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JAN 1 5 1916 tern ?TW tat ?ad Fear Dot?Eet aD tbe en* Tbon Abart at be thy Country's, Tby God'e aad IhAV SUMTER, S. O, ftATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1916. TUB TRUE SOUTHRON, ??fJMpjg Aur. 9,1661. VoLXLI. No. 43 Uni? Ii? mim. UT MESOPOTAMIA VALLEY THEY ABB IWmW AGAINST BIG CDD8. to Bases*? Force of 10,000 la by 00,000 Turks? Porto Bald Hunk by In* After All of Been Pieced m Me; Cruiser to London. Jen. ll.?With Kut-el Asaarn ee e center, and- Bagdad as the a violent battle Is progressing between fee British and Turks in Mesopotamia, neai the original gar den el- Bden. Qntt hordes of Mo haalien4s s tribasmea have joined the three. The' British are attempting to as thousand British who are In by the T?rke. Sixty thou Turks are efe)>oslng the British advance op the TUjiis valley. MomsstMQito hard pressed. en the Jan. 11.?The Montehegrin arnty hi shaking ttn lest etand> hi the nieeinteme they < ire darroended on The 4.uetrians are, com? as the north and east and the hem the esuth. Military ex saw, that it tm only a question o"f tints asjtll Montenegro meets tief same sae> ae Servta, If ALLAN LUfKB SUBMARINED. Bat Was Hesse. Jan, U.? The official state nseht en the staking of the Italian ?' ??er Potto Said by an Austrian sob uterine Issued today, said: The ship attempted to escap), but abaadoned the effort and raises I the white flag, ae the submarine approached the steam? er attempted to ram her and the sub naayfne opened Are. 1 he submarine flatted nnttt all the pessengere wars e<T< elding; In the rescue work, and them torpsdesd the ship. 9> Berlin, Jan. 11.?The destruction of the Oermas cruiser Bremen Is sdmtt ted in a statement Vrom the official aewe agency too?y. The Bremen was one of the largest nhlps In the Ger navy, dlsplacltg 32.000 tons. It frequently been reported sunk, hut It was never admitted. It Is not announced how the cruiser was sunk or where, other than In the Baltic sea. to err down expenses. Committee Announces That Appropriation* Will not Ei . need Two Millions. Columbia. Jan. 11.?The ways and means committee this afternoon de? cided by resolution that the appro? priations for the State for the fiscal ysar would not be allowed to exceed two million dollars. cotton GINN1NGS TO jan. 1. 10,048,7*4 Bales Against 11,113,110 Olmsrd In Sasse Time Last Year. Washington, Jan. 10.?The eighth cotton ginning report of the season, complied from reports of census bu? reau correspondents and agents throughout the cotton belt and Issued st 10 A. M. today, announced that 10,443.783 bales of cotton, counting round as half bales, of the growth of ltlS. has been, ginned prior to Jan? uary 1. That compares with 14,443, .14? bales, or 90.8 per cent, of the en? tire 1*14 crop ginned prior to January 1 last year, 13.347.^31 bales, or 95 & per cent, of the 1013 crop, and 12, ?07.40? hales, 08.7 per cent, of the Itll crop. The average quantity of cotton ginned prior to January 1 in the last ten years wss 11,063,038 bales or 03.4 per cent, of the crop. FIRE AT SUBMARINE BASE. New London If aval Station Threatened With Destruction. New London. Conn., Jan. 11.?Fire starting In coal bin at the United States submarine base here for a time threatened several submarines. The workmen finally extinguished It after several thousand dollars loss to ma? terial had been cauxed. W. H. Colemsn who has been ?hoeen for postmaster at Columbia has pot yet been nominated for the place by President Wilson snd Postmaster t. H. Huggins, whose term expired to. day, will hold over until his successor bj-vonflrined by the senate. HUMS Uli WIE NOK. REPORTS REACHING Eli PASO FROM" MADERO STATE THAT WOMAN AND ENGLISH? MAN ARE AMONG j DEAD. i I Report Has Not Yet Been Confirmed, However?President Wilson Will not be Changed From Hie Announc? ed Mexican Policy?Bodies of Form? er Victime Reach 101 Paso?Sure Vine Wee Instigator. 1. El t**eo, Jan. 13?Word was received here today that nine more Americans, including one English and I one American woman, was killed by] Villa followere at Madera. Officials. have been unable to secure confirma? tion of the report, j Tee murders are j reported to have 4>een the work of Qen. Rodrtgues, who recently said he wont* klff eil Americans he got his hands on. PRESIDENT NOT STAMPEDED. [lie Firmly Refeees to Change Mexican Policy. Washington, Jan. 13.?ITesident Wilson made it clear today that his Mexican policy la unchanged. Sena? tor Sheppard. of.Teaa, lajd before the president telegrams from many Texas constituents urging armed In? tervention. Senator Sheppard said, after the conference, that