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MUSI AGREE OH GOVERNMENT i sin ii si \n - worm i?i t hni> to MMM <>i ni \<-s in mi \u<>. 1'rfidili m Wilson Mukrs Statement I'm Mi. on Turtln*, hut It I- I ml* ? - stimd That Demand Ulli lie Made by I it I u??l Stute* to (cicc tight Washington. May 30.?There were plain Indications tonight that from now on the administration will vigor? ously seek to end the ehnos In Mexico. Until Pree?d*nt Wilson makes public OM Tuesday a stntcment he has pre pared, detail? of hia plana will not he known, hut it waa underwood to? night the varloua Mexican leaders will be Informed that the time ha* com* for them to atop fighting bo tween themseh and nRW on a go\ - ?rnment which the l'nlted State? can recognise. It is expected that the statement will recite famine conditions in the Southern repuhllr ** Duval West und other government agents have por? trayed them. The president will point out how patiently the Amerlcun gov ernment has waited for the Mexican factions to adjust the problem them? selves, and how helpless the Mexican people generally have become tn thi hands of the military elements. The statement, which is to l?e sent to all the* factional leadera. will not announce the course the VnlUd mates aspects to follow In case an agreement does not result, but will point out that conditions have - come Intolerable and must he rem? edied by outside Influences if there are no elements In the country with sufficient capacity to wrest the re, public from Its state of anarchy. The advisability of placing an embargo on the exportation of arms and am? munition to Mexico has been urged as one means of putting a atop t,? fighting there. A lit 1 Croas atatement iaauetl to night pictured conditions among the Mexican civilian population as de? plorable with famine spreading from otty to city and through the outly? ing districts. "Conditions are growing steadily worse." said the statement. "At Mon? terey several thousands are fed dally. Farmers from the surroundiug coun? try are coming to the city to buy rorn. but can not obtain It. Mol sUottae are on tlsOfMrve of gtarvatl a. "At DufOngo fW eowrnm-rVs ot. forts to keep do*:, i?.* price of rood SMfttpiMte XuiUU. ?u aupp. riming, mo ?teWOfl and th?- coit ho high that the poorer classes are unable to buy. "At Tamplco all food is about ex? hausted. Conditions In outlying dis? trict* are worse, and tales of the star? vation of the poor people are con? stantly coming Into the city. "At Vera Crux and In the surround? ing country famine conditions pre? vail. At Jalapa the general conril. tlons of the town Is appalling. Mom y was) raised by the chamber of com? merce to relieve the distress and corn was Imported, but the funds were soon exhausted. Most distressing scenes took place at the municipal hnll when these rations were distributed. Some S.SOO women were collected at 7 o'clock In the morning to get In line for the distribution which began at 11 o'clock. Many after waiting for hours went home crying, for the sup? ply ran out. and. summing up the case. It means the practical starvation of the town. ' < >n the west c< aat the Inhabitant* are reported as starving. Wh? n i boat load of corn was brought Into \ca pulco the rush of the people was so great that several children WON tram, pled to death and a number of wom? en Injured. "In Mexico City the sttsSftttOO Is grave. As c irly as March I Of, ?01 persons were reported gejsfOftili from hunger. Condition* h,i\?> gyejwg S/oTOS and many are starving. For the food "applies that remain fabulous prices have been reached, so only th-> rlcu can buv Kpldemica prevail and med? icine Is prohibitory In price. The city has ?00,000 Inhabitants In danger Of psrlshlng from banger. misery and epidemic. Mix food riots b.i\e oc? curred." While the Ited t'roaa was giving this statement the Carranza agency was making public u te|eKram from Vera Cru?, declaring there was no possi? bility of u f i nun. and tli.it the shor? t? age of foo?| waa serious only in Mex Ico City, where the Vllla /apata gov? ernment controls. The series of matches In the gftOtg tournament have OOOO arrmg?d wiiti seventeen players entered, eaeh to play the other .. match id three games, making hftv pfjg tonnes in all. The tournament will OOOsfl.e? the Rssjf ueek In June and will contlnae throughout t he sumim Miss Kdlth Wllll imson was nimm? those who grado.it?-.i n?in the i | | school on Thursday night, she having ?.oopleted the following tOssTOt his lory chics. English. ksOssMP Opt)). ?ype-wrltln?. end dwmsstlc seltnes. si MTI.lt OOV?Tf S( IKMU.S AIDID <_?