin that point. Therechave been reports in Mexico City that Villa was coming there, but the belief is growing that he will re turn to .the north Instead of taking chances on being cooped up in the capital. While Villa Is prep<.ring for the *contingency of the capture of the capital by Gen. Obregon's forces and arranging for withdrawal toward the north, Gen. Angeles, who has for ome time b.een Villa's real choice for the presidency, Is handling the situa tion in the north from Monterey as a base. On Friday, just-before the flight of Gen. Guiterrez from the capital, Gen. *Angeles' entered Monterey with the Maderos and deli'ered a significant speech to the people. He made a strong plea for the s'-,port of all the religious, elements of the country, and declared in favor of religious toleration. The Angeles speech is in terpreted by some as a lreynote speech *for the provisional presidency of the proposed Villa government in 'the north. These and -other developments are regarded 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 Du rango to the Pacific coast The new 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 Carrancistas or any other element to dislodge them with out a most difficult campaign. Gen. Obregon, he leading command el of the Carrancista forces, is noi 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 evacual? on of Mexicc City and its capture Dy the forces ol Gen. Obregon. - Forces acting under the directions of Gen. Obregon and the Constitu tionalists are now in control of the region westward from Guadalajarn to the Pacific coast. -Guadalajara i! expected to fall any day, if it has noi already been evacuated by the con vention forces. as the Constitutional Ists claim. The capture of Gua.dala -jara and the occupation of Mexic< City by the forces of Gen. Obrego! would render precarious the positioz of detached convention units. After the withdrawal of the provi sional government forces and the es tablishment of Villa's republic in th< north, it is believed to be Villa's plat to count upon the possibility of dis sension among the Carrancistas and to attack them in an effort to retak the capital at the first favorable mo menit. Should the Carrancistas b able to strengthen their governmen In Mexico City It wculd develop int a contest between the Villistas an' the Carrancistas, and between th north and south. Youth Kilied Out Hunting. Frank Wllsen, 19, of Waycros! Ga.. was killed Friday when a gun i the hands of his companion ou~ hunting went off. blowing away th back part of his head. Three Come From Ruins Alive. Two women and an eight-year-ol boy were rescued from the ruins c Ave'mann alive on Thursday. TO INVESTIGATE ASYLUM GOVERNOR EMPLOYS EXPERT FOR THOROUGH INQUIRY. Wants Only the Facts so as to Adopt Permanent Policy for Good of In. stitution. In order to get an unbiased and unprejudiced report of conditions q the State Hospital for the Insane Gov. Manning has employed Dr. A. P. Her ring, secretary of the Maryland lun acy commission, as an efficiency ex pert, and Instructed him to make a thorough investigation, Into conditions 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 are now at the asylum and to report his findings and recommendations. Dr. Herrings arrived in Columbia Wed nesday and immediately took up his work. The govetnor desires to get a re port on conditions at the asylum as they now exist. He wants this with out regard to politics, persqns, or prejudice. He wants the facts. In setting about the proper way to have this accomplished, Gov. Manning con sulted physicians of prominence with in and without the State. He spent much time seeking :aformation as to where he could get ..n expert famil iar with high ideals, but with good, common sense. After interviews with men of na tional reputations in this line of work in other states, the governor consult ed Dr. Thomas W. Salmon of New York city, who is, among other things, president of the national com mission on mental hygiene, and one of the best known authorities in this county on this sulect. He recom mended Dr. Herring as the most com petent part to make an intelligent in vestigation. Inquiries from - other authorities on lunatic asylums added to the recommendation of Dr. Her ring, and the governor finally em ployed him. Dr. T. 3. Strait, superintendent -of the asylum, was called to the gover nor's office and made acquainted with the purpose of the investigation. He approved of the governor's course and offered every co-operation. The gov ernor telephoned for Mr. J. A. Sum me'rsett and Dr. Julius H. Taylor, members of the board of regents who 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 the long 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 politlcs. as it was made clear to him that the purpose of.the gov ernor was not to dig up old sores, but to get. an unbia .sed 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 settling on a definite policy