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3U& HUMTILM *%A1CLLUA>V l^Lu'ulUiieO April, 1IK?. Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. "Ok iu*> ttiMl I'dur uot?Lei all tile ends TiS Auoa'i at be Uly Uu Uli try's. Hi; (iud'a uul Xrmtk's.' CUM 1KL fc. SOI/fHBUN, keu?t>K?.it.j Jua* 1 iM SUMTER, S. C, SAT?DAY, DECEMBER 30, 1916. VoLXLIII. No. 39. 10 ESTABLISH Mg SOON. KAUM LOAN INSTITUTION TO HE PUT IN OPERATION AT CO? LUMBIA WITHIN SIXTY BAYS. Effort* of Capital City, SupiMtrtctl by Sister eitle? ol State, Iluve Result? ed la Success?District Has Colum? bia Vwir its Center?Conditions on on Which Loans Will be Made to larroer*. Washington, l>ec. 27.?Tho farm loan loa id today designated twelve cities where Farm Loan I-unks will be located. Thoy aro: Springfield, Mass.; Baltimore, Columbia, S. C; Louisville, St. Louis, Omn.ua, Wichita. Houston, Berkley, Spokano, New Or? leans, St. Paul. Columbia district covers North Car? olina, South Carolina, Gebrgia and Florida. The New Orleans dhjtrlct Includes Alabama and tho Ixnitsvllle district includes Tennessee Washington, Dee. 27.?TV* days later than the prescribed time for re? ceiving Christmas presents, but prob? ably none the less appreciated for this slight delay Columbia th s morning was given o.ie of tho farm loan banks by William Q. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, and the members of the farm loan baard after one of the most Interesting and exciting^ contests with ISO other cities throughout the coun? try. Columbia did not win the tight for the bank without effort. It got Into th* game when, months ago, It was practically certain that there would be a farm loan bank n the near future. Following initial efforts made at that time, It kept on fighting and when about three weeks ago, it was stated that it might lose the bank, instead of sulking its business men took hold of the situation with re i newed effort, tho result tclng the .presentation of the bank tlvls morn? ing, at Columbia has won the tight i eonxpetitidn with such cities as raffksonrill. activity .?f the capital :lty. Had He cltlsens failed to keep up thclf light, especially when it looked as if they were whipped, Columbia would have lost, ins'ead of winning a mag? nificent victory. The 12 cities in which arc to be lo? cated the federal farm loan banks were announced 'today by the farm 1?an board, and It is expected that within 6') days the new system will te In operation, ready to make the loans for which applications already are pouring in from every section of the country. The banks will be set up In Spring? field, Mass., Baltimore. Md., Columbia, New Orleans, La., Houston, Texas, St. Louis Mo., Louisville, Ky., St. Paul. Minn., Omaha, Neb.. Wichita Kan . Spokane, Wash., and Berkeley, Cal. Tho 12 district* Into which the country 1? dialdod were announced by th* farm loan hoard today as follows: Dt-ttrlrt No 1. Maine, New Hamp? shire, Vermobt. Massachusetts, Rhode Isl ind. Connecticut, New York and New JerFey; district No. 2 Pennsyl? vania, Delaware, Maryland, Wrg'mla, Wrst Virginia and the District of Co? lumbia; district No. :!. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida: district No. 4. Indiana, Kentud v and Tennessee, district No. D, Alabama, Mississippi an 1 l^oulsiana; district No. f, flllnols, Missouri and Ark iiisus; district No. ". Mohican, Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota: dis trlc No. I, Iowa. Nebraska. South Dakota and Wyoming; district No. 1?, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado am N'ew Mexico; district No. 10, Texus; dis? trict No. 11. California. Nevada and Arlsena; district No. 12. Washington, Oregon. Montana nnd Idaho. "In determining the federal land bank district ami in designating the eitle?