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CtlB WIM I? WATCHMAN, ITatienwhrJ April, IN*. "Be Just end Peer not?Bet nil the ende Thou Ahnet at he thy Country's, Thy God'a and Trnta'an THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Feta hhnhnd lane, t fee, Consolidated Auk. 2,1881. SUMTER. 8. 0?, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1916. msm m mm SAYS CANDID AND DISPASSION. ATB CON??RKNCES IS SHORT WAY TO SETTLE DIF? FERENCES. to Large Audience at Dodica <^tjm of New Hoene for Am/erica a of Labor?Assures Ilia1 QUnaaeea aad Oonsid of Rights of Others are Nee to Adjust Dispute*. tfashlngton, July 4.?President. Wlhnm today dedicated "to* common ce easel and a common understand - lag" a labor temple erected here as the aew home of the American Fod etlitloa of Labor. Re told a large au dss?oe gathered at the dedicatory ex etijface that the greatest barrier to industrial peace had been the dtffl oolty of insuring candid and dis aajsjonate conference and that **get g& our fighting blood up" was "the latig vey and not the ahort way'* of steering rights. The president's addreaa waa inter? rupted twice by a woman suffragist who sought to heckle him regarding Me opposition to a national suffrage amendment. She was silenced by eat?at service men end finally taken an ay by the police. The^C^greanJon iunion announced tonight that the >rt was but the first step In a new aajapaign te impress Democratic lead? ers with the advisability of passing the amendment at this session of con green. Mr. Wilson's plea for calm counsel brought repeated applause from the crowd, who . pparently Interpreted it ee havlpg an Indirect bearing on the Mexican crisis. The president, how? ever, did not re for to Mexico or any er foreign country by name. The way we generally strive for eta," he said, "is , by getting our Illing blood at and I venture to it is the long wey and not I short way. I;! you come at me ?r flute doubled, I think I can deubU another uoderetend wbj It we dilTer, Just what the issue are,' we presently will ft>4t that we are not so far. apart eftor all. that th?i points on which we differ are few and the points on a hi eh we aitree are many, and that If we oaly have the patience and the candor and thu desire to get to? gether we will get together." The president scarcely had begun to .?peak when th? first interruption came. The questioner. Miss Mabel Veinon. of the Woman's party waa standing only a few feet from him, and when he declared that In his position he waa not permitted to think ef any one class of persons, rbe shouted: "If you truly desire to serve all elaiaee, why do you block the national auftrage amendment now before con gretm ? Four million women In this country?" The White House secret service men made their way to Miss Vernon and quickly silenced her. She tried un? successfully to induce them to eject her from the crowd. When she again sought to Interrupt the president, a| few mtnutee later, however, city po? lice led her away from the speaker's stand. She waa not arrested. Tie president apparently was un? disturbed by the incident. He paused upon the first quest.ion and turned to look at Miss Vernon and turned to Mian Alice Paul and Miss Maude Younger, members of the Congres? sional union, but ho paid no heed to the second Interruption. Nothing that the president said aroused such enthusiasm as his orati o of tliat section of the Clayton act de? claring that labor Is not a com modlty. "I am eorry," he said, "that there were any Judges in the United States who had to bo told that. It is so ob. vloui? that it seems to me that that section of the Clayton uct was a re? turn to the primer of human liberty; but V Judges have to have the primer opened before them, I am willing to open It." Referring to the display of Ameri? can fftigft carried by the union workers In a farade which he had reviewed as part of the exercises, the president declared the flag always should recall America's duty In serving the world. "America," he said, "did not come Into existence to make one more great nation in the family of nations, to show Its strength and to exercise mastery. America opened her doors to everybody who wanted to be free end to have the same opportunity that everybody else had to make the most ef his faculties and his oppor? tunities and America will retain Its gteatneas only eo long as It retains ILL VIR TALK ENDS. CARRANZA NOTE OPENS WAY FOR SPEEDY SETTLEMENT OF ALL DIFFERENCES. It Is Conciliatory in Tone and Resides Assuming Part Responsibility for Presence of American Troops in Mexico Peldgea Ills Government to Use Every Means In IDs Power to Guarantee Sucuriiy of Border. Washington. July 5.?The reception of the Carransa note Has ended tem? porarily all war talk here. High of? ficials, after hastily reading the pote, say that It seems to open a way for a speedy settlement, of all differences. It