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SPAIN III \s Ml MTION8, Military Commission Now In I'iiIUmI stales Placing IIu?r Orders For New York. De* It.? -Spain lias en tercd the American market t<? Im\ 120,000,000 worth of IMUltkHM Of war and maohinery to complete the equipment of Spanish munitions plants Franelseo C.a\it r Sala Spanish Consul-Genernl In New York, admit? ted today that a commission of five military officers has tuen in the I'nlt ed States since last February ?pilet ly engaged In rounding up huge orders of military supplies. Four hundred million cartridges and rhells already have heen ordered for earliest possible delivery. Consul Salas said. Many rllles and Held gtMM of various types will he required, hut no orders have yet been plaeed for arms la - cause American manufaeiurers have boosted their prices to an exorbitant figure In their trade with the bellig? erent governments. According to reports, a S'.o.ooo.ooo credit has been established with a well known Broadway hanking house, from which cash payments are to be made. "1 presume my government is tak? ing a lesson from the plight in which Belgium and Orccce found themselves. We want t" be prepared to protect our Island poss? ssions," said Salas. An Invasion of Spain, of course, is not Ilk. ly, and I do not believe the go\ - ? n ment has such a development in sal t i in preparing." I you believe the preparation has a ring on the relations between Portugal an?l Spain?" he was asked. "No," replb d Salas. "Of course we desire a union with Portugal, but th? sentiment of the Spanish people fa? vors continued neutrality In the great war nnd treaties with Portugal to bind the tv. ? countries together. * BAN1TAR) st PPL1ES UNDER BAN. British ???.I. i Against shipment to < ? Html I1 + Stakes Kcprrsviitn tion* l rut usliington. Washing!' Dec. 23.?Great Brit- ; aln has 8 I nded the issuance of permits f? i shipments of hospital supplies of ny description from the I'nltcd 8t t? . to Cicrmany. Austrii Hungary, ?ulg? H a a no1 Torhey. Thl became ?nown the same t. \c It U I.Sd Ihat Tue state de rtment. at the Insists the /. ..orlcan *Cl as Binds rept-fs( ?m ?t t it* ... in ?.t ? ?i. foreign' office s iking Withdrawal ,,? modifl? caiiorT'Of the to>w order Until r fen j t'.o Bi tlsti goren ment u> I .in ailio?. oYemnted from tt?* blockade orders all hospital sii| eepl I goods, such as geons and nurse etc. The Priti.m. authorities M plained that permitting rubber goods' to go into enemy territory would re b ase n ? orresfM>ndlng amount of rub? ber for the manufacture of automo? bile tires ami other military ne-essa ries. Plant WlK-at and Oats. Clarendon county made only a third of u corn crop this year. That i startlltiK. we think. and particu? larly because It will strike deep a? the poor man this n<\t season. Our authority for that estimate is .Mr. W. p. i^egg. one of the Moot ronsorva live n?en In the county. Mr. Bcgg, In turn, has I sen so advised by well inform? d mentors throughout *be nnty. There Is but one thing to . and thai I* to riant wheat and tfl In order t> bhVt early remedy food shortage. Ye nt.-d not my that our mOT* f h.mts aid Baaken will look Into this, for that BJSMM without saying. It is not a Money crop which we Ii? cd J' If re-.v. bn: the <juickest fooil eropa that can be made. We are not an uhirmlst. This condition c Us for speedy relb-f. and relief can onl> hi had b) fadni the sltu itb our eyea of?n. ?Mannln i I'ort.v I ear- of M r\ icr. Sunday til the twentieth ;m i i si. ol the servfjee of the Rw, John Kershu l>. I?.. as rector of St. Ml hael s ehOreh, Charleston, am', for forty years he has beert a minis KM of the gospel. In his youth h eras u soldier or the Confederacy and after the wai' he was for a long time a !