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Mum HI m UU MM KXKRC1AE8 MARK IN EDUCATIONAL off High School Boys Were la DM tovefe te Work?Sept. Makes Brief Address ?* ChHetmas Gift usd Yoong loam of City CHjr Council and Repe reel ited at Excr Traen The Daily Item. Deo. SI. i Brief bait laipraaaive exercises this marked the breaking of hfwjft Inf tha new school building It gtrta which is to be erected a* a tk I? tha adueatlonal system of thl banter CRy aohoohv asarrtsss ware held oh tha site aim banding; on the lot ra? ffeln tha Rytten and ware attended by yjgjMjra of CRr Council, tha School iaat? of tha CRy of Svmisr, a deie Btfom of stndanta of tha etgfc schools ?. D. C. mem bars, rapraaanting organtaattons and bodies con wRh the city schools and tha facilities of tha city. A i earns up Just an the ax but R was not to Interfere. The gftiLlsii wata'Tary briat lasting only aBaut tan minutes In all, and were jl'galtll over by Mr. A D. Harby, fkalrman of list sebooi joarfl. >' TImi breakfcag at tha ground for tha now at boot batMing was allotted a taiagatlea off young man of tha high school suss, Supt having aadgn'id them this taget as fhilna7 tot tha ocea-1 tin sasrotsas warn open ad whan young man wire given shovele, itfc Unas brokt the ground. They Ralph Plewors, Henry Spann, Standing, Lojte Pttta. Kd Wnlt (thaw, Archie id Hllliard Folsom. da then made a and the ?ncercleee were 1 a prayer for tha young tha adVAttcetoent of eduea J. B. Wtoon, pastor of Lutheran church. Supt ware aa follows: the erection of, a te aaa of tha girls and j off our city, we have eSAtaently fitting that tha Iff tha high tohool should artfllaae of heeetHf*?" *r>e I, In after years they will I ><k 10 this event with feeling* of in.l of nleasitr*. Whenever they j i fi .it of this building the pleas aught will tu ?h t Tro ugh lUeir thai taey had a part at its be aerve alao to teach thaaa "Baa objectively the great les ot ohiValry And of iiervlco. Tha v.f wbtvAiry have not paaied, iu? ris manifestations Are differ Not only different, but, we sub better and higher; for it is far batter and higher to render tha ser of peace that mean elevation and enlightenment, than to break each ether's heads with swords and spears In order to wear some gaudy ribbon at the point off a glistening and deadly \ I building to he erected here is to the education of our teaag women. ??What la wanting/' aald Napoleon ba Madame Cam pan, "hi ordar that the youth of France may be wall ad lood mothers," was (ha re is a system," said Na . one Word." recognised it once the tatement, whose truth is universally recognised. If we educate our woman, we ?hall have an educated and an enlightened citizen The ally Of Burnt er. therefore, feels aa unusus u?.,i ? ? of innpiratlon and pride, wh. ii today It presents, through ha Board of Education, as a ChrlUmas gift to young women and girls the building that is to ba erected bare, and It is our pray? er that thoaa who enter these portals may not only spend therein years of great pleasure and prent; but that they may become Imbued with tha spirit of learning, of altruism, and df devotion to duty and may go out theaoe to pay the debt that overy ed? ucated man or woman owes to his community, the debt of lr telligent, enlightening, and uplifting service. Tha aaw building Is to bo one of the best school buildings In this sec? tion of the State, complete and well fitted with every modern convenience and arrangement suited to echool purposes and nchool bulldlngi*. It will ia used as a glrla* high school. The building will be situated be? tween tha Washington and Hampton schools and Hill face the Confeder ata monument. Quite a number of young folk* from here went over to Florence on Mon? day night to attend tha Cotillon Club dance given at the Dixie warehouse. They all report having had a most de? lightful time. INDICTS UIOIK OFFICERS. MEMBERS OF PI&CE ADVOCATE COUNCIL COME UNDER SHER? MAN LAW. Eight Men Including Congressman Buchanan, Former Congressman Fowler and Former Attorney Gener? al of Ohio, Monnett, Among Those Charged. New York, Dec. 28.?Eight men, in? cluding a congressman, a former con? gressman and a former attorney gen? eral of Ohio, were Indicted today by a federal grand jury on a charge of conspiring to foment strikes in Amer? ican munition factories as part of a campaign, financed by the German government, to check tho exportation of munitions to the entente allies. The men Indicted were: Congress? man Frank Buchanan of Illinois, For? mer Congressman H. Robert Fowler Of Illinois, Frank 8. Monnett, former attorney general of Ohio; H. B. Mar? tin, Herman Schultois, Franz von Rintslsn, Davis Lamar and Jacob C. ?