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I ^ r~ -I Ma I Yonr Ad* In TWs P?P?r Oar Advertisers Kcach m H | $* I | M I II | - Will Bring Business to too that now Every Corner of the Town and Country H a . ^ A ^ a ^ ^ ^ I ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ?-- VLncratu Viluiiuinr Volume 20 CHERAW, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S. C., MAY 11, 1916 Number 28 6ERMAN EMPEROR SEEKING PEACE HOPES FOR EARLY PEACE Information Obtained From Circular Issued by German Humanity League?Kings in Rome. London, May 8.?The correspondent at Rotterdam, of the Exchange 'leiegraph Compayy, cabled the following today: "On the occasion of the Easter festival, Emperor William sent an autograph letter to Pope e lined ict and expressed the hope that the Pout ill", with |he King of Spaiu, would be able 'ta instruct a scheme with the object of bringing together, under the auspices emblem of the dove aud olive branch, u coDfereuee of belligerents for consider gtion or au wimeuuue urmisuce?1? the fervent hope of securing an early peace without detriment to the legitimate aspirations of nationalities.'' Event of Significance. The correspondent says he obtained this information from a circular just issued by the German Humanity League. The circular also says considerable significance is attached to the prrival in Rome of envoys from the klkngs of Bavaria and Saxony, who had prolonged audiences with Cardinal Oasparri, Papal Secretary of State. MTEE.T FOR TRAINING IN ART OF SOLDIER Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., May 4.?Two hundred and fifty business and pro. fesaional einn whose residence range from New England to the Mexican border were tranformed into khakiclad citizen soldiery at the Southern military training camp which opened here yesterday. Tonight a hundred campfires lighted the north slope of Snodgrass hill, "Where 58 years ago was fought one of thfe sanguinary battles of the War Betwiwn the Sections. Two coluins, one of the regular army detachment of 700 men and the other a battalion of miitary students commanded by yjyt artUInrv ?nd_ceva1rv captain0. came together for the first time under a tent to hear the opening lecture by Lieut Col. D. \\\ Ketcham, training camp commander, and an address by Capt. GQordon Johnson, aide de camp to Maj. Gen Lenoard Wood. Objects, plans and rules of the training course were explained. Massachusetts, New York aud Pennsylvania sent a majority of the applicants for military traning. The first class enrolled will particape in the manoeuvres until June 3. Capt. Johnston said it was the ob4aa* a# 4Ra n.QP /lonartmonf t n nrtrfllli/n jcwb VI iuo n Mi uvy?? HHV41W v.w v40v?...?v other classes so that the training work might be continued all summer. ONE MEASURE COVERS ALL Silll'. PINO BILLS Washington, May 7.?Various administration shipping bills, combined into one measure and amended so that Democratic leaders believe it will enlist the united support ol' their party members and possibly some Republicans, will be introduced in the house May 8 by Chairman Alexander of the mechant marine committee. It will be referred to t:ie cmumittee and reported Lack Tuesday. By limiting the government ope. tion of vessels to tive years after tl. close of the European war tin committee had won over Majority i.<-au-r Kitchin and other influential Democrats. Mr. Kitchin tonight anu-> iu'.;l bis complete satisfaction with the bill, promised to take tae llloor in iavoi m iV and predicted its passag". ^ltit owners, who have made a hard light in the committee agaiust "the government going into business by operating ships" also have expressed tliem selves as pleased over this important I Utftllgv. The bill is destined to meet will uiore favor in the senate than die the ship purchase measure last ses slon, which was filibustered to deatl by a group of Democrats who joiuet with the Republican minority. 'Ik.en are at least three new Democratic sea ators who will support the ukumiv. aud the dissenting Democrats <d tin last session will nut be able to bloci the bill should they decide to oppo-a it. Pollock Urged As President <?f '?'