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THE TRUE SOUTHRON, EetabMsbed
Oon^lfchrted Aug. 2, 1881.
SUMTER, S. CL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1916
Vol.XLII. No.O.
9
By Vote of Sixty-ei ght to Fourteen Body
Stands Behind Administration.
I *m ?. ? i .
QQBC, RK FUSED PUBMISSION TO DISCUSS RESOLUTION, VOTES
AGAINST US OWN .MEASURE? INTRODUCES AMENDMENT
. WHICH WAS .TABLED, *HATT SINKING OP SHIPS WITH AMERI?
CANS ON BOARD IS CAUSE FOR WAR.
Washington, March 3.?The senate
tnirm^* the president's .submarine
pottcy today by tabling the resolution
by overwhelming vote of 68 to 14.
Berne* dunled tho privilege of dlecusi
tnff/ ale reeolutlon Senator Qore offe ::
ed aa amendment suiting , that the
sink In* of a merchant ehip with
americaia aboard would be a "cauie
fat war >etoeen the United States and
tho Osrman empire.'*1 This motion,
%eo, was tailed. Then Qore created
aaasatton by voting against hfcs
owa resolution.
The ialleties were Jammed when
tho aaaata mot aa hour early. Many
m siphon of the'hohes? crowed tnt>
tho back of the senate chamboi.
Routine snstnoss ?ras hurried through
ana SsfUvtor Stone moved consldera
Uoa of the Ooee rwsohition. Senator
James ol' Kentucky moved that tho
reswtotkMt bo table* without discuss
tat the measure. ' |
who voted ffof thw reeolutlon
Borah, Chamaerlain. Clap. Cum
sataa, FWJU Oallingar, Grorme, Jonei
fe^Falletto, heCnsnber, Norrie, O'Oor
ajsje* Shtiman, Wort*
, After the Oore resolution was ta?
ble*, a debate oe'submarine ques?
tion tWbs lK>tly begun. Senator Jones,
of Washington, declared the senate
had sctthd nothing and he would
continue lite fight to keep Americana
dir ballig* rant ships. Senator Reed,
Of Missouri attacked Sanator WU?
liases for tils speech yesterday.
AlVflSrr SHOWS PICTURES.
of Woran of Art at Hamp?
ton BcUoU B^tldia*.
now haw on exhibition
abetti ana hundred oil paintings and
waaar colors at the Hampton school
butldmff, where they have elicited
ganah Interest from tho teachers and
pupils of the schools The exhibit Is
open to the public and is one of a
very Interesting nature. It will last
probably two weeks or longer.
Mr. von Bergen is a native of Ber?
lin, where he etudled art. He has
also studied aad painted In Paris and
has been In the United States for
about six years, having spent most of
this time In New York, and Colorado.
All of hie sketches are of landscapes
id are chiefly of the Hudson river
id Colorado scenes. He has recently
come from Savannah and Charleston,
where he exhibited his drawings, and
he has pictures In the art exhibits at
New York and Chicago/ He has been
at the Hampton' school only a few
days, but has been giving talks on
art to the students of ths art classes
snd shown them how he paints his
pictures.
The exhibit is open to the public
and la well worth a visit to those In?
terested In art
SI
NUNS LOSE CONVENT. ,
Party of Thirty Reaches Now York on
Way to Spain?<>rd*rcd to Ites??.
New York, March I.?Thlrt> nans,
members of the Order of 8aleelslans,
who said their church and convent
property at Morelos, Mexico, valued at
? 250,000, had been confiscated by the
Carranta government, arrived here to?
day on the stoamshit* Antonio I<opez
from Mexican ports.
The members of tho party are on
their way to Spain. They mid they
had teen forbidden to work longer In >
Mexico.
"Our convent was closed ?arly in
December," one erf the nuns st.id. "We |
were accused of being In s>mpathy
with Oen. Carranaa's enemlos and 1
were evidently convicted. We were
told to leave, being allowed to tako
with us on'y o\. r personal property.
"Friends of our order In othor Mex-'
lean cities gave us shelter un'il the
?hip sailed. We were not subjected to
sny Indignities."
BRITAIN DENIES TAUS.
Did Not Warn Citizens off liners.
London, March 4.?The foreign of?
fice today denied the story published
recently In the United States thnt *A?f
Ing the Russo-Japanese war (Iron'
Britain had warned her subjects at
Shanghai not to embark on liners of
?Ither belligerent.
116 LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED.
PODII HUNDRED AND FIFTY PAS?
SENGERS AND GREW DOST
WITH SHIP.
Spanish Ship Principe De Asturus
Said to Have Strock a Rock and
li Sunk?Vessel of :?,000 Tons Plied
Between Buenos Aires and Bar?
celona.
