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Cfct fflflatt|jman aab Soutjjt an. f end Saturday. PVHLIHH1MU COMPANY. lUMTKR, H a Iwrnsst ? Lit per annum?In advance, * ?? ? Ailinaiaaaiiaian ?rat Insertion.fl.00 aubaaqoaot insertion.10 for three montha, or will no made at reduce* rates, ail oommunloatlooa which suo eerre private lnterecte will bo charged ?a? eg advertisements. and tri bo tot of respect he Ohara** for. ? Sumter Waich man was found l 1110 and tba Traa Bo a thron In ho Watchman and Southron tba combined olroulatlon and of both of tee old pa para, It ?awtfaatrjr the nest edvartlalng ta Oamttr Weekly Weather Forecast. Issued by the U. 8. Weather Bureau. Washington. D. C. for the week be? ginning Wednesday, August 4, 1915. F*r South Atlantic and Kast (iulf States: Oenerally fair weather will prevail, except that local day showers ere probable in the Florida peninsula. Temperatures nearly normal. The Germane now at the high-tide of success on their offensive cam? paign, the semi-official intimations that the Kaiser is willing to consider peace negotiations may appear to the superficial thinker to show great and unbelievable magnanimity on the part of the victors. But a review of the German policies and methoda during the past year conclusively prov*? that magnanimity la a sentiment utterly foreign to Oerman militarism. If Germany desires peace now, If the Kaiser Is willing to end the war with? out further devastation and death, the motive behind thia desire is one of self Interest anil not magnann.lty If Germany la now willing to abandon the set and fixed determination so of ten announced in the early months of the war to dictate terms of peace from Parts, after overrunning France and permanently occupying the chan? nel ports. It la because the Kaiser and his advisers have at last realized that the plan la hopeless, and that now la the moat opportune moment for Oermany to make peace. Now is the tltlf? ?hnt C moat an i nxaet nmat ;<u i lue? and the Kaiser hejvihg | ?*> >' ad lh4 hsgh cards In his hand, craftily sug gesta a division of gecifI hing in sight without playing the game to a finish. The fall of Warsaw is the most spec? tacular feature of the marvelously successful campaign that the Ger? mans have waged against the Rus? sians, but it is not the most momen? tous and significant. The adroitly phrased statements in the strictly cen? sored semi-official German press that Germany is now willing to con elder peace negotiations, following so closely the peace proclamation of the Pope, Is really tho outstanding feature of the week's war news. Ger? many Is carrying the war into Rus? sian territory as the supreme effort of an offensive campaign that taxes to the utmost her resourcea in mon and munitions. It is more than probable that the Warsaw campaign will be the Gettysburg campaign of the Oer mana The Germans knowing their own conditions seek peace now to es? cape future disaster. VILLA Tlt<M>l?k Mt'TIXV. < ? ndltloiiH in Vfoilo? IkMtimo Worse < onfuMt! by I^ite Developments. Kl Paso, Aug. 5.?With reports that Villa's troop* hi.'- murnied at Tor reon and that Villa has gone to Samal Toes to confer with the I'nlted States agents, the M n situation took on a confused appearance. The Tor reon garrison threw down their arms and marched through tho streets shouting for peace. Villa sent word here that he will not stop fighting, and If necessary he will take to the mountains with what soldiers remain loyal to him. WILL I M om i PF.At'K. I mi. d States Adopts Stern Mca-urcs In Haiti. Washington. Aug. 6.?Unless the various Haltlen factions settle their differences the lotted st.??.-^ niN es? tablish a provisional government for the tdack republic by force of arms. The State department has decided on the man for president should Ad? miral Caperton's peace commission f id to settle affairs. Meantime the admiral has been ordered to continue disarming the natives. Wesloe. The B .ard mi Registration will open their books at Mayesville on Friday, the Pith day of August. 191;'.. for the purpose prescribed b\ law. I j. white. < ierk Board. TIE BOOSTER TRIP. ?noun tiiai>k ucTOmon wed. nesday, august 11T1I, g Itinerary of Trip Announced and Ef forta Now Being Made to Enlist In? terest of All Basinet** Men. The Retail Dealers' Association, and the Chamber of Commerce, of Sumter, are very anxious for the merchants of tho smaller towns of Sumter ?and Clarendon counties and tho farmers also, to participate in the get together between city and country booster trip to be run next Wednesday, August 11th to Tindals, Paxvllle, Plnewood, and S. A. Harvin's store. Secretary Reardon has sent out a number of invitations to the owners of automobiles, living in the rural districts. Not knowing all of them, however, he has requested the Daily Item nnd Watchman and Southron to extend a general invitation to the peo? ple of the rural districts to partici? pate. All automobiles, from coun? try and city are requested to assem bile at 7.30 o'clock, Wednesday morn? ing next, at corner of Main and Lib? erty streets And start out together. It is contseaptated that the get together booster trip will be a wide-spread in? ter-county affair between Clarendon and Sumter counties, and that matters of importance to all of the