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Volume 20 CHERAW, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S.>C.t DECEMBER 9, 1915 ~ Number <T
PRESJDENT
National Preparedness Main
Theme of Head of Nation.
Submits Definite Plan to In>
crease Present Standing Force
Of Regulars and For Four Hun.
.r . dred Thousand Citizen Soldiers
^ * Raised In Increments of One
Hundred and Thirty-three!
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I nousanu. l .
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OLLOWING Is the message of
President JjjTilson delivered at a
sessiou of the senate and
bouse at the beglnulng of the ^
Sixty-fourth congress:
Gentlemen of the Congress?Since 1
last hud the privilege of addressing
you on the state of the Union the war
of nations on the other side of the sea,
which had then only begun to disclose
its portentous proportions, has extended
its threatening and sinister scope
' until it has swept within its flame
some portion of every quarter of the i
globe, not excepting our own bemi- '
sphere, has altered the whole face of
International affairs, and now preseuts
a prospect of reorganization and re
Wiioii uvuuu sum as oiaicoiucu cixiu
peoples have never been called upon
to attempt before.
The president tellsfchow this country
practiced neutrality and declares that)
be hopes that when the time comes
for readjustment and recuperation this n
country wUPbe of infinite service. Re- r
ferrlug to Ced^^and South American r
problems, the president declares that j
we should retain unabated the spirit P
r . . which has Inspire us throughout the
wbdle. life of our government and s
which was so frankly put into words a
" by President Monroe. c
We have been put to the test in the tl
case of Mexico, and we htve stood the tl
- - test Whether we. tytye benefited Mex- r
ico by the course We have pursued re- *
mains to be seen. Her fortunes are In 0
her own bands. But we have at least . [,
proved that we, wfll not take adrcn- c
tage of her tn ber distress ahd under- ?
? 11 attjii m ^er^alrv** M
government of our own choosing. Lib (J
erty is often a fierce and intractable ?
thing, to which no bounds can be set r,
and to which no bounds of a few n
men's choosing ought ever to be set.
Every American who has drunk at
the true fountains of principle and tra ,,
dltlon must subscribe without reserva u
tlon to the high doctrine of the Vlr- e
glnla bill of rights, which in the great y
days in which our government was set a
up was everywhere amoug us accept- e
ed as the creed of free men. That doc- f
trine is. "That government Is or ought j
to be instituted for the common bene a
fit, protection and security of the peo e
pie. nation or community;" that "of [,
all the various modes and forms of R
government, that is the best which is tl
capable of producing the greatest de 0
gree of happiness and safety and is j
most effectually secured against the |j
danger of maladministration, and thai
when any government shall be found ij
inadequate or contrary to these pur f
poses a majority of the community p
hath an indubitable, inalienable and
Indefeasible right to reform, alter or p
abolish it in such manner as shall be q
Judged most conducive to the public p
weal" We have unhesitatingly ap a
plied that heroic principle to the case t<
of Mexico and now hopefully await a
the rebirth of the troubled republic, v
which had so much of which to purge e
itself and sn little sympathy from any ii
outside quarter in the radical but nee
essary process We will aid and lie 5
friend Mexico, but we will not coerce
her. and our course with regard to hei
ought to be sufficient proof to all Amer
Ira that we seel; no political suzerainty |
or selfNh control.
PAN-AMERICANISM HAS ?
NOME OF EMPIRE'S SPIRIT. ?
Economic Adjustments Inevitable Within
the Next Generation.
The uiural is that the states of America
are not hostile rivals, but co-operating
IrieiiJs. and that their growing
sense oi community of interest.
* alike in matters political and in matters
economic, is likely to give them a
t:ew significance as factors in interna
tional affairs and in the political history
of the v orld. It presents them as
in a very d ??p and true sense a unit
in world affairs, spiritual partners,
standing together because thinking together.
quick with common sympathies
and common ideals. Separated, they
are subject to all the cross currents of
the confused politics of a world of hostile
rivalries: united in spirit and purpose.
they cannot be disappointed of
their peaceful destiny.
Tills is pan-Americanism. It has none
of the spirit of empire in it. It is the
embodiment, the effectual embodiment,
of the spirit of law and Independence
and liberty and mutual service s
The ptvsld out calls attention to the t
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WILSON'S
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Photo by American Press Association.
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PRESIDENT WILSON'S LATEST th,
PICTURE. . co
(ftom snapshot taken on Nov. 26.) r?t1
aeeting In Washington recently, of | n
eprescntatlves of the pan-American th<
epubllcs and says that economic ad- t,e
ustment Is Inevitable in the next gen- no
ration.
