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SUMTER. 8. 0., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1916.
VoLXLII. No. 34.
mm um siro.
mmmtt?n offensive sweep
U**j EVERYTHING BEiFORE IT.
Move Forward >>u
IM Mtte Front, Advancing ilaay
Week?Tx o Austrian
Petrecred, Jana 12.?The Austrian
Bukowina front has been smashed j
and the Russians are moving- upon
Gasawnwit*. continuing their advance
on a two hundred and fifty mile line
the Prtpet Marshes and the
ibfaa frontier. At no point
nave the Aast risse checked the Rus
edvaace. In so mo places the
have advanced sUty miles
the past weak. Two divisions
at Austrian* were captured northeast
Of Ceeraowtt*. where the Russians
outflanked them. While
being annihilated by Rus?
sia* aftttlery they surrendered. The
are In hot pursuit of the
who had towards Dubno*.
MMAJfelAN MRT bombarded.
Attache
?menial. Jane l??A squadron of
iseroaianea today bombarded
?apnie, whteh was recently oc
,i ?
It OAOf DT CHAMPAGNE.
od Capture
Jene lt.?Worth of Perthea,
m the Clinmpagne. the Germana pene
h French position during the
Tiey captured three officers,
hjandrtd men and four machine
Artillery ore la vary violent on
baCh asses of the Meuse.
? the Gar mans and Austrian* have
re#*Oaod tjte Russians at Bucaacs on
th#ttrype river.
MutBut ORBED.
Paris, Jona lt.?West of 9olasons
the French artillery today destroyed
several enemy works and caused an
explosion behind the German lines.
ChaMlncovrt positions are being
bombarded by the Germane. There la
a fierce' artillery combat In progress
tm the Be art 11* and Tavannes sector.
A German KtUck against positions.
west of Port Vaux were repulsed.
Basaeaas Capture Demldovka.
Petrograd, June IS.?Russians
have ventured Dem dovka. It is offl
eiaJty announced.
Norwegian Ship Torpedoed.
London. June 18.?Norwegian
steamer Burks bas been torpedoed
and sank without warning, according
to n Lioyu's dispatch .
Anew. Inns Evacuate Caernowlu.
Geneva. June IS.?The Austrian*
are repwrtsd to be evacuating Cxer
aawlts, which Is menaced by the Rus
FLAME8 CLAIM WHEAT.
H. H. Abreans Loses Two Hundred
Bushels.
Newberry. June 11.?H. H. Abrams
of New berry lost about S00 bushels of
wheat yesterday afternoon at his farm
about one-half mile from Helena.
Mr. Oxner had gone there with hie
threahlag outfit, and the sheaves of
wheat had been gathered In a large
pile ready to run through the thresh?
er, when It caught fire, presumably
from s spark from the snglns, and the
flames spread so rapidly that It was
Impossible to save It.
PICKS CITY OFFICERS.
Fin rem e Council Fills Number of
Places.
Florence, June 11.?City council
recently hold the annual elections for
city oftlclsls snd the following were
the msln offices filled:
Chief of police, H. M. Brunson, re?
flected, with sll the former force; city
physician. Dr. J. G. McMsster; city
lealth officer, Dr. Dolph Mobley; at?
torneys, Mitchell A Lynch; clerk and
treasurer, W. H. Malloy; Superintend?
ent waterworks, McKcan Msflit;
chief of fire department. A. Thleme;
engineer, C. H. Carlisle.
GIRLS' INSTITUTE OPENS.
LARGE NUMBER. OF VISITORS
EXPECTED FROM COUNTY
TO ATTEND COURSE.
Ladle* of Sumter an? Cordially Invited
to Attend Lectures In Home Dem?
onstration Course?Prominent Kurm
Extension and Home Demonstration
Workers to Be in Charge of Courses.
Tuesday. June 13th. at 8:45 o'clock,
at the Han: ' ton High School for girls,
this will prove a very interesting, in?
structive, and pleasant week for the
girls of the Sumter County Canning
and Tomato clubs, as well as for hun?
dreds of the ladies of this city and of
the entire county.
A number of prominent government
officials, male and fesaale, of tho na?
tional and State governments, and of
Winthrop and Clemson College, will
take part aa members of the faculty
of instruction in home demonstration
work.
The boys of Sumter county's corn
and pig cluba will also be given a look
In by their hospitable young lady
friends of the domestic science dubs,
and the gentlemen will also be allow?
ed to attend each and every seision,
If they will agree to keep quiet and
to go home and forever afterwards do
Just what the "uncrowned American
queens" of Sumter county tell IJtem
to do In domestic circles.
