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wm mm mi MttaYIA ENCAMPED AT bfOORJs P*e?JtA I1TTO ftt FKDMRAL SKR? VKTC, m be Held to Fin Vacancies of Od etil to First* Camp Moore, Styx, July 10.?The Ml roffhment. Sooth Carolina National Oasra, to sow to the f?deral service. C>mpaay B, the Darlington Guards, PiOjSOod Into the Service this morning, Aim completing too transferring of tau* orvaahwtlon. The entire militia atrw encamped at Camp Moore are In alia federal eervtc?. the 1st regiment and too Charleston Light Dragoons, tlio cavalry troop, having been taken ah loot week. Cot. Btrtho ond his regiment are flair waiting] orders to begin entraining tier the border. Every detail has been ojsnplatod .oven the details incident to Ilia teadtag oa the train* have been worked oat and when the drder #1 aioao semis the entraining will beidn gratoWarttcaDy and move like clock ear*. Col. Bh/the said this morning athe assistance given by Mr. R. B. I? of too Boa thorn Railway, who a as Sotattod to the camp by the rail roade to look after the railroad equip ssaat asm the loaolag of the troops, gas saaa Invaluable In working out tias phi as Mr. Petram has boon right es the job every minute and la re* aorroaas the oommendation of the of ieers far his amci >ocy and thorough asm ' The ratatar drills were gone tanaaji with today aad the camp ?aaroaghly policed. The sanitation gad health sf the camp has soon re geataablo. The troops have been at tlia gensfllssHsa grounds nearly tSree aad there has not open sny eloquent testimony to the g Staad Id saalUUoa aad the good wa Tao mat hi furntahod to the man are ?loot oaaottaal aad are well prepared sad wholesome. Jost to got oas of tleo men la which la served to the pri? vaten aad atlnsro every day makes Sao long for the camp fare. The of? fsets aad others la charge of the eat ?ig> departments have done their work ttO aad tho fare la not only good, ?at there to plenty of It. A visit oa would surprise ono at Has abaadance of tho faro and Its and stability In every ej % 'j the tiaasttlon from the negro cooks tip* White osoas has boon soing ?a ssa^asay aad wkilo thsro was a la ?ating the endhge voryoas satoss that tho WhltS cooks fa bow servtag tho companies hotter iaha tho colored oaes did. and that COS change was a wise one. ] Major MUlor. otf the regular army, I? no has boon camp surgeon for the last several days, loft today Tor Ban Antonio, Texas. Ho Was succeeded by Cast. Schutte, who comes from ths fftate mobilisation camp at Charles? ton. Wast Virginia. Hs Is attached te the regular army and will be tho es sap eargeen at Camp Moore. are four vacancies in ths com taaaaoaod officers of the 1st regiment SBd Oat Blythe will hold a competitive ?samtnation for their successors be? fore aa examining board to be named Vy aim. Col. Blythe believes In *S> qenraging the enlisted men of the Na ttioaal Quard and this examination will la open to every enlisted man of the 1st regiment. He wants every man te feel that If he makes good and is efficient he can have every hope of promotion. This spirit, It Is believed, wilt encourage the enlisted men and them pat forth every effort to aa highly efficient as possible. Tho newly organised engineer Com? pany was Inspected for recognition In thai afternoon by Capt. Gra Capt. Graham will report tho lit of his Inspection and will then he advised aa to whether or not to muster the new organisation Into the service of the United States. The en glaeerl company will go to the mobil? isation grounda as soon as there la aay tentage and equipment for them. Sergt. William F. Rock, of the quar? termasters corps of the regular army, from Fort Moultrie, haa been at Camp Moore since the 27th of last month In? structing the quartermasters' depart? ment. He has done fine work and has been of great assistance In getting this department under way. He will probably report back to hla home sta? tion by the end of this week, unlee* ordere for him to stay longer are le celved. There has been a good deal of trou? ble In getting mall and telegrams de? livered to the proper Partien, because much of It cornea addressed only to Camp Styx. Anybody sending tele grama, letter* or other mall must In addreeelng suoh communication gUe the rank, company and regiment of the person addressed. In this way tie proper parties can be reached prompt? ly. All mall should be addressed to Camp Moore. Styx, 8. C. The td regrets the retirement at Capt Daniel Miller, who haa been aa etetant Inspector of email arms prac? tice and who automatically retires