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SUMTER, S. 0., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1917.
I Vol.XLlV. No. 3.
LEGISLATURE HAS ADJOURNED
?O?TII CAROLINA LAWMAK ElIS
BIND SESSION WHICH WAX
FOR FORTY-THREE
DAYS.
House Finally Gives In to Scuatc ami
' Accepts Appropriation Hill?Tlic
Farewells Said.
Columbia. Feb. 21.?The flret ses?
sion of the seventy-second general as
aambly came to an end this afternoon,
tares days beyond the usual forty
days. The end was peaceful, all dif?
ferences between the senate and
house having been smoothed out. The
senate adjourned sine die at 6.15
o'clock this afternoon and the house
at 1.20. the motion for final adjourn?
ment in the lower body having been
made by Chairman Mies, of the ways
and means committee, uf.er a mos
sage had come from Qov. Manning
saying that he had signed the ap?
propriation and county supply bills
and had no further communication
for them.
When the senate sent over word
this afternoon that they would not re?
cede from their, position on the ap?
propriation bill the house gave up the
fight, feeling that their position had
been made plain, and that the bur
dsn, if any. for the three-nitrion-dol?
lar appropriation bill and the ft 1-2
mill levy wo s with the senate. Ac?
cordingly, they adopted the free con?
ference report on the appropriation
blH and made ready for the end.
The house this afternoon resolved
Itself Into the committee of whole,
snd. with Representative Cothran In
the chair, resolutions of thanks to
Speaker Uoyt, the clerk and attaches
were adopted. The fairness and im?
partiality of the speaker were praised
by the members, who vied with one
aaother In heaping enro.nlurns on
him. The resolution, whicn was In?
troduced by Messrs. Ules and Sear
son. was amended by Representative
8m oak, of Colleton, so as to include
U|* press, and Representatives Toole,
Evans, Doasoo and H. H. Evans
ition of the
house that. In vie* of his
on the appropriation bill, If he
money enough to put nut a clr
"I would come to the house of
representatives for acrobats."
The following resolution was adopt?
ed ly the house in committee of the
whole, and then a committee, consist -
ng of Representatives McCants and
Hemphlll. wus named to escort Speak?
er Hoyt to the chair, the speaker mak?
ing an appropriate response to the
resolution.
"Resolved by the house of repre?
sentatives: First, that the thanks of
this body are cordially and gratefully
extended to the Honorable I noes A.
Hoyt. Speaker of tho house of repre?
sentatives, for his fair, Impartial and
Intelligent conduct of his duties as
presiding officer over our delibera?
tions. We nro duty approciatlvo of
the fact that his parliamentary ability,
statesmanlike Impartiality and unfail?
ing courtesy have been of incalculable
aid to as In the performance of our
duties and that hj him South Carolina
has a son and officer of whom she Is
Justly proud.
"Second. That tho thanks of this
body are hereby extended to th'
Fpcakcr I'ro Tern, who in the perfor?
mance of the duties of his office, bus
at sll times merited the admiration
of his fellow members.
"Third. We also tender our thankrs
to the clerk of the house, tho Hading
clerk, sergeant-at-arms, and all at?
taches of the house for their faith?
ful performance of their dutl-s and
for the efficient manner in which they
have attended to the same."
A committee, consisting of Uepre-1
sen tat I ves Cothran, Searson and
Moore, waited on Gov. Manning to
notify him that the house was ready
to adjourn and to tlnd out if he had
any n? ?..- t oniiiiiiiin a(kiih for tin m.
The governor sent the following me*-1
sage through his private secretary
Col. o. K. UiRo.jue:
"(lentleinen of the General Ass si
My: I respectfully inform your hon?
orable body that 1 have signed the
appropriation hill and the school an |
county bill, and have no further com?
munication or message.
"In returning to your homes pern,
me to express the hope that the yen
will be one of health and Irippim
snd that each of you may return ne\t
year preimred for good and construc?
tive work In the Interest of all tho
people of our State.
"May Cod I ' I lag IH I upon yo i
and yours."
The fpiart-n-month prohibition a< '
the State Hlphwaj <'om mi sion art,
snd the clearing Hp ?.f the Rn insm
j snc? muddle are the chief arts which
ware enacted into law at the bcssion
CLAIMS U-BOAT S?GGESS.
OVEHSEAS NEWS AGENCY KE
POKTS MANY SINKINGS.
