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awe AJmgt at b< thy Country**, Uu God* MA ftrtlt" THB TRUE SOCTHROIf^OIMlM j?teiFU*^ -?-, i. i >??? -'^MgM-^w' BUMTER, 8. 0., SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1916. Vol. XLI. t> WKytpltum Not Yc* - 8*1 IJoyd-Onorg* * At. Doe, II. -TU? U** of the ttmnoat. H?ft* in the bel ^ go the eauinot met to for ti? ftftftl 4?c*eton upon 4b* v4uunt*a. Tk? poietbUlty NleCtton and the discou? ntthe >|TUv?rnment In it* WW * |*g*1bimy> Thor? intlon among the lemiert report tan* l^d-aoorgw *?u a. itbiokt unions J?4e*?W o4 ? smoker** %c<'ljjg$ not announced hin <^WH| fat It is said ho tho eldof noun* of Ei ?fen _ , e*?00? VtetOdVW, |to oteoo ^fomlor Asquith > rrfftfte any statement. fror?: flfrnnco. yeeter V tne nww? ?I trbo wor o?oo ^ tb? India* oo?. ^tmfttio* * * bol^t#4 diverted to ?gypt to Mol ?a*J. Tno war omco 148? <**Mg* report* of 1 mk*% V^xUxmm^ In tho <Mfc ?notonilnr ton mioboNpi ropwt of to* *r *s*my nlnn* the t^tt* of & Ruggtnn i M.?Ofnotat* are ovo? tbo renewal of fan'by tbo central nro pi ftn*nmu*h ao Anatita wae/ aharpl/ J wurund that fto submarine, campaign^ must !* conducted irlth strict regard \ to tno fetucaple* of luimsnlty." i lltjmnenn t>y craft a une*tabri#ihed. kbly Austrian. Tho WA may bo fore od? nor Bunk. London, Doc. 28.?Tho Hritlsh, na? val olonjMhlp VaniAorvm haa boon aornkSr n German submarine. ? ' ?*? 8rf*l* Bub*no**tne*? Deotsngnd. fWft* Doe. 28.~Nin? Oatman and Austrian submarines have boon sunk or ouptured In the M( dttereneart, oayo newspaper. It deoiarod that to probably too small an eatl JlOnee, Doc. 18.?There are fresh indications of an attempt by the Hua ?fttae to Invade Bu Ig trie, oay Buchar oot dispatches. There la great mili . tary activity along tbo Danubo all the way from Tucha to Turnu Severlnn. Wins In Persia. Doc. 88.?Tbo war office it ahows minor activity on the. front and claims further sue for the Russians In Persia. The have occupied Assadabad. TmkUh Genboata Sank. London, Doc. 18.?Russian torpedo sunk two Turkish gunboats In tbo Blaok Sea. King Wounded. Berlin, Dec. 28.?King Victor Em tuel who was wounded by an Austrian grenade, Is now in a hoapltel, tbo Oversea* News Agency announced today. Sortie (Mopped. Paris, Doc. 88.?German attempts to pur-tie from their I ranches in Vos #es ware stopped by French Are, the Wgar office announced today. Itonnded up Gambler*, Rural Policeman Pcavy rounded up ft bunch of gamblera at Aicolu, and Wnught them before Magistrate Her? int yesterday. There were eight in tho crowd, and hin honor sent the whole business to the gang to spend How Tears, und th? n some.?Manning mnt ?me a ?mini. MftmtfAH note, said to bk conciliatory, refuses DEMANDS. United &ta?r* Also Pretest?, to Britain on SaftxaAto of MiOla by That Coon-, try?lu 'WaK Zone Rnssftuis are Iu vulln* Persia and Amilians are Coaqmcrtas Albania -? Germany 'Kiwv Torrn? on Whicn ft Woold Cnueit to Ponce. Washington, Dec. 2?.?Preparations are being mads tor a dlploioatlc break wlt|t Austria, The Austrian reply to the Ancoita note which ^conciliatory l^i tone but refuses pie demand for the disavowal of the sinking of the Am one was completed by the Aua arten foreign- office. OfAcials hese un? derstood that it sets up the suggestion that Austria does not acdept the Amer? ican -Interpretation bf International ?v/Jj*??* , believe .the threatened come unless German In force Austrian reconaid last moment. 1 PERMS. [Win Dess^ glndesnntty of $4,000, ( OCn>ooa,iii|^s?usntlnn of Colonies SerUn'^Deo^ Wolf Newa Agency gives" <$? ? following as the terms upon w^^^^ermany Is report i tf be willing to inake peace. A Iphnum indemnity ei tour billion >llara, the reiK>iwtfdil^f Germany's | colony by Bmgtand/? separation of ?oland from Russia aj*fc Us lnstltu tnto a separate State, the evacu .Uen -of Belgium and France by Oer im^u ori>oei? CONSCRIP? TION. iriiaasent Kfrg*r*ai to Excmf* IHsh rrosJtNewLo,, < London, Deo. |t,*-rBecause of the rh state el popular feeling in Ire co?np?li?r^ m Htary eer ,ine## egeluaed in the ;|p|(aerlpW<m when _?