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flO IVHI'U WATCHMAK. BMaMtaha? Aim, UM, "B* Ja* and Fear not?tot an tbe ends Thon Atmet at be thy Country'*, Thj God'a aad MM" THE TBUE SOUTHKON, EaUbUabed Jan*, I IM. Consolidated Au*. 8,18*1. SUMTER, S. C? WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1916. Vol. XLIII. No. 18. WIMM HOMEWARD BOUND f.BOAT SUPPOSED TO BE V-M KKPORTFU MAKING WAY EASTWARD. Subnuirine Fron Ncpori, Goodbyes" Her Words to Neutral Vessel Hundred Miles Out to Sea? 'Prue. New York, Oct. 13.?A German sub nine tdentifyh g herself us such by wireless and stating that sho aas "from Newport" was sight id Tuesday more than 100 miles east of Nuntuckot lightship by a neutral ship now In port. It becam? known today. The submarine was moving In an easterly direction. The tu binar Ire was sighted some distance from th > neutral veaeel which was Signaled by airclcss fr ?rr. .ne sub? mersible asking her name and na tloneJIty. It wan given and the ques? tion ashed In turn: "Who are you?" "German submarine from Newport, good bye." ?as the reply. The assumption was that she was the I'-U. responsible for f'.e shipping raid of flund ty. and this report is the latent en her whereabous. The F-tl wee last sighted prior to thar ttaie by the Qnak Uner Fatrls Mon? day meriting. Neutrality regjlatlons of the nation whoee nag the ihlp flies snd specific orders with reupect to their obser? vance are given for withholding the name of the ship bringing the report here but It la vouched for as correct by a high marine author: ty. of this port who is in close touch with ar? riving steamship ?. IKKN HV THE BO VIC. Boot on* Oct. IS.?A submarine of unidentified nationality was reported about/ Iff miles east of New York by the steamer Do\ le In a wtreleas men? gage today. Thti course of the tub marine was not stated. The Hovlc, which it due in New ar tomorrow from lfan the enbmariae wot hot whether pursuing the ItOvlc or keeping an independent feu reo was not stated. The figures of longitude, as received, aro not cor? rect, the degrees given being wrong, hut It was stated the error probably was one of only a few degrees. The Do vie is a British freight steam? er owned by the White Star line and tailed from Manchester September tt. CONFIRMS THE STORY. Newport. R. I., Oct. 13.?Confirma? tion that the stecmshlp Bovlc sigbtod a eubimulne off the coast was con? tained in a Statement by a naval of? ficial here today. "A passenger steamer reported to Nuntuckst Shoals lightship that the had sighted a German tubmarine well astern this mowing." No position w ui given, nor was the direction of the submarine stated. RAISES N J NEW ISM F London. Oct. 13.?The operations of the German submarine boat U-13 off the American count rslse no new Is cues, so far as the British govern? ment Is concern?d, In the opinion of Lord Robert Cecil, minister of war trade, who discussed today with tho Associated Prem the latest develop? ment In the relations between Ore it Britain snd the United States. bgfd Robert declared that this form of warfare on merchantmen vlotuted in? ternational law ss It w ts recognised by Great Britain and the United States In the da? * before the war and still wm objectionable to Great Brit aln but no morn so than when It Sg done on thlt tide of tht water. Referring to reports of mooting* between Sir Richard Crawford, com mercial attache of the British embassy at Washington, aim American bank? ers and business men, liord Roher said no departure In principle hau been made from the British bio kaib meuauree, but II could be safely sah) that the general policy leaned In tin direction of modtth utl?>n rather than an extension of the blacklist. The re? ply to the American blacklist note wth en the way to Washington, he said. MEW OFFICE ON SFA HOARD. Norfolk, Oct. II.?The position of assistant generul manager of the Sea? board Air Line has Just been created tnd R. S. Marsh* II, superintendent ot the Virginia dlvldnn of the system With headquatiers at Richmond, Im. been appointed to thut office, effectlv* October 15. O. R. Carlton, superln tendent of the Ooorgla division ts up pointed auperlntemlent of the Virginia division, and If. B. Grlmshaw succeed* Mr. Cltuu. ..?f.llta HEISE BILLOTS OFFEBEO. ULEAHi: PAPER URGES PARTI - SAN? TO INDEPENDENCY. Frauds uro Charged and Voters Asked to Regard Blense us Actual Nominee In General Election. The Stu e. The Scimitar, a semi-monthly political paper edited by a Blease partisan, W. P. Beard, and published at Abbeville, displays conspicuously a ballot headed "For Governor: Cole I* Blease," and calls upon "the Re? form Democrats" to vote that ticket. The Scimitar says that Mr. Blease himself, bound by tho pledge he took on beccming a candidate, is obliged to abide by the decision of tho ex? ecutive committee, which nominated R. I. Manning, and therefore he will not