the presi? dent will continue hie policy. DEATH TRAIN ARRIVES. I Bodies of VUle/a Victims Brought to HI Paso. El Peno, Jan. II.?The death traln^ bearing the seventeen bullet-riddled corpses of Monday's massacre arrived here this .morning. The bodies were terribly mutilated. The head of C. R. Watson, general manager of the Cuei mine, wee hacked from the body with bayonets. The others were stab-* bed, cut end shot horribly. Weeping relatives claimed the bodies. The po? lice wee dohbled here today, as the larrtvahof the bodies inflamed senti Me*|eana stiU more. Carranslita soldiers. Vile Responsible for Maasacre. Washington, Jan. 13.?Customs Col- i lector Cobb, of El Paso, wired Secre? tary Lansing today that Gen. Villa was seen in the vicinity of Monday's maasacre. Offices here are of the opinion that Villa was in close touch with the outrages, if not actually lead? ing the party. Mr. Cobb said that 600 armed Mexicans watched the maasacre from a distance. * Carranaa troops, dispatched from the garrisons at Juarez and Chihuahua this morning are seeking the 'murderers. Bart Kramer, a young rancher, is reported murdered, but report is unconfirm? ed. Try to Lynch Salasar. El Paso, Jan. 13.?Attempts to lynch Gen. Ynez Salasar, a former follower of Gen. Orosco, was frustrated today by the sheriff, who spirited him away from his hotel before the mob arrived. BONDS AT LOW INTEREST. County Gets Four Hundred Thousand Dollars at Lern Than 5 Per Cent. Greenville, Jan. 10.?Greenville county today sold $400,000 in r?ud bonds to E. H. Rollins A Son* of Boston at a net interest rate of 4.49 per cent. This rate is the lowest, stated a representative of the bond buyers, which has been mad* in either of the Carolinas in several yeare. . | The bonds were advertised not to exceed 5 per cent. j There were 11 bids submitted by, nine firms, four of the bidders being South Carolina firms, one of Hpar tanburg and three of Greenville. The low Interest rate is explained on the ground that money is plentl- 1 ful and the country's credit good, i The sale of a block of $400,000 in bonds was decided upon some time since by the ' highway commission. The total amount of bonds voted by the legislative delegation at the last session of the general assembly was $960,000. The bonds will l?e sold in blocks as needed. Cor NT OKl'MA ATTACKED. Attempt Mnde to Assassinate Japanese Premier. Tokio. Jan. 13.?An unknown mm attempted to assassinate Count Okuma, the Japanese premier yester? day by throwing two bombs Into the count's automobile. The count wus j uninjured. VILLA'S BRIM k SAID to HAVE COMMANDED SQUA1 MASSACRED AMI Official Washington is II Over Murder of Amerh loo Than over Any Sinking of Lusitanla?i der Ready for Punitive El Paso,?*Jan. 12.?Fn himself is said to have squad which massacred Americans, and one Cai huahua, according to lng here today. th6ught to be Vlllal the United Statt ranza. ?nally :hat (ANS. Stirred In Mex tt Since on Bor Itlon. 5o (Villa the' irenteen i In Chi reach icre is urejer to ting Car villa ORDK?UllTK/ El Paso, J?h. IS.-^A ei carrying Assistant Manag? the Cusi Mine left the morning to bring back I the/rnaa#j^red Americans.' ly all tlfc'.'.vlettms were ei tho Cusvmino and were number of their wives coll following the conflrmatloi port of their husbands* dispatches confirm the Villa personally led tho dragged the Americans fro] fand gave orders for their1 after beating their naked C. Myles, British vice coi received dispatches saying resentative of the British had secured a1 sworn el Villa led the party. TU was made by a Mexican the same train, named Mi cording to Menrtoza Villa teach the Americans than to recognise Can demand IMMEDIA1 Washington, Jan. 12. ministration officials arc "snap judgment" should*! In fixing tho reaponstl messacre of Americana! senators and repi paring to force a cl ideal's> m? Iacre. jral train tyan of iler this >dles of ictical Iloyees of rried. A bed today the re th. Later lit that which [the train f tecutton H. has a rep rnment that ttement inger on . Ac T will politics nr., ad that where Republicans and Democrats alike are demanding immediate action. Representative Flood, of Virginia, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, said: "action, immediate and vigorous must be taken. We must stop this deplorable series of attacks on Americans. We must move and move at once." At the White House Secretary Tu? multy said tho president "would await all possible facts," before deciding on i a change in policy. He .said also, I that no attaement is coming at this time. t "We don't have to assure the public that we will do our duty," said Secre