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I is ink hem a Utile." bow," and etv with the gelded her on other mh> am httemmeble Joun?y. took thavalidrt eat of the it^K^raM down to 'ted Men omit etmoit a ft woo origin illy eaetSeti do large that flee* iWn'i domalB?a theortgtnel Vlrgnia thoee daya mach o: h ~ oet as niaxYtago i>or .uenerettofuv hod once heeaed ale res, iso, an IcohooM, iiad of dependent ohooko a hearing there rattier to atom lerntet. 1He two tasMtotlowA ago lied etgeettag of o hermit scholar, hie eoaW rorked a diminish rot book i tad an mcreeang lor leadership, food had based to Mg fleremt Bio day. and the father of Bod lawef had teen the flrtt ltd frje ton hod succeeded to 1he a rtgftt of heritage, and tad " to wear * ttke a fighting ho Might he * whelp of mo a strong hi whom slept hrhsn I ?IMMMkHOf goaltllM, I| mtafht hart ssipile%d hit nswtm to know how deeply the few volumes on the of the brink house, or he had thoeght along tome It might have amatad them had heard the Ore and romance with ho quoted the wise counsel of foolish Polonlua. *Tleware of nn rtag a quarrel, tot being In, to hear tee that the oppoeer may howare f thoa" Am It eoMrtag a quarrel, It sufficed his Mg%that he had teen born into It; "hatred" his hatreds, bate It these parts his nv the* ha* held almost dictatorial poa> { tthad floated him to tend fats sen. to hit majority, down to the tepital to o Member of the lege? -tod tht ton had gone to tit tw 0 While among lawmakers. CHART 1R XIII. nh other years Bad Ante Havey is tteOBMswi the days la that bouse when the voHee of women tad children had ween raised m song and laughter. Thin too samiry had gathered la the lotg winter erenings before the roaring loiisfinaja, tad aptnnlng wbeal end quilt hag frame had not yet gone to the cob weht of the cockloft Hot that was long ago. Tht aejartercentnry over which his Moatory traveled had brought changea to the hills. Tht Impalpable Of decay moves slowly, with no save the occasional click of a sagging door here and the snap of a oord there, but In twenty-five years It an Inbred generation to Impaired manhood. Since Bad Aase himself lud returned from Frankfort his house had been tenanted only by men. and an atmosphere of grunnsos hung In Its shadows. A half dosen unkempt and loutish kinsmen dwell there with him. tilling the ground ready to beer arms. More than they had teen needed. If wee to this place that Juanita Hoi the preacher were making their way on that October afternoon. At the gate they encountered a soli? tary figure gazing stolidly out to the front, and When their coming roused II out of Its gloomy reverie It turned and presented *.ue scowling face of /eh McNaeh. "Where air theyf* he demanded wretbfUlly. wheeling upon the two ar? rivals, and then ha repeated violently : "By heaven, where sir they? Why hain't ye done fotched Dawn and Jesse?' "Job.' said the missionary quietly, "we done come over hyar fust ter her speech with Anse Havey. Wbar's he ttr 1 reckon he ? In his house, but ye balnl answered my question. I'm ther one for ye ter talk ter futt Hit's my oo^aoit wllb muraererH, an' hit's me ye've not ter reckon wltfr." Brother Taibxitt only nodded. "Son." he gently assured him, we eims ter talk vHh yon, too, but I reckon ye haint got no cell ter hinder tig from bavin* speech with Ans? first." For e moment Jeb stood dubious, ?then he Jerked bis head toward the bouse "Go on m thar, ef ye gees At i hain't got no license ter, stop ye," he seid curtly; "but don't aim tor leave ?thont secln' me, too." f Bertral shaggy retainers were loung? ing oo the front porch, but ns Good Anse Talbotfand Juanita turned in at the gate these henchmen disappeared inside They would all be there to Wit, ness her humbling, thought .the girl. It would please him to receive her with his jackal pack yelping derisively about him. Then she saw another figure emerge from the dark door to stand at the threshold, and the flush in her cheeks grew deeper. Bad Anse Have? stood and ws*ted, and when they reached the steps of the porch he came slowly tor ward and said gravely, "Come inside." He led the way, and the/ followed In silence. ? Juanlta found herself in the largest room (the had yet seen in the moun? tains-a room dark ** tts comers de? spite \ shaft of san that slanted through a window and fell on s heavy ts^c hi a single bead of light On the tab* Uy a Utter of ?ose to be*^ cartridge* and several books. Down ihe^Utoe of sunlight the dust motes noefcedfin pulverised gold, and the ratManee fall upos) a book which lay ofs4 throwing Ii Into relief, so that at the girt stood uncertainly near the tall* She read A the top ol a page the caution. ^etarch* Lives." But iihe caught her breathtu reiset I for the retainera be* djgappeered. 