-* within s ich districts where fed erul land banks shall bi located, ' Uli official nnnouiK ? in( nt says, "the fed* eral farm loan boaid has glean OS re? fill senssderstl >n to the farm loan needs of UM country. Tho hoard held pu du hearing m nearly every Pints In the union and In this manner ml. lecteel Information of great \alue in determining Its decision, "K <'\ renaenaMi opportunity has been ?fforded to applicant cities to furniflh evidence to support their clnlm as locations of fed* il Hind imnks. Mete than T'> rttlss applied to e* deeMrlnated as the headquarter* g| a binh ? ad ? are heard Ihre i representative ennunlttee ???>d indi? vidual*." Th?? seeks will bs setabllatied as soon as aenettreble, Each will hovi a e? p'*'H of $7"?'?.. Application fei loans hj?\e been pouring Into lb hoard In 1 Olums recently and it Is estimated that a sum more than 20 times In excess of the combined *n? an on mm day. WlUUll DAXIFI.S KILLFD BY BHOTILEK IX FLOIttiXCK COVNTY. Anderson Daniels Fires I'atal Shots After Being Struck With Revolver in Brother's Hands. Florence, Dec. 16.? Wilbur Daniels was shot and killed by bis brother Anderson Daniels, at Hannah in the lower part of Florence county Sun? day afternoon a few hours after the former had married MlM Vera Gas kins, daughter of. John Gaskins, a well known farmer of that section. The marriage in the afternoon was the cause of the tragedy it fecems for Anderson Daniels is understood to have advised his brother against the I step. The marriage was solemnized I Sunday afternoon and Wilbur Daniels carried his bride to the homo of his brother where he lived with another hrother. It is said that Wilbur Daniels took exception to the^ failure of his brother and his wife to welcome Ins wife and going to his brother Ander? son':; room proposed to settle thO matter with him and struck him with a pistol. Another brother carried Wilbur away to the homo of his fath? er-in-law not far distant but as ha nearcd the house he is said to have returned to his brother's home. As he came up the steps the fatal shoi was tired. Wilbur Daniels died Mon? day morning. The coroner's jury exonerated An? derson Daniels and he has been granted ball and formally released. 1 The Daniels brothers were sons of the late W. T. Daniels. Wilbu Daniels and a younge^ brother lived with Anderson Daniels, at tho oi l Daniels homestead. ital stock could be used in making loans. Almost the first work of the banks after approving and Issuing loans, will k^j^Jjjji^ denominations as small as $25, it is expected, and will bear interest at a rato 1 per cent, less than the in? terest rate charged farmers on their loans. What this interest rato will bo has not been definitely determined. It Is limited by law to a maximum of 8 per cent. The expectation is that it will not exceed 5 1-2 per cent, at first and subsequently may he low? ered. Ix>ans on farming land are limitel to 50 per cent, of the value of the land and may be payable in from five to 4 0 years. As fast as loans arc made, bonds will be issued to cover them so that at no time, under the present plan, will a bank's entire capital be tied up in loans to the detriment of j other applicants. One of the chief tasks now confronting the board is to find experienced employes for the new bunks. Moro than 6,060 appli? cations for positions have been re? ceived. The appointments will be ex? empt from civil scrvico regulations, but tho board intends to assemble a corps of men experienced in banking. The head of each bank will be des? ignated as the registrar. They prob? ably will be residents of the districts involved and preferably attorney*. Stock subscription books of the hanks will be opened within the next ten days, probably about Janu? ary 2, to remain open for 30 days. It is expected, however, that the gov? ernment will have to supply most ol the $6,666,666 capital, under thatSOC^ tion of the law which empowers the secretary of the treasury to make no I the unsubscribed stock. Temporary directors, five to each bank, win i?e appointed) probably within thetkiest three weeks, by th ? board, As soon as the banks have been organ toed and borrowers have subscribed to 6100,600 of the stocK of each bank, the temporary directors will surrender their authority