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otchmai UATCtOLkX, "Be fust and Fear not?Dot all the ends Tho? Ckm wilds tod Aug. 8, 1881. * c at he thy Country's, Thy God's aad Truth's.*" THE TRUE SOUTHRON", Established Jnn% ftia. SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESjfry, SEPTEMBER 27, 1916, VoLXLIII. Nal2 lUCIUST Iii. SUBMARINE. ?dtnun re?tsk trade with pro gkrma * COMPANIES. IQ intend Sayn That Uses of Truile WIM M Tighten* If Germany Does Hei Bieten to Wop Underwater Dteuacthc Work. London. Sept. 2 2.?The continued depletion of the world's supply of tenaage is a resu t of the operations of the submarines of the central pow ess wilt be met by an Increase in etdngent measurai by which the en Mate allies dosig i to control shlp elag. so ao to Insure It being used to the hast advantage of the allies nnd ptevent in even Indirectly aiding their opponents, according to a statement made to the Associated Press today by Lord Robert Cecil, minister of war trade. Lord Robert admitted that even the present rate of destruction, without considering the possibility of a re suntpttoe of unrestricted submarine warfare, meant a serious lose to the World's tonnage sod that consequent? ly it could not be expected that Brit? ten ciiel or other British facilities shooM he expended on ships carrying 0000? to blacklisted firms. The en? tente allies will Increase their ship gene 1 measures, a hich already are proving their vaUe, In making the ^ heat Iise of avails ble tonnage In pro 'jS?ttwB as the Germans succeed in issjfnylng merchant ships. Tan minister it wax trade said that I is a matter ?>f course the entente elites would be favored, as regards the ?so of tonne? e, and that neutrals engaged la entente allied trade or in oaeuapeeted neutral trade would he given the neat consideration. Neu? trale suspected or unneutral acts, he declared, would iot enjoy the usual families. Lord Robert said that the aaeerw of Great Britain to the Amer tHBI g^avaraaaaut* t protest against the fA|M of mails would be. aent to ^^^mrn? almtat immediately and COMPLAINT. Washington, * pt. ?1?Great Brlt aln'i. delay in answering the Ameri? can note regarding mail seisures, sent to London May 14. la believed by al? lied diplomats h?re to be due large? ly to a desire to rive first a practical working demonstration of changes recently Instituted in censoring meth? ods; notably wit \ regard to shipping documents. They declare the prac? tice of expediting the handling, of such papere by pissing them through the censor's otH<e in special marked packets already ;ms removed one of the principal causes of complaint set the American protest, department officials con? sistently have declined to indicate the possible offen of this modifica? tion of the department's attitude In the malls controversy. It Is recalled, however, that wren Great Britain in a previous note iravo assurances that seised mail would be expedited as much as possible, the United StaU replied that one of the chief causey of dlwpleasure here over the allied censorship arose from the conviction that the seisures in themselves were alega). The allied dlpk mats point out that the delay ty ship >tng documents also was emphasised as a cause of com plslnl In the An oilcan note, which gave a list of losses sustained by shippers of perishable goods who had t ot had the bills of lading neces? sary ".o release tholr shipments. Tho conference with exporters to be h< hi In New York by the British embassy's trade sdvlser, Sir Richard Crawford, has been postponed until next week. It w 11 be devoted large? ly to considering I he possibility of ex tending to other classes of delayed noils the arrangement now applying %t slipping papers. Already, it Is pointed out, Informal nrangementM between the adrr Inlstratlvo bodies ot the two governments not only have expedited shlpplrg documents but also by "letters >f assurance" hnv made It poHsible to guarantee the de? livery of American goods shipped to the "rationed" nations of Holland and Scandinavia. GERMAN AERODROMES ATTACK? ED. Waat KiirvcNHful Hnid by British in Plunder*. London, Sept. 23.?British naval neroplanes today attacked successful? ly thi> Gorman ac'odrome at St. Denis. West Flanders, Vaval aeroplanes de? livered heavy att ickn on enemy aero? dromes at Ghlstelles and Handsaeme. Inflicting considerable damage. The British aircraft returned safely. TO PUCE FIRST ON GUARD SOON WILL BE ASSIGNED TO AC? TIVE PATROL DUTY. South Carolina Militiamen Shine In Big Parade and Review of El Paso Troop*. El Paso, Sept. 22.