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Fear not?Dot aD the ende Thon at be thy Country**, Thy God's THE TRUE SOUTHRON, EstsbDsjbod J Oonsolldsted Aur. 2,1861. 8UMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1916. Vol. XLIII No. 16. NU litOK II FIOillEH wwumwiTun ulardsmkn will MB HVRH1ED TU BORDKK. stapext Within Few Weeks Pein?! Force Will De Seat Washington. Oot 5.?All army de? e*xtj??Ht*J commanders were ordered by the wer department today to dis? tale* ml litis organisations still in Mate mobilise.ion camps to the bor? der a* seen ee they ean arrange Irene pee teilen facilities. The orders uffect only troops which have hot seen service on the border, er ghoul 6,000 men in A la bums, Georgia, Florida. North Carolina. Mississippi renewal. West Vir? ginia Colorado, New Hampshire end New York. Wer taper*ment statistics show that teefs ere about 104,000 militia now aa the border. The 8,000 order ad smith todsy will relieve e similar which will be returned to home station* far roaster out of the federal While ofaciahr generally expect the a*hie mlhUa will be withdrawn with? in a few weeks na. definite decision on this sjsJeetoa aaa' been announced, ?earetary Baiser, however, has said there weuld be no general red la post Uoe of treepe In the Southern depart? ment until the American-Mexican Joint commission In session at At lan tte City evolvi? some system of bor? der centroL rAJIMER SLAIN. Killed by C. T. Straw In Dark ratal tv? Vlc Bdfefleld, (>ct 6.?Last night about 11 o'clock C. T. Turner, a farmer who nsldes three miles east of Edgsfield, heard a noise on his premises after ha had retired. Seising his shotgun, ||g Went out to make an Investigation. Jnsj to the rear of two rooms that eastward from tho body of he sbearved a white object ,HSa ? eq no r4ifl>ofsns, at the unknown person, was procured and the men bed been shot proved to be a neighbor, Bud Berry, who resided but g Short distance away. The shot had oaneed Instant death. Sheriff 8weer Ingen end Magistrate Brunson were aotited el ores of the tragedy and an Inquest was held es provided by law. Mr. Turner lurrendered to the sheriff gad will reu sin in /hat officer's cus? tody until bill can be secured. The men were out he best of terms? and Were cloee friends. SUlCIDi: AT WlNIfsboko. IX A. Crawford, Sr., Shoots Himself White Son Tries to Secure 1W Wlnnsbore. Oct. I.?D. A. Craw Sr., a well-known cltlsen and eas men, killed himself today at 1:16 o'clock, one shot from a pistol entering the head, producing almost Instant death. The affair occurred In the private since of his livery stable In the presence of one of his sons, who made a valient effort to secure his father's pistol. Physicians were hurriedly summoned but Mr. Craw? ford was bey>nd medical aid. No motive or cause has been as? signed for tho act, which was a ter? rible shock to the Citizens of the town. The deceased Is survived by his wife and a number of children, s stater and a Tarife number of relatives. MAD. DCXi ATTACKS PKOPLK. Ten Vk-tlsa* Come from Anderson to Coin ml is for Treatment. Anderson. Oct. 6.?Ten of the 12 people bitten by a mad dog here Monday and Tuesday of this week went to Columbia this morning, where the Fsateur treatment will be administered. All of those bitten are white people, and ranse In age from 20 ntontha t<> 3i years. The dog was a French poodle, belonging to the family of J. 11. Quarten, and was OWl e few months old. Wednesday It was killed and the head sent to Columbia for examination. Yesterday a tele? graphic communication was received. Indicating that the animal wan af fllcted with rabies. A dog whlrh wu? known to have been litten by th? Quarlen puppy wax killed yesterday. Tboae bitten were: (Mainline Har t..n :, v.>?.i m old. M?