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Volume xxxh. IflUN^OM Tfl HQHANI7P ) vuiinguii iu uiiunniLL TWO MORE GOMPANIES Gov?ronr Requested by War Department to Have ^ Units Ready ENLISTMENT WILL BE FOR TERM OF WAR Enlisted Personnel May Be Without Engineering-ExJ|\ ^Experience?Appettl. Columbia.?Mr. J. M. Johnson, ot Marion, was in Columbia preparing for the organization of two additional companies of National Guard engineers. The War Department has requested the Governor to cause two companies to be formed and ready foi muster within 15 days. These two additional units in addition to tne one now located in Marion will form the South Carolina battalion of engineers and will be placed in active service at once. "I am naxious to get in touch with tentative organizations in the State at once," said Mr. Johnson," in order that there may be no delay in forming the South Carolina batallion. Those who wish to volunteer their services now have an opportunity, and since the call is for such response those organizations already tentatively formed should advise rae at once." Mr. Johnson is Chairman of the State highway commission and can be found at the office of the commission in the Union National hank building or the Jefferson hotel. He expects to remain in Columbia while directing the formation of these two additional companies. For Term of War. "The enlistment will be for the term of the war," said Mr. Johnson. "This is in accordance with the plans and published orders of the War Department. The officers must necessarily be engineers, though the enlisted personnel may be without engineering experience." Mr. Johnson urgently requests that engineers and commercial and civic organizations in the State communicate with him by telegraph or telephone at Columbia at once in order that the request from the War Department that these companies be organized in 15 days If may be promptly complied with. o DISTRICT CONFERENCE MEETS THIS WEEK The Marion District Conference of the Methodist church convened in j Conway this week, most of the delegates and preachers arriving here by Tuesday night. Some did not arrive until the late train on Tuseday night. Most of the delegates are being entertained while here in the homes of members of the church. Some are . being cared for at the hotels. NEGRO WOMAN DIES FROM HUSBAND'S BLOW Lena Rogers, the negro woman who was severely beaten by the husband, Jessie Rogers, some months ago in a public demonstration on the street near the A. C. L. depot; linger ed with her injuries until Thursday cr last week and died in the aftermv.r n from the offects of several 1 W i ^Tdows. i The husband was placed in the jail soon after the occurrence and was st'U confined when the woman died. He would have boon tried for assault ' and battery with intent to kill; but ! siii/e his subject has died, he will be 1 n .. i - - - vi tor mu.urr at the approaching term of criminal court which convener here on Monday May 2Sth. 1 9 % - dhp "HO ' % * 0 PERSHING MAY BE II SENT TO FRANCE (v Washington.?Revival of .specula. tion as to the mission in Washington of Major General John J. Pershing, | was met at the war department today with .the statement that nothing could be given out in that connection at this time and that Secretary Baker regarded such speculation as pro- , judicial to the public interest. Tt was pointed out that Secretary ! Baker has* assured the press that* an nouncements would be made promptly on any decisions reached as ?oon as they could be given out without prejudice to the national interest The ' secretary has classed movements of high army officers as matters on which speculation might tend to reveal prematurely military plans of the government. Under the general restriction, both the secretary and departmental officials declines! .to comment in any way on reports that Gen. Pershing might command the expedition to France. o 90,000 TONS ALLIED SHIPPING LOOSED Stockholm. ? Approximately 90,000 tons of Allied shipping which has been tied up in the Gulf of Bothnia since the beginning of the wai will be released as the result of ar 1 . " * ' agreement between Great Britair and Sweden. Sweden gains the release of its ships laden with foodstuffs and other necessaries which have been detained in British harbors. , o