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TURKISH SITUATION HOPELESS. rx)r( Ks aki: hi ddli d at <;\i UNU inTIKHJT WFFLUfisV < orn-|...n,l. mi ltf|m>rt? ?if 10,(MM) (.revk* landed at lllskct Hay Re? garded h<4 Doubtful. London. Feb. 16.?l'ncensor? ?1 spe? cial dispatch* * n in hln,: London from Constantinople all confirm the utter failure of Kn\er Be,, the Turkish chief of staff, to Und troops on the coast of the Sea of Marmora. Iii.-? forces, the aSBBSitCfc says, are nuW huddled at Outllpoll. where they are unable to see ire supplies. The Dally Chronicle correspondent reports the landing of 40.000 Greeks at the Blskea bay on the coast of Asia Minor near the entrance to the Dardanelles. This report, however. Is regarded as doubtful. It is given de? nial by the officers of the British war? ship Zeelandia which has Just arriv? ed at Const Bj|t I no pie. The situation between Roumania and Bulgaria again has become se? rious. The negotiations did not result In an agreement being reached. Kaakl Pasha former grand visier, ha* arrhed In London. Secrecy Is observed as to his mission, but there seems little reason to doubt that Tur? key's military position is utterly hope? less and that when the expected de? cisive battle Is fought for the pos? session of Kurudagh, In the Bulair district, a fresh attempt will be made to negotiate peace. Meanwhile the publication of the reply of the Russian emperor con? firming the strained situation between Austria and Russia, together with the Impossibility of arranging the differ? ence between Roumania and Bulgari i. causes renewed anxiety in the Euro? pean capitals. A dupatch to The Dally News from Constantinople declares that the grind visier takes a despondent view of the situation. According to the correspondent he Is anxious for peaej but the Young Turk leaders are still The Ottoman embassy has received Official dispatches confirming the re? port that the Montenegrins were routed In an attack February 13 against the Turks on the heights of Taraborch and Blrditxa, dominating the fortress of Scutsrl. Advices from Oalllpoli indicate a general condition of disorganisation among the Turk? ish troop'.. There Is a lack of mon? ey snd an Insufficiency of officers and supplies, while political antagonism among the officers has practically destroyed discipline Stories are current of atrocities by both the Turks and Bulgarians In the district around Bulair. CZAR tilVKS IDs POSITION. r - Ha)* Auntrta's Attitude Has Impelled KusHa to Support the Interests of Brothers. 8t Petersburg. Feb. 16.?The Rus? sian empei >r's reply to the letter re? cently seilt him by the Austrian em? peror Is short and decisive. He de? clares that Austria's attitude In re? cent years has impelled Russia to sup? port the Inter' sts of her Slav brothers. At the sa*ne time the Russian em? peror expresse? the belief that a means will be f . md to maintain peace. MW COACH KS ON S. C. W. VeMClbule Coaches Installed on New KsJIroad Friday Night. Two new vestibule coaches have been placed In service on the South Carolina Western Railroad between Hartsvtlle and Sumter, taking the place of the olu coachea which have hsjetofors been ii. service on the line since It was opened for traffic last fall The new passenger coaches are practically new. ha\ing been in service only six months, and are the best of their kind out. The coach for white people Ih c apable of seating sixty-six passengers, while that for colored peo? ple Is a combination coach, one section of It being used as a baggage coach. The new coaches were tlrst seen In Rumter Friday night when the train roii.ei in from Hartsvilb They had been prorn.m? d some ?nn< hk'\ but did not arrive until then H. d W trains |g*Vtg*J the city now use the V ree.-ntly installed in the eastern part of the i ity and are rid of former Inconveniences when en? gines had t<? run when be ob d the wrong nay. Work of) a row trek down < J r ? . n Street Will plobably OOSBSSjSSJCS MOfj? day. A for* e ?'f IssSSM was Sgpsctsd tore Saturday to commnee the s/Ofk, but did ont turn up. it kB ejapeeted during the early part of next week. bow?