Rev. J. B. Walker, of the Church of
the Holy Comforter will open the
three-day course of Instruction In
home demonstration work, and will
deliver a short address.
Mrs. Nina. Solomons, the popular
and public spirited president of the
Sumter Civic League, will deliver the
address of welcome to the many
visiting young women of the rural dis?
tricts, and to the home demonstration
agents of other oounties, who are here
to assist Mlsa Mary Lemmon, Sum
ter'e efficient and hustling home dem?
onstration agent
Mrs. Solomona will be followed by
County Superintendent of Educa tion,
The entire three-day course of in?
struction is open to the public and it
Is expected, from the interest mani?
fested, and information asked of the
Chamber of Commerce, in advanco of
the opening session, that many of the
ladlea and girls of this city, Sumter
county, and adjoining counties will
avail themselves of the excellent op?
portunity of Imbibing useful Informa?
tion about domeatlc science principles
and application of practical methods
whereby the homes may be made
more hygienic, beautiful, economical,
and efficient.
Among the out-of-town partici?
pants In the educational features of
the program may bo mentioned for
talks and demonstration work dur?
ing the week, Dr. Wi W. Long, of
Clemson College. State agent of Farm
Demonstration Work in cooperation
with the United States government.
Mrs. Dora Dee Walker, of Winthrop
College faculty, Assistant State Home
Demonstration Agent for South Caro?
lina, Musi Edith Parrott, of Winthrop
College, State Home Demonstration
agent for South Carolina; Miss Luc lie
Lemmon, Home Demonstration agent
for Dillon County; Miss Cora Con?
nor, Home Demonstration Agent for
Colleton county; Miss Amanda Ed?
wards, Home Demonstration agent for
Wllllamsburg county; Mr. C. A. Mc
Fadden, District Demonstration agent,
of Clemson College; Mr. Calvin, of
Clemson College, Live Stock Expert;
Mr. Cleveland, Poultry Expert of the
Demonstration corps of Clemson col?
lege; Mr. L. L. Baker, State Supervis?
ing agent of Boys' Pig and Corn
clubs; Mr. J. F. Williams, Farm
Demonstratian agent for Sumter
county, and addresses during the
week by Rev. R. 8. Truesdale, Rev. J.
A. Brunson, Senator R. D. Epps, of
Sumter, and others.
There will be some fun connected
with the course of instruction for the
young and tho old 'folks. On Tuesday
night the young women will be enter?
tained at tho Lyric Theatre as the
guests of the Sumter Chamber of
Commerce; on Wednesday night,
Harby A Co. of Sumter will be tho
hosts of the young women at a moving
picture special program; on Thursday
evening the Sumter Talking Machine
Company will glvo a Victrola musical
concert at Hampton High school for
the girls and the public; Mr. D. B.
Hodges will entertain thorn with story
telling, for which he Is famous, and
Mitchell's sanitary Ice cream parlors
will show the girls that the women
are not the only ones who can make
palatable, pure, and sanitary Ice
m will begin.
TEOttY OUT Bf PO?lffi*
COLONISL WILL NOT ANSWER
QUESTIONS.
Intimates That He Considers H Un?
likely That Ho Win RcconatdVer His
Refusal to Run.
\
Oyster Bay. N. Y? June ll.~-Tbeo
dore Roosevelt reiterated tonlgjstthat
he is "out of politics."
"I want to tell you newspapermen,"
he said, "that it's of no use for you
to come up here to see me. I will1
have nothing to say. I will answer no
I question s, so please don't ask me ?to?
I am out of politics."
If the former president has any
[plans for the immediate future other
than to continue his literary wer*, he
has not made them public. His sec?
retary, John W. McOrath, is expected
I to arrive here tomorrow from. Chicago
with a detailed report of the happeh
|lngs at both the Republican and Pro?
gressive conventions.
Col. Roosevelt attended church this
morning with Mrs. Roosevelt but
mal nod in seclusion at Sagamore Ball
j the remainder of the day. The tele?
graph Ii ?es brought him a flood bf
message* and it was announced that
most of them approved his action In
declining to become a candidate upon
the Progressive ticket.
While Col. Roosevelt would not dhv
cuss tho question today, bis intimates
considered it altogether unlikely that
he would reconsider his conditional
refusal to head a third ticket. He
has not yet made it clear whether or
not he will support the Hughes-can?
didacy. ?
A FOOLISH MOVE. ?