to fbonrds of nine directors each, six I i whom win i>c chosen by the farmer borrowers and three by the farm loan board, The permanent t!lrector?i will serve three years and rec< ive per fll >in compensation, as in the case of f?d? eral reserve bank directors, Fach borrower must subscribe to sto< k In the bank from which lie bor? rows to the extent of per cent of his loan and the original subscribers to the capital stock are required t? surrender their holdings as th<y mny I**) needed to meet the situation, In designating locations ror the banks the board w:is guided chletly by tho needs of rural sections. This bus resulted In placing only two of tiu> || banks In New Rnulnnd and Middle Atlantic States, the chief cen? tres et population, Three go t<? the South, u\c to the farming States of LOLE FAMILY HERB MOTHER AM) FATHER SI SON FOVXI) MORTALS WOUNDED STILL HOLDING BABY. Robbery Supposed to Have Rcei thro <>i* Tragedy?One Son Esca] Negroes Arrceted? Minden, La., Dec. 2f>.?After a day search through isolated sec of Webster parish, members posse formed this morning to se for tho murderers of John Reeves, his wife and young child, night arrived here With three h i.\ manacled negroes. The pris?! were placed in separate cells in: parish jail here and a special a guard of deputies was stationed the building to prevent threa mob violence. Possemen ana no questions and no one was al to approach within 100 yards jail. First reports of tho tragedy received early today at a farm, near the Reeves home. A seven old 1 oy partly dressed rushed in farm house at dawn and said:, of tho Reeves family are kt Qther neighbors were summone when tho party entered the I home they found Reeves dead ifi his head crushed and deep w apparently inflicted with on axeV t ring his body. Lying befo fireplace in another room w eleven-year-old boy, unconsciou skull fractured and his legs and slashed. Still clutched in the, of the older boy was his ft months-old brother badly cO bruised. In a third room, w in'tt blood-soaked blanket, v livc-ycar-old boy. He also w and bruised. Neatly arranged on ^t' pine table were tho slmpl presents "which, hefore parents evidently had surprise the children hi?; Chi retlrh Plat ?e Aft* ting the; hole in her head and her body hor? ribly mutilated. The three wounded children wete taken to a hospital in Shreveport, the eldest dying shortly after his arrival there. Reports received hero from Shreveport tonight were that the two other children had little ehanoe for recoycry. Th :seven-year-old boy, tho only one In the house to escape, was sleep Ing in the loft and arose to light the tire at dawn when he made the dis? covery that sent him running to the nearest house. MEXICAN SITUATION ACVTE. American Pence Commission Called to Meet?To Confer With Wilson us to Action. Washington; Dec. 27.?The Mexican .situation is becoming acute and a ! meeting of the; American peace com ' missioners is called for this week. They may confer with Wilson. KI Paso, Dec. 27.?Dashing up and ? own the railroads with old time vigor, Villa is hurriedly. massing his forces for a supreme effort to over? throw Carransa, The bandit forces are reported ready to attack both Chihuahua and Monterey, while Cs - ranis is rushing reinforcements t both places, Many Carransa troops are reported to be deserting to the Villa ranks. Bristol, Tonn., Dec. 27.?The gov Srnment today seized the wholesale I house of Gouge and Company, dis? tillers, to satisfy the claims for $101,000 revenue. the Middle West and West, and two to the Pacific coast. < ?f interest to Bouth Carolina will be the selection of officials of the Columbia hank, the provision of the law being as follows: "Each federal land haul; shall bp temporarily managed by live directors appointed by the federal farm lo.?'