Big ItaliMn Transport Loaded With
im a:ul Number of Other Ships
Seut Bnwn.
Berlin. Feb. 21. (via Sayville) ?A
large number of hostile vessels, among,
them an Italian transport crowded
with men, have been sunk the
barred zono In the Mediterranean dur?
ing the past few days, the Overseas
News agency announces.
Other ships sunk by ,3ul>marinc3 arc
enumerated by the news agency as
follows:
"Two armed steamers of 3,000 and
4,500 tons respectively, with impor?
tant cargoes for Salon'ki.
"Italian steamer Oceana, 4,200
tons.
"French steamer Moventaux, 3,200
tons. 1 ,
"French sailing vessel Aphrodite.
G00 tons, with iron for Italy.
"The newspapers," observes the
agency, "note that the real submarine
success undoubtedly have been much
larger, as the majority of the subm
rines have not yet reported. In ad?
dition the psralysis of neutral navi?
gation must be taken Into considera?
tion."
The Italian steamer Oceania, of
4,217 tons gross, left New York on
January 27 for Gibraltar.
The French steamer Montvent* ix
of 3.233 tons (probably the vessel
mentioned by Berlin) was last report
ed leaving Cardiff on December 8 for
a port not stated.
which closed this afternoon.
While the house was waiting tot
action this* morning by the senate on
their concurrent . resolution asking
at the appropriation bill be re
committed to free conference, Uepre
sentutive N. G. Evans offered a res?
olution to recall tho concurrent reso?
lution so a move could be mudc to
concur in the free conference report.
Mo said there waa.no use in wasting
more time for the house had put it
port and go home. . Tho house how
ever by an overwhelming vote refused!
to recall the resolution and they re?
cessed until 1 o'clock.
When 1 o'clock arrived the senate
ucnt over word that they had killed
tho concurrent resolution to recom?
mit the appropriation bill to free
conference, Mr. Duncan, of Union,
saying it was foolish to waste more
time und moved to adopt tho free
conference report on tho appropria?
tion bill, the previous question, cut?
ting off debate by a vote of 4(> to 35.
The free conference report was then
adopted by a vote of 47 to 31, the
vote' being as follows: Yeas for tho
free conference report, Nays against:
Yeas?Hoyt, Anderson, Atkinson,
Bailey, Booth, Boykin, Byrd, Coney,
Cothran, Domlntek, Duckworth, Dun?
can, Eaddy, S. O. tyvans, N, G., Ful?
ler, Goodwin, Graham, Hall, Ii. II.,
llamcr, Harrison, King, Lcjucsnc,
Lllcs, Long, Lumpkin, Macfarlan,
Martin, McCutchca. D. E., McSween
ey, Moise, Nichols, Owens, Pcgues,
R' Ctor, Uedmon, U?cy, Hivers, Sea
brook, Sonseney, Shull, Hmoak,
Thomas, Walker, Westmoreland, Wil?
liams, Wingard, Wright, Young. To?
tal 47.
Nays?Barnwoll, Berry, Boine.it,
Bradford, Clinkseales, Daniel, Dob
son, Eaddy, J. J., Evans, H. II., Ham?
mond, Hemphill, Hlnes, Hughs,
Johnson, H. T., Johnson, W. W.,
Krnan, Kelly. H., Mason, MeCants,
C. W., Mtahoe, Mitchell. Moore,
Nunn, Passallaigue, Bickens, Furs
ley. DnwllnaOtti Richards, Diddle,
Scott. Toole. 'Total 31.
Thus was the deadlock between the
two houses broken, the house finally
receding from Itl position and agree?
ing to tho free conference report on j
tho appropriation bill, and the ro 1
paved for Anal adjournment*
Clane Coanca with tYoct*
Coi imhia. reb, II.?The general
assembly adjourned this afternoon
with 'he white flag of prohibition
fluttering in Washington? Over ?>"
tho senate aide Ihe news of the vote
in Washington occasioned much mm
mont as to what elTeci the national
legislation would have on the gal lon?
e-month law, tor ihe quart-a-month
eel had nut |?een i Igned as had been
rumored, The senate adjo irn< d in
perfect peace and harmony, Senators
Laney and Alan Johnstons almost to
gether made a motion for llnal ad
Journnienl after Guv. Manning had
scnl word that he had no further bust*
n ? or m< n age and had w ti h< <i t Ik
mm iiii'< rs Godspeed, prosperity und
itirtum for themselves and tho State.