-The First South Carolina infantry will soon be distrib? uted over a 90 mile outpost line from Las Crucea, New Mexico, to Fort Han? cock, Texas. The regiment will be brokei into companies and assigned to outpost stations at the small towns east p nd west of El Paso. The combined First and Second reg tmenta of South Carolina infantry marched as one regiment In the big military review parade yesterday, and although they are recent arrivals at the border lost fewer men through exhaustion than tho troops of any I other State. Arriving at 4 o'clock in the morning the men did not complete the review until nearly sundown. Besides being under restraint all day the soldiers marched 20 miles with field equip? ment That the South Carolina men so al ly stood the experience speaks well tor their natural endurance, be? cause they havo not passed through the hardening process the other troopu here have received. Brig. Gen. Roge - Williams of Kentucky com? manded the provisional brigade, which was c rested for the occasion by mergr lng South Carolina and Kentucky troops. I WANT TROOPS HOME FOR FAIR. Chamber of Commerce Urges Con? gressmen to Expedite Movement From Border. Columbia, Sept. 23.?Efforts have beer put in motion by the Columbia Chamber of Commerce to have the Ave units of South Carolina trops now mobilised on the Mexican border, to participate In the festivities of the State fair late next month. Presump n s that the troops will be muster out within threat 80 or 40 days, tetters nave ben dispatched to tha United States senators and con? gressmen, from South Carolina urging cooperation to *hls end. The letters were sent out several days ago, and members who attended the meeting last night in the interest of the com? mission form of government election, enthusiastically indorsed the plan and asked that special effort be made to entertain the military units from this State during the week of the fair. IN BEHALF OF THE RECALL. Columbians Urged to Return to Old Form Government. Co'.umbia, Sept. 21.?Tho promoters of the movement for the recall of tho commission form of government for Columbia hold a meeting in the county court house here tonight, at which several speakers urged the re? turn to the old aldermnnlc system. They charged that the commission form was a breeder of extravagance und that the present personnel of the government was utterly inefficient. Several of The speakers stated that the ? members of the police and other de lartnents of the city government have been Instructed to work against the rocall, which will be voted on next Tuesday. Tho only speaker In behalf of the tention of the commission form was Jno. T. Duncan, who said that the movement was for the purpose of get? ting rid of the mayor and councllmen, ; that u more judicious procedure would . be to prosecute them for mulfeasanse ' in oflice If it was thought they were unworthy of public trust. Tlv-re were about 150 persons pres? ent at the meeting. GEH MAN AIRMEN SHOT DOWN. Mammoth Air Battlc?4 ought on the Komme front. Purls, Sept. 23.?Four German air? men were shot down today in a mam? moth air duel between opposing forces on the Somme. Fifty-six air battles wero staged in the last twenty-four hour*. A French dirigible bombard? ed MarcoinK, a French town occupied by the Oermuns early in the we.r. j The night wuh calm north of the Somme. Artillery activity continues south of tho Somme. The war olIW reported that bud weather Is hinder? ing trv Salonika operations. FIGHTING IN MACEDONIA. Allies Raid Bulguiian Trenches in Dolrnn Heglons. I/ondon, Sept. 2;!.?The war office tOOey reported the raiding of enemy trenches in the Struma and Doirun re? gion;!. Mercantile Establi O'Donnell Takes Company Buil Fire O'Donnell & Company and Will Have Quarters in: inforced Concrete and Stores Fully Equipped lit Erected by N. eof O'Donnell & Destroyed By Year. nnell Dry Goods Company wilding-Structure is of Re ost Absolutely Fire Proof? ry of Company. One of the handsomest mercfttfl tile establishments in Sumter is ttm bulding, now rapidly nearing comit?H tion, orectod by Neill O'Donnell on ttm site, to replace the O'Donnell & Cq*M I pany building, which was destroJ? I by firo on the morning of Thanksgnj ing Df.y las?, year. The new structujj has cost over $30,000 and providM quarters for O'Donnell & CompawJ and for the newly organised O'Ddfl nell Dry Goods Company. The company, In fact, has already tak?l up Its quarters in the new bull*?! and O'Donnell & Company will OTOfl ably remove from their present quajB ters into their new store about tm latter part of next week. At pres? the carpenters and painters are pjfl ting the finishing touches to the buMH lng and the furnishers are InstaUhjj flxturos which will fully equip stores. .