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I The Battie-Gy By CHARLES NEVILLE BUCK Aether of "The Call at Um Camber Undo" HmMt+tk** by CD. RhoJ*? (Cwrbjht by Okarlua Nevilla Buck.) "And If I were a man. what woul: you tay to roe?" she inquired. "I reckon"?his words came with ar icy coldness?"I d bo pretty liable tc tell ye to eternally go to hell." "And if 1 were a man," she promptly retorted. "I'd endeavor with ever;, ounce of manhood I had in me to see that you and the others like you did KO there. I'd try to see that you went the appropriate way?through the trap of the gallows." She saw his attitude stiffen and his face flush brick-red to the cheekbones. But after a few teconds she heard him speak with a fair counterfeit of amu .?? ment. "Wall, it 'pears like we've both got to be right smart disappointed?on ac? count of your beln' a woman." And this time it was she who flushed. "I don't hardly know why I'm tak? ln' the trouble to mako any statement to ye." Havey went on. "It ain't hard ly worth While. Ye came up here with your mind filed. Ye've read a lot of hearsay stuff in newspapers, an' facts i t hardly apt to count for much. 1 reckon afore ye decides to hang me ye'U let me nave my day in court, wont yet** "Before your own Judge and your own Jury?" she naively asked him. 'That's tho way you usually have your day in court, isn't it. Mr. Havey? ' "It's you that's'settln* as the court Just now," he reminded her. "I red: on ye ean judge for yerself how much 1 owns ye." la spite of herself she smiled. "I rather think I can," she admit? ted. "Approdmntely, at least." "I think I understand ye better than ye do me," he went on slowly. "1 think ye're plumb honest in all the notions ye fotched up here, despite the fsct that most of 'em are wrong. Ye've done come wltfi a heap of money to teach folks what you 'low they'd ought to know. Yo didn't know that they'd ruther have Ignorance thai, charity. Ye think that you an' Al? mighty Qod have gone in partners fer the regeneration of theso mountains, where no woman has ever been in suited an' no man has to bar his door against thievery; where all we ask is to bo left alone. I reckon every day ye're wonderin' 'Is my halo on straight?' It's nat'ral enough that ye ?hould be right scornful of a man that some newspaper reporter has called a murderer." His voice fell away, and Juanita heard again the beating of the ham? mers out In the barn. "Is that all?" she asked, but tho man shook his head and stood there looking down on her until under the spill of his unusual eyes she f* It like screaming out: "Talk if you Want to, but for heaven's sake don't look at me. I can't stand it'" "Mebby ef yo'd stopped to think shout things." he resumed, "yo'd have seen that 1 didn't have no qua-rel wttS your plans. .Mebby I mought even have been able to help ye. I could have told ye for one thing that whether the ways here bo right or wrong, they've done stcod fer two hundred yearj. Y - ve got to go slow chan.fr.in' 'eui. Ye can't hardly pull up a poplar aaplln' with one Jerk. Thar's a tap-root undcrnc.if u it thot runs down half-way to hell. "If people hyurabouls is distrustful cauae of tUe BamjU'S they've had. A. "You Have Taken the Boy?Very Wei!, I Mean to Take the Girl." feller camo lu re once from the settle ments to teach ?chool. Ho was a ani'.rt. upstandin' feller an* well liked A man by tho name of Trevor. SVhen folks found out that he wus loratin' coal an* buyin* their land Ter next to nothln'?robbln' them of tin ir birthright it looked right smart like MntbOQy mignt kill him I warned him away to save his life. Ye've got to make fotke forget about Trevor afore jre makes 'em trust you.' "Thank you,' said Juanita coldly, i ll try to enow them that I'm not an? other Trevor. Are you warning me away to save my life?" Tm tol'able ignorant," went on the man, "but I've read a lew books, an' OM ofl told the story of the Trojan boss. I WSBted ter see what Kind of a critter you was a ridin' into tnese hills. i come to this cabin the night ye got here to Imd out." i thought so." she quietly answered. 