he sajkft tbil PdaiUoa to abolished und ?r SURE MO HEM CAN COME. OEM. CALIJfe SATS HB HAS OR DERKD DEMOBILIZATION OF HIS TROOPS NE AH 'BORDER. Military Commander at Sonera Makes Remarkable Statement to the Asso? ciated Press Bcrms to be Going In for Peaco Sends Troops to Farms. Douglas, Aril.. July 10.?In a state? ment Issued to tbe Associated Press tonight Gen. Calles, military com? mander at Sonora. said: 'Advices 1 received today from Mexico City were so satisfactory they made me feel so sure there can be no break between Mexico and the Uni? ted States that I have ordered the de? mobilisation of my troops now In the border districts and their discharge from the national service and ordered the re-openlng of all public offices along the border. "I have also extended an Invitation to foreigners to return to Sonora and *tll protect them and their property. 'AH of the volunteers who took up arms for their country have been or ? dered to their homes to plant their fields and aid the government In bringing about a return of normal conditions. "The railroads of Sonora will re? open for public traffic immediately, and I have ordered the bulk of my troops to proceed to the Taqul river valley to take up the Indian campaign once more In order that life and property ef Mexicans and foreigners might be safe. 'Each of my subordinate comman? ders has been Instructed to punish any one. soldier or civilian, who does not extend every courtesy to foreigners." Gen. Calles sent the same mes? sage to Gen. Davis, commander of the Aiisona district, tonight. j The managers of several of the large mining properties In Sonora held conferences with Gen. Calles today by his request and .personally received the invitation of the Mexican govern? ment to return to work with their foreign employes. Several Indicated that they were ready to return to work as soon as the embargo against explosives bad been raised. A number of smaller properties i will re-open at once._ ' [the reorganisation army bill. Capt. I? r\ i??e' been continuously In the since 1877, and has attended every ifle shoot held by the State militia. "Capt. Mller's service to tho I regiment has been most faithful and emc.ent, ami tt Is with deep regret that the regiment gives ap his sot** leas," said Col. Holmes B. Springs in speaking of the matter. Capt. Miller returns to his home at Bummervlllc. Several ladles of Charleston and Columbia have kindly offered to pr?. sent the Id with a regimental flag, but because In the present service (there is no official recognition for any flag except theee with which the regiment Is now official y equipped, Col Springs regretfully told the ladies that there would be no use for them to go to the trouble to make the flag. He appreciates highly their patriotism and intereet in the matter, and it Is only the rigid rules of the servtyo which forced him to decline the prof? fer of the flag. The entire regiment appr^ciatee the kind offer or the la? dles In this matter. Col. Springs has been flooded with letters, telegrams, by telephone and In person with calls regarding the re? cent legislation affecting the discbarge of those Guardsmen with dependent families. The war department is now preparing the blanks for this matter and will In due time send them to tho company commanders. However, the war department has not Issued any In? structions regarding the release of those coming under this legislation and the colonels can do nothing. When the war department sends the blanks and the necessary require? ments the cases will be directed through the proper channels, and so It Is useless to bother either Col. Blythe or Col. Springs about this mat? ter until notice is given that the proper instructions have been receiv? ed from the war department. The German Fusiliers underwent physical examination this afternoon. The results of the examination will be known tomorrow. However, If all tents fare as well an the boys of the "Heart breakers' " tent, presided over by Sergt. Colcman, did they will show up fine. This tent came through with flying colors and the loss of only one man. Lieut. Ortmann had as his guest yesterday his mother and sister, Mrs. R. J. Ortmann and daughter, of Charleston. The Fusiliers have a winning base? ball team, having taken the scalps of several of their company comrades. They Issue a challenge to all comors. The team Is captained by Lieut. Ort? mann. The company wish to express their appreciation of the Hall Supply Company for the gift of a baseball bat and glove. Major Stlrox and nil the commis? sioned