-I?m M in luid r. Lucius Mas Held I I*. < >. Mayfleld h K V Thomas V.l. Kthel (Jnurlen 1 Kitsaheth Queries |, aVoeke Quarlen. Jr.. 20 month**, und Mr. no Mis. J. H. ljuarles. rfobeH La Cro> and n child of rt. K. Kay. The peo i ?" are all prominent In Anderson. CHARGES M11NST BROWN. FIRST CHARLESTON PRIMARY TRIAL IN PROGRESS. Trstlroouy of Eight Witnesses Heard in Day Devoted to Taking Evidence ?Eleven Other Cases. Charleston, Oct. 6.?The .first of the election cases growing out of the shooting affair on October 15, 1915, in the city Democratic executive commit? tee room, in which Sidney J. Cohen, a newspaper re Dort er, was killed and four other men wound? ed came up In the court of general sessions today. Judge Rice presiding and Solicitor Henry repre? senting the State, when Henry J. Brown became defendant on charges of assault and battery with Intent to kill on W. B. Wl agate and carrying concealed weapon:!. The entire day, with an intervening recess, was occupied In taking testi? mony, four witnesses for the State and four for the defense being heard, and court adjourned 'at 6 o'clock until to? morrow morning, the jury < being locked up In the court house for the night. It Is expected that the case will be concluded In tomorrow's head? ing. A large crowd was on hand, keep? ing excellent order. Judge -Rice rv led strictly against any testimony that tended to bring in the political phanes of the case and much time was taken up by counsel for the defense, Atford Huger and Lionel Legge, in arguing points of evidence. Numerous objections by the State, for the most part sustained by the court, and equally numerous exceptions by the defense, formed a feature of the legal battle. W. E. Wlngate, chief prosecuting witness, was on the stand an hour and a-half. He was shot in che head at the out? break and was in a hospital for six weeks afterwards. Wlngate Is slai.ed for trial later on charges similar to those against Brown, and In that trial. Brown will he the chief prosecuting witness. There are XX ether election cases wee brought put. In today's hearing. Testimony along linos similar to that at the inquost which followed' the shooting last fall, when for three days evidence was taken, without es? tablishing responsibility for the death of Sidney J. Cohen was adduced inso? far as it applied to the case up for trial now., Brown la to take the stand tomorrow, when for the first time a statement will be heard from him as to what occurred In the committee room, as he did not testify at the In? quest. BERLIN PEACE RPMORS DE? NIED. State Department Says Gerard Does Not Bring Peace Proposals. Washington. Oct. 7.?The State de? partment has Issued a complete de? nial that Ambassador Gerard is bringing a peace proposal from Ber? lin. The statement says the "State department has no reason to think there is anything In It and every rea? son to think there Is nothing In it." WOULD IDENTIFY HOLD-UP GANG. Effort Will bo Made to Have Four Suspects Arrested Identified. Philadelphia, Oct. 7.?A detective is to take the four suspects, Including the alleged woman leader, In the Hammonton, N. J., hold-up and mur? der cuse to the Jefferson hospital to he led past tue >ed of Mrs. Elsie H. Smathers in tht hope that she will Identify them. Mrs. Smathers drove her car through the hold-up band. ADVANCE ON MACEDONIAN FRONT. Germans Pail in Attacks to Recover Lost tin mud at Sommc. Paris, Oct. I??Progress for the French, British. Servians and Italians on the Macedonian front is reported l?y the war office. German attempts to win hack the lost ground on the Somme front by bemhing attacks were repulsed by the Hritfsh. Ill l/GAIts DEFEATED AGAIN. HritMi ( aptare Three More Villages In Macedonia. !*ondon, Od 9.?Throe more vll aiM'M neve beei captured from Bul? jartnns hj ihs Britten on tu?' Mnce doni.in front. Tin? Bulgarians' offering ,little resistance. U-53 Deals Havoc ^IJong British Merchant Ships off Aqprican Coa^t. Three British Freighters and Dutch and Norwegian Made off Nantucket Wait on Line of Trade?1 Rescue of Crews as S. States Vessel Stopped, Passenger Ship Attacked ? Is are Aiso Sunk?Attacks Where SubmariLe Lay in States Destroyers sent to Signals are Flashed-United lowed to Proceed. Newport, R. L, October where every liner bound to ai bearings, the German submi of two other war submarines, day. Four of them were Briti other were neutrals?one Di American steamship was hel< Admiral Knight, command that the Nantucket lightship rine nearby. Naval officers submarines will blockade ev< nition ships leave. The vessels sunk are: Westpoint, British freigl don to Newport News. Crew Strathdene, British freij York to Brest. Crew of 50. Stephano, British passeng? Halifax to New York. Eight Steamship Kingston, be] identified. No details. Bloomersdijk, Dutch freij York to Rotterdam. Crew of* Christian Knudsen, Noi from Tuxpam to London, via The U-53 began her depi So far as is known there has of one 3teamer, the Kingston?; Seventeen of the fastest vy went plowing through the ' The U. S. Batch has fh midnight with the first of The innocent