Democratic Convention AJhJcted W*4i
a Crank from Tennessee.
St. Lot is, June 12.?Representative
Hull, of Tennessee, announces'ij&m
he will try to get the Democratic
form advocate a law to
Justice of the supreme
turo becoming a ,
asks.
FIX TENTATIVE DATES.
Will Probably Hold Encampment Ju?
ly 10.
Tentative dates for the annual en?
campment of the National Ouard are
July 10 for the First regiment and Au?
gust 1 for the Second regiment. The
encampment will probably be at Styx.
Each regiment will be required to be
in camp for 15 days.
cream by serving the young visitors
with all the ice cream that is consid?
ered good for their health, taken in
connection with the many other good
things the ladies of Sumter will serve
on the bill of fare for "the young?
sters" of the rural districts who are
the guests of the ladies of Sumter in
the homes of the latter.
On next Friday, the parents of the
more than one hundred young wo?
men, the future rulers of the Game?
cock City, will be entertained at a
basket picnic and reciprocity meeting
at county court house and park,
where the present rulers of Sumter
county, (the mothers of the girls), and
their fathers will assume charge of
their daughters and take them to
their homes from under the chaper
onage of the good women of Sumter,
who are delighted with the opportun?
ity of being the hostesses of and
mothering the young women for sev?
eral days as the guests of the city of
Sumter.
During the week the Sumter Cham?
ber of Commerce will gladly answer
any and all questions by phone re?
garding any and all features of the
program.
The business men of Sumter, and
the ladies of Sumter are going to do
all in their power to make their
guests feel at home and enjoy them?
selves.
The ladles of tho Sumter Civic
League will cooperate in giving the
young women a good time and in tak?
ing the very best care of the girls.
As before stated, tho week's sessions
are open to the public, and the more
who avail themselves of the education?
al features of tho occasion the better
It will suit Miss Mary Lemmon, and
her associates of the faculty.
The morning sessions are from
8:45 to 1:30. The afternoon sessions
from 4 to 6 o'clock. The evenings will
be given over entirely to social fea?
tures.
Sumter welcomes the visitors within
our city, and feels highly honored In
being the host of such deslrnble and
charming guests.
PROGRESSIVES WANT TEDDY.
MAY WrrHDKAW IF HUGHES
TAKES AGGRESSIVE COURSE.
John M. Parker of Louisiana Named
for Vice President as Teddy's Run?
ning Mate?-Progressives End Tbeir
Convention.
Chicago, June 10.?The Progressive
national convention, after four tu?
multuous sessions with only one pur?
pose in view, today nominated Col.
Roosevelt for president and a few
hours later listened without protest
to a message from Oyster Bay that he
j would not "accept at. this time." The
convention adjourned at 4:58 p. m.
Col. Roosevelt's declination was
^conditional and it was placed in the
hands of the Progressive national
committee to be held until such time
as statements to be issued by Justice
Hughes, the nominee of tho Republi?
can party, "shall satisfy the com?
mittee that it is for the interest of
the country that he be elected."
, In the event the committee shall be
satisfied that aid should be given the
Republican party, Col. Roosevelt's re?
fusal to make a campaign is to be con?
sidered final. It will then be author?
ised for the representatives of the
Progressive party to say whether to
Indorse the position taken by Mr.
Roosevelt or whether they will name
another man to fight for their party
principles. e
John M. Parker of Louisiana was'
nominated for vice president, the se?
lection being by acclamation.
Cot Roosevelt's running mate of
four years ago, Gov. Hiram Johnson
of California, refused to let his name
be placed before the convention
because of the information he
had concerning the intentions of
Col. Roosevelt toward his nomi?
nation. Several other names and
potably that of Raymond Robins,
who was both temporary and perma?
nent chairman of the convention were
offered but not seconded.
'C^Prlor to reading the message from
jOtater Bay some minutes were con
iHned in drawing from delegates and
I jg^^supporterH the usual sinews of
1 %<?oL Rooievelt'8 answer to the Pro?
gressive convention follows:
'The Progressive convention: I am
very grateful for the honor you con?
ferred upon me by nominating me as
president. I do not accept It at this
time. I do not know the attitude of
the candidate of the Republican party
toward the vital questions of tho day.
Therefore, if you desire an immediate
decision I must decline the nomina?
tion. But if you prefer it I suggest
that my conditional refusal to run be
placed in tho hands of the Progres?
sive national committee. If Mr.
