Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ARKANSAS AWARDED TROPHY. i laps i i ?u mm: IN ( |\|( im. Mm i mi \ r. Auxtllsry Ham t lunc of Night mW* slosi of Southern Commercial Con? gress. Muskogee. Okln . April Itv?Ar? kanMx waa swarde.t the II? : ol merit of the Women's auxiliary of the South? ern ('oiMiii.Ti'idl I'i'iiKi'tMH tonight us being the State in the South that hsi accomplished most towards chic im? provement in the lust year. Tin? tluK was held by Tennessee last year. In making the award. Miss Ixmlse O. Lindslvy of Nashville. Tenn.. pres? ident general of the W.u s iaxil? lary, pointed out the vast Improve? ment made by Arkansas to rural ?. hoids. N ids and sanitation. Tor the tlrsf time since the open? ing of the convention the Women's auxiliary conducted the night session. American women can do much to help solve the problems of rural and town credit by observing the modes of European peasant women In regard , to clothing, according to an assertion of Mrs. Marion Sin rw.I l.ibam of Tulsa. t?kla. Mrs. I .a ha in prestated a report of the American coin mission, ef which she was a member, appoint? ed last year by governors of the va? rious States and sanctioned by Presi? dent Wilson to Investigate agricul? tural conditions In Europe. Mass Llndaley urged closer rela? tions with South Aunuu in nations, in her arnuul address, asserting it Is the duty of every State |s compel the teaching of Spatdsh !? the public Mrs. II. A. Enlo. of Nashville, Tenn . pointed out that the greatest Held In which women of today can 1 ibor is In , obtaining legislation ahum the lines of Juvenile reform. CHARLESTON (DIM Is CLOSE. Prims Facie Convention Roll Shows Sswcn Relegates In i a vor of Hyde. Charleston, April 29.?The city Democratic executive committee no i tonight and decide a prima t o n convention roll of delegates to the meeting Monday. Hyde getting 13 clubs with 137 delegates and Grace 11 clubs with 13a delegates. Protests against three Grace clubs with II del e satt es were found to be without standing, as the Hyde contestants fail? ed to tile with the chairman certified lists of their club election within II hours after the club meeting as re? quired by the constitution of the city convention TO HEAD 1(11? CROSS. Gen. Dcvol Named as Gencrul Man? ager. Washington. April -- President Wilson. us head >f the American Red Crons. has appointed lirig ton. Carroll A. De vol. U. 8. A., general manager of the Red Cress, | newly crested position. Gen. Devol. now sttached to the general staff, will he given three months leave of absence on May 1 to assume his now office and become active head of the Red Cross. He has not determined whether he will retain the position psrmsnentlv. To dt M would niak. necessary his resignation from the army at the expiration of the three months' leave as he will not reach the age of retirement for several years. BlfcW DESTROY EH LAI NCIIED. the WioKworth U of f.afct I>|m>: Will Hum Oil Hath. Maine. April 29.?The W*ds> worth. the first Atnerlcan torpedo boat de^tro\er to be driven entirely through gearing, was launched today st the yard of the Hath Iron Works Ths vessel aas christened by Miss Jsunlta Doane Wells, of Cambridge. Mass.. a ujrundd ? mthter of Commo? dore Alexander S. Wadswoith. The WadMWorth Is :: I ."? f, et long and hss a contract speed fo :;?> knots an hour. She will burn oil. She will be equipped with four inch guns and four torpedo tubes, each carr>lng twin tor? pedoes 21 Inches In diameter. I" MM IN ? M l I m Wilson Won t Have Olllcc at ComMi. Washington, April 30.?President Wilson plan? not to establish an oflfo st the Mummer White Mouse at C*Of? nlsh. N. H., but to spend most of In? time In Washington. Me will make several brief trips to Cornish to vlatl his family und short cruises on the yscht Mayflower. It Is ? , .1 at the White Mouse thn' the plans wen- made not bee.i use Ho president looks on the huiopean e Mexican situations SS SSaac lahy criti? cal, but because he thinks it bis dut> to remsln In Washington as mu< h .? * possible lo keep in Haas touch with I ubllc questions. Th ? president has found it m I ? sory to ilecline Invitations t.i speak ii .New York May 17 and I * during hi #e\|ew of the Atlantic Hot and || Philade lphia M |J II at a Ntestlni sj| neniv gating)Haed American elil sen*. sl hm MUM 1 sinks oil, TANK H riC \mih til li I.M.IIT. < uptain Dim froiii RnTects of slim k iiikI Two MciiiIhts hi CfOH dump Into Water MMl IMowii?Vessel llciohcd in ( row Moni oll Scilly Is? land?. i.MiuK'n. May I.?The Amerlcati tanker Gulilight which Milled from Port Arthur. April 10, for Rouen, Trance, was torpedoed at nooil Sntur oaj "ii I he Botfly islands, according lO a Central News dlOpOtOh today. Thi captain <d' the Gulfllght, ar cording lo the same edvtooe, dlod of In ili foilUrO 01 a result of shock. Two seamen juirped overboard and w ere droO ned. The other members of the crew were taken off by u patrol boat. The vessel was towed into t'row sound and Hmi bed. The Gnil light was a steel steamer of "'?J tons net and was built at Cam ? Ii. N. J.. In U?14. She was owned by the dull Woflnlni company. The vessel was :\s.