*wv?r and newspaper man. f.opv i years of faithful and unremitting toil in good causes have not made him ?Ml men an bora whea he was at lbs front ?vtth his lather. Gen, Joseph B. K< I i . and M ho in Ihelf yon, h es ma to know him have the feelinti that they Were boyt With ?hm and the yean dr< i? nwaj from them when Ihojf meet him now, so brave an ; true hi bis spirit so fresh and Unfall? log is bis humor, so lull of fine things that bring in? n clone together Is |Us naf are ? ml to rtoh ht he in I ic aemdncta that munteth not Itself. He will nevet know, on this side, hoe greatly his Companionship has Meet**] bin friends and how many bohl him dear.?Columbia State. ECO POLITICS IN DANK SYSTEM. Reserve Hoard Adopts Hcaohltkm to Keep Officeholder and Partisan Workers oil Directorate. Washington, Deo, 13, Public office holden and memheri ot political party committee! aii made Ineligible for election as officers or directors ot federal reserve banks by a resolution adopted unanimously today by th< federal reserve beard. The reeo] lion, which was offered by Secretory IfcAdoo, also informs member banks of Um reservs system thai In the opinion of the board auch persons henceforth should not act as officials or directors of reserve banks. The action of the board Is under? stood to haVS Im en taken Without ex? tended discussion, the resolution be? ing offered during the election ol Class t1 directors of reserve banks, ? task which was not completed when the session ended. Later it was said that the aetlon was not aimed par? ticularly at any candidate or at any director or officer now serving. Tin resolution said the persons re? ferred t<> "can not consistently with the spirit and underlying principles of the federal reserve act, serve as di? rectors or officers of fed< rnl reserve banks*" I It ATS to RETURN TO WOFFORD. Trasters Deckle Restoration With Re? striction* is for Deel Interest of Col? lege. Bpnrtsnburg, Dee. 13.?Fraternities are reinstated among the students of Wofford College, according to an? nouncement made by i>r. Henry n. Rnydor, president of Wofford, In let ten received today by parents of stu? dents. The letter states that after considering the matter for several years the board of trustees has come to the conclusion that it would be best for the coPege to permit students to join fraternities or similar organiza? tions under proper restrictions. The fraternities at Wofford wen outlawed a number Of years ago, and a steady ti.uht for their reinstatement has been waged ever since. LOSING CHANCE TO EXPAND. Mnnstfoctttrcn Not Awake to Onpor tm "; lg Trade I'oothohU Abroad. New Yc Deo, 2h.?American i are aot awake to the rpportnntttes presented for getting a foothold in every country of the world. . ?? Ording tc Stanley ;t. Rose, d'-dgnai'V, ;.>? r?.e l'ni?ed States bu? reau e forels and domesth com rce to visit the monulacturi ng cen? ol i: try in the capacity of ? ? iser. He Is en route after Visiting Cities in Pennsylvania, West Vir? ginia, Missouri, Kentucky, Iowa and Nebraska. Mr. Kose win beglr the second por? tion Of his Investigation January 15,1 when be will leave Washington for New Orleans to visit Texas, Tennessee and the I'ai West, Factories in all parts of the conn try are working night and day at high pressure under capacity conditions, Mr. ROSS sai l io a statement given I out tonight, but while he found a , gradual awakening to the benefits *o j be derived from export trade, he was sstounded to see bow little manufac? turers knew about ways ami means for getting their goods to foreign countries. HAD WEATHER PREDICTED. Cain and Snow for Christmas in East? ern States. Washington, Dee. 14.-?Rain and -now over the eastern section of the country \.iii be the weather man*.; Christmas offering, a big storm, cen lerlns in Arkansas Is moving east S I i d. K MHEH H AS CANCER? Hen*ntlonlal Report Coaccrnlnn tier nan Raler*s Health. Paris, Dee, 14,? Reports are being circulated in Berlin that the Kaiser i I uff( t ine with cancer of the throat. His condition Is serious, says ;? Matin dispatch. HEABMTfl RANCH SEISED. \ < linn JoumallfS Aaks Help of HtnU Depai tnent. Washington, Dee, 14.?The Rtni department has made representation to Cum nss concerning the selsttre Ii Hub!corn Ranch, owned by William I? Hearst pud his mother, west ot Ch\ ' htm htm, hy t len, Villa. t : >R|] EN IHM Tl HOME. He Ha* Abandoned Tili? Pe Party, Pineas I he Reason \ns\ nod Chrlstlanla, Dee, 14, Henry Poi has abandoned his peace party Im cause of Illness, Mr, Ford sailed f? New Tork on the liner Ucrgensfjord OFFERS OUY FLANS. Willing to Con? ti Plant for Physical Dec, 23.?