likely make a statement. "But the voters are not bound by anything but the on h to support the nomi? ne?," The Scimitar says, "and a ma? jority has .he right to say who Is tfie nominee." Folio vlng Is the ballot published by Tho Scimitar, with the caption, "Our Ticket " "For govornor, Cole L. Blease; for lieutenant governor, A J. Bethea; for attorney general, Thomas II. Poeplea; for secretary of State, W. B. Dove; for comptroller general Carlton W. Sawyer; for State treasurer, 8. T. Carter; for adjutant general, W. W. Moore; for superintendent of education, J. E. Swear;r gen; for commissioner of agriculture, commerce and Industries, E J. Watson; for congressman, Third district, Fred H. Donilnick; for solicitor. Eighth circuit, II. S. Black well." The Scimitar appends 0 foot? note: "To those below the mime of Blease this admonition: "Silence Is golden.' and also Take ye no heed for tomorrow, f^r tomorrow ye may die/ " t The Itclmitar carries also a leading editorial article, headed "A State? ment," which it aa follows: ^PS^B^^SSBS??^H^*^^P^I^^^B^,^?WSWen?vrSlSSSJ begun 1o show formidable propor? tions the supporters of Manning at? tempt to play upon the honesty of opponei ts, to head it off. Papers are now saying good things about Blease und his followers that three weeks sgo placd ur all, and Blease aS the lead devil, In the category of thieves, scoundrels, gamblers, blind tigers, led light habitues and other riff-raff of society and thanked God j that 'Sc uth Carolina is redeemed.' And what is all this for? And why do they claim that Mr. Bleaso must announce himself a candidate before ho can be voted for in the general olectlon ? Tnat is not true, we can vote for any man we choose, whether he is a candidate or not. Mr. Bleise as far as we know will muke no statement at all. There Is none th&t he should make. "He entered the primary at tho ur? gent solicitation of the leading He form Democrats all over the State. His pledge as a candidate binds him to abide by the decision of the execu? tive committee. All ho could do wus to offer his evidence of fraud and abide by the result. He did that and ' the committee treated with contempt ?refused to act. If the people also lay down and submit to such treat? ment that is usually accorded to ne? groes, then thero is nothing for Blease to do but submit also. "Tho question is altogether a moral one, and one of Individual conscience. Blease Is bound by his pledge to sub? mit to the findings of the committee, ' and can not?for that reason- offer as ? a candHate before the general elec? tion. But the voters are not bound by anything but the oath to support the nominee, and a majority has the right to say vho is the nominee. "Therefore if you honestly believe, us most of us do, that Please was icounted out and Munnlng fraudulwnt I ' ly nominated, we, the voters, are not I hound by anything, becauHc a broach of the contract by one party releases the other purty to the contract, and It Is oh though It never existed. "Bpoit that basis we call upon the lleform Democrats to vote the ticket I piibllshe'l, and headed by Cols U Blease us the regular nominee of the late Democratic primary. "l*ot time servers and cowards cringe to power, but brave, true men win act .vith courage. Tho Seimltar publishes tbrce letters \vh?ch It says It has received. The signstUTSS are omitted. The first, dated Orangeburg. October |, says that If the Blease convention "results !n a movement to defeat It. 1. Man? ning at ihe general election, you will please remember that I will wnnt enough tftefctH for my club, such us puhMshol In The Sch?llar." Another I letter, dated Dillon, October 2, ready TO HAVE BIBBER WARSHIPS. NOTHING AFLOAT TO EQUAL 38, 000 TON VESSELS CONTEM? PLATED. Navy Department to Open Bids Oc? tober 25?Humored England le Building One or More Battlcsliips ot 40,0 00 Tons. Washington, Oct. 13.?Navy officials anticipate that American battleships, authorized next year will be armed with twelve 16-inch rifles as againgt the eight lG-inch guns of the ?hip? for which bids will be opened October 25. Members of the general board are said to be in favor of radically in? creasing the size of the new battle? ships in order that the 50 per cent ln-l crease in gun power may be attained. To carry twelve lU-inch rifles it has been roughly estimated that the ships I would require a displacement of prob? ably 38,000 tons, as against the 32,000, tonnage of the lour ships to be laid down next year. The first of thC larger ships will not be laid down, in all probability, before 1918. The general board ft.vored four ,16, 000-ton vessels carrying ton 16-lnch guns ouch for tho coming year. The decision of the department to make them 32,000-ton ships with eight guns each, it is said, cun?e of tho dcsire;to hasten construction by reproducing Bhip3 of tho California and Tennessee type, now building