breathes a note of conciliation in every paragraph And Carransa as? sumes part of the responsibility for the American troops being in Mexico, admitting that the security of Ameri cana was not perfect on the frontier and was cause of complaint by America. He now pledjes himself to employ all the means In his power for preventing further raids or any other Incidents that might complicate the situation. He accepts in principle the pro? posals of the Latin-American coun? tries, for mediation. Secretary Lan? sing indicates that the note practical? ly settles everything and points out that mediation can be accepted un? der certain conditions. He announc? ed that he will leave Washington to? morrow for his home at Watertown, New York, for a month's vacation. Secretary Lansing says that the with? drawal of Gen. Pershing's force is now a matter for Uie Secretary of War Baker to decide. Secretary Baker re? fuses to accept responsibility and says that Gen. Pershlag went Into Mexico under the State department and will remain until the State department re? quests his withdrawal. Officials say that Gen. Pershlng will probably stay aheer he Is for the present, but his force will be withdrawn as soon as Carransa gets his troops so disposed that further border raids are impos ers Was farther proof of the sincerity of this government to reach a pacific and satisfactory arrangement of pres? ent difficulties. The Mexican govern? ment only awaits information that the government of the United States would be disposed to accept this mediation. In the meantime this government pro? poses to employ all efforts to avoid the recurrence of new Incidents which may complicate and aggravate the sit? uation. The note was officially delivered to Secretary Lansing and sent to Presi? dent Wilson. ? GOOD TOBACCO AT SHILOH. Crop in Fine Condition and Win be Brought to Sumter for Marketing? Rain Helps Com?Personal News. Shiloh, July 3.?W.r. W. W. Green has returned, after attending tho Sunday school convention In McClel lanville. Prof. C. B. Eptlng has returned here, after a short stay at his home In Chapen. Mrs. Mlona Player spent Sunday in Lynchburg with her father, Mr. Hix on, who fell in his utore and was se? riously hurt. Miss Luda DuBose Is spending a while with her sister, Mrs. Henry Player at Trinity. Master Sam Tomllnson, of Olanta, Is spending some time here with his cousin, Jamie Player Mr. T. O. Player nado a flying trip to Orangeburg Sunday. Mr. Hermon Player is in Charles? ton on business. Mr. W. T. Green and family attend? ed the R. F. D. meeting in Columbia Tuesday. We had a nice rain Sunday after? noon, which helped things very much, especially the corn. Thero are very tine prospects for tobacco this year around here. I guess the Sumter market will have all It can do from *he way the folks taik. All who car? ried tobucca there last year were very much pleased, while those that went elsewhere were grumbling about low prlees and hard times. and seeks to real I/o those ideals. No r um ought to suffer Injustice In Amer? ica. No man in America ought to fall to see the deep dictates of humanity." Mrs. Wilson, Vice President Mar? shall and several members of the cab? inet attended the exercises. Secre? tary Wilson of the labor department wus mastor of ceremorics. President Oompers of the federation, who Intro? duced President Wilson, started a prolonged demonstration by making tn appeal for support of the president "in peace or war." TEACHER SHOULD BE PACIFIST BRYAN URGES INSTRUCTORS NOT TO YIELD TO CLAMOR FOR MILITARISM. from In Speech Against Preparedness Be? fore National Educational Associa? tion, Commoner Opposes Calls of ' Parties for Larger Reserve Force. - ff New York, July 4.?Hope that "the teachers in our public schools will not yield to the clamor for militarism" was voiced tonight by William J. Bryan in an address before the Na? tional Federation association In ses? sion here. "It is not the voice of the people," he said, "but an echo frpm the battlefields of Europe. The t^ porary excitement of a world I should not be allowed to disturb o?r permanent educational system. The school Is not a transient Institution; It will abide with us when the battle flags are furled." ? "The 'adequate reserves' asked by one party," Mr. Bryan continued, "4nd the 'ampb^reserves' asked by 'ihe other party can not be adequately and amply supplied without robbing fho cradle or recruiting in the graded schools." > Dr. Willard S. Small, speakingjof military training in tho high sei said: "The purpose of military training In the high school is not to turn .fiut trained soldiers. It Is not to qui tho martial spirit and make lovers of war. The purpose is teg itallze the ancient fundamenfuT^id ineradicable fighting instinct, it a productive educational inv< and compel to yield dividends ii steal and moral discipline." He added, however, that drill in Itself