<.:,<? Given s< h<M?i> in Tfces county I'roiii Ststc I'iiikI. The rural schools In <iiis county re? COtVOd a tartftf portion of the sl.it?' hlH?1 fOf rural school aid this y< ar Ikon over before( twelve schools com* iiiK in i'(?r n s!ni" ol the state Aid, The OBkOOH rSJCOVlng kid were: llcthel School. DiHtrlct No. 1!.... $ 300 Coooocd School Dftotrtnt So, I. .$.100 Pleasant Irov ? School I ?istrid No. 20.|3jM Shlloh School. District No. IS. ..$300 Trinity School, District No. 14...$200 OOQSSJQ School. District No. 10. .$300 Haker School, DiHtrict No. 22-$JU0 Total.$1,?00 Stateburg School, District No. <"?, kirin extension. $100. I lifting Cffnofc School, District No. H. term extension. $100. ?tfttf barg Sehool. District No. c, building aid. $000. Stateburg School. District No. 11, ??Hilm aid. $100. City Schools, District No. 17, indus? trial department, $260. Total. $2,850. <iuinil>cr of lOmmmt1 Notes. Several intelligent and patriotic Sumter working men, including COT* penters, brick and tile layers, ma? chinists, and other skilled men corn? ered the managing secretary of the Humter Chamber of Commerce last Saturday night, and handed him some questions which gave the com? mercial secretary all he could stand lit] to for a few minutes to answer. The first question propounded came from a brick and tile layer, accompan j ied by statement that the questioner had on a suit of clothes and a hat which he had ordereu from a mall or? der house In Chicago. The mall order house purchaser who asked the fjyot question said in substance about as follows: "Mr. Secretary I read that 'patronize home enterprise and home merchants' article in the Dally Item, and I think It was u splendid argu? ment. Did you write it? Being as? sured that the secretary was guilty, the local working man replied. Werl why Is it that Sumter workmen aro 'xoected to patronize Humter business houses to keep up Humter, when so many Humter business men give con? crete work, brick work, and tile roof? ing nnd uthei work to contractors and nunlcs from other towns while Su.'.l i enrpentera, cota-r^e workers, i blick layers, and other ?klUet! ^k?rk OBOfl pay Hit Ottjf ?4 uctoi?? in some m stances .and in all instances tho Hum? ter working men rent houses or pay board, many pay taxes of some kind? He cited two Instnncse of this kind In his own recent experience. The mannging secretary replied with the question about as follows: First, flow much license or other taxes does the mall order house in Chicago that you purchased your suit of clothes ami hat from pay the city of Humter? Does that mall order house give any Sumter man or woman em? ployment of any kind? Did you ever get a cent's worth of work from that mall order house? How many thous? ands of dollars have you made work? ing for Sumter merchants and other business and professional nun? Do you think because you can cite two or more instances of professional and business men giving work to out of town workmen that this warrants you In back on all of the Sumter merchants who mostly stand by the Sumter working men and women? And that is the real beginning of this mail order business. Two wrongs do not make a thing right. I Hit this Is also true. When a pro? fessional man. banker, or merchant in ikes his living from the masses of the people, nnd accumulates wealth therefrom, sets the example of spend? ing Sumter money out of Sumter, un? necessarily, by sending off for his la? in.r. building material, clothing, gro? ceries, hardware, furniture, etc., he creates a ground of dissatisfaction and establishes among his fellow citizens a feeling of resentment ami retalia? tion. ? Mir of the Int? lllcent Sumter work? ing men sold that he was nine1 I fit* pressed with that portion of the pat? ronise home enterprise' article which gokod 'If mail ord#f houses provide :tnv rottn t<> roti for <'it\ and county oillclals. and lu \v many voters do Monitor*! mercantile and manufactur? ing establishments provide to vote for Humter otty snd tonnty oflkrtnkV While this Voting phase savors of Injection of politics Into business is und is deplorable, ordlnnrll). nevertHelens, this retting among Bum* tor's ororklng moo that t a men who Vote for a Sumter city or county oili rlnl should he recognised by the nni? rial whenever possible, simply i;m s to prove that pOtrontalnsj mail order houses and not "spending Humter mono) in Sumter," divides our Sum I or people up into factions. w lull' spending Sumter monev in Sumter ' unites Humter people in i\ spirit of Rood fellowship, friendship, and com munlt) Interest, The "men higher up" in business profOOSjonnJ ?od hiutucutl ?hall* wie salre t<> "practice what they preach and tel the exmaple to the working men und women In "spending Bumter mono) in Humter." A Sumter Job work establishment proprietor recently Haid that if the printing sen! mit of Bumter, to Job work establishment! of other places was distributed among Humter job Work houses, every Job work place WOUld be k? pt busy ten hours a day for six days in every week, and more nu n would have to )>e employed by Bumter'i i??i? houses. Rumter j?