officers of the Charleston bat? talion underwent physical examlna REVENUE MEASURE PASSED. CREATES TARIFF COMMISSION AND IMPOSES PROTECTIVE TARIFF ON DYESUFFS. Provides for New Taxes on Incomes, Inheritance* and War Munitions Profit??Vote was 240 to 140?Re? peals Stamp Taxes. Washington, July 10.?The admin? istration's omnibus revenue bill, cre? ating a tariff commission, imposing a protective tariff on dyestuff, repealing present stamp taxes and providing for new taxes on incomes, inheritances and war munitions profits, passed the house lato today by a vote of 240 to 140. During the closinr hours of debate several amendments providing for elimination of the bankers' tax and modifying the tariff commission, wer? adopted over the opposition of Dem? ocratic leaders. On the final roll call the Democrats voted solidly for the bill and were, joined by 34 Republi? cans, five progressive Republicans, one Independent and one Socialist. The amendments adopted cut the salaries of the tariff commission from $10,000 to $7,500 annually; struck out the provision under which no member or former member of Congress could serve on the commission and provided a single appropriation of $300,000 to pay expenses of the commission the first year instead of a continuing an? nual appropriation of that amount. The entire section levying a tax of $1 for each $1,000 of capital, surplus and undivided profits held by bankers was stricken out. Many amendments proposed by the Ways and Means committee also were adopted, including one under which cigarette manufacturers must pay a special tax of three cents for every 10,000 cigarettes. A final Republican stand against the measure was led by Representative Fordney, ranking Republican member of the ways and means committee, who moved that it be re-oommitted with instructions "to amend it so as to raise an equitable portion of the required revenue from a protectfvu tariff sufficient to protect adequately American industry and American la? bor." Deocratic Leader Kitchln made a point of order against the- motion and was sustained by Speaker Clark, whose ruling was Upheld by the house on an apeal. The bill, which now goes to the senate, increaso ths sur-tax on In? comes, ranging from an additional 1 per cent on incomes between $20, 000 and $40,000, to 10 per cent addi? tional on those above $800,000 and taxes on transfers of estates valued at 550,000 or more and net profits of war munitions manufacturers with an ex? emption of those having less..than 10 per cent, profit. The new taxes are expected to yield $197,000,000 annually. The tariff commission would be composed of tlve members, no more than three to be of the same political party, and would have broad powers of Investigation. ? >?n PLAN TO TAKE OVER LAND. Secret Agreement to Get lerrltory They Dispute With Colombia and Ecuador. Washington, July 10.?Official dis? patches received today in Latin American diplomatic quarters says a secret agreement has been made be? tween Peru and Venezuela, with the object of taking vast tracts of land.?, rightful possessions of which they dis? pute with Colombia and Ecuador. Grave fears for the peace of the na? tions involved were expressed. tlon this afternoon. The Charleston Light Dragoons are showing wonderful improvement In dismounted squad and troop drill. Capt. Manning put a squad through dismounted drill this afternoon and another squad were drilled in pitching the pyramidal tent, which will be used by the troop after getting to the bor? der. These tents have been issued and one was drawn by Capt. Manning to use in putting the troopers through practice in pitching the tent. The Dragoons were packing up their suit cases and extra clothing to ship homo, getting in readiness to entrain for the border when orders are re? ceived. The Dragoons are getting in good work under Capt. Manning and Lleuts. Wells and Porcher, and on renching their destination on the bor? der mounts will be given them and they will then begin the work of mounted drill and other exercises necessary to become a cavalryman. There are seventy Citadel men In the 1st and 2d regiments and the cavalry troop. Both Col. Blythe, of the 1st and Col, Springs of the 2d, are Citadel alumni, as Is Lieut. Col. P. K. McCully, of the 1st. The Citadel alumni take high rank in the Nation? al Guard and a glance at the list will show Just how many of them are holding responsible positions, and they are holding them down just like everybody expects, in first class fash* Ion and getting better every day, SUBMARINE