little ?Lying off Nantucket Light, >m New York must get its U-53, aided probably by one loed and sank six ships to? te a passenger carrier. The id the other Norwegian. An but was allowed to proceed, if the naval station here, says a second German subma ley expect a fleet of German intic harbor from which mu 2,413 tons, bound from Lon 5. , 4,312 tons, bound from New , 3,439 tons, bound from passengers and crew of 75. to be British, but as yet un 3,201 tons, bound from New tanker, 2,583 tons, bound Amboy. Crew of 30. at daybreak this morning, loss of life. But the crew open boats. *s in the United States na search of them, station she will arrive at led. which lay at anchor for |came a death-dealing demon no' sooner than she had sped past the three-mile limit today. She first sighted the American freighter Kansan making her way through the dim light of early morning from New York to Boston. Captain Rose, the suave and keen-eyed commander of the U-53, personally stood on the bridge and handled the Kansan. The freighter was not detained kmg. After inspecting the ship's papers Captain Rose apologized and allowed the vessel to pro? ceed. The Kansan was fifty miles away fr?m the scene when her wireless operator picked up* the dreaded S. 0. S. It was from the British ship Westpoint. From station to station along the coast the distress call was repeated. The captain of the Kundin instantly heeded the call. It was followed by a message briefly saying the Westpoint had been attacked by a submarine and was in danger of sinking. Her crew and passengers had taken to the boats, ready to put to sea. Twenty minutes after the call was flashed to the naval training station here the torpedo boat destroyer Jar vis had left her moorings and was headed for the open sea. She was rapidly followed by the other boats of the flotilla. Crowding their boilers, the fleet navy boats started on the horrible journey of mercy. But the Kansan was first to reach the rapidly sinking steamer. She beat the navy boats in the first race in American waters to save the lives of persons imperiled by the ruthless un? der-sea warfare. Two hours later the U-53, still loitering in the lanes of steamships on their way to Boston or foreign ports, sighted the British freighter Strath-1 dene, bound from New York to Bor? deaux. The Strathdenc is said to have been loaded with munitions of war for the allies. She proved eusy prey for Cap? tain Hose and his men. Twenty min? utes alter the crew had taken to the open sea in small boats she lifted her nose towards the sky and sank. Pluck | ily battling the waves, the crew of the Strathdene managed to reach the Nun tuckel shoals lightship, There seventeen of them were found by the destroyer Batch. Leaving the balance of rescue work to her sister ships, the Batch was or? dered to return here by Admiral Knight It was soon after B oYloek that u Wireless call at the training station told of the torpedoing of another ship. U was the Red Cross liner gtephnno, bound to New VorK front Halifax. The Btephano received her vital blow m 4:80 o'clock, it wan more than an hour later before the word had been received here. In rapid sue cession tonight the wireless sputtered Its tales of disaster to the other ships. The Kingston was the first to sink. Then followed the Blomerdijk and Knudsen. Naval officers say the U-53 had only six torpedoes aboard when she left here yesterday. Normally the sub? marine carried eight, but two of these were spent on the voyage to these shores. Captain Rose himself said his submersible carried but eight when she left Wilhelmshaven, but ho had nothing to say by way of explanation. Three full divisions of the Atlantic destroyed flotilla are engaged in the work of rescue. Admiral Knight, com mandant -of the Newport navy yard, has given orders that all survivors picked up by navy boats be brought here. Those aboard the Kansan are being taken to Boston. A wireless has been received from I the destroyer Drayton saying she is returning under forced draught with 68 survivors of the Bloomerdijk and Knudsen. Her commanders expect to reach dock between 1 and 2 o'clock tomorrow morning. Admiral Knight has made every arrangement to take care of those in need of medical at? tention. From the moment the U-53 atartled the natives of this city by her unexpected appearance In Xarragan sett Kay yesterday and was picked up by U. S. submarine D-2, the land wires and