1TO BE CONTiftUhW I MM. JfWKVA TtokSMfiULN J>KAD. y ->- . CbrnHns*Passes Qnlotly.** Rcmbert ?Social Affataaf. .. ??V- . . . RemVert, Dec 2?.?Plenty of news now, and do lack, good and sad. Miss I Eva Ha tfteldr principal of, the New Hope school, gave an entertainment Ithere f<r its benefit on Thursday, De [cember IS. Miss Rosa Welsingsr, ?tateburg j piinctpi.l, got i p a nice Xmas tree for the Pel heads Sunday school, which came off Thursday night, December4 23. Mi. Dan Hildebrand of your city wag gocd old Santa. * Miss "Rosa vtTelalnger spent the hol? idays at her home. Messrs. J. B. Jackson of Macon. On/. Virgil Corbitt, Horatio Sanders of Clemaor are at home* for the holidays. Miss Edna Davis, of Charleston, [who was at' home With her mother, tar*. Tv Ri Moody far a few days* ha* 'returned.'* Mrs. Arma Alexander and her daughter. Miss Annie Lee, are spend? ing somt? time in our community with {relatives and friends. Mr. John Armstrong, of Anderson, ! is visiting at the home of H. C. Be-: then. . On IV,day, December 24, Mrs. Jene va MeClullan of McClellanville, eldest daughter of our good neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Spencer, died at that Place, th s saddest news to be sure, for all in our community liked the gentle little lady, who once was a resident of your city, .where she made a host of friends. The news came quite un? expectedly and was a great shock to our community, who extend to the family th eir warmest sympathy in this extreme bereavement'. It has been a very quiet Christ? mas with us, free from drunkenness I or any disorders. ' tyjf*V'] The dlnlngs are one Christmas dsy at Mrs. H. C. Bethea's with the follow? ing as guests: Messrs. Jno. Armstrong, R. E. A Jclnson, Sam Shiror, Sam Young, Misses Annie Lee Alexander, j Courtenay Atkinson, - Caroline Din kins; Mesdames Anna B. Alexander land Russell Atkinson. On the 26th Mrs. J. R. Atkinson of |Hagood gave a sumptuous dining with the following as guests: Messrs. John I Armstrong, R. E. Atkinson, H. C. Bethen, J. L. Jackson, Prof. J. B. Jackson, Harold Langtry of Falrfield, visiting J. L. Jackson and Master 8am Young. Mesdames H. C. Bethea, Anna B. Alexander, J. L. Jackson and Misses Annie Lee Alexander and Courtenay Atkinson. Mr. R. E. Atkinson spent Tuesday, December 28, In Sum ter on business. Mrs. Alexander, her daughter, An? nie Lee aid Miss Courtenay Atkinson dined with Mrs. T. M. Crosswcll of Dalsen Tuesday, December 28. A hot supper at the homo of Mrs. James Keamea of Rcmbcrt, for the benefit of the Woman's Missionary So? ciety of Bethesda church Is announc? ed for tonight, Wednesday, Decem? ber 29. v "HagoocV' VMM MVJftriOMS EMBAKUO. Washington, Dec. 28.?The move? ment for legislation Imposing an em? bargo on the shipment of war mu? nitions abroad has become so Insistent that Chairman Flood, of the house foreign affairs committee has de? termined to csll a meeting Af the com? mittee with a view to hearings on the subject soon after Crmgress reassem? bles. STABLES DESTROYED it FIRE. SUMTER TRANSFER COMPANY AGAIN BURNED OUT WITH BIG LOSS. Buildings Totally Destroyed and Six Mules Lost in the Fire?Buildings Belonged to Pierson Estate?'Loss Estimated at About $7,000 With In? surance of About $5,000?Fine Work by Fire Department. The Sumter Transfer Company, of which Eugene Stanslll is , manager, was burned out last night by & fire which caught at about the middle of the stables and quickly spread to the rest of the building which waB quick? ly destroyed. Six mules .were burned in the Are. The loss entailed by the fire is esti? mated at about $7,000 with insurance ol about $1,000. The building was 'valued at about $2,500 with insurance 'of $1,500 and Mr. Stanslll stated that his loss would probably be about $4,500 with insurance of $3,600. The Are was first discovered a few > minutes after 10 o'clock and aided by la gust of wihd it was'quickly swept towards the front of the buildlnir. The structure was an old frame bulk ? ing and seemed