COMMERCE LINERS FLEET OF THEM TO BE ENGAG? ED IN TRADE IN SHORT TIME. Captain Koenig of Deutschland States That Germany is Just Setting Out on New Phase of Trade?English Rule of Seas Broken, Baltimore, July 0.1?The German submarine merchantman Deutschland tonight was ready to discharge her $1,000,000 cargo and take aboard for the return trip metal and rubber need? ed by the emperor's armies and navy. The return merchandise is waiting on the dock and the time for leaving port I will depend largely upon plans for eluding vigilant enemy cruisers ex? pected to be waiting out-ide the en? trance of Chesapeake bay. The daring German seamen who brought the Deutschland across the Atlantic slept quietly aboard their ves? sel, which lay moored to a carefuully screened pier guarded by a strong squad of Baltimore police. Capt. Paul Koenig, tho skipper, had delivered his papers to the North German Lloyd office, entered his vessel at the cus? toms house as a commerce carrier and had presented to the German embassy officially a package of correspondence for Count von Bernstorff. One of Capt Koenlg'a first acts af? ter he moved his ship up the harbor from quarantine early today was to announce that the Deutschland was but one of a fleet of mammoth sub mersibles built or building for a regu? lar trans-Atlantic freight and mall service. He said the next to come would be the Bremen and that she might be looked for at some port along the coast within eight weeks. Anxious to establish promptly his peaceful character and to forestall In? vestigation sought by diplomatic rep? resentatives of the allied powers, the German captain submitted his craft to a thorough inspection by the surveyor of the port and an agent' of the de? partment of justice. These officers, as well as the customs inspectors and quarantine surgeons, agreed that there was no sign of armament of any de? scription on board and that there was no doubt in their minds about the boat being entitled to the status of an ordinary merchantman. Neither Capt. Koenig nor agents of the North German Lloyd line, to whom the boat is consigned, evinced the slightest uneasiness over the sug? gestion that there might be diplomatic difficulties. It was stated on the authority of the captain that the only arms on board were four automatic pistols be? longing to the officers and a sports? man's rifle for firing rockets. This was a busy day for the com? mander. At dawn quarantine officers came aboard, received the bill of health Issued by the American consul at Bremen and passed the Deutsch? land into port. Once safely alongside his dock, Capt. Koenig called his crew ashore and posed with them for mov? ing picture and newspaper photogra? phers. Later at the office of the North German Lloyd line he issued a type? written statement telling of tho com? ing of the other boats like the Deutschland and asserting that his voyage had broken the British control of the seas. At the .same time, he sub? mitted to an interview in which he de? scribed his 3,800 mile cruise from Heligoland to Chesapeake bay. Ho denied reports that he had been chased off his course by enemy war? ships. The captain asserted further that his voyage had established the fact that a submarine of the type of the Deutschland could travel any? where that an ordinary vessel could go 13,000 miles, if necessary. He had eluded enemies that might be waiting for him off the Virginia capes when he starts his return trip. During nearly the entire voyage to America, said Capt. Koenig, the Deutschladn traveled on the surface. Once she submerged for ten hours and lay during that time on the bot torn of the English channel to escape British destroyers. Capt. Koenig pi? loted his vessel out of Bremen on June 14. He went directly to Heligo? land, remaining there nine days. On June 23 the trip which ended in Bal? timore today wag begun. After completing the formalities with the port authorities, Capt. Koe. nig was invited to luncheon as tho guest of honor of the German club and there delivered to Hanlel von Haimhausen, counsellor of the Ger? man embassy, the packet of official correspondence for Count von Bern? storff. The counsellor went back to New York tonight. "I have come here," said the em? bassy representative, "to present the personal compliments of Tount von BernstortT to Capt. Koenig and to congratulate him upon his wonderful achievement. The ambassador haa no official Interest In the Deutschland. Capt. Koenig has tlurned over to me some correspondence which I am tak? ing back to the ambassador, but