people of both counties, city, town, and rural districts will be discussed at the booster meetings. The getting together of the business men and farmers for discussion of the quetslons relating to marketing, diversification, livestock industry, im? portance and value of trading with each other, keeping as much home money at home as possible, develop? ment of the educational facilities, good roads, etc., will do a great deal of good. Throughout the United States, and In the Southern States in particular, this method of bringing the people of the rural districts and the smaller towns nnd trading centers Into direct contact with the larger financial, com? mercial, and manufacturing centers Is largely in vogue. August, < Ja., will in a few days run an automobile get together trade ex? cursion through Georgia, North Caro? lina, Virginia, and the District of Co? lumbia. The manufacturers, mer? chants, wholesale and retail, bankers, I real estate men, and other business men w!TT go along. v I lug ho mail order Uno bor? in buuuv;* u?'.i pointing ? to develop tho ponnnoBHIos In which we !t\< and ?? t. our lining, showing that it doesn't pay to send home money off to build up Chicago, Baltimore, New York, and other dis? tant cities for commerlcal commodities that could be purchased just as cheap and more satisfactorily at home, pointing out where it pays for inor porated communities, represented by the consumers and the business men to buy every possible dollar's worth of foodstuffs from home farmers, and wherein it pays tho farmers to create a bigger demand for farm products at home by spending money with the cities and towns in their agricultural territory in order to create more bus? iness in and employ more people to consume foodstuffs grown and raised on the local farms, are among the features of a cooperative kind dwelt on by the get together booster trips being put on. Itinerary of trip: ' Leave Sumter at 8 o'clock a. m., ar? rive at Tindals about 9 o'clock a. m. Leave Tindals about 9.45 o'clock a. m., arrive at Paxvilie about 10.40 "'clock a. m. ? Leave Paxvllle about 11.45 o'clock a. m., arrive Plnewood about 12 o'clock m. Leave Plnewood about 2 o'clock p. m., arrive S. A. Harvin's store about 3.45 p. m. Leave Harvin's store about 4.30 p. m., arrive Sumter 5.30 o'clock p. m. Automobile owners and citizens con? templating participating in this ex? cursion aro requested to assemble on Kant Liberty street, opposite Chamber of Commerce, by 7.30 a. m. Every automobile owner may decorate his car or not to suit his pleasure. Any firm, bank or individual may adver? tise their business as much aa they like. KILLS CONVICT; ACCIDENT. Calhorn? (.uard (leaning Pistol When It Is Discharged. st Matthews. Aug. I,?Nathan Carr. | negro convict, was killed ac? cidental^ by John Gary Inablnet, a chain gang guard, yesterday after? noon near Bethel church, nine miles north of here, w here the gang is I Damped. All the evidence presented at the coroner's inquest agreed that the killing was accidental and the jury returned a verdict to that effect. Mi. Inabinet was cleaning his pistol w hen it was accidentally fired ami the hullet struck Carr, who was in the eonv lets' COgS near by. Carr has SSrYOd fifteen days of a short sen feme, having been convicted of steal Ing everal dollars from the store o G. W. Williard. of Fort Motte. STATE CAMPAIGN TALK. MATTER or ABOLISHING coi'NTY IX> COI'NTY CAN V ASS ltECEiv UfG ATTENTION, Many Politicians Strenuously Oppose Plan to Do Away With old Cam? paign. Columbia, Aug. 4.?That the coun? ty-to-county canvass, which has been conducted every two years Just pre? ceding the Democratic primary in this State should be abolished is receiving attention In several quarters outside of political circles. There is a feeling, to judge from many expressions, that the biennial "circus," as it has been dubbed, has outgrown its usefulness and that, its continuation only serves to keep alive factional feeling. A great many politicians strenuous? ly oppose any- suggestion looking to the elimination of the county to coun? ty tour and declare that it is the only way the "poor man" has of reaching the people with his views. Some of these admit privately that the require? ments for entering the canvass ought to be more stringent and n few of them have suggested that it would be a goud thing to require that a candi? date must Hie a petition signed by a certain number of voters, say 6 per cent, before he could enter the can? vass. This, they claim, would do away with the running of candidates who have no earthly chance of election and whose vote each year is so negligible as not to amount to anything. But they insist that it would never do to abolish the "circus ring" l ecause they assert it would sound the end of any but rich candidates. This is not agreed in by all the poli? ticians and by a great many people. Those opposed to this canvass em? phasize the incentive to personal abuse and the opportunity it affords for the campaign to degenerate into vilifica? tion and the impossibility of the dis? cussion of issues. Not only this, they say, but the crowding of the lists af? fords so little time to the individual candidate that about all they can do is to state their name and the office for which they are