\ feet long, fi 1 feet beam and fOOt deep. She was equipped with wireless apparatus. sinking suns Washington. First Caw of American Vessel Struck by Toi|Mdo With Loss or Idle. Washington. May U.?Press reports of the torpedoing of the American steamer Gulfllght and the loss of her MpteJi and some members of the crew created a stir tonight in otllcial circles here. If first reports are home out. the attack on tho Gulfllght constitutes the tlrst case of an American ship , struck by a t orpedo with the 001100? -luent loss of lives. Two have been sunk by mines, the responsibility for w hlch never has been fixed, and an \mtrican, Leon C, Thresher, was drowned when the llritish ship Falalu was torpedoed. The Fnlted States government has just completed Its investigation of the Thresher case, but in view of the di? rect attack on the American vessel now reported It Is probable that both incidents will be dealt frith in what? ever diplomatic action is taken. It was recalled tonight^ that in the note sent to Germany in answer Co <;ei nian> s proclamation of a sea war /.one. the Washington government stated that it would hold Germany "to a strict accountability" for the loss of any American ll\es on vessels. The course of the United States in the case ot the Gulfllght is not likely to be determined for several days, as some tlmo Probably will be required to get the tacts. The possibility of i ny action other than a demand for damages is considered remote, bc ? i use of the belief of oMicials that the Attack on the Gulfllght probably will be found to ha\e Ik en accidental. IfJCW yokr CAPTAIN, Hoston. May L\?The captain ot tin I mi. it earner Gohfllght, who loot his llgfc when his vessel was torpedoed off the Scilly islands, was Alfred Gun. UlOf Of New York, the lirst mate is Ralph smith of Wekefhdd and several Members of the crew are from New Kngland, icconling to information ob? tained tonight from relatives. Copt, Gunther was commander of the steamship Oklahoma which went down In i ?ale In Jenuory, ltl4, ofl I he NOU Jersey coast. With several 1 memberi ol the crew he escaped in ? llfebool and w as picked up by another ( si. inner. wilson iii.aks niavs. New Haven. Conn., May I, ? News Of the torpedoing Of the American steamer Gultlight ofl tiie Scilly Utlande beturdaj w is communicated to Pres Idenl Wilson tonight on his epeclal tor en route from Williamstow n, Mass.. to Washington. He declined to comment. No Insurance. New York. May J.?Tne govern ment war risk buresiu carried no in ;suranoo on the American tanker Qul flight, reported torpedoed off Hellly islands. William Ixlnno, di I rector or the bureau, gold here to \ night. _ nrsiM ss OVTLOOK sMisi \c TORY, Washington, May I, The tirst bul? letin loonod by the Federal reserve board mokes the following comment on condition! In North BnU South Car? olina. ' in these states conditions are Improving end give promise ot ron< rii.ued betterment. Progress Is still! retarded by the conditions arising nut or the War in Kuiope. bUl if i>' believ d that a quick readjustment will fol? ium a termination of the conflict. There Is a ?b ei.led im pi ov emeill III niton prices and confidence as to the uture, Cotton milling Is considered irosperous, porllcularly with tho ? IllllS W hieb purchased the I.I VV mate In I ;ti it^- lower prices, The shortage f dyest tiffs i*? causing Home miens! SECRETARY OF NAVY POMPAHES I . s. UUH WITH ENOL \NI> s HI ST ORDNANCE. .Mr. Daniel?. Says IVniisyhnnia's (inns run I'lt irc Hie Armor of a Vessel ai 12,000 Yards, Washington, May 8.?Crlttca who claim the American navy's 14-Inch rides art- Inferior to the 15-lnch Brit? ish naval mm arc answered In h atate menl issued tonight by Secretary Dan lela declaring thai the bureau of ord? nance has developed a 14-inch gun ' thai wii shoo! farther, shoot atraight er and hits harder than any gam now in use or known to be designed by a foreign country." "There is an axiom with