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SUMTER, S. O, ftATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1916.
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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.
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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.