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IMIS REPARATION FOR FRYE i M i n? m vn .s in gi i s in <.i k MANY TO VW IXm% 4MW CAN Kl IIP. lAenmaity of 32 JH,03? 51 for Lose ob Varl Sunk b> Prinz Eitel Fried Hok?Nu Claim for Um*?* of Cargo. Washington. April S.?On behalf of the owners of the American ship Wlillarn P. Frye. sunk by the German cruiser Prlns Kite! Frederick, tha I nlted States In a note made public today has asked Germany to pay an idemnlty of f328.039.fi4. which rep? resents the vessel's cost, freight charges for Its cargo and mintages re? sulting from being deprived of the use of the ship. Inaamuch as the cargo became British owned while enroute. no claim for damage waa presented by the previous American shippers. Tt Is re? ported that the German ambassador has recommended the payment of an tdemnlty for the loae of the vessel. An announcement from the state de? partment recording the presentation by Ambassador Gerard of the note to the German foreign ofTlce states: "Ambassador Gerard says the min? ister for foreign affairs promised an early reply and stated that he was without Information regarding the matter but understood that negotia? tions are already under way between Berlin and Washington. The ambas? sador adds the the legal department of the foreign office is now consider? ing the reports of law Included." The foregoing la understood to re? fer to the negotiations which Ambas? sador Bernsroff Initiated here, full re Porte of which are believed not yet to have reached the Berlin foreign office en account of the delays of mall com? munication. This la the text of the Instruction to Ambassador Gerard You are Instructed to present the following note to the German foreign efllce: - Under instructions from my gov ernment I have the honor to present a> claim for $328.06?.54 with Interest from January 88. 1915. against the Oerman government on behalf of the owners and captalr? of the American sailing vessel William P. Frye for damages suffered by them on account of the destruetlon of that vessel on the high seas by the German armed cruiser. Prlna Eitel Friedrich on Jan? uary 38, 1816. " The facts upon w hich this claim arises snd by reason of which the German government Is held responsi? ble by the government of the United States for the attendant lose and dam? ages are briefly as follows: M The William P. Frye. a steel eaillng veeeel of 3.3 S4 tone gross tonnage, owned by American citizens, and sailing under the United States flag and registered, cleared from Seat? tle. Wash.. November 14, 1914. un? der charter to M. H. Houser of Port? land, with a cargo consisting solely of 186.860 bushels of wheat owned by the aforesaid Houser. and consigned "unto order or to Its assigns." all of which appears from the ship's papers which were taker, from the vessel at the time of her destruction by the eommander of the German cruiser. "?On January 27. 1915. the Prinz Kltel Friedrich encountered the Frye on the high eeas; compelled her to atop, and aent on board an armed boarding party, who took possession. After an examination of the ship's papers the commander of the cruiser directed that the cargo be thrown overboard, but subsequently decided to destroy the vessel, and on the fol? lowing morning by his order the Frye was sunk. " The claim of the owners and cap? tain consists of the following items: " The value of ship, equipment and outfit. 3150.000. " Actual freight as per freight iist. 836.766.64. "Traveling and oth.r eXftoftftei of Capt. Klehne and Arthur Sewell & Co., agents of ship. In connection with making affidavits, preparing and filing claim. 8600. " Personal effects of Capt. H. H. Klehne M " 'Damage* covering loss du privation of us* of ship. $ ;7.'">om. Total $238.058.54. "By direction of mv BJOVernilient, I have the honor to request that full reparation be made by the German government for the destruction of I8fti William P. Frye by the German erulaer Prinz Eitel Friedrich.' "Bryan." m it v. \inm i \pki;ss co. II. V. Pioro Wants humugcs for Al? leged Injury to Piano. H V. 1'o^ro, a iTftVettftg sbow m m. la suing the Southern Kxprcss Com? pany f?>r f2.H*.