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t % 4 "VOLUME XXX. * GARRISON OUT OF WILSON'S CABINET o i * ??? ? i secretary ot war wanted 4 President to Fight For Continental Army PHILLIPINE BILL ON ABANDONMENT * Difference of View Between Garrison and His Chief * Irreconcilable. *; ' ? a Washington, Feb. It.?Secretary f Garrison has resigned from the cabinet because President Wilson declined to insist without compromise upon the adoption of the continental army plan by Congress. The resignation was tendered and accepted yesterday I'fternoon, and with Mr. Garrison the assistant Secretary of War Henry C. P reckon ridge" also loft the service of w -the government. Today the President finds himself personally in charge of the administration's plans for strengthening the army and wv. "*ing out a definite military policy. He has not selected a suec03301* to Mr. Garrison. Seretary Garrison's resignation Took official Washington by complete ^. surprise. Even cabinet members were unaware of the secretary's contemplated action. The fir3t intimation that anything Xinusual had happened carae when Sec retary Garrison let it hfc known late yesterday that ho was leaving the (city "for an indefinite stay" and would not make the promised speech ^?bcfore the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United S4.0.;cs in defense of his continental army pirn. The secretary left for >5'.vv York, accompanied hy Mrs. Garansrvn, without making any personal ^7-plaaation. rhiMipine Issue, Told. The rou??K f'h' Garrison's j i\ .signation and its byithej President are disclosed in lengthy cor respondencc between them which was' made public. The correspondence revealed that while the secretary left the cabinet principally because the President would not "irrevocably" support the continental army plan, his^ opposition to the administration's pro If)' 1)11 fni' bijlhun1 n rt 4Vm? . O v' * 'T-un/11^ (V IIIUIV WlUt 1 v/i Eillipinio independence, as outlined in Senator Clark's anifittdment to the Piiiilipines bill, was an important factor. The secretary characterised the amendment as an ''abandonment of the duty of this nation and a breach Xot' trust to the Filipinos." Secretary Garrison contended that bnfy a federal continental army, instead of a recognized national guard, could be the main military dependence of the Country, while the President contended that tto one plan could ibe enforced upon Congress. It was i-pon these two contentions that the it break came. Mr. Garrison considered reliance upon the militia for national defense an "unjustifiable imperiling of the nation's safety." Assistant Secretary Breckenridge - vVjho shared Secretary Garrison's vi^.vs resigned because of loyalty to 'hisnhief. His resignation also was accepted. Ma>ur General Scott, chief of staff m/' of the army, automatically became .'Secretary of War ad interim. Seeking a Successor. ^ There was considerable speculation ' here today, over a possible successor ' to Secretary Garrison. Those talked of most prominently in that connection included y Representative Shirley, " Kentucky, chairman of the House ^fortifications 'subcommittee; Secretary Lane, of the Interior Depart. ment, and Assistant Secretary Roose velt, of the Navy Department. v It is expected that the President Will appoint a successor immediately. It- is understood that he wants a man already familiar with the general de<nils of the military situation of the' country so that plans for the national defense may be carried forward without delay. ? "T SENATE REFUSES TO GUT OFF THE BOOZE Effort to Reduce Amount to n 1 r-_:s- i uiiu uuan raiis cy Vote Columbia.?By a vote of 21 to 23 tlit Senate refused to reduce the amount of whiskey which may be imported each month from one gallon to one quart. Numerous amcnder.itns were proposed, among these being two to allow the alternative of shipment of beer. Proposals are also pending 10 reduce the gallon to two quarts. A bill was introduced creating McCormick County. A delegation of (>b residents of tha tscction appeared hefore proper committees to plead for passage of the bill. Senator Vomer's bill to prohibit lending of money at a higher rate of interest than provided by law rcceiv I i 1- ? - i t * " oM uuru reading and was sent to the House. Work of the House. Columbia.?The House passed a resolution offered by Mr. J. T. Idles to extend the use of the Hall of the House for the State Democratic Party in Columbia in May. The House objected to immediate consideration of a Senate concurrent resolution to provide for the appointment of a legislative commission