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MmUJUOfjg BOAT ARRIVES AT BALTIMORE TO TAKE BACK HONEY. it Made In German Pa? per Heat Underwater Craft Will Set One tanortly on Trip to Fatherland. New York. June 10.?The Trans Atlantle Truat company of thla city, which her been recognised here aa an unotftclal financial agent of the Aus trtaa and German governments, an? nounced today In a half page adver tteement In the Hungarian dally, Amertkal Malgiar Nepesav, that the submarine so frequently re? ar being on the viay here from Iburg react ed Baltimore Thurs? day morning and Is now concealed raasewhere nearby, presumably under tie waters of Chespeaks bay. The directorate of the trust com? pany Includes Die name of the Austro Hnngartan eontiul gener.il, Alexander Naber von Per eked. OUcials of the trust company refused to make known' the exact whereabouts of the sayetertous cralt. The advertisement "Money forwarded to Hungary by a gasmen submertne. 100 Klrona for 114. Only Thursday morning thero arrived at Baltimore" a German Huh?l saartae and It leaves for Europe in *l few days. TKi Trans-Atlantic Trust iny announces with pride that aotr on it will send money or ky this wtiy aad will manage to lt. res stets by the same way." 41 the general efncee of ths Trans Trust company it was said lint had been prepared as- the direction of President Ju? tta* Flrnttser. He was not at the of ' neev and In Ms absence none of the e45e*als would llecuss the submarineyj Secrecy. It was said, waa considered aoeessnry to pi-event a possible con 1 filet with the American government 1 en the statue of the boat?a question ?f neutrality only, It was explained. According to this version the Ger aaan embassy /eared that the subma? rine might be regarded ae a warship by the United States authorities and a* each ordered out of American within 24 hours. t tefflWKBURu OPENS PLAY? GROUND. OvghMaOy Planned Not em Account of Absence of - Ovangeburg, June SO.?The city ?und eu Russell street was for sesfty opened on Wsdnesday after? noon of this week. A big celebration war to have bten held last week and the park opened at that time, but owing to the State Firemen's con? vention and tie calling away of tho Second regiment band of this city, no elaborate proginmme was carried out yesterday afternoon. ? The Second regiment band war scheduled to fur? nish music for the occasion. On Monday. Wednesday and Sat? urday of each week free tnstructloi will be given o the children of Oi angeburg by instructors in tennis, baseball. basketball. with varied games for those who do not care to Indulge In ths foregoing Kamen. After the games will come the "story hour." when a delightful story will be lnt< estingly told by one of these Instruc? tors All the children of Orangeburg are cordially invited to come out to the city playgiound and receive in? struction. TO SUPPRESS NEWS. Of National Guard Stories Already Inaugurated by the Wai Departanrnt. Washington, June 30.?Secretary Baksr announced today that orders have been sent to all department army commanders to suppress all news concerning troop movements. The order follows: "In .'lew of the fact that geneial knowledge of troop movements en :-outc to the Texas bor? der or in Texas might result In some malicious act that ml/rht seriously hamper these movements and als > might result in unnecessary loss of life among troops. It in directed that all concerned t>< instructed to the ef? fect that no Information as to move? ments of troops is to be given to rep. resentatlves of the press or any in? dividuals oth-r than the olucial* of ths railroads concerned or tho repre? sentatives of the American Railway association located ut tho various de? partment headquarters and mobiliza? tion snd concentration points." Ths department also announced that National Gourd organisations which start for the border without full complements df Held transporta? tion will be supplied by Gen. P'un moi Upon reac.i.ng the border. Marriage. Married tbls morning at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and tfl iL J. Bowmsn, Prof. Ralph Newton snd Miss km i4>o Bowman, The couple took thj ten o'clock train fOf Charleston, where the groin is cm ployed - MunnliiK Times, j^A IU im IE mi BW. PRESIDENT STATES THERE WILL HE NO HOSTILITY TO MEXICO UNLESS IT CANNOT BE AVOIDED. i Will Act Slowly and Will Do All in His Power to Settle Differences 11c twtcn Countries Without Resort to Arms?Makes Appeal for Peace at Now York Press Club, Ills Senti? ments Meeting} Fmvor With Aud? ience. New Y.