regard to calibre which amounts to this: That a ship should mount the smallest lug gun that will pierce the enemy's ar? mor over vitals at the maximum prob ablc lighting range," says the secre? tary's statement. The 1 1-inch guns of the IVnnsylavanla will get through the maximum armor afloat, so far as our knowledge goes, at a rang*' of 12, 000 yards. The Queen Bltsabeth*i 16 Inch guns will do little more than that, if our Information is correct as to the velocity of the British 15-inch guns, the 14-inch guns of the Penn? sylvania will range a little father than the Quean Elisabeth's 15-inch guns. The Pennsylvania mounts twelve guns to the Queen Elizabeth's eight. "Counting volume of lire and prob? ability Of hitting, we see that at bat? tle range the number of blows deliv? ered by the Pennsylvania in a given time will exceed those given by the Queen Elizabeth by 7(1 per cent. No one can doubt the advisability of de? livering seventeen hits to ten of the enemy. "Now, if we compare these guns at a range greater than armor-piercing range we And that the Pennsylvania's IgUnS range quite as far, at a maxi Imum as those of the Queen Eliza 1 beth. Both guns range farther than they would have any hope of hitting a ship." The I'nited States a Creditor Nation. In August, the lirst month of the European war, exports from the Unit? ed States were smaller than Imports by some $20,000,000, leaving this country In debt to foreigners by that amount. Since August an exporting movement has been in progress, stim? ulated by the unprecedented demand of Europe for our foodstuffs, for cot , ton, and for supplies and munitions I Of war, that has brought about re? sults unprecedented in the history of our foreign trade, and which ,if con? tinued In anything like their present proportions, Will establish this coun? try securely In the position of a cred? itor nath n. For the four months fol? lowing August, the adverse balance of trade was turned by the rapidly aris? ing volume ol exports, aided by the ; decrease In Importations, Into a fa? vorable balance of $ 1 ."o'J.OOO.OOO for the period, But the really stupendous change has come in the last three months. For December, January and February, the excess of exports over imports in favor of the United States reaches the record figures of $111, 090,000, In the middle of March there seamed to be >?<> signs of a fall? ing Off In favor of the United States. ' This favorable balance was, indeed \ for the second week In March no less than 147,000,000, establishing a [week's record for the history of the nation, it is estimated by eonserva live financiers that In the calendar year we may well send to foreign countries goods of q \aluo more than $1,000,000,000 In excess of the value Of the goods they send to us.?Amer? ican Review of Reviews, Not Missing a Thing. Philadelphia Telegraph, Making an Address recently, Con? gressman Victor MurdOCk, Of Kansas, let. i red to the subject of nerve and told this story as a Striking example: "Some time ago an old Indian In [the \Nest broke his axe handle, and a farmer taking pity on him, fitted the tool with a new one from his own supply. Then noticing that the ax was very dull, Uncle Josh decided to add to the beautiful heart business by sharpening it. To this end he asked the Indian to turn the grindstone. M*Well, what is it ." wonderingly asked tin farmer, noticing thai the Indian persisted in hanging around af? ter the job was done. - |s there auy t hing else you want ?? "'Yes sir,' was the prompt re? lolnder of tho Indian, 'You nu pay me.1 "'Not pa\ you!' exclaimed the farmer,' with ii perplexed expression. "Not pa> you for what ? ??'For turn the grindstone.' calmly answered the chief. 'Twenty-live cents.' " One of the Rarest Gifts. What a rare gilt is that of man? ners. How difficult to define; how much more difficult to Impart! net? ter for a man to possess them than to have wealth, beauty, or talent: they will more than iUppl) all. Ihil WCTj METHODIST HOARD ACCEPTS SOUTHERN OVERTURES, No Definite Action Taken, a> Mottet Must Go Before General Conference lief ore It Con lie of Any Effect. I, Dos Mninos, Iowa, May 1.?The board of bishops of the Methodist ISplscopal church, In session here to? day, accepted the overture of church i unity made by the Methodist ISplsco? pal church, south. The resolution of acceptance was adopted by a unani? mous rising vote. Tiie formal response to the over? tures must be made by the general conference, the bishops state in the announcement of their action. In their resolution tho