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4,Bo Just ?nd Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Ahns t at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Troth's.'
THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established June, 1*00.
SUMTER, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1013.
Vol. XXXVI. No-41
MILITIA WILL GET AID.
WAR Dlif'ARTMENT ACCEPTS
GOVERNORS PROMISE OF
COMPLIANCE WITH
LAW.
Kteratlvc's Assurance That Troops
WU be t ttu lent Bring* End to Coll
?En* amimient will Be llekl In the
Near Future.
Washington. July 10.?Upon receipt
of a telegram at the war department
today by Secretary Garrison from the
governor of South Carolina in which
Iba former was assured that full
compliance with federal regulations
would be forthcoming and that South
Carolina was ready to do her duty In
the matter of having her troops con?
tinue to receive government aid, It
was stated that this was all the de?
partment has been asking. The fed?
eral government Is now ready to re?
sume the practice of giving assistance
Just as the case has been for many
years pant.
All that Is apparently needed now
to clear the situation and permit the
troop* which have passed muster to
enntlnue to receive aid Is for the nec?
essary governmental red tape to be
straightened out. and this, after to?
days' telegram was received here, will
be done Immediately. The details
which will be arranged between Adjt.
Oen. Moore and Gen. Mills, will be)
those usually Incident to the handling
of government funds for State pur?
poses, and other Incidental matters.
The governor's assurance that the de?
sire of the war department to have
the troops meet the required stand*
ards of efficiency passes the situation
back to Gen. Mills and Adjt Gen.
Moore, and, as stated, future details
win bf carried out by them.
Gen. Mills Is the official charged
with the duty of attending to the re?
quirements of the various state
militia organisations, and the situa?
tion, which, up to the present time,
has been most embarrassing, would
not have left his hands except for the
fact that when It became acute the
matter was passed up to the secretary
ot wax. HI* action la the matter is
BOW weff kiown to the people of
loath Carolina. All that he has ask
id ha* been thai Cie governor pledge
Iiis assurance that the latter would
?ooperete with the federal govern?
ment to have the troopo meet the
regulations, and sirce this has been
agreed to. nothing remains except for
the red tape Incldet tal to the matter
to be arranged. The secretary ot
War himself Is not tnteicsted in these
details; but. as stated, they are left to
Oen Mills and the State officers to be
Worked out.
It ts entirely probable that within
the next 24 hours such headway will
h? made toward sending the troops
now entitled to go *o the encamp
ments soon to be held that few de?
tails will thereafter remain to be set?
tled
80 far as the war department is
concerned, the situation la said to be
satisfactory Proper relations with
the department having been resumed
by the governor of South Cacpllna.
and the department having thus ob
- talned what It desired, federal as sis
? w, ander the conditions which
have heretofore been mentioned, will
now b* continued, according to the
best information obtainable here to
night.
t.ovemor Hlea*** Compiles.
< -.Panbla. s C . July It, l'JU.
Hon L M. Garrison. Secretary of
Wsr Your letter gf July H re eived
In which you state: 'Hy thl. of
course. I meant that I must have youf
assurance that I can > mint upon vom
co-operation and assistance |g bring?
Ing about a ? ompliance on the part
of the organised mllltla of your Mnte
wbh the provision* of the mil it .1 t \
Paw ss enacted hy congress.' All South
Carolinians endeavor to do their duty.
If theae boy* are allowed the chance
they will do theirs, and yon can count
upon my co-operation and assistance
In bringing about a compliant I M the
part nt the National Guard of this
State with the provisions of the mllitiu
law as enaeted nj enngreai uwQgf eon
dirio.iw gf our foi no r b iter and my
r*;dv thereto. Wlte orders for en?
campment* beginning July 17.
(Signed) ( ob- |, Kinase,
t jov tmor."
Garrison's Telegram.
