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' El)e tDatctymau aw? ?ioutt)ron. W Unfm WATCHMAN, ftHMMMi AjffO? 1IM. "lie ImI sad Fnar not?-Dei an the ends Tboe Alms't el be thy Couniry'a, Thy God'i Ud Trat?'?." TUB TRUE BOCTIfitON, Established Jun% 1 OcmtOlldatod Aur. 2, 188L SUMTER, 8. 0., SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1916! Vol. XLII. No. 61. ejSjsgBfjssssjSs?]^^ ? ...-? MUT VICTORY WOW. ITALIANS CAFTIJfcK GOKlfcIA, THK ORKAT AUSTRIAN HTBONG HOLD. I "Me I* Mm Greatest Victory Won by ' Hint* They Euter Wi Um Road to Tricet, Hone, Aug. 9.?Italian* rapture Qertsle. It Is officially announced. This, la tee greeieat , victory won by the , ItiHeat during the war. Ten thous- i prison* rn were taken. MTPIXINH RAID ENGLAND. and Children Killed end | Injured. London, Aug. t.?Several Zeppelins raided the east coast of England about dawn, dropping bombs and ktlllag tiuee women and one child. Fourteen were Injured. No military teenage was done. Anti-air iraft guns drove the Invaders od There was an swesbi raid on the south ooset erf Scotland, but no Is isventloned In reports. <*at*MANfl RETAKE THIALMONT. Assents* sea Verden Front be Gessnsaa Victory. Parts. Aug. t.?The Oermm* after several powerful assaults and a violent cannonade reoecupy Thtaumonc work and are holding It, according to the oflklal announcement. The Ourmnns launched two strong offensive move meat* during the night on the Ver? dun and Komme fronts. The llemme attacks were repulsed. BATTIJC AT YPRE& Offensive la West Idutdon. Aug. t.?The Germans are < Stsj on the offensive In West Flan-j 1 and have made a number of at-1 ftfcskg on the Ypras British salient, but tJsW sseulu? break down. It Is official - On the So rums front Pealerei. The Uner Aaro whlsh has sis days was blown* up in the North sea by a warship end all on board are bettered to have perished, Berlin reports by wireless. Wreckage of the liner was found at Christiana. The liner was a British steamer. The nnnbattleship's nationality la unknown. ADVANCING IN GALICIA. ate Clewing lu on Austrian Base. Petrograd, Aug. 9.?The Russians in Gellcla are advancing northward along the Kolomea railroad and are now only ten miles from Stanisluu, the Austrian's great military base. The Austrian* and Germans who fe 1 back are trying to hold the city, but their attacks were repulsed. Make Gains. Parts, Aug. ?.?The Germans pene trete the allies' advanced positions on the Lahens-Chaulnes railroad, but were driven out. The French gain ground at Floury. BAMBERG INSURANCE COMPANY. New South Fire Forward to Do Bus? iness la This State. Bamberg. Aug. 8.?The New South Fire Insursnce company has Just been organised with the home office at Bsmbevg. The capital of the com? pany Is $60.000 and a surplus of $60,000. The company will do u gen? eral fire Insurance business t hi ough? ts* the State of Houth Carolina. Tho officers sre: H M. Graham, president; C. F. Hlser. vice president; W. D. Coleman. secretary, and J. E. Nnwson. treasurer, and all are bankers an 1 practical Insurance men. The under? writing and agency departments will be under the supervision of the presi? dent. Fifty agencies alr? i.ly havo been sstsbllahcd, and others bo opened soon. It Is the purpose at the company to double or tr plo It* capital and surplus when the old line companies reenter the Stute. The right Is reserved In the charter and by-laws to move the home othee to some other point if destud. There seems to he mo few last es in ths campslgn that the cundldutes for the legislature sre having a. hard time to find enough to talk about to use up the time allotted tri in If they are put to It for l**ues w iy not > take a shot nt equal suffrage and votes for wonvn. Tbe women ran t i vots In the approaching primary, but the representatives of the Sou .h Car? olina Kqual Suffrage league will bei asking the members of the legislature' to vote for a suffrage amendment at ths nest session of the general assem? bly. TO WBITMTE STBKE \ It AlLHOAD MANA<>KKS ASK THAT DUT KKENCKS HE LAID HK *X>RE FEDKHAL BOARD. L?lior .Leaders Decline to Accept Proposition Xmv und Suggest Fur- j tlit r Conferences, Say In?; Agreement Should be Reached Without Media? tion. New York, Aug. 9.?Tho big rail- j roads are willing to arbitrate their differences with their employes. BUsha Lee, chairman of the railroad commit? tee read a liter from the railroad manager** to the leaders of tfie four, brotherhoods, asking that their dif-. ferences be laid before the federal j board of mediation and conciliation for ! j settlement. The leaders of the men I decline W accept the proposition now, saying they prefer to hold further conferences first. The letter was read as the labor leaders and railroad rep? resentatives went into conference. A. R Oarretson, the spokesman for the j labor men say the men and their em? ployers should get together without mediation. The conference adjourns until they can hear from the