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Oooaolidatod Au*. 2,1861. 8UMTER, 8. C WED: , NOVEMBER 1. 1916. Vol.XLIII. No. 22. mm tun mm. SOUTHERN WATCH EVKRY FORD, BK1DGK A!fO TRAIL IN DISTRICT. Troop of JUgbt Dragoons H. M., on Patrol Authorities Be? hau* fwtoatlon tn fatter Thon et Any VI Pane, Texan, Oct. IT.?Every feet, artige eent trail elong the Inter? nen?nl border In thee petrol district te being guarded by additional United seat** troop* la eorapllance with Sec? retary Baker's warning to border oetataandero to be prepared for an? other Mexican bendlt raid on the Fourth Ohio Infantry wet tent te the herder petrol station east of VI Pees today and .will guard the ford et YStatta Fa baa. Fart Hancock and flea ?IlseerIo. Troop A of the First South Carolina cavalry (the Chart n teti light Dragoons) has been order* ed lo Ana tea, N. M, seven miles west et here, end Infantry guards have stationed at the bridges at Taxas, Caautillo, Texas, and at ether erosetegs north of El Pen?. Ii wee announced today tht?t these precautionary measures were hersg taken la compliance with the oser iQxry's orders, although the bor aer Ig safer now from bandit attacks than at any time since Villa started lew banditry, it was said. ?tfhg Second infantry, Georgia Na afJsmal Quard. arrived hern today to eeftto Ms border service, Tht Fifth iniantry. Oeorgia National Guard. Is enpscted to arrive (onight The ahghth Infantry. Massachusetts Watt anal Guard. Is expected to loevo ttoniaiew for home and will be fol hy the Ninth infantry from the IS NEXT 8TJGP, m% Opt. IT/? Secretary for WirsjdagterM Ohio, to* knowledge that an en the border or on American hi Met loo was being planned' of the administration's aelley toward Mexico. It wee learned, however, that the suspicion wee aroused hero some days ago and that reports of an alleged conspiracy appearing In certain American newspapers wore transmit? ted te the border for investigation. J Pugg set ions that the statement was ge worded as to virtue * charge American political opponent of the administration with conspi'lng with the bandits caused both Secretary Baker snd Secretary Lansing to re Iterate the letter's statement of last night that thsro was no Intention to do such a thing. Both said it was Im possible to conceive that any Amer? ican could bo Involved In such an en tgoUfsts and that Mexicans now In the United 8tatee were responsible for plot The arrest of some Individual ac? ut complicity In ths plot It was probably would be tbo pub? lic's aext Information on the t ubject. High army officiate have no doubt of ths complete security of Amerlcsn forces In Mexico. Oen. Persblng has nearly 12.000 men. It is understood. There hi every Indication that attack? ers would be pursued whether the raid was directed sgalnst the troops la Mexico or a border town. The state department received word today that the situation at Chihuahua City had been relieved by the arrival ef Carransa reinforcements from the south. Confirmation also camo of Oen. Trevlne's denlsl that he was short of ammunition. Reports from Mexico City say quiet has prevailed there and the departure Of Gen. Carransa for Queretaro has not been officially reported sa yet. al? though press dispatches have stated that he left several days ago. TRY TO BURN STORES. Ban Antonio, Texas, Oct. 27.?Who* Is believed by some army officials to have been an attempt to destroy 30 ear loads of supplies awaiting ship? ment from Juares for use of the American expeditionary force in Mexico resulted In the burning of four cars of scrap Iron In the rnllroad yards at Juares last night. Thn sup? plies of Gen. Pershlns'n corr. mand wars not damaged. Gen. Bell, com? manding at Rl Paso, reported on the Incident in a message to Southern de? partment headquarters today. o.-n Bell also transmitted the In? formation that Vllltstus are reported to be moving to rut the rallron 1 line attending southwsrd from Chihuahua TEACBEBS OECIDE OH COLUMBIA TWO THOUSAND EXPECTED FOR MARCH MEETING. Executive Committee of State Asso? ciation Hoe Plane for Greet Con? vention?No Date Selected. Columbia, Oct. 28.?Columbia was I selected yesterday as the next conven? tion city of the State Teachers' asso? ciation. The executive committee meeting at the Jerome hotel, accept? ed an invitation extended by E. 8. Dreher, superintendent of the public schools, on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce and the educational Insti? tutions of the city. 