!? Slate Convention Columbia, May 0.?Friends of \\. i1 Pollock, of Cbernw, from several part of the state will urge his ele?ii..n a president of the Democratic stale eon ventlou which meets here next week Mr. Pollock Is not a candidate for an; office this year, notwithstanding tin fact that a great deal of pressure ha I boon brought to bear upon him t<> off*W tor attorney general. However, he ha: Linade.lt plain that he will not be ii Ui? race. ! STATU CONVENTION TO MEET NEXT WEEK , Democratic Body Will Discuss Biennial "Circus," Woman Suffrage, Woodrow Wilson's l'olicy and Other Live Topics?Reports of Various ('unity Conventions Are Analycd. Xiuciy-cight delegates to tlio State .! com cation, May IV, will eouie either 'dircctiy instructed or intereutially picd^cd to oppose any measure tending lo uboiish me county-to-coputy cun\a>s oj the candidates for State ofiiccs, accoiouig to a study of the reports vl the various county convention* hejvl throughout the State May 1. Uie agitation agmst the 'biennial circus' has been especially noticeable 1 in Uie last two years and one delegation icoin Ciieeuwood, consisting of eight men, were instructed by their oonve.iiioii lo institute and light for a resolution doing away with the campaign. iiiis Will probably be the most , important mailer to come before the Suuo i >emocralic convention tins year. Petitions m favor of woiuau suffrage will likely lie presented. I ineiv win lie .'ids delegates to the loineiiiiOii, two more than formerly iui aaeouut ui' the new county of AlcCormrc i, which will have a representation >>i four, while Abbeville county, ioimec.x having eight, will have only six delegates. The number of delegates lroni ail other counties remains the same, being twice the county's representation in the general assemI My. Beaufort county will probably send a contested delegation, as one faction bolted during the recent convention. Beaufort will also attempt to jliave tlio convention adopt :i rule placing municipal primaries uuder the super vision of the State machinery. A recent electiou in Reaufort is the direct cause of the movement for protection. Minor cliunge* in the rules will ji:m? he considered by the body, us .suggested at the recent meeting of the state executive committee. XewspaiK-r accounts jilso show the following: The administration of Gov. Manning was commended in whole ar tn.yi.rt he Surnriv. Rg"'l.p"~ Rpci; t'orj, and Kershaw counties, the delegation in the last heiug all Manning men. Anti-JLilease forces won the convention in l.arnwell. Supporters of Former Gov. Rloase carried tlie contentions in Anderson and Newberry. McCorinick county showed an antiManning sentiment. In the Chester convention a resolution commending the State administration was not voted on because of a motion to adjourn. A woman suffrage resolution in the Richcounty convention met the same fate. Hearty and ringing indorsements of the administration <>f President Woodrow Wilson and recommending his relioiiiiiiatioii by tlie J?emocr?tic party were adopted in ill colunties; no mention of sii< ii action by the county convention was made iu the reports from Charleston. l>il!on and Chesterfield. A further analysis of the attitude twnard the county-to-county canvass shows: That there will he OS delegates favoring its continuance, 30 ojv Im.mmI, uuiiistructed, 12 seeking an ,!i i'Iik ill. I I wi-uimg jo Miinuu in*.<iu?-li?in in a primary t<i I lie voters of ilit* Slate. I'loin r.i counties, in which tho iiiicsiioii was not brought up for lis-uw-ie;. there will In? 150 delegates; villi the- however, the probability is h. i He ? ill vote to retain the canv:: . - they have ivd no instructions from "the people." < i \ ' ! \ \ 5 iis>i;s l> VI'lllL* 01.102 > lie. >iav 10. Ari official liritii c: i ii*i.te of German casualties in 1 hi'i!. i. <1 here today, places the total < '!. Tile nnioher of Ger I :.i; -ince the beginning of ar j: pi-.en as 2 K22,?79. These h. : s .<r given in the following t- statement: 'German i usual!bs: Inclusive of i < .rre i ions, wt re reported during the i month <-f April. I hi (J. as follows: Kill oil or died .a wounds. 17,455; died of 1 i-irhn. prisoners, 1.921; missi in: w'iT, severely woiiudod. 1 ^.557; ; oo|; slightly wounded. < ' UKled remaining with 1 units. 7 total. tt),lt)2. T . added to those reported in v tea' i ;?oiie iu German official i: tie beginning of Hie war i io: !\ 11**i o1' i!ii -l of wounds M 1.552; # di.'d "f :;i..T25; prisoners i::."7?in- mi- >ino. l'.lT.hfM: sevorl.V . I I'J: wmniiirti remain_ w 11 it liiiiK, nT.or,?;. 'j'<?ti?I. -.si'ii. 'I'if? !i.'ii!cs iii?-!u?i'll iSenium - Natii>n:ilii:< < l'ru?dans. I'.ovarium?, - mid \\ iirllemheruei's. Thl'J" do . i iii'-ImN' nnv.-il or -<>1 wii:iI troops." It is estimated that over 13,000,000 - automobile tires are consumed iu a r > -ar. Of t!:is number, despite the s iose to 2ou tire makers now in ex | istenco , the Goodrich factories in .ilOl") produced uearly 3,000,000. 