bishops say they are prompted to make the fol? lowing declaration: "We are convinced of the essential unity of the two great Methodisms in doctrine and in life and that their essential unity must in due season ex? press Itself in outward and orgunic form, without presuming to pro? nounce on the terms of tho union, wt: declare ourselves earnestly in favor of the1 organic union of the Methodist L'piscopal church, South, and such other Methodist bodies as may share our common faith and experience. "Moreover, we declare ourselves in i favor of a union on terms that shall provide an ample and brotherly pro? jection for any minority." SHOT HY BURGLARS. C, C. Fcrrall Slain at Mining Camp Near Birmingham?Arrest of Ne? groes. Birmingham, Ala., May 2.?Dr. Chiles Clifton Fcrrell, president of the West Pratt Coal company, was shot and killed early today at Praco, a mining camp, 89 miles oast of here, in a tight with two burglars. Dr. Fer? ren was a distinguished educator and author. Dr. Ferroll was attracted by a noise in tho roar of the company's com? missary near his home, and, after tir? ing i iverol shots from a revolver to frig ..en the Intruders, he started ar. investigation. As he turned tho cor? ner of the building, he was shot down, the full charge from a gun taking effect in his left side. He died in a few minutes. Two negroes who were trailed by bloodhounds have been arrested in connection with tho killing. The oIU eers say one of the negroes had a shotgun which recently had boon dis? charged. Dr. Ferrell was horn in 1850 in i Greenville, S. C, and was educated I at Vonderbllt. He received a degree from the University of LelpOlC, after? ward studying at tho University of Paris. On his return to the United States ho was professor of modern languages at tho University of Mis? sissippi. Dater ho engaged in literary I wor k and two years ago accepted the I presidency of tho coal company. MORE DYES TO COME. Two Addition.1 Cargoes on Way From Germany. Boston, April liy.?The activities of a committee which has succeeded in relieving the scarcity of dyostuffs caused by tho war were related by its chairman, William A. Mitchell, su? perintendent Of the Massachusetts I mills of Lowell, at tho closing session 1 boor of tho National Association of Cotton Manfacturers. Mitchell reported that arrange? ments had boon made within tho past few days by which two additional cargoes Of dyes would be shipped from Germany soon. To obtain sanction of itho German government for the ex? portation of dyestuffs, he said, it was necessary to promise a shipment of :? cargo of cotton for every cargo of i dyes. I Mitchell recently returned from ? visit to Germany In the Interest of the cotton manufacturers. The success lof his mission, he said, was due in large part to the support given him by the department of state and Ameri? cans in Germany and Great Britain. The association reelected its officers. Negro Confesses Crime. Birmingham, May '?>.?Jesse White, i one of the negroes charged with the murder of Dr. Chiles Kerrel, one of the best Known educators of the South and president of the West Pratt <'?>;11 company, made a full confession this morning, claiming self-defense. The State Department of Agricul? ture is now furnishing Nitro Culture for the Inoculation of legumes?-clo? ver, vetch, peas, beans, peanuts, etc., Ist cost, ami every farmer should take full advantage of the opportu? nity to Increase his yields and Im provc his land. The State furnishes the inoculation at Hi cents per acre, against *l'.?u> heretofore charged by the manufacturers. Those interested 'and desiring rull Information should apph to Commissioner K. ?'. Watson. I Columbia, s. C. for Bulletin >v*o. 63. LIGHT Mill's I VMM BLOCKADE. IVw Fast German Vessels Escape I'i'oin Iron King ihn Do No Dam Bordeaux, France. May 1.?"The English blockade remains as Arm us ever and it would be s dangerous ex? periment to attempt to force it," said Victor Augagneur, the French min? ister of marines, speaking on the sub? ject of the German bombardment of the French seaport of Dunkirk, In a statement today. "Never lias it been a ^question of tiie bombardment of Dunkirk by a Herman licet." the minister said, "or by the enemy vessels of large ton? nage against our coasts. "The enemy's projectiles came from the point ot" their front nearest to Dunkirk. The city was bombarded from land, not from the sea. "We know that light cruisers of SO knots belonging to the enemy have forced one point and arrived on the Belgian coast, hut these vessels as? suming