**? damages lor alleged Injuries to a plan?? be|onninfcf to the plaintiff, actual and punitive damages 8>elng asked for. It was claimed by the plaintiff that the piano was Wet When It was delivered ami that the performance was handicapped be? cause the instrument ggejM not be used. The defense denies the < barges ?f damages to the plag* NEW ASYLUM HEAD NAMED. m. a. f. sain.f.nt of mary iwd n> ivccnBD um, nth a it. Gov. Miimiitit Announces Choice of i \ ih? rt Alienist for Superintendent of Mate M ??-pli.il for Iiimiuc. Columbmia, April 7.?Goorffl F. Sargent, M. D., an export in the care and treatment of the insane, was yes? terday appointed hy Gov. Manning as superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane. Or. Sargent will suc? ceed T. J. Strait, M. D., of I^ancaster. The appointment will take effect May 10. Gov. Manning yesterday made the following announcement: "I have appointed Dr. (leorge F. Sargent superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane. I have taken this action after several weeks' .en? deavor to find the man best fitted hy training, experience and equipment for this position; one who is an ex? pert in mental diseases and caro of the insane." Dr. Sargent is 36 years old and has been married two years. He was grad? uated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons. New York, In 1903. He served for two years as an assistant physician at the Worcester State Hos? pital for the Insane at Worcester, Mass. For some time he served as an assistant physician at the North? ern Michigan State Hospital for the Insane, Traver, Mich. Since 1907 Dr. Sargent has served as assistant phy? sician at the Sheppard and Enoch Platt Hospital for the Insane in Maryland. "Dr. Sargent was highly recom? mended for the position by many well known physicians," said Gov. Man* ning yesterday. "He was recom? mended by Dr. Burch, superintendent f the Sheppard and Enoch Platt hospital; Dr. Munson of the Northern Michigan hospital. Drs. Heard and Barker of Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, and by Dr. a. P. Herring, secretary of the Maryland lunacy commission." Gov. Manning said that he had al? ready discussed the appointment of Dr. Sargent with Dr. Strait. "I told Dr. Strait that Dr. Sargent was to take charge of the hospital on May 10," said the governor. The bonrd of regents of the asylum will meet in Columbia tomorrow when they will bo officially informed of the selection of Dr. Sargent as superin? tendent. I>r. Strait was appointed su? perintendent of the hospital more than a year ago by Former Gov. Blease. to succeed J. W. Babcock, M. D.. who had resigned. Several weeks ago Gov. Manning informed Dr. Strait that it was his intention to select a now superin? tendent for the institution. Since that time Gov. Manning has been studying the proposition very care? fully. Many physicians have" been considered. Several well known spe? cialists in mental diseases came to Columbia for conferences with Gov. Manning. The governor believes that he has selected the very best man available for the position. He believes that Dr. Sargent is well equipped to carry forward the work of improving tho conditions at the asylum. The last general assembly voted a special tax of one-half mill to erect new buildings and improve the old plant. shops furnish work. Hallway Kucotiruges Hot urn of Pros l>erlty. Florence, April 5.?The Atlantic OoMt Line railroad Is encouraging the return to prosperity in this com? munity by opening the shops to a ?til number of additional carpenters and car repairers. The sho, ' aw l-een running for some time with a greatly reduced force and short hours. I ?nl? i s have recently been received to put 30 more men on in that depart? ment for the present month. There are very many more applications lor places than the company will be able t?? place, hut the replacing of 30 nu n who have been out of work some time will materially help in general busi? ness ftUd in the restoring of conti donOf 10 the business in the com? munity. The medal rush work is re pniung cars for the movement of truck atui fertilizers and general goods. There is every indication of rOVtVOl Of business on the rood in ?H lines. Traveling men report bit? ter feeling through the territory Wholesale houses are scanning all orders very dose and refusing many thai wort formerly muoti sough! af? lor but which nn' now regarded as tOO slow for Ihs ro w era of cosh In businens. y? t the fact that the mer ehants an Willing to order Is en? couraging, and the \ery faet of re? fusal to ship spurs the local busi? ness man to accomplish something. Ill the Police Court. Susa ii I: Wilson, colon-.I, \\ as t I i? ?I in the Rocordor'l court thll morning OH the (barge of van rani ?