-S This addition to Sumter's me*aul tile establishments Is one of which tjgfl city may justly feel proud, ^ lflffl spurious two-story structure of mH proof design, danger of fire being rj duced to a minimum. The en*m structure is of reinforced conctfflH walls, floors and roof; there is nottH ing in the building to burn or to estttj nre except the goods. In fact the na9 floor of hardwood is laid on retofUnfl ed concreto, the door and wlaVM frames \ A woodwork In the 1 vator slut ft ar<?, M?u^B^srsl^sliel W forced with steel beams support the walls and ' floors and Insure strength and Indestructibility to the work. The building has a handsome front fifty-four feet wide and extends back to a depth of one hundred and forty feet. The front is most attractively designed, the material being of white terra cotta, to which has been added a glazed finish. The trimmings and cornices are of copper, and prism glass over the show windows and door ways is used in providing transoms for light and ventilation. Higher up or. the front numerous windows af? ford plenty of light and ventilation. The whole is of Gothic design, with attractive trimmings anu . appoint? ments. In the center of the front near the parapet In raised letters is placed "Neill O'Donnell?1916," indicating? the builder and date of erection. The large plate glass show windows catch the eye of the passerby. The windows are finished with copper trimmings and the Moots are of high? ly polished oak. An indirect or X-ray lighting system, well calculated to af? ford a bright illumination, is employ? ed to show off goods to best advan? tage. The store entrance is raised a few inches above the side walk by a granite sill, and tho vestibules are of tile. Inside of the door, one is at once struck by the commodious size of each of tho two stores and the neatness of tho finish. The fixtures are the most convenient and modern employed by any store in the city, the establish? ment being completely equipped ac? cording to the latest designs. The ma? terials are of an excellent quality. The furnisher stated that while ho had furnished larger buildings, he had not seen one any where in the State whero the establishment was better equipped in point o* quality and thoroughness. Asothcr workman who Is having tho pulntlng done stated that the building was the best mercantile house In the Stato, in his opinion. On the O'Donnell & Company side I of the building the first floor will be used for sales room and offices and [the second lloor for storing goods. This side of the building has been enlarged from what the former building was by the addition of an L* whleh in It- ( self is a god sized store room. On the first floor the O'Donnell Dry Goods Company will have its re- i tall dry goods and clothing business, while tho second floor will he used as a store room for goods, exeept for the front part, which is partitioned off and will he used as a sales room for ladles' ready-to-wear. This room Is connected with the first floor by a spiral stairway in the front of tho store. 1 - The building has been equipped rtth electric and gas lights, the latter King already in use. Under the stair fay is a large Are proof vault fitted lut with steel shelves for the books td safety boxes for the papers of the mpany. Elevators and stairways honnedt the first floors, the elevator in the dry goods side being operated hy hand, while that in the grocery side la operated by electric power. The second floor as well as the first is well provided with light ?5 and ventilating facilities. There ? j numerous wln idowfl at each end and a large skylight In the center of the building affords Sight for the first floor through a wire ?lass space in the flooring, jt' All of the space directly in the rear K the building has been concreted In Birder to provide convenient facilities nor loading and unloading vehicles without their drivers having to wade ?a mud. A drainage system has been ?Provided for this space to carry off Hie water quickly after rains. |3 The new building is owned exclu Rvely by Neill O'Donnell and has cost ?torupfete something over $30,000. J. H|. Johnson of Sumter and Nat G. Halker of Rock Hill were the archl ftcts and made the designs and plans H'r the structure, which was built by Wfc. he Harbin Construction Com Hphy of Lexington, N. C. The furnish ftgs and fixtures were installed by the Btetofthy Luipber and Manufacturing p~ O'Donnell & Company first began I business in fs83 in a small store on Liberty street, the entire quarters then not being any larger than one small corner of the present % building. In V906 the company was incorporated -Ith a capital stock of $75,000 which has steadily increased until at pres? ent the capital and surplus of the company are now over $300,000. At the time of Incorporation the officers chosen were Neill O'Donnell, presi? dent; S. R. Chandler, vice president; land D. W. Cuttino, secretary and [treasurer, who are still the officers of the company. The company, before lit was burned out, dealt in general merchandise, but O'Donnell & Com? pany will now do only a cotton, gro? cery and fertilizer business. The of? ficers of the company hope to move from