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a. ft U TRAFFIC PICKING I P. - TourM Traxcl Muk?s Two Section-, ol Xo. 85 Xccossury. Florence. Dec. J.?On io count ?>. the races at Palmetto Park in Cha - leaton, aa well as tho hca\y nmve 01. in of tourists to Florhla ami tic South, the Atlantic Const Line is do? ing a very heavy passenger business at this time. hoaldes several specluU. they have been running train *."?, tho fast West Indian Limite?) from the North, in two sections every mornln,, for the paat week ami will continue to do so until the travel lots up. or the winter train service is establish? ed. NF.OHOFS LYNCHED FOIt Ml R Mft Two Taken by Mob and Put to Death for Murder of Postmaster. Shroveport. \jx.. Dec. 2.?Two no groea, Tobe Lewis and .Monroe 1 Ir? den, were lynched today at SylvesH r Station, La., in connection with the murder and robbery of Charles M. Hicks, postmaster at that pluce. Wat kins Lewis, a neiro, is under arrest and another negro, Mnck Knight, v. ho was capurod by the mob, was given his freedom. Knlsht. according to the story from Sylvester, gave the names of tho ne? groes to the officers. Ho confessed, it la aald, that tho four negroea entered Hl< ks store about 4 o'clock this morning and. after securing between $300 and 1400, shot and kill d tho postmaster Later to conceal their crime, they returned, and aftrr sat? urating tho body with oil, act Are to the place. Neighbors attracted by the flames arrlvod In time to recover the body of 111* Us before It was entire? ly burned. Prohibition Petition. Tj the Clttsena of Sumte. County: Having been appointed County Executive Commttteemnn, for Sumter Count}, of the movement for State? wide prohibition, it Is my desire to get in touch with our poople who are Intereated In thia subject, and to start the work at once. fly circulating the petition, printed below, at each voting precinct, it is our dealre to aecure tho signatures of the qualified voters: Petit loo. 8TATK OF SOCTH CAROLINA, County of Sumter. We, the undersigned, qualified voters of hto above mentioned coun? ty and State, would respectfully pe? tition your honorable body: 'To provide by law for an election to be held throughout this Stute on 01 about the middle of September, 1915, for the purpose of submitting to the ? qualified electors of this State, the question of State-wldf* prohibition; "To make provision by appropriate laws for giving us the benefit of the Webb law as to the shipment and transportation of liquor from outside the State, and a similar law for tho transportation of liquor within tho State; "For the enhetmont of stringent and efficient lawa for the enforcement of prohibition." Of course there will b?? certain nec easary expenses attached to this cam? paign and any contributions, large or small, will be gladly received. We wish also, to secure canvassers at each voting precinct In the county to circulate these ?petitions. All of those who are willing to help In this great movement, either financially or n the circulation of these petltiors will please communicate with the un deralgnod. Tho entire campaign is to be one cf common aenae. The object Is to bring more clearly before our people the r^il Injury boing done in South Carolina by whiskey and to offer the only aane and effective means of get? ting rid of it. Let us hope that ull that la written or said will be in a spirit of earnest good fellowship, and absolutely free from bitterness or fanatictam. HasinK on our side many of the moat able and Intelligent men In the world, Including William Jen? nings Dryan, and considering the fact that about half of the people of the Cnlted states are now living under prohibition laws, the old. thread-bare charge that prohibitionists are cranks and fanatics has fallen as Hat us a punctured balloon. Carl U. Epps. M. D. Sumter. Dec. ;t, 1914. The office hours of the Civic Loagu ? nurse hns been changed to 4 to 6 o'clock In the afternoon, when she will t ? found at her ohVe in the court heim? basement for the next two months. Be Good to Your Eyes. A New York homeopath, spoakinr at the recent convention In Atlant k Ott?? "Hid that conserving the eye sight w?ii a phase of health conserve Don too often overlooked Me said tha' 50 per cent of the blindness In this country was due to couditlons the nilaat bsvs been avoided. (.i hm \\ si:a sthatkgy. MrM Intimation of War Found Mcr cluiiitmcn Prepared. Norman Draper, In Collier's Weekly.) Consider the German men hantmon ,\ho sp??d away at the tlrst Intimation 4 ? possible war. uut of sight of and they scattered, each In a different direction. The commander of each vessel, a member of the German nav? al reserve, also had in his possession I map of