Itary Lansing. He states that no Amcr llcan official has been authorized to grant permission to Americans to en? ter Chihuahua. The official list of victims issued by the State department follows: Charles R. Watson, W. J. Wallace, M. B. Romero, Thomas M. Evans, C. A. Pringle, Maurice Anderson, H. P. Mc Hattan, Alexander Hall, Charles Wad ley, E. L Robinson, W. W. Newman, H. C. Haze, J. Adams, W. H. Pearce, J. W. Woome, B W. McCoy. Telegrams by the score poured In the White House urging the president to resort to armed intervention. Sec? retary Lansing issued a statement say? ing that he felt that the State depart? ment had done all It could by warning Americans to keep out of Chihuahua sometime ago. 1 Capital Greatly Stirred. Washington, Jan. 12.?The capitol is stirred over the Mexican massacre more than anything since the Lusl tania tragedy. Secretary Lansing left I the cabinet dinner and went to his desk ut midnight to get the latest de I tails. j Five thousand American troops at El Paso are ready for instant action should the officials decide on an expe? dition into Mexico to punish the murderers. Practically the entire mobile army is strung along the bor? der under den. Funston. American Consular Agents along the border have been personally in? structed by Secretary Lansing to rush all details. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing will confer on the situation during the day. A law enforcement league has been organized In Klchland county to an Mm the officials to enforce the pro? hibition law. F. M, Mobley, sergeant of the pen? itentiary guard for twenty-two years died in the Baptist Hospital, Colum? bia, on Monday. THREE EXPLOSIONS IN DAY. THREE WORKMEN KILLED AND OTHERS INJURED IN DUPONT Works. 1*1 ant in New Jersey and Two Near Wilmington Wrecked by Explosions ?Secret Service Men Seek Clues to identity of "Outside Influences/' Wilmington, Del. Jan. 10.?Follow? ing the explosion at the Dupont pow? der plant at Carney's Point, N. J., early today, in which three worRmen were killed, two mills blew up at the | upper Hagley yard near here this af? ternoon. In one of the latter acci |dents one workman was slightly burn? ed. The three explosions within one day have had the effect of making the secret service and police departments of the DuPont Powder Company un- j usually active in looking for possible | clues indicating "outside influence." I A press mill blew up at 3 o'cloc this afternoon. It was in this explo sion that the workman . was hurt. Ninety minutes' laMjfjga mixing mill near the press mllfflffo exploded. It contained 500 pounds of powder. No I one was injured. Both mills were .blown to atoms, the shocks being .heard for at least twenty-five miles. The disaster at Carney's Point was due to an explosion of smokeless pow der, while at the upper Hagley yard it was black powder that went off. j Up to a late hour tonight there were no developments as to the cause of the explosions. While expressing the belief that all the blasts were due to accidents, officials of the company have issued instructions for.a sear?h .ing Investigation. GREEK PORT RAIDED. Aeroplanes of Central Powers Drop Sofia, Jan. 12.?Twelve German aeroplanes raided Saloniki Friday, the war office announced today, dropping nearly a hundred bombs, causing fires and Wrecking buildings. Two allied aeroplanes, which rose to give battle, '. were shot down. dinek, the Austrian charge, assured Secretary Lansing this forenoon that the American note will be taken at its face value, although America has not a shred of evidence showing that the Persia was even sunk by any sub I marine. MARCHING ON CETTINJE. Rome, Jan. 12.?The Austrian force which stormed the defenses on Mouift Lovchen are advancing on Cettinje, the Montenegrin capital. The Monte? negrin government is reported to be in ftight. Over half the little nation is now Austria's, but terrific battles are still raging in the mountain blizzards. FAILS TO PRESENT EVIDENCE Buchanan Again Tries to Get Action on Impeachment of His Prosecutor. Washington, Jan. 11.?Representa? tive Buchanan of Illinois today unsuc? cessfully sought the adoption of a res? olution to have the judiciary commit? tee begin immediately an inquiry into his impeachment charges against United State's Attorney Marshall of New York. Representative Moss of West Virginia opposed the resolution on the ground that Representative Buchanan "had not yet offered a shred of evidence to the comnilttee and ho has had two opportunities to do so/' Assaults on the resolution piled on from all sides and Buchanan finally withdrew it with the understanding that he might present it