>i? work equals any other kind and meets competition in cost. The out-of-town job work establish? ments don't pay any license, or taxes to help keep Up Bumter'i municipal or county government, they don't rem s store, or house or Rive any Sumter men employment to rent houses, buy groceries, coal, wood, ice, clothing, or to buy a house or lot with. Tho same rule applies in almost ex cry instance of "spending Sumter mon? ey out of Sumter. Every story mostly, even of the "to be continued" kind, like this story will, has its little moral. So let the moral of this chapter be" "Let all the high rollers" set the pace in patron? izing home enterprise and the "other and little fellows might be induced to follow their example." The curb market opens early and the bulk of the trade is done before 8 o'clock. Sumter free Lihrury. Heginning from June 1st the free JUbrary will be open to the public from 5 to 7 daily; so that those who are employed will have an opportunity to get books on their way home from work. All are cordially invited. Civic League Library Committee. The regular Sumter county summer school for white teachers will be held during the latter part of July and first of August, The date of opening will be announced later. The opening date will be fixed so as not to conflict with the State summer school at Win? throp College. Senator Sumner's Llteralness. Of Senator Sumner's llteralnbas some amusing anecdotes have been told. At an official ball In Washing? ton he remarked to a young lady: "We are fortunate in having thene places; "a h im nil fleo tbo /trat mitrale of th<? 'i??w Kng'dsh nod BVenoh mftaie* te're int. WasMngfon ftorJ. ty." 7h* ? yonng glrj ropllod: "I am ?lad to *>ea' !t, I like to see Ilona break the Ice' Suranar was silent for a few minutes. but presently aald: "Miss -, In the country where Hons live there Is no ice."?Christian Register. Wordo of Great Fighters. Qreat fighters have been able, at critical momenta, to address their men in words tht \ Inspired them with fresh spirit for the fray, and encouraged them to face frightful odds with a confldenoe bora of their enthusiasm that carries nil before it and almost wins the light before it is begun. Our own history, as well as that of tho old vorld. is filled with striking in? stance. Who can recall without a thrill Farm gut's command to "Go ahead!" when warned of the presence of torpedoes in the bay? Or Grant's calm response, "Wo propose to fight it out along these lines if it takes all t ummer"T From Quill to Steel. Writing Implements changed consid? erably for the better during Sir Walter Gilbey's , long bpoll of life. "Though quill pens are still in uro," he remarks in his "Recollections of Seventy Years," "I remember the time wheu one seldom saw any other kind. Steel pens in their esrly days were expen? sive and ill made, and few people used them. The paper we had seventy years ago may havo been partly to blame; it had neither tho substance nor the surface we take as a matter of course nowadays. I remember when envelopes came into use, and what a boon they were considered after the old fiyetMn of closing letters with wafers or wax. Before envelopes were invonted letters were always written with an eye to tho position of tho wafer or seal, a blank space being left to correspond with the space where thio would be put on the outside, lest the written portion should be tern in opening." Twlxt Man and Beast. That ancient wheose about tho man who had been to a dog fight and was asked whother ho or the other dog had won has a parallel In real life. This occurrence la not as old as the whence, having happened only as late an 137L It so happened that in that year Aubrey do MontdtdleT, a soldier of France, wan murdered, supposedly by his comrade, Richard de Macatre. Tho former's dog, a solo witness to the murder, harassed Macalro so con? tinuously and persistently that (marlon V, hearing of It, ordered a fight between man and dog. Tho dog killed Macalro, and was ac? claimed his master's avenger. Double Faced Deity. Tho deity Janus was represented by tho Romans as a man with two faces, one looking backward