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The Battle-Cry ImCkX Ufa the w^oaj Button." he told her ten her enthusiasm from hot. -Ki teaehln' things tor mike too children of their cabins 00' their fotki. tor Mko 'on waat things 70 it hardly give 'em. "Go to nay eohm to these hills no' and too ptneh of poverty, hot re 10 for that poverty la of 'om Wo atat got 00 many hero maybe, bat we've got o Wo oaa wear our privations Ilka that wo oia*t asaaned of? a kind of virtu < 1 out of not oat of sympathy wit h that," nrgaed; 1 think It's splendid." "AM right," ho aaoworod; "hat after taaght 'om a few things they thiah Wm splendid. Toll breed it aar then yell no away, an* joTI have done w?l bo hi have their oaf simple virtus down do I have to tsll rat not goiag swayr doiaaadod gtrl hotly "Jaet watch meV 3 ?agata ho shook his head, and into Mo eyeo came a look of oaddoo pain M reckon yell go," hs said. "all good Mag* go. The birds quit when winter fHaoojpC iho Aowatt go." la, ? em impersonal way, they kept of a do>?l each other. CHArrtit xvl . ? Mi ?^ which overlooks the gray ioaae courthouse la Louisville oat a 1 of somewhat engaging la the small anteroom fsnmSmaea. Philadelphia Had for Peon Watshlng the of ale sanctum woo a young woman Who hammered industriously oa a typs> frrtter and told moot of the visitoral ?rho called that Mr. Trevor wag oaf*]" That was because most of those warn game bore about them the unmistaaV able hall-mark of creditors. Mr. Tro ror's list of creditors would have mads go long a scroll at his list of business activities. Tot for all these cares Mr. Trovoi was just now sitting "wTlh his lan phono propped oa his broad desk, and ^le face was untroubled. Ho woo one Of these interesting gentlemen who a touch of color the monotony humdrum Ufa M frevor woo of fortune who sold not bis rori, bat the very keeo and flexible of bio resourceful brain. Roger Malcolm of Philadelphia know him only as the pleasant chance ao> Qualntance of an evening spent la 0 Hew York club. Ho had Impressed the Easterner as moot fascinating fellow who seemed have engaged In largo enterprises and there over the fane of the lobe. 80 when Mr. Malcolm present bio card In the office anteroom the young woman ot the machine gave him one favoring glance and did not say Mr. Trevor was out "80 you are going to penetrate the wilds of the Cumberland!, are you?" laoalred Mr. Trevor la his pleasing voice, as he grasped his visitor's hand "Tell me just whore you mean to go| and HI tell you how to do It with the least difficulty. The least difficult down there Is plenty." "My objective," replied Mr. Malcolm, -la o place at the headwaters of s creek called Tribulation, some thirty miles from a town called Peril." T know the places?and tlslr nsmes fit them. I'd offer to go with P. hut I'm afraid I wouldn't prove a efft to you. I'm non grata with Had Anse Havoy, Esquire, and Mr. Milton Mc Briar, wbo are the local dictators/ Mr. Malcolm UraghfA "la Paailag.M>o told. '1 dropped In to Ulk ow the coal development propoalUon which you said would In? terest me." Mr. TrcTor reached Into his desk and brought out several maps. "The tentacles 6$ the railroads are reaching (n here and there," he began with the promoter's suave ease of mea? ner, "it Is a region which enterprise can no longer afford to neglect, and the best field of ell la as yet virgin end untouched." "Why did you drop the enterprise yourself'"' Inquired hie visitor. "I didn't have Use capital to swing It Of course, if it interests you and your eisociaien it can be put through." Malcolm nodded. 1 em going pri? marily by way of making a visit," he seid. "I meant to go before you roused my Interest in your proposition, and it occurred to me that I might combine business with pleasure." The promoter looked up with a shade of surprise. r "You have friends out there in that Godforsaken tangier he inquired. "God help them!" "A ladr whom I have known tor a long while is establishing a school there." With the mention of the lady Mal? colm's voice took on an unoommunlcev Hew note, end Mr. Trover et ?not changed the topic to coal end Umber " e^ ? ? e e e e The girl from Philadelphia had foi some days been watching the road which led in tortuous twists from Peril to the gap. She herself hardly realized how expectantly ehe heel watched It She wee thinking of the man eh? had cent away and wondering whet tb'ir meeting would be like. And the girl of the hill sitting near by would look on, her fingers gripping them eervee tightly together anil en ache is her own heart Deep la Dawn's nature, which had been coming of late into e sweetly fragrant bloom, crept the ran? cor or a fierce Jealousy for the man from "down below" whom ehe had never seen, but whose letter ?