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VOL. XXXVII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1917 G[RMANS SAY U-BOATS Si EN( Neutrals Are Warned Not to Ente Barred Zone. SHOULD NOT RISK VESSELS Teutons Are Gleeful Over Refusal o Many Shippers to Go in the For bidden Area-Anti-British Com ment Received With Gratificatior Berlin, .Via Sayville, Wireless, Fel 20.-Close scrutiny of the Germs: press since unrestricted U-boat war fare went into effect divulges thre main points which are again an again emphasized: 1 Absolute certainty that the U boats will force England to her knee within a few months. 2 Warning to neutrals, particu larly to the United States, that ship venturing into the "barred zone" ar "challenging fate." As the semi-oi ficial Overseas News Agency puts ii "it must be repeated again and agai that whoever dares penetrate th barred zone perishes in it." 3 Increasing glee over the refuse of Dutch and Scandinavian shipper to risk their vessels in the forbidde area and gratification over every lin of anti-British comment in thos countries. It is with great rejoicing that Ge mans read in today's newspapers em pressions from British captains take prisoner by U-boat commanders wh sank their vessels. "If you continue the submarine wa in the same fashion as it is carrie on now," one British skipper is quoi ed as saying, "it will become a mo. serious and diflicult matter for Gre: Britain." - Another captured British captain i said to have expressed himself thu "Well, I'm glad I'm done with i If you hadn't finished my ship thi would have been my last trip an3 way, for nobody, can stand this fc any length of time. "I've been on the bridge withot interruption for the last three day and nights, trying to escape the t boat danger. It is impossible tha England -and English navigation ca stand this-a long time, if you continu on the same scale the destruction ships." Added to these reported confe: sions are quotations from leadin CHEERED ON THE STREETS Attends Performance .at Trocadei and Band Plays the Star Spangled Banner. Paris, Feb. 18.-Jaimes W. Gerar former American ambassador to Ge: many, was the guest of honor toda at a luncheon at the foreign office b Premier Briand. A distinguishe pany Was present, including the dij lomatic representatives of the ET tente Powers. Mr. Gerard was accompanied by ti American ambassador to France, WI liam Graves Sharp,,and both were r cipients of manny marks ef cordialit: While expressing appreciation for th courtesy exieended to him, Mr. Gerar carefully avoided anything in the nm ture of an expiression of politica views. Those in attend~ance included th Russian ambassador, A. P. Iswvolsks the British ambassador, Lord Bert the Italian ambassador, Marquis Rap gi; the Japanese ambassador, M. Mai sui; .Jules Cambon, the former Frone ambassador to Germany and no generaul accretary to the ministry <( foreign affairs; Gabriel Hianotaux an RI. W. Bliss, secretary of the Amei ican embassy. Ambassador and Mrs. Gerard an ~'Ambassador and Mrs. Sharp later a: tended a performance at the Troc: (dero f'or the benefit of the Canadia Hospital at St. Cloud. Shoutsc "bravo!" greeted their arrival anda soon as their presence became genei ally known the immense audlience rt newedl the chering. Both a nbass: dors bowed their acknowled ement andl 'the orchestra gave wvay to th band of the Republic Guard, whic immedliately played the Star Spang] e d Banner, at the close of which ther was another outburst of enthusiasm. President Poincare wvas represente at the performance by Col. Renau< 'and the minister of war by Capi .7 Eshtern, Mr. Gerard on leaving the Troc: 1ero became the object of mos .'friendly 'demonstrations on the pai of the criowd that lined the streets. IRE TO BRING LAND TO STARVATION POINT r Britons as gleaned from English pa pers arriving here from Amsterdam. Admiral Lord Beresford -is quoted as saying in a public speech before the London Automobile club that he fear f ed the country was ignorant of the - seriousness of the situation, continu - ing: 1. "One needs only to consider the figures of 'ships lost and the totals is of tonnage destroyed to be horrified a by the magnitude of the actual losses. - It will be difficult to supply the coun e try. Without a merchant marine no i supply is possible. If the vessels reserved for the army and navy and - the government are deducted, only a s few ships remain for trade. Meanwhile the press is poking fun - at official and private utterances em s anating from London as to U-boats e alleged to have been destroyed or captured. "Neutral press reports from t, England," says the Overseas