to make investigations into the over crowded conditions of State offices outside of the State House. The House passed a bill by Mr. Searson to prohibit the desecration, mutilation and improper use of the flag of the United States. The author said that the bill is similar to one drawn up by the Daughters of the American Revolution and adopted in 37 States. On a yea and nay yotc of 59 to 37 j the House refused to continue tn? | bill by Mr. Searson to provide for the election of the State game war-' cbn by the General Assembly. This officer is now appointed by the Governor, on recommendation of the Audubon secretary. The House on a yea and nay vote of Gil to 80 also refused to strike out the enacting words of the b*'1 which was given a second reading. NOTICE OF BIDS J, E. FRINGE STOCK THP: undersigned assignee of J. E. Princt* open for bills on the stock of J. E. fVmee, now located in the J. E Prince slot's house at Loris, S. C., to' be made in Writing and addressed to the undersigned at Conway. S. C., between this date and the first day of March A. I). 1016. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids, but a fair bid on good terms of payment either ail cash, or partly in cash with good Security will be considered and likely closed as soon as made. The said stock inventories at first cost, with the store fixtures the sum of $1,818.08, the fixtures being put down at what they are considered worth second hand, and the stock at first cost from the wholesale houses. This inventory is on file in the office of H. H. Woodward at Conway, S. C., and can be looked over by any person or firm who may be interested in purchasing this stock. Address all bids or other enquiries to H. H. Woodward, attorney at law, assignee of J. E. Prince, Conway, S. C.?Adv. 4ti. BOOSTER CHAUTAUQUA HELD LAST WEEK Tlie three-day booster chautauqua began last Wednesday as planned by the club and opened with every promise of a successful run. The members of the club and the special committee appointed spared no time or effort in their work. The attractions offeren more than met the expectations and the promises of the management were made good. Good crowds greeted the entertainers from the beginning of the programme and the whole undertaking was a success. |lovv IORUY COUNTY AND HEtt PEOPLE CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY, YOU KNOW You THIMK j YO { AMD 1 VOU KISOVv'llJI YO U HAVE THwJMm j UNIVERSITY YOUTH THOUGHT POISONER Wisconsin Student Admits Being With Former Sweetheart When She Dies. . J | Chicago, Feb. 12.?Wm. H. Orpet, a your.g University of Wisconsin student; in jail charged with the murder of lS-ycav-old Marion Lambert, his jilted sweetheart, found dead at th* scene of their secret tryst in the woods near her Lake Forest home, tpnight confessed that she was dead when he left. The confession, piled mi top of the day's list of developments, started him on the way to the - ? 1 ii hviiw <i murtier suspect, and started the police on the trail of further evidence on what they thought might be a trick suicide pact -n* suicide by false pvetenSOs. Here h the way the case developed today: After i! v*'"sit to the seen 6f the tragedy upon arrival at Lake Forest tj'om Madison. Wis., today, Orpet broke down and confessed to States Attorney Dady that he saw Miss Lambert swallow poison and thai she was dead when he left. From his cell in the jail he admitted that the Lambert girl had the right to appeal to him for protection, which he did not deem it advisable to give, but protested that he was innocent of murder. His clothes, taking up the story where he left off, yielded stray grains of sugar, which the police seized as a clue in the direction of the trick suicide pact. "I am not yet ready to start a murder prosecution, but it is possible that a sack of prussic acid and a sack of sugar figured in this/ said States Attorney Dady in conference with Mayor Lewis, of Lake Forest, and Jas. King, foreman of the coroner's jury. I And backing up a lot of their theories, a letter was produced witli its telltale story of the plans for the fatal meeting. In that letter "Hill" told "Marion" that "if everything is no'j a'l 7'ight by that time, it will be then;! leave it to me." "No," cried Orpct, in his cell. "She wanted me to love her and I told her that I couldn't do it." "1 do not believe we will be justi-i fied in going ahead and prosecuitng this boy without further evidence," stated the prosecutor in the same conference. "Was any evidence of poison found on the boy ?"inquired Mayor Lewis. "No, there was not, and we made a