_itk ^parliament It la ted[ Premier Aequlth will make if In ihkhouee of 11^^^^^^^^^^^^ ecftptlon Mit of a modified con ? RUSSIANS CONQUERING PERSIA. r s-tous Force Mnrchin? Toward London* Dec. 2?.?A Reuter's dls [patch from Teheran says the Rus have occupied Kasban and are [marching toward Ispahan. - ^ AUSTRIAN8 IN ALBANIA. S -i- ] Now Attacking Scutari and Will . March on Avalona. London, Dec. 29.?Turin advkcea say the Austrlana are attacking Scu? tari, and the fall of the city Is expect? ed soon. Avalona la their next ob? jective. BRITISH! BATTUESIUI1 HIT. Fighting at Dardanelles Continues In? termittently. Constantinople, Dec. 29.?Turkish shells struck One battleship and a cruller of the Allied fleet in a duel at the ]>ardanelles. WILL PRESS CAMPAIGN. Von Hindcnborg Will he Sent to Aastet. In Balkans. London, Dec. 29.?Bucharest re? port* say that Qen. von Hlndenberg may go to the near east to cooperate with Gen. von Mackensen in the Bal? kan and Egyptian campaigns. French Mako Gains. Berlin, Doc. 29.?The war office ad? mitted today that the French nad penetrated the German trenches at Hartamanwellerkopf in the Vosges. British Steamer Sunk. London, Dec. 29.?A German sub? marine sunk a British steamer this morning. Only two members of the crew ware saved. CALLS OY GOVERNOR. Mcl4iurln Discusses Warehouse Act Change*. Columbia, Dec. 29.?Changes in the law governing the State cotton ware? house ayatem were discussed yester? day at a conference betwesn Gov. Manning and John I* McLaurtn, com? missioner. The two officials are said to be In full ag-eement on the pro? poned changes In the act. Mr. McLau rln said yesterday that he, would not five out his annual report until It had been placed in the ham s of the legislature. m mi on mi GERMANS ARB MASSING *RE8H TROOPS FOR MOVE TOT. WESTERN FRONT. Arras Will bo Scene of R > tlvitice?Austrkins Iioee etroyera in Unexpected mcnt with Allied Sb denhcrg Will go to Egypt to Participate in Hiere. The Hague, Dec. 30.?Gei making preparations for a on the west front. Thirty reinforcements aro arriving certain points, according to tion from Belgium. Klghty fresh troops have arrived at ras front Their artillery is rated at Teurnal. . , l?y 1? .drive msand illy at )fma >U*and ie Ar icent AUSTR1AN DESTROYERS In Attempted Raid Come Ships and One is Shelled Strikes Mine. Paris, Dec. 30.?Tho admi announced the sinking of trlan destroyers, in the statement: "The Austrian* vision made a sortie from bombard Durazzo and came Allied ships off the> port Tho Austrian destroyer Lika mine and was sunk. The Triglav, of the came typo,,., I to tho botton by the Allied I Other Austrian * ships fled! base, pursued by the Allied Allied > Other TO AID IN NEW CAMPi I Hindenberg to Confer Mackensen and Then Egypt. London, Dec. 30.?Von is going to Belgrade to otmfl Von Mackensen and eo-op<>ifaf Balkan and Egyptian com p>ai| a German wireless dispatch. LABOR PARTY CPHl Von to ;*'?!' knburg With the says I Will Inform Cabinet of A< ed on?Ring Kept Ii ^domJ?inn^ result of which will bo communi? cated to the cabinet. Asquith is keep? ing the king informed of all political developments by means of dally re? ports. AUSTRIAN v DESTROYERS SUNK. Allied Warships Met Austrian Fleet Off. Durazzo. s Paris, Dec. 30.?Two Austrhrti de fvtroyers were sunk in the Adriatic off Durazzo one by a,n Allies' warship, and another by a mine, The victims were the Litta and Triglav. The oth? er Austrian vessels escaped. The Aus? trian fleet was steaming from Cattaro and met the Allied warship fleet off Durazzo. KAISER NOT ILL. His Condition Not Serious and lie Is Able to Receive' Dally Reports. Berlin, Dec. 30.?The Kaiser la suf? fering from a non-malignant fur? uncle. He is not confined to bed, and dally receives reports from the fronts.' BOMBARD BULGARIAN PORT. Russians Attack Towns from War? ships?-Palace Suffers Damage. London, Dec. 30.?V^rna, tho prin? cipal Bulgarian seaport, and Traka were bombarded by Russian warships and King Ferdinand's palace at Varna was shelled. German troops are be? ing concentrated at Varna. HAVE PLENTY OF FOOD. I Length of War Will Not Affect Supply to People. Berlin, Dec. 30.?Count Westaro of tho Reichstag committee, which has investigated food conditions, reported the existing supply sufficient to :!eed the German population regardless of how long the war lasts. Turks Recover Ammunition. - Berlin, Dec. 30.?The Turks are re? ported to be recovering large quanti? ties of ammunition thrown into the sea by the English before evacuating the SllVla and Ansac fronts. French ReiMirt Successes. Paris, Dec. 30.?The repulse of the Germans west of Peronne, and suc? cessful Cannonading in Champagne, which prevented the Germans from repairing their shattered trenc#hes, is announced by the war office. A licen.se to marry lias been seeured )?