>ylor. AH of the men except von Rintelen and Lamar are officers or former officers of Labor's National Peace council. The government Chargen that this organisation was financed by Frans von Rintelen, a German agent, to instigate strikes In munition plante, while ostensibly working In the interest of interna? tional peace. The indictment of Monnett was the sensation of the grand jury prodceed Ings. , The hills' against his seven co defendants had been predicted for several weeks, but Monnett's name had never been mentioned. Lamar, who has been called the "Wolf of Wall Street" la charged with being Rlntelen's paymaster/ It Is amid hundreds of thousands of dol? lars passed through his hands, and It is alleged he benefited personally to the extent cf $400,000. Rintelen la a prisoner in England He was seised by the British authori? ties at Falmouth while fleeing from this country under s> false passport. He to under Indictment here, charged with conspiring to procure a bogus passport as an American citizen. No effort will be made, however, to ob? tain his return as the offenses with which he is charged are not extradit? able. All of the Indictments were re? turned under the Sherman anti-trust law and charge conspiracy in restraint of the foreign trade of the United ?tat< a Tl maximun ? airy is out year's imprison..< nt 'and a fine oi $10.000. As soon as the grand jury reooi'.c i Its findings agents ot the department oi Justice acting with Lmtea out loa deputy marshals, were Instructed to arrest the indicted men. Labor's National Peace council was organised in May of this year after the arrival in this country on April 3 of Frens von Rintelen. He ap? parently commanded unlimited funds, having $500,000 to his credit In one New York bank. According to fed? eral officials, his mission was not merely to start propaganda against the exportation ot munitions to the nlMes but also to stir up trouble be? tween this country and Mexico. In the latter respect it is said his efforts were a failure from the start. The first Important meeting of the peace council, which was ostensibly organized to promote the cause of in? ternational peace, was held in Wash? ington In June. Representative Buch? anan was elected president. Fowler general counsel, and Monnett was named a member of the committee on resolutions. Buchanan resigned July 31 and was succeeded by Jacob C. Taylor, a lead? ing labor union official of New Jer? sey. Von Rintelen, according to secret service agents, finally discovered that he was spending his money without result. Some strikes were called, but they failed to have any important ef? fect on the exportation of munitions. The German agent decided to leave the country. He first endeavored by the aid of Andrew9 D. Meloy, an American mining promoter, to secure an American passport. Falling in this, he sailed under a Swiss passport, using the name of Edward V. G tsche. Meloy was subsequently arretsed and turned State's evidence. When von Rintelen was taken pris? oner by the British a mass of docu? ments was also seized and turned over to the American authorities. Acting on the Information obtained from these papers an investigation was started into the activities of the peace counsel. The grand Jury first returned indictments against Rinte? ln and Meloy in the passport case. t. "ealed indictment, the contents of which have never been known, was next handed down. The indictments today are the final results of the grand Jury's work which has lasted four months. Licenses to marry have been Issued to Robert Benjamin and Aggie Ben? jamin, Mayesville, and Captain Be thea, Dllllon, and Liela M. Plowden, Shlloh. THREE OFF FOR EOROPE. |CAPT. BOY-ED, BRAND WHITLOCK AND OOL. HOUSE LEAVE ON SAME STEAMER. German Military Attaehee Makes Statement Attacking Newspapers of United States?Others Have Little to Say. New York, Dec. 28.?Three men I who figure prominently in the diplo? matic relations of the United States sailed today on the Holland-American Line Steamship Rotterdam for Rot? terdam by way of Falmouth, England. They are Col. E. M. House, friend and confidential adviser of President Wil? son, who goes to Europe at the re? quest of the president; Brand Whit lock, United States mir ister to Eel glum, who is returning to his post at Brussels after a vacation with his family at Toledo, Ohio, and Capt. Karl Boy-Ed, formerly naval attache of the Germare embassy at Washington, who was recalled by the German emperor at the request of the United States government because of "improper ac? tivities in naval matters." Capt. Boy-Ed, Col. House and Mr. Whltlock boarded the Rotterdam within a few minutes of each other. Col. House said he would visit the American embassies at London, Paris and Berlin and possibly Vienna. Con? cerning the object of his mission he said he had nothing to add to his pre? vious statement, in which he declared his trip would In no way be a peaoe mission, but that he was going at the request of President Wilson and Sec? retary' Lansing to inform various American diplomats as to the precise attitude of this government Col. House was accompanied by his wife. The crowd that surrounded the Whitlocks was so large and demon? strative .that it was necessary for a policeman to escort the pair down the pier to the gangplank. "I feel much better than when I came home," said Mr. Whltlock. "I would like to show my appreciation of the consideration which has been shown me by the newspaper men since I have been homo, but I must decline to talk on any important matter." Capt