*rk, Juno 30.?Prenldent Wilson made It plain in his speech at the New York Press club banquet that ho would not- countenance a war with Mexico unill there is no other alterna? tive for settling the border troubles. He declared again that he wa?j ready to sacrifice his own political fortunes in order to carry out his con? victions as to what would be the just course to pursue in the situation. ? The president's audience, compos? ed of newspapor men, State and mu? nicipal political leaders and others prominent in public life, signified in? dorsement of his position by repeated outbursts of applause. When ho asked if the glory of America would be enhanced by a war of conquest In Mexico shouts of "no" came from all parts of the banquet hall. A similar response was made to his query whether it is America's duty to "carry self-defense to the point of dictation into the affairs of another people." The president dwelt also on his ef? forts to nerve the whole people, thou? sands of whom, he said, are appealing to him to maintain peace as long aa possible. "I have constantly to remind my? self," he said, "that 1 am not the ser? vant of those who wish to enhance tho value of their Mexican investments but that I am the servant of the rank and die of the people of the United States." Dalnbrhlgc Colby, who placed Theo? dore Roosevelt In nomination for the presidency at the Progressive conven? tion at Chicago, paid President Wilson a high tribute in an address, but did not declare unqualifiedly that he would support him in the coming campaign, as it was reported he would do. "I am a Progressive," he said. "I was one of the party organizers. I shall stick by the ship until it is recog? nised by passengers, crew and officers alll.e thai, it must ,be abandoned. I will say this, however, speaking for tho rank and nlo, that the friends of Woodrow Wilson In the party aro legion. The stalking horse of the na? tional committee may vote down the resolution to leave tho vote of. Pro? gressives .to their own/consciences, but I think the actions of Progressives are to be determined and dictated by their Individual judgment and nothing else." President Wilson arose from his seat and nhook hands with Mr. Colby as he finished speaking. Later the president paid tribute to Mr. Colby's generosity. Mayor John P. Mltchel, Ralph Pulitzer and Irvln S. Cobb also spoke. President Wilson did not begin to speak Until almost 11 o'clock. The presidential party, which in? cluded Mrs. Wilson, who occupied a seat of honor in a balcony behind huge American flags; Dr. Cary T. Grayson and Secretary Tumulty, left for Washington at 12:30 o'clock. In his address before the press club President Wilson said: "I realize that 1 have done a very imprudent thing; I have come to ad? dress this thoughtful company of men without any preparation whatever. If I could have written as witty a speech us Mr. Pulitzer, I would have written It. If 1 could have written as clear an enunciation of the fundamental ideas of American patriotism as the mayor I should have attempted it. If I could have been as appealing x per? son and of as feeling a heart us Mr. Cobb I would havo felt safe. If I could bave been as generous and Interesting and as genuine as Mr. Colby, I should have felt that I could let myself go without a.ny preparation but, gentle? men, as a, matter of fact, I have been absorbed by the responsibilities which havo been so frequently referred to here tonight, and that preoccupation has made it impossible for me to fore? cast even what you would 1'Ue to hear me talk about. ' There Is something very oddly OOS? j tradletory about the effect you men have on me. You are sometimes, probably in your photographic tutor* poses, very brutal to me, and you I sometime-i InvadS my privacy, even to the exlont of formulating my Judg? ments bet?re they arc formed, und yet 1 am tempted when | .stand face to face with you to take off all guard and merely expose myself to you as the fallible human hei i?k that 1 am. "Mr. Cathy said something that was among the few things I had forecast to say myself. H?? said that there aro some things which it is really useless t? flatlM, because they go as a matter of course "of course, it is our duty to this nation la lake, can of its honor and of Km institutions. Why debate any parfl of that, excepi the ?ict.ui, except the plan iUelf, which is always debat-1 able? "Of course, it is the duty of the government, which it will never over? look, to