wireless instruments have been crowded with messages passing back and forth between the Newport naval station and Washington. Admiral Austin M. Knight and Rear Admiral Albert Qleaves, chief of the destroyer flotilla, have kept the navy department Informed of everything that came to their ears regarding the Gorman Visitor. It is presumed the two admirals received Specific instruc? tions as to their course in certain emergencies. it was freely commented upon that for the Urst time known every de? stroyer anchored here was kept under full steam during last night. Whether this had any significance or not would ma be Admitted by naval odl oers tonight. CHARLESTON JURY MKS. MISTRIAL ORDERED IN "ELEC Nearly Twenty-four Hours Spent in Vain Attempt to Reach Decision. Charleston, Oct. 8.?After being out nearly 24 hours the jury in the Brown case, which opened In the court of general sessions Friday morning, was discharged this after? noon at 5 o'clock, Judge Rice order? ing a mistrial. The Jury retired Sat? urday at 7 a. m. with the evidence in this first "election case." At 11:30 o'clock it had not reached agree? ment and was locked up to spend the second night in the court house. When it was seen this afternoon that there was no hope of agreement Judge Rice ordered a mistrial. Men of both factions in municipal politics were on the Jury in about equal proportions. Solicitor Henry tonight would make public no inkling of his plans as to the other 12 election cases pending and which he came here specially to prosecute. It is probable, however, that failure to secure a verdict in the Brown case may mean a postpone? ment of the others to another term. It was the general belief she would head for Halifax and the uppermost part of the St. Lawrence there to in? tercept, if possible, the troop ships carrying Canadian contingents to the front. This belief was predicated upon operations against troop ships when the British were trying to force their way through the Dardanelles. Thus it was with surprise and as? tonishment that naval officers learned the tiny man-of-war had only delayed until she was safely past the three mile limit before she bagan her war? fare against enemy vessels. Late tonight naval officials admitted the destroyers sent to sea were not alone on a mission of mercy. Their decks were cleared for action and each commander had strict instructions to determine that the utmost neutrality had lreen^ato^ any of the attacks were perpetrated inside the three mile limit, but the curious line of the coast here gives ?Ise to the gravest speculation. The ships went to the bottom, it is be? lieved, within a radius of five miles. It is believed this circle of activity centered ten miles south of the Nan lucket lightship. From all along the coast came word jf mysterious messages being relayed between the French and British war? ships rushing to this vicinity. None has given an inkling of her where? abouts, but within 24 hours a cordon of battle gray steel will be thrown about the waters for miles up and down the coast. These patrollng vessels scattered between Trinidad and Halifax have been converging on the waters of Narragansett Bay since they were apprised by wireless yesterday of the U-53's audacious appearance. Late this afternoon a lookout In the tower of the United States coast guard station at Prices Neck saw what he believed to be the pilot of the approaching Meet. The vessel was identilied as the French cruiser Con This information was Immediately convi 'ed by Captain Chauncey iven yon, cemmanding the station, to the commanding admirals. They decided, however, that the liotilla needed no reinforcements at the present time. The largest United States vessel in the harbor now is the scout cruiser Birmingham, flagship of the destroyer flotilla. Despite the boas:, of Captain Hose that the C-53 had fuel and pro? visions aboard to last for a thren months' cruise, local submarine ofli rers believe the vessel was ready to descend upon her prey and then make .i quick dash for home. These experts place her cruising radius at 5,0u0 miles, as far as fuel supply is concerned. Thor? v ere fc\N who doubted tonight but that she was already scooting across th-y Atlantic on her way to her home port. When the news of the Intercepting of the K&nsan had been conveyed to him, Adlmarl Knight went directly to his office in the ear collie. He rc r.fined there all forenoon. "We work