Boy-Ed drove to the pier and as soon as he alighted from his taxi cab he was surrounded by a large crowd, and a policeman was called to escort him to the gangplank where a number of German friends were wait? ing. After handing out his statement and shaking hands with his friends, ! the captnin hurried on boar?i. Capt. Boy-Kd's statement follows j "Betere this terrific war broke out j I had the great ferfa ?f luv served almost two, and a halt years for my emperor as naval attache to the German embassy at Washington. Those years belong not onry to the most Interesting but also to the most pleasant in my life. I am particu? larly thankful for the rare com? radeship of the American navy that I have been permitted* to enjoy due to the kindness oT Its gallant and amiable officers. "The great and cordial hospitality which is so proverbial for Americans and which was extended also to me from the very first day of my arri val in the United Sta'^s I can never forget "Of course, I refrain at the hour of my departure from again refuting all the stories which were told about me in the American papers and which mostly?like the silly Huerta tale? were Invented by the Providence Journal. "This paper, with its British born Mr. Rathom, has done Its utmost to create an almost hysterical suspicion of syping throughout the country in order to prejudice public opinion against Germany. "We Germans do not understand what you call your 'free press.' Our laws allow the fullest personal lib erty consistent with the welfare cf the State. But we do not permit ths diplomatic- representatives Of friend? ly governments t,o be insulted ad lib? itum or our government to be em barrassed in its dealings with other nations, nor men's reputations to be wantonly sacrificed by the wild and reckless utterances of an irresponsl ble press like the Providence Jour? nal. And I venture to predict that in sheer self-defense you will be forced to take like measures, notwithstand? ing the dangerous power of your press. "While our enemies have been and are being supplied from this country with all forms of death dealing muni? tions of war, without which they would have long since been overcome, I have been denounced from one end of the country to the other for having been concerned at the outset of the war in chartering ships to supply ou?* cruisers at sea with coal and food as though It were a crime instead of being, as it is, and has been consid? ered by your court, to be o strictly lawful act. The ships that brenpV coal, provisions and supplies l.< Hong Kong to Admiral Dewey's I during the Spanish-American wi 1898 were cleared for Macao > not for the American warships u and in their clearance papers it was stated the cargo consisted of scrap iron. "In this connection I may cite one of the leading American newspapers which said on December 5 in regard to the recall of my colleague, Capt. von Papen, and myself: 4It will be worth considerable to us if we keep our sense of proportion working and do not permit prejudice to shut out our perspective.' "It is my heartfelt hope that the United States and Germany, which have so many common interests, will always maintain their friendly rela? tions; that peace will come soon and that the abatement of passion will en? able all Americans to have for Ger? many and Germans the same good will as formerly. I "I say goodbye to all my personal friends in this country, thanking them for the innumerable evidences of friendship I have received at their hands, and express my gratitude ' to those who have remained impartial and unbiased in a war of bloodshed and misery of which the world has nevor seen the like before. AIM OF CROP REPORT. ? Furnishes Simultaneously to Buyer and Producer Unbiased Estimates of Yield and Probable Production. The Bureau of Crop Estimates re? plies to occasional inquiries wheth? er the government crop report may not benefit the speculator rather than the farmer, as follows: "The Department of Agriculture, being instituted to encourage and as? sist agriculture In every possible way, would not maintain a bureau the work of which could in any way prove detrimental to farming interests. The aim of the crop-reporting service is to give everyone, at the same time and without charge, an unbiased estimate of crop conditions. "Before the department undertook the issuance of this public crop re? port, private~*speculative interests long had been* collecting such advance in? formation as they could and using it to their own advantage. Today many speculators and large buyers of farm products do not depend wholly upon the government crop report for their information; They maintain a regu? lar system of collecting information through traveling agents and a corps of reporters, largely local'buyers who, In exchange for their local informa? tion, receive the information issued regarding general conditions and oHces. "In the aba?mos of the governn. report the country would h.'V? to ?