CHINESE BALK AT WAR ON GERMANY Poking.?After a riotous secret session Lasting throughout Thursday night the House* of Representatives refused to pass a rscolution declaring war on' Germany. The House of Parliament was sur rounded by a mob which demanded war,, making threats of violence Under the orders of Premier Tuan Chi-Jui troops finally dispersed the mob. j The premier addressed the House, urging a declaration of war. He was! denounced by members who said he i was attempting to coerce Parliament, i The press is opposed to the war j 'party, urging Parliament to resist military pressure on the ground that it threatens the republic. CFRPYMAM DCATCKI I Ullll I ITIHIl UUM I L.I1 TO DEATH WITH AXE Tragedy at Brown's Ferry on Savannah River?Man i Arrested. 1 Anderson, May 12.?Will Fierce, a white man, forty years of age, ferry ' man at Brown's Ferry on Savannah ^ river, was brutally murdered early ( this morning-. His body was found ? by his father at six o'clock as it was 1 lying on the ground near the ferry * boat. Pierce's head had been beaten into pulp with an axe, which was ^ found near by. # c Pierce was known to have fifteen " dollars on his person and its disap- v pearance leads officers to believe 0 robbery was the motive. The coronet,v commenced an inquest, hut recess J was taken to gather more evidence. Tom Jordan, white man, aged forty- I i: - *- ? - - .?*?, wuu uvea a rew miles trom the ferry has been arrested as a suspect. Pierce had been ferryman three years and was a quiet, peaceable and law abiding citizen. His wife, died ^ several years ago. He is suiwived tyy p four small children. a , o This country must watch for Gor- a man spies all the time. b Piorr 1 ,0 RRY COUNTY AND HER PSD I'll ONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY, IK J. S. NOT BOUND BY PEACE AGREEMENT i ' ; . * * , _ * ** * _ansing Flatly Denies Reports of Pact With, Allies About It SAYS QUESTION HAS NOT BEEN RAISE! Interest Aroused .Because ,o: Expected Announcement by German Chancellor. Washington. ? Secretary Lansiiu today deniod published -reports tha the United States has an agreetnen' with the Allies not to make a sepa rate peace with Germany by saying' "There is no agreement, written oi unwrittcen, relative to peace." When pressed to say whether th< subject had been discussed informally Mr. Lansing declined to discuss th< subject further. He would not inti mate that there was any probability or the United States acting sepai ate 1 y, but said the question of an agree tnent never had been raised. Interest in the attitude of the gov ments that the German chancello soon is to make another offer o peace terms. ARGENTINE SHIP SUNKBY U-B0A1 Buenos Aires.?Buenos Aires pa p< rs declare that "the gsoyeramenk-'ha positive information that the Arg'en tine sailing ship Orlana has beei sunk by a German submarine. Th papers say that the incident is grave than the sinking of the Monte Prote gido and demand that the govern ment act. It was reported in Buenos Aires qi April 11 that the Orlana had beei sunk oy a German submarine off th coast of Brazil. A later report plated the scene of the loss of the sh.i in the Mediterranean. The Mont Protegido was sunk in April in Eu ropcan water. The incident cause* great excitement in Buenos Aire.'.tIi'II' . rvr,....!.. .. -I ' iniv.1 c j;ui<t i uemonsuauon agair.st Germany took place. In re spouse to a note demanding satisfnc tion, the German government offere< reparation and the incident was <ic clared closed. crops held back by cold weathef The cool weather of the past several weeks has held back the crops ii this section and has made it easy foi certain crop pests to make inroad: upon young plants; but the situatioi is improving and it is thought thai the warmer weather now due will soon bring the young crops out. Mr J A. McDermott v\<o operates a large farm near the city limits says that he has had to plow up one field >f com three times in his attempts ,o get a stand on it, all on account ol i little worm aided in his operations )v the cool weather. Last Sunday morning this section lad a light frost. Sunday night the veathor was cooler than ever, but the ky was clouded over, or the frost vould no doubt have been a heavy ?ne. But very little, if any, damage vas done, as. the strawberry crop is ibout