their present to their new quar? ters the latter part of next week to be there by the first of October. To secure the dry goods trade for? merly held by O'Donnell & Company, a new concern has been Incorporated with a capital stock of $25,000. This company is the O'Donnell Dry Good." Company and will occupy one of the two large stores in the building. The officers of the company are: Presi? dent, Neill O'Donnell; vice president, Samuel Sanders; secretary and treas? urer, R. P. Monaghan. Mr. Sanders will manage the dry goods depart? ment of this concern and Mr. Pat Gal langher will manage the clothing de? partment. This concern has already begun business, having opened its doors a few days ago, but has not yet fully arranged the goods which are [steadily coming in. The re-opening of O'Donnell & Co. I in their old quarters shows the Sum? ter spirit of Sumter concerns to "come back." Last lall when the store with its entire contents was totally de? stroyed by fire with a tremendous loss, the officers did not sit idle and grieve over the company's loss, but under the guidance of Mr. Neill O'Donnell, the active business head of the establish? ment in whose hands it hau grown from a small business to one of .the largest concerns in central South Car? olina, the company at once opened a store in new and limited quarters, where it has been doing business for nearly a year. It now "comes back" in handsomer and more spacious quar? ters than heretofore and on ns firm a base, if not a firmer one, than ever before and ready for the future, with all of its vicissitudes. British Steamer Captured. Berlin, Sept. 23.? The British steamer Colchester, owned by the Greater Eastern Company has been captured by German warships and brought to Zeebrugge. YOUNG MAN MAKES RASH LEAP. CADET JUMPS FROM THIRD GAL? LERY, FORTY FEET TO QUAD? RANGLE AT CITADEL. Mouth Terribly Mashed but Few Hones Are Broken and He Will Survive?-Doesn't Lose Conscious? ness and Tells Why He Leaped to Apparently Certain Death, News and Courier. G. P. Ashe, member of the third (sophomore) class and a corporal at the Citadel, was painfully and serious? ly, though probably not fatally injured when he leaped from the third gallery to the quadrangle yesterday morning, just before reveille was sounded by the bugler. Cadet Ashe was Immediately taken into the Citadel hospital and Dr. Rob bert S. Cathcart, Citadel surgeon, sum? moned, arriving within a few minutes. The cadet corporal on guard also notified Col. O. J. Bond, superintend? ent of the military college. After a careful examination of Ca? det Ashe, it was stated that his face on the right side, had been badly mashed and the knuckle on the right elbow fractured, but that no other bones had been broken. Cadet Ashe never lost conscious? ness and at Intervals during the day answered questions clearly. He ap? peared, however, to be somewhat in a mental haze. At tho direction of the surgeon, he moved his legs and exer? cised various muscles. The corps of cadets was stunned by the affair. Cadet Ashe, who is nineteen years old, stands well in his class, finishing his first year quite near the top. He was appointed a corporal, indicating proficiency in the military department. His family lives at York. . About ten minutes before revills, which is sounded at 6.30 a. m., Cadet Ashe,.fully dressed, left his room, af? ter telling his brother he was not able to sleep. He appears to have read his Bible before taking the leap. Asked for his reason, he stated that Jter- IwteV^e?jfc .d?a^^et^A?s^^ee^ he was losing his grip. He wrote I brief note giving these reasons. It is felt that Cadet Ashe will re? cover, despite the desperate character of the jump. It Is about forty feet from the fioor of the third gallery to the quadrangle, which is paved with cement. It is considered miraculous that the young man was not Instantly killed. UNIONS NOT UNITED. The Threatened Sympathetic Strike May Not Occur. New York, Sept. 25.?The pros? pects of a city-wide walk out now seems remote. The Indications point to strong opposition among many in? dividual unions to the federated un? ion's suspension order which be? comes effective Wednesday. The leaders of the proposed strike an? nounced today that sixty more organ? izations with a membership of one hundred and twenty thousand will go out. Fifty-nine thousand have al? ready ratified the suspension order. COMMISSIONERS AT DEADLOCK. New London Conference Not Making Any Progress. Special to The Daily Item. New London, Sept. 25.?The Ameri? can and Mexican commissioners ap? parently reached a deadlock when Amerioan commissioners, under the president's instructions refused to consider any plan dealing with the withdrawal of troops. An adjourn? ment is likely today or tomorrow un? til the Mexicans get new instructions from Carranza. TWO BLACKMAILERS AR