the world, which had been ?'c.mishcd him by the Government. On it he found no crosses in red Ink and but one black dot on the areas of green representing the sea. That spot was his objective. And he crowded on all steam to get there. < >noj his obser? vations showed that he was directly at the point represented upon his chart he ordered the engines stopped, the fires banked, If it could be done with safety, and a sea anchor cast out if the depth of the water was too great to permit the lowering of a kedge. Then he settled himself dov n to await developments. Generally developments came quick? ly In the shape of a lonp, gray war? ship, the Prussian naval Hag whipping from the mast at Its stern and a forced draft spurting a column of smoke from Its funnels. If tho warship needed a small quantity of coal it secured It from the anchored merchantman and went on its way. If it needed a large quan? tity of coal or provisions and men to I bring the crew up to a war basis, the coal and provisions and men, and any? thing else of value, wero transferred 1 from the merchantman to the war vessel. Then the steamer was sent to the bottom by a charge of explosive j placed w here it would tear a hole in her hull below the water line. Ger ! many would rather send tie ships of Its merchant marine to the bottom than risk having them fall into the hands of tho enemy. The plan has been well carried out. It has enabled the German ships to sail the seas and prey on shipping of the allied nations on a scale never oven believed possible. It has reduc? ed to a minimum the danger of cap i ture or of meeting with an over? whelming forco of the enemy. While tho British ships have been making their wny in and out of harbors all over tho world and having their whereabouts imported, the Germans have been slinking far out to sea, awaiting a chance to strike at a mer? chant ship, and then scuttle off to a base ship, as the German naval officers call those vessels that anchored on tho war map's black dots, and re? plenish their supply of men, coal or provisions. The plan also called for tho ultimate mobilization of these ships. Beery move they havo made since tho beginning of the war was mapped out at least three years ago. The majority of moves were determin even two years before that. The British fleet steamed into am? bush off tho coast of Chllo?this Is admitted, even by the Admiralty. There Is reason to believe that the Germans knew, for two weeks prior to the battle, tho exact location of the British ships. On the war maps of tho seven seas, given to the commanders of tho Ger? man ships, there was a little red cross somewhere between tho coast of South America and Banter Island. Tho ex? act location of that cross I do not know. But the German ships that engaged tho British Hoot off Valparaiso gathered there about Oc? tober 15. They came from all parts of the Pacific. The German cruisers that have operated in tho Atlantic have been handicapped to a certain extent bo cause only three of their base ships succeeded In reaching spots where they could bo of any service. Of these one was the Kronprinz Wilhelm, which sneaked out of New York at the very beginning of the war, loaded to her utmost capacity With coal. The Kronprinz was caught once coaling the cruiser Karlsruhe. Soon afte ? that an English cruiser Intercepted wirelesss messages passing between tho Dresden and the Kronprinz Wil? helm. What has become of the Kronprln'. Wilhelm since then? She has not been captured. She has not put Into any port. Her coal has been taken by warships, and it has been physically Impossible for hor to reach any port in Germany. One of two things has happened to this steamer?she has either been sent to some remote spot in the Caribbean Sea or been sunk by a German war vessel to prevent her from being cap I turod. Tht last conclusion Is thi? more probable. < me thing is certain! The Kronprinz Wilhelm Is of no more use to the Gorman Government. Hot Sup|Mar at Concord S< hool. There will bi a hot supper at Con? cord school house on Tuesday night next, December nth. The public is cordially Invited. The Slhlwald, or city forest of Bt - rbh. Switzerland, adds to the towns rev enue $7.20 per acre a year, n - dnetng the amount needed to be raised thro u h taxation by more than $.*.L\ uuu, REMADE iZAirs AHMV. General JanuschkctUtch Has Made Important Reforms. Now York World. Perhaps the greatest surprise of the war has been the handling of the Rus? sian army. Vast forces have been mobilized and pill Into battle in such fashion as to hamper, if not defeat, the plane of the German general staff. Officially the credit for prepared ness and strategy are given to Grand Duke Nicholas, the Russian command er-in-chlcf; but the great services to him of Gen. Soukhomlinoff, the min? ister of war, and Gen.