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Tt ill i: x km rn< >x cl a rse to h? CONMPKRKl). lid- Week Will see lbs?Mon on Much 10?*? i ?4-.nl Problem?Vote by Satur? day?(Nfcfcf l/enisiatlon. Washington. March 15.?Open de? bate on repeal of the toll exemption clause of the Panama canal act will < ??gm hue this week in the house and a vote in that body on the 8ims bill to carry out the recommendations of Preetetonl Wilton Is expected by Sat? urday night. In the senate an earnest effort will be made by administration leaders to pave the way for early ac? tion on the issue by bringing it aqua: ? ly befoie committee on inter oceanic canals for consideration and report ?>y the time the house has disposed of the subject. Opposing forces In both houses are arrayed for the right, the prospect be? ing that the ehampiont of toll exemp? tion for American coattwise ships ?Mil lote when the roll calls have been taken in both houses. Representatives Adamsoa and 81ms. In charge of the repeal forest in the house, are only doubtful as to the sise of the major? ity their cause will have. They pre? dict that it will be larne. while Major? ity Leader Underwooi and some of the Democrats who agree with him that It is an economic ndvake to re vsne the nation's policy regarding canal tolls, insist that the vote will be clott. In the senate the return of Sena? tor O'Oorman of New York, chairman of the committee on inter-oceanic canals, it awtited with interest in m?w of the fact that Senator Owen, a majority member of the committee, has introduced a bill similar to the Sims bill for the purpose of expedit? ing settlement of the controversy at s?'i?n us possible. Senator Owen seeks ? have the committee take the repeal bill up at once and paas upon It. Sen? ator O'Oorman. who will lead the op? position, took the position before leaving Washington last week that hit committee should do nothing with the repeal until the house had acted. Administration senntors, after con? ferring with the president, determined that the issue Is so clearly drawn that there la no reason for delay, and I that the senate should be ready to discuss the subject immediately after the house acts, or even before, should the Sims bill meet unexpected delay In the kwer branch. Aiding Senator Owen in leading the administration forces will be Senator Hoke smith of Georgia and James of Kentucky. Various polls of the sonnt* on the repeal question have In? dicated that the president will be sus? tained by * majority of from 10 to 20 rotes. Am th*r matter included in the foreign relations of the government which It Is planned to undertake this week for consideration is the pending treaty with Nicaragua, negotiated In the Taft administration, which the present administration wishes to have amended and ratified as toon as pos? sible The foreign relations committee of the senate expects Secretury Hryan to appear Wednesday In explanation of the administration's desire relating to the treaty, which it detlgned pri? marily for acquirement by the United States of the Nlcaraguan canal rights and rights to naval station titet in the bt> of Fonseca In exchange for a payment of $1 000,000 in gold. Uy the terms of the treaty as orlg li.ally framed Nlcaragut would {rant In porpetulty to the Unled Statet the exclusive rights for an lntor-oc?anlc canal through the Sun Juan river ami through the treat Like of Nicaragua, or by way of any other route over Nlcaraguar territory. Article ta o of the treaty proposes that ' in ord ?r to facilities the protection of the Pan um? canal." and UM right Is contem? plated In Nicaragua. Nicuragua shall lease to ths United States for 99 years the Great Cefl and Ltttl? 