I have no knowledge of Its nature." (""apt. Koenig returned to tho offices of his agents and furnished details of THE FARMERS' SHORT COURSE A GOOD CHEAP AND INSTRUCTIVE VACATION MAY BE HAD AT CLEMSON COLLEGE. James Hutflcld and Wilbur Prescott to Represent Sumtcr Corn Club at demson College this Summer. The institute or summer course for formers, will be held at Clemson Col? lege this summer as it was last year. | Each of the four weeks wil be a unit, taking up a subject and finishing it in a week. The first subject will be poultry, then horticulture, live stock, and farm crops. Last year only about ten or twelve from Sumter county visited Clemson during the Farmers' Short Course. At least fifty farmers should take advantage of the lectures for a week or more. Farmers need a vacation for a week or two and a great many take it, but instead of go? ing to Clemson where the expense will not be more than a dollar a day and where they might learn something about how to grow an up-to-date or? chard, live stock, dairying or injurious crop insect pests, a number of them will go to Glenn Springs, or some sea side resort, where they can spend as much in two days as it would take for a week at Clemson. Messrs. J. M. Kolb, W. E. Kolb and B. R. Barkley made the trip last year to Clemson in a Ford car and reported a splendid trip. I have heard others planning to make a similar trip this summer. It takes a trip through the hilly up country to make you properly appre? ciate your farm in Sumter county. The Corn Club boys will be at Clem? son at the same time that the short course will be in session. James Hat field ?and Wilbur Prescott are the win? ners of this trip in Sumter county. Really Richard Wells, the veteran champion, one of the boys who took the course last year won It again this year, but declined the trip in favor of the boy making the next highest aver? age. J. Frank Williams, County Agent. his voyage and the construction of the submarine. "Before beginning our trip," said Capt. Koenig, "we had several weeks of practice in our vessel in the Baltic sea. We left Bremen without any ceremonies. Of course that was necessary because the voyage was to be kept secret. "When we got to Heligoland, we decided that it was best to stay there a little while. "Coming through the North sea we saw hostile destroyers, cruisers and patrol boats and submerged flvo times. I do not think the enemy ves? sels saw us. In the English chan? nel we submerged six times in all and in the Atlantic four ,the last oc? casion being when we sighted a United Fruit company's steamer the day be? fore our arrival at the capes. "When we left Bremen we had ISO tons of fuel oil aboard and there are now 95 tons left In the tanks. We had 20 tons of water when we started and still have ten left." Capt. Koenig was asked to explain what devices the Deutschland had fo# finding her way under water and avoiding danger. "We have two," he said. "One Is the microphone ,the other a ?sounding apparatus. With the microphone you can hear submarine bell buoys six miles away and the propellers of ships still further. By the tone of the noise made by the screw of a vessel you can tell her type. A destroyer's makes a loud hum, a cruiser's is lower, i "In this submarine we can do everything under the surface that we can do on it. We can drop anchor while submerged, cruise below the surface four days If necessary, or lie still on the bottom until our food and water give out." Capt. Koenig was asked how he and his men employed their time while making hte voyage. "Well," said he, "we had phono? graphs. They were a source of much entertainment. No, we didn't have a record of 'Tipperary.' " The captain seemed to enjoy the reference to the English marching song. "Of course," he continued, "all the men smoked while they were on deck. It Is forbidden to smoke below deck In a submurine. We read a lot, too. I have aboard a library of 40 volumes. There is Shakespere and then I have some of Bret Harte, W. W. Jacobs' sea tales. Mark Twaln'e ?Innocents Abroad' and Charles Dick? ens. No, 1 haven't got Jules Vernes "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea." It requires too much imag? ination to read that. "I am the oldest man on the boat. I am 4 9 and the youngest member of the crew is 21. Nearly all of us have left wives and children behind in Germany. I am a native of Saxony, but my home has been In Bremen since 1883." Capt. Koenig was today the re? cipient of hundreds of congratulatory telegrams from all sections of the country. Many of