No one who really comprehends the ari
pirlt of the great people for whom we la
re appointed to speak can fall to perelve
that their passion 13 for peace. I
heir genlns best displayed In the prac- > to
Ice of the arts of peace. Great democ- PK
acies are Dot belligerent Tbey do not *h<
pek or desire war. Their thought is ?>l
f individual liberty and of the free ^7
ibor that supports life and the on- W
enwored thought that quickens k. A?
'enqueet an<J dominion are not
Sekofhng ornjroeable to our'prinel- P
les. Hut Just iiecause we demand un- Rer
lolcstcd development and the undis- ^
urbed go\ eminent of our own lives
pon our own principles of right and lug
berty, we resent, from whatever veJ
uarter it ni.i.v come, the aggression w?> a*
urselves will not practice. We Insist ,l
pon security in prosecuting our self ^
vi(1
UUSl'II IIIIl'M W| IJil I h'llill uc*civj/ujgui.
Ve do more linn ihat. We demand It ^nf
Iso f(?r others. We do not confine our 'ot
ntliusiasm for individual liberty and
ree national development to the lnci 1,1(1
ents and movements of affairs which
ffeet only ourselves. We feel It wher __
ver there is a people that tries to walk
a these dillleult paths of independence
nd right. From the first we have
aado common cause with all partisans _
f liberty on this side the sea and have |
eonied it as important that our neigh ii
ors should he free from all outside
[oinination as that we ourselves should
e; have set. America aside as a whole
or the uses of independent nations ami
olitical freemen.
Out of such thoughts grow all om
olicies. We regard war merely as a
leans of asserting the rights of a peo
le against aggression And we are
s fiercely jealous of coercive or dicta 01
orial power within our own nation ^'
s of aggression Imm without. Wc
>ill not maintain a standing army ex
ept for uses with h are as accessary
rt times of peace as in times of war.
SUGGESTS BTiOAD PLAN \?
FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE.1
ncreaee Standing Regular Force?Four [
Hundred Thousand Citizen Soldiers.
But war has never been u mere mat- |
er of uieji and puns. It is a tbiup ,
f disciplined uiiplit. If our citizens J
re ever to fipht effectively upon a ; cot
udden summons, tboy must know hip
iow modern lipbtinp Is done, and what 1 ^j0]
ci do when the summons comes to ' |.
ender themselves immediately avail
hie and immediately effective. Aud "
he pnvcrumeiit must he their servant (
u this matter, must supply them with of,
lie traininp the.v need to take care ot eat
hcmselves and of it. The military ptn
rni of their povcrnment, which they
rill not allow to direct them, they muy
roperly use to servo them and make ol
heir independence secure, aud not hot
ueir own inuepouueiice merely, out it.
bo rights also of those with whom <
hey have made common cause, should lllls
he.v also he put In jeopardy. They
mist he fitted to play the great role 'l
a the world, and particularly In this ^
emisphere, for which they are quali- ''
icd by principle and by chastened am- fa!
litlon to play. * ta<
It Is with these Ideals In mind that ,,f
be plans of the department of war for
nore adequate national defense were
onceived which will he laid before
ou. and which I urge you to sanction
ind put into effect us soon as they can ni?
)c property serntJamed and dlpcnssed we
MESSAGE
jclares That if Full Navy Program
Is Carried Out We Will
Have a Fleet For Defense That
Will Be "Fitted to 0J> Needs J
and Wortiiy of Our Traditions," <
Greatest Danger to Country *
Comes From Within Our Bor- ,
ders. ' . / i
a
ley seem to me the essential first
>ps. and they seem ta tu tor the
esent sufficient.
Tbey contemplate an InoratMurf&iilit '
aiding force of the regular.'^'raif, ?
>m Us present strength of i
re and 102.985 enlisted men of.W- j
rvlces to a strength of 7.186 offipar* ,
d 134.707 enlisted men. or 14k?^told,
ail services, rank and flia. by!
p addition of fifty-two companies of '
Bst artillery, fifteen companies of en- 1
jeers, ten regiments of tnfantiy, four I
rtments of field artillery and four J
ro sqnadrorts. besides 750 officers reired
for a great variety of extra ,
rvice. especially the all Important (
ty of training the citlren force of
llcb I rfball presently speak. 792 non- 1
mmissloned officers for service In '
111. recruiting and the like and the 1
cessary quota of enlisted men for
e quartermaster corps, the hospital
rps. the ordnance department and
tier similar auxiliary services. 'These
i the additions necessary to render
i army adequate for its present du- 1
s. duties tvliichr It has to perform
t only upon our own ^continental ?