'orn islandn In the < iritd>?an sea and rights to a ntvnl base on the Gulf of Konseca. Early In the present udmlnUh i Hon Hecretary Hryan proposed It the i* it ate committee that the treaty be amended In tuch a was that the United States would procure virtual control of Nicaragua through a pro? tectorate similar to that exercised over Cuba He would .old to the ? rest tfOJ -umilar to the "Platt amendment ' relating to Cuba To thin proposal then- ?a is < onscb r . M? opposition In the eommirtee and it is ?tpected It be revived now. I nder the STOpOSSd plan of amend tog the treaty Nicaragua. besides gr.mtim; list < .irotl and ntt\al Htutlon tights, woods' gsjrei That war should noi he dot Isred without connent of the United MatSt That no IfOStttg SS made with for? eign government .? (hit would tend to deetmy her iro' -pen-h i .. or give for> etgn governments a foothold In the repu bile. That OS piildn Swhl SMMlM SS con MSJStSd beyond the ordinary rOSOUfSOt of government. That MM Uttsd Settee shoultf havs the right to intervene at any time to preserw Niearuguan independence, or to protect life or property. The administration, it is under? stood, Withes the Nieagrauan treaty matter settled as soon as possible in line with its general policy to clear up the foreign situation, and Senator Shively of Indiana, acting chairman of the foreign relations committee who has conferred with President Wilson, expects the committee to take the treaty up this week and to keep it under consideration until a report can be made to the senate. In the senate during the week the lobby invstigating committee plans to resume its examination of Clarence W. DeKnight with regard to charges of lobbying in the interest of in? creased pay bills for army and navy officers and other legislative matters. Appropriation bills also will be taken up in both branches, the h use plan? ning to take up the naval appropria? tion bill over which will occur a spirited contest between the socalled "big navy" and "little navy" adher? ents. TO AID JAPANESE BAND. Will Help 1 "ansage or Distressed Asi? atics. Washington, March 12.?Secretary Bryan has promised the Japanese am? bassador, Viscount Chiudu to obtain permission for the passage of about 150 Japanese through American ter? ritory from El Paso, Texas, to Calex ico, on the extreme northwest corner of the Mexican State of Sonora. The Japanese, reduced to an extremity by luck of work owing to military op? erations in Mexico, will seek employ? ment as cotton pickers on the west coast. The umbassador made it plain no colonisation scheme was involved. Consular reports today gaNe warn? ing of a threatened general engage? ment near Torreon, where small pre? liminary skirmishes ulready have taken place. On the gulf coast the threatened battle near Tampico has not materialised. Admiral Howard reported today that all was quiet at Mazatlan, as well as Guaymas and Topolobampo. The W. S. Benton commission still remains in statu quo at El Paso, ap? parently waiting results from the commission named by Gen. Carranza. Tho war department is watching with much interest the outcome of efforts of Mexican military prieoners near Fort Dllss to get their liberty through habeas corpus writs and Gen. Scott Is fully sustalne ' in his de? termination to resist these efforts as far as he legally can. The department late today decided to abandon the plan to send the Seventeenth infantry by transport from Savannah to Galveston, and in? stead the regiment will entrain from Fort McPherson and make tho trip by rail to the Mexican border. AIDED IN TOLLS EIGHT. Million ( < pie* of Pampldet Printed Vrging Ropoal of Tolls Exemption. Washington. March 13.?How the Carnegie endowment for international peace has aided In the fight for repeal of Panama tolls exemptions was re? vealed today before the senate lobby committee. Dr. Ja? Brown Scott, sec? retary and a member of the board ol directors of the endowment, appear? ing under subpoena, told the commit? tee that more than $30,000 had been appropriated for "circulation of Pan? ama canal literature." Detailing tho endowment's efforts, Dr. Scott said a million copies of u pamphlet urging repeal of the exemp? tion clause, and signed by Virtually the entire directorate, had been sent throughout the country and 700, 000 copies of Senator Boot's speech in the senate urging the repeal had been mailed under the senate's frank. INSPECTION SHOWS IMPROVE? MENT. Adjutant General Finds Evidences j of Progress In Militia?Columbia OsjBJSjpgasttl Tueiduy. Columbia. March 15.?"I find some improvement in the condition of the rnajorltv of the companies Inspected*" Said Adjt. Gen. Moore, who returned '<? Columbia yestervlay. after inspect? ing the companies of the National Quard of Mouth Carolina at Barnwetli F.lloree. <\.nway, Darlington, Bcn nettavtlle and CTaeraw, Mondo) and Tuesday Oen. Moore ??'el Col. I? C, Shanks. U. S. A., will Inepset Companies it and C, second Infantry, in Columbia. Companies si Liberty Hill. Lances? ter and Woodruff will el SO t?e inspc t ed next week. BRYAN ORDERS INVESTIGATION. Will gpare no Effort to Apprehend PonUli Murderer^ of PlTtSnsstfir Washington, March II An Imme? diate investlKat ion of the monier ol Fiank Johnson, postmaster at T< ? Me. Cel., by a band of Mealeans Saturday was ordered by Secretary -t stat.