for the asylum. Friction, between the superintend ent and regents upder the dual sys temn of government now in force at the asylum, discontent and charges of incompetency which have been made have been heard year after year, and there has been talk already of anoth er legislative investigation. The governor wants to have the asylum removed from politics and to use his efforts to settle on a policy and plan of management which will remove the asylum from being used as a football for poliics and make it a well managed business Institution. where the greatest care is taken of the unfortunates who are its Inmates. W. F. Caldwell. DISPENSARY SALES. Fif teen Counties Sell $3,66',826 Worth of Booze in 1914. The dispensari in 15 counties in South Carolina made a net profit of $850,968.09 in 1914, according eo the annual report of Mose .H. Mobley, State dispensary auditor. A com parison of the dispensary sales in the various counties in 1913 and 1914 follows: 1913. 1914. Alken . . . . $ 282,038 $ 232,957 Beaufort . . . 152,350 132,775 Barnwell . . . 67,990 245,482 Bamberg . .. 34,144 118,315 Charleston . . 592,106 578,467 Calhoun . . . 28,428 66.784 Dorchester . . 29,'72 86,242 Florence . . . 566,674 .564,116 Georgetown . 167,005 158,689 Jasper . . . 18,567 23,339 Lexington .............107,640 Orangeburg. .. .. .. ..... 326,05*7 Richland. .. 982,889 811,133 Union . . .. 150,579 170,525 Williamsburg. .. .. .. ..... 41,297 Total. . . $3,071,948 $3,3663,S26 ENGLAND IS MOVED. Does Not Like Action of Government in Changing Dacia. Cable advices to the British for eign office at London Thursday said tflat loading of the Hamburg-Ameri can steamship Dacia at Port Arthur, Texas. had been suspended. The hope is entertained in official circles that the United States will not per mit this former German vessel, valid ity of whose transfer to American registry is questioned, to enter the German cotton trade. The Washington suggestion that the Dacia might carry cotton to Rot terdam instead of Bremen is not re garded by British officials as offering a solution. The foreign office is not disposed to decide precisely what ac tion will be taken until it is known positively that the Dacia ha:s sailed for Germany under the American flag. Even then it is probable, a prominent official intimated. that her cargo would be permitted to reach its destination, but the vessel detained if the facts in conn etion with he' sale are as reported. e |Boy Killed by Little Cousin. Henry James. 6 years old, was kill ed at Hartsville Saturday by his six year-old cousin. Sidney James. who d I icked up a shot gun, which went off. f the loading blowing away the side of Henry's bead. PERKINS CONVICTED THREE YEARS FOR SLAYER OF HNMAN ON STEAMER GRAZED BY MAD VOICES Tried in the United States Court at Columbia Boston Architect Tells One of the Most Interesting Stories Ever Heard in a Court Room in 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 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 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 o. error will be sued for, and Judge Smith fixed $5,000 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 s 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 Lmposed upon him. Perkins told his story Wednesday. With gripping intensity he described "the awful ballucinations," "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 nd physical 'condition. Perkins re lated his story, supplying even min-. ate details from that time on Novem ber 9, 1914; when he had luncheon with his brother-in-law, H. B. Hol ton of Boston, it a Boston club, through a night in New York at the otel Nartinique, when he was be' set, he said, "by terrible hallucina tions in the form of black nebulous bjects," his departure 'for the West [ndian Islands on the Clyde liner Mo hawk, "the incessant humming in his ars of indistinct voices" during the irst night aboard the steamer, the 'frenzy" in which he was thrown early in the second night on the teamer "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." Perkins told the court in a calm, iiet voice how he recklessly drank rom a bottle of medicine which bore irections to take a teaspoonful every six hours,' obtaining the "oblivion" e was "frantic to find." He declar d he did not remember the shooting mn the deck of the steamer when he ommitted the act for which he is tanding trial. Displaying some of the qualifica tions of the trained actor, the accused an made incessant use of inflection, acial 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 answeredl uestions, direct, possibly dangerous o his cause, with readiness; never esitating for any reason. At times the witness would close his eyes or blink rapidly 'when 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 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 tration. 