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UMS NIL it Muwaub AB *ej^g n^life*} ?tJefeejahta, Dec It ?Representative roeehii Colon ibis from Wash y aster day. It H intimated that earns to take a final look over In Columbia before mak< f'Rbi recommendation to the^presl ft as to the poetmaaterthlp. Aa to would say only: I shall haar something aeathsaeteran lp for Columbia abort stay, la the city. Those taank patamag>r la tke peculiar at a oongrsssiina are badly mls I have fouae It a forden and to ba borne Philosoph - than to be sought after of strength." Lever, since the aak In November, lias been en WRh the Joint committee of asm and senate on which he la f the house appointee*. In an to aavtsa a workable plan of snaRs for the ooentry. The of the i oral credits wHh which Mr. Invar's sub had to do Is that of IsjM credits. The subcommittaa last Friday to a wRl go before the fult'oom from today. Rr werk aa the Joint committee fc. eerty fa November baa bean but I have found It interest i leaver said. "That legtola wig enable the farmer to a low tage of |n 'eparabfto tu to* la <ta abeojate peceastty is b* UM oretwhelihlfig terRftnohy !? af tarai eeeaoinies, as a R? otavay of tnd Heidts of Ru? mitSj angea ?I Wich have ta encrettet an long ad ill bifi watcb wttt be kid before isajgflilliii Iraeidw. for a fall 'at* ptn*<ne4o*vl4e fa Us af krm gMifM*credits an red laWilaten. The the 11 wartet -land at $ioMff ,Jamh. be eebasrtbed attt af treasury of the United etherwtea subscribed from tha passage of under tha direction of man board, appointed Paent of the United fctate*. aipttei st beb of ths 11 *to asaouiR t? M.ooo.M, with leasing eepeoity of $130, rhtoh win ba increased la of ft to 1 aa borrowers comb rational hanks will do bus toaal aasoelations of farm organising under federal aad att a#ptlohtlons for are approved and recommended ad orgaaJaatlewa to tha Tha rate of interest to Wall ba the interest at aa brings Will sell 1. the open atue.l per eent It ta thought back of the bonds m strict that such reailry sell at 4 par cent., MReR and this mears that the barged to the farmer would neighborhood of 6 per cant which the farmer is to the principal each pear la I MRU with tha borrower, ex .ithal the maximun period for a ta fixed at If > era Provision Is mad banks to accept aad In certain oxigenctes through special agencies, deposits may be loaned on re attempted to adapt to the aad conditions of/this country featrues of the bast Sur )pean af rural credits and I believe ?the legislation whl:h will tlnally teaejt from our efforts will -provide a Pta* wheeh win be both prnctloal in ehetallisa and of Immense benefit In reenjte; while the country is in a Rbmr over the proposition of military f^amitdneaa, it la well for some of aa at least not to overlook the matter af industrial, commercial and espe ataRy agrlcultare) prspaiedne?s. These a>e sis necessary to the national de? fines as are standing \rmlee and laVssidable navies ' ? '-What do you^ think of the preal programme of preparednessV* bff. Lever was asked. "Oh, I suppose that congress will authorise a con? siderable Increase In tbo army and navy."* be said, "as well as an Increase lor Ooast defense, but congress Is by no asasias unanimous on the proposition, fades who have to provile the means ait raisins the taxes to care for the addRional expense Imposed byjMils arodranfme have the task of a full grown man upon their hands. .Internal direct taxes are always exasiJerstlng aad unpopular, as, for ext.mplt, stamp taxes and the like. Personally. I am Ineltned to think that we are Justi? fied In selling the Paiams canal because not only Is prepared a proposition permanent In its character and to which tha future should contribute Its Juet share of 18 DISMISS FABtt PROBLEMS. DiR. W. V. LONG TO TELL FARM EHS BEST METHODS FOR YEAR, What Are Beat Fertilisers to Use and How to Use hem?Save Stable Ma There Ui to be a very Important meeting In Sumter at the Court House next Monday, January 3rd, Just after the sales are over. Every farmer, [ merchant and buatneae man in the county and those who do business through Sumter should be present. There haa never been a time when we were so much up in the air about; our farming arrangements for another year. About ten per cent, of the arge farmers have already made some kind of arrangements. Nobody has been able to secure any potash of any con sequence. Lagt summer T saw a number of fields that rusted and gave up because of the light appli? cations of potash. Some agenta and dealers are telling us that lime will liberate potash in the soil and aesipt us in our present perplexing problems. Prof. W. W. Long of Clemsen Col? lege haa accepted an invitation to ad? dress this meeting along the liner, of what we can afford and what we can? not afford to do another year. '' \ Because of the price of cotton, some may be tempted to use aa much ferti? liser aa thiy have In the past. Here is where the business man la' concern? ed. It would be suicidal for the coun? ty to purchase large quantities of an unbalanced fertiliser at present prices, because no one can predict what the result of using an unbalanced fertilis? er la going to be. From observation I have come to the conclusion that the standard 1-3-3 which we have been using la high in phosphorous for our general heeds and low