asts and borders und at our Interior ; c
my posts, but also in the Philippines, e
the Hawaiian Islands, at th^ lathis
aud In Porto Ric o
Jy way of making the country, ready- i
assert some part of Its real poyver- .
imptly mid upon a larger scale 1
>uld occasion arise the plpp
itempluterf supplementing tfahanny e
q force of 4045000 disciplined. ?1U- i
ia. raised In increments of ' f
vlcenble men bf thecountt^KovM*
asked to bind themselves to serve jti
[U tne colors ror purposes in unm- |
; for short periods tbronphout three i
irs and to come to the colors at call |
any time throughout an nddltlonal
irlouph" period of three years. This ,h
ce of lOO.ttOO men would be pro ju
led with personal accoutennents as c
;t as enlisted and their equipment t
the field made ready to be aupplied ..
any time Tlicv would Ik? assent d
for traio'ns at stated Intervals at
Continued on ,,ape 4.
Deposit you
(lie Bank <
Cherav
RQNGER THAN ALL OTHER B
1 yvn compoun
/ 'y in saving'
MOKE ABOUT CORN. v
i'ou may think you know all ubout
11. hut eveen agricultural sharks of 11
:h standing in the expperiment sta- c
ns never knew as much about the
iject as the following from the pen ti
Strickland \V. tiillilan. u
'orn is used to make whiskey out I'
which proves that any good thing
i he put to some useless or harmful i<
'IKtSO. 0
hie would never thluk that an ear li
corn was full of booze, unless one
i<-*MI the prevalence of joints nmonR c
f
life 11 eorn on the eoh is one of the v
t known musical intrumeuts. It is
favorite article of food with flute i
ers. ?i
The sound of a fat-faced inun with
se teeth ami a larue. projecting mus he
trlple-tongueing an E-Jlnt ear
corn would drown the sound of a 1
igo party on a loose tin roof.
The Indians used to raise com unthev
were discovered hy the white ,
ii. Then they turned that work as
11 as all other work over to t.h?
SIGNEB !Y FIVE
uiTinu'
renaium
Pact Not U Conclude a Separate Peac
.
London* .December 5.?Tne text c
the declaration signed last week by tb
British foreign secretary, Sir Edwar
jlrey, and the French, Italian, Japar
me and Kalian ambassadors at Lot
ion, engaging each of the live nation
lot "to conclude a separate peace, J
is follows^.
"The Italian Government having dc
:ided to Accede to the declaration tx
:ween the British, French and Russia
iovcrumeuks, signed in London Sei
?mber 5,1914, which declaration w|
kcceded td by the Japanese Goven
neutron October 19, 1915, the undei
ilgued, duly authorized thereto by the!
espectlve (Governments, hereby declar
Is follows:
> "The Rlitish, French, Italian, Jai
mese and Russian Governments mu
dually cufege not to conclude peac
separately during the present war.
,"The fife Governments agree ha
vbeu the ;terms of peace come to b
lLseusped -'po one of the allies will d?
naud conditions o peace without pr
i-.ous asr^enient of each of the othe
lUles."
W-v . _.
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?tBMAL,L. UliAAUti
Coin makers In Uncle Sam's mint
ire worktug overtime to create ac
Utioual i sw nickles, quartern, dimei
tnd cents ..This highly beneficial o<
.'upatlotfs I due to the fact that the
ire Ui.M ter demand than formerly.
.One <*J ^asily understand this ree
o? why. ?frequently is a pretty har
iroposJtlOTt^e 4>reak a tan dollar bil
oerchantmliiy it's stiff work to kee
he sntymp small change In the till
'Oq^gN^Hfe government might n
boweTer- That i
he maxim^^Mrying capacity of th
We carrjy at ail times a complet
Iue of South Carolina Leagal Blank
esldes a line of special blanks gotte
ip oy loci .l attorneys to fit into loca
ounty coi ItioiiR. We have Just adde
o our stork regulation South Carolin
Claim anl Delivery" blanks.
Suhsclbe to The Chrontcle
r money in
i)f Cheraw
/, s. c.
ANKS IN COUNTY COMBINE!
Lded quarterly
s departments w
rhlte man.
We understand the Indians couli
inrdly hold out till the white me
rrivecl.
Some claim the small corn<-ob is th
no ?Via <Tvniii<: run : whil
thers say it takes more corn to go n
omul a large cob. So there you are.