\- r Y\ h? n the ro w track is laid It will b> med by tie- passenger triins and grill bs ? convenience over the traek now lg ssx b\ p.ism. ngsr t f uns. Tb?? freight and passengff traffic fen the rieW Tool i gTSdU illy hi' T' l< |g*j The freight IralUe, especially, b< grown- and IImsji eonneeted with lh< road are noa h pleased wttk : peels. CHARGED with CRIMINAL vio? LATION or siilhman LAW. .iur> Dtaagjpatd <>" Flrat Trial?Ver diet of <*uiit> Rendered After De iHMTtitioii or Four Honn?Con? spiracy to Rctrglll Trade in RMUMBnd Ware Alleged by Gov criiicnt. _ Detroit. Mich, rob. 14.?The so called Both Tub Trust was today found guilty ??f erimlnnl conspiracy in restraint of trade by a jury in the United State? 1 ?istriet Court. The 1 aet .is charged is a misdemeanor and tii- pemdty provides imprisonment not exceeding one year or fine of $5,000, or both. Last November the so-called trust was dissolved by the Supreme Court in a civil suit instituted at Baltimore. The criminal case today was a re? trial, the first trial having resulted in a disagreement. After the announcement of the ver? dict Judge Clarence W. Sessions ad? journed Court until tomorrow at 10 o'clock, when he will pronounce sen? tence. It war the second anti-trust case decided iu favor of the Govern? ment in the local Court within the last week, the other case being against the "Boot and Shoe Last Trust." The jury required four hours to reach a verdict. MINISTERS AS DELEGATES. r.lo\en Clergymen Appointed to At? tend Pence Conference. St. Louis, Feb. 15.?Guv. Blea*3 of South Carolina has appointed j eleven clergymen of that State ai delegates to the Fourth American 1'eace Congress, which will be held at St. Louis May 1. 2 and 3. The bst of appointees was made public in S\ Louis by James E. Smith, chairman of the Executive Committee for the I' ace Congress. In view of the purpose of the con? gress, the action of South Carolina* governor in assigning to a body of representative ministers the duty of representing that State, is considered very appropriate. No other State so far has chosen clergymen for the task, the Texas appointees, for in? stance, being members of the legisla? ture and the Wyoming appointees hir? ing, with two exceptions, banke*s, capitalists and merchants. The eleven clergymen constituting the South Carolina delegation are: Rev. Dr. J. W. W?lling. Allenda!e; Rev. Dr. A. E. Holler, Clio; Rev. Or. C. A. Freed, Columbia; Rev. Dr. S. T. Hallman. Spartanburg; Rev. Dr. J. U. Rudds. Charleston; Rev. Dr. N. A. Hemrlck, Ncwberry; Rev. Dr. J. D, Pitts, niackvllle, Rev. Dr. W. P. Ja? cob*, Clinton; Rev. Dr. J. S. Moffat, Hue West; Rev. Dr. Wilmot 8. Poy n?>r, Columbia; and RtV. Dr. Geo. S. I '? I in<>, Mountvllle. National pea.,. congresses have been held biennially since 1907, when the first, the president of which wai Andrew Carnegie, took place In New fork. The see,.ml p. ;ov congress Wll ut Chicago and the third at Baltimore. The fourth. Which will be ushered in with iht dedication April 30, of the JefTerson Memorial, a $500,000 struc? ture commemorating the greatest peaooable acquisition of territory in the world's history, is expected t<> Bet a new mark for effectIvenesa Proatdont-oloct Woodrow Wilson has boon Invited to take part in the dedication ceremonies and also in the peace confront, ami has replied that "it would be almo** a duty for a Democratic president to take part in such e\.'irises ' and that he hopes that his official duties as president will per? mit of his acceptance. TII.LMAVS IDEA IN 18N7. Webb Liquor Hill Identical With that of South Curollnu Senator. Washington. Fob. 15.?It is an in t- n sting fact that the Weht) bill, just passed by overwhelming majorities in both houses of congress. Is practically identical with a bill w hich was intro? duced Ly Senator B. R. Tillman Janu? ary 23. 1H97, to divest shipments Of Intoxicating liquor of their Interstate character after they have entered the territory of the State of destination. \ i ivorable report was secured b> s. natot Tillman on 'bis bill from t tie Senate committee on Interstate commerce, February 1I07( but it \N.nt no further. It has taken the proposition sixteen yean lo get through Congresa Now sentlmt nt is so Strong for it that its advocates believe lh< . could puss n over i Presidential Real Lstate Transfer*. Ft 11 y Seal J. H, Parkt r, inter i if to i ? t in county, $ i.00, John M Kturgeon lo Jacob C, McRlvt < n II K iv Iract, 11,100 Master to Hartsvllle OH Mill, lot in town Of t 'MM go, ; [?00, 11 n M- Collum, .ii . t . Charlotte i! Moses, lol on Halem avenue with buildings thereon $2,S00, } EXKRAL ASSEMBLY WILL PROB" ABLY ADJOURN <>\ SATUR? DAY OF PRESENT WEEK. \pi>roprlatlon Rill Passes in Record Time end Will Probably go to Gov? ernor Thursday?Carries over 