'SCOTT REPORT AGREED TO BY WILSON j Said to Provide for Use of Mexican Railways?No Time Set for Withdrawal of .Ymerican Troops. Washington, May 4.?The American J government is ready to accept, in its main points, the agreement lor ttie iuture pursuit of Villa and Lis bandits drawn up by (Jen. Ubregon and Geu. Scott. This was decided at a conference today beteen President Wilson and Secretary Baker. .Formal anuouuceinent of tbe position of the American government will not be given out until Gen. Carranza I Las Lad opportunity to puss 011 tlie reiHirt submitted to him by Gen. Ubregon. As soon as that is doue another conference between Gen. Ubregon ami Gen. Scott will be held ou the border and the negotiations will be formally concluded. Ufficials here take it for granted that Geu. Ubregon would not Lave made au agreement I which would not have been accepted by his chief. The agreement provides for the co- j operation of American troops and Car- j runzu soldiers in clearing northern ' j Mexico of bandits. Mexican railroads j will be utlized for the transportation of supplies for the American troops. While 110 time limit is set for the with- j drawal from Mexico that will be dc~ * 1 as soon as there are delitiite indications that American border towns are jio longer in danger of raids. Secretary Baker and President Wilson reviewed the agreement at Ingth today and Secretary Baker sent a message to Gen. Scott on the future conduct of the uegoatious. /\lV!/.lnln /.horoitifiri7n<l Mm ilfTl'PA. 4 V/UIV. Iftlil ?."V ~ meut us "satisfactory," but would not state whether every detail was acceptable. When the negotiations are ended President Wilson probably will make a stnteement WILSON INFORMS GERMANY RELATIONS WILL CONTINUE But They Depend on Submariue Commanders Obeying Instructions? frtTtTian" Cnn't flirt Via 6i4Q tlfliaT M Matters. Washington, May is.?A note to Germany practically has been completed und probably will go forward to Berlin today. It will be made public soon afterward. It is understood it would be brief, informing Germany that as long us the new instructions to submarine commanders are observed, diplomatic relations will be continued, but that the United States* can not allow j Germany to dictate its negotiations; with Great Britain. The president worked <m the pro- j posed communication early today after f his conference with Secretary Lansing j last night. It is understood officials I are so far agreed on the policy to be j pursued that it will not bo necessary | to wait for the cabinet meeting to- j morrow. While the German note lias a\erted. for the present at least, a break in dip- j lumutic relations, it was said today that!' the president was not satisfied with the : 1:.........l. ...i |.t. ;tx?i*;i it/ui iuuiv-nvu ?v VIVI i inaiiy. The tuited State* stands by ! its demand that Germany cease her at-j tacks en vessels in violation of international law regardless of negotiations j which may be carried on with Great l'ritoin over the food blockade. Some of the president's advisers wanted him I to make no reply to the Germany note] and only wait developments, but he is! understood to have to send the com-j nmnimtion. IWTHH K >jK>YS ITEMS Airs. Annie ICatman. ot Uuihuni, is visiting relatives in town. -Mr. S. .). Sellers, of Kuby, was in i'atrick last Friday. Mrs. John A. Winbiirn, who lias been visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1\ li. Treaty,! near Cheraw, returned home Monday. Mr. J. H. Scott is spending several days in Carthago, N. C. Rev. J. I). Harrelson will assist Rev. \V. V. Jerman in a meeting at St. Mary church, beginning Thursday night and will continue several days. Rev. \\\ V. Jerman returned Friday from Lydia, where he had been attending the district conference. While the family were attending church Sunday morning, the dwplliug house of Mr. J. it. Griggs was discovered on tire, which was soon burned to the ground, together with all his household goods, nothing being saved but some meat and lard and a little Hour, which were taken from the smoke house before it was burned. Mr. Griggs is a prosperous farmer, living five miles south of Patrick, and his friends and neighbors sympathise with him in his loss. Rev. B. 1). Thames and family left Tuesday in their automobile for a three or fou weeks vis* to ; home in Virginia JNO. L M'LAdllN . IN WE RACE j PROBABLY FOB fOVERNOK ^ In Defence of tbe Stme Warehouse it System, According to he Banks. J co A* ST Columbia May 6.?Alliberal inter- ^e pretation of the languAe of Senator ca J. A. Hanks of St. Matt! msf