to be built of heart timber, far it burned with a fierce heat, that made it more difficult for the firemen to go near the fire. From a few minutes after the fire was -flrnt ' discovered until they were under con* trol about an hour later the flamos I raged finder the brisk wind which was ]blowing and repeatedly adjacent prop*, erty waa threatened and it seemed that nothing could possibly check the fare from crossing the street to other buildings. , The firemen did some most excel? lent workv in fighting the fire. Chie f Wilder stretched four streams cf hose at the start and concentrated his efforts in preventing the blase from erossing the street to the Booth-Boyle Live Stock Company building, which waa in a threatening position. At the lame time the residence owned by Mrs. Badle Slngletary, only a few feet from the burning stables, was threatened and while two' streams were placed to guard the Booth - Boyle Company stables the other two streams were guarding Mrs. Single tary'a house. On this building there was no Insurance., The firemen, not* withstanding the fierce heat, manag? ed to keep-near th<? building while the wind was blowing the -flames and smoke ever their heads and by throw? ing on the four streams of water wltl. a persistent force the flames' were at 1 last-conquered. ( ' ? i i f Little damage was suffered by tins Booth-Boyle Live 1 ! Stock - Company, W. B. Boyle Company was saved by their brick walls and wire-glass win dows. The glass Was bent and warp I ed, but the wire held it and this pre? sented the interior; of the building from catching. {The gutters were melted. Mra Sadie Singletary's resi? dence had all of the window pane* broken and the boards were charree. in some places, but.no other damage was done. The building was owned by the Pier ? son estate and has been used as a i ? stable for many years. It was occu? pied by the Sumter Transfer Compare. 'Mr. Stanslll, the manager of this ] company, stated this morning that he could not well estimate his total loss, but thought it to be about $4,600 or $5,000. He had tlx mules burned In the building, all of his tools, machin? ery, vehicleg and a large amount of hay, corn, fodder and other food for the animals. ' Mr. Stanslll has been very unfortu? nate in his business in Xhat he has suf? fered heavily several times from fires. He waa burned out nearly three years ^ago Ln a building on South Main street. Lees than a year ago the barns and stables at his home were burned, and a few months ago he was burned out in the Shaw building on Sumter street. Besides these fires, he also lost nearly everything he had a short time after his marriage, when his home Was burned during his and his wife's-absence. The cause of the fire last night la unknown. Mr. Stanslll stated that he was the. last person In the building, he having left there about two hours before the Are started. ACID OBTAINED FROM THE AIR. New York, Dec. 29.?Nitric acid c b talned by extracting nitrogen from the air will be put on the market next Saturday by the Southern Electro Chemical company, according to a statement made public here today by James B. Duke, one of its officers. Mr. Duke's company expects to turn out four tons of nitric acid a day from its works at Great Falls, 8. C, about 50 miles from Charlotte. The chemical will be produced on a much larger scale If the great prob? lem of getting water power cheap enough can be solved. The work will very likely be carried on In Canada hy the Quebec Development company, Ltd.f of which Mr. Duke Is president. This company has been acquirin ? \ tenslve water power rights In I neighborhood of Lake St. Johi ? will have works on the Sagueuay river, BW EQUAL 10 ML GENERAL BOARD WOULD HAVE U. S. TAKE THIS AS GOAL. Fleet Sufficient to Drive Commerce or Any Enemy From the Sea Declared Necessary. m-j- \ Washington, Dec. 28.?The Ameri? can Navy should be "equal to the most powerful maintained by any oth? er nation of the world" not later than 1925, in the opinion of the Navy Gen? eral Board, headed by Admiral Dew cy. %The, annual report of the board, made public recently, discloses that this naval policy was formulated by the body in July last in answer to the following propositions propounded by Secretary Daniels when the adminis? tration arrived at its decision to enter upon a campaign of national prepar? edness: "What the navy must be In the