running and then give away to the next, and so on all day until the patience of the voter is ex? hausted and he goes away no wiser as to platforms than when he came. Even if the villiflcatlon incentive and opportunity were absent?which prob? ably a majority of the people will say Is hoi -the t ict that the Individ candidate docs nol have enough time i to d M ? Unuee, makes !t. In the opinion of many, absurd ij have the can vase. In the last State campaign party there were about twenty-seven candi? dates for the various State offices, and even allowing them ten minutes?and many of them had less than half that time?meant an all-day's speaking, wearying alike to voters and candi? dates. The strenousity of the canvass doubtless keeps many men from run? ning for office, for many object to be? ing dragged around from county to county like actors in a show, placed on exhibition and then hurried off to the next county seat and this for forty four days. The canvass comes right in the middle of the hottest of the summer and the strenuous life and physical discomforts has broken down men in some instances and very few go through the campaign without some ailment. South Carolina is the only State in the union which has a pre-election canvass under a party regulation. Other States let each candidate run his own campaign and thero are many in South Carolina who want to see this State do away with the stag? ing every two years of a ring of the aspirants for ofllce and sending them out to play one-day engagements at every county seat in the State. It is believed by many who have made a close study of this matter and Who have no political ambitions that it would materially lessen the cost of a campaign to do away with the can? vass. The candidates have to spend money for railroad fare and board and this makes a considerable item, which advocates of the movement to abolish the canvass point out would enable poor men to run for office where they are now barred by this terrific expense of making the can? vass. They believe also that it would do away With factionalism and person? al abuse and would mean that the candidates would discuss issues and not one /another so much. It haS been stated that less than one-fourth of the voters atteml tho campaign meetings anyway and that by eliminating the canvass there would be opportunity for more quiet, sober judgment on the part of the voters and less chance that they would be incited to factionalism ami bitterness. A great many believe that it would' be a constructive and forward step to abolish the canvass. Conference on Mexico Begun. Washington. Aug. 5. - -The all-Amer? ica conference on Mexico began this aftemon behind locked doors. PROTEST AGAINST TRAFFIC.! G erm a n - a m I: i u c \ \s o 1 ?i ?< >s i: i > to sale or WAR munitions. Proposed <>i>eii letter to Wilson Re Jectcd as Too Drastic in Tone. San Francisco, Aug-. 4.?A resolu- j tion protesting against traffic in war materials between the United States and enemies of Germany was adopted today by the National German-Amer? ican alliance, in convention here, but in doing so the delegates rejected a proposed open letter to President Wilson on the subject as improper and too drastic In language. The reso? lution carried a recommendation for the enactment of a law forbidding passenger traffic on ships transporting munitions of war. The resolution was drawn in the name of the 2,500,000 members of the alliance as loyal American citi? zens. History was pointed to as evi? dence of this loyalty in the past, with the p isurance that whatever events ; the future might Jiold, it would not j find them less worthy Americans. "However, as free citizens of this > republic, we maintain the right to ex? press our opinion upon the policies of our government," said the resolution. "Therefore, in the present contro? versy, we deem it our most solemn I duty to do all in our power to prevent a breach between Germany and the United States." The resolution then pointed to the American policy in Mexico and the alleged permission in the case of Eng? land of virtual violations of interna? tional law and said: "Since America has declared for neutrality, we demand that our gov? ernment, in dealing with foreign na? tions, adopt the same standard treatment." The question of prohibition, officers of the alliance had pr would be taken up and sor in opposition to the mov ed, was not touched ... amendment to the eoi titi ion oh, made It an oblig* ? ? ..ance to use its infiue* .ermrnt of conditions (Ho and the modification evil It was repoi d ? .ay that the allianc had d $478,180 for the r- lief fund since the war b< . ?m's business sessions ended today, HANI' MARINE McADOO j says. j Efforts to l ttobllsll American M< r - . chant Marino Will be Revived. Cornish, August 3.?Secretary Mc Adoo announced today that vigorous efforts will be made at the earning session of congress to establish i mer? chant marine. It is probable that the ship purchase bill will be revived in the old form, but it has not been definitely decided whether it will take this or some other form. Washington, Aug. 5.?The fact F. H. Juergcns, who was arrested at San Antonio for sending threatening letters to President Wilson and Col. 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