BESTED. They Impersonated Federal Officers and Used Pake Warrants. Chicago, Sept. 25.?Homer French and James Christian have been ar? rested for black mail, charged with impersonating government otlicers. using fake warrants and swindling. The charges against this pair involv? ed a wealthy New Yorker and a wo? man found living in a New York ho? tel. BATTLES IN THE AIR. Violent Conflicts Between Sky Fleets in France. Paris, Sept. 25.?The allied and German sky fleets are lighting with violence hitherto unrivaled. Twenty eight German and twenty-four allied aerial machines have been destroyed during the forty-eight hours. The combats are continuing, aided by fa? vorable weather over the western front. AMERICAN FLYER KILLED. KIFFEN YATES ROCKWELL SHOT TO DEATH IN AEROPLANE. In Battle With German?Young Car? olinian, Aviator for French Army, Loses Life on Western Front. Winston-Salem, N. C, Sept. 23.? Kiffen Yates Rockwell, formerly of Ashcville and Atlanta, who has been serving with the French aero corps on the Western battle front, was kill? ed this morning in a fight with a Ger? man aircraft. Announcement of his death was contained in a cablegram from Paris received here late today by his mother, Mrs. L. A. Rockwell, of this city. ' The message announcing the avia? tor's death came from a friend of the famfly in Paris and read as follows: "Kiffen killed this morning in ae i rial battle in Alsace." Young Rockwell served at Verdun during the long months of fighting ' there and succeeded in bringing down i four German aeroplanes unassisted. ! For this feat he recently received a war cross and military medal from the hands of Gen. JofTre, who refer ' red to him as "a hold and courageous 1 pilot." He had been mentioned fre? quently for bravery in official reports. Mrs. Rockwell received a letter from her son only a few hours before the cablegram came telling her of his death. In the letter he said that be had been granted a leave of absence of eight days and had spent it in Paris with his brother Paul Rockwell, who had been severely wounded earlier in the war and discharged from the French army. On the day that the letter was mailed in Paris, Rockwell left for the front. He wrote that he had been transferred from Verdun to a more active sector. When the war began Kiffen Rock? well was connected with an advertis? ing agency in Atlanta. With his brother Paul, who was a reporter on the Atlanta Constitution, he went to France. They enlisted in the for? eign legion and began service on Sep ? PHe^Hffen remainedTw^B (The legion until It was wiped out ' after seven months of fighting in tho J trenches. He then asked for a trans? fer to the aero corps and began train? ing. In the meantime his brother had ' decided to remain in Paris and he be? gan as a special correspondent there for several American newspapers, which he now is serving. Kiffen Rockwell was born on Sep? tember 20, 1892, at Newport, Tenn. His father was a Baptist minister of North Carolina. His mother was Miss Lula Ayers, a member of a prominent South Carolina family. Rockwell's father died when the boy was two years old and later Mrs. Rockwell moved with her two sons to Asheville, N. C, where they lived for many years. Kiffen Rockwell was a graduate of Washington & Lao university and also attended the Vir? ginia Military institute for a time EVANS AS SECRETARY. I Good Roads Booster Heads II arts a ilie tliamber. t Hartsville, Sept. 23.?At a meet? ing of the Hartsville Commercial club last evening Lacoste Evans, a native of Cheraw, formerly of Harts? ville, more recently of Columbia and now again of Hartsville and well known as the good roads and otherwise booster, was unanimously elected to serve as secretary and treasurer to succeed F. D. Slaght, resigned. Mr. Slaght's time has been occupied with other business, and it was thought best to put Mr. Evans in on an all time pay basis. The people of Hartsville and sur? rounding sections are well acquainted with Mr. Evans and everybody loves and admires him. That he will ac? complish a great work for the town of loving hearts as he dubs Hartsville every one feels assured. RAID BY REV EN FE OFFICERS. Arrest Made on Charge of Illicit Dis? tilling. Oonway. Sept. 22.?The sheriff, his deputy and three revenue officers made a raid in the boundary seetion of Hor ry county last night and as a result Tas Boeemaa Is in jail on a charge of distilling illicit whiskey. It seems that the sheriff and his posse had evi? dence of some party engaging in the Illicit distilling of whiskey. The offi? cers left Conway last night and ar? rived at the house of Boseman a lit? tle after midnight. They surrounded it and forced an entrance into the house before the inmates awoke. After a scramble for some min? utes Loscmn n was arrested, brought to town and lodged in jail early this morning.