Th? foiiowit.a hi no- integrant m ni
by the Seeretary of War to Qoeomof
H lease:
? Washington. 1? C. Julv II ,ltlt
"Governor Cole L. Itba.se. Cotum
?jta. li. Hi Replying to pnnf t. b
gram of the !0th I urn plettsed to rc
rehre and arvapt ymir Kaeellem y s as
aurance that the war department enn
count upon the co-operation and as?
sistance of yourself and of the organ-1
CROP BELOW AVERAGE.
BLH -ft AM? EARLY FROST MAR
PROSPECTS.
Corn Stums ihr Most Flourishing
Condition, Helng (iriierully AIkivc
the Normal.
^Washington, July 10.?Blight and
early frost In certain parts of the
country brought the average condi?
tion of the crops In the United States
In July down to nearly 1 per cent,
lower than on the same date last year
and to 1.7 lower than the average
crop condition on July 1 for some
years rast, ten years In most cases.
?Conditions are below the average,
the department of agriculture an?
nounced'today In the Atlantic coast
and north Central States, except Vir-1
glnia, Fleridat+Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa
and Nebraska. They are about the
average in South Carolina and Far
Western States, except Kentucky, Ala?
bama, Montana. Utah and California.
The lowest conditions are found in
California, where July 1 found the
crops 15.7 per cent, below the aver?
age.
Corn shows the most flourishing
condition .standing at 103.5, or 3.5 per
cent, above its ten-year average.
Other crops show the following aver?
age:
Hemp 103.3; hops 103.1; winter
wheat 102.1; cotton 102; alfalfa
101.6; cantaloupes 101.5; kafflr corn
101.1; apples 100.5; beans (dry) 100.5;
sugar beets 100.8; rice 99.9. peanuts
99.9; watermelons 99.9; lima beans
99.8; cabbage 99.1; rye 99.it; sweet po?
tatoes 98.A; broom corn 98.5; millet
98.1; sorghum 98.4; sugar cane 98.2;
onions'98.1; blackberries 98.1; hay
(all cultivated) 97.4; raspberries 97.fi;
tobacco 97.6; potatoes 97; clover 95.9;
tomatoes 95.fi; flax 94; grapes 93.9;
peaces 93.7; pasture 91.4; strawber?
ries 91.4; oats 90.3; barley 89.7; pears
?8.7; oranges 88.4; spring wheat 8G.fi;
timothy 86.3; lemons 63.3.
railS EXTINGUISH KU.
Flame in ForoKt Finally Conquered
After Four Days of Fighting
_
Mount Tamalpals Summit, Cal ,
July 10.?The forest Arcs on Mount
Tamalpals are out. Here and there
linger a few smouldering embers but
after four days and three nights ot
fighting. Mill Valley, Larkspur, Corte
Madera and Muir Woods are out of
danger. Outside the destruction of
timber the property loss has been
?light. There was no losu of life.
Marriage License Record.
I A license to marry has been is
suesd to Mr. H. W. Flake and Miss
Rita James of Sumter. A license has
also been is: ued to a colored couple,
Ephrium Hunter and Carlta White,
Sumter.
tzed militia of your State in bringing
about a full and complete compliance
in the part of all State officials and
troops concerned, with the provisions
of the militia law as enacted by con?
gress, and 1 assume also with the rules
and regulations established in accord?
ance therewith for attaining the end
we both have in view?the efficiency
of the militia of your State. I have,
therefore, directed that Liuet. Caha
tiiss and ('apt. Grelg, relieve as per
?poetal orders No 147, June 25, 1H13,
resume their former duties; that
requisition for funds he drawn today
and made special, and letter to Adju?
tant General explanatory. Disburse?
ment of these funds follow. Requisi?
tions for funds and supplies filed with
the division militia affairs will he filed
at once. An Inspector of infantry In
place of Lieut. BoOWOll will he dc
tailed on receipt of request from you
(Signed) "Llndlcy M. atJirisf.n.
"Secretary of War."
PREPARE FOR ( AMI'S.
.Adjutant (General to Make Nocessarj
Arrangement*.