thorough investigation tonight. "It might have been a suicide -pact. Though I hardly think it is prohablc. We must remember that this young man is a shrewd college student. It | (Continued on page Eight..) % s W* , FIRST, LAST, NOW AND FOREVER FEBRUARY 17, 191C. HOW IT IS. 5 T~ THEN ARISES WlTHi"llkYolJ 1 ?Bartholomew in St. Paul Press. WILSON SAYS WAR MAY SPREAD TO U. S. Trouble Held Only at Arm's Length, He Tells Busi... ness Men Washington, Feb. 11.?Delegate? to the annual convention of the Cham ber of Commerce of the United States left for their homes today, carry'ng with them a message from President Wilson, the outstanding feature of which was his determination to keep the United States out of the European conflict, although he declared that the nation merely had that trouble at arm's length. l he President was speaking on neutrality at the annual banquet of the Chamber last night. He also spoke of the need of a real scientific tariff board and a merchant marine. "It is a cruel thing," said the President, "to have it supposed, as it is in many quarters that we have kept out of this war simply because we wanted to keep out of trouble and simply because we want to profit by the trouble of others, and yet misunderstandings for the time being are not to be reckoned as against the consciousness that we must ourselves have that we have pursued thp right and only serviceable course. I believe that we are justified in exercising every degree of patience in making it clear what our position is. "1 have only this to say, though. We hold this trouble at arm's length and keep or attempt to keep our own judgments cool, but the rest of the world is hot and it may be that any time without our cooperation and without our nhilstv ? V\J M |/\/|/ 11* IUC 1 flame may extend to us. "!f only we can keep this great nation at peace?there is an infinite prospect of happy prosperity before the United States; not because the United States is ready to serve trie i est of the world with her resources. I believe that she will serve the rest o* the world in handsome and gallant fashion only, taking advantage of the legitimate opportunities which the circumstances have created." The President praised the Federal reserve law as having placed the United States in position to escape pos-) sible financial disaster when the war started. \ Scientific Control, The President told of the necessity of a scientific tariff board and said he thought the nation would get it. He said that before the war changed the economic condition of the world he did not favor a tariff board, "be cause the purpose of it then apparent ly was to keep alive an unprofitable. controversy." | ntlri. H COST IS HIGHER ' THAN SHOULD BE Expenses of Chautauqua Ran Higher Than Was Needed it Appears. Editor Tiio Herald: I was glad that l>r. Bible called attention so pointedly to the fact that the expenses of the recent Chautauqua were altogether too much in every respect, much higher than any meeting of which he had been director, and he lias been in such all over the United States and in Mexico and Canada, and especially questioned the propriety an'd good taste of charging for the use of the School building for a community affair for the direct benefit of Comvdy and surrounding I'fi'lntw -CiVl* flwv - 1* - ...v.., iw. me uuv-v i jjrmiT, 01 no one person or persons. We know that the] school building is a public one, paid for by the people and presumably for the use of the people, and in some communities, probably more advanced j than are others, is used as the center j of community life, and all kinds of J gatherings held therein and the meeting and commingling of the people of that community encouraged and tinpeople direclty benefitted. For onlyi by such comminglying can people get to understand each other and learn that "all for one and one for all" is| the only way for a community to grow and develop. j We understand that the people make a mess, and that the trustees arc deeply in debt, and that some people think that all such worldly tr;i*d\ as ehautauquas and lyceums a waste of time, or even ai\d people had better sU\y ^ borne and read their Bible and HWi bqt?why '3 a jnnltuvt and didn't tho trustees; j know beforehand how much money j a year th^y cpuld expect wh?M Ihoy T'clv a?