News n agency, "state that the British con e sider themselves now masters of the submarine danger. The number of Il submarines said to have been sunk s or captured is kept secret, these re n ports state, adding that it is only a e question of time when navigation will e be recommenced without danger. "(erman papers observe that re sponsible British circles, if they were sincere in these statements must n think differently now. o "For some (lays the British have kept the losses of ships secret in or r der to make the public believe that d the submarine danger no longer ex ists. But the British public soon will t be undeceived. ,t "As to the reported destruction of German submarines since February 1, s competent German authorities know nothing about this and the affirma tion that the submarines have been s captured is scarcely clever. "It must be repeated again and r again that whoever dares to penetrate the barred zone perishes in it. it "German newspapers point out that s of the two auxiliary cruisers reported on February 16, to have been sumk by t one submarine within twenty-four n hours, one was the steamer Afric. e "The British' on February 13, re if ported only the loss of the Afric. That is just (one-quarter of the tonnage - destroyed on the same day by German g submarines." LOW FIRE IXAS ON NATIONAL. FORES7S IN 1911 Washington, Feb. 19.-A loss to the Government of $162,385 in timber, forage und young growth vas cauJ-ed ) by fires on the National Forests in 1916, accojrding 'to statistics comptied y by the Forest Service. Although Y there was more than the average d number of fires, the loss is the small - est That has been sustained from fires since the National Forests were .rs tablirohed. A favorable season in 'the e regions where the most sewere dam .. age .is usually sua-tained 'ii given ais the chiaf reason for the .relatively ~. small loss. e A total of 299,377 acres of Gov d ernment land was burned ever. hi -addlitionl to this, the fires covered i123,160 acres of privately owt'ed land in the National Forests where timber e valued at $36,214 was consumedl. r; About 44 per cent of thme total area i; burned wa~s located in the National -Forests of Arkansas and Florida. ..Of the 5,655 fires which occurred, h 4,133, or 75 per cent, wvere confined v to areas of less than 10) acres. Many f of these small fires, according to the d Forest Service, might have dievelop~ed -into serious conflagrations had they not been extinguished in their in dj cipiency. The average cost of fighting each .fire was approximately half thait of n former years. Lightning was the f chief cause of the fires and was re s sponsible for 23 per cent of all those .which occurred. The causes of 18 -pu: cent were unknown, wvhile care -less campers started 17 per cent. s There was a slight increase in the e fires of incendiary origin, as wvell as b those started by sparks from loco -motives. With the exception of those e caused by lightning, all the fires wvere (due to human agencies. One fire in d Idaho which burned 600,000 feet of , timber was caused by the carelessness ,. of a ten-year-ol I boy. The season was one of particular -severity in the southwest, as weoll as t parts of Colorado and Wyoming, t where local weather conditions cre ated at timesa g rave situation. In TWO SHIPS SUBMARINED Submarine Said to Have Shelled Norwegian While Crew Was Abandoning Ship. STEAMSHIP WAS UNARMED Crew Picked Up After Burning "Flares" to Attract Attention of Passing Vessels. Washington, Feb. 20.--Consul Frost cabled the State Department today that two native Americans were aboard the Norwegian steamer Dal beatie when it was sunk by shell fire last Saturday. He said the steamer was unarmed and stopped her engines at the first shot from the submarine, which continued to shell while the crew was abandoning the ship. The dispatch follows: "Norwegian steamship Dalbeatie, 819 tons, coal, Glasgow to Gibraltar, sunk 7 a. m. 17th by shell fire, thirty miles off Fastnet. Carried neither gun nor wireless. Stopped engines upon first shot, but was shelled with out pause while abandoning ship. No injuries, no offer of afd. "Weather heavy, shoals, light wind, clear sky, boats rescued 1:30 a. in. 18th after burning flares. Two native Americans, Frank Wood, John Guerra, of whom former is in hospital at Schull, acute bron chitis, contracted prior to disaster, but aggravated by exposure. "Am mailing affidavit from master and Guerra." CIYIC LEAGUE MEETING The Civic League met on Monday afternoon with twenty-six members present. We were glad to have with us six of the new metabers. All of ficers were present tyAcept the 4th vice