>? .Ioi> Lowry ami Victoria Daniel, Alcelu. OHE HOPE FOB WORLD PEACE. THAT MUST BE POWERFUL IN? TERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL. fcoot Thinks That out of War Wrack May Rise Universal Consciousness of Baty. Washington, Dec. 28.?In the real restraint of nations by powerful in? ternational tribunals operating under a definite code of law alone lies hope ,of world peace, Elihu Root, former secretary of State and senator from New York, declared in an address here tonight. Ho was speaking be? fore a, Joint session of a sub-section fof 0 international law from the Pan American Scientific congress and the American Society of International Law, of which he is president. "Th,e Christian church tfas been urging peace and good will among men for 19 centuries and still there Is war" said Mr. Root. "Concerts of Europe and alliances and ententes and skillful balance of power all lead ul? timately to war. Conciliation,- good Will, love of peace, human sympathy are all Ineffective without institutions through which they can act Only the possitlllty of establishing real re? straint by law seems to remain to give effect, to the will of the vast ma? jority of raa'nkind. "When this war is ended the civil? ised world will have to determine whether what we call international law Is to be continued as a mere code of .et iquette or Is to be a real body of law imposing obligations much more definite and Inevitable than they have be/m heretofore. It must be one thing or the other. V/ "Vague and uncertain as the future must be there Is some reason to think that after the terrible experience through which civilization is passing there will be tendency to strengthen rather than abandon the law of na? tions. 'Whatever the result may be, the world will have received a dread? ful lesson of the evils of war." Mr. Root then spoke of the sacri? fices of life and money in the present War, which he said would produce a desire to prevent future wars. "Imperfect and conflicting as is {he l?ttsJI%^M for the hope that from, the horrors of violated law, a stsonger law will come," he said. "Nor e^n we doubt that this will be a different world when peace comes. J'Some of us believe that the hope of the world's progress lies in the spread and perfection of democratic self government It may be that out of the wrack and welter of the great conflict may arise a general conscious? ness that it is the people who are to be considered rather than rulers' ambitions and policies of aggrandise? ment If that be so, our hopes will be realized, for autocracy can protect Itself by arbitrary power, but the peo? ple can protect themselves only by the rule of law." DOUBLE KILLING IN COLUMBIA. E. E. White Stabs Woman Easily; Then Cnts Own Throat. Columbia, Dec. 28.?Edward E. White, 44 years of age, fatally stabbed Ada Oeddings, 26, with whom he boarded, early this morning, and then killed himself by cutting his own throat. His pocket knife was used as the fatal weapon. .The two people were the only per? sons in the house. at the time of the double tragedy, sbut the screams of the wounded woman attracted the atten? tion of neighbors. The woman ran out onvthe sireet crying for the police. She fell and died before she could be given attention. The man was found dead on a bed in the house. Both were dressed in their night clothes. An inquest will Pe held tonight. White was fireman at the State capitol building. *Ho was pa? roled about 18 months ago by former Qov. Blease after he had served 14 years-of a life sentence for killing a woman in Columbia in 1899.