and tho othor forward, Implying that ho stood be iween tho old and tho now year, with a regard to both. ++???????????????????? mm COMPLETE TEXT INTERVIEW WITH ! Blames Mistakes of His Own \ Staff For Retreat From Charleroi. BY far the most thrilling document published since the war began is an interview with General Joffro giving his views of mili? tary operations from the battle of Charleroi to the French reverse at Solssons, says a F. Bertelll in the New York American. The interview was obtained by his lifelong friend, Paul Huard, and printed in Depeche de Toulouse on Jan. 30. "After tie preliminary greetings," Huard writes, "I turned the conversa? tion to military operations, and Joffre expressed his utmost confidence in flnal victory. He had told me the same thing the very day war was de? clared. Now my mind went back to the anxious hours of the Germans' overwhelming march on Paris and to the defeat of Charleroi, which had seemed to me a bloody denial of Jof fre's persistent confidence. M 'You ought really to give me some explanation of Charleroi/ X said to him. Joffre's Criticism of Staff. "The general was neither astonished nor offended by my question. "I asked him if it was really true, as the general public and even the com? batants believed, that we were out? flanked in Belgium by overwhelming masses. " 'Not at alL Not at all/ replied Gen eral Joffre. 'Our army was in sufficient numbers. We ought to have won the battle of Charleroi. We bad ten chances to one to win It We lost it through our own faults, by mistakes of our commanders. Long before the war broke out I was aware a great number of our generals were worn out ("fa? tigues"). Some of them seemed to me unfit to fulfill their duties. Some in? spired me with doubts, others even with disquietude. 1 had made known my Intention to introduce a young ele? ment into our superior command. De? spite all comments and in face of all ill feeling I would have pursued my tiwk, but the war came too soon. " i b( ro wer?; a certain number of goQeraJs whom I trotted, bur Who 1m pelrfoctiy canal up to my hopes. The fact U tht r?n! t^r of men lltted for wurfaro is Wit itt?clf rather than strategical colleges. The keenest in? telligence, the most complete knowl? edge are of little value if to them are not added certain qualities of action. Such are the responsibilities of war that It is their peculiar attribute that they paralyze the rarest faculties in men of merit That is what happened to some of my chiefs. They could not do justice to their merits. 14 'Observing those deficiencies, I had set about remedying them. Some of these generals were my best comrades; but while I love my friends, I love France still more. I therefore relieved them of their commands. I removed them as I expect to be removed my? self if I am found deficient, not. in? deed, as a punishment, but simply for the public weal. I did this with an? guish in my soul, and when left in sol? itude I wept' How Paris March Was Checked. "Turning the general from his mel? ancholy memories, I said to him, 'Now explain to me your retreat especially by what surprising miracle or what singular caprice General von Kluck obliqued so suddenly when Paris was already within his reach.' " 'The retreat was very simple/ re? plied Joffre, now smiling again. With numerous details he explained to me how Von Stack*! men, casting aside their haversacks, swept like a whirl? wind on Paris. "He explained how during the ten days the English-French retreat lasted he, Joffre, built up in the region of Amiens?that is, on flank of the line of invasion?an army whose existence was unknown to all, and especially to the Germans, until the day when this army of General Maunoury gave such a sudden and violent elbow blow to the Teutons that he threw them, as plan? ned, on to our lines on the Marne. "General Joffre explained these mili? tary evonts to me In tho most indiffer? ent tones, as though he himself had played a most secondary role, with the same air as an juslstant military pro? fessor would explain to a class the ro POLITICS RICH BOY'S HOBBY. John Nicholas Brown 3d Discusses Commission Government. The hobby of John Nicholas Brown 3d, once known as the richest baby in the world, lms been discovered. It is civil government For forty-live minutes young Brown, who with his mother and a special guardian is stopping at tho Hotel Huntington, in Pasadena, Cal., talked over the telebono with Mayor Metra If on the subject of the commission form of city government It was learned at the hotel that May* or Metcnli had sent the boy a Copy of the new city charter and that