London, March 6.?The Spanish
I steamer Principe de Asturus struck a
roek and sunk. Three hundred and
thirty-eight passenger? and a hundred
and seven of the crew are missing,
according to a Lloyds dispatch from
Santos. The Principe de Asturus was
I an eight thousand ton vessel and plied
between1 Buenos Aires and Barcleona.
ASK DRUG STORES TO CLOSE.
I Bible Class Federation Want Places
to Keep Shut During Church Hours,
Sunday.
At the regular meeting of the Fed?
eration of Bible Classes on Sunday af
j ternoon at Grace Baptist church a
resolution was passed and a commit?
tee appointed to ask the drug stores
of the city to close their places from
10 to 2 o'clock on Sundays, in-order
that those who frequant them may
be given an opportunity of attending
[church.
The address of the dny was ma***- by
I Mr. C, M. Hurst of Trinity church and
Rev. J. A. Brunson made a few. inr
r. H? L:.
elected president of the Federa?
tion to iiioceed Mr. W. W. Rowland,
whose term expired at the close of
vnree months. ,
The next meeting will be held at
Ihe Presbyterian church on the First
Sunday in April.
TAXES FROM MUNITION MAKERS.
Think Excise on Corpora thru Profits
and From Incomes Will be Sum
?*?*?_ , Itt H
Washington, March 6.?Secretary
McAdoo expects the tax on corpora?
tion profits will yiel'1 "uch a large
amount from the r. v. Vlon manufac?
turers this year that any other form
of taxing them will be unnecessary.
The income tax from individuals is
also expected to reflect war prosperity.
Figures gathered by the department
have caused much satisfaction to of?
ficials.
SCHOOLS TO HAVE FARM COURSE.
Orangeburg County Takes to Plan of
Teaching Agriculture In Schools.
Orangeburg, March 1.?As a result
of the efforts of County Farm Dem?
onstration Agent L. S. Wolfe and
others Interested in the welfare of the
rural schools of the county, a teacher
will be employed at an early date to
teach agriculture In several schools.
In order to secure this valuable ad?
dition to their faculties the schools
were required to possess certain quali?
fications. It was necessary that five
schools qualify, and four of them,
Pine Hill, Bowman, Four Holes and
Limestone, have already done so. A
number of schools aro making an ef?
fort to get the fifth plaoe, and no de?
cision has been reached as yet.
The agricultural, who will very
probably be sent from Clomqcn college,
will be required to teach agriculture
In the five schools during t ho* ???"lon.
and in the summer will act as farm
demonstration agent for this section.
COLOMBIA TREATY FAILS.
Opposition strengthened by Probable
Rejection by Colombians.
Washington, March 6.--Arrange?
ments have been mnde In tho senate
to send the Colombian treaty to its
grave this week. The opposition was
strcnk-hcnc'* hf the news I hat tho
treaty was t .root surf to be rejected
>? Colombia because the Indemnity
was owl to fifteen millions and tho
apology clause modified. Th>> vote on
tho measure will probaly be taken tho
latter part of the weok. Its failure
is already conceded.
OFFICERS AND MO m.
ATLANTIC PLEET .SOMEWHAT
SHORT OF BOTH.
Admiral Fletcher on Stand Tolls of
Need of Increase in Personnel
Efficient D?eptte the Lack.
Washington, March 3.?Only 15 of
tho 21 battleships of the Atlantic fleet
are on active duty in Weit Indian
waters, three of the other ?X being
so crippled lor lack of officers and
men that they can not opesste with
the fleet and the other three are
awaiting or undergoing extensive re?
pairs. The US active ships art short
from eight to 17 f>fflcers each of the
number assigned to them by $he navy
department and 1,000 coal passers,
electricians, gunners' mates and other
! trained enlisted men, although they
have aboard about 100 more Caen than
the total perso nnel allowed Jby reg?
ulations. ?
This was the situation of the fleet
as pictured today by Admiral'Fletcher
commander in chief, before the house
; naval committee. He added that in
his opinion ancl that of varioss boards
of officers who had studied the sub?
ject, the battleships squadr?hS of the
active fleet required at least 5,000 ad?
ditional men over the complements
now assigned. The shortage in the
various ratings, he explained, how?
ever, would not materially injure the
efficiency of the fleet were it called
upon Immediately to engage an
enemy.
The lack of officers wag the most
serious aspect, Admiral Fletcher
thought, because it requires ^0 years
to train a competent lieutenant or
lieutenant commander. Nothing that
congress, much less the navy, depart?
ment can do, he said, can r?
situation at once. He tho
only effective and logical
crease the numter of officers,
to increase the Annapolis
to 2,000 men and await
opment.
