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' 2 BIG FLEETS BV SUMMER
ONE ON ATLANTIC COAST, OTHER
V ON THE PACIFIC.
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Daniels Says Plan Has the Enthusiastic
Endorsement of Admiral
Benson.
< Washington, Jan. 1.?To keep the'
navy "fit and on its toes" two great
fleets, one based on the Pacific coast
and the other on the Atlantic coast,
will be established by next summer
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with war games and joint maneuvers
? as a part of a regular programme of
training.
* _ Secretary Daniels, in explaining his
plans to the house naval committee
today, said that after every war
there is a tendency for the navy to
retrograde and that the fleet division
has been determined upon to prevent
any slump. Th6 plan, he said, had
received the "enthusiastic endorsement
of Admiral Benson, chief of
operation, who is now in Europe
' .with the peace delegation.
"An admifal who can stay long
enough to stir, up ambition" will be
placed in command of each fleet, Mr.
Daniels said, and all officers will be
kept on their ships for two years/ In
effect, the Secretary said, there will
^ be a war between the Atlantic and
Pacific fleets ,"which will so stimulate
the keenness that it will make
the men feel they are in actual war."
Mr. Daniels did not indicate to the
4 committee how many ships will be in
* each fleet. It is assumed, however,
that there will be an actual distribution
of the capital ships, most of
. which have heretofore been kept on
the Atlantic coast.
, During joint maneuvers the combined
fleet will visit each coast so as
tri give the people on the Atlantic
and /Pacific seaboards an opportunity
to see the full naval force. '
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Mr. Daniels also told the committee
that daring the peace times the submarine
bases at San Diego, Cal., Key
- West, Pla., and New London, Conn.,
and the air defense stations at San
Diego and Pensacola, Fla., will be retained.
The principal training sta^
tions for seamen in the East will be
at Chicago, Hampton Roads and New|
Port* R. L
Secretary Daniels and Admiral
Benson plan to visit the Pacific coast
^ / next summer to study conditions
there with a view to recommending
extension of navy yards, while other
, officials will visit Eastern yards for
the same purpose. In this connection
the Secretary recommended that Congress
wait until its next session before
providing funds for additions to
f the> yards as the present plants can
care for both fleets for some time.
" Ex-Kaiser Greatly Troubled in Mind.
Amerongen, Holland, Wednesday,
^ Jan. l.-r-Even the wonderful springlike
weather of th? new year did not
bring the former German Emperor
outside of Amerongen Castle, al/
v though his condition is improving
daily. The principal cause of his in<*
disposition appears to be mental de
pression, induced Dy me graauai realization
of the full extent of his
downfall. Recent reports from Germany
are said to have accentuated
this feeling.
Lack of open air exercise and continual
brooding have had such telling
effect on Herr Hohenzollern's appear,
ance that he scarcely is recognizable
to those who saw him when he first
came to Amerongen. His \3ife displays
much more bouyant spirits and
* makes every effort to cheer him.
' News of the birth of another grandchild
by the wife of Prince Oscar,
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reacnea me ioriuer impelmi cuupic
yesterday, and subsequently several
dispatches were received by them.
The ex-monarch did not sit up "to
see the new year in," but attended
the customary morning prayer in the
castle chapel.
The von Bentinicks had large
shooting parties yesterday and today
, in the vicinity of the castle, but Herr
Hohenzollern could not be induced to
join them. One of the younger von
Bentinicks, who had been an officer
In the German navy, returned to Amerongen
last night, having resigned
his commission.
There is not a sign of the immediate
removal of the former Emperor,
although many reports are current to
that effect.
Mr. W. G. Kirkland, who recently
resigned as chief of police, has accepted
a position with Dr. J. B.
Black as manager of his sales stables.
The "chief" is an old experienced
man in this business.
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Automobile batteries recharged by
Oeloo-Light at Brickie's Garage, adv.
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WHITE MAX SURRENDERS.
Says He Helped Rob Postoffice in
Virginia.
Greenville, Jan. 5.?Declaring
that he had taken part in a postoffice
robbery at Bedford, Va., on November
22, Arthur Barrett, a young white
man, appeared at the office of the
postoffice inspector here a week ago
and said he wanted to give himself
up to the authorities, since his conscience
had worried him considerably.