defend the territory and peo? ple of this country. It goes without saying that it is the duty of the ad minisratlon to have constantly in mind with the utmost sensitiveness overy point of national honor. "But, gentlemen, after you have said and accepted these obvious things, your programme of action is still to bo formed. When will you act, and how Will you act" "The easiest thing is to strike. The brutal thing If the impulsive thing. No man has to think beforo he takes aggressive action, but before a man really conserves the honor by realiz? ing the ideals of the nation he has to think exactly what ho will do and how he will do it. "Do you think the glory of America would be enhanced by a war of con- i quest in Mexico? Do' you think that' any act of violence by a powerful na? tion like this against a weak neighbor would reflect distinction upon the an? nals of the United States? "Do you think that it is our duty to carry self-defense to a point of dic? tation into the affairs of another peo? ple? The ideals of America are writ? ten plMn upon every page of Ameri? can history. "I want you to know how fully realize whose servant I am. I do not own the government of the United States oven for the time being. I have no right in the use of it to ex? press my own passions. I have no right to express my own ambitions for tae development of America if those ambitions are not coincident With the ambitions of the nation it? self. '"And I have constantly to remind myself that I am not the servant of thosr; who wish to enhance the value of their Mexican investments, that I am the servant of the rank and file of the people of the United States. "I get a great many letters, my fel? low citizens, from Important and In? fluential men in this country, but I get a great many other letters. I gVt letters from unknown men, from humblo men, from people whose names never have been heard and no vor will be recorded and there is but one pray in all of these letters: "Mr. President, do not allow any? body to persuade you that the peoplo of this country want war with any? body. "I got off a train yesterday and as I was bidding goodbye to the engineer, he said in an undertone, 'Mr. Presi? dent, keep out of Mexico,' and if one man has said that to me a thousand have said it to me as I have moved about the country. I "If I havo opportunity to engage them further in conversation, they say, 'of course, wo know that you can not govern the circumstances of the case altogether, and it may be neces? sary, but for God's sake do not do it unless it is necessary.' ' "I am for the time being the spokes? man of such people, gentlemen. I have not read history without observ? ing that the greatest forces in the world and the only permanent forces are the moral forces.. ., "Force will not accomplish anything that is permanent, I venture to Bay, in the groat struggle which is going on on the other side of the sea. The per? manent things will be accomplished afterward when the opinion of man? kind is brought to bear upon the is? sues, and the only thing that will hold tho world steady is this same silent, in? sistent, nil powerful,opinion of man? kind. "Force can some times hold things steady until opinion has time to form but no force that was ever exerted ex? cept in response to that opinion was ever a conquering and predominant force. "I think the sentence in American history that I myself am proudest of is that in the Introductory sentences of the Declaration of Independence, where the writers say that a due re? spect for the opinion of mankind de? mands that they state the reasons for what they arc about to do. . .. "So, gentlemen, 1 am willing, no matter what my personal fortune j may be, to play for the verdict of mankind. Personally it will be a matter of Indtfferenoe to me what the verdict on tho 7th of November is, provided 1 feel any degree of confi? dence that when a later jury sits I Shall get their judgment in my favor. Not my favor personally?what dif? ference docs that make??but in my favor as an honest and conscientious spokesman of a great nation of con? science. "There are some gentlemen who arc und? r the delusion that the power of a nation comes from the president. It doss not, it comes from the bot? tom." The president compared the nation to a tree Which gets ith power from its roots and referring to tho great loaders coming from the peoplo re? ferred to Lincoln, "It is singular." he said, "how touching every reference to Abraham Lincoln is. It always makes you