- Bryan lodaj He will use every effort to naVS 'to- murderers punish? ed. rWU TO CELEBRATE. QAlCB COCK LODGE TO onSKRVK ITS TWKNTY-FTFTH ANXI VKHSARY. Golden Jubilee of Order To Be Cete-I htm ted at Same Tlmo?Many High Pythian Officer* From Loral Lodge ?Largest In Membership in State. Gamecock Lodge NO, 17, Knights Of Pythias, of Sumter, will tonight, celebrate its silver jubilee, or twenty flfth anniversary in connection with the exercises incidental to the cele? bration of the golden jubilee or fiftieth anniversary of tho great order of Knights of Pythias of the world, which will be fittingly celebrated at the same time by nearly every Py? thian lodge in the universe. A special ritualistic service will be held by order of the Supreme Chan? cellor of the Knights of Pythias, and Gamecock Lodge, will also put on a few extra touches of local color for the occasion. Refreshments will be served after the exercises. Past Chancellor Com? mander, Hhrtwell M. Ayer, of Flor? ence lodge, South Carolina, prominent in Pythian circles and a popular Jol? ly good fellow, will be over to give h talk to local Knights. Brother Ayer Is very much loved by all of his. brother Knights who know him and he will be given a royal welcome. It is expected that Grand Chancel? lor Commander of the Pythian Do? main of South Carolina, George W. Dick of Sumter, will honor the local lodge by an official visit. District Deputy Grand Chancellor, Bartow Walsh, of Sumter, will also be pres? ent. Gamecock Lodge No. 17, of Sumter, has had pythian h( ors bestowed up? on it in great measure. Four grand chai.iellor commanders of this State were elected from the Sumter lodgo. The late lamented, honored, and much loved Altamont Moses, H. Frank Wilson, und John M. Knight, and the present distinguished and popular Grand Chancellor Command? er George Wr. Dick. Donald J. Auld. Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, lik* other three distinguished Carolinians. was also from Gamecock Lodge No. 17, of Sumter. Hon. Altamont Moses and H. F, Wilson were also Supreme Rep? resentatives to the Supremo Lodge, from South Carolina. Sumter has had the honor of en? tertaining the grand lodge threei times, and two Grand Chancellors, D. C. Howard, and H. Frank Wilson, were elected in Sumter during the grand lodge meetings. Dr. George W. Dick was District Deputy Second Chancellor Comman? der. Gov. D. C. Heyward was elected and installed as Grand Chancellor at, Sumter. The writer who has been a member of Gamecock Lodge for twenty years, .emembers well how frightened "Brother Clinch" was the night he was elected Grand Chancellor and was called on for a speech. He had never made a speech. He was so scared that Dr. G. W. Dick, and several other brothers had to threat? en to put a blind bridle on him and back him into the castle hall. Final? ly he was pushed up to the Chan? cellor Commander's desk and as he was about to talk the electric lights went out and "Old Brother Clinch" won the happiest man in town at that time. He has since developed into ono of the smoothest hot air. spell-binding, and eloquent speakers of this old State. Ho has reflected honor on Pythlanians and South Car? olina, like all Of her Grand Chan? cellors. Gamecock Lodge of Sumter is the largest, in point of membership, of any Pythian lodge in South Carolina* a.id has consistently held this lead for many pears. The present mem I trehip is said to be three hundred and fifty. The lodge meets twice a month. Many of the prominent men Of Sumter and other counties of South Carolina were and are members of this