The young man was given a
formal preliminary a day or so ago
here, was bound over to the Federal
Court for trial, and will probably be
sent back to Bedford in the next few
days. The postoffice inspector communicated
with the Bedford authori
ties and found tne tacts suostanuany
as stated by the young man. He said
he had been persuaded to go into the
robbery by two other men whom he
met the same day and whose names
he did not know. They got into the
office, he said, but not into the safe,
but rifled some packages which they
found on the floor. Barrett said he
repented after he had left the postoffice,
and came back to return the
goods he took, but found the office
already occupied, and left them outside.
COTTON WILL GO HIGHER.
Committee Urges Farmers to Stand
United.
The central committee of fifteen of
the South Carolina Cotton Growers'
Association met in the office of Governor
Manning Saturday morning.
After discussing the cotton holding
situation in its various aspects, the
following resolution was adopted:
"First. That though the situation
has changed in some respects, we are
still firmly of the opinion that the
minimum price of 35 cents can be obtained
by concerted holding and can
not be obtained by any other means
at an* early date.
"Second. That all farmers and
business men^be urged to continue
to support earnestly the holding
movement.
"Third. That the attention of the
farmers b^directed to the importance
of increasing their acreage of food
crops and of planting only a very
moderate acreage in cotton in 1919,
and that there are two unanswerable
arguments for this course:
"(a) That we may do our duty in
furnishing our share of the food for
a hungry world, in addition to supplying
our own needs.
"(b) That an increase in food
acreage means a reduction of cotton
acreage and an enhancement of the
price of the next crop."
The following participated in the
discussion and adopted the resolution:
Governor Manning, D. R, Coker,
E. W. Dabbs, J. H. Claffy, A. C.
Summers, A. J. A. Perritt, and Mrs.
Watkins.
Shoe Shine Results in Tragedy.
Latta. Jan. 1.?In a difficulty here
last night resulting from dissatisfaction
oyer the award in a shoe shine
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contest, the Rev. W. B. Roman, pastor"
of the Latta Baptist church for
negroes, who also conducted a restaurant
for negroes, received two
gashes in the leg from which he bled
to death before medical assistance
could be had for him. Roman's son
and another negro, Irvin Legette,
were shining shoes of a third negro,
Hillard Nolen, under an agreement
with Nolen that the one who did the
best work was to receive the pay for
the shine. The Roman boy became
dissatisfied over the award, which
was given to Legette, and took the
matter to his father, who was in the
adjoining room at the restaurant, and
a fight ensued, in which bottles were
freely thrown. The elder Roman is
said to have backed off when he saw
a razor in the hand of Legette and in
attempting to get out of the way fell
into the gutter and was then cut by
Legette. Roman died in a few min
utes.
Legette had recently been discharged
from the army and was in
uniform when the difficulty occurred.
He succeeded in evading the officers
and is still at large. Newsome was
arrested and locked up.
Roman was highly regarded by
the white people of this place as well
as by his own race. He was pastor
of the Baptist church here during
the last year. Foremerly he had
served many churches in the negro
Methodist conference. He was industrious
and made money in his
restaurant. He came to Latta from
Marion.
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Private R. Pinch
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Headquarters Convalescent Camp,
A. P. O. 780, St. Parize, Nievre,
France, Dec. 15th, 1918.?Now that
that the job of dealing with the Huns
is about completed the boys have a
little more time to devote to the
other kinds of "hons" over here. And
since my lettter to you two and a half
months ago I have had occasion to
see more of France, to gain new observations
and form deeper impressions.
You will note from the heading
of this letter that T am now nermit
ted to divulge not only the American,
but also the French names indicating
my location. St. Parize is the nearest
town, only a few hundred yards
from this camp, and is about the
size of Ehrhardt. Just as America
is divided into states France is divided
into governmental units called
departments which are similar to our
states, and the name Nievre, above,
is the department in which this camp
is located. Ten miles from here lies
the city of Nevers, and this is the
place of 30,000 inhabitants that I referred
to in my previous letter. It is
the capital of the department of Nievre,
and incidentally they are given
a like pronunciation which is as
though the word was spelled Neveer.
It is in the east central portion of
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the country 156 miles from Paris
on the Paris, Lyons, Mediterranean
railway, and is about 115 miles removed
from Lyons, the second largest
city of France, and which shelters
a population of practically 1,000,000
people including probably 200,uuu
refugees from the devastated sections.
I have not been to Lyons, but
this information wasobtained from a
highly intelligent citizen of that city
with whom I talked personally at
Nevers some time ago, and who in
answer to a direct question from me,
stated frankly but reservedly, that
the fate of France was doomed and
the war lost to the allies had not
America entered when it did, and
that was not only his conviction but
the general concensus of opinion
among the better elements of French
people.