< Mrs. Geddings is said to have been a native of this county and lived in Sumter a number of years, where she still has relatives, including her hus? band, from whom she had been sepa? rated for several years. Her maiden name Is said to have been Ada Brown. GOVERNOR DECLINES. Refuses Invitation to Speak In New York City. Columbia, Dec 28.?Qov. Manning hag been forced to decline an invita? tion to deliver an address at the an? nual banquet of the Aero C^lub of America, to be held in New York January 12. He has also declined an invitation to speak before the Bronx Open forum In New Yortt early in January. U-BOAT PRODIS 'BMI. FRENCH LINER TORPEDOED WITHOUT WARNING. ? -v Christmas Eve Tragedjr Perpetrated by Submarine in Mediterranean? No Americans Aboard. \ London, Dec. 27.?Eighty of the passengers and crew of the Ville de la Ciotat lost their lives. The remainder of the persons on board were saved. "* Sunk Without Warning. Paris, Dec. 27.?The French steamer j Villa de la Ciotat, with passengers on board, was torpedoed without warn*] ing and sunk in the Mediterranean by a submarine oh December 24, the ministry of marine announced today. Most of the passengers and members of the crew have been rescued. The statement follows: "The steamer Ville de la Ciotat was torpedoed and sunk on the 24th in the Mediterranean by an enemy sub? marine, a thout warning. A majority of the passengers and crew were pick? ed up by an English steamer. De? tails have not been received." 4 The Ville de la Ciotat was returning from the Far East and was due to* ar? rive at Marseilles today. The survivors were taken to Malta, arriving* there yesterday morning. The Ville de la Ciotat was one of the largest of the steamships sunk recently in the Mediterranean. Her gross tonnage was 6,378. She was 487 feet long and 50 feet beam. She was built at La Ciotat, France, in 1892 and was owned by the Messa? geries Maritimes of Marseilles. She was last reported on her arrival at Saignon, Indo China, on December 1, on a voyage from Yokohama to Mar? seilles. . % ????? ? i fro Americans Aboard. ? Washington, Dec. 27.?Seventy-nine persons were drowned in the destruc? tion of the French liner Ville de la Ciotat, the American consul at Malta reported today to the state depart? ment. No Americans were aboard. The ship, he reports, was torpedoed Without warning at 10:15 o'clock on Decemher^^ ther that* the rescued were picked up by a Moss liner after they had been in small boats two hours. The torpe? doed ship, the 'consul reported, was on her way from Japan, China and Hawaii to Marseilles. The lost in? cluded one woman, a first class pas? senger, a stewardess and two chil? dren. WHISKEY REMAINS UNSOLD. Dispensary Board Does Not Expect to Dispose of All Stock Defcit End of Year. ? Charleston, Dec. 27.?To dispose of a stock on hand estimated at $75,000 the Charleston county dispensaries will have to do an ordinary month's business In the next four days that remain before the prohibition law suc? ceeds the dispensary law in South Carolina. That all of this stock will be disposed of is not expected by the Idispensary board, but if the sales are anything like as heavy for the next few days as they were for a few days prior to Christmas, there will be only a few odds and ends left undisposed of. To give trade a stimulus and to save freight on those unsold goods which the board has the option of re? turning to the jobber on December 31, the board announced today that beginning tomorrow morning the dis? pensaries will sell goods in case lots at $1.50 less a case than the ordinary price. The stock on hand will be re? tailed practically at cost. An official said this morning: "The ? dispensary board will make a stren iuous effort to comply with the letter of the law and close up its entire af? fairs on December 31." Clerks and dispensers will be paid off and their bonds discharged, and the only build? ing retained by the board on which it will have to pay rent will be the dis? pensary headquarters. On December 20 the dispensaries in Charleston county had about 8,000 cases of liquor on hand. This stock has been greatly reduced by the heavy sales of the last few days. No accurate figures of the sales for Christmas have been obtain? ed, but it is learned that dispensary No. 5 sold about % 2,500 worth of liquor in the two days preceding Christmas and that th*e other dispen? saries had a correspondingly heavy business, selling anywhere from $800 to $1,500 