>. She plead not guilty, but was found guilty and cr. en s sentence of $::<> or SO days. Richard Wells, Fourteen Years Old, is Practical Farmer and Financier. HAS WON MORE PRIZES IN BOYS* CORN CLUB THAN ANY OTHER MEMBER AND NOW HAS NICE SV>1 I AID ASIDE IN HANK TO PAY EXPENSES OF COLLEGE TRAINING ? RECENTLY CHOSEN PRESIDENT or HOYS' CORN CLUB. Sumter county has not :i Jerry) Moore of whom to boast, but In Rich aril Wells, the recently elected presi? dent of the sumter County Corn Club, it has a member of whom it f.- is justly proud and whose * example In I corn club work might be followed with great profit by every farmer's boy in South Carolina, or the United States for that matter, for Richard has proved himself a practical farm? er and able financier. on March 87th ftlchrad was chosen to the highest honor which the club members can bestow on one of their 1910, cash $40 and suit of clothes; 1911, $12.50 cash; 1912, $11.00 cash; Will), suit of clothes, corn sheller, $5 stick pin and $15.0?) in cash; 1914, .$io deposited in the savings depart? ment Of a local bank and a cultivator, making a total of $S0 in cash besides the other prizes. Hut Richard is not only a farmer and a student of the soil. He Is a good financier, as is shown by the fact that ho has saved up S2K5 from prizes won and profits accruing from his Com, which he now has loaned at s per cent Interest. Prom this in RICTfARD WKLLft, Sturdy Member Sum tor County Corn flub. 1 ? ' 11 rumber, and the honor was a merited one, showing the fact that the mem? bers 01 the corn club recognize and appreciate merit, as well as their elders, Richard has been a mem? ber of the Bumter County Corn Club for live years ami each year of* those five years he has come first or second in average. He Is now only fourteen years and six months of age and has three more years' work as a member of the club before he leaves for Clem son College to study approved scien? tific methods of farming. . R| hard is the son of Mr. W. R. Wells, Bumter, R. P. D. No. 6, an energetic and industrious farmer, who has learned how to protect himself against low price of cotton by diversi? fication ami by raising grain, hay and other money crops. This Indicates where Richard ^ot at least a part of the practicalness which makes his record so remarkable. Richard was born on October 17. 1900. He entered tho corn club work] In 1010 and has been a member ever since. Jn his first year he started off well, winning second on yield, and each year since then he hau come out cither first or second. In 1010 he raised 106.4 bushels on one acre, this being his largest yield at any time, and came firsl on profits, in 1011 Richard came firsl on yield with 61.22 bushels nnd second on selection of si ed corn. In !'.?1*J he made second highest yield, 88.8 bushels, ami the highest average on points, judged by yield, best exhibit of l" ears, best his? tory of crop, In st showing of profit em investment, based ou commercial prices, for Which ho received a ten day free trip to tiw National Corn Exposition at Columbia, in 1913 he again made the second great-st yield with 66.6 bushels on his acre, secur? ed firsl on his history ??1 crop and had tie be I p.,pe|- i>n "UoW I Select - ed My Heed Corn in the l e id." in I0H Richard raised 77.25 bushels em his acre, coming second in yield, sec? ond on hist or) i-i crop and third on paper ' Mow I Helcetcd My Heed Corn in fin- Pichl." securing .1 Iree trip to Clemson College in attendance upon the 20-day agricultural course there, Besides his trip to the National ?'urn Exposition and his h ip to Clem? son College, which he w i11 take nexl summer, Richard has won in prises: como on this money ho is carrying an insurance policy of $1,000. Besides these Investment* he has $25.00 in the savings