young Brown put In tho larger part of the afternoon studying it in preparation for discussion with his chirrs on recciil advancements made in municipal af fairs. OF SUPPRESSED GENERAL 10FFRE! Real Test of Men War Itself !! Rather Than Strategi? cal Colleges. treat of the 'ten thousand/ the famous jingle about the Napoleon army that 'went up the hill and down again.' M 'However,' said Joffre, 'this will be written in history. My staff will write it when the war is terminated and I will see to it that the story is well sup? ported*' "About the present," resumed Ilunrd, "it is truly regrettable that such de? cisive maneuvers as the Marne affair are no longer possible, and, bending over General Joffre," says Huard, "I whispered in his oar, 'I suppose you have got something bp your sleeve.' German Loss 1,000,000. "Joffre laughed gayly. 'Surely, sure? ly,' he replied, tapping my shoulder, 'but we are really still maneuvering. Napoleon said he won battles with his soldiers' legs. We win them with our locomotives. That's all the difference. We mustn't abuse this war of attrition too much. To begin with, it has er. abled us to Increase our war tools, to adapt them, even create new ones. If this kind of fighting must go on we mustn't imagine the word attrition has no meaning. It is a mistake to suppose that any army that is beaten can re trout indefinitely into new trendies; an army that doesn't retain the ascend? ancy Is very near panic Now the ascendancy belongs to us; there isn't the slightest doubt of that Under the fire of our army the Germans have lost more than 1,000,000 men, yes more than 1,000,000, who will never reappear on any battlefield. " 'Their famous guard is only a col? lection of uniforms; their old officers' lists are only a historic memory. Their officers were gallant; they've nearly all fallen. The German troops are now so much weakened morally that their improvised officers are compelled, In order to avoid stampede, to lend them to battle In massive formation, eight men abreast It is leading them to a aecatomb, a prey for our artillery.' " 'What about our men?' I asked. The general rose. 'In all armies, at all <? times, all places, fttero have been do | fldosdm. it is poootl le then r.re some i In <xir army, loo, %ut rrir ueroc* are numbered by th-- thotesanfa, yes, by the thousands. What a gaeat and ad iniiAbfc country is France! lou can cry that aloud. We are living In great times. With an army like ours It wonld be a crime against France to despair. " 'From whatever part of France they come they are worthy of the chiefs now commanding them.* Soissons Only an Episode. * 'What about Soissons? I asked. " 'Soissons was a fatality if you like, or fault If you prefer, but in any case only an episode.' "With an air of Impatience Joffre added: 'I command soldiers, but not tho barometer. General Oha nee Is a great captain, but not for a single in? stant do I doubt our final victory.'" Huard, whose friendship with Joffre has lasted fifty years, says Joffre is not tike his photographs. He looks just like a good natured fat man. His temperar?Ont is characterized by in? finite sweetness. His penetrating blue eyes are rerWrkably limpid* He has a healthy soul m a healthy body and possesses a good appetite. There ie nothing cold tn his character. He has been called taciturn* but the fact Is that while he maintains a rigorous silence on military secrets he really is naturally expansive. The mother of a simple soldier who called him "Papa Joffre" the other day summed him up best Towering am? bitions he has none. H1b one object is to retire, to the complete seclusion of country life after the war. When Fnris was advised the De peche de Toulouse had appeared with this interview the head censor tele? graphed to the Toulouse authorities to seize the entire Issue. The Depecho protested the interview was published with the complete con? sent of General Joffre, but the censor insisted on deleting several passages, thereafter intimating the newspaper could print the remainder. The De pechc, however, refused to publish merely a portion. Tho censor there? upon banned republlcatlon of any por? tion of the Interview by other news? papers. JOFFRE PLEASES PUNSTERS. Many Ads. Contain Plays on French General's Name. Joffre's nnmo is being widely punned on by French manufacturers and mer? chants. "J'offre" a thousand francs to whoever proves that the - ciga? rettes, or suspenders, or electric light lamps, or what not, am not of French manufacture, has come to a common enough advertisement "J'offro is "I offer" In French. It is told of Thiers that when he