'Two thousand for the Columbia meeting" is the slogan that has been adopted. Last year when the conven? tion was held here, there were 1,500 teachers in attendance. Educators of national reputation will be on the programme. Thin Is a feature which will be emphasized I at this convention. The date for the convention wiis not set by the executive committee last night but It will be some time in March. Those present last night were: William C. Bynum, Georgetown, pres? ident; R. C. Burts, Rock Hill, recre tary; W. P. Black, Lexington, treas? urer, and W. W. Nickels, Greenwood, member of executive committee. REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN FUND. Hughes Manager Acknowledges the Receipt of 11,007,000. New York. Oct. 18.?Contributions to the Republican campaign fund to? tal one million, six hundred and six? ty-seven thousand dollars. It was an? nounced today. The Democrats had previously announced that their con? tributions total one million and six I thousand. Over twenty-two thousand persons have contributed to the Re? publican fund. 1 ' ?TU?** N?w tt+lt, OeV The Internat? ional News Berries Is today receiving congratulations on another big bent In first reporting the navel battle In the English channel. The International was thirty minutes to an hour ahead of all competitor! In giving the story to the American papers. to Seltlllo. A report that such a plan was contemplated by Villa was for? warded to headquarters earlier In the day by Gen. Pershlng. TO PROVIDE QUARTERS. San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 27.?More than $1,000,000 has been msde aavll abls by the war department for ex? penditure in providing winter quar? ters for troops stationed on the bor? der. Southern department headquar? ters was advised to this effect today and ordered to proceed with the work at once. Cantonments are to be erected for trops of the regular army engaged in border duty end provision has been mads for framing and flooring the tents of National Guard troops. In authorising this expenditure the war department acted on recommen? dations submitted by Gen. Funston. The expenditure provided for by the appropriation, aggregating $1,140,200, Is as follows: Cantonments for regu? lar troops, $670,000; framing and flooring tents for militia, $246,550; barracks and quarters, $62,450; en? closing mess shelters for militia and regulars, $123,600; hot water bathing facilities for regulars and mllltU. $57,500. CARRANZA FOR PRESIDENT. Mexico City. Oct. 27.?Gen. Car ranza formally announced his candi? dacy for the presidency today in re? sponse to a manifesto of the new constitutionalist-liberal party, which offered him its loyalty and support. Gen. Carranza said that if the peo? ple made him president he would obey and eause to be obeyed the laws under the constitution. Oen. Gonzales and Gen. Ohregon took the oath of loyalty to Gen. Car ransa. Gen. Gonzales said the acceptance of Gen. Carranza marked the neces? sary return to constitutional order which wuh the national aspiration. Oen. Ohrcgon asMiired Gen. Carranza that he and all tbe men who had ac? companied hlrn through the revolu? tion would serVi loyally after the election. Gen. Kudardo Hay, president of the constitutionalist party made | formal speech In which he offered the party's support to Con. Car I UdS?dk?^ ? ^ m A ?asSt A..A 1 '< ?I UNKNOWN NEGROES IN? PAUL KEHR, TEN. Negro PliyHleian Owning Machine slats In Search for Missing Drtvci Columbia, Oct. 28.?A Ford tool car, driven at reckless speed, sti and badly injured Paul Kerr, 10 old son of Lee Kerr, near his home College Place about 4:30 o'clock terday afternoon. Then the, which contained two negroes, about 300 yards, and in attemptlni turn a corner without reducing turned three somersaults and completely wrecked. Hardly a wl piece of the car was left, even spark plugs being strewn about roadway, and the fact that th groes escaped with their lives 10 ing short of a miracle. However, did escape and up to a late hour night had not been captured. Young Kerr was taken to the tist hospital Immediately after' accident and the attending sui said last night that the injuries probably no prove serious. ? Paul was playing on the street several other children when the car coming. A little dog belei to one of the children started the road and Paul reached out to it when he was struck. Tht" groes, thinking perhaps they*1 killed the boy, kept on at the.; speed until the car was wreck< Considerable excitement was ed when a report was receP Sheriff McCain's office to the that two negroes had killed a College Place and escaped. Sheriff Heise and Chiof of Richardson went to the bloodhounds and although j searched the surrounding col they found no trace of the negrjj The car belongs to E. A. Hui a negro physician of Columbia*] it is said that his chauffer waij Ing It at the time of the accidc?