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OPPOSE GOVERNOR'S ORDER OFFICRRtt OF MILITIA RIKSATIS FIKD WITH REO ROAM/. \ TlON. Leg are* off Second I teg I men t Will not be> n Cnadulatc, I/raving <tl. H. HpHng? uk <>n|y <>ni<vr Sinking t -donei< > of Secoud Regiment, Columbia, April 1?.?Col. A. E. Le? gare of Columbia said yesterday that ho would not be a candidate for col? onel of the Second regiment In the electionn ordered to bo held Saturday. His withdrawal loaves In the field but one candidate. Lieut. Col. Holmes 8. Springs of Oeorgotown. The recent order* of tho governor contemplate tho dlobandment of the militia es Ubliehmont. in which Col. Legare commanded tho Second regiment and Cel. W. W. Lewis of Yorkvlllo the First regiment, and a reorganisation upon a two-roglment basis. Col. Lowls and other officers have ?inCo thon discussed with tho gov? ernor tho questions of law Involved and tho governor has their protests under advisement. Officers involved refuse, because of military etiquette, to comment pub? licly on tho order of tho governor, who as commander-ln-chtof is their Superior In the service. It is said, however, that some or them hold that tho contemplated reorganisation is without authority in law. The governor a order, it is said, war esgdently lasuod under the provisions eAtetion t* of tho code, which pro Vldee that ' tho military organisation of tho National Guard shall consti? tute a brigade, but the governor shall have power to alter, divide, annex, consolidate, disband or reorganise the same (that la, tho brigade) and cre? ate new organisations, whensvei in hie Judgment the efficiency bi tho gtate forcea will be thereby Increased and so on. This provision, however, does) not Justify, in tho opinion of some officers, the dishandment order lately made. They say that the law distinctly states that tho National Ouard shall constitute a brigade and the order, in undertaking to disband tho brigade and simply retain two regiments, violates this section of the Section II provides that tho Na? tional Ouard shall consist of the eommandor-in- chief and his staff, one brigadier general and his staff, etc. The order contemplates abolishing the office of brigadier general and his staiT. In addition, it la pointed out., Section Ha of tho code provides that there shall be In the State a National Ouard council, consisting of the brigade commander, who shall be president of tho council, etc. Section 12 o' tho codo says that a commissioned officer shall not be re? moved from office without his consent except by the senate upon the rec omondation of the governor, or tho sentence of a general courtmurtlal. Section 12a says that any officer of tho National Ouard who has served continuously for ten years may. upon hie own request, be placed on the re? tired list. Thooo who oppose tho governor's order say It undertakes to remove of Aoers without their consent and with? out action by the senate on the rec? ommendation of the governor, as well as to remove officers who have not ?eon sentenced by general court martial. Opponents say also that the order provides for elections April 17 to fill tho positions of regimental and bat? talion commanders and lieutenant colonels, whereas section 52 of the code says that after tho elections of life no further elections shall bo or? dered, unloas for the purpose or fill in^ an existing vacancy, except upon petition stating good and sufficient grounds, signed by a majority of thooo qualified to vote at the election No ouch petition has been presented, objectors say. und consequently tie election can not be held on that ground. It is argued, too. that the governor la not authorised to issue such or? ders. Section 49 of tho code pro. video that elections for colonels and lieutenant colonels shall he ordered by the brigade commander and those for the officers of their respective regiments shall he issued by the colo? nels. As to the placing of ? on the unasoignod list. It Is contended that no such list eilsts In South Carolina. to snitvi; iti:i> moss. Dr. I>ank?l of Oreeeivllle Heils Today. Washington. April 18.?Two add! tlonal Ited Cross hospital unit "Ith mix surgeons and 24 trained nurses will sail for HelKlurn tomorrow from Now York. They will he stationed for six months' duty at L'Ocean IMM pltal at La Panne. I?r. James L Dan? iel off Oreenvllle. I C, also will sail tomorrow for duty in the hospital at Palgnton. England Marriage License) Record. A license to msrry hsa been grsnted to Peter Qsynor snd Luis jtallSf gf gumter. 