-Lieut. Nicholas Januschketvltch, the chief of the im? perial general staff, are well known in Russia. Gen. Januschketvitch is one of the high officers of the army who were called upon to make reforms alter the Japanese war had shown weaknesses in the Czar's military organization. Because of these services he was made chief of staff recently. TO MAKE TRADE STUDY. Japanoso Government Appoints Spe? cial Commission. New York, Dec. 2.?Tho East and West News bureau today made pub? lic the following dispatch which was received from Tokyo: "The Japanese government has re? cently appointed several special com? missioners to China, India, Asiatic Russia, the South Sea Islands, Aus? tralia, the United States and Canada. Their mission is to make a careful in? spection of the effect of the present war on the world's trade and to ex? tend foreign markets for Japanese goods. The commissioners, accom? panied by many business men, will soon start for their destinations. "Mr. Sho Shiuo, who has been ap? pointed to the United States, once act? ed as the Japanese commercial agent in New York." The Day. You boasted the Day, and you toasted the Day, And now tho Day has come. Blasphemer, braggart and coward all, Little you reck of the numhling ball, The blasting shell, or the "white arm's" fall, As they speed poor humans home. You spied for the Day, you lied for the Day, And woke the Day's red spleen.' Monster, who asked God's aid divine, Then strewed His seas with the ghast? ly mine; Not all the waters of the Rhine Can wash thy foul hands clean. You dreamed for the Day, you schem? ed for the Day; Watch bow the Dnv Will go. Slayer of age and youth and prime, (Defenseless slain for never a crime) Thou art steeped in blood as a hog in slime, False friend and cowardly foe. i IsttMaji You have sown for the Day, you have grown for the Day; Your's is the harvest red. Can you hear the groans and the awful cries? Can you sec the heap of slain that lies, And sightless turned to the flame split skies The glassy eyes of the dead? You have wronged for the Day, you have longed for the Day That lit the awful llame, Tis nothing to you that hill and plain Yield sheaves of dead men amid the grain; That widows mourn for their loved ones slain, And mothers curse your name. But after the Day there's a price to pay For the sleepers under the sod. And He you have mocked for many a day? Listen, and hear what He has to say: "Vengeance is mine, I will repay." What can you say to God? ?Henry Chappell, Railway Porter, Bath, England. A Prayer. Lord, give me strength for my bur? dens today. Lot me bear what is mine un? afraid, Let me stand, head erect and face front to the fray Nor call to my brother for aid. I ask not easier pathways to tread Nor easier burdens to bear, But I pray for the courage to jour? ney ahead, And alone I would conquer my care. Lord, make me strong for tho tasks of today, Let me master them all If l can, And if I must falter and fall by the way I pray i may fail as h man. ? Detroit Free Picas. NO DANGER OF EPIDEMIC. l'oot and Mouth Disease is Very Un? likely to Reach State, Says Veterin? arian. Clemaon College, Dec. 1.? There is very little danger that foot and mouth disease will extend to South Carolina during the present out? break. This statement is made by Dr. R. O, Feeley, State veterinarian ami head of the veterinary division of Clomson College, in order to re? lieve the apprehensions of many who have been writing to Clemson Col? lege for information about the dis? ease and the probabilities of Its ef? fects, if any, on the live stock In? dustry In South Carolina. Dr. Feeley is of the opinion that it is safe to say now that there is a minimum of likelihood of the dis ease reaching South Carolina during the present epidemic. He states that owing to the excellent work of tho federal bureau of animal in? dustry, the quarantine linos have been tightly drawn, old shipments of stock have been traced and precau? tionary measure taken to the point where the men of the department of agriculture seem to have the situa i tion well in hand. Owners of stock in South Carolina may therefore bo reasonably sure that they will have no trouble with the dread disease. From an almost diagonally oppo? site angle, however, the foot and mouth disease should have an effect upon the live stock industry in South Carolina, say tho live stock demon? stration agents of Clemson's exten? sion division. Tho disease and the accompanying losses of stock and general uneasiness that is likely to prevail in middle western live stock circles f jr a time will be one of the causes that will contribute