| sssiaung^gj PUGH ELECTED PRESIDENT. Unanimously Chosen Head of Colum? bia College. Columbia, Oct. 27.?Griffith T. Pugh was unanimously elected presi? dent of1 Columbia college yesterday, at a meeting of the trustees held ?in the office of F. H. Hyatt, Columbia. Dr. Pugh has been acting president since the resignation last June of the Rew. W. W. Daniel, now pastor of the Methodist church at Latta. Connect? ed with the college for ^1 years, Dr. Pugh Is intimately associated with the institution and the school has thriven under his management. The school is under the direction of thl two Methodist conferences in South Carolina. DRIVE POLICEMEN FROM CARS. Strike Violence in Key West Causes Company to Call Off Its Service. Key West, Fla., Oct. 27.?The street car strike which has been on here for three weeks took a very serious turn today, when crowds of strikers and sympathisers attacked policemen rid? ing on tho cars to preserve order and compelled them to desert their pbu*. The street car company then called in all the cars. The strikers today threatened to call upon all of the workers in the cigar factories, several thousand in number, to walk out Monday unless the business houses cut out electric lighting. The same company which operates the street cars also furnishes commercial lighting power. The strike had its origin in the in? stallment of pay-as-you-enter cars, the company cutting off one man of the car crew. Then when a settle? ment seemed about to be accomplish? ed the men refused to go back to work, it was said, because the com? pany would not discharge the few men who had refused to strike. GERMANS CLAIM BIG VICTORY. Say They Sank Fifteen English Ships in Channel Raid. Amsterdam, Oct. 28.?Fifteen allied ships, including three British de? stroyers WSft sunk tn the German raid on the English channel and five others, in,-hiding two destroyers, were damaged, it was stated in a dispatch from Berlin today. The German ad? miralty reiterated the assertion, the dispatch states, that all German de? stroyers have returned t?? their base. Mr. Irving A. Battenberg left Fri? day morning for nn extensive trip through Florida in the interest of l>Ulo Text tiro Brick. HE STATE rllB ENDS. WEEK'S ATTENDANCE LARGEST IN FORTY-EIGHT YEARS. Winthrop Girls Attended?-Automo? bile Races and Football Divert Visi? tors Remaining for Last Day's Events, Columbia, Oct. 28.?"Goodbye," [they've said, but not "farewell." For | all hope to be back for the i iter fair and Harvest Jubilee next r? The 1916 festival has gone into his ftevy, the place where all fairs, good lOr bud, eventually go, but it enters this abiding place with the satisfac? tion of knowing that it outdid all its le ancestors and set a new high ?k for those fairs that are to come '/The weeks' attendance was the best recorded. The last day was a off by comparison with 1915 but Increase on other days more than le up for this small deficiency iterday. The crowd lingered long, last night the streets were still in ila mood, and there were plenty mcry makers to join in the last of the great /big week, striking evidence of the volume visitors that pourod into Columbia all sections of the State is that Columbia street cars handled 44, passengers Thursday, and the Hey line was only one of the ways getting to and from the fair Kinds. About 1,800 motor cars parksd about the grounds at Thursday. Inthrop was yesterday's feature The student body arrived It 10 o'clock on a special train, were greeted by Gov. Manning sock hands with each member to party. The return trip was at 6:46 o'clock yesterday af >n. D. B. Johnson, president of Institution, was personally In re. mile raees in the sfternoon [hundreds of speed fs-ns and of visitors attended the foot beyVsen thej^ojls^ \ the Carolina end the CTemsol men, which Carolina wen, ?7 to 13. The free acts again attracted large crowds snd made favorable Impres? sions, and last night the farewell open air dance was given on Taylor sreet. The second performance of 'the Pain's fireworks display was given last-night on the fair grounds; the automobile races were held In the af? ternoon. At 11 o'clock the shows closed the doors and the State fair Was at an end. Almost simultaneous? ly the band played "Home Sweet Home" at the dance and the Harvest Jubilee was lover. From every standpoint the com? bined celebration?the 48th fair and the second Harvest