Poqicom is an excitable breed o
ereal that gets rattles and blows u
very time it gets hot. It is almos
lurnan iu this particular.
Girfs take advantage of this prin
iple iu young men and often try t
:ot them rattled and uncomfortabl
rnrin enough to pop.
In Kentucky the corn is full of ket
icls and the colonels are u!l of?yet
if course you've heard that.
A Distinction.
"One suburban neighbor who is ,
lawyer told mo yesterday with prid
that be is quite an expert at white
washing."
"What's bis specialty?fences or chai
aciersr ? ni*riiauijtf.
Hul?elbe to The Chronicle
| CONFERENCE MAKE!
5 APPOINTMEI
Announcements Made at Char]
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Far Orangeburg, Sumter and Fl<
Districts, Methodist Cfaurcl
?f *
e Charleston, Dec. 6.?The Souti
j ollna Methodist conference, mc
j. here today, made the appointmeu
the eusulng year. The followln
g pointments were announced for
8 ter and Florence circuits:
' Florence District.
H Peter Stokes, presiding elder,
j. Bennettsvllle, First church, R.
Q bert Jones; West End, R. L. Hill
h viy.
a Benuettsville circuit, T. E. 2d
i_ Brightsvllle, 0. W. Davis.
f. Bethlehem, J. T. McFarlane.
r Cheraw, O. T. Harmon.
e Chestertleld, J.~ L. Tyler.
Darlington, Trinity, L. L. B
y baugh; W. L. Wait, supernurne
u Epworth, Warren G. Ariail.
Darlington circuit, R. W. Hum]
East Chesterfield, Paul T. Wo<
lt Florence, Central, T. G. He
e Hartsrille, J. T. Fowler,
k. Jefferson, J. A. White.
I Lamar, W. H. AriaU:
jxLiberty, T. ft Owens.
Marlboro, J. E. For?.
McBee, J. W. WolHng.
Mlddendorf, W. V. Jerman, si
Pageland, J. W. Elklns.
Pamlico, H. T. Morrlsoil.
a Tlmmousvllle and Pisgah, Be
Powell.
Tlmmonsrille circuit, R R. 1
Sumter District.
y * - "V
IL W. Bays, presiding elder.
Bethune circuit, A. M. GardJ
^ Bishopvllle, Q. P. Watson.
j Camden, J. H^Grayea.
p Camden circuit, A. C. Corbett,
a #*
College Place Station, John
. Patton.
' Elloree, S. IJanner. . ^
Fort Motte, 0.. N. Bouudtree.
i B-tn fiwlnn i ft wiftih
Kershaw, R . M. DuBose.
Lynchburg, F. L. Glenuan.
Manning, W. B. Duncan. '*
Oswego, J. P. Inabinett.
e Plnewood, S. D. Bailey.
8 Providence, T. E. Derrick.
D Richland, W. S. Myers.
l1 St John's and Rembert's, J. I
d taway.
8 St Matthews Station, G. F. I
Sumter, Trinity, R. S. Truet
Broad Street J. M. Rogers.
Sumter circuit W. G. Elwel
Wateree, W. R. Barnes, supplj
President Columbia college,
Daniel.
m . J xr ^ -*.Vv
j. ruusierreu w tt oouriu nurui
oiua conference, Marvin Auld.
f To Upj>er South Carolina ct
ence, J. B. KIIgore, E. 8. Jones,
Shealy, R. C. Boulware, B. R. Tt
seed.
Orangeburg District.
A. J. Cauthen, presiding eldei
Bamberg and Bamberg Mills,
; Watsou.
Barnwell, S. W.r Henry.
J Branchville, T. J. White.
' Cameron, J"1. W. Godboki. .
Denmark, H. G. Harden.
! KdLsto, E. H. Beckham.
Eutaville, J. S. Riee.
G rover, J. C. Counts.
Harlcyvllle, J. L. Mulliuuix.
Norway, J. K. Iuablnett
North and Limestone, C. B. I
Olar, Acbille Sassard.
Orangeburg, St Paul, W. A. 2ki
- beau; W. S. Stutes, supernuuu
Orange, J. A. Graham.
1 Providence, T. L. Belvln; J. F.
ii supernumerary.
Rowesville, J. J. Stevenson; C
e Duke* supernumerary. !'
H Ktnonks. A. S. Lesley,
i- Spriugtield, E. P. Hutson.
St. George, W. E. Wiggins',
j Editor S. C. Advocate, W. C.
.. land. Olar quarterly conference.