president wl of the South Carolina^ Warehouse as- 80 sociation, in a statemec issued today, may mean that the war* toueemen may yet enter Commisaione: ^ John L. Mc- a<* Laurin in the race for g ivernor should the state Democratic < intention fail Ql to give Mr. McLaurin ithe hour demanded for him at eadb of the campaign meetings this summer. In case the state convention failed to itu nunv vr vuuniumeu a ^ very reasonable request" said Senator Banks, "then, as presi^efit, I was to call the association to ether to take such action as might b< deemed advis , . . ... . .. no able to get before the people." Senator Banks says that Commissiouer McLaurin only nade a tenta- ja live announcement for lentenant governor, based on what he state con- su vention will do at Its neeting on May 17; thai it was not.t e Idea of the )(V association to nut a mfca in the field ' *'i t 1)0 for political preferment, .should an 1(li opening be given "for th i waging of an (>o educative campaign be are the people in the interest of the J timer partlcu- <>u larly, Senator McLad* a In a minor ! capacity, / ho The secret part of me meeting of warehousemen WedneAay seems to no inviolabley guardedfby "those who attended; but it Is certain, however, that the other action besides that giv- 1 en out by the secretary of -the associ-fcai ation was taken.- Hoy Car it affects pa the political situation t not known to the public. But a coirect- inference, eri deduced from the utterances of those tbt attending the conferebhe, Is tfoat the th< warehouse association twill put out a ext HaUtura^^^nth^^lSouth ^Caro- wa Una electorate. wo John K. Aull, secretary of the asso- to ciation, said this morning that a full Go stoxnographic report of the proceed- by ings was taking and that it might be tot made public at a future date, as op- ini portunity may arise. Action Taken on Insurance. St It is known that some action was ve i_ i it.. i .2i 11.. U..4 . iaKC'11 ou iuo insurance suuauuii, uut cit jusi what lias been veiled in secrecy, th That whatever action was decided on ac in the resolution that is known to tei have been adopted must have been th important, for Wednesday morning^ co prior to the gathering of warehouse- pr men. Solicitor J. K. Henry, of Chester, ag Senator J. A. Banks, Commissioner uli McLaurin and other warehouse lead- mi ers, were in a prolonged conference. Gc Solicitor Henry has drawn many of inj t-.ie bills that have enacted into law ^1 the various features of the state no warehouse system, and it is known fo; that lie was one of the commissioner's most valued advisers. It is thought ja that some crucial action regarding c0 the insurance situation was taken at ad t..o morning conference, which later fa( was endorsed by the association at ail its meeting, it is noted, however, that ag Solicitor Henry did not sign the Dabbs ev petition to the state convention. otThe almost positive information that py tiic warehouse convention decided to th put a legislative slate in the field gives 0[ rise to the supposition that Solicitor pr iK-nry was engaged in drawing up bills relative to the insurance situa- aD i ion for adoption by the convention pi; ami discussion in the state campaign gc and in the county canvass. It is pre- ki biciicd that these supposed bills wii. jn bo ilie nucleus of a fight for the legis- by later*. and it' the warehousemen win jn tin- general assembly that the pro- ba grain will bo pushed through. What p( this alleged insurance program 1b q< not known; it may be state insurance, pr but there are some that do not think be the warehouse association would com- tr mil itself to such a radical procedure. What Banks Says. G< Senator J. Arthur Banks, president mi of the South Carolina Warehouse as- tr; , sociation, iu discussing today the by 'meeting of the association held on Qe Wednesday afternoon, said that toe in, newspapers, as evidenced by their m) headlines, had not seemed to grasp th the situation accurately. ' in "Senator McLaurin's addrees," he said, "followed the speech made by tjt Mr. w. A. Stuckey in advocacy of a [^ campaign of education this summer.'tic ; Senator McLaurin stated that he was q< ! willing to make almost any sacrifice j except to put himself in jthe position f seeming to use the wafehouse sys-'bi tem to gratify his ambitious or to pro-'j8 jmote his personal interests, but that'll 'he was willing, if there was no other i way to do it, to enter the ' ace for !ag lieutenant governor, on the batls'^t] which was stated in the paper. Im? an i 1 ediately there were objections from ^ embers