federal board of .mediation. The Infantile paralysis epidemic breaks all records again today. There were 57 deaths today and 183 now I cases. BOARD TO HANDLE FTTND& j Governor Will Tills Week Appohnt Flood Relief Commission,?Money m Hand Inadequate. Columbia, Aug. 9.?Oov. Manning ' will this week appoint a commission of five members to handle the fund for the flood sufferers in South Caro? lina. Thousands of farmers have been left practically destittue by the flood waters, according to an appeal Issued Monday from the governor's of? fice. (The federal government has made an appropriation for the suffer? ers lDj this Htato. hut the fund is not PlUtoX BREAKERS CAPTURED. Wholesale Escape* at Penitentiary arc Checked. Columbia, Aug. 9.?Having made a rope of blankets and sheets, four pris? oners climbed down 60 feet from tho top of the main building at the State penitentiary at 2:15 o'clock yesterday morning and attempted to evade the sentry. The guard on duty fired at the men just us they reached the ground und broke up what the oltl cers at the State prison believe was a general movement among the prison? ers to escape. Kight other prisoners who had gone to the roof were taken and returned to their cells. Howard Clark, white, serving a life term for murder, who Is believed to be the leader of the movement, was the first prisoner to be captured after reaching the ground. Ten minutes later Tom Amnions, serving a ten year term for manslaughter, was seised. The hunt for the other two prisoners, Clarence l>avis, serving a ten year sentence for attempted crimi? nal assult, and Luther Smith, serv? ing a two year sentence for larceny of live stock, was kept up until G o'clock i yesterday .morning, when the two men were found hiding In one of the buildings in the yard, j The men on tho top tier of the main building were not locked in I j their cells Monday night. A door leading to the roof was broken open. Practically all of the blankets on the ?tier were used in making the rope. The four convicts, It is thought, ex? pected to overpower the guard when they reached the ground and then the getaway would have been easy. I! The negro man arrested here yes? terday fur cattle stealing in Clarendon county, und later seriously wounded when attempting to escape, on the way jto Manning* answers the description in some rsspsctl of the neg ro who is wanted in Columbia f?r MIHni ? negro S/SJSJIM and concealing hsr mutilated body in a trunk. He Is of the same general description as the Columbia j fugitive and has the gold front tooth that was given as the distinguishing mark of the man wanted. The Co? lumbia authorities were notified and if they think it is worth while they will send ? RMS. to identity the negro who Is bring heM in the Manning jail on the charge of cow stealing. - Torrens land registration coinmls NtOftS have been appointed in some of the counties of this State, under the provisions of the Torrens law which went Into effect July 1st. Sumter coun? ty should have a commission to pass upon applications for Torrens land rsglstratlon certificates. FI/miONCK VOTKHS TURN ot-T ' FHKKIA'?XO GREAT KX TIIUSIASM. Slight Inclination to Play Favorites--: Three or the Candidates Glton.' Flowers. Florence, A\\y\. 8.- Farm lands o? the Pee Dee arc as soggy as river I swamps und us plows must stand idly j by voters of Florence county turned j aside from contemplation of crop! losses to the diversion of hearing the candidates of the State campaign par? ty. As many us 1,000 voters attended the meeting with little show of en? thusiasm and slight inclination to pUy favorites. Guv. Manning, R. A. Coop ler and Cole L, Blease each received a largo bunch of flowers, j In arguments the candidates struck their customary stride, following i closely the season old ingredients, in compounding body politic health prc : script ions. The administration of Gev. 1 Manning was a favored target for pot {shooting, Cole L. Bleuse again char? acterizing it as the most lawless aid extravagant since 1876. Mr. Blease was the first speaker and .Immediately launched Into a bitter *t 'tack upon (*ov. Manning, charging |that his farewell speech as cbg^ niander-ln-chlef of the two regiments of the National Guard when they we're about to start for the border was political ruther than Inspired by patriotism or duty. The governor would have been howled down at the camp, the speaker said, if Col. Springs hadn't threatened courtmartial in ad? vance. From the 2,000 boys gone jto the border Mr. Blease expects two thirds as many votes, provided these are "not purloined by the officers," he said. He had come directly from the Piedmont and from information garnered there he predicted there would be no second race "If the J^ee Dee gives me the votes It has n ?ie past." ,1 H. A. Cooper made Ills usual speech, of all the people. "Any man who goes into offlec to be the governor of his friends only and to punish his ene? mies Is not fit to hold