-Thomm A. y's meeting of the na board at the l?ro d> !yn iTerod to pr< pare Cor I he own cxp< 'nac plann and us for n laboratory of phy irch to coat 11,400,000 to bi the development of naval in ventioj i. in announcing the offer W. l<. Xaundcrs, vice chairman, said the members of the board had received it with enthusiasm. Members of tho board today In jspected the submarine B-2 which was recently equipped with the new Bdl jaon battery intended i<? preclude thi I possibility of the suffocation of the crew from chlorine gas. Others in? spected battleships In the yard. MAGIC CITY GROWING. King! port Promises to He Another Hopcwcfll?lluildingH of Every De? scription Go I p. Bpartanhurg, Doc. 23. At Kings port, Tenn., on tho ('., 0. & O. railroad. ! m> miles north <>i* Spartanburg, an? other Hop, w* ii, a magic city i springing up, as the result of the rcctlon at that point by the Federal Dyestuff and Chemical company, n Delaware corporation, with a capita! slock of |15,000,000, of a plant that will cover more than 200 acres ot 1 land and cost millions before it la completed. The report Is current that it Is a munition plant, but that after the war in Europe dyestuffs win Ii" made exclusively, The cry is for labor Klngsport, according to statements made here today. Within the last few weeks the population of the place la said to have Increased more than 2,000 and buildings of every character ere un? der course ot* construction. Klngsport is at tho forks of tin- Holsten rivers and was until within the last few years regarded as the most valuable farming region In cast Tennessee. DANGER FROM TYPHVS. Illuc ( alls for Greater Health Precau? tions. Washington, Dec, 23.?Surgeon General Blue of the public health ser? vice today ordered greater precau? tions against Introduction of typ hu? f|uaraniine*tlsu:n | phu: ?>:;? been set up. Extra precautions will be taken at all other points of entry. Thirteen members ot* the American and BngHsh colonies in Mexico Clt; are reported down with the fever, and dher cases are s..id to exist among foreign* rs. Three cases are reported In Laredo, Texas, and 13 In Neuv? Laredo, In Mexico across the border, The Mexican authorities have prom Isecl to cooperate wtlh American officials In keeping oui the disease carriers. SUNDAY MORNING FIRE. Home ot C, E. MoGec on Rroad Street destroyed. Tb? residence of Mr. C. E. McGce on Proud street, ;> short distance be? yond the city limits was burned Sun-1 day morning ahoul 7 o'clock. Mr. I McGce and family were not at home, having gone to Columbia to spend tin day, and everything In tho house was a total loss. The origin of Lhe fire Is unknown. The house was owned by Mr, T. W, Met 'ollum, ai d was insu: -1 ed. AI DITOR H ??: FI.f>RENCE. Governor Names C. VI. McCurry In S?:eeeed 11. I.. Da IT. Columbia, Dee, 24.?Gov. Manning tonight ippolntcd C M. M Curry, ol Florence uudltoi for Fl ?rence County, to succeed U. L. Darr, deceased, Mr. McCurry received lhe unanimous en dornement of the Fl< rencc county leg? islative del* gal >n. Car I o;> of Peanuts, Marlon Is u growing peanut center. Last -.v ok Mr. M. L, Wut^rs, of Mar? lon, : hippi <i a .sola! car "I !?? aunt. M ver tl o Coast Lino, having produce* same on his farm in lhe suburbs. H Is understood that these nuts wen dd to lhe cotton oil p? i>! !??. of i"bar lost? n, u ml t hat I hi y ?'? ill be crush ?? ;.t that poInt. Mr. W. C, Foxwo of Wuhee, has plac? d u n ord r l'? < nr for Ihls w cek, and v li1 load ii M< Bars. W. K, Stanley and i'. A. ? son, oi Centenary, also planted la i I'opi ol peanut . and in all t bet e be i. ei ti i i oiid en r lots shipped fi Mar' in for the si u ?"