that they were able to reach the vicinity of Dunkirk, could not bombard that city effectively, as the calibre of the guns of the light ves? sels is only 4.6. The shells used on i Dunkirk w ere all of large calibre." Bpeaklg of the operations of the Dardanelles the minister asserted that decisive and definite results, which he awaited with absolute confidence, might be expected soon. TO PREVENT SHIPMENT OP ARMS Wisconsin Man Brings Proceeding Against Allis-Chalmers und Iis Read. Milwaukee, April 29.?A complaint was filed today under the socallcd "discovery" statute of Winconsin to obtain information to determine whether the Allis-Chalmers company, Otto Falk, its president, and others have entered into a conspiracy with the Dthlehem Steel company and others to manufacture and sell shrap? nel shells to European belligerents 1 contrary to the Wisconsin law. The action, service in which was secured tonight, calls for the appear? ance of Falk and the other defend? ants before the circuit court commis? sioner in Milwauke May 5 for pre? is cited to produce letters, contracts, correspondence and agreements be? tween the Allis-Chalmers company and the Bethlehem Steel company. The complaint was filed by Samuel Pearson, who declares he is a citizen of the United States and that he has valuable property interests located within the boundaries of the German empire. Upon the information gained in thu examination, it is said, an injunction suit will be based to prevent the de? fendants from continuing in any such conspiracy as is alleged. The hose and reel teams are prac? ticing steadily for the Fireman's tournament which will be held in Greenwood. The practice lias show? ed the teams up in good form and to have a good chance of taking off some of the prize money. III!VAX ON RAKLF.Y CORN. sji\s Schooner That Crosses tin* liar .More to be Feared Than Ike Sub? marine. New York, April 50.? Secretary Bryan, urging total abstinence, de? clared in an address under auspices of the National Abstainers' Union here tonight that the European war had shown that patriotism was no match for the appetite which alcohol culti? vates In its victims. "There is been a growing dis? position In this country and through? out the world to emphasize the evils of Strong drink." he said, "but even the most enthusiastic advocates of temperance have been surprised at the ghastly light which the war in Europe has thrown upon the subject. 'It has been found that patriotism, that compelling force which through? out the ages has led men to offer their lives for their country, Is no match for the appetite which .alcohol cultivates in its victims. Loyalty to Bacchus, Gambrinus and Barleycorn Is greater than loyalty to King or Kaiser or Czar. The aeroplane that drops its bomb from above and tno j submarine w hich shoots its torpedo from below are less to be feared : than the schooner that croses the bar.'' Mr. Bryan said the amount spent ' annually for drink in the United States would build 100 macadam highways across the continent, and added: "The amount now expended in paving the road to perdition wcjld, if spent for good roads, scon lift the mud embargo from the entire coun? try." BARNES AND MURPHY. Syracuse, May 3.?For the first time in the long trial of the Roose? velt libel case communication b' - ween Barnes and Murphy about leg? islation In Albany was shown today. One witness testified that Barnes had turned down Murphy's request for aid. Our Foreign Advertising is in Charge of Jacobs & Co., Clinton, S. C, SOLICITING OFFICES: New York?118 B. 28th St.K. L. Gould Chicago 4M Advertising Bidg?W. B. Porcher De troit? Hotel 1 ulier.C, L. Winn st. Louis?1500 Central Kstt. bank buIr.. M. g. OSBMSPS Nashville?161 8th Ave. N.J. M. Riddle. Jr. I Atlanta?Wesley Memorial B10K...J. B. Keougb Aahevttls, N. C?4SI s. Main st.<;. II. Uk'on Philadelphia?1421 Arch st.A.o'Pnnid Richmond. Va.?Murphy Hotel.--J. W. Ligon DEATH toVER RAT CORN Best rat and mice exterminator made. Kills quickly sadabselatsly withoutodor. Mummifies?thus prevcntluar decomposi? tion. Better than al 1 the traps I n the world. Insist on Genuine RAT CORN. 25c,50c, $i at dealers or by mall, post' \\ Paid. V BOTANICAL MFC. CO. 4th & Rae* St,,, Philadelphia. Pa Check Payments ! Are Safe? i ! i j ? Money payments are risky. ! Start a Checking Account I with this bank to-day, and j pay with check?this brings ; accuracy and convenience to your business, and shuts out risk of loss. ? t The National Bank of Sumter ESTABLISHED 1889 "SAFEST FOR YOUR SAVINGS" *jkajpwpjmmsa??am