I should be glad to relate some of
the incidents of my 12-days' voyage
across the Atlantic which the rules
of censorship barred from my former
letter, but as they are more or less;
of a personal rather than a general
nature, I shall not bore you with a
detailed account of the trip. It will
suffice to say that I landed at the city
of Glasgow, Scotland, which is located
on the extreme northwestern
coast of that country. I crossed
Scotland from northwest to southeast
by rail, and likewise entered
England in the northwestern corner
of that country and completely traversed
England to the southeastern
section where I detrained at the an
cient city of Winchester, 60 miles
below London. I spent four days at
Winchester and Southampton, a city
claiming a population of 125,000 and
bordering on the English channel
which I crossed on the night of July i
22nd, my conveyance being a miserable
excuse for a steamboat. Early
the next morning I landed at La
Havre in the department of Seine
Inferieure on the northern coast of
France and marched three miles out
to what they called an American rest
camp. God forgive those who called
it that. Two days later we were
herded aboard a dirty, dingy freight
train and jammed into box cars for a
ride of two days and nights through
France. We got off at a little village
named Bricon in the department of
Haute Marne and stretched out on
the wet ground for a snooze of two
hours, when we were aroused at
three o'clock in the morning to begin
our march of eight miles with heavy
packs, full equipment and empty
stomachs, for we couldn't get any
breakfast at that time of night.
Right here I must branch off to
more recent happenings for the nightmare
of this march and events immediately
subsequent thereto will not1
permit me to describe them without |
j the use of adjectives altogether inap- j
propriate for publication in a family i
newspaper. A snort while ago I was!
privileged to enjoy a brief leave of!
i absence which I spent in the city of \
Vichy, Allier, about 80 miles south
of here. I was in company with two
other American soldiers, one from
New York the other from Indiana.
But they seem to be pretty nice sort
of fellows in spite of that, so I don't
suppose it should be held against
them very strongly. I had been told
by a soldier from New York City who
had been to Vichy that in his estimaI
ley Bellinger
of Sunny France
tion the place had about 150,000 inhabitants.
As a matter of fact when
I arrived there I learned definitely
that its inhabitants numbered 22,000,
another striking example of the
I usual good judgment of a New Yorkj
er away from his home town. Be it
said in his defense, however, that
Vichy is a place in which a stranger
with a much clearer vision than the
average New Yorker would probably
form the idea that it is a city of 40,000
inhabitants.
' I have a souvenir hook of postcard
views of Vichy in which is printed a
brief description of the city in
French, which, when translated into
English would be as follows: "Vichy,
the queen of water cities, an agreeable
and charming place of 22,000
inhabitants, is one of the most important
bathing resorts of the entire
world. With its broad avenues, its
beautiful monuments and its great
parks Vichy is growing each year by
thousands of strangers coming to
spend their vacations in its even climate,
among the distractions of all
nature and with appreciation of the
miraculous qualities of its waters.
The principal springs are: The
Grande Grille, Choinel, Lucas, Mesdames;
these four particular ones lie
under a magnificent balcony which
together form the Palace of Springs.
Other springs are: The Hospital, Larbaud,
the Celestins, the Pare, etc."
To this description I will add some
of my personal experiences and impressions
along with a few things
which I learned from conversations
with citizens of that place. To begin
with, Vichy is to France exactly what
Hot Springs, Ark., is; to America. The
wealthy classes of French people
spend much time there, and I might
also say much money, unless they
hsmpen to be lawyers or soldiers, in
which case they don't come in the
cl&ss mentioned, and consequently
haven't the money to spend. The first
thing that impressed me was the spotless
clea.nliness of the place, and I
venture no say that there is not a city,
town or hamlet of the United States
with such a clean appearance. Frankly,
Vichy is unquestionably one of
the most beautiful and decidedly the
most interesting city of its size that
I have ever visited. Although possessing
a population of 8,000 less than
Nevers, it is far and away ahead of
that place in business and everything
else, is far more progressive, and is,
in fact, the only European place in
which I have been with the least
semblance of an air of the hustle
characteristic of American cities. Its
people are friendly, thrifty along
some lines such as dainties, delicattessens
and the care of their parks,
springs, streets, and buildings; they
are painfully slow in business and delightfully
fast socially. Through my
New York associate who had previously
met her, I was invited to dinner
with an elegant married lady and
her daughter of that city, but as my
tiime was limited I declined. A conservative
estimate of the number of
hotels there would be 150, many of
which would do credit to any Amerinon
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them have now been placed at the
disposal of the American government
for use as hospitals for wounded
soldiers. While there I saw 1,150
Americans come ik from German prison
camps. Although I did not
get an opportunity to talk to any of
them their appearance did not indicate
any former suffering and one
woud not take kindly to the idea of
any scarcity of food in Germany. My
room at the hotel cost me five francs,
(approximately 90 cents) and it was
an excellent corner room on the second
floor of one of the best hotels
now in operation in that city, elaborately
furnished, with running water,.
