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^ HEP n out ram SAYS IE IAS NO puce in our mmcs OGRESS IN EDOCATKIN Governor Well Pleased With Reports Being Received From All Parts of the 8 tate—Prosperous Times Seem to be at Hand—Youth Should be Educated. • “I believe lb the rule of the white people,” said Governor Manning Mon> day, in response to a request from the newspaper for an expression on the situation reported to exist in Beaufort. "I do not feel that It Is proper for the governor to meddle in local politics as a rule, but in this particular case the situation presents a very grave and serious question The Democratic party stands for white supremacy, and to use the ne gro in an election among the Demo crats is setting a very dangerous precedent for all future time. I can not too strongly stress the importance of white rule in South Carolina. The precedent established by a bolt from the primary for the purpose of using the negro voters in the general elec tion is a most dangerous one. “Personally, under no circum stances would I accept a nomination or election to any office at the hands of the negro,’’ said the governor. "The negro is all right in his place, but his place is certainly not the bal lot box. This has been proven time and time again in the past. The white an is the negro’s best friend when fte negro is out of politics, and the ro himself is happier and more sperous without the ballot, for the ton that he is not then to be used or the purpose of defeating the will of the white citizens of South Caro lina Gov. Manning was gratified over the educational progress in the state, saying: “The reports of unusually large enrollment in our public schools and colleges are very gratifying to me. It Is a healthy sign to note the awakening of our white citizens to the very great necessity for universal education, especially along practical lines—cooking, sewing, farming, me chanics. etc. “It is also an evidence of the re turn of prosperity to our land. What a marked contrast to the conditions existing a short while ago. when, as an affect of the European war our financial system was In a turmoil, large numbers of our people, though clamoring for the edwcatlon of our boys and girls, were not In position to gather together enough money to pay evep the small expense items in cidental to the education which they so much desired for their children. "Many of them could not purchase the books necessary to be used In their schools. Now I learn, tbs most Important question before us Is how are we to provide the teachers and room necessary to properly care for the large numbers applying for ad mission. ’’The cry ‘hard times' has been forgotten tn South Carolina, and our people are looking to the future with a degree of optimism heretofore un known. There is no questioning the fact that if we are to continue to progress along business and moral lines, we must provide for the chil dren of South Carolina the education to which they arc entitled. “A grave respons'bllity rests upon the mothers and fathers of South Carolina in this matter, and I have such great confidence in the honesty and integrity of our people that I know this responsibility will be met with the proper response and the *-^cessary facilitlee for the training ^Vl education of our youth will be vided. If we can not provide as 1 as we would like, then let us by ‘•fta means provide as well as possible. “Well, lighted, well ventilated and well heated school buildings with first class teachers are always desir able, If possible, but a log cabin, with a good teacher, makes a much better place to train a child than no school at all. ( “It is far better that the parents make personal sacrifices, If neces sary, rather than have the training of the mind of the child neglected. “Th« peOffle of South Carolina are aroused along educational lines as they have never been before. This is best evidenced by the fact that In ap proximately 1,400 school districts out of a total of 2,000 in South Carolina the people have voted on themselves a special tax for the improvement of their educational system. In other words they have, by their ballots, spoken In no uncertain terms in tavor of the progress of the state and the advancement of our civilization through the training of the minds of our children.’ Especially Is this true In the mill villages and rural com munities. % "Another commendable feature about our' education progress is the advanced Ideas our people are putting Ihto practice along the line of vocar tlonal training. I am especially In terested In this particular branch of the work. We have come to the point in our educational life'where our children are now being taught to use not only their brains, but their Font Grant Battle* are la Profreap Between the Galf of Riga and the Galician Frontier. There has been no cessation of the heavy fighting on the Russian front. From Riga to Galicia the armies are contesting every inch of the ground and at least four separate battles are in progress. Berlin reports: “Army group of Field Marshal von Hlnden- burg—-Opposing forces which were pushed back on the southwestern front of Dvinsk attempted to make a stand In a position situated more to the rear. They were attacked and repulsed. South of Lake Drisitiata a cavalry engagement ic taking place. “The operations by the army of Gen. von Eichhorn in the battle of Vilna, which led to the enemy’s be ing repulsed across the Lake Marcoz- Smorgan-Wischnew line, resulted In the capture of a total of seventy of ficers, 21,908 men, three cannon, thirty-seven machine guns and large quantities of baggage which the ene my was .forced to leave behind. An Inventory of this booty could not be taken until now because of our quick advance. The figures previously re ported are not included in those given here. South of Smorgon our attack is making progress. North east of Wischnew we have broken through enemy positions. On this occasion two officers and three thou sand three hundred men were taken prisoners and nine machine guns cap tured. “Army group of Prince Leopold of Bavaria—The bridgeheads east of Baronovichi are now in our posses sion after a battle for them. Prison ers to the number of three hundred and fifty were captured. "Army group of Field Marshal von Mackenseu—The situation is un changed. . “The army group of Gei.. von Lin- singen has forced its way across the Styr below Lutsk. Under pressure of this success the Russians are In full retreat north of Dubno along ithe en tire front.’’ ALLIED TROOPS TO OCCUPY MACEDONIA TILL WAR’S END Pari* Newspaper* Htat* at Scheme Evolved by Allied Power*— Teuton* Maa* Near Serbia. Paria, Friday, says the number of Auatro-German troops concentrated on the Serbian frontier is estimated by the Nish correspondent of the Temps at five hundred thousand. He says that three hundred and thirty thousand are Germans. The corrrapoadeat at Petrograd of the Temps *ay* that approval I* given hi taflaeatial quarter* at the Ruaati capital to the idea of joist occupation of Macedonia by the Allies. It is be lieved this would be an effective meant of keeping Bulgaria and Ser bin apart, and of defeating German efforts to bring Bulgaria into tha war while Austro German forces ere in vading Serbia. The Temps says that the French government has arrived et e certain decision as to what should be done to averet an attack on Serbia by Bul garia. The indicatlona are that Rus ala will assent, that Italy will not op pose the pin and that England prob- pone the plan and that England prob- The Temp* say* that the NitusUon ia the Balkan* require* that the pro*- pertive Bulgarian attack on Serbia nhall he preveated by a demand on llalgaria for immediate demobiliza tion. This newspaper asserts it has rea son tb believe that the reporta from Saloniki that Bulgaria has definitely agreed to take th$ field on October fifteenth are" correct, and that de livery of the territory recently ceded by Turkey Is contingent on action by Bulgaria against Serbia at that time. KUROPATKIN MADE CHIEF Russian* Appoint Veteran of Jap War Chief of Grenadier Corps. London, Friday: Gnerela Alexei Kuropatkin has been appointed chief of the Russian genadier corps, ac cording to a Reuter dispatch from Petrograd. .X If the report from Petrograd is true it means somewhat remarkable reversal of public opinion in Russia regarding a military leader who was disgraced because of the failure of Russian arms in the war with Japan. Iq his history of the war he frankly admitted hia own mistakes. return from which can not be esti mated in dollars and cents, but in the improvement of the minds of a rising generation, thereby assisting them in making of themselves better citizens. “It is the duty, and I believe the pleasure, of every true South Caro linian, to offer to the younger gener ation every, opportunity to properly prepare themselves for the struggle that awaits them'ln this life, and to my mind, the best method of per forming this duty is to provide for them the education and training that is best suited .to the needs of the in dividual child.” - The governor has always been .an enthusiastic advocate of education. , no .. . especially in the common and high 3 0tt schools of South Carolina. He is de- that the schools are turning out more skilled mechanics and farmers, and aore mechanics’ wives and farmers’ ‘Ivee than ever before. This in true, only