000,000, Large*! in History of State ?Local Option Compulsory Educa? tion and Charleston High License Bills Passed?Railroad Rate BUI Probabl) Blocked?Warehouse BUI Carried Over?Other Rills. Columbia, Feb. 17.?The General Assembly begins Its bust week today and it is expected that sine die ad? journment will be reached by Friday or Saturday at the latest. The House some days ago adopted, a concurrent resolution to adjourn sine die on Fri? day of this week hut the Senate "has not yet acted on the resolution. Some action to place the Senate on record on the matter will likely be made this week. The Genera] appropriation bill went through the House last week in record breaking time and is now un? der consideration by the Senate, it should be given Its third reading and enrolled by Thursday at the latest and sent down to Governor Blease by Fri? day morning for such action as he may see fit to take. It ought to he re? turned to the House by the Governor Friday afternoon and final disposition made of those sections vetoed by Fri? day night. Such, at least, is the gen? eral expectation. The appropriation bill carries over |2,.,000, the largest in the history of any previous legislature. It will I take a State levy of S mills to raise this amount and some fear that there may be a deficit. The House has practically cleared it", calendar and is in shape for final adjournment. No more first reading bills Will be considered this session and all speeches are to he limited to ten minutes from each member and no member must speak more than twice on any subject, according to rules adopted last week for the rest of the session. The local option compulsory educa? tion bill, the bill giving Charleston the right to regulate the sale of liquor un? der high license, and the bill taking over the Charleston Medical College by the State were important measures acted on by the House at this session and passed. The passage of the com? pulsory education bill came after a long debate and by an overwhelming vote and marked an epoch in the his? tory of forward legislation. Equally as important was the passage of the bill giving Charleston the right to regulate the sale of whiskey under high license, provided the liquor is handled in only original packages For the past decade the spirit of pro? hibition has been uppermost and ses? sion after session prohibition bills were passed by the House only to be held up In the Senate. The Senate now has under consideration the Charleston liquor measure and it has been fixed for a special order on Tues? day. The bills providing for a fiat two cent passenger rate on railroads are special orders In both houses. Gov? ernor Please Is urging the legislature to enact this measure Into law and United States Senator TUlman favors some BUCh measure. opponents of this proposition are going to put up a hard light In both houses and the I outlook for successful passage of the two cent rate bill is not bright. It seems to be the hope of the opponents to postpone any direct vote on the bill. Poth Houses have continued until next session the bills to establish a State warehouse system for storing cotton. Senator John L, McLaurin, who served one Urm in the United States Senate and now represents Marlboro county in the upper branch Of the legislature, backed the bill in the Senate while Representative Mc? Queen of Marlboro stood behind it in the House. The feature which caus? ed the postponement of the bill was the proposition to raise the revenue for establishing the warehouse by im? posing a tax of 2") cents on every bale of cotton grown or offered for sale in the State. Hitter opposition to this feature developed and some other means of raising the necessary funds must be found to ever get the meas? ure enacted Into law. Some of the opponents were willing for the bill to be passed and submitted to a vote of the people of th<- state as to whether or not it would become n law, The Senate adopted a resolution asking Senator McLaurin to visit tin legislatures ol the other cotton grow? ing States In advocacy of the ware? house plan so some plan which would be acted on by all the states could be evolved but Ihe House sei down good and haid on the resolution and killed It. The bill t<< ia iiti n up I h< pi imary laws by rcqulrlna n? w enrollment In each club six months before the club meetings nppotntlng o board of rgl trat ton for every club whose duty it win be to prevent duplication or Im? proper