4,i was to be inspected like an immi? grant, and the lord ot the land was tc dccid-j v aether or not 1 should be sent back" "Put it that way it ye've a mind to,' tie ansvered. "Ye was comln* to be a schoolteacher bee. Well, I'd done been a schoolteacher here. I see your smile?ye're wonderin' what I could icach. Maybe, after all, it's a right good idea to teach A B C's before ye starts in with algebra an' rhetoric. Ye wouldn't have me as a friend, an' 1 reckon that won't break my heart." "Then," said the gin, looking up and meeting his eyes with a flash of challenge, "I shall endeavor to get along without your favor. We could hardly have met on common ground at best I shall teach the ten com? mandments, including *Thou shalt not kill.' I shall teach that to lie hidden behind a bush and shoot an unsuspect Ing enemy is cowardly and despicable. I would not be willing to tell them that they must live and die vassals to feudal tyranny.' |TU kill CONTINUED.) COt \ I V NEEDS SEW JAIL. .1. C, Duitbar Points out Inadequacy of Present Bertklltm a|,*i stresses Need Of Action by Legislative Dele? gation. Bdltor The Daily Item: The time belni near for the leglsla* ture in convene, l respectfully ask pace enough In your columns to aub rnlt the following; '?The Rjrand Jury of tho present year in looking after the public buildings ol the county appointed a committee Of Its body for that purpose and 1 herein embody the report of that com? mittee, ol which we hope our legisla? tive delegation will take notice: "wv, the committee from the grand jury to Inspect and report upon the condition of the public buildings, beg to submit this, an additional report touching the county jail. "Tho rcfeOirl escape from this build? ing of several prisoner! accentuates the fad that the Jail has become in? adequate for the purpose for which it wai constructed and. unless another building 1$ constructed, wo think the int. rest of the county may be jeopard? ized. ''Respectfully submitted, "C. E. BTUBBI, Chairman." This report within itself is sufficient Idence thai the Jail building has about outlived its usefulness and something more adequate to hold and accommodate the prisoners is neces? sary i am confident that the county board is aware of its condition and is ready to do anything in its power to help the condition Of things now ex Istlng, but the board must have as? sistance from a source other than its own, If we aspect much improvement of the situation. Sumter county is fully able to have a place for her prisoners in Keeping with the times and some thought ?hould be given to the matter. it is now up to the delegation to authorise a levy eul?den! for erecting a netv building and it the old building can be sold for anything the proceeds can be applied to eounty purposes. The nbovo commi.it <> In nMklnS their fporl t?> t.??*> irr.md jury, ?r'.^'*? " HPPtoOMlM 2. 11 ?>,-;,I sl.-iliiiiint Of til' conditions and Birn?ort the fact that something should be done and that eon. a casual observer would con Clllde at once, should there be a show of Jail building competing for prise*, that ours would not do to enter tin arena. Respectfully, J, C. Dunbar. Heath of Miss Emmie Baunders, Prom The Dall) Item, Dee, 14? .Miss Gmmlc Alston Baundera of Hngood, died this morning at about I O'clock Sl the hotIM Of her sister, Mr. Ilallle Rberhardt, at Chester, where she had been etaylng? Miss Hu under* bad been uU'k for some lime. The funernl services will Imi heb! ;it die Church of the Ascension ni Hngood tomorrow morning. The deceased was a daughter of the ' te Hi H? and Mcbocen blunders, and i survived by several brothers and ? i . M< ! s, deo. M.; Willie l*A B. Harry, Augustus II.; of llagood, and Marie; i:. of Ashcvllle; Mrs. Hallle Koerhardt, Chester; Mrs Jnnle Blair, Vorth Carolina; Mrs, Carrie Hopkins, Monroe, x. C,; Mrs, Louise Manning, Jacksonville, Fin, There i.; nn ordinance on the city lawks again i the biirnlim of I rush hi l be city limits, but it does not seem to ' .? enforced, The motor truck Is expected lo ar? rive in Sumter sometime l?ctwccn now and the ttrSt Of the year. AUSTRIAN ADMIRALTY WILL NOT DISAVOW SINKING OF AN CON A. N?V?I Authorities Approve Act of Submarine Captain?Reply to American Note to De Announced Wednesday. Vienna, Dee. 14 (Courier to Berlin, Via London, Dee. 15).?The Austro Hungarlan admiralty Ii entirely op? posed to any disavowal of the course of the submarine commander who was responsible for sinking of the Italian steamer Ancona. On the contrary, it approves of his conduct fully and declared that ho would have been' considered as having failed to perform his duty If he had allowed