over. :ive andtTncent sold out stock The five and ten cent store conucted here until recently by Messrs. W. and H. D. I^ane sold out it? La-1 lut-K oi nvc and ten cent goods last reek to R. F. Smith, of Clio, S. C., nd will go out of this particular usincss. * 1! jfen E, FIRST, LAST, NOW AND FOREVE1 IAY 17, 191?. WITH HEART IN TASK 1 AMERICA WILL FIGHT I /. f'M i ? ! g War Means Grim Business, o Says Wilson, but People I Will Not Blench r t AID FOR RED CROSS IS BEST DIRECTED J fl president Urges That All Philanthropy Be Concentrated :So Par as Possible. - , II. J Washington. ? President Wilsoiv said in a public address .here tod?i\ ithat tfye struggle against German> "means grim business on every sidi of it," but that America had put itt r heart into the task and would respon< as a united nation to the call to ser. t vice. Speaking at the dedication of a [ Hed Cross memorial for the women of the War of Secession, the president predicted that the present struggle not only would obliterate the last division between the North and South but would wipe out "any lines either of race or association cut 1 ting thwart the great body of the nation." "We look for no profit," said he. "We will accept no advantage out oi this war. We go because we believe the very principles on which the r American republic was founded are now at stake and must bo vindicated." ; rnemtfqiT : registration day r ' Washington.?Many States plan to - make registration day for the new army conscription the occasion for fetes and patriotic demonstrations, L according to reports reaching the War Department today. "The spirit of patriotism seems tc * have entered into the arrangement:' 1 for the occasion which have been c made by many of the State officials," says a War Department statement issued today. RELGIANS MADE TO FIGHT FOR'GERMANY Copenhagen.? A representative of the German war department has admitted in thd Reichstag that a number of Belgian subjects residents it) r Cologne were drafted into the Ger. man army in spite of their protests - that they were veterans of the Beli gian army. The admission was made i' in answer to an interpellation by a * radical Socialist deputy. The war > department official promised that the question of citizenship in these I cases would be reviewed. BAPTISTREViVAL DRAWING CROWDSi The revival meetings which f were conducted at the Conway i Baptist church for the past two weeks have been drawing large crowds of people to hear the sermons, c not only during the preliminary per- F iod conducted by the pastor, the Rev. 1; D. L. Hill, but especially since the P coming last week of the noted evan- h gelist Ham, of Atlanta, Ga. a The pepole of the Haptist church have boon earnest in their efforts b and thereby have made the meetings fi a great success.. n ? o fl One great way to get ahead in the c1 game is tv prevent all kinus of wiwto. c; o ? tl It is not quite time for Germany bi to be forced to make such pence ti terms as she can; but that time is A coming. h) % IBERIA BREAKS WITH GERMANY Washington.?Liberia's decision to ever relations with Germany waj fficially reported tcday by the Anirican minister there. Considerable mnortnnro is at tapHod to this stpn is Liberia is the landing point of nany cables and was used for some ime by German residents as a base igainst the British. Recently, however, the Liberian mthorities have suppressed that hosility. FHE LIST OF JURORS FOR CRIMINAL COURT The jury commissioners met at the Clerk's office one day last week and drew the following petit jurymen to serve at the approaching term of the criminal court which convenes here on Monday the 28th day of May A. I). 1917. The list follows: G. W. Marlow, G Harley Mishoe, C. V. Johnson, A. A. Burroughs, R. C. Stanley, Willie Hucks, J. B. Singleton, R. S. Johnson, r< Elias Strickland,. J. L. Hu^gins, j. H. lH\Ker, R, A, AKorcU W. S. Hardee, Carl Bryant, Thos, J. Vaught, E. M. Holmes, , ' J. C. King, A. M. Mills, >f ' L. M. Ludlam, M. B. Hardwick, Geo. M. Jollie, T. W. Graham, ,. ; H. C. Royals, S, B. McQueen, H. L. Marlow, W. K. Roberts, H. L. Richardson, Jr., ( J. Edge, ; ; J. E. Richardson, Noah Edwards, Luther Gibson, W. Chauncey Todd, Hiil King, W. C. Hooks, James F. Gause, J. W. Lupo. Hon S. W. G. Shipp, presiding judge of the 12th Judicial Circuit wil