fu? ture in order to stand upon an equality with the most efficient and most prac? tically serviceable." The board's conclusions follow: "The navy of the United States should ultimately be equal to the most powerful maintained by any other nation of the world. It should be gradually increased to this' point by such a rate of development, year by year, as may be permitted by the facilities of the country, hut the limit above defined should be attained not later than 1925." The board again developed its idea of the place the American navy should hold In the world In the fol? lowing language: j "The General Board believes that the course of the present war in Eu- j rope affords convincing reasons for j modifying the opinion which it has expressed for the last 11 years as to the proper size of the navy. A 'navy* in firm control of the seas from the outbreak'of war is the prime essential to the defense of a country situated as Is the United States, bordering up? on two great oceans. A navy strong enough only to defend our coast from actual invasion will not suffice. De? fense from invasion .is not the only function of the navy. It must protect our sea-borne commerce and drive that of the enemy from the sea. The best way to accomplish all these ob? jects is to And and defeat the hostile fleet or any of its detachments at a distance from our coast sufficiently great to-prevent interruption of our normal course of national life. The current war has shown that a navy of the size recommended by this board in prevlqus years can no longer be considered ?8 adequate to the defen? sive needs, of the United States. Our present navy is' not sufficient to give due weight to the diplomatic remon straces of the United States in peace nor to enforce its policies in war." * The report lays stress upon the board's proposal that 7 of the 16 new ships, 4 superdreadnaughts and 8 battle cruisers, be authorised in 1916. Secretary ?Daniels has recommended to congress, however, that only two dreadnaughts and two battle cruisers be authorized at this time. Under the hoard's'plan the total expenditure for the five years, including $7,000,000 for the aviation service and $11,000,000 for reserve ammunition and material, would be $499,876,000, the last ap? propriations for which would be made in 1922; the secretary's recom? mendations call for a total expendi? ture of $502,482,-614, the last appro? priations shown being for 1921, and increases being made over the board's estimates for submarines and reserve ammunition. The board program contemplates the building of 13 fleet auxiliaries, while the secretary recom? mends only six. The board roviews the course of the European war, so far as it involv? ed naval actions, to reach this con? clusion: "As to types of ships, the battleship is still the princlpaf reliance of navies, as it has been in the past." * : Because of the great naval superior? ity of the Entente Allies, the report says, their control of the seas has never been seriously challenged and "they have securely hold the objec? tive of all naval effort." Naval war? fare has been confined, by reason of this superiority, It states, to "a double series of minor incidents." In the first group it places German com? merce raiders, "which have finally been destroyed or driven from the seas by systematic pursuit," and ' in the second, tile activities of German submarines, first against , allied war? ships, where the "high score obtain? ed" is asserted to have been due to surprise attack, not to "Inherent com? batant superiority," and second, against commercial vessels of the Al? lies. Of this campaign the report says: "After six months of war the sub? marine form of attack drew renewed attention by its direction against hos? tile commerce. American public at? tention was redoubled toward this aide of the war, owing to the humanitarian interests involved, and to the diplo? ma tl questions which were raised by. To hastily formed public I - >j ' on, it seems that submarines were 10 SETTLE USIUI1I CASE. GERMANS SAID TO.BE DESIROUS OP EARLY ADJUSTMENT OP DISPUTE. New Proposals to Be Submitted by Berlin, Which it is Hoped Will Hare Amicable Effect in Ancona Contro? versy With Austria. Washington, Dec. 29.?New pro? posals from Germany for a settle? ment of the Lusltanla controversy which the Berlin foreign office hopes will be acceptable to the United