tit tho Mare Is? land and New York navy yards, with only such modifications as were necea-, try to arm them .with slxteon-rncli Instead of fourteen-lnch rifles. Rumors have reached the navy de? partment that Great Britain is build? ing one or more battleships which wil} have a 40,000-ton displacement. It ie" believed that if thbi is true, the veei uels aro to carry elghteen-inch mall} batteries, probably mounting ten guns each of that siao. Unless uuch stjipfi have been projected abroad since the. war began there is nothing afloat upder construction which equal here. BURNS PROVE FATAL. Miss Anne Rosette Shclton Dies In Suartanlnirg. Spartanburg, Oct. 13.?Miss Anne Rosette Shelton of Mobile, Ala., the kindergarten teacher of Wesley House school In this city, died Thurs? day afternoon as the result of In? juries sustained from burns which she received September 29. The ac? cident occurred by the overturning of an alcohol lamp. Miss Shelton's clothing caught fire and in a few minutes she was covered In Harnes and before help could reach her she was severly burned. She was im? mediately taken to a hospital and everything possible done to save her life, but sho did not reco\er. Miss Shelton was 24 years of uge and had been at Wesley House three years, where she was in charge of the kin? dergarten department. The body was taken to Mobile for burial. CARRANZA'S DOWNFALL PRE DICTEl). Reports Say He Ha.s Alienated All of Ills Loyal Supporters. Washington, Oct. 13.? Disquieting reports from Mexico reached here to? day from many sources. They Indi? cate that Curratua has alienated practically all of his former loyal sup? porters and his downfall before Jan? uary is predicted. Should this occur another wild-scramble between at least ? dozen leaders for control of ; the government is expected. Agents of the department of justice are watching large quantities of arms gathered at Savannah, it Is believed they sire Intended for use In Mexico. Is follows: "I read your ticket in the Anderson Tribune of September 29 for the November election and you sttnod that you WOUld give them to those wanting some. I want one for myself and if that is the ticket proper for Wt Bleaaeitefl in the general elec? tion, I can get voters to cast at least 500 if not near 1,000 In Dillon county. We will scratch Manning anyway and want every true Bleaselte to scratch him whether we get a chance to vote for Blease or mit. We want the Bleaat Democrats to organise another Democratic party to themselves. I will head the list If allowed. Send ticket! anyway without fail." A third letter, dated Sumter, October <i, says: "I notice In your paper where you will have some State thkets printed for the general election headed by Cole L. Blease for governor. Will you please send me some of them? 1 lope you will have some of them at each precinct in the State." TO DEAL TO CHINESE DIRECT CHARLESTON TO BE VI SITEB OCT. 17 BY FORMER MAYOR ROSE, i OF MILWAUKEE. China's Government Backs Steamship . Line Which Will Call at Charleston ?Talks on Oriental Trade. Washington, Oct. 13.?"There are as many business opportunities in China today as there were in this country 100 years ago," declared for? mer Mayor David S. Rose, of Milwau? kee, who as general counsel of the Chinese-American Product Exchange Company, will visit Charleston next Tuesday, October 17, in company with Dr. Clarence J. Owens, president of the organization. Charleston is to be ?ne of the ports of call for the steam? ship line projected by the company. Mr. Rose, who was for five terms tnaygr of Milwaukee, has recently re 1 turr#:d to the United States, after a 'six months' stay in China, where he became so impressed with the desire of that vast and rapidly awakening na? tion to deal directly with the Unite States that he decided to devote his time entirely to an effort to develop this neglected field. His brother, Robert F. Hose, who Is secretary of the Chinese-American Product Com? pany, was formerly trade adviser of the department of State and resigned In order to throw his energies and Interests into thla work. , It is the confident belief of Mayor Rose and his associates in this effort jto build'up a direct trade with China j that success is sure if we go at the I thing in the way the Chinaman un i.derstands and requires. We must ap? proach him ourselves and not through European or Japenese agents. We must have the ships to carry the goods we desire to sell and to bring back goods which the United States will buy from China. We must eliminate the ' business of exchange through Lon &on or Liverpool and have our own inraneh banks In China to handle, the erisbfish. The Chinese-American Product Ex? change Company is now undertaking to organize a steamship company to build power schooners of 4.F00 tons capactiy to operate between China and the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the