was near tho end of his career a frieneV1 treated him to cognac out of a bottle' which bore for label a gnrgeous col-1 orod portrait of tho statesman, who exclaimed, "Well, Here nt last is gloryl" Already a hundred products have been named after Joffre. The ".TofTreudi" combination, too, has boon given to several commodities. . TEXAN WILL SUCCOR MEXICO. Governor Not Willing to send supplies to BwtHWfl and Robbers in Mex? ico. Austin, Texas, May 30.? Replying to an appeal from the American Red Cross for aid for Mexico, Qov. P ? r^u son today asked that assurances be given by tlie Red Cross organisation that distribution i>f the relief would 1 be directly under its control and supervision before the issuance of his appeal to the people of Texas. I "While Texas greatly regrets the deplorable conditions of women and children in that war wrecked coun i try," Gov. Ferguson said in his reply, "we must not become blind to the fact that provisions sent there moat likely will fall into hands of buc? caneers and robbers. For this reason 1 do not feel justified in appealing to the citizenship of Texas to contribute sustenance to the Mexicans unless I i could be assured by the proper author? ity th.ii the distribution of aid would be under its direction and control." POULTRY FANCIERS ORGANIZE, Numter County Poultry and Pigeon Association Formed with h. B. Mitchell President. The Sumter County Poultry Asso? ciation was organized at Chamber of Commerce quarters Saturday by the 'election of the following officers: President, Sam B. Mitchell. First Vice President, John D. Ep?* person. Second Vice President, L. D. Jen? nings. Third Vice President, T. H. SiddalL Secretary-Treasurer, R. L. McLeod. Executive Committee: Geo. D. ! Shore, J. Frank Williams, Dr. H. A. Mood, L. J. Leonhirth, L Herby Moses. Manager of Poultry Shows, T. M. Bradley. The following well known chicken fanciers and breeders were present: J. F. Williams, T. M. Bradley, John D. Epperson, W. L. Williams, E. B. Pitts, A. W. Newman, T. H. Rogers. S. B. Mitchell, M. R. Jackson, Horace Emerson, F. A. Lynam. Membership fee was fixed at two dollars. It was decided to hold a poultry and pigeon show in Sumter next fall and the MteenttVi comVftlttee leajjth^f with ithe officers und mem tors ate to get \bv.*x tight awftj arr*efctnK for the ,191". tall exhibits. Each one present ; agreed to do everything in his power to secure additional members in Sumter city and county. June 10th, at 6 p. m., was decided upon as the next meeting date,, at Chamber of Commerce. Fuller particulars of thla association and objects will be pub? lished later. , jt\ PISGAH NEWS AND VIEWS. Rains, Floods, Winds and Grass Cause Lamentation. Pisgah, May 31.?Today Is a win? ter one. Friday it rained all day, and Saturday tlood after flood fell in the afternoon with heavy wind. In tho Rembert section the rainfall was tre? mendous. So the farmers are in it. The fine wheat crop is severly In? jured by the rain Oats are almost too low to cut and the country ia full of grass. This is a dismal future, but maybe the bright sunshine will come and we will forget the troubles of the day. There is much sickness. Dysentary is raging and the usual remedies are not available. It has got to a line pass that a man can't buy a bottle of laud? anum owing to the fool law that de? prives the mass of people from buying as they used to in order to keep some medicines out of the hands of some who might use them for self-destruc? tion. In other words injure the great mass of people for the benefit of a few to keep them from committing--' self-destruction. Whenever people -are bent on suicide they are going to car? ry their point in some way for We have never seen as much self-destruc? tion as what is going on at the pres? ent time. The writer heard with great pleas? ure the closing of Bob Jones meeting and most candidly and honestly say that Rob Jones left no stone untruned for the betterment of the people. That the work so honestly and earnestly done will ever be a bulwark to alt against the many sins of the day ia the sincere hope of the writer. Death of T. T. Cpshur. _ i ? i Prom The Daily Item, May 31. News was received here thle morn* lug of the death at his home at Naa ?awadox, Va.. of Thomas T. t'pshur. a brother of W. n ITpsttur of this city. Mr. Fpshur will leave this afternoon for his former home to attend the fu? neral of his brother. Mr. Tom ITpshur was well known In Sumter, this having been his home for more than a year, when he was associated in busiuetf with ids brother. He had b?en in bad health for some time and his deatU waa expected.