the Ancona to escape. The reply to the American note, it is understood, will be delivered soon, possibly Wednesday. The correspondent of the Associated Press has not been able to secure a forecast of the terms of the reply, but all indications are thar a pessi? mistic view of the situation is jus? tified. The admiralty today stated its case and attitude of the naval authorities as follows: "It Is a submarine commander's duty* to make a report to the desig? nated base B| soon as possible, and the commander who sank the Ancona did this as soon as he was within wireless distance of land. He made a supplementary report at Pola and ac? companied it wih his log. No exam? ination of the crew was held, because the commander's report was consid? ered complete and there was no rea? son to suppose that the crew could add anything thereto. "So fur as th* commander is con? cerned his course is clear. If the ad? miralty had found that the command? er has done anything contrary to his instructions it would spontaneously institute an investigation against him without waiting for any 'emand to, come from some foreign government, It can happen that a commander in heat of battle deals contrary to in? struction, but nothing of the kind has occurred in this case. "It appears clearly from his re? port that his ship was in danger, In? deed, in double danger, first from the fact that an enemy was approaching on a line that threatened to cut off his retreat and the enemy ship and the Ancona could have escaped his radius of action and could set a tor? pedo boat flotilla on him, and, second, there was danger of the Ancona es? caping, which, according to his In? structions, was to be prevented In all circumstances. Hence the conduct of the commander, much as the loss of innocent lives must be regretted and deplored, can not be disapproved. "On the contrary, if he had de? parted without destroying the An? cona It would have been failure In his duty since the Ancona could have notified other ships of his where? abouts. The loss of American lives is regrettable, as well as that Ameri? cans used a vessel belonging to a na? tion at war with Austria-Hungary." A naval writer and expert said to the Associated Press correspondent in a discussion on the demands of tiie American note: "It should be remembered that Austria's fleet is her favorite child. Its honor and prestige are treasured to the highest degree. The govern? ment might possibly yield points in a matter affecting (he army, but dis? avowal of an act of tin Austrian naval oflicer is-* Jiu.rtlly tliinVci\>>lo in any out extrem? case, Indeed, which could justify In the eyes of all Austrians any humiliation of a naval officer at the behest Of a foreign power." The American note relating to the Ancona has not yet been published by tiio Austrian newspapers, henee i he contents of the note are known to only a few of the most prominent otfi Cials. One Of the leading men in Vienna has summed up the situation for the Associated Press as follows: "My position requires me to keep in close touch With public affairs. There is no doubl whul r that sen? timent is with us. Whether the United States breaks oft relations with Austria-Hungary rests entirely with her. "America could not injure us much I I more as an open enemy than she al rcudy has done, she hau supplied mu? nitions of war to our enemies and be? yond doubt has prolonged the war, which otherwise would be over long since. < Mir diplomatic and consular officers tnere have been shamelessly harried and persecuted and have been un ly Insulted by the press, The en lente has recruited soldiers on Amer? ican soil; submarines arc constructed in American ship yards, it is true 111;11 only iarts arc mole ami taken into Canada for assembling, but the rcsull Is th" same. A great number of Americans are fighting with the Prench and British armies. "We t*avc not been able to commu? nicate with our nmbassador in cipher because America forbids it, although the American ambassador can cipher. Our? side of. the case has not been heard and distorted reports from our enemies receive full credence. "Now we have received a note couched in terms never bfore ad? dressed by one nation to another, a note couched in terms of open insult. America considers us bound by a former warning delivered to Germany regarding submarine warfare. That note was hot