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 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'ons were in progress in Argentina." He stated he generally drank light wines after his meals. Perkins stated he wanted to go to the West Indies to do "some hunting and swimming." He said he felt "nervous" when he left Boston. Nov ember 9. 1914, for New York. to be gin his Southern trip. He asserted his trip to New York was "miser able"; that he "suffered intensely with dyspepsia." As the second day at sea drew to a close, Perkins asserted he "became very nervous." He said he took a dose,of "the liquid" (the chloral mix ture) and then "I became very quick ly much more nervous, and I began having the most awful experience I ever knew. Immediately I began to hear the voices again. They were the most damnable, accursed, raucous voices I have ever heard. I became frightened. I became frenzied. My brain as in a very clouded state. and I thing the voices might well have driven a man mad. I don't know what happened to me. I feared I wa going insane. I -took some more o the liquid (chl ral-mixture), I don' know how much, and the last I re member was that I swallowed som( clear water to wash a very disagree able taste from my mouth. "I haven't the slightest recollectiol about going into the hall that nigh barefooted, clothed in pajamas and wearing a raincoat," he said. "My mind is blank as to the shooting. recall nothing about being overpow ered by members of the crew. I fact I have no recollection as to hov 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 ] should 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 shape 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 onsulted 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 ad 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 dis appeared, but I began again to hear those awful voices. 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 rove me into a frenzy. I did not be ieve 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 Lwoke 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 aver explained. I wasn't much In terested intil I heard my name. Then [ wondered if I was a murderer. 'Have I killed some one? Am I a murderer?'' I asked. The man who had read the paper said, 'Yes, sir!' [ reasoned, too, that it was strange that if I was a murderer the man should 'sir' me. He should have an swered 'Ye.'" 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 fer 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 begar weeping afresh. I I SENT TO CONFERENCE. House Refuses Two of Senate Amend. ments to Immigration. Bill. The immigration bill was sent tc conference late Thursday by ths House. after it had registered its dis approval of. Senate amendmeints bar ring "members of the African cy black race" and exempting agricul tural immigrants from Belgium fron the literacy test and the contract im migration provisions. Both these amendments causec protracted debates. Most Southerr members favored retention of the ne gro amendment, but others suggestec that to press It might mean final de feat of the entire bill. Northern rep resentatives generally opposed th4 provision. After an extended debati a roll call showed a vote of 252 to 7V against it. More Air Raids to Come. Berlin papers in commenting 01 the recent air raids to England refe: to the fact that it is only a preCcur sor of the many raids which will fol low.. Suicides After Kilng Wife. When his wife refused to rejoil him James Hutchins, of Pittsburg went to Monclair, N. J., where shi was. and killed her Friday. He thei MANNING AND HIS I i SHORT SKETOH OF MAN WHO IS NOW GOVERNOR. His Family Has Long Been Promi nent in the History of the Palmetto State. Richard Irving Manning, who was Tuesday inaugurated governor of South Carolina, Is a self-made man. He has been successful as a banker, farmer and business man. Richard Irving Manning, son of Richard Irvine Manning, and his wife, Elizabeth Allen Sinkler, was born at Homesley Plantation, Sumter county, South Carolina, August 15, 1859. The father, a man of equable tempera ment and gentle and unobstructive in manner, was noted for his excellent judgment and scrupulous uprightness in life. He impressed all as an hon orable and just ma4 and his..opinion naturally in. matters of moment was often sought. He was a successful farmer and served acceptably in the State Senate. Gov. Manning's paternal ancestor, Laurence Manning, was born in Ire land and Immigrated thence prior to the American revolution and settled in Craven, subsequently Clarendon county. He married a daughter of Richard Richardson, a distinguished patriot, born near Jamestown, Va., 1704, where he had been a land sur veyor, removed to Craven county, South Carolina, where h engaged in farming. During the Indian border war he commanded a reginrent; was member of the council of safety in Charleston in 1774; and for his ser vices in <duelling a dangerous Loyalist revolt in the "back country," receiv ed the thanks of