Jubilee? was a success. SUMTE R CADETS AT STATE FAIR. I Two Military Units in Uniform Go to Fair From High School. Two military units from the Sum ter high school were brought to -Co? lumbia yesterday for the State fair by Superintendent Edmunds and Com? mandant Long. More than 80 boys were In the groups. Their blue coats and caps with white trousers were conspicuous in the crowd at the Car ollna-Clemson game.?The State. ALMOST GOT KAISER. Allied Aviator Dropped Bomb on Em? peror's Train. Paris, Oct. 28.?A Zurich dispatch reports that an allied aviator dropped a bomb on the train on which the kaiser was riding, killing the engi? neer. District Clirltsian Endeavor Officers. The officers elected for the Sumter District Christian Endeavor Society at the recent meeting in Manning are: Miss Claudia Frascr, of Sumter, pres? ident; John . Dinkins, of Manning, vice president; Miss Lena Bradley, of Bishops-iHe, secretary-treasurer. H. Kemper Covington announces that he is going to move In a few days to Sumter, where he will farm on a plantation owned by Mrs. Cov? ington. He will leave his sons in charge of his line plantation three miles east of Bennettsville. Mr. Covington is one of Marlboro's most prominent oltisoni and progressive farmers, and his many friends will regret his departure from this coun? ty, which. It Is hoped, will only he temporary.?Pee Dee Advocate. O. W. Livingston of Norfolk. Vn.. rnnd Miss Catherine cross of Hich tniond, Va., were married In his office (Friday aftsrnon shout 4 o'clock by cierk of Court II. l. Scarborough* DEMOCRATIC VOTERS Hie. JOHN OAKY EVANS CALLS ON THEM TO SUPPORT NOMI? NEES OF PARTY. Reminds Them of Rumors That "Bleose" Tickets Are Being Sent Out?Wilson Has Done More for South Than Any Other President, He Says, and Should be Given Solid Support of All Democrats. To the Democrats of South Carolina: My attention has been called to the fact that tickets for the general elec? tion are being distributed to voters in the counties with the name of Cole L. Blouse printed thereon in place of R. I. Manning, the regular nominee for governor of the Democratic party of this State. In a speech before a con? vention of his friends in Columbia on October 24, the defeated candidate in the primary stated that neither he nor his friends were bound by the result of the late primary election in which he was a candidate. This man filed a pledge to support nomnieea, { State and national, of ttie Democratic party and when he voted tok an oath tc abide the result of the primary election and to support the nominees thereof. When the State committee met to tabulate returns and declare the result not a protest or contest written or verbal was made on behalf of any candidate. This flimsy pretense of fraud with? out offering evidence thereof to the committee or to the courts of the State is simply an excuse to make a cowardly and covert attack on the reg? ular nominees of the party. These ballots that are being distributed will be voted by some or they would not be handled in the various counties of the State. There are between 12,000 and 15,000 negroes registered. Un? less the believers in a white man's government go to the polls and vote the reguhtr ticket on election day there is danger of its defeat or at least humiliation. I deem it ray duty as State chairman of the Democratic party to sound this note of alarm and not to be caught sleeping on g?aed while these enemies of our clvlliza^" tlon are assassinating the nominees of the party. Our people have trusted white men to be true so long that they are hard to make believe that one could vio? late his sacred pledge or oath, but it is frankly admitted by some that they intend doing it and we must meet It like men. If candidates before the primary and voters thereat bound by a solemn oath to support the nominees can violate their oaths because they believe that improper means have been employed without resorting to the party machinery or the State courts to correct the supposed wrongs then every man is his own judge and Jury and his only restraint is his own conscience. Can we afford to coun? tenance such conduct as this? If so our primary laws are not worth pa? per they are written upon and tho safeguards of white supremacy are mere shadows. Not only is our State ticket menaced but there are three sets of presidential electors In the field and the defeated candidate openly states that he will not assist in electing Woodrow Wilson, the Demo? cratic nominee for president. Could a more open bolter be wanted than this? Our nominees for State offices