Adit den. Moore said last night that
he had not received an order from the
war deportment relative to the South
Carolina National Guard. He said thai
he whs prepared to go ahead and make
arrangements for the encampmentl
in the event the war department ac?
cepted the letter of the governor, At
cording to the present plans the en?
campmcnt w ill begin July l ; when
the Third regiment goes to Alken for
eight days The Second regiment will
encamp at "''.nop Wille Jones." eight
miles from Columbia, in Lexington
county The lust regiment goes to
Andel son
The Mdpjtant grneral estimate that
al.oui |ff.fag will he available for the
encHtnpmeuts
"f expert an order from the war de
[partmuit tomorrow," said Gcmi. Moore |
HAVING FAILED in hi.k cam?
paign balkan state de?
sires cessation op
WAR.
Probable That Settlement of Con?
flict Among Former Allies Will be
iLong ami Delicate Task. Rtisia
Already Taking Steps for Peace.
London, July'11.?Having failed in
her hazardous coup, Bulgaria is now
showing herself anxious for peace.
No formal armistice has yet been ar?
ranged, but it is believed hostilities
are virtually ended. It is feared,
however, that the settlement of peace
conditions will prove a long task,
many new elements having entered
to complicate matters. Bulgaria's
decision not to oppose Roumania's
occupation of Silistria and the atrip
of territory she desires removes one
difficulty. But other developments
such as the Greek occupation of
Kavala, to which Bulgaria is expect?
ed to offer bitter resistance, are cal?
culated to lead to troublesome nego?
tiations especially as both Servia and
Greece, on the outcome of their cam?
paign, will be certain to demand pos?
session of the territory they occupied
previous to the war.
Russia is already taking steps in
v the Balkan capitals to arrange for a
cessation of hostilities.
The British chancellor of the ex?
chequer, David Lloyd George, ad?
dressing the bankers at a dinner at
the Mansion House tonight referred
to Balkan affairs. He said the tlrst
! trouble was over, and he was hope?
ful that the powers, which had start?
ed so well together, woud be able
to effect a lasting settlement among
the provinces.
As long as the Balkan states did
nothing to upset the decisions already
agreed to among the poors, continu?
ed the chancellor, it was to be hoped
that no power would tlnd it necessary
to take any action likely to give rise
to difficulty among the great powers
themselves.
The Roumanian declaration of war
on Bulgaria was expeetod here to as?
sist in bringing to an end the carnage
in the Balkans by forcing speedy ac?
tion on the part of the powers who
have been invited to intervene. The
object of, King Charles of Roumania
in assuming the part of a belligerent
is to strengthen Roumania's claim to
participate In the ultimate sharing
out of territory in the Balkan penin?
sula. For the present Roumania, it is
thought, will probably content her
I
self with occupying the strip of Bul?
garian territory from Turtukai on the
Danube to Baltchik on the Black sea,
including the city of Silistria. She
has covered this for a b>ng time and
it is believed she will accomplish her
object under the prevailing condition
without Bulgurian resistance.
WANT RELIGION IN SCHOOLS.
Ministers Crge That It Ho Given
Place and That Sex Hygiene be
Made S|>evlal Study.
Los Angeles, July 11.?The ques?
tion "Should religion be taught in the
.sc hool?" was answered alternatively
today by the conference of ministers
attending the iJHth convention of
Christian Lndetivor Societies. So also
OaS that us to the teaching Of sex hy?
giene, though the clergymen regis?
tered it as their opinion that sex
knowledge should not be taught
school pupils by the regular teachers,
but by physicians especially appointed
for the purpose. To strengthen the
influence of Protestantism, it was
recommended that the churches join
a federation and work in unison.
Dr. Chas. M. Sheldon of Topeka,
Kan., recommended the compilation
of a H?de text book for use in the
?ChoOlS, He SpOke against college
and high school fraternities as a me?
nace to democracy.
Dr. Sheldon, who once undertook
to edit a daily newspaper "as Christ
Would do it" declared the press would
be greatly I rn proved if it eliminated
?torlos of crime, gave more church
itiol religions news and published edi?
tions every other das so that it would
not have to pad and "play up" sensa?
tional matter.