denartmenti of local banks. He will use part of this money later on In paying his expenses at Clemson College, which he expects to.attend when he h:is finished the course at the Sumicr High school. He is now attending the Wells school and is in 1 the eighth grade. He is well develop? ed physically, as can be seen from his picture which is reproduced here, and manages to make enough by his own labor to buy his clothes and to keep some pocket, change with hint when he comes to town. He also aids his father on the farm, applying his hand to whatever task needs to bo done. This is the record of Richard Wells and, as Btated before, he is a member of wlioin the Club is proud. He has followed out the methods of corn rais? ing advocated by the department of agriculture through their extension woi k agents and he has each year consistently stuck to his acre in good or I?ad seasons, and has made his re? port of the cultlvatl :\ of the crop. He has learned much In soil building and practical farming In his work, mat* tera of vital importance In modern scientific farming and >n making ag i (culture a success. I OH DECLA1MKRS' CONTEST. Arrangements Made for Event ni Clinton, April 16. Clinton. April 7.?'Arrangements are being made for the High School declaimers' contest, held at the Pres? byterian College of South Carolina, April 16. Quite a large number of students have nlrendy t ent in their names nnd this promises to be the i rgesl contest hold yot. If there arc any other .sc hools that desire to be represented, they are cordially Invited to si nd ;t representative. All names of representatives should be .sent to iho College b\ next Saturday night. The preliminary contest will be held Thursday night and Frldaj morn? ing, April 15 an<l I ? The t<'n best npeakcrs will be selected and will compete for the medals Frida) night at s o'clock. ,\n repn lentatlves are entertained : i t i \. hllc in i 'lintoii, MUCH BMW PUNTED. HALF OF ARABLE LAND IX COUNTY IN OTHER CROPS THAN COTTON. .J. Frank William? Estimate* That 5. ooo Acres Wheat, :i5.ooo of oats and 70,000 of Com Have Been Planted ?Tobacco Crop About 0,000 Acres. Call for Subscriptions lor Flour Mill. Mr. J. Frank Williams, Farm Dem? onstrator, for this county, and pres? ident of the Sumter County Farmers' Union, has made a close investigation of total number of acres of wheat, and oats planted in Sumter county for the year 15*15, and has also investi? gated the number of acres of corn that will s planted this year. Mr. Williams, as is well known, is a very careful, conservative and re? liable man in anything he undertakes or any statement he makes. The following letter contains in? formation that will prove gratifying to those Interested in diversification of crops. Farmers' Cooperative Demonstrative Work in South Carolina. R. F. D. Xo. 3, Sumter, S. C. Mr. B. I j. Reardon, Sumter, S C Dear Sir: It is my opinion that there are about live thousand acres of wheat planted in the county. There are thirty-live to forty thousand acres of oats, and there will be seven? ty to eighty thousand acres of corn. Half the arable land in Sumter coun? ty will be planted to crops other than cotton. 11" we can only keep this up Sumter county will soon be independent and will no longer have her corn crib and smoke house in the west. Neither will all the surplus she makes go to pay freight and fertiliezr bills. Yours truly, (Signed) J. Frank Williams, Local Agent. According to statements made by seven hundred farmers who called for i tobacco seed at Chamber of Commerce ' or sent for seed as to the number of acres of tobacco each one said he would prepare plant beds for, a rec ' ord of each man's acreage, address, 1 etc., being kept on the tobacco record, there will be more than five thousand (acres of tobacco planted in Sumter county. The total acreage of tobacco for which free seed were distributed to customers of the Sumter tobacco warehouse was 6,267 acres. Hundreds of acres of tobacco will be planted by customers of the Sumter tobacco warehouse by planters who furnished their own seed. So that with good crop seasons, the prospects for a good summer trade in Sumter city are line. If Sumter only was assured of a grain market, Hour mill, and