be here to hold the court o Remember that it is a strange but true thing in nature that it is the unexpected that happens. Keep it ia mind regarding the war with Germany. POTAfO SHORTAGE WORRIES GERMANS Fear Also That Bread and Meat Rations Will Prove Insufficient. Copenhagen, May 15 (Via London) ?The potato shortage in Germany s making itself felt. The bureau of 'ood control has been able to supply i five-pound ration a week in Berlin ind Westphalia industrial districts ut bitter complaints arc coming! roni various other sections. fc many sections of Bavaria, according to reports to the Reichstag, totato ration is only 24 ounces weeky. The Hamburg ration is three ounds and the sister city of Altona as been placed for the next week on pound and a half allowance. As the government promiseiT, the read ration is not reduced where the ive-pound allowance of potatoes is ot furnished. Every pound extra of lour applied for this purpose, howver, upsets the government's scheme f distribution based on the fact mat ie stock of goods in the Empire is urely adequate, under reduced ra~ ons, to carry the population through ugust 15, when flour from the new arvest was expected to be available, i pBgjKi > NO. 4. _ ___ _.. .. .c. THINK SUBMARINE'S DAYS NUMBERED ' >> ' ' i. A ;.' -S ????- * Discuss Inventions at I rrmnr j tant Conference in Daniels Office f EXPERIMENTS ARE TO BE CONTINUED Plans No Dream, But Important and Far-Reachi## Says Daniels. Washington.?That American inventive genius soon will find a solution for the problem of how to meet the submarine menace is the hope held out by high naval officials and members of the naval consulting board. They conferred at Secretary Daniels' home over experiments with devices already tried out and those in prospect. Officials declined to go into detail* concerning the conference. It became definitely known, however, that one result was the decision to have the naval board's exports continue their experiments with inventions tlev'^vcd that its members believed that they T.re on the right road and are going to "turn out something worth while." "Their plans," he added, "are no dream and are very important artel far reaching." > Outside Experiments. t Additional information on experiments with devices for combating German submarines came to the Navy Department from scientists who have been working independently of the naval consulting board. A number of conferences were held, whi'e the board members who were present at the conference last night at Secretary Daniels' home also remained in the city to continue work with naval experts. Neither the secretary nor any naval official would discuss the result of the meetings further than to say that progress was being made and , that more experiments would be car. j ried forward without delay. In some cases extensive practical tests already have been bads with striking results. Navy Officials Impressed. There is no doubt that navy officials were deeply impressed by what was disclosed at the conference last week. Some of them appear to be carefully holding their optimistic first judgment in check, fearinw an unexpected difficulty will ari.e to i briny plans to naught, i One official explained that what was being done probably would result in adding several ways and means to the anti-submarine crusade. It is upon the cumulative effect of all the proposed new devices as well as new methods of operation against submarines that the feeling is based that something can be accom plished toward checking the ravages of the U-boats. [ten million men" IN DRAFT LiMITS i I Washington, May 12.?Ten miiion men in the United States will be subject to the selective conscription on July 1, within the ages agreed upon in the conference report on the war army bill, Director Rogers of the cen sus bureau announced today. This number of men between the ages of 21 and 20, inclusive, represents very nearly 10 per cent, of the total estimated population of between 103,000,000 and 104,000,000 on July 1, 1917. Of these con serin* IA?* _ ...(.vauil CMglUlCa the bureau estimates Alabama will nave 2u9,you, Arkansas 156,600, Florida 95,300 Louisiana 171,000, Maryland 121,500, Mississippi 175,100, North Carolina 194,400, South Carolina 137,000, Tennessee 195,080, Texas 420,200, Virginia 186,400.