>ould make Juinlta forget present things and drift away into a world of other days end other scenes-a world la which Dawn herself had no part (TO JBS CONTlNUhUM BATTERY CAUSED WRECK. Naval Board of Inquiry Submits Its Report Washington, Jan. IB.?Battery trou? ble is belived to have caused the ex? plosion Saturday which destroyed the submarine E-2 at New York. This is indicated In the report of the board of inquiry which today submitted Its findings to the navy department. The board concluded that the ex? plosion was dus to an excessive amount of gas. principally hydrogen generated from the storage batteries, forming with the air a highly explo? sive mixture. There were two pock? ets of this mixture, one In the forward battery and the other at the altar end of the after battery, where It ap? pears the first explosion occurred. Ignition was caused by a epark, the origin of which was not deter? mined. This beard, appointed at the navy yard Immediately after the accident, filed Its report for the department's Information without regard to the proceedings of the naval court of In? quiry which began an investigation to? day. Only one of the survivors was examined by tho board as the thers were not in a condition to testify. Consequently the report Is regarded by the secretary as Inconclusive. The boar I said: "The exact conditions existing in battery compartments at the moment of the explosion can not be deter? mined, as Chief Electrician U L. Miles, U. 8. N., who was in charge at the time, and the other enlisted men in the compartment at the time are too seriously Injured to be questioned. "The condition of the batteries at the low voltage and amperage of H2 and ?40, respectively, at about 12:215 p. m., would probably cause reversal of voltage In some of the cells and, In the opinion of the board, this caused the generation of an excessive amount of hydrogen gas." Secretary Daniels said tonight ths.t the work of Installing the new Edison batteries on the submarine L.-8, bully? ing at the Portsmouth (N. H.) navy yard, would be Continued, at leant until the report of the court of Inquiry was received^ WORKING FOR WAR. Washington, Jan. 19.?After two hours of heated discussion on tho Mexican situation, the senate foreign relations committee abruptly adjourn? ed without taking action on the reso? lutions demardlng that the presiden: Intervene in Mexico. After the ad Journment Senator Borah, of Idaho, said he would canvas the senate to launch a fight to discharge the com? mittee and put th? intervention reso? lution to a vote on the floor. Washington, Jan. 19.?Collector Cobb, of El Paso, wired the State do partment this morning that so far as lie could learn the Carranza authori? ties had no evidence that General Rodrlgues and Col. Baca-Valles, whom they executed, were connected with the American massacre. SltRlNfcWS BALL. The Sumter Members of the Arabic Patrol to Give a Beautiful Dance on Wednesday. February 2nd?Invita? tions will be Issued to Local Dancers and Shriners from Other Cities?A Large Crowd Expected. A social event to which all of the [ dancers in Sumter are looking forward to is the Shrtners' Ball, which will be given on Wednesday, February the 2nd, by the Sumter Division of Omar Temple's Arabic Patrol. In addition to the social features that in them? selves will be very inviting, the ball is, also, a benefit dance for the Patrol. The commttee in charge will Issue invitations to the local dancers, and, if any are omitted from the list, tickets may be procured by application to any member of the committee In charge. This will be undoubtedly the 'largest ball ever