States are expected to be presented to the state department next week. It is understood the negotiations between Secretary Lansing and Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, recently progressed to a point where | a settlement was expected at Christ? mas. Today it was said the Ger? man proposals resulting from these conversations probably would arrive soon after New Year's day. Information received here indicates that the Berlin foreign office is anx? ious to end the controversy in spite of adverse public opinion, said to have been aroused by the American request for the withdrawal of the German naval and military attaches and the demands upon Austria as a The present status of the negotia? tions is very closely guarded. The United States has contended for a disavowal of the sinking of the Lusi tanla'and reparation for the American lives lost. A proposal by Germany to arbitrate the question of indemnity Was rejected. It haa been since sug? gested that Germany might make reparation with the understanding that it would involve no admission of wrongdoing. It is understood that no agreement will satisfy the United States unless it contains something in the nature of a disavowal, but Ger? many contends that her instructions to submarine commanders to discon? tinue such attacks as that on the Lusitania are the most effective dis? avowal that could be given. It is regarded here as especially significant that a settlement of the Lusitania case should become im? minent at a time when Teutonic dip? lomatic circles are represented as be? ing prepared for a diplomatic break between the United States and Aus trla-HUngary. Clearing up of the Lusitania case, officials believe, would have an important bearing on the controversy with Vienna. The Aus? trian- situation remained tonight un? changed, without word from Ambas? sador Penfleld or any official indica? tion of when Austria's reply to Secre? tary Lansing's renewed demands might be expected. BERLIN AND VIENNA TOGETH? ER. Germany Said to Have Dictated Aus? trian Reply to First Ancona Note. Geneva (via Paris), Dec. 29.?The latest Information received by the Swiss press from Vienna states that the Austrian official circles are op? posed to the aceptance of the sec? ond American Ancona note unless It is modified, and a rupture of dip? lomatic relations is believed to be im? minent, notwithstanding the strong opposition of the Liberal and Hun? garian parties and diplomats who de? mand that an agreement shall be reached with Washington. The reply to the first American An? cona note, it is declared, was drafted In Berlin/ Such presure was brought to bear on Austria that both Count Tizza and Baron Burian, who favor? ed a policy of conciliation, had thetr hands forced, and therefore it Is claimed that the question more direct? ly concerns Berlin than Vienna. It Is considered that there still Is a pos? sibility of an agreement within the next 24 hours, but if the situation comes to 'a rupture of diplomatic relations not only Vienna but Berlin will be affected: accomplishing great military results, because little else of Importance oc? curred In the maritime war to attract public attention. Yet at the .present time, when the Allies have learned In great measure how to protect their commerce, as they learned a few months previously to protect their, navies from the submarine menace, it is apparent that the submarine is not an instrument fitted to dominate na? val warfare. It appears from British returns that the first eight months of this submarine warfare against Brit? ish commerce, resulted in the loss of 183 merchant vessels and 175 traw? lers. The total British merchant ton? nage lost was not greatly in excess of one-half a million; the total loss un? der) all flags was about 650,000 tons. In the same time the total arrivals and departures In British ports aver? aged from 1,350 to 1,400 per week, or nearly 50,000 In all. Allied com? merce is continuing under a loss in no way vital. "The submarine is a most useful auxiliary, whose importance will, no doubt, increase, but at present there is no evidence that it will become su result of the Ancona incident. preme." WM AWAKENS EUBOPE. SPEECH ON UNITY (IF AMERICAS BY SECRETARY OP STATE AT- ? TRACTS ATTENTION ACROSS THE SEA. Institute of Law Formed to Develop Principles Which Can be Applied to Relation of the