of the colleges and unlver- Ities, but of the smaller public and high schoolfc as well. My whole heart ia in this work,“.satd the governor, “and I hope that we may soon see the day when ogr educational fadll- •tlea, especially those in the. mill vIL leges and rural dlstrlcta, are brosght to the highest standard. The mossy we spend in the improvement of oar arboets la aa Investment, the voting a great deal of his time to the study of this subject just now, and will likely have some Important rec ommendations along this line at the proper time. Safe Conduct for I tombs. * Sir -Csotl Spring-Rice, the British ambassador, Thuraday took to the state department the safe conduct for Dr. Constantin Dumba, the Austrian ambassador, who eras recalled by bis government at the request of the United Staten NEWS OfJE «JW SCATTERE! ITEMS 4ATBERED ABOUT WORLD CONFLICT BIG NEWS IN SHORT SPACE 11 •. -- _ . . : ^ Interesting Pointers About' the Signi- cam Things Which oftentimes Es cape Attention—War Goes on in Many Fields of Activity-—What the The French have inaugurated a new method of blocking the Genpan air scouts. Ten French machines patrol a given section of the permah line at a height of 2,000 meters and ten more at a height of 3,000 meters the latter flying in the opposite di rection from the former, if a Ger man scout tries to get through he is attacked simultaneously by the near est two Frenchmen, one above and the second below. If the two are in sufficient to stop him others join in the fight. • • The total losses of Prussian troops alone now reach 1,740,836, accord ing to statistics complied in Amster dam. • •• Thirty thousand priests are stated to be fighting in the French armies. They are In the trenches fighting shoulder to shoulder with the other men. The casualty list among the clerical soldiers is a long one. • * * The Vorwarts, the central organ of the German Socialist party, publish ed at Berlin, declared recently that after’ the war the imperial debt end pensions alone will demand an an nual expenditure of at least $625,- 000,000, which Is a little lesa than the united ordinary and extraordi nary Imperial expenditure of 1912. • » Japan has communicated officially to Russia her decision to assist the Czar s domain by supplying munitions of war. Japan has told Russia that she ts preparing to mobilize her en tire industrial resources for this pur pose. • • The French government has an nounced the establishment of a block ade of the entire Turkish coast of Asia Minor, extending from the Is land of Samos to the Egyptian fron tier. Tne Island of Samos Is oppo site the port of Smyrna. According ly, the blockade will operate against Smyrna, a* well as egaiast the porta of Alexandretta.'Beirut, Tyfe, Acre, Jaffa and Gaza. • • xAmbaaaador Morgnntbau, the American representative at Constan tinople. Is now acting for eight na tions. He recently added the diplo matic Interests of Russia, Italy, and Montenegro to his list. • e ’ A ministerial order has been issued in Paris permitting the export of wine irom France to her allies snd to the United States. Premier Venlseios of Greece, ac cording to reports from Rome, is urg ing the holding of s conference of Balkan powers to discuss the Balkan situation snd to decide on an agree ment as to a policy in the interests of ail of them. He is reported to dis-, like what he terms the excessive in terference of the gres* powers in Bal kan affairs. • • Six months in Jail Is the sentence which has been imposed by the Brit ish authorities upon Theodore Sing- ton. a British journalist of German parentage, who was found guilty of writing for American newspapers matter "calculated to prejudice the relations of the British government with neutral countries.’’ • • The functions of the city govern ment at Warsaw are being discharg ed by a committee of citizens. The committee recently voted to raise a loan of $2,5Q0,000. Application has been made to theyGerman civil gov ernor for permission to obtain from Cracow school books published in Polish, for use. ’in the Warsaw schools. The German military and civil authorities are now installed in the Russian government buildings. Gen. von Beseler, conqueror of Ant werp and Novo Georgievsk, has been selected as governor general of the occupied portions of Poland and Rus sia. ' * * The Imperial Institution of Great Britain has recommended peanuts as cattle food, the recommendation com ing as the result of a series of ex periments held for the purpose of finding a substitutue for Uie higher priced foods. India, ChiniTand Afri ca are the great producers of pea nuts, which are known in London as “monkey nuts.” -- * • • One thousand eight hundred par cels, traveling from