given in Sumter on ac? count of the fact that the Shriners will attend In a body, visting Shriners from a number of nearby cities will be in [attendance, besides many of the local dancers, who are not members of the fraternity. The committee in charge is compos? ed of Noble Geo. D. Levy, Chairman; Noble Geo. L. Bicker, Noble P. M. Brown, Noble I. A. Ryttenberg and Noble A. H. Forester. Information concerning the dance may be had from any of the gentlemen named, and Noble Forester will be glad to receive names of dancers who are desired to be invited either by Nobles or their friends. The dance will be given In the Osteen Hall, the grand march starting [promptly at 9.46. Music will be fur? nished by the Rex Orchestra and a I delightful supper will be served. iRHETT FOR NEXT PRESIDENT*' Charleston Man Slated to Become Head of National Chamber of Com? merce. Charleston Post. Long and loud applause greeted the, I statement made by Edward F. Trefs, field secretary of the United States Chamber of Commerce, at the dinner, attended by several hundred business, men of Charleston at the Charleston hotel last night, that R. G. Rhett, of Charleston, would probably be the next president of .the national cham? ber. Mr. Rhett, president of the Char? leston Chamber of Commerce, la now; chairman of the executive committee i of the United States Chamber, and if I the custom of .the national organisa? tion Is followed out at the annual, meeting In Washington on February' 8, he will be elevated to what Mr. I Trefs referred to as the highest place in the business world of America. Mr. Trefs said that Mr. Rhett now occu? pied the second highest place In the [business world of the country. Since Charleston joined the nation? al chamber, Mr. Rhett has been the representative of this city and his rise to a high official position In the organ? isation has been rapid. The Cham? ber of Commerce of the United States has a membership of 700 commercial organisations, in which arc 600,000 business men. [GERMANY'S OFFER REFUSED. ?. < n United States Will Nut Relieve Sub? marine of Wrongdoing. Washington, Jan. 19.?Germany's proposal to incorporate In the set? tlement of the Lusltanla case a reser? vation of any admission of wrong do? ing by tier submarine commander is understood to have been rejected by [the United States. A new proposal from the Berlin government Is mo? mentarily expected, however, and there is a possibility that the con? troversy may be closed by the elimi? nation of ail mention of the merits or demerits of the actual torpedoing I of the vessel, Germany agreeing to pay an Indemnity for the American lives lost, reiterating expressions of regret and calling attention directly or by inference to the contention that she already has given the most ef? fective disavowal by making assur? ances for the future. A strong desire prevails to settle the controversy In a manner satis-' factory to both governments and; Pleasing to public opinion In both, countries. Officials, however, do not believe that a settlement In which. Germany was permitted to reserve an admission of wrongdoing would meet with approval In the United States, while on the other hand public opin? ion In Germany would not approve of admission that the commander of the submarine was wrong in sinking the Lusltanla. It is contended in Teutonic circles that the recent assurances regard? ing the conduct of submarine war? fare in the Mediterranean, where, be? cause no blockade exists, no reprisals are necessary from the German point of view, contain evidence of the gopo* faith of the German government in regard to the entire subject of sub marine operations. It Is argued that the same rules would have applied in the North sor had not Great Brltali attempted a blockade of Germany. WISACKY NEWS NOTES. Farmers Preparing Land for New. Year?Move to Build Church at Elliott. Wisacky, Jan. 18.?We have enter? ed into the new year full of bright hope.