Worth. Many M the retaif depots found that the heavy demand Christmas Eve cleaned out their stock and the wholesale dispensary was kept busy all day delivering large or? ders. WELCOME II PII-ilEHU. MARSHALL AND LANSING GREET REPRESENTATIVES OP OTH- ? ER NATIONS; Chilean Ambassador Calls Attention ) to fetter Understanding Among Western People. Washington, Dec. 27.?Pan-Amer? icanism, characterised by Secretary Lansing in his addrtss of welcome as the "expression of the idea of inter? nationalism," was the central thought in the speeches today at the opening of tJie second Pan-American Scientific congress. , Men and women from all the re? publics, of the two Americas attended the session, in Continental Memorial hall of the Daughters of the Ameri? can Revolution, f were more than a thousand .hem including official delegasV ? esta of the Car? negie endowr & and many others prominent) W .sr.ee and other fields of invest? Tomorrow they will begin tb riout work of the con? gress. ^ .b-sectionaf* meetings to conti? J Jr 12 days. Fifteen other S meeting here during the ,eriod will hold frequent Joint i f as with sections of the sclen? ts congress. Vice President Marshall welcomed the visitors after John Barrett, di? rector general of the Pan-American union* had introduced Eduardo Suarcs Mujlca, ambassador of^Chlle, the president of the congress. Sec /etary Lansing spoke in the name of the government which had invited the scientists to meet here, and Am* bassador Suarez in response empha? sized the better understanding cre? ated between the governments of Latin-America and the United States. ^ Mr. Marshall took the place of Piesidsnt Wilson, away on his wed? ding trip. After welcoming the guests In the name of the nation the speaker said a word about pre? paredness to defend the rights of the Americas:, "I am one of those men who be? lieve In preparation for war," he "Not that I want wax, because dream that the prayer of my life la that "tall keep out of war, but Sjku?f- rtslfn il nsri have">ome ruffian interf what I believe to be my He added that the idjy^of Patt Americanism wQjubr~1l?$ permit of ex? ploitation, and that which touched the nations to the south to their in? jury touched'also the United States. The Monroe doctrine was discussed by Ambassador Suarez, who de? clared that so long as it was under? stood as a threat it was viewed with di-tress by South and Central Amer? ica, but that defined as a derivation of Pan-Americanism it had become a "tie of union, a guaranty, a bul? wark for our.democracies." . , GREENVILLE MAN KILLED. C. S. Good Meets Death-at Oakvale on Tracks of Piedmont 6 Northern: Greenville, Dec. 27.?Cl# S. Good, a prominent farmer of Oakvale, was almost instantly killed this afternoon when a Piedmont & Northern south? bound train demolished the buggy In which he was riding at a crossing Just beyond Brandon mills. The dirt road crossing approaches the track through a cut. An automatic warning is maintained at this crossing, and witnesses state that the signal was working. ,Th$ mule Mr. Good wss driving may have become frightened at the ringing of the warning elec? tric bell and bolted on the track. The mule was Instantly killed. Mr. Good is survived by one son, Fred Good, several brothers, C. C. Good of Greenville, J. W. H. Good, of Hi'-kory Grove, Lester H. Good, D. -i?e Good and Pinckney B. Qood of Sharon and one sister, Mrs. Belle Watson of Kershaw. The coroner's inquest will be held Tuesday morning. Informal testimony is to the effect that the train was running some 25 miles an hour, that the mule was traveling at a rapid rate, * a that the motorman reversed his car . but could not stop it, and that the^* automatic warning was working. * A fractured skull is believed to have '* caused Mr. Good's death. * j WILLABD-Fl LTON BOUT OFT. V( . Tommy Burns Promoter, Decided to Cancel the Heavy-weight Title Bout. New Orleans, Dec. 29.?The twenty round fight for the heavyweight championship scheduled for March * in this city, between Jess Willard and j Fred Fulton, of Minnesota, was defl i nltely declared off here today by Tom ' Jones, Williard's manager, and Tom ! my Burns, local promoter, who was ' a partner of Dominick J. Tortorich In I promoting the fight.