communicated to u? and can not be considered binding on us. "Austria-Hungary is not an appen? dix of Germany but a sovereign state." VIFAV OF ADMIRALTY FAILS TO KXCITK. Washington, Dec. 15.?While the gravity of the situation existing be? tween the United States and Austria Hungary is emphasized by the state? ment of the Austrian admiralty on the action of the submarine com? mander who sank the Ancona, offi? cials said here tonight they were not surprised at the admiralty supporting its otlicer. It was pointed out that the admiralty vigorously defended the torpedoing of the Lusitania and that the concessions made by Ger? many to the United States in the matter of her conduct of submarine warfare were the work of the Berlin foreign office. Officials observed that the state? ment reveals that the submarine commander supplemented his first report on the destruction of the An? cona and turned in his log, thus ap? parently disposing of reports that the Vienna government was handicapped in preparing an answer to the Amer? ican note by inability to communicate with the commander. A reply from Austria is expected before the end of the week, but no word had been received tonight to indicate just when it would arrive. News and Views of Pisgah. Pisgah, Dec, 1J.?Winter has come. The fine and pretty Indian summer that we had is a thing of the past. No doubt it will be many years before we see such another. Very good stands of wheat and oats are seen. The rain Saturday night will bring up the late plantings. During the rain Saturday night the lightning Hashed and the thunder roared something not often seen in a cold December night. I have heard it thunder In Jan? uary when it was warm, but not in December when it is cold. Mr. Leon Stuckey of Statcburg has purchased Rsv. T. L. Cole's place at Pisgah church and has moved up. He is* making improvements to his house. We gladly welcome them to our midst. Mrs. Stuckey is again on her native heath. Pisgah church has called a Mr. Roton for next year. If he accepts he will probably live at Mizpah church and supply Mt. Olivet, Pisgah and Mizpah churches as his field of la? bor. Rev. A. E. Fulman of Westville, Kershaw county, has accepted Swift Creek church and preaches there on the 2nd and 4th Sundays in the after? noon. The many friends of Rev. J. P. Attaway are pleased that he will re? main another year in his present field of labor. He is a fine man and preach? er. Christmas is nearly here and the prospect is for a dull one. Those who predicted that Germany would plead for peace before Christ? mas are up against it. If she has, I have never heard of it, the wish was father to the thought. Hope she will wipe tlio Allies up. i >. ;> 11> or Mn. V. BS. Xemp. Camden, Dec. 13.?Mrs. P. M. Zemp died in a sanitarium near Washington Saturday. She had been in ill health for two years, but her friends did not think that the end was so near. Mrs. Zemp was Miss Catherine DeLoache, only child of James I. DeLoache of this city. She was born July 2'J, 1 SO3, and spent a happy girlhood in Camden. In Oc? tober, 18S4, she was married to Frank M. Zemp and they reared their family in this their native town. A lovely Chlrstlan character, she was beloved by all who knew her. The, remains were brought home for burial and the funeral services were held at the Methodist chureh Monday morning, conducted by the Rev. C. U. Smith. The floral offerings were many and beautiful. She is survived by her father, her husband and the following children: Marion Zemp of Sunder, Mis. R. M. Kennedy, Jr.. Miss Katherlne Zemp, Eugene Zemp and James Zemp of Camden. GRANT CAPTAINS SAFE CONDUCT Washington, Dec. 15.?The British embassy received today from London authorization to issue safe conduct to ('apt. IJoy-Ed and ('apt. von Papon, the withdrawn German naval and mil? itary attaches. The sale. conducts will be unconditional, it having been decided by the allies not to require the officers to give assurances that they will refrain from participation in the war aftfar reaching Germany. GOIVS ACRE CLUB. Hebron Church Has Successful Plan for H?lsing Money for Missions. Thirteen members of Hebron church (Presbyterian) this year or? ganized a club known as "The God's Acre Club," the purpose of which was to raise money for foreign missions. The plan adopted by the club was to set aside one acre each and on it grow a crop for