to a shortage of meat products next year. The demand for meat will be cor respondingly heavy. The time is therefore, ideal for the South Caro? lina farmer to engage more than ever before in breeding cattle and hogs. Clemson's advice to cotton farm? ers is to "*?row" into live stock, rather than "go" into it. It is recog? nized that the process cannot be a sudden one. At tho same time, no farmer will make a mistake this winter by raising more hogs than in any other year of his history. In cooperation with tho federal de ' partment of agriculture, Clomson College is now organizing county live sto?k associations in tho tick free counties of the State and ex? perts o:f tho college will aid tho members of these associations with their live stock problems. REN NT BN KAMPF FIRED FOR DE? LAY. Russian Authorities Supersede C om? mander BOOS Use of Neglect to ('lose Up Iron Ring. London, Dec. 3.?The Morning Post's Petrograd corespondent says ho hoars that tho Russian General Ronnonkampf has been superseded because ho was two days late In tak? ing up a position through which the German armies in Poland were to have been hemmed in. This failure, tho correspondent says, robbed Grand Duke Nicholas' strategic scheme of Its full success n. week ago, entailed a week of heavy fighting and resulted in the hurrying up of largo German reinforcements. NAVY STRONG ENOUGH. Tillmun Thinks Present Force Big Enough. Washington, Dec. 1.?The Washing? ton Star this evening carried the fol? lowing interview with Senator Til! man: " It would be foolish for congress to authorize more than two now bat? tleships at the coming session of con? gress, in my opinion,' said Senator Tlllman of South Carolina, chairman of the naval affairs committee, which Will have charge of tho naval appro? priation bill, in an interview today. " 'I know that a number of hysteri? cal people in this country are clamor? ing for greatly increased appropria? tions for the navy, apparently believ? ing that tho United States Is soon to he subject to attack by foreign na? tions. But 1 want to say that today the Halted States navy could not be beaten by any Other in the world, ex? cept, perhaps, Great Britain.' "Discussing the matter of additional battleships, Senator Tlllman said that probably much depended upon the Coming battle between tho fleets of Great Britain and Germany, and that tho showing of battleships in that coldest would have much to do with building more battleships <>r changing to another type of lighting ship. In any evenl he thought thai two addi? tional battleships a year was a sulll clently large programme for the United stat<.' "'Much attention will be given to torpedoes and submarines this year, undoubtedly.' said Senator Tlllman, 'In view of the valuable work done b) them in the wai In Europe.' ADMIBAL MAUAS Dll's. Was t ailed World's Greatest Writer of XaVUl Strategy. Washington, L>cc. I.- Hear Admiral Alfred T. Mahan, U. S. N., retired, acclaimed in naval circles as the "greatest modern writer on naval strategy," died at the Naval Hospital here today, aged 74 years. Death was due to heart trouble. Admiral Mahan had overtaxed his j strength studying the great European conflict, and it is believed the many long hours he devoted to following the naval operations of the belliger?. ents probably caused the breakdown that hastened his end. In ihe early stages of the European war Admiral Mahan, whose works are naval text books almost the world over, discussed for the nesw papers the Isignificance of various naval man? oeuvres. He gave up these activities 'when President Wilson issued his proclamation exhorting navy and army officers to desist from anything resembling a partisan discussion of I the conflict. lie however, did not re i j lax hi:-? close observation of all that j went on in Europe. Admiral Mahan came to Washing? ton from Iiis home in Quogue, Long ] Island, in early autumn, and had planned to spend the winter here. ! Funeral services will be held from St. Thomas Episcopal Church, in this ! eity, tomorrow evening at 9 o'clock. In connection with Admiral Mahan's special wishes services will be of the I simplest character. There will be no military ceremonies and no honorary . pallbearers. The body will be taken I to Quogue, Ivong Island. * A formal statement issued from the I j navy department contained this ap? preciation of the admiral s works: I "Admiral Mahan's books were classics in their line and were widely I read throughout the world. In every country possesing a navy they became j veritable text books in naval strategy. I In England the leading naval men of ' tho day confessed that it had remain I ed for Admiral Mahan to elucidate i tho work of the British