all the time," was his an? swer to newspaper men who suggested it was both odd and unusual that he should be at bis desk on Sunday in? stead of remaining at home. "Sundays and holidays are all the same to US," he added. About noon the second wireless call came from the lightship. This v as the message the admiral's operator read from the intermittent Hashes. "Steamship Westpoint, nationality unknown, in distress ten miles south TION CASE." ds. WEEVIL MENACING STATE. WILL REACH SOlTll CAROLINA IX SHORT TIME. Clcmsoii College Body Learns Tliat Pest is Only About Fifty Miles Away Now. Alexandria, La., Oct. I.?Hundreds of farmers in several sections of Louisiana have been interviewed by the Clemson college boll weevil com? mission during the last two days, as to the result of the invasion of the weevil. Yesterday the commission spent the day in the Baton Rouge section, coming to Alexandria last night where the members attended a banquet. Much valuable informa? tion is being secured. Definite infor? mation received by telegraph today indicates that the boll weevil has reached a point ? 1 miles from the South Carolina j The opinion ^ | ex pressed today by a governme- 2 xpert with the com? mission that ' m weevil will reach South Carolir " cfore the end of the present year lern son officials will keep a clot ? ate) on the situation. Gov. Mannt $ la being given a fine reception e*> /ery point. The com? mission le^" onlghl. for Monroe, La. Tomorrov ?ht the commission will invade A ssippi. The citizens of the vari communities are showing every attention to the members of the commission. I CHARGES VIOLATION OF NEU? TRALITY. Representatives of Belligerents Say State Department Gave out Trade Secrets. Washington, Oct. 7.?Diplomatic representatives of European belliger? ents filed a protest with the State de? partment against neutrality violations by the American government. They charge that the executive depart? ment has made public trade secrets which fell into the hands of their enemies. ' Asks Navy Department for Full Re? port on Submarine Campaign. Shadow Lawn, Oct. 9.?President Wilson today telegraphed the navy de? partment for every scrap of informa? tion regarding the sinking of ships off Nantucket by German submarines. There was much activity about the summer White House this morning. east of Nantucket Shoals lightship. Sending S. O. S. Operator says fired on. Passengers standing by boats." This was the first definite informa? tion they had to work on. Rear Ad? miral Gleaves wat; aboard tha Bir? mingham. But a few minutes elapsed before Admiral Gleaves had the mes? sage sent from the lightship in his hand. It was appended 4 with the instructions "Go ahead." Although shore leaves were liueral and not a boat in the flotilla had its full complement of nien aboard, of four officers and :)6 men, there was no wasted time. Without recalling the men on shore. Admiral Gleaves ordered the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh divisions to sea. Lying in a long gray line at tha wharf just opposite the landing and in the lee of the Goat Neck torpedo station men were seen running to and fro along the dock, all set on getting: away j as quickly as possible. Within twenty minutes deep black smoke was belching from their fun? nels. In exactly twenty minutes after Hear Admiral Glea\es had given his order, the destroyer Jarvis slipped her cables and slid into the inner harbo \ Lieut. L. P. David was in charge, For the Amt hundred feet she drolled lazi? ly along before she picked up speed, but soon was racing for the deep wa? ter. At intervals of a minute or two the other destroyers followed in her wake. First came the Dray ton, com? manded by Lieut. D. W. Fagiey. As this vanished, the Krincon, the flag? ship of the Sixth division, bro'.e away and headed for the oeean unser the guidance of Lieut Commander V*. S. M?ller. Others to go were the O'Brien, Lieut. Commander C. B. Courtency; the Penhntn, Lieut. Commander J. B. Gay; the Casein, Lieut, commander W. X. Vernon; the Boich? Lieut. Com? mander David ?nnrnhnn; the Mc Call, Lieut Commandor l. m. Stewart; the Porter. Lieut. Commander W. K. Wort man; the Funning. Lieut. Com? mander C. M. Botin? the I'aulding, Lieut. Commander Douglas Howard; the Wlnetow, Lieht. Commander x. k. Nichols; the Aylwin. Heut. Command? er .lohn C Fremont; the Cashing, Lieut. Commander E. A. Kittinger; the Cummins, Lieut. Commander G,