9 SUMMERS AT SPRING FROLIC. TTffJHI MEAT" afford HUGH ami skmfnt to crowds. Knichts of Omar Temple and Crouds for Musk* Festival Fill Siuirtunburg With Gaiety. Spartanburg. April 15.?Novel stunts by the Shriners' "fresh meat" furnished amusement all day long for Spartanburg people and visitors here toduy. The Shriners of Omar temple and temples of other States had full possession of the city today and their programme, beginning at 0 o'clock, and ending at midnight, utilized every minute for a royal good time. Nearly 50 novices were hero this morning to enter the Shriners' ranks I at the spring ceremonial session to I night, and they were among the most conspicuous visitors in Spartanburg today. At street corners In the guise of bootblacks, clad In rural polico costume, driving plows and other furm Implements; riding mules and pushing baby carriages, they were to be seen at every turn of the streets. One would-be Shrlner spent a short while behind the bars of the city jail after he had been "arrested" for al? leged disorderly conduct In a drue store. All the novices were labeled with large tags indicating their sta? tion. ^ The street entertainments given by the Omar patrol and Adluh drum corps during the morning were at? tended by large crowds, and thou? sands of people lined Main street to witnesa the grand parade at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The parade was head? ed by the drum corps and a patrol and after the Shriners came the "fresh meat," some Imprisoned in a large "Steel" cage and all of them barged in highly Interesting fashion. Visiting ladles were entertained at a reception today by the local chap? ter of the Eastern Star, and two Dutch lunches we**e among other highly enjoyed social events. Imme? diately after the Dutch lunch tonight, the Shriners got aboard their special train, which left live minutes after midnight, for various points In lower South Carolina. Moving pictures of the various Shrlner events were taken by a local thentre man and will be shown next w eek. I. KHUN WOOD HOLDS CATTLE DAY. Over One Hundred Beeves Fron. County Sold at Excellent Prices? Address by Gov. Manning. Greenwood, April 15.?Greenwood's flrst "cattle day" was a great success. One hundred and one head of beef cattle, fattened under the direction of Prof. J. O. Williams, of Clemson. were sold et excellent prices, some bringing as high as 6 cents per pound, buy? ers were present from Jersey City, Richmond. Raltimorc and other cities, as well as local butchers. The feature of the day was the ad? dress by Gov. Manning at the court house at 11 o'clock. Gov. Manning was thoroughly in sympathy with the grea: idea which has been launched in this county, and so expressed him? self after a brief reference to his ef? forts to enforce tho laws which arc now on the statute books of the State. He made a practical address to tho farmers and It was well received. The public meeting was '"eslded over by Dr. T. J. Klnard, president of tho Greenwood County Live Stock As? sociation. Dr. Klnard before Intro? ducing Gov. Manning called upon Hon. W. W. Long, State demonstra? tion agent, to explain the purposes of the day. Mr. Long did so briefly but completely. Dr. John O. Willson, president of Lander College, made the opening and closing prayer at the meeting. closes uk. CONTRACT, American l4>eoniotl\c Works Gets Sixty-live Million Order From Rus? sia. New York. April 16.?The Ameri aaa I ?ocomotlvo Company has closed a contract for $65,0OU,OU0 worth of" erat ajatertal. principally shrapnel. it Is understood that the order came ffaaj Itusaia. The stock of the com? pany Jura too* nineteen points. CADETS BACK FROM CAMP. l/eatr Mount Pleasant After Two Charleston. April Ifi.?Fresh and invigorated by two weeks of out?door life, thn aorta of oadets of the Citadel returned to the city and to barraekl ' lorday afternoon. The lents on Aihami'ia place, at Mount Pleasant, in which the cadets have lived the last two wo.'ks, were struck curly yesterday morning, and Camp William W Leu Is boeaWfll | ploaaani memory. The encampment at Mount Pleas? ant wns one of the most Snjoyed <>f i. r. nt yeafa according- to statements last night by members of the seni or class. Tho citizens of Mount Pleas? ant were warmly praised for the hos? pitality, accorded the students of the [military college Waake* Ciu-umpmcnt. VILLA'S ARMY HOOTED. LOM Of 11,00? MEN REPORTED AS RESULT OF TWO DAY BATTLE. Attack Begun by Villa Ends Dlsas trously?Famine Again Threatens Mexican Capital. Washington, April 1?.?The com? plete route of Villa with the loss of fourteen thousand in killed, wound? ed