the mission fund. A ma? jority of the members planted cotton I on their acres, but other crops were grown by others. On December 10th a meeting was held at the church to receive the reports of the club mem? bers. The meeting was largely at? tended, for there was great interest manifested In the operations of the club throughout the community, and everyone was eager to learn the re? sults of this novel method of raising funds for the foreign mission work. When the reports of the thirteen club members had been tabulated it was shown that $700 had been raised from the sale of crops produced on the thirteen acres. Some of the club members turned in the gross receipts from their acres, while others turned in the net proceeds, deducting the ac? tual cost of fertilizer and cultivation. The results of the first year's oper? ation of the club were so satisfactory that the club was reorganized with an increased membership for next year and the proceeds from next year's "God's Acres" will be devoted to the foreign and home mission causes. Miss Gertrude Dick was elected president of the club. The meeting was addressed by Itev. L. L. Legters of Bishopville and Rev. J. P. Marlon of Sumter. BIG FIRE IN BPARTANBURG. Store Room Occupied by Red Iron Racket (.atted by Early Morning1 Flames. Spartanburg, Dec. 15.?Fire here early yesterday morning destroyed the stock of the lied Iron Racket store and completely gutted the store room occupied by the llrm on Morgan square two doors west of the Chap? man building. The loss is estimated at more than $4 0,000. Several thous? and dollars worth of furniture owned by the Herring Furniture company stored In the rear of the building was also lost. The flames were discover ! ed shortly before midnight by a po? lice officer, but not before the fire had gained considerable headway. The Red Iron Racket store is operat? ed by J. C. Burns ?& Co. of Laurens and is managed by C. D. Entriken. The stock of Abe Goldbery in an ad? joining building was damaged while the Wright-Scruggs Shoe company's store east of the burned building es? caped with slight loss. HIGH COTTON SEED. Writing from Columbia, December 10, a special correspondent of Cotton and Cotton Oil News (Dallas) says: "Within the past two weeks I have covered practically all the cotton mill points in the Carolinas. Last week I reported the cotton mills running full time, some of them overtime and a few of them night and day, with good demand for their output at profitable prices, while the oil mills all over the belt were having a very bad year, be? cause of the very high price of seed this season. I "Many of them told me they could not possibly figure a profit on the seed they were crushing, while some of the smaller mills bad shut down and were selling the seed they hud on hand to tile fc>it? comi>;inies. The same condi tliis week. ?'Well posted men figure South Car? olina crop at probably 1,250,000. it is practically all gathered. North Car? olina's crop about same as last year." In the Recorder's Court. The following cases have been tried in tho Recorder's Court: Emma Archer, transporting whiskey for unlawful purposes, plead guilty, and was given a sentence of $50.00 or HS days. William Brock, transporting whis? key for unlawful purposes, plead guilty and was given a sentence of $50 or 30 days. Joe Levin, jumping train, $5.00 or 10 days. Sylvester Vnughan was tried by a jury on the charge of transporting whiskey for unlawful purposes and having more than a lawful quantity In his possession. J. H. Clifton rep? resented the city and A. S. Merrimon the defendant. The jury found a ver? dict of not guilty. The defendant was arrested by H. Q. McKagen and had a gallon jug ami several quarts and pint bottles, which he stated he was getting for other parties. Before the testimony was taken Mr. Merrimon moved to quash the Indictment on the ground that the gallon a month liquor law was unconstitutional. Washington, Dec. 16.?Well Inform? ed circles stated this afternoon that the president will spend his honey? moon ut White Sulphur Springs, Va. ALLEGE CROOKED BUSINESS. CONGRESSMAN TAVENNER SAYS NAVY' LEAGUE AND NICKLE TRUST ARE ALLIED. Safs President of Defense Organiza? tion is Cliairmaii of Trust and Con? nected with Munition Manufactur? ing Planta?Calls for Government Control of Manufacture of Muni? tions. Washington, Dec. 15.?Allegations