later in a dif? ferent form. j Buchanan brought his charges soon after Mr. Marshall ordered a grand 'jury investigation into Labor's Na? tional Peace council for alleged actlv jity in fomenting strikes in American munitions plants. Buchanan and some 'others identified with the council since 'have been' indicted for conspiracy to restrain American trade in war ex? ports. Army Officer Dies. Washington, Jan. 11.?Col. Jos. H. Dorst, V. S. A. retired, died at his home near Warrenton, Va., this morn? ing of apoplexy. He was formerly military attache in Austria. The State board of canvassers an nounced Monday that they had dis? missed the protests of Greenwood and Abbeville and upheld the new county of McCbrmick, which was created out of portions of these two counties and Bdffefleld, and which was voted by a majority of four to one at the polls. The opponents will appeal from tin State board to the courts. Bombs on City. '? , <- "?Wlw' Washington, Jan. 12.?(Baron Zwi T?E LEGISLATURE IN SESSION -. ! READING OF GOVERNOR'S MES? SAGE OCCUPIES NOON HOUR. Maas ot Bills Introduced at 71st Ses-i slob?One Calls for Granting of Di voroe and Other to Raise Salaries of Justices and Governor?President 'Wilson's Administration Unanimous? ly Endorsed. Columbia, Jan. 11.?The 71st ses? sion of the South Carolina legislature convened here today, at noon shortly after which the message of Gov. Man? ning urging educational and economic reforms and dealing with the internal I problems, of South Carolina was read. i ? i The general assembly initiated its ses? sion by adopting without a dissenting I vote the resolution introduced by Mr. ' i Bin sham of A ikon endorsing the ad? ministration of President Wilson. I A mass of bills were introduced, the most important being by Represent? ative Wolfe of Anderson, providing for a constitutional amendment al i ? lowing divorces in South Carolina. A jbill providing for an increase in the salaries of Supreme Court justices t the governor and other State offict' was presented. Several new rr, *9 hers were sworn In. -Cp' Columbia, Jan. 12.?Senator Wight man, of Saluda, injected spice in the 'debate of the senate today by object? ing to the Carlisle measure allowing ? women to become notaries public and school trustees on the grounds that such a measure is an "entering wedge for woman suffrage." The senate re? fused to kill the measure. A concurrent ^resolution calline on the South Cortina delegation IsVfj^n gres3 to. d# \lork for the national measure on rural credits was adopted. The governor's first veto of the ses? sion was delivered to the senate today*T si It was on a bill requiring licenses for non-residyent dealers in motor vehicles in Alken, Clarendon and York coun? ties. A bill appropriating $50,000 for the use of the governor in enforcing the prohibition laws was introduced in the house this afternoon. Sfr*tf*h*J??g- wtiiiiiAteuu?ihei ineuR' ing indicated the trend of legislative thought by unfavorably reporting bills that showed an inclination for additional appropriations. Unfavor? able committee reports were made on the McMahan measure to increase the pay of State officers and the Balles bill to investigate the birth place of An? drew Jackson. Bills providing for certification of teachers and county exchange of certificates, the trial of damage cases in thte counties where the defendants were injured, to pro? hibit the sale of opium and its de? rivatives were killed. The bill to have juries assess per cent, penalties on insurance companies when they put up frivolous defense against pay? ment was passed to third reading. The Dixson measure on lobbying was recommitted by its author to per? fect the bill. NEW MEMBERS SWORN IN. i Columbia, Jan. 12.?Three new members of the house?R. B. Belser, of Sumtcr; R. Burton Hicks, of Spar j tanburg, and J. Terry Wood, of Green? ville, were present and sworn in. The olny new member of the senate, jCharlton DuRant of Clarendon coun? ty, successor to the late Louis Ap- 1 pelt, also received the oath of office, j Senator LeGrand Walker, of George? town, president pro tempore of thqf senate, presided over the senate in j place of Lieut. Gov. Andrew J. Be? ^hea, who has not yet returned from I his pilgrimage to Europe with the j Ford peace party. He is expected in ' Columbia in the next few days, how? ever. 1 At the opening session yesterday, both the house and the senate showed a disposition to get down to work, and the calendars of both bodies were tak? en up. BULL MOOSE MEET. National Committee in Session in C1U eago to Fix Date of Convention. Chicago, Jan. 11.?The members of the Progressive national committee