of the association that they ere not willing for a man of Mr. Motrin's caliber to make the sacrifice running for a minor office, and that 1 we wanted was an opportunity to s heard. Then caime the resolution t ' Mr. W. E. Dabbs, requesting time * om the state convention, and it was t e understanding of all present that e was a request for the farmers to be e ard through their state warehouse r mmissioner, and that if this was f anted it was unnecessary for him to E come a candidate for any office. In E se the convention failed to comply R th what we considered a very rea- t nable request, then as president I * is to call the association together b take such action as might be deemed visable to get before the people." * ______ n f UEZON DESPAIRS ,. OF INDEPENDENCE t< fc Washington, May 8.?Manuel (jue- tl n, Philippine commissioner, who has G en urging Phllli] pine independence, a Id President Wilson today that he ? id his followers had .abandoned the ( ' ea of freedom in the near future and b ?ped congress would pass the house II giving a greater share of self gov- a nment tcv the islands, but setting no r :te for independence. si Mr. Quezon urged the president to u pport the house bill and not insist ri ion the Clarke ameudment approved si the senate which would give inde- o ndeuce by 1920. T. R. Yango, pres- D ent of the Pbllllppine chamber of ti mmerce, saw the president with Mr. P lezon. The whole question was dls- ? ssed at length and the president u< omiscd to consult with the senate and w use leaders. w P A Disingenious Plea* ^ a In the German reply to the Ameri- a a note of April 18 there occurs this u ssage: a, 'As matters stand the German Govuuent cannot but reiterate regret ^ it the sentiments of humanity which c< j Government of the United States & lends with such fervor to the un- nc ppy victims of submarine warfare fi } not extended with the same si rmth of feeling to many millions of d iinen and children who, according * the avowed intention 01 me mmou u vernment, shall be starved and who a their sufferings shall force the vie- w ious armieB of the Central Powers tl to ignominous capitulation." !> lu the sharp criticism of the United ates contained in this passage is re- A aled one of the fundamental falla- b ;s of the German point of view tl roughout this controversy. We are'< cused of hypocracy in that we pro- sl st upon grounds of humanity against P e slaughter of neutrals and non- f; mb at ants by submarines and do not at otest upon grounds of humanity bl ainst the attempt to starve the popations of the Central Powers by ?aus of a blockade. The German U1 >vernment knows that this is a disunions plea and that on the ground p lion it sets forth it has absolutely i right to complain of the course ( llowed by the United Stages. There is absolutely no warrant in; w upon which the United States, 11 uld protest against the British block ^ e on the ground of inhumanity. The; 1 ct that the process causes suffering! u d distress among civilians of all jlj :es and sexes has no bearing whatso-:u er upon the legality of the process I( reducing a country or a community. ' shutting off its supplies. Indeed, |1 e effectiveness of the process is one "" the tests of its legality. As for b ecedents, 'history is full of them, le Federal Government proclaimed id carried out a blockade the avowed irpose of which was to reduce the e iuth by cutting off its supplies of all s nds, including food. The Germans * the Franco-Prussian war took Paris ^ r shutting off its supplies and reducg its population, including non-coiu.tants, women, and children, prac. ideral blockade of the South nor the ^ ;rman investment of Paris could be otested against on grounds of law ^ cause it caused suffering and die- A ess among civilians. What the British are tryiug to do to ? irmany is precisely what the Ger- * ins actually did to Paris?they are ping to make their enemy aurrender ^ shutting off his supplies. When the u jrman Government seeks to give the ^ Lpression that unprecedented inhumity chartcterizes the purpose of G e Britir.h blockade, it Is simply mak- u g "a pla yto ihc galler.es." for it t iows oerfectly we'l that the reduc- h >n of cities and countries by shut- ? ig off their supplies has been prac- u :ed for centuries. When the German ^ jvernment criticises the United 0 ates because it has not protested tl ;ainst the purpose of the British a ockade on grounds of humanity, it p indulging in pure demagogy. It & lows that, we have no more right to she such a test on humane grounds ;ainst the action of