hardwood floors and a glorious
bed, more comfortable than any I
have ever seen in the States, and I
don't think I ever did sink to the bottom
of it; French beds are better
than ours, and every now and then
Fd pinch myself for fear I might go
to sieep auu xuse suxxxe ux uxxe eujujr- i
ment of it. However, French hotels
do not issue soap to their guests, and
so in the morning I rang for the maid j
and asked for some soap. She was'
very clever about it and brought me
a cake of her personal soap, exclaiming
as she did so: "C'est moi savon;
laissez le ici." ("This is my soap;
leave it here.") I asked her in
French if she was afraid I was going
to eat it. Meals at the hotel were
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T. It. ROOSEVELT DEAD.
Parses Away Peacefully While Asleep
At His Home.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Jan. 6.?Theodore
Roosevelt for seven years President
of the United States, died at
his home at Sagamore Hill, at 5:15
o'clock this morning. The famous
American, exponent of "the strenuous
life," who had fought in the
Spanish-American war and risked
death hunting big game and exploring
the jungles of South Africa, passed
away peacefully while asleep, the
victim of a blood clot in the lung,
resulting from inflammatory rheumatism
traceable to an infected tooth
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ago.
Without Pomp or Ceremony.
Col. Roosevelt, twenty-sixth President
of the United States,/will be laid
to rest without pomp or ceremony in
Young's Memorial Cemetery in this
village Wednesday afternoon. He
will be buried on a knoll overlooking
Long Island Sound, a plot which he
and Mrs. Roosevelt selected soon
after he left the White House.
In the words of the clergyman who
will conduct the funeral services:
"America's most typical man,
known in every corner of the earth,
will go to his grave as a quiet domestic
country gentleman, beloved by [
his neighbors."
After prayers at the Roosevelt J
home, at which only members of the '
family will be present, the funeral
service will be held at 1:45 o'clock ]
in Christ Episcopal church, the little [
old frame structure where for years
the Colonel and his family attended 1
divine worship. *
W. F. MAXER KILLED. - 1
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Well To Do Citizen of Garnett Section 1
Armarentlv Murdered. '
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Estill, Jan. 1.?W. F. Maner, aged
about 55 years, one of Hampton <
county's most highly respected citi- 1
zens, was found dead on the porch 1
of his home ten miles below here in ]
the Gernett section yesterday morn- ]
ing. Mr. Maner was undoubtedly .
murdered and robbery is supposed ]
is suDposed to have been the motive' j
for the crime. Mr. Maner was never
married but lived alone and was j
known to be a man of considerable i
wealth. Several .negroes are under 1
arrest and feeling is running high, <
but it is believed the law will be '
allowed to take Its course.
Brother Commits Suicide. 1
Estill, Jan. 4.?H. M. ^aner, broth- j
er of W. F. Maner, whose dead body j
was found Wednesday morning on the ]
porch of his home in the Garnett sec- j
tion of Hampton county, today took j
his own life at his home near the
scene of his brother's death. For the 1
last day or two detectives had been 1
investigating the death of W. F.
Maner, who was at first thought to ]
have been murdered with robbery for }
tha mntivp Tt is said that H. M. 1
Maner knew of the character of the 1
evidence secured by the detectives, j
The coroner's jury conducting the in- <
quiry into the death of W. F. Maner
was to have reconvened today. H. M.
Maner is said to have left a note disclaiming
responsibility for the death 1
of his brother.
The Maners were prominent in this
section and the. death of the brothers ;
is therefore of widespread interest. 1
Both had important social and finan- . i
cial connections in South Carolina r
.and other States and both were un- t
married. l
Armenians Killed By Turks. 1
Paris, Jan. 2.?In giving details ?
of the Armenian massacres in Turk- *
ey in the last five years, the Constan- *
tinode correspondent of the Petit J
Parisien says that at one time 100,- ?