Germany by mail to addresses In Spain and Portugal, via the Scandinavian countries and England, have been seized by the French authorities at Dieppe. • • No traveler leaving France will hereafter be permitted to take oht of the country more than 30 francs ($10) in coin, under a recent decree of the finance minister. The action is due to tha scarcity of silver coin, particularly in the frontier regions. People have been collecting coins and exporting them. • • . The German army and navy de part mewts recently announced that they have provided sufficient woolen *-eeeeeeterr wwiwwrr rscrraaas ransm™ T RECErfi ELECTION FIGURES; | LEADS 2S,M0. INVENTOR TALKS OF PLANS TO om** BUILD MYRIAD OF CRAFT Resell* ae Reported to the Office of '-r- the Secretary pf Mate From f . Each County. Complete and certified returns gvssrAII AITVk FAAV li/flMfI'll '.Hui CHEAP AND EASY WORKED give for prohibition 41,735 votes and against prohibition 16.809. The elec tion was held September 14. The state board of canvassers has been called to meet October 6. Following is the vote by counties: Dry. Wet Abbeville . . 723 246 Aiken .. 1,126 315 Anderson . . . , . . . . 1,985 847 Bamberg 448 '232 Barnwell 543 488 Beaufort . . 203 164 Berkeley 248 186 Calhoun .. 346 185 Charleston . . . . . . 370 2,607 Cherokee . . 1,209 259 Chester . . . „ .. . . 625 234 Chesterfield . . . . . . ■ 887 • 496 Clarendon .. .. . . 550 157 Colleton . . 801 226 Darlington . . . . . . 1,152 149 Dillon . . 494 162 Dorchester .. .. 454 497 Edgefield 710 70 Fairfield 453 138 Florence „ 1,514 362 Georgetown . . .. . . 319 154 Greenville . . 4,096 1,028 Greenwood . . . . . . 1,172 234 Hampton .. . . E . . 545 227 Horry 727 Jasper 152 46 Kershaw . , ' 620 335 Lancaster 202 Laurens „. 1,416 370 Lee . . 473 > 236 Lexington .. 1.405 572 Marion . . .. .. 604 114 Marlboro 828 38 Newberry .. 1,170 398 Oconee .. .. .. .. 1,108 162 Orangeburg .. .. .. 1,415 493 Pickens .. 1,028 315 Richland .. . .. .. 1,257 784 Saluda 787 136 Spartanburg .... 3,338 1,251 Sumter .. 652 $44 Union a .. 1.281 427 Williamsburg .. 565 132 York n • .. 813 164 Total . .41,735 16,809 STORM KILLS FIFTY New Orleans Suffer* Heavy Damages Early Part of This Week. Between 50 and 60 lives lost, sev ersl hundred persons injured and property damage to the extent of well over $2,000,000 constitute the toll of the tropiest storm which since Wed nesday Ims virtually Isolated New Orleans and that vicinity from the outside world. This was the sum total of reporta received by wire leas, by telephone, and occasionally by roundabout and shaky telegraph wlree—nil the usual means of communication still being ueeleee. I nofficial reports ekowed loss of life and personal Injury as follows: New Orleans. 7 deed. ISO in jured; Frenler, La.. 25 killed: Men shsc. Ln., 17 killed; Pascagoula. Miss . 1 killed: Mobile. 3 killed; Net ches. Miss.. 1 killed.. ALLIED RESOIIRCES NEAR END Berlin Expert Figure* That Meu la France ami ltu*sia are About Out. Berlin reports: Germany has not yet reached the limit of her military efforts, while her foes are drawing near the end of their resources, de clares Major Ifdraht. the military critic of the Berliner Tsgeblatt, in a review of the present status of the belligerents. Major Moraht points out that Ger many places the military age limit at forty-five, and has not even regis tered men younger than twenty, while France, he says, is preparing to send to the front nineteen-year-old boys and has soldiers on the fighting lines, who are more than forty-five years old. Boys of eighteen are al ready fighting on the Russian front line. 86ntatlves to vise passports of citi zens of neutral countries only if their papers show that they owed alle giance to such countries before August 1, 1914, when the war be gan. The action Is taken at Wash ington to mean that it is not the in tention of the Russian government to recognize for passport purposes the action of those citizens of the United States or other neutral countries who changed their allegiance after hos tilities began. • • The Turks have massacred a large number of Armenians in the town of Isinid, which place they then burned, according to reports from Athens, brought to the Greek capital by trav elers from Constantinople. Ismid is fifty-six miles southeast of Constan- linople, lying at the head of the Gulf of Ismid, In Asia Minor. • • The Krupp company, so a recent cable states, has subscribed $10,000,- OOO to the German war loan. The record subscription to the loan is de clared to have been made by the Co logne Savings Bank, which subscrib ed $11,250,000. • • London experts estimate that the war has cost the life insurance of fices in the British empire $27,000,- 