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E-70 CHINA THREATENS TO SEVER RELATIONS WITH GERMAN Peking, Feb. 9.-(Delayed.)-T note handed to the German minist< by the minister of foreign affairs reply to Germany's declaration of ti resumption of unrestricted subm; rine warfare was made public toda The text of the note follows: "The new measures of submarit warfare inaugurated ny Germany a1 imperilling the lives and property Chinese citizens even more than tlI measures previously taken, whi< have already cost China many liv< and constitute a violation of internm tional law. The toleration of the application would introduce into'inte gnational law arbitrary principles ii compatible with legitimate inte course between neutrals and betwet neutrals and belligerents. "China, therefore, protests energe ically to Germany against the mea ures proclaimed on February 1 at sincerely hopes that the .rights < neutral States will be respected at that the said measures will not 1 carried out. If, contrary to expect tions, this protest be ineffecti' China will be constrained, to its pr found regret, to sever diplomatic r lations. It is unnecessary to add th China's action is dictated by a desi for further peace and the maintenan of international law." A communication explanatory China's action also was handed to D Paul S. ' Reinsch, American ministi to. China. It follows: "China, like the President of t} United States, is reluctant to belies that the German Government will a, tually execute measures imperil tLI lives and property of the citizens neutral States and 'eopardize legit mate commerce and which tend if a lowed to be enforced without oppos tion, to 'introdluce new principles in1 international law. China being in a cord with the principles set forth: your Excellency's note and firmly a sociating itself with the Unit< State's, has taken, similar action 1 protesting energetically to Germar are imperil'ling the lives a lieve thW the German Government such oth, action in the future wvill actually e: ecute measures which maintenance< the principles of international law $100 IEWAllD), $100 The readers of this paper wvill I pleased to learn that there is at lea; one dlreadled disease that science hi been able to cure in all its stages ar thatt is catarrh. Catarrh being grea ly influenced by egnstitutional cond Lions requires eqnstitutional trea ment. Ifall's Catarrh Medicine Blood internally an:i ats thru Li Bodon the Mlucuos Surfaces of tt Systen thereby destrdying the four dlation of the dlisease, giving Li patient strength by building up tLi constitution and assisting naturei 4joing its wvork. The proprietors has so much faith in the curative powei1 of Ihall's Catarrh Medicine that the offeor One Hundredl Dollars for arl case that it fails to cure. Send fe *list of testimonials. Address F. .J. CHTENEY & CC Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all D~ruggis 75c.-adv. WI LSON ADMIlRES LI NCOLN-. Example of Wartime President Ev< Before Him. dumberland Gap, Feb. I I.-J< Mitchell Chapple, a Boston p)ublishe in an address here today at the thr< dlays.'. anniversary celebration of LI *founding of Lincoln Memorial Un versity, said that recently when I told President Wlison that his prol lems were similar to those of Abri ham Lincoln's that the President eyes softened and he replied, "Lir coln's example is ever before me." Childr en Cry FOR -FLETCHER'S C A STO FRI A I -OME- 0R- B M Sane Legislation on Lquor Quesion for. Charleston is Still Within the Realm of. Possibility. Columbia,, Feb, -11,-The' enera assembly is now upon the 'home, stretch" for the session of 1917. Un lees present indications should be changed by later developments, fina adjournment will, be reached the las of the coming week; and the. mem bdra ought to be able to get to thei homes. on next Sunday. The senate will tackle the appro priation bill this week, the house hav ing passed and sent the measure over to the upper .;branch. As hae been stated in detail in this corre spondence, the bill carries an increase over last year's appropriations of practically two hundred thousand dol lars, the total amount carried by -the present bill, as it passed the house being $2,685,460.30. The general im pression is that few changes will b made by. the senate. 2 The house has disposed .of the li quor measures before it by the pass age of the Richey "bone-dry" meas ure. The senate debated liquor a length during the past week, bu reached no definite conclusion. Tha there wi.ll be a disagreement betweer the two houses now appears inevit .able. This may mean that the tw bodies can get togetner upon some compromise through a conference committee, or, upon the other hand it may mean that the present clash in '?i -ws between the lower and uppe: brai.Thes will be continued until fina adjournment, which would leave the law as it now stands. The sentimen ox the senate.seems now to be dividec between the DuRant and the D. R Williams measures, the former allow ing a quart per month upon the phy sician's prescription plan, and the lat ter allowing, as it- now stands, a quar a month on a certificate secured -fron the clerk of court upon the paymen of twenty-five cents. The senate y k'aed several substitutes offered which would have provided for "air tight" -measures in lieu of the twc e propositions beforefit. r- The whole situation. seems to be n that the senate has -placed itself or e record, -upon measures introduced be - fore the body,' as being -opposed t< y. the Richey "bone-dry" bill which hae passed the house. When adjourn ment was reached on Friday night, at -e midnight, until Saturday morning, the I senate .has threshed out the miattei c considerably, but had not come to any h definite conclusion, and on Saturday s only a short session was held, at . which local matters were considered ir This will leave the whole liquor r. problem yet to be decided upon b3 . the senate this week. -I If the senate kills the Richey bill n which has passed the house, and sim ply passes -a measure or its own, an< t- the house kills that measure, there 3- will be a deadlock, which will mean id no liquor legislation at- this session yf If either body should amend suc id measure as might be passed by the 1e other body,' so as to include its own .. provisions, or certain, of those pro re visions, in: the measure of the othei y.. body,'. the. matter would then go t< a committee on free conference, which it would prqbably agree upon some .e promise measure. What will be done -e no one can predict- with any degree of accuracy. Unless the houses agree f upon some bill, or disagree entirely r. there may be legislation by a fre( ;r conference committee during the clos ing hours of the session, under cer. tain conditions, which would mear e legislation for the entire state upor e this very important :natter, upor which the people of the state are di. e vided, by a committee of three mem. f ers of the senate and three members of the house. The danger of allow ing the work of the session to pile up and then be disposed of (luring the 0closing hours of the session by fre: conferenie committees, has been call nedi attention to in this correspondence SDuring the rush just before final adl djournment, free conference commiitte 'Y reports are submitted every few min yutcs, and they are usually adopted and that means a lawv placed upon thi r statute books, unless it should bi vetoedl by h governor, i hc ,, event it wvould take two:thirds of eacd house to make the measure a lawv. - A goodl many people were surpris ed when the house of representative: on Saturday niight cut out the iten of $15,000 " for law enforcement e 1917." This wvas a fund wvhich wva to be exp~ended ey the governor, ir practically the samne manner as th~ sappropriation of $40,0r0 used lasi d1 year. There wvas a spirited fight up. -on this item, wvhich wvas finally cul .'out by a vote by the house of- 54 t( 44. The section making an appropria. tioh for the govern:or's oflice, wvhicl shad already been passedi by the house eJ>rovidied $3,500 for *special fund fo: e law government," and the appropria. tion of $15,000, which wans killed, wab an attempted aditional ap~propria. tion, under the "miscellaneous" item e IThe various measures to establish t n state highwvay commission have beer e made a special order mn the house fo: this week, along with the report o1 's the select committee o; live appointec y to co-ordinate the dlivergent views o1 y those who are urging legislation along .this line. One of the principal argu. mnsfrthe passage of some high w ~ay measure at this time has beer .that action is necessary to take ad tvantage of the federal appropriatior which the state couu secare undei the proper act. Everyibody who has spoken upon the various proposah: now pending has adlmitted and urget theneesstyfor improving the pub. the point of dlivergence of the differ eat propositions submlttedl, and in th( r, discussion, the financial condition o1 .the state, with the necessity for hold e ing dlown appropriations, has playe( a prommlent part. It Is probable thai there wvillI be some state highwvay leg. islation, unless adjournment shoult -prevent -it, in which event the whol< Smatter would go over until the 1911 session. It is almost practically assured tha1 the insurance legislation proposed b3 the special commission appointed by Governor Manning to recommend revision of the insurance code of thi state, will go through, with certah: amendments . which have been calle< m fa DR W AELSON, u he of Su er, wil be in Manning I at Dr. Hu in' Pharmacy, in du 'V the near fut an tit Half' the ills t women is heir to th are caused by y train; and the eo to trouble is that the do not know it. ar pc How often,. fter eading or sew- th ing do you s "m eyes are so tired?" This ould ever happen if se you wore pro rly fitted glasses. in - i.rei I have the ability, experience and of equipment to examine eyes and make a glasses that ill give you the maxi- we mum of comfort. n Let me till you whether glasses de will- elp Sith, will- help yo r sight. Ask to she the 'famous KRYPTOK n GLASSES.) Invisible bifocals. re IF YOV~ NEED GLASSES, YOU r NEED ME. se th Office in Sumter National . Bank of ga Sumter Building. la tu There were seven measures proposed di: all of which have passed the house. of The senate has not yet finished with be the various measures, though most of po them have passed that body and the to, others will in all probability get of through, although there may be some ex minor amendments. The whole situ- lis ation arose as the result of the with- ms drawal of a number of fire insurance it companies from this state, following the passage of the Laney-Odom bill 1ro by the 1916 session. It The house has set the stamp of its kn approval upon the proposition to re- wv duce the legal rate of interest in this state 1 per cent, making the rate 6 ra per cent, except by contract, in which m event it may be mace 7 per cent. ev What the senate is going to do,. or th whether the two houses will get to- ca gether upon any legal interest rate reduction, is problematical. So late ag in the session, the proposition to re- sh duce the present legal interest rate to may have hard sailing, and may un founder upon the shoals of final ad- wo journment, which causes the death nir of so many measures which seem to a have a bright future before them in er the early days of the session. so Still Hope for Liberty. so Recurring again to the liquor ques- go tion, which bobs up on every occa- ag sion, whether in a newspaper article th or in practically every