feel that von wish you had been there to In lp him in BO me fashion to tight the battles that he was righting sometimes almost alone. "Could you have predicted, if you had seen Abraham Lincoln's birth and boyhood, where that great ruling fig? ure of the world was going to spring from ? "I have presided over a university but I never deceived myself by sup? posing that by university processes you were producing the ruling forces of the world. I knew that all a uni? versity could do if it knew its business j wa.s to interpret the moral forces of the world. "So, gentlemen, I have not come here tonight to do anything but to re? mind you that you do not constitute the United States, that I do not con? stitute the United States; that it is somehing bigger and greater and finer ?than any of us; that it was born in an Ideal, and only by pursing an Ideal in the face nr '""cry adverse cir? cumstance will it continue to deserve the beloved name which we love and for which we are ready to die, the name "America.' " SUMTER COMPANY NEEDS RE? CRUITS. Anyone Eighteen Years of Age or Over May Enlist With or Without Parent's Consent. The Sumter Light Infantry Is still In need of about fifty recruits to fill tho company up to war strength. The men, according to reports coming from Camp Moore, are in good health, happy and not being overworked. Capt. Brown states that there is no danger of the conVpany being dis? mantled and that it will be ready to go to the border as soon as new equip? ment is issued to all of the men. Any boy wishing to join may do so with? out his parents consent, if he is 18 years of age or over. The camp is clean, well arranged, has good sanitary conditions, is free of mosquitoes, has few (lies and the food is good substantial food, although the men are not fed on the choicest of dainties. WAR PREPARATION RUSHED. Camp Mcore Busily Engaged in Mak? ing Ready for Trip to Border. Camp Moore, Styx, S. C, June 30.? JPrepaartions are still being rushed with a view to having the South Car? olina National Guard at Camp Moore ready to move to the Mexican border at the earliest date possible. Physi? cal examiantion of the 1st regiment men continues and is being pushed as much as thoroughness will permit. The examinations are being made very rigid under the supervision of Major Miller, U. S. A., and in some of the companies a fairly large percentage has been rejected. Nothing has transpired here to change the belief that the first regi? ment will not remain in camp more than a week longer. Supplies and equipment are still coming in by ex? press and are being given to the men as rapidly as possible. The shoes came in today and probably by tomorrow the regular drills will be resumed. Gov. Manning spent the greater portion of the day at the camp. He was in consultation with Col. Blytho and Gen. Moore for some time, during which it was understood that .eral matters pertaining to the weu~re of the camp were discussed. The gov ernor also went among the men, with whom he chatted pleasantly. Both regiments are deeply appreciative of the interest the governor, as com mander-in-chief of the State's troops, has taken In the camp as a whole and in the men as individuals. Gov. Manning was accompanied by his aide, Col. O. K. LaRoque. WEATHER GOOD FOR CROPS. Gardens and Pastures Have Shown Marked Improvement. The week was one of good growing weather, with frequent rains. Mark? ed improvement is shown in gardens and pastures. On the other hand, the fields have become quite grassy, and cultivation was being pushed wherever possible. Cotton was growing rap? idly, but is ragged in spots; the crop is blooming in the extreme southern counties. Much corn has been laid by, and the crop is tasseling in portions of the southern counties. Improve? ment in tobacco continues, and prep? arations are being made tor curing at an early date. Stubble lands are be? ing planted to sweet potatoes, corn, cow peas and peanuts. Wild blacU beriiOS are plentiful. IMPROVE SUMTER ROAD. Chamber of Commerce committee to Meet. Columbia, July I.?The Sumter highway commission has been called to meet next Thursday at noon in the rooms of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce. This is a result of a re? cent trip to the State farm when the matter was discussed. The Columbia members of the committee are S. B. McMaster, W. M. Perry nnd LaCoste B vans. IMPROVE AGENCY STANDARD. Commissioner McMaster, of South Carolina, Considering Ideas for Agency Qualifications. A number of leading