. bourd. Said directors shall be citi sens of the United states ami resi? dents of tho district. They shall each give a surety bond the premium of which shall be paid from the funds of the bank. They shall receive such compensation as the federal farm loan board shall fix. "They shall choose from their number, >y majority vote, a president and vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. They are further authoris? ed and im powered to employ such attorneys, experts, assistants, clerks laborers and other employes as they may deem necessary and t<? fix their compensation subject to the approval ol the federal farm loon hoard." KT RAISE MORE MONEY. DEMOCRATS 1'IXI) EXPENSES GREATER THAN PRESENT INCOME. issuance of Panama Canal Boitda and Increased Taxes on Liquor and Tobacco Among Plans Included in Contemplated Scheme for Meeting Big Deficit. Washington, Dec. 20.?Issuance of $125,000,000 of Panama canal bonds, increased income and estate taxes, ad? ditional taxes on whiskey, beer, cigar? ettes and bottled waters and higher tariff duties on coffee and tea are pro? posed in a programme to be consider? ed by the house ways and means com? mittee when it begins framing revenue legislation to meet the prospective def? icit of $a70,000,000 at the end of the next fiscal year The committee will undertake its task soon after congress reconvenes next week. Members in direct charge of drafting the legsilation already have conferred with Secretary Mc Adoo and other administration offi? cials and the problem has been given serious attention by President Wil? son. There are intimations that the president may decide to address con? gress soon to outline how he thinks the necessary money could be raised. The president is understood to op? pose bond issues except for extra? ordinary emergencies. To square with :his view Democratic loaders in the house propose' to put the issue of Panama canal bonds directly upon the military expenditures on account of Mexico. Speaker Clark behoves that an ex? tra session will be necessary to consid? er revenue measures unless it is pos? sible to meet the deficit by a bond issue and income tax increases. Other Democrats hope, however, that the problem can be solved by pressing through at tho short session a com? plete programme, including an omni? bus revenue bill In addition to pro? vision for the bond issue and in tax. I v lOIVll IUI LUC LFOIIU J ed are $1.25 instead of $1.10 per gallon on whiskey; $2 instead of $1.30 per barrel on beer and sufficient in? crease on cigarettes to bring in from $15,000,000 to $1S,000,00. ROBT. G?NZ ALKS' FUNERAL. Body Laid to Uost With Military Hon? ors. Columbia, Dec. 2G.?All that is mortal of Robert Elliott Gonzales rests in Elmwood Cemetery, the grave hidden beneath a mound of flowers placed by loving hands. He sleeps beside his uncle, the lamented N. G. Gonzales, and a little sister. The funeral services took place this morning at 11 o'clock iX Trinity Episcopal church of which he was a devoted member. The body arrived late last night from the border, ac? companied by Capt. E. B. Cantey, Sergt. Crum Murray, and Serp:t. James McFic, tentmates and close personal friends of tho deceased. The body and escort were met In Spar tanburg by a delegation of friends from Columbia and on their arrival here were taken to the home of his father on Richland street. Trinity Church was filled with rela? tives and friends who were present to pay their respects on the sad occa? sion. Schumacher's band played the funeral march from Chopin. The body was escorted by a platoon from the Camden military company of the First regiment, under the command of a sergeant. The services were in charge of llev. Klrkman G. Flnlay, the rector of Trinity and pastor of the deceased, assisted by the Hev. John McSween, chaplain Of the Second South Caro? lina, who was home on leave and who represnted the regiment and its col? onel, Holmes B. Springs. Tho funeral services at the church were brief, consisting of two hymn-; "Lead Kindly Light" and "Abide With Me," by the choir, and scripture reading and prayers from Mr. Plnlay. The funeral procession to the cem? etery was led by the band softly play? ing Chopin's funeral march, Tin Camden military squad escorted