Admiral Fletcher devoted,
tire day before the com!
questions of . personnel u
tiohs by Representatives
re ting
ments presented by the bureau of
navigation', tho general board and
Admiral Fletcher himself were dis?
cussed at length.
AGAINST SINGLE CROP* SYSTEM.
Seven Objections to One-Crop Agricul?
ture Practiced on Many Southern
Farms.
Clemson Colege, March l.t^-At a
conference of Southern bankers,
Bradford Knapp, chief of extension
work in the South, made an address
no "Safe Farming" in which he stated
seven objections to the one-crop sys
tern of agriculture and offered sug?
gestions as to what could constitute
"safe farming" for the South. This
address Is reprinted in Circular 56,
office of the secretary, and can be od
talned by writing to the department
of agriculture, Washington. The rea?
sons why the one-crop system is un?
safe are stated as follows:
First. Because the system depends
upon market and crop conditions of
the one crop alone. Failure of crop
or failure of market ali'ie bring se?
rious disaster.
Second.. Because it does not pro?
vide for the maintenance of soil fer?
tility.
Tnird. Pc arise it fails to provide
for a sufficient livestock Industry to
consume tho waste products of tho
farm and make its wasto lands pro?
ductive.
Fourth. Because it does not pro?
vide for a system' of farm manage?
ment under which labor, teams, and
tools may be used to tho fullest ad?
vantage.
Fifth. Because it brings return in
cash but once a year instead of turn?
ing the money over more than once
a year.
Sixth. Because it d oes not pro?
duce tho necessary foods to supply
the people upon the farm and keep
them in health and strength.
Seventh. Because it limits knowl?
edge, narrows citizenship, and does
not foster homo-bull ding, but docs
encourage commercial farming.
This circular will be of Interest
and value to every farmer, merchant
and banker In South Carol! na. Bank?
ers in rural communities especially
should possess themselves of copies
of It.
East St. Louis, March G.?The Ar?
mour, Swift and Monis packing plants
gavo live thousand employees a vol?
untary raise In salary today amount?
ing to an average of sixty cents per
Week, each. This is the first raise the
employees have had in elghtoen years.
They uro open shops.
OVER 3,003 LIVES LOST.
TRAGEDY OF AUXILIARY CRUIS?
ER LA PROVENCE ON FEB.
2* ONE OF GREATEST
ON, RECORD.
Ship Was Transporting; Soldiers to
Saloniki?Statement Issued Feb?
ruary 29 Says No Submarine Signs
Were Noticed Before or After Sink?
ing. ,
Paris, March 3.?It was announc?
ed at the French ministry of marine
today that there were nearly 4,000
men on board the French auxiliary
cruiser La Provence when she was
sunk in the Mediterranean on Feb?
ruary 26.
* It was stated that on board the
La Province were the *j?%ff of the 3d
colonial Infantry rog'Tymt, the 3d
battalion, the 2d company of the 1st
batalion, the' 2d machine gun com?
pany and one extra company, in all
nearly 4,000 men. >
As the ministry of marine . on
February 29 announced that the num?
ber of survivors of the La Provence
disaster was estimated at 850, it is in?
dicated by the foregoing dispatch that
upwards of 3,130 lives were lost.
The loss of more than 3,000 lives in
the sinking of the French auxiliary
cruiser La Provence is the greatest
ocean disaster of modem times. Up
to the present the largest number of
lives ever lost In one wreck was when
the White Star liner Titanic struck
an iceberg off the New Foundlan^
Banks on April 14, 1912, and sank
with a death loss of 1,5')? 5. The res?
cued numbered 743.
The French ministry of r^rine had
previously issued no statements as to
the number of persons on the La
Provence when she went down; ? *
The vessel, however, when hr the
trans-Atlantic service could carry
960 persons, including the crew, and
tt has been presumed that, as she
was transporting troops between* ports
not far apart, she was carrying a
, number of men larger than her nor?
mal capacity.
i . The official' statement of February
29 announcing the sinking of the
Provence II (so designated to distin?
guish her from the French battleship
Provence,) engaged in transporting
troops to Saloniki, was sunk in the
Mediterranean on February 26. Two
hundred and ninety-six survivors have
been brought to Malta, and about 400
to Melos by French and British pa?
trol vessels summoned bv wireless.
"No signs of a submarine were no?
ticed before or after the cinking. La
Provence was armed with five can?
non of 14 centimetres, two of 57-milli?
metres and four of 47 millimetres."
SOUTHERN WELFARE AGENT.