>d sonu* people I ever realize that their only duty is to make themselves good and others happy? And above all, that the children anyway have a moral right to some such form of entertainment as the chautauqua affords at least as often as they get it in this town ? Why not get together and have more of such recreation, education and boosting? The good Lord knows wc need it, and if the town grows any more will have to have it, even if wo do have to pay for something that really belongs to us. We certainly owe that much back to the town if only for what nourishment we individually have sucked out of it for| ourselves. It's the hog that is always j taking and never giving, but after awhile he's butchered for the good ol* humanity, and people exclaim, ?vii.v, ni'vit (ihi any good till after he died. What is your relation to your1 town ? ?J. A. Norton. o MR. AND MRS. NISSEN LEAVE CONWAY | George F. Nissen, who has been! connected with the Nisscn-Todd Co., here for the past several years, recently decided to sever his connection j with that business; and he will move to Spartanburg where he will run a department store. The largo store on the corner known as the Nissen- Todd i Co., for a number of years past, it is; understood, will continue business in! the hands of Fred Todd, who is well! known to the buying public of Horry County. Examination Withdrawn. Horry Herald. Conway, S. C. The examination announced to bej hold for tho position of postmaster at Doris, South Carolina has boon cancelled, the Post Office Department having withdrawn its request for certification. Please make public announcement of this cancellation. By direction of the commission: Very respectfully, JOHN A. McILHENRY, President. The President expressed the confident hope that legislation creating a merchant marine would be passed as scon as possible. NO. 44. | BOYS ARE WANTED FOR TAKING BRASS Quantity Missed From the I Plant of Burroughs Lumber Company ANOTHER INCIDENT BEING INVESTIGATED Two of the Boys Charged Disappeared When Charges Are Brought. From fifty to one hu'nrirod pounds of brass fittings were missed recently from the Uimber plant of the A. M. Burroughs Lumber Co., across the | lake, the plant not having been in use for some time but left open. This 1. ? * 1 * * uruss nau necn sold as old metal by Harry Oliver and Evan Howell to a man named Grecnberg, a dealer in junk and when found by the officer was stored by Greenberg in one of the stores on 3rd Avenue. Grecnberg I grve up the stuff without trouble as I it was shown not to belong to the persons from whom he had purchased it. Warrants were sworn out for the two boys and at last accounts they were not to be found in the town, and it was support they had learned of the pending proceedings and had run away, In the lot of old metal recovered was some copper piping taken from the plant of the Southern Wood Products Co., which is also idle an this time, Another sale was made to Greenj berg by two other boys, this item conI sisting of an arm from a turpentine still. The officers are trying to find one rue ownership of this before hv'llainir 1 r?nrn 1 " ......invAXT(HllKB, boys who sold this claim that thfcy took tho arm out of the lake. The names of these two boys are not as it may turn out differently from what the authorities think. At this time when the price of all hardware and materials is advancing so rapidly there is a ready market for old brass and copper and it brings a fair price on the market. ANOTHER MIX-UP^ ON THE HILLSIDE The colored residents of the hill managed to got up another row, which is no unusual thing in that section, one day last week, when Lutch the waiter-boy arou/d the street for one of the firms hero throw o voolr -if the ticket-taker, at the colored hall. This overt act on his part caused injury to an innocent person, for the rock took up against the skull of a negro woman who had come over to enjoy the festival and her injury came near being a serious one. She was one the street that morning showing bloody signs of the conflict. IMPORTATION or BOTTLED BEER Every resident of South Carolina may order two quarts of whiskey or five dozen bottles of beer each month for personal use, according to the terms of a bill which passed the senate last night and was sent to the house. The senate yesterday morning had cut the allowance of whiskey from one gallon to one-half gallon a month, and last night, despite strenuous objection from the prohibition leaders, adopted an amendment, by Senator Hughes permitting the alternative of five dozen bottles of beer per month. The first effort of the prohibitionists was made on a motion to table the Hughes amendment, which motion was lost by a vote of 19 to 21. The prohibitionists forced another roll call on the adop.tioa of this amendment, which passed by a vote of 23 to 19. o M. N. Blanton was in the city recently on business.