*, and anticipations. Very few changes were made among the con? tract laborers, consequently farm work was started Monday, 3rd, .and has continued with very Uttle interrup? tion, as the weather has been very fa? vorable and the farmers have made good uae of It, finishing sowing in small grain and turning In stubie land. From ail I can learn about the same [acreage of cotton, corn .and small grai,n will be planted, as was planted In 1915. I was very much pleased with Gov. [Manning's message to our legislature, [and trust that body can ace their way Iclear to carry out his wise and timely suggestions. The political pot will soon begin to iboil. .The candidates are beginning to [smile with a warm grasp of the hand, very much interested in your welfare. Mr. A. G. Warren, who hag been railroad agent and postmaster at Wi Isacky lor many years has. resigned those positions, which are now filled by Mr. Briggman, who has moved his family here, and occupies the house formerly occupied by Mrs. Alja Hill. I I hear we are to have a new mar lean tile business opened up in our lit? tle town, but as I do not know that It Iis a pp8itiye fact, I will say no more about it at .present. J There is another move on foot 40 I hpild a Methodist church at Elliott. which I hope will be accomplished. I Therp.has been a.route established [through this section to iurniah cream [to the Dar lip gt op creamery. {Those who have joined In this new enterprise are very much pleased and I think others wiU,soon 4P!n in. I All of our public schools are in op |ejce,yon. Mr. Munneglyn is ,an excel Kant superintendent, and. pur .echopla are doing good work under his man-, ja^emeivt. I n,As I feared, the #ord .undertaking Iha* proved a failure. Perhaps 4*e> might try hlP hand on Mexico. He l wi^l possibly accomplish more good Und meft with, hotter success. Numbers of hpgs have heen killed in, I the last week and numbers more will soon be killed. Many,of them will be lepld to the butchers. Li^Mr. Alex Harrall pf Hartsv^lje spent Supday at tbe.homa of his aunt, Mrs. w. scott. 3-4dtee Sue DeBCharnps qpept Satur? day- and Sunday with her parents. She is delighted with tier surroundings at Rev. Mr. Crane, cousin of Airs. N. Y. Atorl^ Jpm* flays at he,r home last week. He .preached at Mt. Ztop church on Sunday. Hoping you a pleasant and succese Lful gear, I wMl Piuse for this time. i WWWT Rembert, Jan. 17.?The babe of ]Mrs. McClellan, whose death was re? cently mentioned in your columns, has passed away. Members pf our worthy neighbor [family, W. J. Spencer, I mean, are sick. I hope they Will comP around ail right M$s. S. W. Allen and boy, under the able management af Pr. IJfusJi Mc? Laughlin, are getting along .fine. s Grip and colds are common com I plaints among us now. The new preacher for this circuit, I Mr. Derrick, was with his congregation at Bethesda yesterday one week ago, land made a very favorable Impres? sion. The Sunday school there, under the superintendence of Hastings Free? man, Is doing well. A juvenile society has been organ? ised In that church by Mrs. H. C. Be? th ea and Is officered as follows! Mrs. Ruth Thompson, president; W^Ue Freemap, secretary; Fred punlaj?, treasurer. ,C?urVenay Ajtkinapn. one of the teachers of the Rembert school, is boarding now with Mr. Spann Vin Ison. $he colored people on the Dlnkins plantation had a sociable the other night at the home of Isaac Young, within a hundred yards of the writer's home and were as quiet and orderly as could be. Folks passing by could nevar have known of a social affair there by any .unuqugi no.ise. We have a fine class of colored people here, a,nd th^y, In some respect, put their whlte neighbors to shame. Fpr three years they have kept up a private school at Rafting Creek Baptist church, colored. We make mention of these things because they are com? mendable and praiseworthy. The flour mill at Dlnkins' does much good work yet, and is lp splen? did condition. "Hagood." Real Esmto ?m oaf era. I Davis D. Moise to yicior BaAtfa, 52 acres on road trqni Sumter to Blshop \\>\\\*, $5,200. 