!!. This lo to.. thrift for Murlon, nnd lhe ?\ of King Cotton In In danger of tot Ing, !!? re's hoping, ai ?'. ai I he si time, hen "? cogratulat nlons, g 'farmers, upon your Independenci Marlon Star, Thenn? tlbut Rc > ? w Bi PAY-VP WEEK. _ ide Movement to Induce >,. Pay Their Debts During k of February 21-2?, ISi? las I u^n Inaugurated. imisos to ix come an an- i I ial e\ ent has h< en Inaug- i National Pay-up Week, 1-L,(i, Inclusive, one of the great assets oi" t day system of business, ny other good things, it is ?bused and overdone; and j m< ny people are carclc la ' S th. ir accounts, there are on millions of dollars in accounts in this country could be paid without in ig the debtor, and if all is of dollars were put Into during one week, there le greatest week of pros known In this country* ilit Is a gl eat t hing, it a I me becomes a tax w h< si ? man who does not pay ys a penalty or tax every i a dollars' worth of mer t not only must he pay the man who pays his ??? is ia compelled to bear his share i' this unjust tax?a tax collected in ncreased price on the commodities ol fe occasioned by the failure id' the [ehtor to pay his Jails. it la often said that the customers i f the retail merchants who pay cash ay more for their merchandise than hey should because they have to pay or what a deadbeat gets without pay- I ilg, and there is much truth in th - tatemcnt, too?the man who pays his ills, pays cash, does really pay more ?r the commodities of life than he hould pay because so many do not ay. National Pay-up Week had Its be? Inning in the little city of Waukon, ov.*a, a county Boat of but little over ,000 population at the end of a llttl< ill way in the northeastern part or ?r: Stale of Iowa. Waukon Is a beau Ifitl little city, and a busy business enter, but the people of that com? munity are like the people in many n< ther town and community?that is ?me of them have, during the past ears, bought gauds for which the. ever paid, until the week of January -16, t'ne princ ipal of the high zhool, who happens to be secretary t the Commercial Club, BUggestOd hat it would be a good thing for ftiukon to have a day of reckoning, r rather, a week of recokning. The it a appealed to the business men of h Pay-up W eek, and ??> 11 i ?? > lhal time In this little city, over En >td accounts was wiped off the ' ooks of the local business houses. Everybody set med to Join in the . plrit, and consequently all found ii ? sy to pay their debts. And it is i.ct^ttless to say that prosperity r?igned in that town, for it means something to a town of 2,000 popula? tion to lift a debt of $50,000 In one ,'oek's time, and especially when part of the debt Is so old that It has been onsldered uncollectible, The results of Pay-up Week at ''ail.on wer? so good that the Mcr hants Trade Journal, a national Magazine read by retail merchants in i very town of any consequence in th 11tiro country, told Its renders of the ucccss of the Waukon people In pay ig their debts and urged business i ieii In other towns to give grcati rat I ?ntion t?? their collodions, and soon other towns began trylrg the. plan? il with splendid r suits. And now ? he entire country seems ready for ? his extraordinary event of National ray-up Week, ? ur credit i.; notional In its scope. ' In manufacturer extends credit to the Jobber, the jobber carries the rc ?il merchant, tho merchnnl In turn xtends credit to his customers, and, therefore, every business interest should be Interested in a National i 'ay-up Week. If local p< oplo hi towns would make it a point to pay the doctor, tho preacher, the groc r and all other merchants, ami the merchant made ? a. point to pay tho wholesaler and the Jobber, and the wholesaler to pay the manufacturer during this week, February -1 26, there would he more dollars pat In irculation in ti.is country than were over Btartod moving during the same length of time. A g?