in pdtaih. I feel sura-that thia is true tor cdrn. So you see what we are up against. Oh some' noils m Sumter count/ we might use fifteen' dollars' worth of fertiliser pet 'icre and not make enough cotton M pay the fertiliser bill, without/any potash. I have seen statements,by nitrate dealers that ni? trate of s?ila would stimulate the soil and make it give up its potash, euch statements are made to sell the pro? ducts of the agenoiea making them d 1 hive always found that It it bettet to take the advice or counsel of si dlelnteraitsd informed party than 084 of a party who has studied every argumeat 1hat he can give, which cannot be proved a false statement, in order to sell his product It seems to she that we ought to adopt a slogan in this county and/ decide at this meeting we at would be a maximum amount of dollars per acre to apand for the present unbalanced fertlllacrs that are being offered for sale. There ia one thing that the farmers of Sumter oounty will make no mis? take in doing, that is to make all of the manure under shelter that they can make this winter. I have soeh good crops of cotton grown this year with nothing except three or tour loads of stable manure per acre. The manure produced out from under a shelter does not have very much pot? ash because the rains leach It out. This is th* time of the year to flush the land and subsoil and harrow so aa to make the greatest amount of plant food ,iu the soil available . for next year's crop. j. Frank Williams. CAUSED TRAIN WRECK. I Operator Sent Two Trains Together With Fatal Results. Urbana, Ohio, Dec. 28.?Officials aj:c hunting for Perry Kelley, the missing operator who la charged with respon? sibility for a train wreck at St. Paris, when Engineer Coffee was killed. I The operator sent the trains toward i each other on the same track. its expense, but it is true also that the Panama canal has been built largely out of current funds in the treasury and of course the Panama canal is a permanent institution to be ejoyed by the future even more than by the present We have something over $200,00,000 of these bonds which | might be sold and this would go a long way in providing for tho addi? tional expense for preparedness. 1 believe, too, that the income tax law can be modified in such a way as to provide for a larger revenue, and I would favor, in addi? tion to this a federal Inheritance tax." "Is there likely to be any oppostlton to the nomination of President Wil? son?" Mr. Le/er was asked. He an? swered promptly: "If the president desires the nomination, he can have it by the unanimous voice of the con? vention and I am Inclined to think that the country will demand a con? tinuance of his services during this crisis through which we are pausing" Mr. Lever will return to Waslnff ton next Monday to be present when the full committee receives the rural credits 'bill from the subcommittee, and It Is understood that he will pro sent to the full committee several amendments not agreed upon by tho subcommittee. EXPECT BREAK WITH AUSTRIA REPLY THIS WEEK MAY NOT BE SATISFACTORY TO UNITED STATES. If Dual Monarchy Doch not Comply with Demands Rupture with Central Allies Will Probably Follow, as There Is Little Hope of Averting it. Vienna, De*. 26 (by Courier to Ber? lin, via London).?The answer of the Austro-Hungnrlan government to the American government in regard to the sinking of the Italian steamer Ancona is expected this week. Frederic C. Penfleld, the American ambassador, had not received the reply up to Mon? day evening, however. Washington, Dec. 28.?Unofficial advices received here today conformed with intimations from abroad that Austria's forthcoming reply to the An? cona note will fail to meet the de? mands of the United States and Teu? tonic diplomatic circles were authori 'tatively represented as being prepared for a break in diplomatic relations be? tween the two countries, s Various developments, It was agreed, might avoid such an eventual? ity, but none of the counter proposals which it has been intimated the Vienna foreign office might advance have been regarded so far as coming within the state department's renewal of demands regarding the Ancona. Now that the situation, after being dormant nearly two weeks, is again beginning to take on the aspects of a crisis, the status of the negotiations of the United States over submarine warfare against merchantmen, not with Austria alone, but with the Teu? tonic powers as allies, is commanding attention. Although Germany has given the United States assurances that she will conform to the principle of visits and search before attack, the practices against which the Untied States so vigorously contended are be? ing carried on now by her ally, Aus? tria, and It has been charged that the Austrian submarines are In some in? stances furnished by Germany and In others are officered and manned by the German navy. Such a situation, it 4s being pointed out, amounts to prac? tically a defeat of the submarine ne> gotlatlons with Germany. Further? more, the impasse In the Lusltanla negotiations becomes a factor In the situation. It la admitted that the United States scarcely can request Austria to con? duct submarine warfare in Its rela? tion to the rights of neutrals in a manner different from that permitted to Germany. ? Germany has admitted her