has no develoj value. HOW TO PRESERVE TREES. J; Frank Williams Tells of Pest Injure Trees' and Fruit si They May Be Sol Peas. * There are two things absolutely necessary to do in growing peaches in Sumter county. One of these things is keeping the borers out of the trees I arid the other is keeping the San Jose scale subdued, in order that the tend? er branches may make any growth. I The scale is controlled by spraying with a solution of lime sulphur, while the trees are in the dormant stage and right now is the time to begin to control the borers. Mound all peach trees with dirt to a height of eight to ten Inches within the next two or three days. Then about October 25 level this dirt and you will get rid of most of the borers. . There are other sprayings beside the one for scale that will aid in making better fruit, but killing the scale will save the trees provided the borers do not girdle or ruin the trunks. For years there has never been such an abundance of cheap peas in Sumter county and you should not fail to take advantage of this opportun? ity to broadcast every acre of idle land on your farm. If you have not already done so, plant some iron or Brabham peas for your seed another year. These peas do not have nema todes or root knot and thereby injure the land for planting cotton, if there is a trace of blight or cotton wilt. Al? ready a large percent of the peas grown in the county are of these two varieties and since they are Just as good if not better than the others why not eliminate all but the iron and Brab? ham varieties. The Brabham are ex? actly like the iron in every particu? lar except they are slightly more pro? lific. We cannot grow too much forage this year, especially those who are figuring on shipping cream. J. Frank Williams, County Agent. AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK. JaoOh f itickenhoeli in Collision in The English Channel?Crew Saved. Washington, July 6.?Consul Gen? eral Skinner at London reports that the American steamer Jacob L?cken baeh sank early today near Dover when it collided with the steamer Bd dystonc. All on board were saved. ADJOURNMENT IN SIGHT. Concrete Bipoctttd to Wind Cp rumI iiohs by August 'JOtli. Washington, July 3.?Senator Kern of Indiana, Democratic senate leader, alter a long conference with President Wilson about the legislative program, announced that be believes that con? gress can adjourn August 20th. LIVES LOST IH jjjtttW. FATHER AND DAUGHTER DROWN? ED WHILE ON FAMILY PIC ,NIO. R. H. Barrow Attempts to Save His Daughter and Both Drown in Sight of Members of Family. Spartanburg, July 4.?R. H. Bar? row, of 233 south Liberty street and his little daughter, Jennie Sue, 13 years of age, were the victims of quicksand when they were drowned in Pearson's pond near the Oountry club east of the city this afternoon, while Mrs. Barrow and three little sons stood near the edge of the water and were unable to give assistance. The accident occurred in a small body of water near which the mem? bers of the Barrow family had spent the afternoon on a family picnic. Miss Jennie Sue Barrow had gone into the pond to wade when she was seen to be sinking beyond her height and Mr. Barrow, with his clothing on, entered the water to go to her assist? ance. When he approached her he, too, began to sink and the child dis? appeared, but in her struggles seized her father about the neck, which car? ried him below the water for a mo? ment. His head, however, reappeared above the water but imbedded in the quicksand above his knees, ho was never able to extricate himself and waa drowned standing up with the top of his head showing above the surface of the pond. Mrs. Barrow and the smaller chil? dren who had witnessed the tragedy 'gave the alarm, but It was some time before there was response. Those who removed the bodies from the water say the accident was due to the preesnce of a deep deposit of quisksand In the pond Into which the little girl had sunk almost to her waist and Mr. Barrow above his ? ?nee* RUSSIAN DRIVE UNCHECKED. iviAs?|t Fighting Continues Along En ^*wU ?TtjgiWttii' TlF?nT?^Vissacks Cross Carpathiaas. Petrograd, July 6.?Fighting of the most violent character continues on the entire front In Galicia, the Rus? sian war office announces. North? west of Baranovitch the enemy Is en? deavoring to stop the Russian offen? sive. Ekimoyltchl, east of Barano? vitch has changed hands repeatedly, but is now held by the Russians. A strongly fortified enemy sector has been captured in the Galouziskaia re? gion. Along the southern ranges of the Carpathians the Cossacks succeeded in forcing some of the passes and are now advancing into the Hungarian plains, dispatches from the front say. STEADY FRENCH ADVANCE. French Offensive on Summe Breaks German Lines?Counter Attacks Fail to Regain Lost Ground. Paris, July 5.?North and south of the Somme the steady French ad? vance