Th?* Imnats senl Messrs, ISvans, Lun
cy ami Williams to acf|uatn( Ihe gov-|
ernor that it was ready to adjourn?
uBone Dry" Measujre Passes Lower House
With Big Majority Favoring It.
?*
Congress Forbids Importation of Liquor into States Which
Have Forbidden the Sale of Liquor, and is Great Step To?
wards National Prohibition?Vote was 319 For and 72
Against Reed Amendment.
Washington, Feb. 21.?AosqUue
prohibition legislation took it:) long?
est forward stride in the nation's
history today when the house, cjfter
two houis of uproarous debate, ^ap?
proved by a four to no majority a
senate measure which would rais4 an
iron clad barrier against importation
of liquor into prohibition States." It
is expected to receive the appr >val
of President Wilson within a w ick,
adding immediately to the "bone, rry''
territory about one-third of continen?
tal United States.
The provision hs regarded as
en
.nd
ni
most far reaching that could ,t?
acted by the federal government
as sweeping as would bo posslbVs?in
der any method nhort of a na^jtn
prohibition amendment. ?' J~
It would cut off entirely liquotjjm
portations, amounting jiow to milabiv.
of dollars annually, into the Vm&c
number of States which have forj|id
den manufacture or sale but ha^e,
mltted importation for personal
Advocates of prohibition d
among themselves over the ex?
ency of the step, some friends^
cause declaring so drastic a law?
have a reactionary effect,
same wojr those who have
prohibition Were not unani
opposition when the voto w
Tho roll j.call brought cries
and tho result was greeted with a
noisy demonstration
The vote as officially announced
was 321 to 72, but a reeheck of the
roll changed it to "10 to 72. Party
lines were completely broken down
and numerous representatives from
prohibition States were recorded in
the negative. So large a vote seldom
is recorded on any measure.
A provision burring liquor adver?
tisements from the mails in States
that prohibit such advertising is in?
cluded in the measure, which came
before the house as a rider to the an^
nual postofTicc appropriation bill, in?
serted by tho senate lust we?k on
motion of Serator Heed by a voto of
55 to 11.
Although the Appropriation bill will
go to conference because the house
disagreed to other sonnte amendments
there is little possibility that the pro?
hibition amendment, concurred in
without change will be altered. Mem?
bers of conercss arc taking it for
granted that President Wilson will ap?
prove it.
Although some members have given
it as their opinion that the legislative
features added to the postal bill would
not be effected until July 1, the ef?
fective date of the appropriations it
carries, senators and representatives
i who are considered authorities said
I
tonight that all the legislative riders,
including the Heed prohibition amend?
ment, undoubtedly would become
O] eratlve as soon as the president has
signed the measure.
Dry advocates v. ere jubilant tonight.
Representative Webb of North Caro?
lina, father of the resolution for a
national prohibition amendment, de?
clared tho overwhelming affirmative
vote has killed the State rights argu?
ment and that the national amend?
ment, already reported favorably, cer?
tainly would pass the bouse at this
r.csSlon. The national legislative com?
mittee of the Anti-Saloon league ls?
sued o statement saying today's ac?
tion had "cleared the decks" for a na?
tional amendment.
Many of the wet advocates in con?
gress, particularly those with brew?
ers nmong their constituents, also de?
clared themselves much pleased with
the outcome, The brewers are undor
siod to have beon In favor of tho pro?
vision both because it would curtail
so-called mall business carried ?n by
houses dealing In spirituous liquor;
and because it might prevenl Htato;
now wel from going dry and Indefl
glnd tidings for all.
The house and senate exchangt
court osl< s unit thru :?{ f ho s< ii on
able hoar of 5:16, daylight, bleut
Qov, Bethea announced the tlnal ad
Jourumcnt.
nltely postpone nation-wide prohibi?
tion.
Distillers and whiskey dealers, on
rhe other hand, were vigorously op?
posed to the proposal; There are at
this time, Ileprcsntative Shirley of
Kcntuckey declared during debate,
more than 228,000,000 gallons of li?
quor in bond in the United States and
4 0 per cent, of such liquor hereto?
fore has been sold in partially dry
territory. Under the amendment con?
curred in today, all of this must be
.sold in absolutely wet territory, prob
ably, he argued, at a great loss. Mr.