enrollment, and the closlnn of each ? l tili roll thirty days befort I hi BLUSE THREATENS VETO. DEMANDS ONE MILL LEVY FOR SCHOOLS, UnlCftb legislature Compile* With His Demand He Will Veto All Appro? priations for Stale Colleges?Sit? uation Uncertain, Columbia, Feb. 17.?"Unless the legislature passes the bill providing a one-mill levy for the support of the free public schools I will veto every nickel Of the appropriations for BtatO colleges," said Governor Blease, this morning. This means that unless this is done the appropriation for Winthrop, the University, the Citadel and other State institutions will be knocked out and it Is doubtful about the house being able to override the veto. Boys' Corn Club to Meet. There will be a meeting of the Sumter County Boys' Corn Club at the court house next Saturday, Febru? ary 22, the first meeting for this year. It Is expected that the club will be larger this year than ever before as a result of the corn exposition which has just closed in Columbia and which aroused a great deal of inter? est among the boys in the growing of corn. The prizes for the compositions written on the trip to Columbia by members of the Boys* Corn Club will be announced next week. Deputy Clerk Appointed. Judge Ernest Gary last week con- 1 firmed the appointment of Mr. Rob? ert L. McLeod, the clerk to the Coun? ty Board of Commissioners, as deputy clerk of court. Mr. McLeod's ap- i pointmont as deputy clerk will be only nominal, as he will not be called on to do any work In the clerk's office except to sign papers, only during the absence of the clerk from the city, his appointment being solely for the con? venience of the public should the clerk at any time be called out of town. A Waste of Good Stuff? Florence Times. Our friend Josh Ashley has a bill before the house that we are pleased to commend most highly. It is a good offset to the bill to legalize lynching. This bill proposes to put all contrabrand liquors seized in the hospitals and alms houses of the State for the benefit of the inmates. It certainly is a pity to pour anything out on the ground that may be of use to people who need it, and the sick and the aged can use it and do need it, no matter how we may regard Its use by the well and strong, and it is such a waste of the gifts of prov? idence that He would hold us ac? countable for and it ought to be stopped. Columbia. Feb. 15.?The Benate adopted the report on the Judiciary Committee and ordered *o much of Governor's message on Senator Till? man and press as referred to legisla? tion be printed anil the rest with com? munications of Senators Tillman, Ben Abney and rest be not printed. The Senate meets Monday night at 8 o'clock. first primary and the filing of a cer? tified c<?py with the county auditor is a third reading bill in the Senate for action this coming week. The bill is aimed at preventing the situation which arose last summer and furnish? es some safeguards for the primary. Senator Nicholson is the author of the bill and he voiced the sentiments of many people when he said that un? less Bome safeguard was thrown around the primary lots of people would never participate in another. However it is not believed that the bill will get through at this ses? sion. Senator Patterson had a bill to re? quire male applicants for marriage license to furnish a physician's cer? tificate that he was free from any contagious or infectious disease as a requisite for getting license and some wanted to amend the bill so as to Include both sexes but it Anally went 1 >ver uni n next session. Bills to abolish the hosiery mill In the state penitentiary are on calen? dars ot* both houses, but with little chance of success. This matter is ad vocated by Oovernor Blease who has time and ngain si on d the hosiery mill ;..s a "tuberculosis Incubator," and he usked the legislature In his annual message to abolish it. The State board of h< altli has several times con? demned it. The harmony between the different political fnctlons still prevails nnd there Is little prospect of any rupture of the armistice. The night the House killed the item be rt bill alnu d at re? stricting the pies: <;ttlle loillel' 111 III anything else lo cause the old fac? tional differences to break loose but [ the bill \\ us killed and harmony si ill 1 hold ? sw ay. 