continues despite the furious counter attacks of the Germans. Ger? man trenches east of Curlu have been captured. Tho French occupy Sormont farm south of the river. The Ger? mans using fresh troops succeeded in occupying Belloy Enasanterre, but later were driven out. The German and Austrian losses during June were more than a half a million men, the newspaper Martin says. GREATEST ARTILLERY RATTLE. British and Germans in Death Grap? ple on West Front. Berlin, July 5.?Semi-official reports say that the greatest artillery duel the world has ever known Is In progress on the west front. More guns are be? ing used and more projectiles fired than ever before. The allies' offen? sive is showing signs of weakness. All that they captured were towns or trenches that had been wrecked by their artillery. Some ollicers estimate the British losses on the first three days at forty thousand, the French losses at the same number. The Brit? ish made new attacks today, but gain? ed nothing. C<>FNTE11 ATTA? Ii S FA 11 Germane Fall Back on Somme River Leaving Many Dead, Ijondon, July f>.?Germans made counter attacks with the strength of battering rams against the Hrltisli front between Ancre and Somme river last night, but all were repulsed, nc cordlng t<> official announcement, The Germans fell back, leaving many dead in front of Theipval. CAMPAIGNERS IN NEWBTRRY. BIG CROWD GATHERS TO HEAR CANDIDATES MAKE THEIR SPEECHES. Former Governor Blease Given Cordial Reception in His Home Town?Can? didates Make Usual Addresses to Audience. Newberry, July 1.?Before a crowd of 3,000 people the candidates for State odices presented their claims for the various offices today, wind.ng up the second week of the county to county canvass. The crowd was com? posed largely of farmers but there were several of the Blease leaders present from Greenwod, Abbeville, Laurens, Anderson, Columbia and Clarendon county. The audience gave Former Gov. Cole L. Blease a cordial reception and several times during his attack on the administration of Gov. Manning his followers voiced their approval. Gov. Manning made a vigorous pre? sentation of his administration, telling of the laws placed on the statute book favorable to the farmer and the la? boring people. He dwelt at some length on the law enforcement record saying that the blind tigers and gamb? lers had been driven to cover. The governor took up the work of th" State tax commission and its effort., towards equalization of the burdens of taxation, and then told of the borrow? ing of money to run the affairs of the State government at 2 per cent, in? terest, the lowest in the history of the State. He showed the business advan? tages to the State and the large amount saved for the taxpayers in the refunding of the bonded debt. Mr. Manning went into details con? cerning the reorganization of the State Hospital for the Insane, describing the conditions which he found in that in? stitution when he came into office as "so horrible as to beggar descrip? tion." In telling of his intention to continue his law enforcement policy the governor said: "I have no apolo? gies tpmake tog gaX^l)?*.*^ for I did what I thought was right." He was given a bouquet of flowei s. Former Gov. Blease was greeted with cheers when he arose to speak. He at once struck at the administra? tion of Gov. Manning, describing it as the most lawless and extravagant in the history of the State. The former governor claimed that his campaign had caused Mr. Manning to revoke the commissions of negro notaries public. He jumped on the boards created under the present administra? tion. He especially assailed the board of charities and corrections and the tax commission and its chairman, A. W. Jones, charging that he paid noth? ing but a poll tax "and 85 cents of that ought to be returned." He read a let? ter from the auditor of Clarendon county in reference to the return which Gov. Manning made of his property in that county, charging that it was worth very many more times than the price at which it was return? ed for taxation. Mr. Blease was pre? sented with several baskets and bouquets of flowers and baskets of peaches. Robert A. Cooper followed Mr. ' Blouse. Several of the audience had I left but he went into his subject and j soon held their close attention. Mr. I Cooper said that he reiterated today j what he said two years ago, that en? forcement of the law was the para? mount issue of the campaign, that no 'people could be a great people and no State a great State unless it was law abiding. He said that if elected gov? ernor he would not interfere with the verdicts of juries unless shown that there had been error. The Laurens man advocated building up the coun? try schools and said he was in the race on his own man and asked the people to judge him on his merits. He was given some applause when he concluded. J. M. DesChamps was hoarse but he made himself heard without diffi? culty and he made his daily vigorous assault on factionalism. He called on the people to do away with petty politics and to get In behind those things which go to upbuild the State and make for the betterment of man? kind. John T. Duncan was the last speak? er and he told the crowd of the "sys? tem." Andrew J. Bethen, candidate for lieutenant governor, opened the speak? ing this morning. His opponent, Dr. B. C, L Adams, was detained in Co? lumbia uji business and sent a v.ic gram to this effect to the chairman which was read to the crowd. 