the provincial con gress and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. He was a nimi ber of the legislative councJ in 17~6. and in the provincial congress of South Carolina, assisted in forming a State constitution. Lord Cornwalls made fruitless efforts to gain him over to the royal cause. Made-Drison er at the capture of Charleston, he returned from the prison -t 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 army at the battle of Eutaw and was 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 upon 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 sfonsible care of the plantation and of his mother and sisters fell upon him when he was a mere lad. His training was of great value to him. It necessitated daily intercourse with the neighbors In varied matters of business, and impressed him with the value of the .golden rule in all his transactions, as well as accustoming him to self sacrifice. Gov. Manning's mother was a high ly educated and refined, a sincerely pious woman of 'a deep religious faith, in whom all consideration of selfish comfort and pleasure were subserviant to her duty to God, to the cause of humanity and the good of her country. The special lines of reading which young Manning found most helpful in fitting him for his work in life were primarily the Bible, and the biographies of mnen famous in the world's progress. After at tending the primary schools in the vicinity of his birth place he was for two years a student at the Kenmore University high school of the late H. A. Strode, in Amherst county, Vir ginia, and later at the University of Virginia, which he left in 1879, be fore completing the course of study. He commenced the active work of his life in Sumter county as a farmer in 1880. On February 10, 1881, he married at Richmond, - Va., Miss Leila Ber nard Meredith, daughter of John A. Meredith and Sarah Anne Bernard. The first choice of young Manning was for the profession of law, but his eyesight being threatened, he aban doned the study. Gov. Manning was elected to the House in this State in 1892 from Sumter and in 1894, although he de clined the nomination, he was re elected. In 1898 he was elected a member of the Stato Senate, was re elected in 19'02 and served as presi dent pro tem of that body In 1905. He was also chairman of the finance committee, a m 3mber of the sinking fund commission and a member of the Wade Hampton monument com mission. He was a candidate for the Demoratic nomination for governor of South Carolina at the primary in 1906, but failed of success after a hotly contested campaign. REPLY AMICABLY Indications Are That British Reply Will Make Concessions. Great Britain's reply to President Wilson's note protesting against in terference with American ocean com merce will be delivered in a few days, probably early next week. Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey and Attor ney General Sir J. A. Simon. Friday discussed the points of internatilonal law involved. The note has also been laid before the admiralty. All indications point to a concilia tory reply, says a dispatch from Lon don to the New York World, and there Is every indication that the Mritish government will on numerous points make concessions to the Amer ican complaints, adjusting the whole matter satisfactorily. There is no in dication of fear of serious conse quences ensuing. British officials, in discussing the situation, show that they consider America's complaints are susceptible of adjustment. Will Imtsre Dacia Caraio. A policy of insurance has bearn ir sued against the cargo of the Dacia although the ship has not been in sured i by the government's federal insurance bureau. Bombs Dropped at Essen. Allied airmen are reported to have dropped bombs upon the KruIpp plant at Esean on Waenday. WAR BRAi5 ALON ALL SIDES MAE SMILL GAINS ARE SML LOSSES ATTACKS ARE SCATTERED War of Trenches Continues In the West Almost Without Ceasing Russian Reports Show.Indications of Serious Offensives in East Prus 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 Paris summary of the activities of the past four, months, which says: "It con sequently can be affirmed thit 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 tience." London repbrts: "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 tions 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 Co 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 3ennhelm.the 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 theoneighborhood 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 recapture of a trench north of Notre Dame de Lorette and the re pilse 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 means of a mine the northeast ern projecti'.n of our trenches. Our troops threw themselve3 into the ex caations caused b these explosions and prevented the enemy from taking possession of them. To the northwest of Pont-a-Mdous 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 