Shorley made a futile attempt to
amend the proposal by extending the
time when it would go into force for
one year. This motion like all others
making to amendment of the meas?
ure was overwhelmingly defeated.
Because of the defection among pro
| hibition advocates the Natonal Board
of Temperance of the Methodist Epis?
copal Church gave out a formal stato
i ment tonight saying it had been "ab?
solutely, unequivocally" in favor of
the anti-shipping amendment.
In scveial States the Reed amend?
ment would anticipate action by the
State legislatures. Arkansas, Arizona,
Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee
and Washington all have 'bone dry''
laws alien/1 in operation or to be?
come cffe< ,<ve shortly. Utah has en
cjv a Aft W cffacilyA An. \Mffl^nfarffh
VouTli^afteV tn~e operative dale of
tho amendment, the legislatures of
Kansas ana South Dakota have sent
"bone dry" bills to the governors for
signature. "Bone dry" measures arc
pending, with some prospect of pas?
sage, in Colorado, Iowa, Mississippi,
Oklahoma, North Carolina and Mich?
igan, and a "bone dry" measure for
Alaska has been favorably reported in
congress. Georgia's governor has an?
nounced that in the event of failure
of the Heed proposal he would call
tho legislature in extraordinary ses?
sion to enact State prohibition aganst
liquor shipments.
Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Ken?
tucky, with about a score of other
local option State.;, will in no way he
affected. It is pointed out that the
amendment will not operate to bar
shipments into dry territory in local
option States, referring' only to States
entirely dry.
I WILL LEAVE MARCH lOTII. <E
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6> Date of Departure of Second ^
a South Carolina From El Paso
x Announced.
?
Special to The Daily Item. o
Ssn Antonio, Feb. 22.?The o
dates of the departure of the !l
National Guardsmen organlza- i>
Hons were announced today as o
follows: Second Florida, from ^
Laredo, March 9 th; First bat- Jj
talion Georgia Artillery, from <>
El Paso, March 6th: Second JE
BOUth Carolina, from El Paso, J|
^ March 10lh. ^
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GERMAN MUNITIONS DISASTER
.More Than One Thousand Killed b\
Explosion in Dresden.
London, Feb. 22.?More than a
thousand out of three thousand em?
ployes were killed In an explosion
in ammunition factories in Dresden
.luring the Christmas holidays, ac
<ording to a Dresden dispatch to
Christiania newspaper.
A Paris dispatch on January 20C
reported that a thousand women at
?irk; a/ere killed in a Dresden nr.
nltiona plant explosion.
AMERICAN HAIIiOBS LANDED.
Washington, Fob. 22. Consul Gen
gral Hurst, at Barcelona, has re
ported thai thcro were five American!
nboard ib< Swedish steamer Bkon
land, recently submarined. Consu
Hurst said tho men were given onl!
ten minutes to take to the bouts
The crew was safely landed at Tar
ragona, spam.
BRITAIN TiUHTENS BLOCKADE.
ISSUES NEW ORDER IN COUN?
CIL FOR STRICTER EN?
FORCEMENT.
Unless Ships Stop at British Ports for
Examination They Will l>o Treated
as Blockade Runners-?step is
Taken as Retaliation for German
.Submarine War.
London. Feb. 21.?The official
j gazette today contains an order in
council, dated February 1G, for tight
; suing the bolckade of the countries
with which Great Britain is at war,
as a result of the German blockade
memorandum of January .'?1 and sim?
ilar enactments of other hostile coun?
tries.
"Whereas, these enemy orders are
in flagrant contradict'on,' the order
reads, *of the rules of international
j law, the Rotates of humanity and
! treaty obligations of the enemy, and
i render it necessary for further meas?
ures to be taken, and in order to main?
tain the efficiency of those previously
taken to prevent commodities reach
Ing or leaving enemy countries.
"His majesty has ordered that the
following directions shall he observed
respecting all vessels which sail from
their port of departure after the date
of the order.
"First. A vessel which is encoun?
tered at sea on the way to or from a
port in any neutral country affording
a monns of access to enemy territory
without calling at a port in British or
allied territory shall, until the con?
trary be established, be deemed to be
carrying goods with enemy destination
[ or of enemy origin and shall be
! brought in for examination and if
necessary for adjudication before a
I vrize court.