'I he Issue of Hies 1 ism has been 1 irefally avoided :|I the present sea ion. IF CONFERENCE FAILS, FIRE? MEN ORDERED OUT TO? NIGHT. < 'rlwl* in Dispute Between Eastern Railroads ami 31,000 Firemen Ex? pected Today ? Federal Mediator-, to Meet with Rprcsentatlt'cs of Both sid<-Order for Strike With? held Fending Outcome 01* Confer? ence. New York, Feb. 10.?The crisis in the controversy between the Kastern railroads and their 14,000 firemen, Which last we.'k narrowed down to the method of arbitration to he em? ployed to settle the differences be? tween them, is expected tomorrow, when representatives of both sides have agreed to meet Judge Knapp, of the Commerce Court, and G. W. Hanger, acting Commissioner of La? bor, the Federal mediator in a final effort to avert a strike. "We are waiting for Judge Knapp and Mr. Hanger to announce that they are unable, under the Federal laws to secure arbitration," President W. S. Garter, of the Brotherhood of Loco? motive Firemen and Knginemen, said tonight. "This means that nothing will be done by us until tomorrow. Mr. Hanger met with the confer? ence committee of managers today, but declined tonight to discuss the na? ture of the conference. He said that tomorrow he would join Judge Knapp who is expected to return from Wash? ington late 4onight for further meet? ings with both sides. Much signifi? cance is attached to this hurried visit of Judge Knapp to Washington and also to the conference today of Mr. Hanger and the railroad managers, and another proposal as to the meth? od of arbitration is expected to be made to the firemen tomorrow. Replying to the statement made by President Carter, Mr. Hanger said: "When we announce that we are un? able to bring both sides to terms of arbitration, then it will be up to Mr. Carter to act; we will have done all that wa< possible under the condit? ions." In a formal statement to the pub? lic tonight President Garter discussed the Erdman Act, under the terms of which the railroad managers have re? fused to arbitrate, and contradicted various declarations of the railroads regarding the arbitration board of seven which settled the differences of the engineers with the same lines last summer. "With regard to the public state? ments by the railroad companies, wherein it is said that the engineers are satisfied and have been benefited by arbitration under the railroads' plan and the railroads have paid one million dollars in back pay, etc," said Mr. Garter in his statement, "1 am advised by Grand Chief Stone, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi? neers, that while it has b* en ten months since they agreed to arbitrate, ami seven months since the hearings were closed and given to the arbitra? tion board for a decision, the award of that board has not yet been put into effect except on one railroad .and it lias been found necessary to request the engineers' arbitration board to meet and finally decide what they real? ly did mean by the award that they handed down. Hotel More Than Full. The Claremont Hotel one day this week was unable to accommodate all of those who applied there foi rooms, fifteen persons having been turned away at that time. At other times the hotel has been kept practically full at nights and generally during the day most of the rooms were taken. Traveling men who have mention? ed the matter seem to be well pleased with the accommodations furnished them at the hotel, especially with the meals provided. The report is current that the South Carolina Western Railway (Seaboard) which is now building from Lydia to Timmonsville via Lamer, is pre? paring to continue the road from Timmonsville to olanta. If this plan is carried out it will become all the more necessary for Sumter to make an effort to obtain railroad connection with the Shlloh and Olanta section. If something Is not clone in this di? rection the trade of that entire sec? tion will be entirely lost to Sumter ? and it is a business worth making an effort to obtain. The Tomato Club work, under the direction of Mise Maty Lemmon, is moving forward satisfactorily and the indications are that there be not bss than ten clubs, perhaps twelve or Of teen, organised in Sumter county. For the first year this is a most en? couraging prospect, und, it the work receives the co operation < f the teach? er, , s- hool truste< - ."el pat < tits that it should, the employment of a Ku? ril School sac ivisoi and Director of Girls' * *, 111 ? wdl prove t<> be the best nr.. ao n' ? ? ' madi under the di? rection of tlx C.:i> Board of Fd u< titlou. REDUCE COTTON ACREAGE. WATSON URGES