went into session here today to select the site and date for the % convention. Col. Roosevelt was absent, but his sec? retary Justin McGrath is bere. Q. W. Perkins is presiding. It was learned that the Progressives have reserved eight hundred rooms in local hotels for June 7th, the date on which the Republicans start liases Konvention. M. P. Howeii. of Welterboro, has been appointed a special judge to bold court in Beaufort county commencing March 27, in place of Judge Spain, who is disqualified by Illness. BALANCES ONLY APPARENT. COMPTROLLER SHOWS NECESSI? TY FOR ECONOMY. Would Hold Outgo Down Until Tax Burdens Shall Have Been Equaliz? ed by State Tax Commission. Columbia, Jan. llf:?"Appropriations should not be increased more than absolutely necessary until the system for the assessment of property has been so reformed as to equalize the burden," said Carlton W. Sawyer, comptroller general, in a statement yesterday regarding the financial con? dition of the State. j "Only $587,780.31 of taxes amount? ing to $2,176,360 levied in 1916 was paid by December 31, 1916. When the balance of the tax levy for the fiscal year 1915, $1,588,569.69,* shall have been collected and paid to the State -treasury, and the curent debts for 1915 ' -^presented by notes and interest .'$712,000 and open bal? ance? ?j ^ppropriatiotudL for 1915, $23' >S, aggrogattsj3|M9,?65.7 9, s> Jr ,>c paid out, thW |srowld ap v .tly be about $97I?lft'.6V avail ^ s for use in meeting the current ^penses of 1916. ^ "The apparent balances brought over to the present year do not rep? resent cash in the treasury, available to meet current expenses. December 31,1915, there was only $332,634.71 I .cash in treasury so available. The , balance apparently in the treasury represents special accumulated sink? ing funds?funds held in trust for special purposes, uncollected taxes land unexpended approriatlons ac? cumulated from year to year. "At no one time is the apparent amount of these balances actually available and represented by cash in the treasury. But so much as is vallablc has been used from year to year, in meeting and discharging the current expenses of the State, in an? ticipation of the collection of taxes and at the end of the iscal year these balances reappear as an appar? ent estimated surplus on the books of the State. "The accumulation of apparent bal lances from year to year and their of the following year Is due to bur system of tax collections, the expen? ditures being made every year before the taxes levied therefor are collected and It wi'l be seen, by a comparison of the current figures with the bal? ances brought forward for many years past, that we are rapidly go? ing into debt, decreasing the appar? ent reserve or accumulations, and'in? creasing the amount necessary to be borowed in order to meet the ap ' propriatlons. "The State revenue for 1916, from taxes, estimated and based upon the present assesesment of $*310,907,101, at a rate of 7 mills on the dollar, would be $2,176,350. To this add the estimated income from sources other than taxes of $354,230, and we have a total estimated revenue of $2, 530,580. ' , "The appropriations asked for by the various institutions and depart? ments, $3,147,754.38, er.ceed the es? timated revenue of the State by $971, 404 under a levy of 7 mills, and if all appropriations asked for are made, It will be necessary to make a rate of 10 mills on the dollar to raise the appropriations, for section 2, ar? ticle 10, of the constitution requires a levy sufficient to pay the .ordinary expenses of the State, together with any existing deficiency :n the preced? ing year. ' It therefore seems that appropriations should not" be increas? ed more than absolutely necessary until the system for the assessment of property has been so reformed as to equalise the burden." 7 SENATOR NEWLANDS DESERTS. i. % Senator From Nevada Attacks Demo? cratic Administration a*nd Preaches Republican Doctrine. Washington, Jan. 11.?Senator New lands, of Nevada, one of the biggest Democrats in the senate, cast a bomb in the senate today by declaring In a speech that Democratic legislation, not the war, caused the hard times of last year. He warned his Democratic colleagues that they have only six months to correct their mistakes. He strongly criticised the Wilson admin? istration throughout. For Another Term. Washington. Jan. 10.?The presi? dent today renominated Rupert Blue of Marion for another term as sur? geon general of the public health ser? vice. Since assuming his duties upon the death of Surgeon Oeneral Wyman about two years ago, CJcn. Blue has very creditably mied the position.