office," the Lau rens county candidate told the peo I pie. Criminals^ he declared, would serve their sentences. He could not ! promise tax reduction, but would at? tempt to give 100 cents for the dollar. The only inspiring element J. M. DesChumps has discovered in the cam? paign is the *'rag chewing" feature, he jsald. He has contemplated the estab? lishment of a paper manufacturing j plant, and he would engage the can jdidates for the tine art of munching ! the rags for the paper tissue. "If you i don't believe South Carolina has been i held up to ridicule, sneered at, cussed and scoffed at, go 1,000 miles beyond 4 your border and find out what the other fellow says." Enough seeds of anarchy, he said, had been sown in South Carolina to require' 50 years of statesmanship to eliminate. John T. Duncan spoke next. Gov. Manning was the last speaker, but the crowd had waited patiently in I a sweltering sun to hear him, and ? many crowed Into the court house i entrance to speak to him when he , had finished. He had kept his promises of two years ago, he told the people. He re | viewed the acts of his administration 'relative to the enforcement of law, the passage of progressive legislation and of efforts and results to give an economical administration. The over? shadowing issue In this campaign was law enforcement. Pi ogress had been I mads in this direction and he reviewed the Charleston situation, where from a ^tatc of brazen violation of law a strong sentiment for enforcement has jcrystalizcd. No true bills were re !turned and no conviction had for liquor selling prior to his ad mi nisi ra? tion, he said. His instructions to his constables were to raid the gambling dens and, blind tiger Joints three times daily and once every hour if necessary. By this relentless practice liquor scll Ing bad been robbed of its profits, "for rent." signs were up at some of the stands and the good people were sus? taining him. "They hissed me in Char? leston the other day, and they had a cause," the governor concluded. Just ! so long as he is governor, he pledged, they will continue to have cause to hiss. Gov. Manning was asked to detlno his position on the eight hour day problem, now being agitated by freight trainmen over the country. The gov? ernor said he thought the eight hour basis both right and just, hut ho re? garded the matter as one for national regulation rather than State. John R, Sweuringen, State superin? tendent of education, was present and made a brief speech. Other candidates ALLIES WINNING VICTORIES. RUSSIANS AND ITALIANS GAIN 1M POUT ANT POSIT K )NS. - Victories Of King Victor Emmanuel's Men Greater Than Hoped for in London. : London, Aug. 9.?Before echoes! have died on the mutual congratula? tions of the enteilte allied sovereigns I 1 on the au$piciOUfl opening of the third | (year of the war, comes news of fur- , ! ther Russian successes and of a splen- , did victory for the Italians on the , Isonzo front. The surprising success of the Ital? ians, who in two days have captured j j 10,000 prisoners, suggests that in ad I dition to transferring Gen. Koeves, j an able Austrian general, from the |Trentino front to Galieia, the Aus Itrians also ventured to transfer troops from the Isonzo to the Russian front \ in an endeavor to stem the Russian advance. Gen. Cadorna's victory has caused j London great rejoicing as one of; : the most promising successes in the new allied operations and a demon? stration of the constantly growing j power of the allied offensive on all j fronts. j Russia's new victories south of the Dniester and southwest of the Stanis lau-Kolomea railway offered equal satisfaction and the prompt admission 1n the Berlin official statement of the \ retirement of the Austro-Germans south of the Dniester is taken here to indicate that the Russian victory in this quarter is weightier than yet an? nounced by the Russian official dis? patches. According to an unofficial report tho evacuation of Lemberg, the Galician capital, has already been or? dered. In the meantime a new combined offensive by the allies has begun on the Western front, which is expected to lead to the severest lighting. Gulle mont, around which heavy lighting is in progress, is one of the strong posi? tions in tho German second system of w^toy tne Germans, Ss was Pozleres, with the utmost stubbornness. PRESIDENT SELECTS MEDIATORS Mexican Conference Will Begin Within a Few Days. Washington, Aug. 9.?The White House announces that President Wil? son has selected the men for the Mex? ican conference commission. The names will be given out as soon as the men accept. The conference will , then begin and all matters in dispute will be discussed. Recommendations will be made, but neither Mexico nor America will be bound by the acts of i the conference until their acts have been formally ratified. It is believed, however, that both governments will ratify any agreements reached by the conferences. Acting