United States (through the Pana? ma canal.) It is also proceeding to organizing a string of Chinese-Ameri? can banks at the treaty ports of the Celestial Em?beg pardon, Republic? I with,' the parent bank in Atlanta, Ga. So much is the Chinese government interested that it is guaranteeing that the profits of the steamship company shall be sufficient to pay the interest and sinking fund on its bonds, prom? ising to make up any deficit that ma> accrue. Mayor Rose talked most eloquently and enthusiastically on China while seated in his office at the head of the suie which has for some months been occupied by his company in one of the large otFlee buildings of Wash? ington. His praise of the business character of the Chinaman was un? stinted. "The reason the people of China are so anxious to have direct commercial and industrial dealings with the Uni? ted States," Mr. Rose said, "is that we are the only great nation China does not suspect of having designs or her territory or her independence. The Chinaman knows from experience that the United States is not trying to take advantage of him politically or otherwise. "The return of our portion of the Boxer indemnity exacted of China some years ago by the combination of world Powers which participated ii the expedition to Peking produced a lasting impression to our credit on tho Chinese consciousness. J "Eevery million of the sum return j ed by Uncle Sam will soon come back to him n hundred-fold in business which he will owe to Chinese confi? dence* and good will. They have u great University In China which the\ have built out of this remitted money, and It will stand forever as a inoun ment, more enduring than brass, to 'the generosity of the only great Pow? er thai has been really sympathetic with China and friendly to her people In a national way." As to the industrial backwardness of the Chinese, Mr. Kose cited the fact that the farm laborer gets an average wage of $1 a month. , "There is not a tannery or a shoe factory In the whole Republic," he sa d. "though the Hhoes I have on and they are the most comfortable 1 ever wore, and i have been wearing them practically ever since 1 got them In China- were made from American leather by a Chinese shoemaker, nt a cost to me of $3.60 for the complet? ed product.'' PARKER I?RNS FOR WILSON. DENOUNCES TEDDY IX BITTER TERMS FOR DUPING PRO GRESSIVE PARTY. Urges Voters of Rull Moose Party to Vote for Wilson for President and Support Others on Own Ticket. New York, Oct. 14.?John M. Par? ker, the Progressive vice presidential candidate in his notification speech at the Biltmore Hotel, urged the Pro- \ grsssiveg to support their ticket and Vote for Wilson* for president. He j I bitterly denounced Roosevelt and oth- 1 er leaders whom he charged with duping the Progressive party. QUAKERS HEAR WILSON. Three Thousand Pennsylvania ns Visit Shadow Lawn. i Shadow Lawn, Oct. 14.?Five spe? cial trains brought three thousand Pennsylvanians here today for "Penn? sylvania Day" at the summer White House. In his speech this afternoon I President Wilson is expected to _ re? ply to Hughes' declaration about what he would have done in the Lusitania case. The president's ad? visors believe the middle west is safe since the president's trip to Omaha, and Indiana. - SAYS RAIDS WERE ILLEGAL. British Officiul Makes Charges ou Submarine Raids. London, Oct. 14.?Lord Robert Cecil today declared that German submarine raids off the American coast were illegal. He is the first British official to express this opinion. He stated that the government will take no action until Wilson decides vwhat the United States will do. ROUMANIA IK DANGER. Predicted That Germans Will Overrun ? London, Oct. 14.?The appeal of King Ferdinand and utterances in parliament has aroused much anx? iety over the fate of Roumania where the Teutons continue pounding away on two sides. Official advices today are contradictory. Bucharest claims that the Austro-German advance has been checked at some points, while Berlin claims tho pursuit of the Rou? manians continues. Some correspond? ents predict that Roumania will be overrun in fifteen days. NAMES SPECIAL JUDGE. Manning Appoints Edward Melvcr of Cheraw. Columbia, Oct. 13.?Acting upon the recommendation of the chief jus? tice of the supreme court, Gov. Man? ning yesterday appointed Edward Mclver of Cheraw as special judge to hold the regular term of the court of common pleas for Saluda county, be? ginning December 4 to take the place of Judge Thomas H. Spain, disquali? fied on account of sickness. Tho shoes looked all right, and the interviewer would never have suspect? ed that they had not come from an American factory or shop. "And there is nothing to be said against the looks or the quality of this suit I have on," continued Mr. Rose?and he was quite right, in the opinion of his newspaper guest. "What do you thing the Chinese tail jr charged me? Just $20! The suit Aiuld have cost twice as much .over here " A new Chinese railroad has been financed by American capital, and its construction is about to begin at an estimated ultimate cost of 100,000,? 