agents in South Carolina are supporting a movement to raise the standard of fire insurance agents doing business in the SUite. Insurance Commissioner McMaster is in sympathy with the matter. In a recent letter to the com? panies, he said that last year there were nearly 1,000 fire insurance agencies licensed in the State. The in? dividual licenses totalled over 1,400. At present there are less than 500 li? censed agents in South Carolina, so there is no difficulty in getting ex? perienced men. The commissioner says it is both in the interest of former agents and the general public that no person be licensed hereafter except if he hac had one year's experience in a fire insur? ance office and can pass an examina? tion/before a board of examiners, or that he take a course of instruction in tho home office of a company, say for thirty days. It is the purpose of Commissioner McMaster to take thorough counsel in the matter, and to establish a rule more exacting than hitherto in li? censing lire insurance agents. It is pointed out that no one may practice law, medicine, or dentistry, or even be an embalmer, or plumber or public accountant without standing an ex? amination before a State board and that a high standard should be placed on insurance agents also.?Insurance Herald Argus. ONE KILLED, ONE WOUNDED. Marion Hutto Shot to Death in Affray Near Norway. Orangeburg, June 28.?Marion Hutto is dead and his father, Jacob Hutto, is mortally wounded as the re? sult of a shooting affray with C. C. Kinard near Norway this afternoon. Kinard came to Orangebugrg and sur? rendered to the sheriff. The men in? volved nre prominent farmers of the county. The affair is said to have resulted from a dispute over a land line. The men met at 6 o'clock and are said to have become involved ir a heated dis? cussion which terminated in a gen? eral fire. Marion Hutto died from his wounds, while Jacob Hutto is be? lieved to be in a dying conditon. Ki? nard escaped injury, but is said to have had a narrow escape. He reach? ed Orangeburg at 11 o'clock and after surrendering to the sheriff was placed in jail. Mrs. Paul Lydh Dies at McCormick. McCormick, June 28.?The entire community was shocked yesterday when It was learned that Mrs. Paul Lyon was dead, death being due to wounds inflicted by her own hand. Just after leaving the dinner table, Mrs. Lyon made some remarks as to how she had enjoyed her dinner. Go? ing on the front porch she seated her? self and llred a pistal ball through her heart, death being instantaneous. Two shots were fired, only one taking ef? fect, piercing the heart. The other shot missed. Before her marriage to Mr. Lyon, she was Miss Lily Bradley, and was stenographer for the Bank of McCor? mick. After her marriage she made her home at Troy. While on a visit to relatives, she became despondent, beceuse of ill health and brooding over this trouble was the cause of the act. Mrs. Lyon was about 25 years of age. She is survived by her husband and one child, a little girl about two years of age. Funeral services were hejd at Troy at 11 a. m. today with interment at Troy cemetery. Military School. The successful conclusion of the canvass for the military school Thurs? day night, assures Greenville and this section of South a preparatory mili? tary school which will open in Sep? tember, at Chick Springs. Dr. F. L. McCoy, principal of the Riverside Mil tary Academy, who is to come here and be principal of the school was telegraphed the result of the canvass Thursday night, to the effect that the committees had secured more than the $5,000 needed to get the school start? ed. Replies had not been received from Mr. McCoy Friday morning, but It Is understood that he expects to come to Greenville Immediately, begin the preparations of a catalogue, and make other preparations for opening Of school. While no definite statement has been made, it is not improbable that the school here will be called the "Riverside Military Academy," and will succeed the Riverside Aca? demy that has been in operation at Gainesville for a number of years past. In effect, according to this plan, the Riverside Academy will be simply moved to Chick Springs, and this plan will give the Institution the benefit of all the advertising that the Gainesville school has had.?Green? ville Piedmont. TUE MASS MEETING. Committee Appointed to Assist in Ob? taining Recruits to Fill Ranks of Sun tor Light Infantry. The mass meeting in the interest of of the Sumter Light Infantry, held in the Court