With regard to theatre ami th"
drams the clergymen in tin* confer?
ence asequlesced in the opinion that
the love element in plays was permis?
sible.
Ten stand Examination.
There were ten boys presenl Fri?
da) morning to stand the Clemson
College examination, eighl trying for
tie soholamhlp and two for entrance
to tin oollege, There were no appb
cants at all for the University of
South Carolina or the College of
Chaik?toib v
I au it:At. . u, + m ?
COLLEGE FX) it WOMEN AM?
ST ATI; UNIVERSITY MAY
UNITE.
MenilMT (if Hoard of Trustees of Uni?
versity of south Carolina Issues
stateemnt IGvlng Reasons for
Merging?By this Plan, Says Offi?
cial, University Training for Wo?
men of South Carolina and Adjoin?
ing States Could be Offered Under
Conditions not Given by Any Other
State Institution.
Columbia, July 10.?The merging
of the College for Women, located in
Columbia, with the University of
South Carolina Is the plan of the
University trustees, according to a
statement issued today. The College
for Women, of which Miss Euphemia
McClintock is president, is one of the
hest known schools for young women
in the South. Plans for merging the
two institutions have been under con?
sideration for several months.
The following announcement was Is?
sued today by a member of the hoard
of trustees of the University:
"The University of South Carolina,
through its hoard of trustees, is plan?
ning with the hoard of trustees of the
College for Women to establish a Uni?
versity School for Women. Up to this
time It has been possible for very few
women to avail themselves of the
training ?iven by the University of
South Carolina. There seems to exist
In the State a definite prejudice
against coeducation. There are, how?
ever, twenty-five young women at the
University who are trying to avail
themselves of securing University
training. For these the State will
have to provide quarters. At the
same time the College for Women is
about to enlarge in order to care for
its three hundred young women. It
is therefore, In line with the pres?
ent educational movements that these
two boards of trustees should see that
the same money could be made to
serve a larger number of women
ptudeats by combination. ,
"By this plan the University of
South Carolina would be able to offer
University training to the women of
South Carolina and adjoining States
under conditions not given by any
one of the State universities. All
classes would he taught by members
of the University faculty but would be
separate from the classes of the men.
It is the plan which is pursued by
Harvard University in the establish?
ment of Kadcliffe College for Wo?
men. Columbia University has found
it wise to give instruction %o its wo?
men in a separate institution, Bar?
nard College, though the members of
faculty are those who have the class?
es at Columbia University for the
men.
"It is Planned that by the use of the
same faculty, the same library, etc.
the University will be able to serve a
larger number of students with a
small increased cost. Further, that
great class of women who go out of
the State for university training may
secure it at their own University. The
I number of those who take the master's
i degree will be increased, while teach
i era who want to take advantage of
instruction in the department of sec?
ondary education should be aide to
do so at much less expense than when
it was necessary to go out of the State.
' It is believed that the reputation of
the University will soon attract wo?
men from the other States, and that
South Carolina would take first rank
in providing for women university
training In a manner which would
provide the possibility of instruction
In separate ( lass rooms.
"The boards of trustees in making
a thorough study of the State's ed?
ucational system had determined not
to allow its educational efforts to
overlap, but has had in mind an eco?
nomical care of the girl from the
time she enters the graded school by
a system of corrcllated institutions
until she has received her university
degree. This duplicating and over?
lapping has retarded the State's edu?
cational work so that this step may
he regarded as the longest advance
which has hern made in the perfect
articulation of our educational system.
"It is well to note that the new in?
stitution then will not duplicate the
effort of any existing institution, but
will take tin- student on for advanced
t raining.
"The plan of co-ordinating the edu
catlonal system as is done at Columbia
University at Barnard and ;it Harvard
with Kadcliffe annex. Is being careful
l.v studied
"The two boards have had several
conferences and the plans arc in ex
cellent shape and will, when the de?
tails are available, be appreciated as
ev optionally favorable*" 4
ROUMANU DECLARES WAR.