Germany in e arving Paris into submission.?News j id Courier. j, v rji-.. AMERICAN INGENUITY IS PROV-'l ING SUPERIOR TO EUROPEAN | EXPERIENCE IN MANAGING WAR TRUCKS "Extremes in daily teini>erature make | ravel by motor truck over the barren ; vastes of northern Mexico a hardship i 0 American drivers engaged in Geu>ral Pershing's Villa-hunt. Following i 1 day of scorching heat will come a 1 light of chills and frost. It is common or drivers to postpone advances in the [ aorniug until the sun's warmth has netted the ice in the radiator. Despite ueh kaudlcaps, the mauuer in which > he more than 300 American-made miw j or trucks are being managed is a tri- ^ ute to American ingenuity." \ Such is the word brought back from t be Mexican border by A. H. Leavitt, t ssistant manager of truck tire sales or The B. F. Goodrich Company, Ak(Mi. Ohio, who returned this week af- t ?r an Interesting stay with the army ^ irces at Columbus, S. M. He was i bere to assist in the opening of a new y Jbodrich truck tire distributing store, u s a convenience to the government in s pairing quick service in tire renewals. e l. K. Serfass, Goodrich service man, r i stationed at Columbus. "I had an opportunity to talk with i number of well known newspaper cor- u espondents while \ .in Columbus," a tates Mr. Leavltt, "writers who had g lade close observation on various Euopean battlegrounds before being asgned to the Mexican border. With 0 ut exception, they declared that the a Fnited States army is handling motor & rucks far more efficiently than the 0 tritish, French and German field fore- ^ 9. Uncle Sam's men are doing this a espite their comparative inexperience tj 'ith motor trucks adapted to actual x ar conditions. For years the Euro- d( ean armies have learned to. rely on g lotor trucks as important war aids. s ;ut, according to the newspaper meu c t the border, the American trait of e Iterness in rising to the emergency is inking up for lack of experience and dvance planning. "In Europe the road conditions for tutor trucks are most ideal. In Mexi- ^ 3 the truck trains that have penetrat- L 1 the interior for a distance of 400 files and more, huve encountered difculties that are most extreme In hard- ^ bip, both to truck equipment and rivers. The best roads over the dc- t ?rts. hills and mountains are nothing y lore than uneven trails, and there is ^ stretch of 75 miles followed by the ar trucks that must be followed over lie hardest, most non-resisting lava eds. J" "(ireat credit is due the various Linerican truck manufacturers who { ave put patriotism above dollars in leir efforts to make the motor-truck c xpeoition of the nvuiy into Mexico a ^ access. They have sent the most ex0 ert drivers and mechanics from their letories for service at the front; and , ElPaso, Columbus and other assem- g ing points, have established stock ^ jpots to furnish parts with no more ^ ilay than if the trucks were driving ? to the factory door." ERSHING'S FORCE HAS KILLED ABOUT 125 MEXIC BANDITS Field Headquarters, May 8.? (By j lotor truck to Columbus, N. M., May t] 1?The punitive exi>editioii uuder L, Irigadier-Ueneral J. J. Pershing has (J ccouuted to dute for about 125 Villa j audits slain aud between 2U0 and oUd s ounded. Meanwhile the Americans ;1 >st six killed, a ratio of twenty banits sluin for every Americau life lost. j n wounded the bandits have suffered ( hirty casualties for every American ? it by a bullet t While the expeditionary forces Jiuve f lot lost one oflieer, the Villa bands ., inve had half a dozen of their lead- r r< u-illPfl. The simiilicauce of this i howiug was that it was made against ( ome of the most desperate lighters s a Mexico, men whose reputations | uve ranked high umoug the military ., len produced by live years of Mexican v evolution. t More important than the number of t audits killed has been their complete 3SS of morale. Nowhere will they v taud uuy longer to light Americans. c l few shots from advantageous ground i, nd the bandits run, abuudouiug their a ood positions before the Americans s re on equal terms. I, Men here today from the Temochic t ght, the lust the Americans have had t, p to this date, said that in order to p ;et Caudlario Cervantes' bandits to a ght at all it was necessary for Col. t leorge A. Dodd, the American com- p lander, to lead his men Into a posi- p ion where the Villa forces ought to t ave had all the best of the strategic f round. These bandits, however, h mreover. were not outnumbered and heir horses were fresher than those () f their pursuers. With all the advau- p age of position, Cervantes' men quit ii a flivin n? nlehf fell. Knowinc that ,> " ?? ?O-" o V ursuit in the darknese was not possi- li le. Col. Dodd held his men on the com- e ?