lodge. The best, most public spirited, and leading men of Bumter County constitute its membership. Brother C. C. Beck i? the present Chancellor Commander. It is hoped that Past Grand Chan? cellor Commander M. L. Bonham, and other distinguished out-of-town Phy thlant will honor the local lodge by their presence tonight, which will be a memorable event In local Pythian circlet. ah visiting Knights who may he In Sumter are cordially Invited to attend the jubilee exen ises. Twenty live years of unselfish usefulness with reCOrdl Of hundreds of good deeds performed by Ihe lodge will be cele? brated, and ihe history ?d Pythlanitm Will be told b\ those well qualified In do so. The local Knights are looking for ward with very pleasant anticipation to ., delightful evening. B. 1 It Connecticut has one and a half mil lion acres of timherland, mainly in farmers' WooUlots TRADE MARK ?E.GISTXRHQ F. S.Roxjsier Guano Co Norfolk. Va,. Sold cverywkert BOYS' COHN CLUB MEETING. Etirmun Beall Elected President of Organization. The Boya* Corn Club held its semi? annual meeting at the court house Saturday with thirty-two members enrolled as a beginning for club work. The annual election of officers result? ed in the selection of the following boys: President, Furman Beall; vice president, Robert Durant; secretary, Frank White. It was determined to hold various experiments in the contest this year about which more will be stated la? ter. It was determined to limit the cost of stable manure and commer? cial fertilizer which a member might urA on his acre to twenty dollars, thus Insuring the growth of a crop with less cost to the producer. Mr. J. Frank Williams, county dem monstation agent who is at the head of the corn club work, announced to the boys that the chief prizes this year were to be two four weeks' scholar? ships to Clemson College, where the young farmers might learn much about agriculture and stock raising and other matters of importance to a farmer. ONE AFTER ANOTHER. Strange Disease Follows on Hoels of Smullpox. Douglas, Ariz., March 14.?A strange disease, resembling cholera in the speedy death of its victims, is re? ported at Jecori, Chihuahua, a dis? trict just freed from an epidemic of smallpox. Persons arriving here from territory adjacent to Chihuahua said that recently a collection was taken up In the city of Bacanora, Sonora, to purchase medicine for residents ol the affected area. POSTMASTER TOOK MONEY. Negro Appears Before United States Commissioner. Olangeburg, March 14.?Porler W. Anderson, a negro, former postmaster at PrloleaUi was brought before United States Commissioner J, Lcroy Dukes, this city, today for a prelim? inary hearing on a charge of convert? ing moneys from the money order de? partment to his own use. The charge was made by Postoftlce Inspector W. ES. Willlmon, who checked up Ander? son's hooka and found them short In amount of $i?ot>.7t. Anderson refund? ed the shortage yesterday, after he v. ,im arrested, Anderson confessed to the charge of appropriating funds to his own use. in default of bond, Anderson v*its committed to jail t., await trial at the United states district court. Prloleau postofhee is situated in a negro settlement of Berkeley county $48.15 To Havana, Cuba, and Return ?via? Atlantic Coast Line (Standard Railroad of the South) Tickets on sale for all trains of March 17th, with final limit to reach original starting point returning prior to midnight of April ?th. Extension privilege until April llth upon payment of $1.00. Stopovers at Florida F.ast Coast points. For further information see Ticket Agvnt, or write W. J. CRAIG, T. C. WHITE, Pass. Traffic Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent Wilmington, N. C. Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. Booih-Shuler Lumber & Supply Co. Successors to Booth Harby Live Stock Co. and Central Lumber Co. Geo. Epperson's Old St&nd Opp. Court House Many People Know Us? Others]do not?to thejlatcr we say "make it your business to find out about the SECURITY offered by this bank?ask about our Officers and Directors"?any depositor will give you information to be depended upon Then, start your Check? ing Account with The Bank of Sumter