obliga? tion not to sink liners without giving warning and making provision for the safety of passengers and crew pro? viding there was no resistance. So far no agreement has been reached as to the exact meaning of the word liners. The Germans hold it applicable to vessels carrying passengers alone and plying between certain points on reg? ular schedules. The state depart? ment's view has been that the terms Include any merchant line, but not to a regular steamship line, but no Issue has been made of the differing interpretations because Germany has undertaken to use such precautions as may be consistent with the use of the submarine as to warning merchant? men as to Insure the safety of paa sengers and crew provided these arc not a part of the military establia mcnt of the enemy. The demand of the United States upon Austria In connection with the Ancona case Is broader than any Ger? man admission, being based upon the contention that International law, the Hague coventlons and the declara? tion of London all require warning be? fore sinking a vessel, and insurance of the safety of "the passengers and crew, even when the vessel is of belligerent ownership. Tho Austrian govern? ment Has not admitted any such ob? ligations and recent events in the Mediterranean indicate that subma? rine commanders are sinking mer? chantmen without warning and with? out inquiry as to whether they carry neutral passengers. So far no ex? planation beyond that of military necessity has been offered. Unless the expected note from that jgovernment should amount to a sud? den and total severance of diplomatic relations, It is expected in official quar? ters that the Austrian foreign of lice will seek to Justify its methods, per? haps adopting one of the original German contentions in the Lusitania case, that tho appearance of the sub? marine as a weapon of war has in? troduced new problems and not only justified but demanded a departure from tho old rules. Canadian Farmer Murdered. Montreal, Dec. 28.?Held up near bis home by three desperadoes Fran? cois Frechette, a farmer, was murder? ed last night. Ills head was severed. Butte, Mont., Dec. 30?A mysterious explosion of dynamite wrecked the Salvation Army ttarrncks, badly dam? aging several adjoining buildings. No loss of Hie is reported. SI EP TOWARD GENERAL SERVICE - WA*} DEPARTMENT BELIEVES I TIME IS COMING WHEN ALL MUST SERVE ARMY. If British Fail With Volunteer System, Compulsion May he Introduced In Connection With Continental Army in This Country. Washington, Dec. 28.?Great Brit? ain's effort to carry on the war with? out resort to conscription is being anxiously watched by the American war department. Army officers say, ithe United Kingdom's situation touches at the- root of conditions the United j States faces in carrying out the administration army increase pro? gramme. I If Great Britain decides for con? scription, high officials said today, a jlong step will have been tfken to? wards the time when ?universal ser? vice will be generally accepted in the United States as a national necessity. I If Great Britain goes on with volun? teers. American officials feel that nothing short of a great military de? feat would bring the United States to universal service. Entirely aside I from its part in the European war, officials believe the question of whether service with the colors in time of need shall be a legally recog? nized duty of citizenship is* of vif\l Importance on this side of the Atlan? tic. The virtually unanimous opin? ion of the commissioned, personnel and the civil officers of the war de partment is said to be that adequate preparedness can be secured only on the basis of universal military ser? vice. j While Secretary Garrison has made no public declaration of his own opin? ion, Assistant Secretary Breckinridge, who frequently* serves as his chief spokesman, has clearly indicated in public utterances adherence to the belief that universal service is the only fair and democratic solution to the military problem of the nation. Signs are not lacking that the mili? tary committees of Congress will be formally acquainted with this view at the coming hearings, either by the secretary himself or by an authorized spokesman. It is understood, how? ever, that the department will urge that the vital thing is to put through I at the present session a definite statement of military policy and cre jate machinery for organization of a citizen army, volunteer to begin wtyh, but based ultimately on universal service. Department officials are un? willing to see the fate of their policy [jeopardized by tying it up with the j universal service issue which may be well disposed of after the policy has been written. ? , \ The administration's continental army plan, it was learned authorita? tively tonight, is designed to operate with either the volunteer or the unl I versal service system. It was framed With the Swiss system as a model and lacks only one feature?that of com? pulsory service?to adapt that sys? tem to what army officers regard as American needs and conditions. Should events prove that a sufficient number of volunteers will not come forward or public sentiment undergo a change In favor of universal mili? tary service, a brief amendment in the law would set the continental army machinery in motion with little delay