Hughes' statements when he makes
them shall satisfy the committee that
it is for the interest of the country
that he be elected they can act ac?
cordingly and treat my refusal as defi?
nitely accepted. If they are not sat?
isfied they can so notify the Pro?
gressive party and at the same time
they can confer with me and then
determine on whatever action we may
severally deem appropriate to meet
the needs of the country*
(Signed) "Theodore Roosevelt."
PLANS TO INVESTIGATE.
Hours and Wages of Railroad Em?
ployes Considered.
Washington, June 11.?An inter?
state commerce commission investiga?
tion into the whole subject of wages
and hours of labor of railroad em?
ployes will be urged by the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States un?
der authorization of a referendum of
its members just completed and a res?
olution to direct such an inquiry, the
chamber announced tonight, will be
Introduced soon In congress.
In submitting the proposal to Its
members the national chamber em?
phasized the possibility that demands
made by four brotherhoods of rail?
road employes might result in a strike,
which, in addition to affecting direct?
ly some 300,000 workers, would se?
riously cripple the country's entire in?
dustrial system. The member organi?
zations of the chamber, comprising
commercial bodies In 43 States, voted
in favor of an Investigation, 981 to 30.
STANDARD RAISED PRICE.
Big Trust Accused off Holding Back
Gasoline.
Washington, Juno 12.?Independent
oil operators charge that the Stand?
ard Oil Company held back gasoline
when the price first began rising,
this creating a shortage and forcing
the price further up, thus reaping big
profits. The charge was made today
at the hearing by the federal trade
commission.
MAY BUY LEGATION IN BUBI.
ITEM IN DIPLOMATIC BILL FOR
PURCHASE.
Secretary of State Favors Plan Sug?
gested by Cant. Gonzales, United
States Minister.
Washington, June 8.?If the senate
concurs in the action of the house just
taken in passing an appropriation in
the diplomatic bill for the purchase of
the legation for the United States
minister to Cuba, at Habana, Capt.
William E. Gonzales, who holds that
position and who is now in Washing?
ton, will see the culmination of an
idea which he has had since he went
there to represent this government.
The present legation at Habana is
the combined residence and business
office of the minister from the United
States and in the item which has just
been agreed upon. $100,000 will be
used in the purchase of the property
and in its refitting.
It is stated that about $80,000 will
be expended for the purchase of the
land and the building now upon it.
Capt. Gonzales some time ago having
secured an option upon it to this ef?
fect. The remainder of the appro?
priation, about $20,000, will be used in
fitting up the new acquisiton in keep?
ing with the position of its occupants.
Mr. Lansing, secretary of State, in?
dorsed the proposition of purchasing
the legation very strongly, and Capt.
Gonzales gave it as his opinion some
time ago, that in all probability be?
cause of the increase in land values in
Habana the same property could not
be had for the same amount of money
at a later time.
Capt. Gonzales, who has been In
Washington for several days on offi?
cial business, was much pleased to?
day when assured that the house had
agreed to the item for the purchase
of the legation.
There seems to be no doubt that
the senate will follow the action of
the house and that in a short time the
United States will have its home for
its minister in Habana.
BARN WELD MEN CLEARED.
tewonand^^^?mSteWoiSr^.
suits in Acquittal.
Charleston, June 8.?Late this af?
ternoon, after remaining out since
morning, the jury in the case of the
United States against A. B. Patterson,
and A. B. Patterson and C. N. Burck
halter jointly, brought in a verdict of
not guilty. The cases against E. L.
Patterson, and against TO. L. Patterson
and C. N. Burckhaltor jointly, result?
ed in a mistrial.
The Pattersons and Burckhalter, all
prominent citizens of Barnwell, were
charged with Infraction of the Harri?
son drug act and conspiracy to issue
prescriptions to persons in violation
thereof. The trial of the cases lasted
nearly three days. The jury was out.
practically all today.
SATO JAPAN'S ENVOY.
To Succeed Baron Chlnda as Repre?
sentative of Island Empire in Wash?
ington.
Washington, June 8.?Amoro Sato,
former Japanese ambassador to Aus?
tria, has been selected as ambassador
to the United States to succeed Vis?
count Chinda, whose transfer to the
ambassadorship at London recently
was announced. Word of the selec?
tion reached Washington tonight.
Mr. Sato is well known in dip?
lomatic circles here, having spent a
considerable portion of his life in this
country. He is a brother-in-law of
the retiring ambassador and was his
fellow student at Depauw university
in Indiana. Officials are understood
to regard him as peculiarly fitted to
deal with the important problems
that confront Japan's diplomatic rep?
resentative here. Mr. Sato's diplomatic
training has been extensive.