connecting the Navy League and its preparedness program with the In? ternational Nickle Company and other corporations manufacturing mu? nitions were made in the house by Congressman Tavenner, of Illinois. He asserted that Col. Robert Thomp? son, president of the Navy League, is chairman of the directorate of the Nickel company and that the direc? torate of the United States Steel cor? poration, the Utdvale Steel Company an;*" other munition manufacturing plants are interlocked with the direc? torate of Thompson's company. Among the directors of these allied corporations are some of the most liberal contributors to the Navy League, declared Tavenner, whose funds are used in "entertaining the secretary of the navy and other offi? cials." Tavenner urged the govern? ment to control all munition manu? facture. CROPS GATHERED AT DALZELL. Dalzell," Dec. 14.:?The crop is about all gathered and a short one it is. Cotton should bring a good price, if supply has anv controlling influence. With an eleven million bale crop, with the surplus b. ought over from last year, we have not anything extraor? dinary and the world is bound to be scarce of cotton before there is anoth? er crop made. The oat crop, which is a great es? sential in farming, is about all in. There is some yet to be sdwed, but not very muoh. There is also a good deal of wheat planted, which is an indica? tion that so much flour will not have to come from the west to supply the demand next year. Farmers are talking about the high price of fertilizer and a good many are somewhat at sea as to whether they wit! buy the amount used hereto? fore. Another short crop of cotton will be a blessing to the South and the prices now asked for fertilizers Is another blessing in disguise. Some, who claim to be informed, tell us that the belligerent nations need cotton and must have it for manufacturing explosives and various other purposes, so it looks to the average observer that if the war continues for another year or two and the South continues to make short crops of cotton and plenty of foodstuffs for man and1 beast, we will soor recover some of our losses, which wt have sustained in the past. Plenty of hog and hominy., winter cover crops and less commer? cial fertilizer, with less land, time and attention devoted to cotton spells a mot e prosperous people. Such a pol? icy should be the slogan of the South. Germany now seems to be ready to consider terms of peace, but the en? tente Allies don't seem to be ready. The sacrifices of life, money and prop? erty has been astounding, and one hundred thousand square miles Of ter? ritory has been lost by the quadruple entente, and it does seem reckless on their part to want to keep up ?mch a bloody strife. Servia is practically lost and the invasion of Montenegro m??ns that it soon will toe subjugated ?>y ? l,.^ ?-?.-,. ?..-.-. l Alimos. S.o. con?iaoi ir?e these facts, and all other territory the Gorman factions have With pow? er to levy an extortionate tax lipon, to be appropriated in prosecuting the war, the outlook for the entente does not appear particularly bright. President Wilson's message to con? gress the other day Is worthy of study by every man of average intelligence. Not only congress should ponder and weigh it well, but the whole American people should give It profound con? sideration. Un pre pa redness, in case of an attempt by some of the ereat powers of Europe, to invade our coun? try would put us in a helpless plight and self-preservation being the first law of nature, we should by all means do all In our power to bo ready for such an event, notwithstanding we are a peace-loving people. A com? mercial marine is another important factor that this country needs as bad as anything else in building up her interest as a progressive nation. The president said the other day that it had been shamefully neglected. That is no new Information to the Ameri? can people. When this country reach? es that stage, where she can do her own shipping, or a greater per cent, of it. new fields of trade will open up, and rates of transportation will bo less, which, of course, will be a valu? able asset tt) the shippers of this country, and the producer having to bear all burdens of freight on his product, will share in the reduction. Stich improvement in conditions is what this country sorely needs. J. C. Dtmbar.