president. A number of inter esting reports were made. l1lrs. Leon Weinberg reported a very successful entertainment given by her commit tee at t'he picture show recently. This, committee will have the annual flower sale about April 1st and will sell ke cream and cake on Field Day. Mrs. King reported good work 'be ing (lone by the street sanitation 'com mittee. Mention was made of the -great improvement in the nppea'rance o'f the streets since Mr. Ervin took charge. Mrs. Barron -gave rrost 'eilthusi astic plans for making the court house square the most beatttifful in the State. Many plans for the yeai's work were discussed. The 'league 'is gn'm to take charge of the reft room ir the court house and will have it cleaned up and ket attractive for any ladies who may care 'to use it. The Junior League so much talked of last year is getting an varly start for this year and Niss Ctainne Bar field was ajrpointed vha'irnian of this department. Also at department of health and chiarities was eddcd to the regular league work, Miss iessie Mie Lean, chairiramm. Also, inste'ad of emhblishing a playground, the' school g'rounti comn miittee was aiuthorizedI to put somet appIaratus on 'the school grounds for the use of the children. Miss Hanttie Nelson and Mrs. Moody were unanimnously elected to miember ship. Fourteen dlollars of tea money andl fourteen dollars in clues were 'turned in at this meeting, It is requested that all clues be paid at the next meetJig and any other tea money may be handed to Mrs. Abe lIrvi. --- --o0 HIONOR ROLl. Honor roll of Big Branch Graded School for the fourth month. 1st grade-Hattie Alice Mahormy, Talmage Dyson, Georgie Thames and Ernest Walter. 2nd grade'--Noreene Beatson, Went worth Cc'h ran, Carson H-1am i I ton, Leo Berry and Bh'irche 'Walter. 3rd grade-Portia Thames and El lie Dysorj. 4th grade-Virginia Barrett. 5th grade-Mary Dyson. 0th grade-Evelyn Cochran andl Ronald Beatson. 7th grade--Roberta Berry. 8th grade-None. Washington heavy loss was caused by fires wvhich started in inaccessible places and wvhich -the rangers wvere unable to reach for several clays be cause of the lack of trails. LIQUOR FOR MEDICINAL USE ONLY FREE CONFElRENCE PIROHIBITS WHISKEY AS A BEVERAGE Certificate from Judge of Probate Must be Secured for Each Ship ment - Ordered-Druggists - May Handle Whiskey and Wine May be Imported for Sacramental Pur poses. Columbia, Feb. 20.-The free con ference committee on the prohibition issue will report this morning a bill providing for a quart of whiskey or one gallon of wine each month, to be oltained through the office of the probate judge. Heads of families and males above 21 may procure the permits on affi davit that purchase is for medical purposes. No provision is made for beer. No physician's prescription is required, this being a feature of the original DuRant bill to which objec tion was made. Comon carriers and express companies will be required to keep the affidavits. Wine permits must be for sacramental or religious purpose. A fee of 10 cents will' be charged for issuing the certificate. Provision is also made for alcohol to be handled by wholesale druggists and by druggists in the compounding of prescriptions. The bill is to be come effective within 60 (lays after being isgned by the chief executive. The committee is composed of sen ators DuRant, Nicholson and Evans and Representatives Boyd, Neuffen and Mauldin. Great Sunday School Rally. Hundreds of reports h avebeen re ceived at the State Sunday School Office, in Spartanburg, showing that there was a record breaking attend ance in the Sunday Schools in the State on "Come-to-Sunday School Day," February 11. In every way the day seems to have been a suc eess throughout the State, and those who had the matter in charge are particularly pleased with the results. Two Sunday Schools, the First Bap tist of Orangeburg. with an attend ance of 1,120-600 of this number be ing in the men's class, and the First Baptist of Greenville, with an at tendance of 1,105, were probably the largest Sunday .Schools in the State Other large scirools that have .port ed to the State Office are the First Baptist 'of Anderson with %1; the First 'Baptist Spartanburg, 702 Bethel Methodist, .Spartanburg, 660; Centra) Methodist, Spartanburg, 650: First Yresby:.erian, Spartanburg, 55.7 South Side Baptist, Sparta.nburg, 377 Firs. Baptist, Rock Hill, 474; Bethe AletIra.dist, Charleston, 507; Dillor Metbudist, 302 (::his Sunday Sctioo secited 1(C new members); Ceotra Baptist, Greenville, 471; Mullim Methodist. 