5 Bank of Rimbert to T. J. Brown,, .lot in tpwp of Rembert. $90.0. J. M. Harby to Perry Moses, a toven-tenth interest to lot west of city on Green Swamp, $350, VILLA'S LIFE 0E<3R??D AGaWST. CARRANZA CALLS FOR. EXECU TION OF REBEL MURDERERS. Republicans Make Clear Their Inten? tion to tfeop Up Fight on Mexican Question. Washington, Jan. 19.?Gen. Car ranza notified the Mexican embassy here today that he had formally pro? claimed Francisco Villa, Pavlo Lopez and Rafael Castro outlaws because of the massacre of American citizens at Santa Tsabel. Under the decree any citizen of the republic is authorized to execute the outlaws without formality. It says in part: "In view of the frequency with which outrageous crimes are being committed by bands of outlaws in various parts of the republic, even after the annihilation of the armies of the reactionaries, I believe that the situation thus created calls for the extremity of energetic measures of suppression. "In view of the recent attack on a railway train near Tsabel in the State of Chihuahua by bandits led by Rafael Castro and Pablo Lopez, act? ing under orders from Francisco Villa, and In accordance with the precedent established by the consti? tutionalist government in similar cases in the past, I have seen fit to Issue the following decree: Without the Pale. "Article 1. The reactionary leader and ex-general, Francisco Villa, is hereby declared to be outside the pale of the law. "Article 2. The reactionary leaders, ex-Gen. Rafael Castro and ex-Col. Pablo Lopez, are hereby declared to be outside the pale of the law. "Article 3. Any citizen of Mexico Is empowered hereby to arrest Fran? cisco Villa, Rafael Castro and Pablo Lopes and to execute them without any formality of the law. But the citizen performing such function shall make a record in "writing, describing in detail the occurrence and setting forth the proofs of the identity of the outlaws and the proof of the ex? ecution." Republican senators made clear at today's meeting of the foreign rela? tions committee their purpose to keep up the fight for action on the situa? tion in Mexico. The Democrats were equally determined tljat no legislative action should be taken at this stage anil that the problems Involved should be jeft to the president. ' For more than two hours the com? mittee discussed behind closed doors intervention resolutions and proposals to send troops to Mexico to cooperate with Gen. Carranza. Senator Borah and Senator Lodge were the principal spokesmen for the minority, while Senators Clarke of Arkansas, Williams and Stone, chairman of the com ml t .tee, defended the attitude of the ad 'ministration. No Actiop Taken. No vote was taken in the commit? tee today. The proposal of Senator Gore for creation of a neutral zone in Northern Mexico to be policed joint? ly by American and Mexican troops a,nd that of Senator Lewis to author? ize President Wilson to use the armed forces of the nation in cooperation with Caranza's troops went over. The committee will not assemble again until next Wednesday unless unusual developments arise. Republican senators, however, ex? pect to keep the issue before the sen ato and eventually may make an ef? fort to get the question of interven? tion up for a vote. Senator Borah is canvassing the senate to determine how much support could be rallied for a motion to discharge the committee from consideration of pending reso? lutions should it vote not to recom? mend any action to the senate. Tomorrow Senator Sherman of Il? linois will call up a resolution he In? troduced today, calling on the presi? dent for information as to whether the Ur.lted States entered into agree? ment with South and Central Ameri? can nations not to intervene in Mexi? co without their consent. Action was deferred by the foreign relations committee on the nomina? tion of. Henry Prather Fletcher as am? bassador to Mexico because President Wilson's reply to Senator Fall's reso? lution of inquiry for information about the Carranza government will i>Ot be ready for a few days. BANDITS MUTILATED BODIES. Hideous Cruelty of Mexican Outlaws Revealed by Doctor's Examination. El Paso, Tex., Jan. 19.?The bodies of the victims of the Santa Ysabel massacre Jan. 10 were horribly muti? lated and several must have suffered .terribly before death, according to a detailed report of Dr. F. E. Miller of El Paso. Dr. Miller made an ex? amination of each body to determine .ante and post mortem wounds and causes of death. The report was made to a representative of the state department. The report