PLANTERS lo CURTAIL COTTON < ROP. Commissioner Tells Grtm'erii Not to be M tided by Prcaenl Price Co-opor ation Asked. Columbia, Feb. If.?"The planting season is upon us now. Stop ami think for a day or two before you listen to the siren song of 13 cents." says B. J. Watson, COIUml?loner of agriculture of South Carolina and president of the Southern Cotton congress in an address to the fanners of the South, issued yesterday, in which he urge? a reduction of cotton acreage during the coming season. "The cotton growers of the South," says the commissioner) "have passed through two of the most trying years in the history of cotton. At this time last y< ar chose who have been in the forefront of the fight to maintain a living price for cotton against abnor? mal conditions, made possible by American and foreign market meth? ods, which as yet are permitted to exist, were bending every energy to bring about a reduction of acreage, or at least to prevent an increase of acreage. Conditions following the hug,-? crop of 1911, and hard work | made this possible. The price on the croo just harvested was kept steady, j 'A more serious situation con? fronts you now and hence this word I of warning. With the price of the 1912 crop remaining fairly good and steady all the season through the ar? gument of the manipulators will be ! that the cotton farmer of the South will yield to temptation and do as he has done hundreds of time before? plant more acreage to cotton, on the assumption that the price will stay up. This expectation you have jus? tified in the past and it will be used ' from the start. Under present laws and established methods, though the world demand be for a crop possibly larger than 14.500,000 bales. I want to say to you it will be suicidal to in? crease your acreage. It is more im-> portant to hold yourself and your ac? reage in check this year than ever be? fore. To yield to the temptation of an increased price this season will be equivalent to proving yourself devoid of even common sense. "The planting season is upon us now. Stop and think for a day or two before you listen to the siren song of 13 cents. The danger to you and yours is greater by far than last year. If you must have a larger acreage on your farm, put the Increase In corn and other food crops. As one who has striven to aid you in the hour of need, and has been faithful to the trust imposed in him, let me entreat you to hold your acreage down and prove to the world that you are not obliged to rush in and do what every cotton broker in New York, Liver- . pool and elsewhere expect you to do for your own undoing and the en? richment of others. "In this State I have endeavored to get the general assembly to enact a simple cotton statistics-gathering law that will force facts on the world - when they should be there?not when it is too late; this measure, which would aid in some degree, is not yet a law. Oklahoma already has it, and your organizations have all asked for it in every cotton State. "Again let me beg of you to watch your acreage, and let good sense in? stead of lack of judgment guide you in the pi. :* ng of your crop this year. If you don't you will face in the fall a situation that may be the most se? rious you have ever faced. "If you don't do your part now, don't say then that you were not warned. "The fight for justice to America s greatest money crop can not be won by a few men year after year; it must command the personal co-operation of every grower of cotton." ENJOY SPLENDID TALK. Lai go Number of Young Men Hear Address by Mr. C. If. HurM Sun? day Afui*iioon. There were a large number of young men and boys at the Y. M. C A. Sunday afternoon who hoard the splendid address made by Mr. C. M. Hurst. This was the second of the series of lectures to be given on Sun? day afternoons for men at the Y. M. C. A., and a*as as largely attended and as much enjoyed as the first. Mr. Hurst took for his SUbj< I "What is the Truth.and pointed out to his hearers thai there was only one way of finding out "the truth." by diligent study of the word of God, as contained in the scripture. Mi. Hurst made a most intens* ly Interesting talk which was heard with the closest ! att< ntton by all present. Workmen employed on the Knight building on Hampton avenue In the rear of Cols' in Jewelrj store had i narrow esenp? from injury Thursday c\ i ning \\ h< n a pai t > ( the v. affolding fell in ;i t* w s< i ends: aftei *h? > had h ft it