000. The National City Bank ,of New York, is understood to be among the ?ackers of this enterprise. One of the statements made by for? mer Mayor Rose to illustrate the normous possibilities of Chinese de? velopment was this: "There are not 25 miles of highway it for an automobile to travel on in .he whole of China." Kai Fu Bha, former Chinese mlnls er to the United States, and foreign 'hlneae director of the Chinese-Amer can Product Exchange Company, is preaident Of the only steel foundry in 'hina. Mr. Hose said. It did the people of China untold larm when so many millions of them ?ontracted the opium habit, the trade 0 sustain which was forcibly kept ?live by the British government over he protests of the Chinese. h wouldn't hurt the 100,000,000 ?eople of Chins at all to contract the tabu of chewing American chewing um, and it would help our concerns a let, ^ i K. Foster Murray. | FAVOR AUSTRALIAN r"M. SYSTEM IS ENDORSER I STATE DEMOCRATIC CO J IT TEE, f Morris Bumpkin Win ? it Over Mil? ler in Rich laud <? ty Rare for House of ReprO natives?John Gnfy Evans Ele ?? Chairman of Committee ? < *j well Succeeds Sparks as Nati' Elector. Columbia, Oc i.?The State Dem? ocratic executive committee was in ses? sion for several hours in the library at the State house yesterday after? noon and last night. The action of the Richland county committee in de? claring M. C. Lumpkin to be tho nominee for the house over J. T. Mil? ler was sustained by the committee. The action of the Dillon county com? mittee in declaring S. V. Lane to be the nominee for sheriff over A. M. Bethea wan sustained. W. R. Richey, Jr., of Laurens in? troduced the following resolution which was unanimously adopted by the committee. 'That in view pf the numerous al j leged charges and evidences of fraud in the present system of primary voting and in order that this com? mittee may not be burdened with examining or ferreting the.-e matters out, which is a great expense and trouble to the committee, that the cnairman appoint at his pleasure a subcommittee of five to consider the matter of further safeguarding the primary with the end in view of adopting the Australian system of balloting, provided that such action will not proh.bit any white male 21 years of a$;c from voting whether he can read and write or not." On motion of B. W. Crouch of Sa luda, John Gary Evans, State chair ' man, was elected chairman and a member of the special committee to te named to draw up recommenda? tions looking to the adoption of the Australian ballot system for all elec t ons in South Carolina. ratio presidential eli|9?rPWN| Seventh congressional district anA W. F. Caldwell of Columbia was elected in his place. The committee appropriated $500 to the Wilson campaign fund, which brings the total contribution up to $750, $250 having been given at a session several weeks ago. The committee met yesterday at noon. A quorum wras not present and ' it was decided to adjourn until 2.30 o'clock. THROWS OUT WIX?ATE CASE. Solicitor Henry Nol Prosses Charles? ton Indictment After Acquittal of Henry Brown. Charleston, Oct. 12.?Solicitor Henry today nol prossed the case against W. E. Wingate, charged with assault and battery on Henry Brown with intent to kill, and carrying con? cealed weapons, this action follow? ing the acquittal of Brown on the llrat count yesterday, the facto in I the two cases being identical, and [ the second count against Wingate being thrown out as Wingate, the solicitor held, had a right as an offl ! cer to carry a pistol. There will be no more clction cases tried until next week, as Judge Rice will be In Co? lumbia tomorrow and Saturday. FORCED TROOPS TO WITHDRAW. Berlin Reports Two Million of Allies Forces Shattered. Berlin, Oct. 14.?One million, eight hundred thousand troops in ninety divisions, had to be withdrawn from the Somme front by the allies be ecause they were shattered by the Iflsmillai. according to the Overseas News agency. The statement declares that the allies paid an unprecedented price for the ground gained. ? BANDITS ON iHOW DID STREITTS. Roh Cashier or $:{.800 and Escape it) Auto. Chicago, Oct. 14.?Three "payroll bandits'* robbed B. I. Lipsch of $3,800 on crowded Wabash Avenue at noon. They escaped n a limousine. THE ANNl'AL STATE BALL. At Jefferson Hotel Thursday Night of Fair Week. Columbia, ?>ct. 13.?The annual State ball will he danced on Thursday night of fair >\eek In the hall room of the Jefferson hotel. The lall marks the culmination of the many social functions which feature the annual State Fair and already that event is being looked forward to with a grsat deal of interest.