Rev. Chas. L. Bass Employed by Rail?
way Company at Salary of $3,600
Per Year?To Assist the Employees.
Atlanta, Ga., March 2.?The South?
ern Railway Company announced
here today the appointment of a wel?
fare agent at a salary of $3,600 per
year "to provide Its employees with
better opportunities for moral, so?
cial and industrial uplift." The Rev.
Charles L. Bass, a Methodist preach*
er, about 35 years old. wps given the
position.
Mr. Bass, who formerly was a prac?
ticing* attorney ana a member of the
Georgia legislature, joined the Metho?
dist ministry several years ago and
was assigned to a church at Inman
Yards, a suburb, where the Southern
has its local roundhouse and freight
yards. Card playing, drinking and
various petty disorders were frequent
i:i that section then, the announce
i
ment said, but shortly after Bass went
there "the place was pervaded by a
different moral atmosphere." This,
it was said, led to creation of the of?
fice of welfare agent, and to Mr.
Bass' appointment to fill it.
Mr. Pas.* will leave he**e today
with E. H. Coapman, vice Pr?sident of
the Southern, for a tour Of the sys?
tem.
AMMUNITION FACTORY BLOWN
UP.
Explosion nt Plant in Suburb of l'aris
Kills Many.
Paris, March 4.?The French am?
munition factory at LaCourneve, a
suburb of Paris, blew up today, killing
and injuring many men and women
workers. Fire broke out after the
first explosion and other explosions
followed as the flame ate its way
through the plant. One hour after
the accident twenty bodies had been
recovered and a hundred and twenty
live Injured taken to Paris hospitals
for treatment.
FINDS NAVY EFFICIENT.
-'.T i i ? I
FLETCHER TELLS COMMITTEE
OF TARGET PRACTICE.
Dreadnoughts of United States Lead
World and Men are Just as Good.
Washington, March 2.-?An encour?
aging report on the condition and ef?
ficiency of the nation's sea forces was
given the house naval committee to?
day by Admiral Frank Fletcher, com
mander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet.
In individual fighting efficiency,
Admiral Fletcher declared, the dread?
noughts of the United States led the
world, while in the skill of Its offi?
cers and men, the navy had no rea?
son to fear comparison to that of any
other power.
Describing some of the things the
navy is doing in the light of lessons
of the European war, the admiral
said one ship of the fleet recently had
hurled seven out of 42 huge projec?
tiles through a target 20 by 60 feet
I at a range of eight to nine miles, or
16,000 to 18,000 yards. The longest
ranges used in naval engagements of
the European war thus far, he ex?
plained, were' 16,000 to 17,000 yards.
Judging from reports of target
practice at Guantanamo during I the
last month, Admiral Fletcher said, it
waa probable that from 10 to 20 per
dent, of the shots fired could be land?
ed on a battleship at 18,000 yards.
I He said that inherent errors in gun
'ire and range determination, which
do not seriously affect results at short
distances, are greatly magnified as
the rangjR goes up.
To bring out the effectiveness of
navy shells, Admiral Fletcher tpld of
' target work by the Wyoming last year
at 12,000 yards in which three shells
penetrated a 10 inch armor plate.
Five out of 30 shots fired, he said,
struck the small target and from 80
? to 90 per cent.'wouid have landed on
-a battleship.
? ? The committee will take up tomor?
row the bill to authorize officers of
?the marine corps to accept employ?
ment in the Haltten constabulary.
Col. Waller, commanding the marines
? in Haiti, told the committee that ?.b
^a*i\ew revot?lw^coxnU hol be orgtcn
ised,' as the natives were enjoying
peace and security for the first timo
in 112 years. They were completely
satisfied, he said, and within three
? years the constabularly probably
could be turned over to native offi?
cers and the entire American force,
with the cxcoption of a small legation
guard, be withdrawn.
URGES PEACE WITH AMERICA.
German Papers Point to Dangers to
Germany in Case of War With Unit?
ed States.
Berlin, March 4.?Conservative Ger?
man papers' today ?warned v Germany
of the dangers of a war with the
United States, pointing out what it
would mean to have the resources of
America added to those of the Al?
lies. Herr Naumand, a member of
the Reichstag, writing in the Schles?
wig papers says that an American
fleet would be placed side by side wtdi
Britain's, increasing the posisbility of
an absolutely effective blockade and
that a formidable army could be rais?
ed In the United States in aix months.
America could finance the Allies for
an unlimited period. The article ends
with the statement: "We cannot shut
our eye to the endless sacrifices
war with the United States would de?
mand."
UPHOLDS WILSON'S POLICY.
Governor LooksAo Congress to Give
President a Vote of Confidence.