Secretary of j State Polk ollicially announces that a I complete agreement has been reached iand conference is empowered to deal {with all questions. j DRUGGISTS' MUTUAL ENTERS CAROLINA. Indemnity Exchange of St. Louis is Li? censed by State Insurance Depart? ment. Columbia, Aug. 9.?The Druggists* J Indemnity exchange of .St. Louis was yesterday licensed to do business on (the mutual plan. Best's Insurance Report says of it: "It operates among retail druggists and its business is under the super? vision of an advisory committee, con? sisting: of live members who are elected annually by the subscribers ol the exchange. .Since organization this exchange has shown a large saving for its members of 41 per cent, of the tariff rates." EN ROUTE TO BORDER. ! Stimter Militiamen Send Farewell Message to Home Folks. Denmark, Aug. 9.?The 3d battalion, 2nd South Carolina Infantry, with Major J. w. Bradford In charge, 1 04 Btyx at 9 a. M. sharp for the Texas border. This is the first section of the 2nd regiment. Company L is travel? ing in this section. All the boys are in line trim and bid farewell to the home folks. Maj. J, W. Bradford heard were: W. Hanks Dove and Geo. W. Wlghtman, secretary of State; S. T. ("aider and D. W. McLaurin, State treasurer; Albert S. Fant. O. McDufhe Hampton, W. H. Kely, \V. T. Thrower and .lames Cansler, for railroad com? missioner; B, C. L. Adamsand Andrew J. Bethea, lieutenant governor, J. W. McCoWn, State senator from Florence county, presided. THE CHILD LABOR UV. _ i RENATE ADOPTS HOUSE BILL STRIKING THROUGH I XT Kit - STATE COMMERCE CLAUSE. _ Tillman Assails Owners of Mills Thinks Act I in onMiditionnl bat Feels Tempted to Vota for it to Kc huke Selfishness of Class of Capi? talists in South. Washington, Aug. 8.?The senate late today passed the. bill to prevent interstate commerce in prodWts of child labor by a vote of 52 to 12. The measure, which already had passed the house, was brought to a vote in the senate on the insistence of President j Wilson after the Democratic senate caucus once had decided to defer its ^consideration until next December. Opposition to the measure had come chietly from Southern cotton mill owners, and the group of Southern | Democrats who voted against it had fought it in caucus and maintained their opposition during the senate dc j bate on the ground that the regula? tion proposed is unconstitutional and ! would interfere with the rights of the ! States. Kleven Democrats from the i South?Senators Swanson and Mar jtin, Virginia; Underwood, Alabama; jVardaman, Mississippi; James and j Beckham, Kentucky; Culberson and |8heppard, Texas; Ransdell, Louisiana; Robinson, Arkansas, and Shields, Tennessee?voted for it. Senators Broussard, Louisiana; [Clarke, Arkansas; Gore and Owen, ! Oklahoma, and Ix?a, Tenessee, were absent and did not vote. Senators who voted against the bill were: Bankhead, Alabama; Bryand and Fletcher, Florida; Overman and Simmons, North Carolina; Smith and Tillman, South Carolina; Smith and Harwick, Ceorgia; Williams, Missis? sippi (Democrats,) and Oliver and Penroso, Pennsylvania (Republicans). In order to expedite consideration of the measure in conference senate con? ferees were appointed immediately af tr^the final vote, The only an^n<\iu.c?L. adopted would*" extend the bHi's pro? visions to bar all products of estab? lishments employing children from in? terstate commerce. The house meas? ure was directed only against those cn which child labor actually had been j employed. i Senator Borah did not offer the I amendment he had drawn attaching I the immigration bill as a rider in or? der to force action on it at this ses? sion. Amendments to make the prohibi? tion apply only to children under 11 (who could not read or write, to make 'lit apply to children on farms, and to I postpone its effective date for two j years were voted down. The bill as passed would prohibit interstate commerce In the product of any mine or quarry, in which children Under 16 years of age have been em? ployed or In the product of any mill, cannery,. workshop, factory or manu? facturing establishment in which chil? dren under 14 have been employed, [or in which children between 14 and. j 16 have been employed more thai eight hours a day more than six days a week, before 6 o'clock in the morn? ing \ or later than 7 o'clock in the evening. It would take effct one year after enactment. ] During the closing hours of debate today Senator Tillman denounced j Southern cotton mill owners opposing : the bill, and said that while he be I i lieved it unconstitutional he was tempted to support it because of the sellishness of the interests lighting it. i lie also declared congress was too {much Influenced by the attitude of la I bor interests. "I have been shocked," said the South Carolina senator, "to see men i in South Carolina?rich, intelligent, well educated men?who were willing to swell their dividends at the expense ;of little children. The veil Of sophis? try in their letters could not hide their heartlcssness. Their plea, stripped of verbiage, Is 'let the children toil that we may live In luxury.' and yet we wonder at the spread of socialism and the increasing hostility of labor to? wards capital." Servility of present day vote seek? ers to organize labor, he added, pre? sented great u problem as did the attitude of politicians -<? years ago to concent rated wealth. "The congress of the United Slates trinities every time the labor unions frown/' he continued. 