ROIMAMAV TBOOP8 BEGIN
CROSSING BULGARIAN
FRONTIER.
At End of Two Weeks' Fierce Fight
ing, With Bulgars Suing for Peace,
Neighboring Kingdom dumps into
Buttle to Pile up Trouble.
London, July 11.?The king of Hou
mania has declared war on Bulgaria.
The Roumanian minister at Sotia has
been recalled. The Sofia correspond?
ent of The Times sends this announce?
ment early this morning.
Dispatches from Vienna announce
that the Roumanian troops began to
cross the Bulgarian border at s
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The end of a fortnight's desper *
fighting in the Balkans finds Bulg ^
forced to appeal to the powers t ?
range peace. The Bulgarian p ^ '
drive a wedge between the Gr?
Servian armies in the neighboi.. >f
Guevghell completely failed. The ?aal
reports of the fighting received from
Athens show that the Servians and
Greeks at this point are combining
their forces, while the Roumanian
army is beginning an invasion of Bul?
garia. The latter fact doubtless was
the deciding factor in the Bulgarian ,
appeal to the powers.
; How far Bulgaria's defeat is due to .
I dissension in high military quarters,
which resulted in the resignation of
I Gen. Savoff, and how far to the fact
that the Bulgarian troops, which bore
. the brunt of the hard fighting in the
last campaign, were more exhausted
j than the Greek and Servian forces,
j will probably never be Known.
Nothing can be predicted at the mo*
; ment as to how events will shape
themselves, ?he Roumanian invasion
; of Bulgaria having brought an on
i-tirely new factor into the problem.
Russia and France are devoting their
efforts to persuading the allies to
adopt a moderate attitude in order to
facilitate a peaceful settlement. The
Servian premier is quoted in the
Vienna Neue Freie Presse as declar?
ing that the war has completely set
j aside all treaties of alliance and that
peace must now he negotiated on an
entirely new basis.
SFFKS TURKS' FRIENDSHIP.
Constantinople. July 10.?The nego?
tiations between Bulgaria, represented
by M. Natichevitch and Turkey, are
pursuing a friendly course. It is said
that M. Natchevitch has proposed a
frontier line more advantageous 0
Turkey than the Bnos Midia line.
VICTORY FOR GREEKS.
Athens, July 10.?Official dispatches
report the continued pursuit of the
Bulgarians and a desperate battle in
; the Passes of Mount Belissi and on the
road from Doiran to Strum itza. which
resulted in complete victory for the
Greeks and the rout of the Bulgarians.
; The capture of these parses was a dis?
aster for the Bulgarians because it
enabled the Greeks to attack the rear
' of the Bulgarian fourth army corps,
which had its front fortified against
the Servians. The Bulgarians hastily
abandoned then fortified position in
front of lhttp and fle:I headlong from
. the furious assault of the Greek in
fantry, which captured nine guns. The
Greeks pursued the enemy as far as
Strumitza.
On the extreme left the Greeks to?
day attacked the Bulgarians near
Demishlsslr.
GREAT BATTLE RAGING.
Belgrade, July 10.?Reports arc
current that a gieat battle is raging
around Kustendil. It was known
that the Servians had established
themselves in the Osogove mountains,
whence they contemplated an advance
into Bulgaria. Late dispatches an?
nounce that the Servians, who were
pursuing the Bulgarians from Istlp,
have occupied Padovitctt, where the)
came into contact with the Greek
foi CCS.
Bulgarians Cut Off.
London, July 10.?Saloniki dispatch
to The Times confirms the Serv ian oc?
cupation of Radoviche. The Bul?
garian retreat from Istip, therefore.
IS cut off,
GEN. IV AN OFF TAKEN ?