and prisoners in the two days' fighting at Celuya was reported to the Constitutionalist agency here to? day by Gen. Obregon. Villa began the attack at C o'clock Tuesday morning which continued eighteen hours. The lost dispatch from special Agent Ca rothers notified the department Wed? nesday that the battle is still pro? gressing without definite advantage on either side. The tide on Wednes? day afternoon seemed turning In fa? vor of Villa. Famine is again reported as threat? ening Mexico City. VILLA SUFFERS DEFEAT. Cariunza Agency Reports Great Vic ton* for Gen. Obregon. El Paso, April 16.?That six thou? sand Villa soldiers were killed and eight thousand captured, with thirty cannon and a large quantity of am? munition In the two days battle at Celaya between Gen. Obrogon's ermy and an army led by Gen. Villa in person, was officially reported by the Carranza agency today. The Villa army retreated northward in great disorder. There is no news from the Villa headquarters. GOV. MANNING AT MAYESVILLE. Attends .Meeting of Hank Directors and Talks on Law Enforcement. Mayesville, April 16.?Gov. K. L Manning spent several hours in Mayesville this morning, attending a meeting of the board of directors of the Bank of Mayesville of which he Is the president. This was the first ap? pearance of the governor here since his inauguration and he was welcom? ed by quite a number of his constitu? ents. Previous to the meeting of the i..rectors, the governor made a short talk in the directors' room. He spoke of law enforcement and of what he had done along this line and hoped to do in the future. He referred to hia enforcement of the laws in regard to the violations of the whiskey and gambling statutes, and said that he had selected these first because they were being so flagrantly violated in so many in? stances, but that he intended to en? force ull laws all over the Sate at all times. Gov. Manning spoke feelingly of how much he appreciated the manner in which his home people of Sumter county had anticipated his wishes in regard to the enforcement of the laws and were helping him along these lines. He said that he hoped when his term of office had expired that the people would feel that he had justified them in placing him in his high position. The governor was looking particu? larly well and seemed in the best of 'spirits, and the people of Mayesville . were indeed glad to see him. FARMERS PLAN NEW DEPART? MENT. Watson's Efforts to Distribute Soil Inoculation Material at Low Cost Aw Appreciated. Columbia, April 17.?Hundreds of letters have been received at the State department of agriculture asking for information concerning the sale of soil inoculation material, which is to be sold In any quantity for any legume under the direction of the de? partment at 40 cents per acre. Or? ders have been received from prac? tically every county In the State. The central distribution office for the cul? tures is located on the eighth floor of the Union National Dank building and is in charge of Edmund A. Feld? er. The first shipments of the cul? tures will be made Monday. The bul? letin Will be issued next week and sent out upon request. Yesterday Commissioner Watson received an enthusiastic letter from E. McOhlll, of Shadeland farm. Flor? ence county, praising his efforts to [distribute the inoculation materials. EIGHT MEN LOST. Fgrlsa When Submarine Sinks British SUSI User Ptarmigan. London, April 15.?A German sub? marine has sunk the British steamer Ptarmigan in the North sea with a l<?ss of Sight of her crew of IT. Sur? vivors of the Ptarmigan who wen' landed at Gravesend say the subma? rine gave no warning. The sight men lost were drowned vhen. in the excitement of lowering the lifeboats after the torpedo Struck, one of the fall ropes was eut and the occupants of a boat were thrown into the water. CONGRESSMAN DISCCSSES PROB? LEMS OP RURAL COMMUHI TIES. Governor Manning Applauded When Escorted to Stand?Makes Brier Tulk?Editor Tells Sumter People of Community Building in West. From The Daily Item, April 17. There was a fairly large audience at the Academy of Music last night to hear Messrs. Ben. R. Vardaman and Congressman A. F. Lever, and, inci? dentally, to hear Gov. Rk I. Manning, make, a few remarks. The audience was not an enthusiastic one and the only time that it showed it was not1 merely passive was when Supt. S. H. Edmunds, who presided at the meet? ing, asked Mr. D. D. Moise, the re? tiring president of the Chamber of Commerce to escort His Excellency Gov. R. I. Manning to the rostrum. At this point there was much