^- j ?nd 'viiniiy upon privately prepar?;* reports E- *n if the^e reports were supplied free' farmers would have to guard themselves against having the information reach them only after it had been used for private speculative purposes, and, in addition, would be under the necessty of determining whether the privately circulated re; ports were colored by private inter? ests or, as is true of some of the re? ports privately circulated, were a conscientious effort to publish accu? rate estimates. The purpose of the government crop report is to furnish simultaneously to producer and buy? er estimates of yield and probable production. The estimates as issued are compiled from facts reported by a vast number of volu: toer crop re? porters, and those facts are supple? mented by information specially gathered by the department's State field agents, who are required to trav? el widely Over their States and to ob? serve crop conditions at first hand. "In establishing farm prices or other prices accurate knowledge as to supplies is essential. The Bureau of Crop Estimates collects such data and carefully collates and analyzes them. The department so surrounds such in? formation with safeguards that it is imposlble for anyone to gain a hint as to the figures until the department's estimates are made accessible at a stated time to all clasess interested. "In some few cases Individuals have refused to cooperate in gathering and furnishing local information as to crop production to the department be? cause of a groundless fear that such information might be used as the ba? sis of an increase in taxes. The de? partment, of course, has nothing to do with levying taxes, and names and addresses of individual reporters, as well as their reports, are treated as strictly confidential and are never dis? closed." MIhj? Willis Entertained. Miss Edyth Willis, of Macon. Qa., was the guest of honor at a party given by Mrs. Blifcabeth Thomas, at the Imperial Hotel last evening. Miss Willis was charmingly gowned In old rose. The color scheme wns In red and green. The evening was pleas? antly spent In games and dancing. The feature of the evening which seemed to afford the greatest amusement was ?1 "?*ure Bnough Oypsy Fortune Tel he past, present and future were ed to all who had the courage en. The guests departed much d with their evening's entertain? ment. MANY WORK FOB GOVERNMENT NEARLY HALF MILLION ON U. S. PAY ROLL. Competitive Examination Rules Ap? ply to Nearly Three Hundred Thou? sand Employees. Washington, Dec. 29.?More than 475,000 officers and employes, or, to be exact, 476,363, are on the govern? ment pay roll at the present time, ac? cording to information conveyed in the annual report of the civil service commission just made public here. Of this large army of government work? ers 292,000 held positions subject to competitive examinations under the civil service rules. Of( the 184,000 whose positions are not subject to such rules more than 10,000 were presidential appointees, 8,000 being postmasters of the first, second and third classes, 5,000 clerks in charge of contract postal stations, 72,000 clerks in third and fourth class postoffices, 8,000 mail messengers, 12,000 btar route, steamboat and screen wagon contractors. To properly examine applications for pensions there is required alone a total of 4,600 surgeons. Panama canal work calls for 20,000 and there are 27,000 unclassified la? borers scattered throughout the coun? try whose names are on the govern? ment pay roll. Last year the number examined for entrance into the classified ser? vice reached a total of 166,000, which is 30,000 less than the number exam re Aty In tfre te tiroX incd the previous year, the decrease being due to the fact that many large examinations, including that for the railway mail service, were postponed> On June 30, 1915, there were 47 - 000 fourth class post-offices United States, and at the same there was a total of 43,000 rural free delivery routes in operation. |1 Although the report does not shoto , what percentage of the total num%ev of employes were women, it is safe to say they made up half the total. ,'}'' These half million men and women are working for Uncle Sam both in this and fh continental countries?lA fact, wherever the flag of the Stars and Stripes is found floating. While it is true that the pay they receive Is not large?though generally adequate in each particular case?Uncle (Sam is a good paymaster and there is never an excuse to complain of slow pay. Death. _\ ? Mrs. M. J. Clarke died suddenly this morning at her home on 3. Salem Avenue of heart trouble. She been unwell for sometime, but death was unexpected and was a great shock to her family and many friends. Mrs. Clarke was the widow of the late W. R. Clarke from Georgetown' county and \has been a resident of Sumter for the last four years. 8he la, survived by one daughter, Mrs. Thos. Flowers, with whom she made her .???? * home. The body will be shipped to George? town this afternoon and the funeral services held there tomorrow. ^ wmmmammmmmt The Balley=Lebby Company Machinery, Millsand Plumbing Supplies, AUTOMOBILE TIRES AND ACCESSORIES. AGENTS FOR ?8mpW^ * J- TIRES. CHARLESTON, S. 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