t ic remains, which were followed by a hum line of relatives and friends. At the grave a double choir of male voices Bang "Peace, Perfect Peace" and "America." The burial service was conducted by the Kev. Mr. Flnlay, while Mr. McSween offer? ed a prayer. The Camden military squad tired three volleys over the grave und taps were sounded by Mr. Tom Llghtfoot, himself a veteran of the Spanish-American war. The crave was literally covered! wit h a mass of hoautll ?1 floral t rlbutes which came from friends nnd organ? isations of the det eased. The ofllcei; | REPLY TO WILSON NOTE # il NEW PLAN. ?? Wish Meeting of Belligerent: ^ fte scntativos to Outline step y> Set? tlement. Berlin, Dec. 20 (via le).~ Oermany and her ailh istria Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey ? to? day replied to the note of President Wilson in which he asked that the belligerent nations sta-.e the aims for | which they were lighting. The pro posal is made by the central powers that a conference of the delegates of all the belligerents be 1 eld immediate? ly in a neutral city. The task of pre? venting future wars, the official statement s; ys, can be begun only after the end of the present strug? gle. The answer, which also contains the reply ol Austria-Hungary, Bulga? ria and Turkey, says: "The high minded suggestion made by the presi l?nt of the United States of America :n order to create a basis for the est iblishment of a lasting peace has been rocei\ cd and consider? ed by the imperial government in the friendly spirit which was expressed in the presic ent's communication. "The president points out that which he has at heart and leaver : open the cho.ee of roads. "To the imperial government an immediate erh?nge of views seems I to be the most appropriate road in I order to reach the desired result. I "It begs, therefore, in the sense of the declaration made on December 12 j which offered a hand for peace nego? tiations, to propse an immediate ' meeting of delegates of the belliger? ent states at a neutral place. "The impel ial government is also of the opinion that tho great work of preventing future wars can be be? gun only after tho end o:? the present struggle of the nations. "It will, when this moment shall have come, be ready with pleasure to collaborate entirely ^kja the United feesT* irnlS^ri*!^^ The answer of tho central powers concludes with the usua. diplomatic terms of politeness. REFUSES TO COMMENT. Von Hornstorf! Says Nothing About Note. New York, Dec 20.?Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, ? declined tonight on his arrival here from Washington to comment on the text of Germany's answer to Pres? ident Wilson's note. The ambassador said he had left Washington a few minutes before the j text had been received here, but that he had read a copy on the trip to ! New York. PLANTER KILLED BY OWN CAB. W. il. YariMuougli of Darlington County Meets Tragic Fate on Christmas Day. Hartsville, Dec. 26.?W. B. Tar i borough, a planter 33 years of age, -?f 1 the Philadelph a section of Darling? ton county was killed in a peculta ' manner last night on a public road i near Bethel BChO< l in the Flynns Cross Road section s-ii miles from Harts? ville. Mr. and Urs. Yarborough and children had been to spend Christ? mas day with Mrs. Yarborough*. mother, Mrs. Gibson, and were re? turning home When the accident oc? curred. The car came to a stop. Mr. Yarborough, forgetting to ap ; ply the brake, got out and cranked the machine, which lurched forward suddenly running over him. His neck was broken, The automobile then continued a short distance into a (ield. Mrs. Yarborough and children wero uninjured. He was an indus? trious farmer. Augusta, (Ja.. 1 )<><?. 25.?An auto? mobile truck loaded with children singing Christmas <?; rols ran overr.nd killed Eugene Andrews, twelve-year old son of Carter Andrews, a Charles? ton and Western Carolina railroad conductor, near here today. The truck was returning from Richmond county poo-.