ap? plause and the audience indicated its pleasure at having Gov. Manning present. The meeting was opened by a pray? er by the Rev. Dr. J. if. Wilson of St. James Lutheran church, after which Prof. Edmunds in a short (ail: told of the object of the meeting, to show the mutual dependence of town and (Tbuntry and to encourage friendly relations between them. Mr. Den R. Vardaman, associate editor of the Merchants' Trade Journal, was then introduced. Mr. Vardaman spoke for nearly an hour in an interesting way of what had been done by certain towns in the west in the way of making the town j the community center and how it could be done here, emphasis being on 1 the fact that the city must be tho community center as well as the busi? ness center. He denounced the deal? ing with mail order houses because they are not only taking away money, but because they take away the most vital feature of civilization, the young people of the community, who follow the money to the business centers. The young folks must be encouraged to stay at home, he said. There were three prime elements in the success of a community, yourself, your neighbor and the world about. He dealt on the duty of the Individ? ual to make the community bet^r and more pleasant for, others. A trouble with people was that they were lazy, following the line of least resistance, a habit which they must overcome, to be successful and to ap? peal to people ,a necessity in making [a success of business. Gov. Manning was then escorted to tho stand by Mr. Davis D. Moise and introduced in a happy manner by the chairman. The chief eexcutive shook hands with those on tho stand and expressed his great pleasure at seeing his fellow citizens. He did not make a speech and left the stand after a very few minutes. Congressman Lever was introduced by Prof. Edmunds in a very felici? tous manner. Mr. Edwmunds referred to him as a "man who was always on tho job." "When 1 nrst beard of Con? gressman Lever," he said, "I heard that he was on the job. The second time I heard of him, I heard that he was on the job, and ever since then I have been hearing the same thing." Mr. Lever stated at the outset that he was "one of the unchanging insti? tutions of South Carolina." He spoke of the necessity of having a commu? nity center and a community leader in the rural district, saying that It was as necessary among the women as among the men. He did not say that he favored woman suffrage, but his remarks indicated that he thought it a good thing and that it was some? thing that was surely coming. He stated that this was a transition per? iod in agriculture, an Indication of this being the recent sale of cattle at I Greenwood. "The war has caused great losses in the south," ho said, "but it has taught a lesson and brought about a change which the farmers will never forget. More grain has been planted this year than ever before in my memory* there is more diversification of farming and more farmers have gone in for live | stock raising." There was too much waste between the producer and con? sumer he said. This must be elimi? nated The towns and cities must fur? nish a market to the producer for his surplus crops. He did not believe that the Farmers' Union would last unless there was some one appointed to have charge of it, a paid Officer, who could constantly look after Its in? terests, he said in reviewing the va? rious: rural organizations which had been formed from time to time. In closing his remarks he emphasized the fact that the farmers must be .shown in a financial way that diversi? fication was the proper thing. A large check, he said, was more convincing than any other thing in showing the farmer that his agricultural efforts were successful. Mrs. W. D. Ferguson and little K. Vance Jones, of Laurent, are visiting Mrs. Ferguson's sister, Mrs. J. P. Marlon. ASYLUM HOME FOR THAW. ! NEW YORK COURT DECIDES AGAINST PRISONER. Is Ordered Back to State Hospital for Criminal Insane?To Appeal Once More. N^ York, April 16.?Harry Ken? dall Thaw was ordered back to the State hospital for the criminal in? sane at Matten wan today by the ap? pellate division of the New York su? preme court. In an opinion concurred in by all the justices, the court af? firmed the denial by Supreme C^urt Justice Page of a motion to return Thaw to the jurisdiction of the State of New Hampshire whence he was extradited to stand trial for conspii Ing to escape from Matteawan arid ruled that the original order commit ting him to the institution was still Valid. Plans are being formulated to take the case to the