ma'de two attempts at a par tial offensive. These were stopped by our fire and the enemy was compell ed to fall back. "In Bukowina 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 icers and men." London reports: "In Poland and western Galicia the Germans and Aus trians continue isolated attacks against the Russia* line., 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 again attempt to envelop the German forces holding the line of the Mazurian lakes and avernge themselves for the defeat of Tannenburg. "On the rest of the Polish front and in Galicla, 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 continued their progress against the Austrian outposts in the mountains between B ukowina and Transylvania. "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 officially explain the throwing of bombs by the fact that in their expedition against the fortified 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 ':o England passed over Dutch territory. "With all her other occupations England has found force to deal with the "Mad Mullah," who has been stirring up the tribes in Somalliland and attacking those friendly to Great Britain. The mullah's adh',rents have been defeated or scattered. "It is believed that the Turkish Caucasan army will not retire to Erzerum. but will be put in readiness for defence against the Rusians~ when they decIde to advance. It is consdered likely, -however. that the LITTLE BOY'S SAD STORY FATHER COULDN'T HELP HI 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 ope 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'liy and his father were left alone. Mr. McNally was greatly grieved 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 cafe. 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. McXally -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. I 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 day, quit school and told Mr. Bren nan he was - -gding 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 he was only 14 years old, and he set about getting the necessary reports from his schools to procure these. Meantime he sought a 'job without success and each day fotind him more disheartened.. Mr. Brennan couldn't cheer him up. "If I only had long pants,"- the little chap insisted, "I'd have a chance. -Everybody thinks I'm a kid." At last he found an opening as a district messenger boy and told M:-. Brennan gleefully Wednesday:* "I'm going to work on the 'muts' just as soon as I get my papers.". : He expected to get them Wednes day,. and James B. Duke, an elderly man, who lives at the hotel and had known Billy for years, went with him to the health department. They learned that Billy had neglected to put down the name of his father as his guardian and this little hitch,i bound up in official red tape, prevent-1 ed the issuance of his papers for the1 time being. The boy almost wept at the news. He returned to the hotel and went at once to his room, telling Mr. Duke he felt too badly to see any one just then. "I'll be down for supper," he said, and closed his door. When he didn't appear Mr. Duke and Mr. Brennan went in search of him. They found him swinging dead beside his window. He had fashion ed a noose out of his leather belt, fastened it with a cord to a nail above the window, adjusted it about his neck, and then sprung off from the window sill. He had been dead some time. HAS NEW PhESIDENT. Mexican 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. Eulallo Guterrez. together with Gens. .Blan co, Robles and Jose Vasconcelos, left Mexico City Suznday mtorning 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 Ing Garza. 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 citi7ens of Naco, Ariz., have undertaken to bury sev eral hundred dead Mexicans whose bodies have been on the grouned since the battles between the factions ne::r there. ent with successes already gained in. this region and turn their attention to Turkish forces in Azerbailan be fore invading Turkey." Petrograd reports: "Along a 60 mie front, from Ciechanlow, south of Mlawa. to Dobrz.yn, on the V'istula, 2 miiles~ below Piock, the Germans are On the defensive against the Rus son adv'ance towards East Prussia. Heavy artillery engagements have oc curred at various points.I "Meanwhile the struggle is in pro gress for possession of the left bank of the Vistula. from its junction with the Btzura at Wiszogrod westward to Dobrzyn. about 45 miles.I "Possession by the Russians of Wiszogrod anid their footing on theI lt bank of the Bzura affords them a base for operations against the Ger mnrs who are in force west of that Iposition, and effectually prevents at movement upon Nowo Georgiewsk. the Gerraan objective in the advance toard Warsaw from the north. In eneaoring to retake :renches cap 1tured by the Russians lmmediately west of Wiszogrod the Ge.