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FRANCE TO FIGHT TO BI1
i END
o
y l*aris, pec. C.?'France will
make peace until Alsace ami Loi
- are won, Belgium jind Serbia ret
< and German imperialism and
sian militarism are put beyont
possibility of resurrection.' I
I Thomas, under secretary of war,
i yesterday.
e' The declaration of-II. Thcmas
f* tructing widespread attentiou, as
r one of the first statements from
sponsible cabinet official conce
the attitude of the government 1
orard to peace.
5 i WOULD ATTACK "T
W UNITED STATES
led too
WOULD ATTACK US NEXT
London
Spectator Gives This as One
i Carpeting
Reason Why German Navy Musi
ta for , Be Eliminated. '>
S *P- I
Sum;
(London Dispatch to New- York
Times.)
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Her- ;
I, sup- Discussing tue peace problem to.ay
a he spectator says that Just as
[orris, oeriuauy iu rail would conclude
,*eace oiny Wilir a Jb'reuch National ^
Asseuiuiy especially appointed for S
iiie purpose, witn power to bmd the /
. uoie .Nution, so must the Allies not
ledeu- make peace with the Kaiser aud Jun.
rarv: *er caste who made war. but with
..He German Peopl.
?hries Thhe terms of peace must provide
hi. security for tlie whole world. If -thfe
rbert. aenuau fleet w ere left intact the <feraittus,
finding Europe too herd a nut
to crack, would turn their eyetr.'OD
America. *- ' 1
"They would say of the South
American Continent" continued The
Spectator, "as MuAhgl "BliJcher said
jpply. of London: 'What a continent to
plunder.' Next they would method^
cally work out plans for the conquest
rt A. and control of South America, a preliminary,
if the United States objected,'
Doyle, oeing of course the destruction -of the '
.jreat coastal cities to ransom. *r--V
"The moment the hartying of Aaer
uierlca actually began, the feeling fbr - '
our own f flesh and iflood?ftir, far
stronger in panent than 1n child?
u.,n. vould flame up here and maKe' us"
i i 4B.
stand forth as the (protagonists of
PgUl Monroe Doctrine. Whatever some*
jf our people might say owlhg to tern-*
porary annoyance with America fM*
the somewhat sorry part played^by
her Goveniment during the war, we
f*** shnifTfi rirtne' for seefrig New'"--- * - -??
l'ork and Boston bombarded by the
German fleet or the Panama Canal
<elzed and fortified by Germany."
rELEGILAPH TO BLAME FOR WAR
In the twelve fatal days between
July 23 and August 4 of last year,
* At- tllin?s were happening with a rush.
The telegraph was sizzling between
Cirby tlie ^idtala of Europe.
idale* Tliere was "? tlme *wr reflection.
The Intellect of a Caesar or a Ronaj
parte* would have been unequal to the
r task of grasping all the issues inr"
volved and to foresee the results.
This, at least, is the belief of Lord
?ar Bryce, former British ambassador at
Washington. He attributes the coninfer
to tlle lnventl?n of tue telegraph,
rp ^ "Had the communications passed by'
lrnip- wrIttcn despatches as they would have
done eighty years ago, it is probable
that war might have been avoided,"
r he told the British Academy. '
j, q There is more than a bare possibility
that Lord Bryce is right
Fulton to Meet Willard.
New Orleans Dec. 2.?Fred Fulton'
of Rochester, Minn., today was selected
to meet Jess Willard here on March
3 In a 20-rouml bout for the world's
heavyweight boxing championship, a<>
cording to announcement by the promoters.
Willard signed articles here1'
{urns severa' weeks ago to meet any white
lighter the promoters might name by
tassa- I)m'IU,,er 10- Effort to arrange an
? elimination bout between Fulton and
?rary.
Frank Moran of Pittsburg were unP
successful, according to the promoters,
Willnrd's contract calls for $.32,50^
, ~ win, lose or draw. Terms arranged
vith Fulton were not announced.
EXPOSITION TO CONTINUE
Klrl. Panama-California Show to Continue
Through 1916
[?ER San Diego. Cal, December 4?Official
announcement that the Panama-California
Efposition, whleh .was. opened
not here January l of this yeur, will coa raine
tinue throughout 1910 as the Panaitored
tion, was made to-day by G. A.
Trus- Davidson, president of <the Exposi1
the tlon, who has accepted the presidency
llhert of the new project.
said
EXPORT GASOLINE GOES UP
is at- New York. December 5.?The Stapit
Is dard Oil Company of New York bap
a re- announced an advance of one cent *a
rning gallon on n'l grades and packages
In re-'of gasoline for export. The advanop,
Itt wu said, will take effect at