'Capital, with its brutal, ironical disregard for hu? manity stinted the conflict and labor in self defense, organised for the struggle. "We have ceased to legislate in the way we Know to be right and have become ponderers to public opinion or rather we are making a cowardly sur? render to those who vote and demand these things. 1 protest that in time I STRIKE r '?OH MILLS. NEARLY EE HUNDRED QUIT ' i? A POSITIONS. // Humor* sj At Two i -a rue Factories in Ami' Will be Involved in Walk? out ^ A c? ,?n, Aug. 8.?Following the reft ^- f\ the part of the management of *y '.luck cotton mills to grant a rt . for a 10 per cent, increase of wab. throughout the mills, the 285 employes of these mills walked out in concerted action at I o'clock this af? ternoon. The machinery in all de? partments became idle three minutes later. ; About 4 0 days ago the management received a request from the Gluck Mills union of the United Textile Workers of America asking for the in? crease in wages. At the time the re? quest was made the management stated to the COW mitten that the re? quest would not be granted. This morning the committee waited on the management to ascertain whether the request would be granted and the management answered that its de? cision, which was announced when the request was submitted, was final. This inlormation was passed to all the operatives and promptly at 3 o'clock they l>egan leaving their posts. The Gluck mills manufactures lawn and h?S a mill village of 050 people. It is located four miles south of this city. The walkout was not attended bv any demonstration, nor have there been any demonstrations this after? noon or tonight. Most of the resi? dents of the mill village gathered to? night to hear the county candidates, a campaign meeting to be held in the village tonight having been arranged for several days ago. The people of the village are in good humor and no trouble is looked for. It is stated that John Golden, presi? dent of the United Textile Workers of America, is expected to arrive In 4J? derson this week to acquaint himself with local labor union conditions other large cotton outside the city limtis, is being heft.rd here tonight. Labor conditions St those two mills have been unsettled for the last month or so. The operatives at these mills have also requested their respective managements for a 10 per cent, increase in wages. Development* at these two mills are expected with? in the next few days. An outdoor meeting of the union members of these mills was held within the city limits tonight and several labor speeches were made. r union conditions. tton mills, located ywK TOMOGRAPH STRIKE IMMINENT. City Telegraphers Demand Eight Hour Day and More Pay. Chicago, Aug. 8.?W. B. Roberts, i president of the Kansas City local of Telegraphers' I'nion announces that '? many of the city unions agree to de 'mand an eight hour day and higher pay. A telegraphers' strike is threat? ened. TO PASS CHILD LABOR BILL. Senate Will Vote on Rill Today or Tomorrow. j Washington, Aug. 8.?The child la? bor hill will'be brought to a vote in the senate today or tomorrow. Its passage is assured only fifteen votes I being against ft, the leaders say. It Is expected it will be signed by Presi i dent Wilson in a week as the house is ... sure to accept the bill. a law will be passed making it un? lawful for anything to enter inter? state commerce that is not desired by vote of labor unions. "I believe in organized labor be? cause the alliance of big business and the Republican party made necessary some power to combat it but unless labor is restrained by real leaders and persuaded to act justly instead of being fondled and slobbered over by vote seekers and demagogues as is now being done, 1 shudder to think w hat may happen." The vote followed a heated passage between Senator Hard wick and Sena? tor Lippitt, Ithode Island, hinrjelf largely Interested In New England cotton mills. Senator Lippitt disput? ed an assertiaon by Senator Hardwick that commercial rivalry bad inspired much of the activity in favor of the lull and was supported by Senators Weeks and Penross in the assertion thai none of the large cotton manu facti rers among their constituents hati tried to influence then to work for ttu> bill. Senator Hardwick tonight declared the measure would be tested In the courts and predicted that it would be held unconstitutional by the supreme court.