-mans were. re.ored+t a en ist 000 men_ FIRES CONSTARE: MANNING KICKS OUT BETEDMS AND DEPUTIES HOSES HOMil Captain Griffith Re-elected - tendent of the State Penitenty D. A. Spivey and J. P. Thomas e Citadel Board of Visitorx---Pei-. tentiary Directors Electe& The commissions of all constabeg, - special deputies, law agents ande-. tectives are revoked through . pios lamation issued by Gov. Mannln Thursday afternoon. The procza tion reads: "By his Excellency, Richard . Manning, Governor and 'Commande.-, in-Chief in and over the State afore said: 'To all and sinqular, Judgesaghir iffs, constables, mayors, intendants and other officers of justice in the said- state, and to whom it may c-n cern, greeting: "Whereas,. certain persons have heretofore been app6inted by-the gov ernor of South Carolina as constables or special' constables to investigate the enforcement -of law, ,andas law agents, and as deputies and ~4dtee tives; and "~Thereas, It Is primarily thlelutye )f oificers of the various countiesjin lis State to-enforce the law; and "Whereas, it is my belief that th will do so. "Now, therefore, I, Richardl 2ing, governor as aforesaid,-lierel -evoke and cancel any commisflnsk ippointments- heretofore Issued.t uch persons as such constables, ape tial constables, law agents, depetles mnd detectives." At the night session of the joIt rssembly 0. C. Scarborough and P.l 3ethea were elected dicetorsof: the >qnitentiary, and D. A. Spivey aad P. Thomas were elected on the -board - >f visitors of the Citadel. The result of the irst ballots-for nembers of the Medical College board vas as follows: Gadsden 94,-Croft 13, Sims 63, Fishburne 97,:WillMan 11, McLeod 61, Crosson 50, Wyatt $7. The new'members of the board'for :he medical college elected on the irst ballot were Messrs, Phiip M radsden and Drs.. Croft, Flshburne md Wyatt. The result was not reached unti L1:'10 o'cloclk in the joint assembly. In the elections that were. held. luring the morning .sitting. :of the oint assembly Capt. D. 3. Griffith was manimously re-eacted superintend t of the State' penitentiary. Ca L" Triffith has acceptably filled thisp iion for many years and the higi st testimonial to his efficiency was iven -in his reelection without oppo ition. The second election was for code ommissioner to fl1 the k.sitioamade racant by the promotfon of Mr. .ethea to. lieutenant governor. Mr. Varshall P. DeBruhl; formerly:Of-Ab-' eville county, was elected on the irst ballot. The other names pre ented for this position were Francis . Carroll of Bamberg, and F. M. etmore of Florence. There were twelve names presented or the three positions on the -board - >f directors of the State penltimtiary [he only election on the first ba~Jot vas that of Mr. J. M. Smith, who.was i candidate for re-election, now be- - ng a member of the board. The iominees and the result of the Irst allot were as follows: 0.~1!. Scar. orough of Clarendon, 61; 3. A. Liv-' ngston of Orangeburg, 28; T- H.K Rainsford of Edgefield, ~58; J. 3. Eaile of York, 12) E. A. Perry- of' aluda, 33;" 0. L. Saunders of York, ~ 17; P. E. Bethea, of .Dillon, 60; 3eorge A. Browning of Laurens, 4; T. M. Synith. 111 (elected);3.E Wharton of Laurens, 37; JT. B. Bell. >f Cherokee, 32; 3. H. Gonell of partanburg, 14. The elections were not concluded at the morning -session ~and the bal toting for directors of the penitep iary was resumed at tb% nightse sion. On reconvening at the night- ses - sion the names of Messrs. Livingston. - Efaile, GosnelT, Saunders and Brown ng were withdrawn as candidates-f0r 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: 3. -B.- Bell, 24; E. A. Perry, 15. -Messrs. Scarborough and Bethea were declared .elected.- - The vote for members of the Ct del board resulted: D. A. Spivey, 99; J. P. Thomas, 89; Win. M. Godfrey, 61; 3. T. Reese, 65 A majority vote be'ng cast for Messrs. piey and Thomas, they,. were- do elared elected for the prescribed time. - The nominees for the board 'of trustees of the medical college .st Charleston were then taken up. -The frst nomination was made by Sena or Sinkler, who nominated Mr. Phil [p H. Gadsden of Charleston as a suc eessful and energetic business mag& and one who would make a mo'vs a uable member of the board. Dr. T. G. Croft of Aiken. Dr. Chaa. 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. ML. Crosson of Lexington, Dr. A. H. Wil liams of Lake City, and Dr. F. H. MLeod of Florence. FRENCH ARE STARVING. [nhabitants of the Vaj1ey of Meuse Are Dying for Food. Herbert C. Hoover, chairman of the, American commission of the Ameri 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-etaoin etaoln etaol 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 slready from starvation." Offers Reward for the Lynchers. Goy. Slaton has offered a reward of $5ufl for the arrest and convidtios of the first five men guilty of the re' cent lynching at Monticello. -Lawirakers at Winthro. Th-e general assembly spent Wed nesday at Winthrop ingeetlng tO