London, July 10.?Rumors were
published In Berlm yesterday, and
according to The Dally Telegraphs'
correspondent at Athens were current
there, that Gen. Ivanoff, with 10,000
Bulgarians, was forced to surrender
near l>emlrs!shar, where lighting was
proceeding for the possession of s
railroad bridge over the Strumiza
river
A later Athens dispatch to The
Telegraph says thai no confirmation
can be obtained*
MEET FOR ARBITRATION.
WILSON TO CONFER WITH RAIL*
ROAD MEN.
Employes and Operators Anxious for
Increase in Shag of Board Pnder
Erdnian Act.
Washingtor, July 11.?The meeting
at the White House scheduled for
Monday between President Wilson.
railway officials and representatives of
th? employers' union, will take place
ay ?d, according to announce
r. y by Secretary Wilson of
tl ^ .tment of labor. "Both the
r c Natives of the railway man?
ge
tnd the unions will be present
t . conference." the secretary said.
^ ty have notified me that they
^ i be here, and I can not understand
i this talk at New York about noth
ng being known there regarding the
meeting. Apparently the railway and
union officials have a reason of their
own for denying knowledge of the
meeting but what it is I have not
been able to find out.
"I prefer not to say at this time
who asked for the conference with
the president. I can say, however,
that the request was not made on
the initiative of this department."
The object of the conference, Sec?
retary Wilson explained, was not al?
together to aid in preventing the
threatened strike of trainmen on
Eastern roads but was to discuss and
arrange a common ground upon
which the government, the railways
and the employes' unions could meet
in the settlement of future wage
trouble.
Neither the railways nor the un?
ions have been satisfied with the pro?
visions of the Erdman arbitration act
because of the small arbitration board
it provides. They desire a board of
six members, while Secretary Wilson
is in favor of a board of nine. This
point, however, the secretary is will?
ing to waive. 4 a j #*
The only vital difference and the
one which will form the main topic of
discussion at the White House con?
ference is whether the proposed new
I board of conciliation and mediation
shall be an independent commission
or a part of the department of labor*
The railway managers and the unions'
desire the former, while Secretary
Wilson insists that the board belongs
to his department.
On account of the White House
conference, the house will postpone
consideration oi the proposed amend?
ments of the Erdman act, which were
to have been taken up tomorrow. In?
dications are, however, that at the
first session after the conference, the
senate lull to provide for an arbitra?
tion board of six members will be
passed.
The house judiciary committee, for
want of a quorum, passed over the
amendments until next Tuesday,
u hen it will hear representatives ot
the railroad boilermakers and other
shopmen'3 organizations. A delega
j tion of the shopmen asked Chairman
Clayton today to include them within
the scope of the proposed amended
! Erdman law.
It is expected that Houmania's
first step will be the occupation of
the 2,50t) square miles of territory
which she claims from Bulgaria ss
compensation for her neutrality in the
late war. This strip extends from
Turtukai to Baltchik on the Black
sea. and includes the city of Silistria,
TP It KEY WILL REFORM.
Sultan Promises That His County Will
Behave.
Paris. July 10.?The sultan of Tur?
key, Mehmed V, is quoted in The
Temps as follows:
"Turkey is resolved to carry out far
reaching reforms in Which foreign
spec ialists will acivcly collaborate
and will assure large returns to for?
eign capital. Turkey respected in?
vestments during the critical OCOao
nib situation during the late war and
the capital which it is sought to in?
terest will be used in the develop?
ment of the country. Turkey is not
planning for conquest, and will de?
vote only indispensable sums to de?
fense."
- ?
CLOSELY PURSUED.
Belgrade, Bervla, July lo.?The Bul?
garian troops continue to retire. clone
ly pursued by the Servians, according
to official reports received hi re. The
Bulgarians retreating from Istip had
Intended to occupi Kadovttch, an Im*
portent town SOm< mtteo to the cast,
but the Servian cavalry drove them
out of tliis Strategie poottlon yester?
day. The Bulgarians' Had precInnate
ly, leaving their dead and wounded
on the tlebi and throwing aw ay rifles,
ammunition and food, *