to establish the citizen army of the nation on that basis. I Regulations contemplated by the framers of the plan to put the con? tinental army project into effect in? clude the division of the country into military divisions corresponding gen? erally to the present congressional district. I Each district would be called upon for 333 recruits annually. In the event that compulsory service were decided upon, it is stated, the [only action necessary would be to authorize the war department in any year when the quota of recruits from any district had not been made volun? tarily by a predetermined date, to draft the necessary men for that pur? pose from the portion of the popula? tlon of the district liable for service. Advocates of the administration plan say that the 400,000 men with the colors and 400,000 reserve pro? posed to be produced within six years will not constitute a force adequate to the needs of the nation, and they do not contend that the proposed two monha' intensive training a year for three years is sufficient to make a sol? dier. As a matter of fact they do not believe it will be possible to se? cure more than 30 days' training' an? nually under a purely volunteer sys? tem. It Is an open secret that the plan Is regarded by its framers in its pres? ent form as more of a preparatory measure than anything else, paving the way to a decision by the people at large for universal service and es? tablishing Immediately the fundamen? tal principles that must underlie any proper military- system. That con? clusion must be reached, the officials insist, by any process of reasoning baaed upon facts and they look to the men who will enter tho conti? nental army, whether they come by the tens or hundreds of thousand In RESORTS 10 CONSCRIPTION. DECIDES ON MODIFIED FORM OF SYSTEM. Measure Permitting: Government to Apply Compulsion to be Presented Soon. London, Dec. 29.?It is stated on excellent authority that the cabinet has virtually decided upon a modified form of conscription bill to ,be intro? duced in the house of commons next week, giving the government the nec? essary power, should it be found nec? essary, to bring in single men and [ preserve Premier Asquith's pledge to married men. Yesterday's cabinet meeting, al? though it failed to result in an agree? ment of all the ministers upon the vexed question of the voluntary sys? tem versus conscription, was of a very critical and decisive character and virtually reached the decision that the j application of force may become nec? essary after all willing ellgibles arc ef? fectually brought to the colors. Therefore it was resolved that at the earliest opportunity a bill should be introduced in parliament In order that the government might take the necessary steps should it be found no other course was effective to this end. J The premier is expected to make a statement on the whole question in the house of commons on Y/ednesday or Thursday of next week and an? nounce the speedy introduction of a bill of a permissive character, making service in the army obligatory on un? married men who have failed to at? test under the Derby scheme. The anti-conscriptionist ministers offered strong opposition and it still is unknown whether any resignations will follow. It is believed, however, that this i3 quite likely. The line of policy upon which a majority of the ministers agree, in? dicating that some, at least, of the anti-conscriptionist section of the * binet so far waived their principle ? to consent to a modified applica? tion of force is as follows: First, that the premier's pledge to married men is binding on the whole government. Second, that the peldge should be redeemed forthwith. Third, that the principle of com? pulsion should be accepted. Fourth, that the premier should announce this policy at the earliest opportunity after the reassembling of parliament. It Is believed that the actual formal resolution on the new policy has been postponed until another meeting of I the cabinet on Thursday and that in the interval Mr. Asquith will be em ?ployed in using the strongest influ? ence to avoid disruption of his cabi? net. TO MAKE SUGAR BARRELS. Company Capitalized at $50,000 Chartered at Savannah. Savannah, Ga? Dec. 29.?The Globe Machinery and Barrel Factory, with a capital of $50,000 -has filed an ap? plication for a charter. It is pro? posed to make barrels to handle the prdduct of the $3,500,000 sugar refin? ery to be erected npar Savannah. DISPENSARY CLOSES. Georgians' Favorite South Carolina Resort Goes Out of Business at Last Augusta, Ga., Dec. 29.?The North Augusta dispensary, about which so much has been written, is no more. The remaining stock has been shipped to the Aiken dispensary and the place is for rent. The stock on hand did not exceed $400. the first few years, to carry home a practical view of the country's mili? tary problems. In determining upon his plan Sec? retary Garrison is known to have con? sulted every general officer of the ac? tive army and many on the retired list. In addition he received hundreds of opinions from officers of lower rank and for months conferred early and late with the officerajand officials im? mediately about him in the war de? partment. P^fforts of the department officials first will be directed toward convinc? ing congress that the urgent thing is to