are all good and true white men with hcnorable records. Our nominee for president has done more for the coun? try at large and the South In particu? lar than any president since the War Between the States. Their characters are unimpt ached. Rally then to their [ support. Don't go to sleep while the i perjurer votes. Be vigilant and see that every vote is cast and counted, this is your only safeguard. JOHN GARY EVANS, South Carolina Chairman, Democratic Party. Spartanburg. SUNK WITHOUT WARNING. British Freighter Submarined Off Irish Const. London, Oct. 30.?The British steamer Marina, fifty-two hundred tons, has been sunk off the Irish coast by a German submarine. It is report? ed that Americans were aboard. Only thirty-four of the crew of one hun? dred and four have been landed. The survivors declare the vessel was not warned. Sydney, New South Wales. Oct. 30. ?Defeat of conscription in the refer? endum election in Australia today was attributed to the women vote. I>espite an appeal to the Women Issued by the premier the vote against conscrip? tion was overwhelming. YON HINDENBuT .ONFtDEMT. GERMAN CHIEF STAFF SA18 ONLY TEUT f ARE OPTI / IC. J! ? Houmania I' C into (Jerman Hands by Enter *T ae War and Destruc? tion is 0 a in?France Fighting stub bo *? out Cannot Last?Eng? land ' tf' < o Great Strategist and Is Doo^ Berlin, Oct. 30.?In the first com? prehensive interview given out since he was made chief of staff Gen. Von Hindenberg, today declared that he welcomed Boumania's entry into the war and declared the day of reckon? ing for that country is fast approach? ing. He reviewed the general situa? tion and stated that only the Teutons had cause for optimism. He said the French were showing great tenacity, but their tremendous losses will soon deplete their army and France will speedily meet her fate. He accused the British of having caused the French predicament. He said Eng? land's army was handicapped by the kick of a great strategist. A JUMBLE OF LIES. Breckenrtdge Denounces the Cam? paign Lie Circulated by Senator Lodge. Asbury Park, X. J., Oct. SO.? Former Assists nt Secretary of War Breckenrtdge today declared the story that he had said President Wilson tried to affix a nullifying postscript to the Lusitania note was a "jumble of false statements." A CHANGE IN CENSORS. Lients. Clark and Keep Were Not Re? moved at Request of Foreign Gov? ernment. ^Washington, Oct. 30.?Acting Sec? retary of the Navy Benson today de? nied statements that the removal ft and Sias Consett quest of a foreign govei ^ntajtor^ofrtne^^ own mitiatTve Lieut. Stuart suoeods Clark and Lieut. James Clark now on the cruiser Columbia suceeds Keep. VIRGINIA DRY BEFORE TIME. Prohibition Rules for AU Practical Purposes With Almost All Saloons Closed. Richmond, Oct. 29.?For sll prac? tical purposes Virginia will be "dry" before tomorrow night although the State does not legally enter the re.nka of prohibition commonwealths until midnight. Tuesday. Many saloons closed their doors permanently Satur? day night. State and municipal authorities are planning for a strict observance of the law, which Is believed to be vir? tually court proof. The legislature has passed a measure making authori? ties liable to ouster proceedings if It Is not enforced. Under the new law one quart of whiskey, one gallon of wine or three gallons of beer may be brought into that State each month by any man over 21 years old who is not of in? temperate ha bit s or a student, or by a woman if she is the head of a family. No malt liquor may be sold, even If It shows no percentage of alcohol. The only alcohol permitted in beverages is in cider up to 1 per cent. HEARING ON RATE SITUATION. Fire Insurance Men to Confer With Manning?Discuss Remedial Legis? lation. Columbia, Oct. 30.?It is very prob? able that the Are insurance agents of South Carolina will this week lay their plans for the settlement of the tire Insurance trouble before Gov. Manning. The date tor the hearing has not been announced. The agents met in Columbia recently and adopt? ed resolutions, containing recom? mendations looking to remedial legis? lation. The suggestions have been indorsed by F. H. McMaster. insur? ance commissioner. DESERTERS JOIN VILLA. < arran/a Soldiers nock to Villa Mandant Near Juarez. El Paso, Oct. 30.?More desertions from the Carranza forces to Villa are reported today as Villa marches upon .limine/, and Penal, following his un? opposed occupation of Santn Rosalie. Officials at Juarez stated today that Gen. Trevlno has sent out a strong: force from Chihuahua to attack Vil? la's army.