FUND FOR SEWANEE RAISED.
Central Committee Reports $300,000
for University of the South?Debt is
Now Assured.
Nashville. Tenn.. June 8.?The cen?
tral committee for the payment of the
debt of the University of the South
(Sewanee) today announced that the
$300,00 sought in the campaign of
the past several months has been as?
sured.
GRAFTER SENTENCED TO PRISON
John Grant Layman Gets Eighteen
Months for Using Mail to Defraud.
New York, June 9.?John Grant
Lyman has been sentenced to eighteen
months Imprisonment in the Atlanta
prison for using the mails to defraud.
The government says he made a half
million by his sschemes.
DECREASE IN WHEAT CROP.
THREE HUNDRED MILLION BUSH
ELS UNDER LAST YEAR.
Spring Yield 246,000,000 Bostels Be?
low That of Last Year Due to Lato
and Wet Season.
Washington, June 8.?Present indi?
cations point to a wheat crop 300,
000,000 bushels smaller this year than
last year. Department of agriculture
forecasts today indicated a winter
wheat crop of 469,000,000 bushels,
80,000,000 bushels less than forecast
from May 1 conditions, due largely to
insects in Kansas and Oklahoma and
a spring wheat crop of 246,000,000
bushels, due to a decrease of 8 per
cent, in the acreage from last year
and to the late wet spring.
June 1 crop condition indicated less
production than la* "ear of small
grain crops. Fruit < as a whole
are good. / /
Indications are the oat crop
will be about iO.000 bushels
smaller than la; */ ,r, being partic?
ularly poor in ? Southern States.
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EFFICIENT . iM DRAINAGE.
I -
Frequent Inf >n of Drains and
Ditches a r? ompt Repairs Neces
sary.
S
In the ?>. ; of the year, when land
is being prepared for planting, there
[are frequent complaints from farmers
that the drainage systems which they
constructed a year or more before Are
not Improving the land as they had
expected. Perhaps the soli is just as
wet as it was before Installing drain*
i age, but is this a valid reason for con?
demning drainage? To answer this'
question correctly, other questions
must first be answered. Were the
drainage improvements in the first
place properly designed and construct?
ed? If the answer to this question Is
affirmative, may not some defective
condition have developed in the sys?
tem since construction? Have the
ditches been kept open and clean or
haye they been permitted to env* In
in and deteriorate generally?.^
outlet* to the ttle-drains'Tbee
Havs the inlets and catch basi
permitted to become choked with
leaves and other dry vegetable matter
of the previous season? it these con?
ditions exist, does not the failure of
the system to give the desired results
He with the farmer rather than the
system?
In the spring, when the root syitem
of the young plant Is developing, It Is
essential that the level of the ground
water be maintained at such a depth
as always to permit free growth of
the roots downward as well as lateral?
ly. The control of the water level is
the purpose of any drainage improve?
ment. The largest returns on money
Invested In such improvements can be
obtained only when they accomplish
their real purpose, and this purpose
can be accomplished only by keeping
the drains in the best possible state
of efficiency.
To obtain the greatest degree of
efficiency in drainage improvements,
as in any other work, frequent inspec?
tion is necessary. Brush and weeds
should be cut from the banks of the
open ditches and the latter cleaned
out to the proper depth. Openings
should be made into the ditches
where necessary to permit the sur?
face water in the fields to flow off
rapidly.
In tile systems, if the outlet has
not been protected by a headwall, one
should be constructed, for unprotected
outlets arc often damaged by stock
and the action of surface water. If a
tile drain empties into an open ditch
or swale, steps should be taken to
see that sufficient fall exists in the
ditch to remove the water as fast sis
it Is discharged from the tile; other?
wise the water will back up Into the
tile and the efficiency of the drain will
be impaired. Where surface inlets
and sand traps have been Installed In
a tile system these should be examin?
ed, and cleaned If necessary.
To realize the maximum results
from any drainage system It. Is there?
fore essential that Inspection be fre?
quent and that necessary repairs be
made promptly.
SUMMONED TO MEXICO.
Gen. Garvira Called to Capitol for
Conference.
El Paso, June 12.?Gen. Gavira. the
Carranza commander of Juarez, has
been called to Mexico City by Minister
of War Obregon for a conference. It
is believed to be over the differences
between Gen. Gavira and Gen. Trevlno,
the commander of the Chihuahua City
garrison. Trcvinos hostility towsrd
Americans is well known.