get the machinery for a citizen army created, the arms, ammunition and supplies necessary piled up, mo? bilization points selected and equipped, coast defenses extended and improved ?in a word, the foundations laid upon which such features as u ihcrsal .mili? tary service, extension of the general staff idea of scientific control, and the amount of training necessary for the continental troops may be superim? posed later. To attempt to secure all this now, they fear, would send the Whole plan toppling of Its own weight and nothing would be accomplished. There is no difference except in tho numbers of men and amount of train? ing, it is asserted^ between the sec? retary's proposals and those of the war college division of the general staff, all authorities being agreed upon the correctness of the continental army scheine. GET TOGETHER MEETING. LIVE?Y BANQUET AX1> SPEECH? ES ON NIGHT OF JANUARY 6. Chamber of Commerce Will Endeavor With Dollar Dinner to Instill More Optimism into Minds of Sumter's Business Men?J. K. Crosswell Heads Committee in Charge of Ar . rungcmcnts. Arrangements have been complet? ed for the dollar get together busi? ness men's dinner, on January 6, 1916. A rather unique feature of this festive occasion will be the total elimi? nation of "set pieces of pyrotechntcal oratory," all speeches being of five minute limit, "sky rocket" variety, quickly up and quickly down, except by unanimous consent for extension of time. ' It has been decided that there will be no long or short "reports" of committees, and no possible oppor? tunity for expressions or explanations of "regrets" of what "might have been" or what was done. This dinner is going to be largely a social gathering with an intermixing and exchange of ideas, in short form, between business men about what can be. accomplished for the general wel? fare of Sumter and Sumter county during the year 1916. "Looking Towards the Future" will be the motto for the approaching din? ner. Optimism will predominate - throughout, and good cheer will pre? vail. "Let the dead past bury its dead." Those now living must be "boosters," says the committee. The committee however, has in view several matters of importance for consideration by any sufficiently inter? ested to participate in the discussions, and who think they can open and close on the rapidfire, high gear process, hitting only the high places as they proceed. Only high tension talks will be permitted. All who desire to talk will be af? forded an equal opportunity to do so. As one of the committee express? ed it, while being a business men's dinner, with more or less business in? tentions, the ''real thing" is the "Si? mon pure feed" we are going to get, taken in connection with the desire to get our business men together for so? cial Intercourse and to blow the cob? webs off of their minds, and to get out their system old standing grouches that are now unnecessary and out of fashion in Sumter, onward to the 1916 model prosperity, we are going to en? joy. 0 f We propose also to have, some fun while we are at it. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, etc. etc. don't you know. . The idea is to inject "some ginger" into the discus? sions. The contract for serving the din? ner has been awarded to the Hotel Claremont, Sumter's up-to-date and popular home for traveling men. Mr. C. F. Whitted, the proprietor and manager guarantees that he will find pleasure in furnishing a menu that will please every one present. Mr. John K. Crosswell, the chair? man of the committee on entertain? ment, and a well-known connoisseur of culinary art, has assumed the en? tire responsibility on the part of the committee for the variety, excellence, and seasoning of the billsof fare. His i reputation as a connoisseur, of which he is justly proud, is therefore at stake. The tickets will be placed on sale next week, anu the sale will be dis? continued forty-eight hourp prior to the dinner, which will be held at 8.30 o'clock in the main, dining hall of the hotel, unless sooner sold out. Seating capacty for 150 guests will be provided. The following gentlemen consti? tute the committee who will gladly take the name of any - one wish? ing to reserve seats in advance. John K. Crosswell, chairman; H. A. Moses, Thomas Wilson, H. N. For? rester, W. W. McKagen, W. B. Upshur, S. L. Krasnoff, W. Percy Smjth, W. A. Thompson, Dr. W. J. Bristow, H. G. McKagen. Ticket reservation may be made at, through, or from the office of the secretary of the Chamber of Com? merce, by telephone or otherwise. Mrs. Grant, who is acting as as? sistant secretary will call on the busi? ness men in a few days with tickets as a special accommodation. Jt Is guaranteed that neither be? fore, during, or after this dinner will there be any collections taken up, nor will any guest be asked to pledge himself, friends, relatives or acquaintances, financially for any cause or provocation. Washington. Dec. 27.?Officials of the department of justice said tonight that the continued rise in the mice of gasoline probably would be made the subject of an inquiry to determine whether there had been any viola? tion of the Sherman anti-trust act. No formal complaints have reached Washington so far, but attorneys ex? pressed the view that an investigation should be made on the department's own Initiative,