492; Westmi:nster Baptist 312; Oakland A venue Presbyt erian Ronk [ill, 340; First Presbyterian Grenville", 41r5- St. Paul Methodist Greenvill, :377 There are , great nu.'berod other Sunday schools: in th< State that had :300 or more in attend anfte (II "Co.me-to-.Sunday Schoo Day." A splendid record was made ir Union on that day. 'The omtrollmeni in nine schio<..s is l...292, avwrage at tendcaner, 99I2. On F'ehruary 1.1, thi attendarL.ece was I ,59i;. T1his is an in erease of 25 per cent. over *in(e enrol] mnent., anid (05 per cenit over the aver age a~tte'ndan--e. On.~e Sunday Schoa in Union with anf enrollmecnt of J3M had 221 paresenut Sunday rnnrning. The oiflicial report from Rock HIill shows that the Sundlay Schools were largei than ever before. Elevn Sundio~ Schools had a totanl atendance ot 2,599. ii is -estimuard thua this is al least a 75 per cent gain over tE usual attendance. Eight Sunday Sc-hools- in WVestminster report a to. tal attendance of 3 ,1 27 Sunday. On< ofi these Sunday Sthools securedi 55 new'~ members at this time, and an. other 40. It isconservativejy esti. mated that there were 10,000 peole in the Sunday Schools of Greenvilk Sunday, and more than 5,000 in the Sunday Schools in Spartanburg. In oth of these cities many Sunday Schools had the largest attendance i.1 their history. Thousands of new members were secured ~in the Sunday Schools of the State on last Sunday as a result of the carefully planned program suggested by the State Sun (lay School Association. Dewey's Estate $250,000. Washington, Fkb 20.-Admiral George Dewey, hero of Manila Bay, left an estate estimated at $250,000, as shown by a petition for the pro bate of his will. filed by his widow. GENERAL fREDERICK FUNS1( SUDDENLY A Officer Falls Unconscious While Seat ed in Hotel Lobby Talking With Group of Friends After Dinner. NEWS SHOCKS WASHINGTON Commander of Southern Department of United States Army Bore Splendid Record as Soldier. San Antonio, Feb. 19.-Major Gen. Frederick Funston, commander of the Southern Department of the United States army since Febru4y, 1115, died suddenly at a hote; here tonight a few minutes after he had finished dinner. He collapsed and fell uncon scious while seated in the lobby of the hotel talking with friends, and playing with little Ines Silverberg, of Des Moines, Iowa, a guest with her parents at the hotel. Death was al most instantaneous. Con. Funston was 51 years old. Ever since March, 191(, when he was placed in comand of all United States forces on the Mexican border, Gen. Funston had worked at an un usual pace. At critical times in bor der developments he frequently re mained on duty twenty hours of the tventy-four. The handling of regu lars disposed of at various stations on the border, the Pershing expedi tion and, of late, rearrangement of regular troops while providing for the return of National Guardsmen have entailed an enormous amount. of detal work, probably exceeding that which fell to any commanding gen eral of the United States army, since the civil war. ,.. .. - . n. Fun ston completed orders for the return of the last of the guardsmen. Be cause of the amount of work which has fallen to him, Gen. Funston's only eation or relaxation ior nearly a year has been an occasional dinner party with a few friends. Inspection Trips. Only recently Gen. Funston return ed from an inspection trip which took him as far as Nogales, Arizona. He also inspected the American expedi tionary forces in Mexico, just before they came out. These trips with one to Brownsville, Texas, last year were virtually the only occasions when he has been absent from his desk sinc 'the border trouble developed. Two weeks ago Gen. Funston suf fered an atack of indigestion. Tc use his own expression. "I fought it out alone." Later he placed himself ONLY ONE AUTO LICENSE O(alumbia, Feb. 20.-Here is a bi of Jyous news to automobile owners It is a brief correspondence that-hold: that towns and cities can no longe; eollect licenses or tag taxes from the "twners of automobiles. The corre xpondence reads: Columbia, Feb. 20, 1917 lHon. Thos. 11. Pecepkes, Attorne: SGeneral, Codumbia, S. (C.--Dear Sir I am informned that the Geuneral As semibly has enact ed a lawv provid in for a State lIcense on aut omobilnles etc., and that the Governor has up proved the act. I understand t ha this net provides that the St ate li cense shall be in lieu of anyli ut. oIr municipal license, and1( that the aic went into effect imeaimtely upon itb approval. Will you lilease adtvise nmt as to w~hether or not I ami required to piay an automobile license to the city of Columbia. Ytours very truly. S. TI. ('ar-ter. February 20, 191 7. 