000 thus far. The number of claims of the .British regular line life of-, flees are not available, but the claims of the intlustrial office* now number 41,000. which is 4,000 more than a month ago. for aaother winter casspalgu. A'tttUrdES—reports • • The Russian govern meat has 1 sned order* to it* diplomatic rwpro- WeUac.U) that two unaamed German gmermls have bees removed from command on mecoat of tb* reeoot mtboek at thO Of thO AHios Caa be Operated by Crew of Two Mm and Destroy* Battleships Costing Maay Times its Value -Professor Parker Writes to Henry Ford Abont His Idea. The diminutive submarine, conceiv ed by Professor Herschel C. Parker of New York City, and recommended by Henry Ford for adoption by the United States navy, is in reality a submersible that acts in the water the same as an aeroplanfe acts in the atr, according to its Inventor, who said that he also had invented and patent ed a searchlight to be used under water which, with the so-called “fish- boat,” would make the present type of submarine obsolete. The climber of Mount McKinley, to whom Mr. Ford has given credit for the small submersible idea, de scribed in detail his invention, which he calls a “motor torpedo’’ in his ap plication for a patent, which is pend ing. Since he submitted the original plans of the undersea boat to Mr. Ford last July, Prof. Parker explain ed that he had made many improve ments on the submersible. it is the desire of Prof. Parker to give bis invention to the United States. It is his wish to make this contribution to his country's defenses. H* would also have the government test his undersea searchlight, which he calls a “helioscope." because It will make possible the detection of lurking submarines snd obstacles to navigation at s distance of perhaps more than a mile. Professor Parker has worked out th* idea of the small submersible propelled by a gasoline engine, pri marily as a defensive craft. It will have a cruising radios of fifty miles, and s speed of perhaps forty miles an hour. In defensive operations a small fleet of tbeae veeeela could be carried on the decks of a mother ship and sent out to meet the invaders. Be cause of tbelr speed they should the more easily elude destroyers and oth er submartnee. ran clone up to veeeets of the Invading fleet and discharge their torpedoes with great accuracy On th* other hand, the submarine* of an Invading fleet may be detected by the beams of th# heltoecope sweep ing undersea areas. This detector, Prof. Parker suggeeta. is more readily adaptable to torpedo boat deetroyers. Equipped with U they oonld locate lurking submarine*, and destroy them, because the latter can not safe ly he submerged to a greater depth than 3*0 feet, or eeeape swift par- suers. His helioscope, according to Pro fessor Parker, will be th* eye* of a ship tha same as th# Feeeeadea os cillator is th* ear to detect vibrations under water. Thus equipped with eye* and ears for submariass be pre dicts the ascendency of th* smaller snd swifter fighting craft. Prof. Parker explalaed that he sub mitted the idea of th* small submers ible to Mr. Ford because be believed the latter as an automobile manufac turer was In a better position than anybody else to equip such a boat with the propelling power. Asked whet change* be had made in his original plans. Prof. Parker said the main Improvement was in changing the position of the torpedo.tube from the forward centre part of the sub- merslble to s position directly under the keel snd beneath the centre of gravity of the boat. This had to be done to prevent the boat from chang ing its position when the torpedo should be fired and tho distribution of its load affected accordingly. An other improvement is a gyroscopic stabilizer. In a letter to Secretary Daniels Prof. Parker says he will be only too glad to co-operate with Mr. Ford In every way in developing the diminu tive submersible. He asks for the op portunity to build the first boat of this kind, and says he also would like to have the government^consider the use of underwater searchlights, which he asserts could be tested at a cost of not more than $500. A thousand submcrelblcs of the small type, which, he says, can be built for the cost of a single modern dreadnought, Prof. Parker thinks, will make this country invulnerable to attack by sea % Each submersible carries but one torpedo but the high speed these boats will be capable of developing will make it possible for them td elude flotillas and approach so close to the line of battleships as to discharge their torpedoes with un erring aim- The small submersible, according to Prof. -Parker, should be able to Submerge and rise to the surface practically with the eaae of a fish. This is made possible by fins which can he warped the same aa the planes of an aircraft. 