session which hi: either house holds, it may be stated m< that the Fromberg measure to allow an Charleston to vote upon a license sys- inj ten for light wines and beers will go of - to the 1918 session, at which lie t. the proponent of the measure, ar -. those who agree with him, hope S' that the situation will so have adjust ed itself that Charleston may be al- Su lowed, as a coast city, and as the metropolis of the state, facing certain conditions different from those which prevail in other parts of the state, to decide for herself what is best in Br I regard to the whole proposition. The ne 'Fromberg bill, necessitating an ra amendment to the constitution, would, cv of course, require a referendum to the ru people, which could not be submitted of until the fall of 1918; sO that by con- jo; tinuing the measure until the 1918 ob session of the legislature no delay fo would result if the measure should Er finally get through. a The present session of the legisla- of ture has so far sat dtown upon all ra measures looking towards the substi- mi tution of additional amounts of light on wines andI beens--or any amount Si whatever of wvipes and beers-to be ed allowved the citizens or the state er monthly in lieu of the liquor problem mi confronting South Carolina. to However, as has oeen stated, no th one can make a prediction, because ad the members of the senate do not yet - seem to have madeC up their own minds dlefinitely. T1he only thing y which nowv ap)pears certain isthat o the senate will not pass a "bone-dry" ~ $16. In auguraion of Pr WASHIINGTON D.C. See the NatiOi Tickets on Sale March 1 Limited Until ] Extension of limit until tained by deposit of tickel Terminal Station, Washin ment of fee of $1.00. For information or rese Atlantic C< The Standard Railr< H. D. CLARK, Agent is neo" rt"fr+'IM ~ x- i The house a bivon seeotl dr,;0 ! to the - umeue to, pert stem of land regigtLion is it'e under the :Torrens, syste,, to get the rs irqenent of the iede 1 rm loan bank soon to be establish in.. Columbia. Upon ..the call6f mmissioner Watson o1the depat nt of agriculture,^gmniebce and In. istries, a meeting of- farmers was Id in Columbia some. i time ago, iich recommended certain changed the law and a measure was irnto ced along the line of their recom andations. The proposition is that, sere there is. a Torrens system in y of the states, it must provide for rtain matters in regard to 'land les before loans will be made by e federal bank. It was to cure rtain defects in the present law and make the whole law, more simple ,d effective that the measure now nding, and which has been passed rough second reading by the house, is introduced. Both branches of the general as mbly have been working hard dur g the pase several days in order to ich final adjournment at the end this week. Morning, - afternoon d night sessions have been held an endeavor to catch up with the rk. Bills have continued to 'pile ;o the legislature hopper, 'however, d it has been ,a hard matter to hold wn the calendars which confront _ e two bodies each morning. The general appropriation bill,"lav g been sent to the senate; the coun supply bill having passed second iding in the house; the house hav 3 finally - determined its course in Bard to liquor legislation, and the nate having thoroughly discussed e various measures before it in re rd to whiskey; the insurance legis ion having been sent hell on its ty towards final passage; a multi Ie of local measures having been iposed of, and special orders made certain other measures which are ing strongly urged "ty their pro nents, the legislteure is working Yards final adjournment at the end this week as hard as it can. It is pected that the proposal to estab h a home for the feeble-minded . Ly meet with some opposition when comes up thi's week. All indications point to final ad-, irnment at the end of this week. may come, or it may not-nobody pws-but that is the end towards icfi the legislature rs working. Very few acts haie as yet been ified and most of these are local asures. The coming week, how r, will see the house go over to senate frequently for, the ratifi ;ion of acts. 'If the house and senate should ree upon a measure to cut liquor pments out of South Carolina, or provide for only a quart per ionth, der rigtd restrictions, what action ulr be taken by Governor Man ig in regard to his veto power" is iuestion frequently asked and gen illy discussed. There has been ab utely no intimation of any kind, far as the public knows, from the vernor's office in event of the pass e of either of such measures. All it has been stated by him or from office was included in his recom ndation to the legislature- in the nual message of a measure look- . towards a reduction in the amount strong drink and a substitution in " u thereof of light wines and beers. 0 VALENTINE CHARITY BALL mter B. F. B. Committee Plan to Give Big Charity Ball on St. Val entine's Night. rhe Sumter local committee of the itish, French and Belgian Perma nt Blind Relief War Fund have ar nigedl to give a Char:ty Ball on the cning of St. Valentine's Day, Feb iry 14th, which promises to be one the most largely attended and en rable social events of the year. The ject of the ball is to raise funds 9 the relief of the blindl soldiers of Iglandl, France and Belgium and it p'eals to the interest and sympathy.4 all people. The cimmtnittee of ar-9 ngem'ents have spared no effort to ike'the occasion al success, and not' ly will all the soegety people of' m'ter attend, but many are expect from neighboring towvns. A gen -, 11 invitation is extendled to all wvho1 ty dlesire to assist a worthy cas attend the ball and take part in4 social event of the season. The mission wvill he seventy-five cents. 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