>od slogan to be used from now iiil National Pay-up Week w? id he. 'Y mi pay your bills - 1 ?> ill hie, February 21-26." I UhV, f\ \\V IM?! Uov > ii I Cnst less to Tuck , i.-1 * r Fn mden , his Uonstautinoph ry mov< mcnl li imed Inrgt dlmen authorities hav< ?press it despit most energetic measures. Great bit terness prevails among the native troops, battalion :?ri c r battalion de? serting and joining Insurgents. Native troops which were ordered \>> attack the Insurgents mutinied and attacked the I irltii ?!>." HALF CKNTCItY OLD < ' I A BALE. The State. Is there in existence a hale of r< - ton picked prior to 18G2? The i|u - tion is raised by a circular letter from a \ew STork cotton brokerage house, John top, Storm & Co., which savs it has a sample from a hale gS t ned in lf?62. "This cotton" says the) letter "was picked by slave labor, ginned and placed In a ventilated ; barn and kept ihcre for a number of j years. AI Iho death <?t the owner It was placed In a local warehouse i n South Carolina by the son of the riaser and has been held by him, largely out of sentiment." I \ 0 TiV N W AYS AT ONCE. Irl To- ???.' ' . :.i Buggy Lands in Wagon Uoing < >;o^iio "Mrection. (ivi nsburg (Pa 1 Dispatch 10 Phllh d [ihia Nori h American? Miss Jean I.. I lama Icy, 1!) years old, . ? r of ? . P. llemaley, principal of the Pcnn township .schools, was driving to <m-< i nshi rg when her horse ' ? imc unmanageable, and in the runaway that followed Miss Uemaley underweni an experience that prob? Rbiy is without precedent. As the buj v sred sharply the girl was thn ivn Into the air. At that Instant a rtfnaw.iy team dredging a j v.agon duslu past in the opposite direct i >n. Miss ' in: le i led In the wagon, In a lib h . ? \'t ral nail-filled boards. Rcforc th; team conU be : . pped Miss Lteamley bad been jolt? ed . 1 itmt on the nails, receiving se? ver. Injuries. Her horse a/as caught a I mile a way. fhe Bailey?Lebby Gompan/ Machinery, Mill and Plumbing Supplies, AUTOMOBILE TIRES AND ACCESSORIES. AGENTS FOR SSSp??nyTsire CELEBRATED G. & J. TIRES. C?AnLESTO^J, $. C. +++++ * f44 * 44 4 ?M? ++++++4 t ! j I he I hree P s . j ^ _ ^ j Pluck, Push and Perseverance are all essential t I financial success. A systematic system of saving is t ? of equal importance; and this often has its beginnin; ? with the opening of a little saving account. Possible * you would like to tslk with us about the matter. t The Firift National Bank *uu,MX.'*MPi'T*'^r.v',rv&'z\ra.'m m 11 wann? ??*????? 4.4. 44-. < f I < ... ) f - ? . .* . >/ ? ? ? ... MMM ?.-???4 ??.*????'..' ?4 .4 ? >? +44?+. ?-.?-4?>-?4444-?4?4 4 444 4 44?44< 4? 4 ?4?*. ?? ,>vi.vH--v...?..>w,..?.?....i.tJIM)??*???l?., lJ>.??lv*.l?vM??m.???'?0..?*, ' I [Is! !m! imii rcraranzraKa i ii ? n n I P. r Share to thr-.ir 1915 Subscribers. This include ii amount iratd in $50.00 t>''t^ iau "* ? 1 fines. H For your 1916 New Vear Resolution: Resolved t g join 1 t;e 1 copies' Savings Fund. . 4 is Our Savings Dept. Pays 4 per cen On Time Cer . icate 5 per cent. it ?.'->??> r ?? '- -???-?: 44?4< ** ??44 ?'.??.? ?-'??4??4~-4? _4->l ???'.-' ??"??? *?-.? ? ??< ? ! V? .*??? ?? .. *VV\??..-.**.?. s v t .? 1 - )? ? ?????>,. ?->???*?< 4*44 ??. H -I M ?? ? ?? .,!.vM??H?' OUR v:. .,\ , . ? IvbfiiJI rlUliLi ?LUD OPEKIIOW. 2Si i Begins Monday, January 3rd. i- I ? XI - : three classes: ;(7 11 f I 7/ ~;; cents.per week ,' \i n ' zr* cexts.per week -r:'';b& ? 3; ! i i.eo.per week I Join and save imatically for y j our Christmas or other needs ? f f f t VTA _fL t Excursion Fares | Between all points on the Atlantic : :< a si Line ct).^ r> >h\ts on conuccfllng lines. Pickets 1 r 17th, 18fh, 23rd, 24th >; and : i limit returning until midnight of Janu | aij 10th, -/5,>. t j Atlantic Coa!' Line Rt iiroad I Tlio Standard Railroad of iho South rM^r j icketa ;< d Pullman reservation and any de? sire ;H mation, call on . V. PLAYER, Ticket Agent, Sumter, S. C