shows that some of the victims were shot many times, jwen after death. Soft nosed bullets made mm l ' ' " **"' . * terrible wounds. Several were stabbed or slashed with sabres or machetes both before and after they died. Sword bayonets also were used by the ban? dits, C. R. Watson, the leader of the mining men, being thrust through the body after death, and Alexander Hall died from a bayonet stab in the neck. In at least four cases the Americans were clubbed and beaten with a crow bar or rifle barrel. Belief that Gen. Villa has been driv? en out of the Guerrero district by Carranza troops, who captured a large store of ammunition in that lo? cality, was strengthened tonight by advices from Cusihuirachic that Villa was in the vicinity of the San Juan mine, a Short distance from Cusihui I rachic, with a small band of followers. It was asserted that Villa's men were devoting themselves mainly to cock fighting. Report from Cusihuirachic say Gen. Pedro Bracamente, recently accused by refugees from the Magistral min? ing camp district of looting that town, has arrived at Cusihuirachic to sur? render his command to the Carranza commander there. It alsp was reported that Charles Barber, William Carr, John Hoffman and John James, miners from the San Juan mine, thought to have been endangered, are safe In Cusihuirachic. In Juarez Gen. Gavlra stated tonight that Col. Enrique Cisneros, captured near Palomas with Miguel Baca Va 11 es and reported by Gavlra yester? day as being escorted under arrest overland to Juarez, had really arrived with Baca-Vallee and had been tried by courtmartial and released. Baca Valles has been executed. DESIRE TO KEEP COTTON OUT. Believed to be One of Reasons for Threats of British Blockado, Washington, Jan. 18.?Threats of the Entente Allies to blockade Ger? man ports are believed by many oft .elals here to be dictated by a desire jto forestall plans of American cottor. producers to ship a million bales of cotton to Germany by way of If qr^h European neutral ports, and also to meet Sweden's refusal to embargo re-export trade with the Teutonic .countries. Sweden not only has not followed the lead of Holland, Den? mark and Norway in the matter ^of embargoes, but has declined to per? mit British age,nts to investigate or watch her re-exports trade. It Is suggested that the Allies are. homing out the threat of ,a real blockade, ^witH rigid application of the ultimate destination doctrine, as their gnawer to this attitude. Under the existing orders In council, I an attempt by Americans to ship cot? ton through neutral countries would result in seizure of the cargoes, but they would be paid for at market rates. tUpon the establishment of a block? ade, the Allies would claim the right to confiscate the cotton as contraband. So far as the United States govern? ment is concerned, the substitution of la legal blockade for the present prac? tices, which are regarded is wholly tu legal, might be welcomed, because It would simplify the controversy over I the treatment of neutral trade. Death of an Infant. Little -Evelyn, the ten-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lizar I sard, died at the home of her parents pn 111 N. Salem avenue about 8.30 Sun? day evening. The end came as a severe shock to everyone, the little one having been sick only a week with pneumonia. Interment was made Monday noon at the Sumter cemetery. London, Jan. 1?.?It was officially announced at the French embassy to? day that peace negotiations between Montenegro and Austria have been broken off. The Montenegro govern? ment finds Austria's conditions unac? ceptable. King Nicholas will go to Italy. ?TJMTBR jCOTTOJI MABJUK&T. Oos routed fieiif by Good Middling if 7-8. Strict Middling 11 5-8. Middling 11 3-8. Strict Low Middling 10 7-8. Low Middling 10 3-8. Staple cotton 13 to 16c. OTW XvQRJg OOXTpBf MAJB&EC. Open High Low Close Close Jan.. . 12.19 12.19 12.05 12.15 Mch. . .12.29 12.30 12.19 12.21 12.35 May. . .12.54 12.55 12.42 12.46 12.54 July. . .12.67 12.67 12.43 12.69 12.58 Oct. . .12.66 12.66 12.54 12.65 12.70 1 r> 1 Geo. He Hurst. Uitohtor M hUlitr, P?w*MAheime? tsOet ?* NlshtCsiit: AT I. e. Oralf QW ttsas. s. SUh Phoned SfJaflR,;