000 Armenians were concentrated I
for alleged strategical reasons at <
Dorgor, Arabia. The Turkish au- i
thorities in Constantinople thought 2
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the number too high ana gave oraers *
that 80,000 of the Armenians be put s
out of the way. (
In the Mush valley, the correspond- *
ent adds, the Kurds robbed 2,000 Armenian
women. Later suspecting t
that the women had swallowed their I
jewels, the Kurds killed them in a t
horrible manner and1 burned the bod- *
ies. The next day, the correspondent t
continues, "these monsters quietly *
sifted the ashes, seeking the jewels." ^
The correspondent reports that in *
the same region 7,000 children be- s
tween three and ten years of age 1
died of starvation, and 100 women t
were buried alive in the trenches
which the Turks first forced them to
dig. c
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HIGH TRIBUTE TO WILSON
JOINT RECEPTION TENDERED
PRESIDENT OF U. S.
Press Agrees Aspirations of Italy
Coincide With Programme Laid
Down By Pres. Wilson.
Rome, Jan. 3.?In Parliament
House a joint reception was given
President Wilson by the members of
the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.
The function was an immense
one. The large and distinguished
gathering gave the President an ovation.
During his speech the President
constantly was interrupted by outbursts
of applause, and when he
ended he was accorded an ovation
which lasted until he passed through
the exit of the building. Outside the
throngs in the street took up the
demonstration which continued until
the doors of the Quirinal closed be- \
hind Mr. Wilson.
The weather was warmer and more
balmy than the presidential party
has experienced in France and England,
and there was a feeling of relief
on their part. The President
met really the first touch of sustained
sunshine he had since coming to
Europe and he made the remark during
the day that the weather reminded
him of that at home.
During the day King Victor Emmanuel
presented Gen. Diaz to President
Wilson, who complimented the
[talian commander-in-Chief on the
magnificent achievements of his
irmy. .
The President expressed regret
that he would be unable to visit the
Italian battle front owing to lack of
time and the necessity of returning
to Paris as soon as possible for the /
tvork of the peace conference.
President Wilson arrived at Rome
it 10:25 o'clock this morning. He
svas received at the station by King
Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena,
members of the government and representatives
of the local authorities.
A.n immense crowd welcomed the
President with the greatest enthu- c
siasm.
Among those who welcomed the
presidential party at the railway sta:ion
was the Duchess of Aosta. Both
the Duchess and Queen Helena greet-' ^
5d Mrs. Wilson and Miss Margaret
Wilson with extreme cordiality.
Big Day in Rome.
From early morning there was
lively animation throughout the city,
rhere was a parade of troops returning
from the front, which brought
forth warm demonstrations. Particularly
enthusiastic was the greeting
?iven the troops from the Piave
front. '
The city was gorgeously decorated
tvith Italian, American and Allied j
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The press throughout Italy pub
Lished today eulogistic articles regarding
President Wilson and the
United States, virtually all of the
lewspapers devoting their Entire !
front page to th? visit off the American
President. ^
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ANOTHER KILLING.
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Komicide Near North Third to Occur
in County During Ten Days.
Orangeburg, Jdn. 1.?Belton D.
leffcoat, a well known farmer of the
^orth section of Orangeburg county,
vas shot and killed last night by a
legro, named Esau Colter. It appears
hat the gun Colter used was charged
vith buck shot. It is alleged that Mr.
Feffcoat went to the house of Colter
ast night and fired a load of buckshot
into the house. Colter came out
tnd returned the fire, instantly killng
Mr. Jeffcoat. It is further aleged
that Colter was shot in the leg
some time ago at night, when he was
n his lot. Mr. Jeffcoat was a suc:essful
farmer and had accumulated
vealth. He was about 46 years of
ige and leaves a family. Sheriff R.
Dukes went to the scene of the
hooting and brought Colter to the
)rangeburg jail, where he is now
>eing held.
This is the third killing in Orange>urg
county in the past ten days, all
>arties being well known. ,W. Preson
McAlhaney, of Branchville, and
duller Sanford, of the Norway secion,
being the other two well known
vhite farmers killed. McAlhaney
vas Killed Dy a negro, wno was aiso
tilled by McAlhaney after he was
hot, and Mr. Sanford was killed by
Slisha and John Douglass, white
armers.
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"Maidens all Forlorn," by senior
lass at 8 o'clock Friday evening, for
?enefit of United War Work. Adaission,
25c and 50c.?adv.
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