~ c J. E. Sweringen, State superintendnt of education, is to be married in une to Miss Mary Hough, the wed- p ag to take place In Greenville. p WIRELESS WORKS WITH SUCCESS DANIELS USES PHONE liuerican Telephone & Telegraph Co. Have Labored Mure Ihan lear On feature. Wasnlugtou, May, 7.?A working ;ystem of wire ami wireless comrnulicatiou, said by Aruiy aad Navy ex>erts to be uiieyuuled by tliut of any tiler Nation, was effected Saturday by lie Navy Department us au adjuuct o the preparedness program. 1 allied With Warship. It was inaugurated by a wireless elephone conversation?the tirst of its .iud ever held?during which Secreary L?aniels?seutcd at his desk in the iavy Department?gave instructions to . commander on the bridge of a warhip operating against a theoretical neiny far oil' the Virginia capes, and eceived reports from him. Simultaneously oilier uiliciala of the Jepartment were iu telephone comlunicutiou with all the Navy yards tid stations in continental United tates. A Thorough Success. The plun represents more than a year f continued labor by navul officers ud experts of the American Telephone : Telegraph Co., who have been coperuting with the Department. It was renounced a thorough success this fternoon. Tests of the plan will couinue, however, until S o'clock Monday morning. All business between the epariment and stations in the United , tutes and the battleship New Hamphire, used for the wireless telephone owwuuication, is being conducted ither by telegraph or telephone wiretss until that time. Danieis Uses Telephone. Secretary Daniels was the first to onverse with Captain Chandler of the ew Hampshire. He told the captain o get under way by 1U o'clock Sunday, ud talk to the Department again then. it will not be very long before the -2 tecn?tary of the can-sit in -Mt* ? ' iiii-o hi the Department," Mr. Daniels old the captain, "and communicate erbally with the ships ull over the orld. , ? Across the Continent, ltear Admiral Benson then talked to laptaiu Chandler as did ltear Admiral ladger, retired, and several others. Tho naval station at l'ensacola was he lirst of the shore buses with which omuiuication was established. Other ounections were made with Great ,ake, Illinois, station in 32 1-2 secuds, the New York Navy Yard in 27. ecouds, with Norfolk in 41 seconds. >nly a few seconds more were requird to connect with the station at ban iiego, Cal., from which point Admiral 'ullain, commanding the Pacific reerve fleet, talked to becreary Daniels. THE WAREHOUSE 1 rorkville Enquirer: There are very fen individuals of utelligence in South Carolina who lave not been able to appreciate the cccts of the state warehouse system u economic conditions; but it is largey a guestlon of viewpoint and circumtanees as to whether those effects are pprovod or disapproved. As we see it, we do not think that hero is any doubt about the fact that he state warehouse system has been a nost potent influence in balding up the rice of cotton. We are aware of the act that the state system affords only i small portion of the cotton storage com in the south, ami also that warelouses generally are affording pracirally ail of the advantages of the late warehouse. We are aware, too, hut many people are using this as an irginneiit against the need for the state vnrehouse: but we happen to know bat it bus brought about the advanaires would not have been realized. We have n<> way to prove it; but re think it stands t<? reason that crept for southern warehouse facilities, uclc up by regional reserve money, vailable to everybody, and cheaper innranee, the price of eottou would have ecu ruling much lower in the south han it has duled. We are aware that any people have carried cotton since i*t fall without seeing selling prices dvnnce much over what they were hen; luit we think that most of these eople aiv able to comprehend what - ? ' ? ~ ? ? i-i. U-J .11 :ivtr> \>uum imvc iit-ii 11 uiey uau au rie<l to sell last fall, and if so they can i?rni an Men of what prices would ave been now. There is no doubt about the fact lu ur opinion, that the warehouse has ut cotton producers in a much more ndependent position than they have vor ben befor. The result of this ias bon to the very {neat benefit of otton producers generally and to the oiintry as a whole. M Paris. May 8.?Two German aero I lanes were shot down in the Verdun tegon today. ' " % f