- house, where Christmas songs had been sung o the inmates. of iite Second regimei t sent a beau? tiful circular wreath, while tie- ma? chine gun company hid an equally beautiful wreath. Tin? state Pres* Association sent a design, a wreath made lo resemble a col imn. A n ore beautiful collection of dowers has rarely ever been seen ii Columbi . The pallbearers were all associates of Mr. Oonxalos on Tin Stute. They were: W. W. Ball, McDavld Horton, .lohn J. Cormnck, Joe Sparks, Itrinn Hell, John s. Reynolds, J, Irby Koou ami S. I-. I?aUmer, Jr. PRESIDENT MORI: THAN HALF MILLION AHEAD OF HUGHES, Socialists Fall Off While Prohibition? ists Gain Something on 1012 ? Votes by States. New York, Dec. 26.? Complete of? ficial returns on the presidential elec? tion show that President Wilson re? ceived iU 10,290 votes and Mr. Hughes S,5 17,474, a plurality of 568,322 for Mr. Wilson. In 1912 Wilson (Demo? crat) received 6,297,009; Taft (Re? publican) 3,846,399, and Rou%f?ttt (Progressive) 4,124,959. The vote for Mr. Benson (Socialist) was 750,000, with eight missing States, estimated agaist 901,873 for I Debi (Socialist), in 1912, and for Mi. Hanley, Prohibiton candidate, was I 225,101 against 207,928 for Chafin '; (Prohibition) in 1912. The total popular vote for the four candidates was 18,636,871, as against 15,045,322 in 1912. This is an in? crease of 3,593,549 accounted for by tho increased population and the women's votes in the new suffrage States. The vote by States for Wilson and Hughes: Wilson. Hughes. Alabama . 97,778 26,662 Arizona . 33,170 20,524 Arkansas . 112,186 49,827 California . 466,289 462,516 Colorado . 178,S16 102,308 Connecticut. 99,786 103,514 Delaware . 24,521 25,79 4 Florida . 56,108 14,611 Georgia . 125,831 11,225 Idaho . 70,021 66,368 Illinois . 950,081 1,152,316 Indiana . 324,063 341,005 Iowa . 221,699 280,44? Kansas . 314,588 277,656 Kentucky . 269,900 241,854 Louisiana . 79,859 6,644 Maine . 64,118 69,506 Maryland . 138,359 117,347 Massachusetts .. 247,885 268,813 Michigan . 286,775 339,087 Minnesota. 179,152 17a,544 o Missouri . ^98,032 369,339 Montana . 101,063 66,760 Nebraska . 158,827 117,771 Nevada . 17.776 12,227 New Hampshire ? 43,779 43,723 New Jersey _ 211,018 268,982 New Mexico_ 33,553 31,161 New York. 756,880 875,510 North Carolina. 16S.383 120, ^90 North Dakota .. 55,271 52.?>51 Ohio . 604,946 514, $36 Oklahoma. 148,123 97,233 [Oregon . 120,087 126.SIS I Pennsylvania ... 521,784 703.734 ! Rhode Island. . 40,394 4 1.S5S South Carolina . 61,846 1,809 South Dakota .. 59,191 64,261 Tennessee . 153,334 116,114 Texas . 28 5,909 6 4.U49 Utah . 84,025 54.1 Si Vermont . 22,708 40,250 : Virginia . 102.824 49.3T.3 V\ aldington . 1S3.388 167.214 West Virginia .. 1 10,403 143,124 Wisconsin . 193,012 231.32:; Wyoming . 28,216 21,69* Totals .9,1 If,,296 S, 547.47 1 WOMAN POUND SLAIN. J. R. Cox and C. Willinglium Held by Greomille Police in Connection with Killing. Greenville, Dec. 24.?Vivian Willis was shot and almost instantly killed tonight in a room in the Commercial hotel, where she had been staging. ' Two young men who gave their names as J. R. Cox and C. Willingham of Belton were arrested in the room soon after the shooting. The young men were taken to the county jail. Cox. the police say. admitted the shoot ing. Both, ho a ever, refused to talk to newspaper neu. There being no other witnesses to the tragedy, its i details are shrouded in mystery AMERICAN FLAG SAVED STEAM? ER. Havre, Pec. 27.? The American i!au' saved the steamer Sacramento from being sunk by a German sub* marine, although she carried a con traband cargo of grain from South America to Prance, she was stopped In the English channel, bnl the sub? marine captain let the vessel proceed when its American identity was es? tablished. London. Dec. 27.?German agents have arrived at The Hague to mcUM arrangements for delegates to a peaca conference, if one van be arranged, ?totes a telegram to the Exchange Telegraph from the Dutch capita!. Paris. Dec. 27 - Intense artillery duels are reported at the Verdun front.