110n. S. Tr. ('arter, ('olumiibia, S. C. l)ear Sir: Ans5werinig your iniquliry of this (late I beg to aise~5( that the act creating the State 11lighway ('onmmis (io tok effec~(t up~on its a pprovalI by the G;overnior iiand repealed the right of munamic ipalitijes to cOllee til In icenise or re'gistationi fees from owner.,; of tat omobi les nii this St ate. Such fees are no0w patId to the State only, under setion 9) of the above act. Yours trtuly, Thos. 1I. Peeples, Attorney General. Many towns and1( cities hiave had such a tax. The State will collect a license of 25 cents per horse-power. Home D~emonstration Cluab Mecting. The Home Demonstration Club oaf Hlarvin's met Feb. 12th, at the home of Mrs. J1. B. Brogdon. Miss Richardson was wvith us, also two visitors, Misses Mattie and~ Lou Gailland. IN DIES T BANQUET IN SAN ANTONIO under the care of Lieut. Col. M. W. Ireland of the medical corps, Southern department, and regained normal health and spirits. "For three days," Col. Ireland said tonight, "Gen. Fun ston had been entirely well." Nevertheless at dinner tonight Gen. Funston was particularly a bstemious and ate only sparingly of the simplest dishes. Col. Malvern-H ill Barnum, Gen. Funston's chief of staff, immediately notified the War Department of Gen. Funston's death. News also was dis patched to Mrs. Funston, who is visit ing her father in California. No ar rangements for Gen. Funston's fun eral have been made. Col. Ireland, who has been Gen. Funston's physician for some time, said tonight: "Gen. Funston's death was caused by angina schlerosis of the arteries of the heart. Death was almost im mediate and without pain." Caused Great Shock. Washington, Feb. 19.-Major Geir. Funston's sudden death came as a great shock to high officials of the army and to President Wilson. He was one of the distinguished com manders of the service and one of whom greater things were expected in the future. The youngest major general of the line, vigorous and ap parently healthful, he had been count ed on by his superiors for many years of active service. The news reached the War Depart ment late tonight in a brief dispatch from the headquarters of the South ern Department, saying Gen. Funston had died of heart failure. It was telephoned to Secretary Baker's home, where a dinner was being given to the President, with most of the rank ing officers in Washington among the guests. Secretary Baker made this state ment: "Gen. Funston's death is a loss to the army and a loss to the country. During the trouble on the Mexican border his work has been difficult, ex acting and delicate. his conduct has been that of a soldier and he has ex emplified the high tradition of the American army by his quick, intelli gent and effective action. Throughout it all the sympathy between Gen. Funston and the department has been complete and no shadow of disagree. ment has arisen. I am deeply grieved personally at his death and feel that his loss to the country is very great." The meting opened by singing the Club Song and was followed by our Club Prayer. The roll call was re - spended to with quotations. Mrs. Dickson, our former secretarv having moved away, th' president suggested the nominlmaton of ra.:..het4 so Mirs. E. I). Ilodge was nominat f and elected for same, Then M iss R ichardson cal led e :nAls. Br'oydon and Mres. IIlodge to readI - chassification, food value and e'coom. of soups. \l iss Iticharndson then gave , a very in teresting. talk on rules for - makl~ing stuc k sou ps. We then had a dlemoenstratioin in making ceani - onmn supj. Th'lis was served lby Mirs. I). II. Sith l and was very muic enjioyedl by all the hid ies. The emn adj ou rned to meet in aarch. 0 CO(AL2 860 TON I.N l'TA. IA Itome, lF'eb. 5.- (('orreispondiiemie it the Associated P'ress ).---Withi coal selling at $t60 a toin and the gevern ment graudually taking over all cx. sting supplies and prohibiting its tat by hotels and boarding houses, and withb gas, electriic ity d ear onr thle sup ply reducned, It alian household; a: business nfl i('es have hadl to reve-it to the ancient method of burning lOnclv powde red woode ha renal dust ina twon-galloIn enarthben jar. The ia r is filled halIf fuli I f cha renal dust, placed in the openi air or near' an opien win dlow~ andi someli live ('oals of w~'oi or charcoal put ini the ceniter of the (lust. Slow combustion is start ed and gradually the entire surface of t he dust burns to ashes wvhile the smold ering fire reaches downwvard. When, after twelve hours, no more smoki' or little gas is given off, the heated jar is placed in the cold room and let stay there for twenty-four hours, after which a fresh layer of dust is placed in the jar andl the pirocess re neonfd.