1>. W. McLaurln and S. T. Carter for State treasurer, George W. Wlghtman and W. Hanks Dove for secretary of state, \v. T. Thrower, .lamos Cansler, Albert 8. Fant, 13. Mtl>. Hampton and W. H. Kelly for railroad commissioner, pre VISITORS THRQN& GAMP PALMETTO REGIMENTS TAKE DAY1 OFF AND HOLD AN ENOR? MOUS "AT HOME." Band Concerts Enjoyed as Part of Sunday Menu?Charleston Dragoons Served With New Regulation Army Rifles?New? Notes of Clump. Camp Moore, Styx, Sun lay, July 2. ?The three thousand officers and men of the two regiments of the South Carolina National Guard gath? ered here took a day off from strenu? ous preparation for service on the bor? der, and held an enormous "at home" for almost five thousand people from all over the State. An unending stream of autom/ labeled with numbers from evsf unty in the State, and all spill/ ^ /er With occupants, chug? ged in/ ? /tip from early morning until / m ifter taps had sounded. The visit/ ^/ronged up and down the ne / ^ /Panv streets, white dresses flu/ ? I with the regimental and et/ ? xy flags and pennants, and few %L 09 encamp were not curiously in I ,ed from ridge pole to tent peg by * body from home. Except for re ious services this morning and two jind concerts this afternoon, the day was one of inactivity. A dusty sentry, with a gun and serviceable looking bayonet on the business end patrolling the opening Into the camp road, was the first in? timation visitors got as they arrived today that they were in the neighbor? hood of two South Carolina regiments preparing for actual' war. Sentries got thicker with the dust as they neared camp, and soldiers swarmed all over the road and through the woods as they got still nearer. Few cars got far before they were festooned along the running back with sons, fathers and brothers, in uniform, and not many stopped before tent entrances without a basket, a redolent box, Of a hamper appearing with yells from Ulf tonneau. The appearance of the camp site ,ha4.**>en ^endadUUJ the dusty blistering day ah weeks ago, when the 1st regiment ar? rived. It Is spread now over a con? siderable area and the view from the top of the hill near headquarters pre? sents a tented panorama that looks like the rendezvous of an army fit to subdue Mexico without hard breath ling, in contrast with sandy clearing, populated by a few straggling soldiers, it was ten days ago. Stumps, grass, underbrush and trash have disappear? ed from the streets; kitchens, of new yellow, unpalnted pine boards, rear themselves up over the rows of tents; barns, booths and bath houses com? bine to make the little city look per? manent and solid. Coupled with the change In the ap? pearance of the camp has been the change In the appearance of the men. The sun is persistent and unfailing at Styx and most of the men are sun? burned to the point of disguise. The sunburn varies from the first pinkish blush on the white arm of the newly arrived "rookie" to the dull brown of an old pipe well burned on the face and forearms of the veterans. Several companies are all broken out with mustache; sideburns and goatees have a few devotees. Another curiosity in the appearance of the men is the number of wrist watches worn. These dainty feminine ornaments have been found very convenient in the rough and tumble of camp life and have a growing popularity, especially among officers. NINE THOUSAND PRISONERS. trench Take Many Germans Captive on Komme Front. Paris, July 6.?More than nine thousand prisoners have been captur? ed by the French In the Somme of? fensive, it Is officially announced. Heavy Rains at Pisgah. Pisgah, July 3.?A heavy rain fall occurred here last evening at 8 o'clock. The clouds gathered from all sections with much electricity and very little thunder. The crops on the low and river lands will be largely lost as there is no chance to clean them. Six rains In one week, and nearly all heavy ones, tells the story. The colored people will celebrate tomorrow. Some whites will work right on, others will idle around and some will go to Columbia tiid other points of Interest. sented their claims to the Xewberry audience. The meeting was held in Jones' grove, lt. T. Hunter, county chair? man, presiding. The Rev. J. \v. Cat son offered prayer. The meetings next week begin on Tuesday in Columbia and cover west? ern Carolina.