navy in a way (that they themselves never had un? derstood or even dreamed of. His i books and essays have kept him oe 'forc the world as the greatest modern writer on naval strategy. He was a dose student of world politics and his writings on the trend of the poli? tics of the leading nations of the world 1 were accepted as authority. It may be said safely that no writer of mod? ern times evinced a keener insight in j the affairs of the world or expressed concerning them more clearly and convincingly than did the late Ad ; mirai Mahan. His death will cause j international regret, not only because j of the high esteem in which he was ? held in every country of the world I interested in naval affairs, b^t also I because of the fact that his death leaves a void among naval and poli? tical authorities of the world that no author and writer can fill." The admiral's literary achievements had been widely recognized. In 189 1 Oxford University (England) con? ferred the degree of D. C. L. upon him and lat-r he was awarded the dc !greo of LL. D. by Cambridge, (Eng? land) Harvard, Yale, McOill and Co? lumbia. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and let? ters and of the National Institute of ! Arts and Letters. German Xnval Policy. New York, Dec. I.?It has been said of Hear Admiral Mahan that his works on the influence of sea power on world history ere responsible for the Ger? man Emperor's naval policy, ami have had a more profound influence on the trend of the naval thought and action, not only in the United States and Germany, but in Great Britain and throughout the world. In naval circles the world over his contributions to this great subject have been hailed almost epoch-mak? ing. In Germany his works have been translated into the national tongue by order of the Kaiser, at whose behest they have become text books for the German naval officers. The Emperor has been for twenty-tive years a close student of all that Ma? han had written. Mahan first acquired fame in 1S90 by the publication of "The Influence of Sea Power in History. 16S0-178S." This work, like the one which fol? lowed it, "The Influence of Sea lower on the French Revolution and Em? pire," won immediate recognition j from statesmen, historians and naval I strategists in Great Britain, Continen? tal Europe and Japan. Every dollar of Sumter county money spent In Sumter means that much more work for Sumter men and Sumter women. These Sumter dol? lars kept at home mean that much more "hog and hominy" for Sumter men, women and children. It requires a lot of emergency talk to make a Sumter merchant lose his nerve, therefore the Sumter business establishments took n long chance, like good sports, and put in the usual up-to-date stocks of Christmas goods, i:\ti\a vim AHM I'HATIOX. Xttoti Says Ili> Country i> lor Com? pulsory Settlenspnl of IHVpMtcs Without Vial'. Ilalelgh, x. C, !)??<?. i ?Compulsory arbitration <>! International dlffi rcncea rather than a resort to forec of arms was advocated here tonight by Dr. llomulo 8, Xoan, minister from Ar? gentine to the United States, in an ad? dress before the North Carolina Lit erary and Historical association. Ho declared that for :>>> years it had been the policy of Iiis country to land the nations Of tho world to it by means of arbitration treaties. Dr. Noan'S subject was "Some Ar? gentine Ideas.-' He traced the politi? cal development of his country, com? paring its constitution and !a\.s with those of the United Stat s. I Dealing with arbitration, Dr. Noan de<dared that while military and naval service was compulsory in Argentina, th<> people did not relish the idea of going to war except as a last res ?rt. Therefore the arbitration of interna? tional differences had been made a policy for over half a century. Comluding, he said: "Since 1SG0, when the Argentine concluded frith Chile her first arbitration treaty for the settlement of boundary questions I penvling at that" time and such others ! as might arise thereafter, our efforts to bind ourselves with all other coun? tries of the world through compulsory arbitration have not ceased for a sin? gle day." In northern Idaho and Montana, Which had many fires during the past Bummer, -~> per cent of the lires on national forests were caused by rail j roads, 2r, per cent by lightning, and i 11 per cent by campers. The remaind" er were due to brush burning and other miscellaneous or unknown causes. MEN Cured Forever By a true spo ; ci allst who pi ks 'sses the j experience of v e a r s. The right kind of experience ? doing the same thing the right way hundreds and perhaps thou sandsof times. with unfailing permanent re? sults. 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