Americas. Washington, Dec. 29.?At practi? cally every session of the many groups into which the Pan-American Scien? tific Congress is divided, scientific dis? cussion for which the delegates osten? sibly assembled was subordinated to? day to broad general consideration of means for binding all the Americas into a Pan-Americanism, as Secretary Lansing characterized in his address of welcome made as "one for all; all for one." The Pan-American delegates dis? cussed among themselves the prob? able deeper significance of their gath? ering when they heard informally of the attention attracted among the European diplomats by Secretary Lan? sing's declaration that "if the sover? eignty of a sister Republic is menac? ed from over seas the power of the United States, and I hope the united power of the American republics will constitute a bulwark which will pro? tect the independence and integrity of their neighbor from unjust Invasion or aggression." None of the delegates comes to the congress with any plenary powers and it is realized that the most im? portant result of the gathering will be the impression they carry home. The extent to which the lAtin-Ameri cans have been taken into the inner circles of official and private society in the capital probably never has been equalled in any other official gather? ing. * It has been so marked that today in a formal statement Director Gen? eral John Barrett, of the Pan-Ameri? can Union, declared the spirit of fra? ternity and unity was the dominant note of the gathering. At the principal meetings today the keynote of addresses were upon the need of binding the Americas to ar? bitration of all disputes between them. Some of the. speakers went so far as to advocate a compulsory arbitration and a Pan-American court of justice to make and enforce awards. Other delegates spoke of the necessity for uniformity of the private and public law codes in all the American States. All the delegates agreed that through? out all Pan-America there was grow? ing sentiment in favor of the arbitral settlement of disputes. One concrete development of the congress today was formation of the * American Institution of International Law, composed of 105 leading men, five members being chosen from each of the twenty-one American countries/ Through this institute its founders hope ultimately to influence the world to bring about rehabilitation of the in? ternational legal fabric Today's meeting, at which Secretary Lansing welcomed the vistors on be? half of the United States government resulted in the adoption of a constitu? tion and by-laws and the election of the following officers: Honorary president, EUhu Root, former Secretary of State, and Senator from New York. , * President, James Brown Scott, sec? retary of the Carnegie endowment for international peace, and former so? licitor of the State department. Secretary general, Alexander Alvar? ez, former counsel of foreign affairs of Chile. Treasurer, Lewis Anderson, formet minister of foreign affairs of Costs, Rica. The members representing the Unit? ed States are Secretary Lansing, Rob? ert Bacon, former Secretary of State; John Bassett Moore, former council? lor of the State department; Prof. Leo S. Rowe, of the University of Pitts burg, and Prescott. In his address Secretary Lansing said that'the breaking down of inter? national relations between the coun? tries of the Old World had made the American countries the guardians of the rights of international law. He emphasized the necessity for a system of international relations for a system the rights of justice for all. Mr. Scott outlined the object of the institute as follows: 1. To study problems of interna? tional law in an endeavor to define and develop principles of justice which can be applied to relations be? tween all the American States. 2. To build up a system of justice for all that the governments of the twenty-one American States will be glad to adopt as a standard of Inter? national law between the Americas. 3. To slowly expand this system until the appeal of .the leaders of thought in the American countries will extend over the whole domain of in? ternational relations and thus slowly cement the friendship of the people of the whole world. The ambassador from Chile, Dr. Don Eduardo Suarez Mujlca. and Elihu Root, both leaders In the Insti? tute movement, were nmong the oth? er speakers.