State court of appeals. A decision adverse to Thaw came as a great surprise to his counsel. The order carried with it the pro? vision that Thaw could not be taker, from New York county until live days have elapsed. The writ of habeas corpus sworn out In Thaw's behalf alter he was ac? quitted of the charge of conspiracy is finally returnable Monday. At that time counsel will present arguments urging that their client be granted permission to have a jury determine his present mental condition. Should a decision unfavorable to Thaw be forthcoming by Wednesday the State Will have the right to re I turn him to M itteawan forthwith, providing his counsel shall not have obtained a stay of execution of the order committing him to Matteawan, j pending appeal. Thaw himself re? fused tonight to comment on the court's action. The opinion of tho appellate di? vision was written by Justices Hotch kiss and Scott. Justices McLaughlin, Clark and Ingraham concurred. The principal part of the opinion reads: i "The State assumed no obligation to return the appellant to New Hamp? shire when his trial should have been ended. No such obligation is sug? gested and even if there had been an expressed condition attached to the rendition of Thaw, it is doubtful if it would have had any validity." The opinion says it may be that the State would well be rid of so troublesome a guest, but that it is not a matter of judicial considera? tion. The matter to consider, the opinion continues, is the right of Thaw to he discharged from Matteawan. It states the outstanding committal of Thaw remains In force and the court there? fore declares he had no right to leave Matteawan. Miss Eva Kingman is visiting friends in Timmonsvllle. FAVORS MARKET COMMISSION ABMINISTRATIOX CONSIDERS CREATION OF XEW SYSTEM. Probable That Advisory Board Will he Appointed to Study Problems of Sup ply and Demand. Washington, April 16.?The admin? istration has under consideration, it was learned tonight, a proposal for the creation of a national marketing commission to devise a better system for the distribution of agricultural products, investigate conditions of warehousing throughout the country and to work out all problems affect? ing the nation's food supply and de? mand. While no definite plan of action has been reached several members of congress and officials of the depart? ment of agriculture are cooperating in a movement looking toward the es? tablishment of such a commission. What is desired immediately is defi? nite information on which to base legslation at the next session of con? gress. The attention of President (Wilson hns been called to this ques? tion with the hop"e that he will ap? point an advisory board to study con? ditions and suggest legislation. Although the president has made no announcement it is known that he is giving the subject serious consid I cration. FINANCIAL WARFARE. Rise in Stock of Bethlehem Concern Dot in red to Be Due to Campaign to Get Control of Plant and Cut Off Allies' Supplies. Bethlehem, Pa., April 15.?German hands are reaching across the sea to grab the Bethlehem Steel Works. According to what is declared to be imside information, financial houses representing German Interests are re? sponsible for the sky-rocketing of Bethlehem Steel stock during the last couple of weeks which has mystified the public, and they have been pour? ing gold into the stock market in un ; limited quantities to accomplish their designs. For some time past there have been rumors that Germans owned a big portion of the company's stock, but lacked control; a recent showdown at a meeting of the company developed the fact that Schwab's friends still held a majority vote. Still undaunt? ed, according to reports in well-in* I formed circles, the German interest : has continued to buy at every oppor? tunity in order to obtain the necessary additional number of shares to con i trol the company. , Should the Germans succeed in ob? taining the control of the company, all contracts on the company's books for war materials to be furnished the Allies would be canceled. This might mean such a handicap for England, France and Russia as would tip the j scales of war down toward the Ger? man end. The Last Word in Women's Stylish = Pumps = <I Whether you go to Chautau qua or not you will want a pair of these UTZ & DUNNE COM? PANY made Pumps, that we just received. They fit the feet that are hard to fit. Price $3, $3.50 and $400 (f Playmate Oxfords for Chil? dren, just the shape of the foot. $1.75, $2.00 and $2.50. TT- _ McCollum Bros. WHO GIVE MUTUAL XMAS CHEQUES.