corn milling plant things would look much better. Messrs. J. Z. Hcaron, D. R. MeCal lum, G. A. Lemmon, W. B. Doyle, II. M. Stuckey and W. Percy Smith are members of the Chamber of Com? merce committee soliciting funds for stock to purchase the Parrott Milling Company plant, and to add a wheat grinding mill and additional grain storage bins in order to furnish the much needed market and manufactur? ing facilities. The business men of Sumter, and Sumter county farmers should sub? scribe to this enterprise liberally and Quickly. Washington. April 8.?Gen. Obre gon defeated Villa's army at Celaya. Inflicting a loss of over two thousand dead and wounded on Tuesday. They were pursuing Villa's army on Wed? nesday, says a report to the Carranza agency today. EIGHT VESSELS IN DISTRESS. ENTIRE coast GUARD RUSHED to NORTH CAROLINA coast. Recent Storm Strews Atlantic Coast with WittIfftCi Doatl Suffering on Shoals oil Capo ILutteras. Washington, April ft.?With the At? lantic coast strewn with wreckage, as the result of the recent storm, the en? tire fleet of lour coast guard cutters have been rushed to the coast of North Carolina to assist in saving life and property. Eight vessels are known o be in distress off Cape Hat jteras, on Diamond Shoals and Frying I Pan Shoals. ! - . GERMAN CRUISER INTERNS. Expected Relief Fails to Arrive Be? fore Time Limit Expires and Cap? tain Does not Put to Sea to Face Disaster. Newport News, Va., April 7.?Com? mander Max Thierichens of the Ger Jman auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel j Friedrich asked the United States 'government through port authorities here tonight to intern his sihp and crew for the war. Up to the last moment the German skipper kept up .the appearance of being ready for a dash to sea, and when the time for 'decision finally came he explained that failure of "expected relief" to arrive had made it necessary to in itern rather than "deliver the crew a.?d ship to fruitless and certain destruc? tion by British and French warships (waiting off the Virginia capes." I Tomorrow the commerce raider 'will make her last cruise of the war. |She will be taken to the Norfolk navy yard across Hampton Roads from the shipyard here where she had been ;laid up since limping into port on j March 10 after the remarkable com? merce destroying voyage from the Orient, during which she sent the American ship William P. Frye to the bottom. Determination of the German com? mander to intern his ship immediately operated to lift the American em? bargo against merchant ships of all European nations leaving this port. More than a score of British merchant vessels, which had been held up, were permitted to leave. WIN FIELD DAY EVENTS. Pincwood School Team Secures Base? ball Game and Other Athletic Con? tests. Pincwood, April 7.?The boys of 'the graded school returned home last night from Paxville very jubilant be? cause of their success in the after? noon's held day sports. They won the ball game 12 to 8. Numerous errors were made for which lack of practice was responsible, though the game was interesting at times. Norman DuBose, one of the pitchers for tho home boys, won the following events: 100 yard dash, running high jump and running broad jump. The commencement exercises will begin on May 9th. CHAMPION WILLAH? RETURNS. Lands at Key West a? J Proceeds North to Baltimore. Key West, April 8.?Jess Willard didn't keep the championship title forty-eight hours. The Gulf of Mexico scored a clean knockout on the voy? age from Havana to Key West. The champion was still green around the gills when he landed. He received a great ovation. His party proceeded northward through Jacksonville and will make a short stop in Baltimore Friday night and will show at the polo grounds Saturday afternoon. Clean up and have a healthy town. THE PRETTIEST Trimmed Hats in Town We ask you just to come and look them over. Our mil? liner from New York will gladly show you. A Saving of 50 Per Cent ?Yes that, and more. Our hats are the newest styles, at very low prices that will certainly induce you to buy. If you are willing to he shown how to save 50 per cent and more on your Millinery purchase, we would ask you to call on us. 13 N. MAIN ST. SUMTER. S. C.