Columbia, March 3.?Interpreting
the public sentiment in this State in
regard to President Wilson's letter to
Congressman Pou In the present cri?
sis In Washington, Gov. Manning yes?
terday sent the following telegram
to the United Press In reply to their
query:
"Your telegram. South Carolina
sentiment is practically unanimous in
support of President Wilson's posi?
tion. Our people are behind him. Wo
demand that congress shall give the
president a vote of confidence and
leave It to him to deal with foreign
affairs. Wo are confident that con?
gress will see its duty as loyal Amer?
icans and will uphold the president in
protecting the interests and honor of
America."
Law Against Trading Stamp* Valid.
Washington, March 8.?The Flori?
da law preventing the use of trading
stamps and profit sharing coupons
has been upheld by the Supt'OtllO
Court,
AGREE ON EWiBSED AMT.
HOUSE COMMJTEE COMPLETES
BILL FOR REGULAR FORCE.
Maximum of 170,000 Fighting- Men
With Militia of 400,00 and Large
Federal Reserve Besides.
Washington, March 2.?Final deci?
sion was reached by the house mili?
tary committee late tcday upon its
bill for the increase of the army, and
it will be reported unanimously to the
house early next week. In rov*nd
figures the measure would authorize
the formatior an army composed
of regulars, ? onal Guardsmen and
federal volu? i rs with a total peace
strength o ?a> pproximately 700,000
men.
It provic*sf or a maximum strength
of 170,000*5 Ating troops for the reg?
ular ari.v? jr a minimum of 425,000
for the * Zonal Guard within five
years arc* |>r organization of federal
volunte'**V trough an extension of the
summe fining camp idea. It is es?
timate at 100,000 men can be en?
rolled the hitter force.
The bill retains provision for ?or?
ganization of industrial and technical
reserves, and authorizes creation of a
board of officers to control an indus?
trial mobilization in time of war or
Imminence of war. It also provides
that manufacturers of war materials
must give immediate preference to
government orders in war time, or
when there is danger of war, ander
heavy penalty for failure to do so.
While the minimum strength of the
regular army remained at 140,000 m
change was made before the fite
vote to fix the maximum of fighti'**'
troops at 170,000, bringing the total
authorized strength of the regular
force, including the hospital corps
and other noncombatant troops, to
190,000.
Although all members of the com*'
mlttee will sign the bill they do so
under the reservation that^ they may
support upon the floor of .the house
any amendment they desire.
The senate military committee ex?
pects to vote finally upon Its army
bill tomorrow, and it is possible the\
placed before both houses cf coi
Saturday. Arrangements to expedltel
their consideration already have OseU
i made.
The house committee inserted only
a general provision for a government*
! plant to make nitric acid, leaving* fle
I 4.
tails to be worked out later in an ap?
I proprlation measure.
BUILDINGS BURN AT MANNING.
Home of Bottling Works und Two Ad?
joining Structures Victims of
Flames.
Manning, March 2.?At 1 o'clock
this morning fire was discovered on
the inside in the rear portion of the
Manning Bottling Works and in a
short while the entire building, to?
gether with the adjoining buildings on
either side, was enveloped In flames.
The buildings were rather old frame
structures, worth probably $500 to
$600, with no insurance. The outfit
of the bottling works was insured for
$600 on'a value of about $1,000. '
The building on the north side, OC?
cupied by Frierson Brothers, with a
small stock of fruit and fancy gro
; ceries, was a total loss without Insur?
ance. The building to the south, the
largest of the three, was occupied as
' a garage and motor car repair shop
by Ulysses June. In this building were
; three automobiles in serviceable shape
I and some others out of commission,
all of which were destroyed with no
insurance. The origin of the fire has
not been discovered. The buildings
belonged to D. M. Bradham. A fourth
building to the scuth, occupied by R.
L. Hell with a wheelwritjt and gen?
eral repair shop, <vaa considerably
Idamaged on the roo. and north wall,
but here the progress of the flames
was checked by the fire department.
I The total loss is estimated at about
! $3,000, with insurance amounting to
1 $600. These buildings were situated
just outside the path of the destruc?
tive tornado that visited Manning last
May.
PETITION LACKS NAMES.
Columbia, March 2.?It Is under?
stood that the recall petition direct?
ed at Mayor Ixiwte A. Griffith is ihort
a few of the required number of
signatures, and those behind the
movement expect to get a sufficient
number more t > sign and they plan
to present the petition to the gov?
ernor immediately.
Gov. Manning has not yet taken
any action on the petition filed with
him Baking that he order a recall
election for Councilman E. M. Du
Frc and C. M. Asblll. (