'The use of a gasoline engine is simplified by having an exhaust and an intake just above' the surface of the water behind the periscope. When submerged water is prevented from coming in through the exhaust by check valves 6f the ball type. The diminutive submersible, or motor torpedo,” would require a crew of two to operate, one a pilot and the other a gunner. Each craft wpu.ld carry an auxiliary periscope for use in case the regular periscope should be shot away. ▲ heavy spring delicately adjusted to the top of the conning tower makes possible a very ulck exit la. caae^at aa accident, ben' the top of the tower la opened Ik* two men operating the boat, ac cording to Prof. Parker, will ho lit erally blown oot of the sal by tk# air Hall plan* of tho two thonaaad-ton for which were advertised are being closely guarded la Ington by navy department offi< as they include new ideas aa to fens* against torpedo attack*. W the .general characteristics of . ships have been made public, no tails of the hull construction ham been given jjut. It is understood, however, that the experiments with floating caissons begun immediately after the effec tiveness of submarines was demon* strated in the European war hav* thrown light upon the problem of guarding ships bottoms from torpedo attacks and that provision has boon made in plans for the new vessels for greater sub-dlvlston and possibly for a degree of armor over vital sections. The caisson experiments will con tinue probably for another year. Navy experts are applying their theories la actual practice. The results of tbs tests are kept secret. The new ships will have the clipper bows adopted for the California class, carry twelve fourteen-luck guns mounted three to a turret aad will make twenty and one-half knots an hour. In else the ships will be the maximum that can pass thsougk the Panamk Canal, <40 feet in length and ninety-eight feet in beam. PLAN TO KILL GERMAN RESISTANCE IN FIANCE Londoo Bays J of fee aad Preach Ms king Decisive Test of Wednesday: No change la condition* is shows, England attaches high tmportaac* to indications that th* offeaslv* ■ meat of th* Alllee Is sot to be . *d. A short breathlag spell has succeeded by the hardest preason German positions at the point* w< ened or abattered by th* Allteo’ That It to th* intention to mat. this pressure to ladle*tod by a gram from Field Marshal Preach to th* Lord Mayor of London, thanking him for hta message of good win. Th* British commander added that the message encouraged hta troop* “to push tho immediate success to a really decisive issue.” This leads the public to bclievo there to to be as stalemate such aa followed th* battle of Heave Chea pen* hut that with aew British forum Field Manual test, whether France aad Belgium eaa ha 129,Nt GERMANS LIST IN TK ALLO GFFENSIYE Parte Gtvoe War Offtca Germs* casualties la tha offensive of th* Preach sad British Including killed, wounded sad pris oners, were gives officially by the French war office Wednesday as ia excess of th# strength of three army corps—more than on* hundred, aad twenty thousand mes. There to no IntemtoUoa of- tk* fighting la Champagne. Progress of the Preach la Artois region, northweetera continues. North of Massiges. the war office says, one thousand German* surren dered. RATIFY TREATY WlTl TURKS Relgsrs Receive Territory After Isms- lag Decree for MoMHutioB. Part# reports Wednesday that th* Turco-Bulgsrlsn treaty was ratified September 22, th* representatives of Turkey attaching their signatures only upon receiving proof that a de cree for the mobilization of the Bul garian army really had been issued, the Matin asserts. As a further precaution Turkey stipulated that the Dedeaghatch rail road should not be turned over to Bulgaria until October 6, leaving fourteen days for Bulgarian mobiliza tion. The territory will not be ceded until October 11, so that Turkey and Germany may see what disposition to made of ther Bulgarian army. Hfeahwhile, the Matin declares, the Germans are in command at Sofia as well as at Constantinople and the Teutonic minister is reported to bare expressed deep indignation because the strategic railroad to Lom-4*slanka on the Danube has not been complet ed. ' RECALL ELECTION FAILS Beaufort Incumbents Win Over Oppo- ts Who Seek to Recall M^yor C. E. Danner and Council man W. F. Marscher won the recall election Tuesday over R. JL Legato and J. B. Dodd by a vote *f 144 to 75. There were 15f white voters i sixty-six negro voters. The order prevailed at the over. town. Th* resalt to quietly. Maay of those wbr th* recall la tk* J her 17 by a yote oti