House Friday evening at 6:16 o'clock, was not largely attend? ed, the crowd in attendance at no time reaching the one hundred mark. The small crowd present and the ap? parent lack of interest in the welfare of Sumter's military company may be accounted for by the threatening weather, but as a matter of fact en? thusiasm is lacking and the com? munity has not been aroused as a whole to a realization of the duty that the stay-at-homes owe to the company as a Sumter organization and to the hundred or more young men who have freely given their time and ser? vice, and, if need be, their lives in the discharge of a duty to the country. The service that these young men have volunteered to perform is aa i much the duty of every other man in Sumter county and South Carolina as it is of any man in militia. The Sum? ter Lght Infantry is doing duty for all of us and those of us who cannot or will not perform military service will fall short of our duty as citizens if wc do not give to the Sumter com? pany our loyal, hearty and substantial support in every way possible. It must be that the people of Sumter have thus far failed to realize what they owe the Sumter Light Infantry, otherwise the mass meeting would have filled the Court House. The meeting was called or order and opened with prayer by Rev. J. P. Marion, chaplain of the Sumter Light Infantry, who had been asked to act as chairman. Rev. R. S. Truesdale, who spent Wednesday at Styx and whlel there discussed the situation with officers of the regiment and Gov. Manning, was asked to state the ob? ject of the meting. Mr. Truesdale, after telling of conditions In the camp, said that the real objeect of the meeting was to Impress upon, the peo? ple of Sumter the fact that the first and greatest need of the Samter light Infantry is for more men to fill the ranks of the company to the full war strength so that the identity of the company as a unit may be preserved. He said that Gov. Manning asked him to say to the people of Sumter that the need of the Sumter Light Infan? try, and of all the other companies, }e for more men, sufficient to complete the regiments and make them ready for service. Volunteer companies are not needed now and would not be needed until the militia regiments are completed and a call has been made tor additional troops. Those who want to serve In the army and feel that it is their duty to do so should enlist in the organizations that have been called out. Mr. Truesdale said that he did not feel that it was his place to urge any one to enlist, but he would say that it was a citizen's duty to serve the country in time of need, that a need now existed and that those who felt the call to ser? vice now had the opportunity before them to render a man's service. Mr. L. D. Jennings made a brief talk on the need of filling the ranks of the Sumter company, an organiza? tion that stood for and represented Sumter county. Dr. Walter Cheyne in response to a request told of a visit to Styx and of the health conditions he observed. He said that the conditions of the camp were excellent and that the mllltla was being well cared for. He had a son in the company and after seeing the camp and talking with Dr. Brails ford and other medical officers, whom he had known for years, he was sat? isfied. Mr. Bernard Manning stated that it being apparent that the real need of the Sumter Light Infantry was for fifty or more additional men to com? plete the roll of the company, he would be one of fifty to enlist at once so as to fill the company without fur? ther delay. Mr. A. C. Phelps said that as an old member of the Sumter Light In? fantry he was deeply interested in the organization and that he and other old members were organizing to assist the company and Its members financially and otherwise. He would be glad to cooperate in any movement Inaugurat? ed by the meeting. Mr. Bartow Walsh read a poem written by Mr. T. E. Richardson as a tribute to the Sumter Light Infantry. Alter further general discussion it was decided, on motion of Dr. Cheyne, to appoint a committee of five, con? sisting of L, D. Jennings, R. S. Trues? dale, II. G. Osteen, Bernard Man? ning and Geo. D. Levy to formulate plans and take such steps as m*y seem best to obtain recruits far the Snmter Light Infantry and fill the ranks at the earliest possible day. Summerton Roy Goes to Front. Capt. Julius Mood of Suminertou. first honor graduate of the Citadel this year, has been called to the front, and Is now in camp at Styx.?Manning Times.