them came from German societies. BUSINESS NEED HOT F?U IF HONEST, DEMOCRATIC ADMIN? ISTRATION WILL NOT MOLEST IT SAYS WILSON. President Says That Friendly Feeling is Felt for Legitimate Enterprise? Urges Peaceful Common Sense Set? tlements of Industrial Problems. Detroit, Mich., July 10.?President Wilson urged peace reached by mu? tual understanding rather than force and defended the Democratic party as a friend of business in speeches to? day to enthusiastic Michigan audi-' ences. Detroit's streets were lined with thousands of persons who shout? ed greetings and waved American flags at him wherever he appeared The hall in which he spoke to the World's Salesmanship congress was Jammed, an audience estimated at 60, 000 greeted him at the Ford motor plant and tonight in Toledo another throng listened to his brief platform address. "Peace," was the shouted response of the salesmanship audience when the president asked them what they desired when the present world strug? gles are at an end. And he added that "permanent peace" was his desire. At a non-partisan luncheon in the Detroit Athletic club the president sprang to the defense of the . Demo? crats. A prominent Republican had told him during the day that he had. been deriving pleasure from associa? tion with Democrats, and the execu? tive recited the incident and declared that he long had enjoyed the friend? ship and companionship of Republi? cans, because, being a teacher, he "would like to teach them something." "We have been trying, some of us. for a good many years to teach in politics, as well as elsewhere, this lesson, that we are all in the same boat/' he said. "We have common interests, and It is our business to un? derstand and serve those common in? terests. "I dare say that you have noticed that the same necessity to make a liv? ing is imposed upon Democrats and Republicans, and I dare say you are ready to believe that Democrats are just Ke Willing to make a good living as Republicans. Therefore, it seems to me logically to follow, though I have been quoted as having no regard for logic, that Democrats are natu ally as much Interested In the busi? ness prosperity of the United States as anybody else. So that If you be? lieve that they are not as fitted to guide it as other persons, you can not be doubting their Interests; you are only impugning their Intelligence."' "The suspicion Is beginning to dawn," he added, "that the average man understands the business neces? sities of the country as well as the extraordinary man. "An act," he added, "was recently passed in congress that some of the most intelligent business men of this country earnestly opposed ? men whom I knew, men whose character I trusted, men whose integrity I ab? solutely believed In. I refer to the federal resrve act by which we in? tended, and succeeded in taking credit out of the control of a small number Of men and making it available to everybody who had real commercial assets, and the very men who opposed that act and opposed it conscientious? ly now admit that it saved the coun? try from a ruinous panic when the stress of war came on and that It is the salvation of every average busi? ness man who is In the midst of the tides that I have been trying to de? scribe. "What does that mean gentlemen? It means that you can get a settled point of view and can conscientious? ly oppose progress if you do not need progress yourself. That is what |t ritans. I am not impugning the In? telligence even of the men who op? posed these things because the same thing happens to every man if he is not of extraordinary makeup, that he can not see the necessity for a thing that he does not himself need. When you have abundant credit and con? trol of credit, you of course, do not need that the area of credit should be broadened." WILL INVESTIGATE VILLA. Reports of His Activities Will Be Thoroughly Sifted. Washington. July It,?A searching investigation of the reports of VII lista activities in Mexico has been ordered by the president. State and war department agents have orders to report all obtainable facts con? cerning Villa's whereabouts. Presi? dent Wilson and the cabinet at the meeting today considered the informa? tion Mexican Ambassador Arredondo furnished concerning Villa. Officials declared that there will be no change of policy now. The militia will be retained at border posts until It Is certain that the Mexican government has stamped out brigandage. British Steamer Sunk. London. July 11.?British steamer Kara is reported sunk by a mine. The crew was saved.