"Second?Any vessel carrying goods
with enemy destination or enemy ori?
gin shall be liable to capture and
condemnation in respect of the car?
riage of such poods, provided that In
tho case of any vessel .whieh calls at
an appointed British or allied port for
examination of her cargo no sentence
i of condemnation shall be pronounced
origin or destination and no such pre?
sumption as laid down In article 1
shall arise.
"Third? 'joods which are found on
examination of any vessel to be goods
of enemy origin or destination shall
1 e liable to condemnation."
EXTENDS PRIZE RULE
British Blockade Order Makes n
Tighter.
Washington, Feb. 21.?Although in?
formed of the modification of toe
terms of the British blockade as pro?
mulgated in London today, state de?
partment officials are reserving judg?
ment on the subject until the docu?
ment can be carefully studied. On Its
face it appears that today's announce?
ment is intended to assert unequivo?
cally the rights of prize courts to
condemn a neutral vessel with her
cargo if the latter is of enemy origin
or hound for an enemy country.
The original order in council of
March 15, 1016, allowed considerable
latitude in the disposition of such Ves?
sels and cargoes and while ships bound
directly to and from German ports
with their cargoes were deemed BUb
jeet for confiscation after expiration
of the period of grace, the same rigid
rules were not applied to neutral ship
carrying goods hound to or from Ger?
many or Austria through adjacent
neutral countries.
Tlie practical effect of the new
measure is expected to he to throw
into prize court at once many ships
and cargoes which heretofore have
hen subject to detention but not to
condemnation.
The United States has refused to
recognise the legality of the blockade
orders in councils and has reserved all
rights under international law as in?
terpreted here. Diplomatic exchanges
through which it is hoped eventually
to clear up tho whole complicated
problem and obtain reparation where
American property rights are in?
volved virtually are at a standstill at
present.
AMERH AN SAILORS RELEASED.
Amsterdam, Feb. 22.?A Berlin d.s
liatch says the American sailors tak?
en to Germany aboard the Tarrow
dale have been released, alter Ger?
many was officially Informed thai the
German ships in American ports
have not been conflscatd and the
?revs have not been interned.
MAKING HP rORY is EXCITING.
Washington, Feb. 22. Speaking <t
i Washington birthday celebration
President Wilson said: "it is much
less of an adventure to write history
than to try to enact it.*'
iSTEVENSON IS ELECTED.
:rs of fifth district
hvb him mo majority
over sapp.
mplcte Return:- Show Cliestcr
i< M Man Leading by More Than
Two Thousand Vc?tc?> His Lancaster
Opponent?Carried Every County
Sau? Lancaster.
Columbia, Feb. 22.?W. F. Steven?
son of Chesterfield was elcted to suc?
ceed the late D. E. Finley as repre?
sentative of the Fifth South Carolina
congressional district in the election
held yesterday, defeating C. N. Sapp
of Lancaster by a substnatial major?
ity. Incomplete returns last night
showed Mr. Stevenson leading Mr.
Sapp by over 2,000 votes, the figures
being: Stevenson 4,866; Sapp 2,719.
With the exception of Falrfleld,
where only five boxes out of 20 had
been reported, the vote is fairly com?
prehensive. Only one box was miss?
ing in York, Cherokee sent in 24 out
of 28, Chesterfield reported 23 out
of 25; 14 out of 23 had been counted
in Kershaw, 14 out of 19 in Chester
while only about 150 votes were to be
heard from in Lancaster.
Mr. Stevenson seems to have car?
ried every county in the district but
Lancaster. Mr. Sapp's home county.
One county, polling about 20 votes, to
be 'heard from. Stevenson is 17 votc^|
ahead of San? in the White
caunty and will probably carry ijfl
a few votes. Sapp carried the tV
of Rock Hill by a majority of V
votes. Wl
Paul G .McCorkle was elected withm
out opposition to fill the term expiring
March 4. I
The new congressman from South
Carolina has long been prominent in
the affairs of the State. He has serv?
ed in the general assembly and was
speaker of the house of representa?
tives from 1900 to 190 2. He was pres?
ident of the Democratic State con?
vention in 1900 and has Ions; served
as a member of the State Democratic
j executive committee from Chester
^^ttee^to^l^^
Carolina.
In addition to his profession of the
law Mr. Stevenson has been active in
banking and railway development.
He 13 president of a Cheraw bank and
I a director in other banks and rall
I way companies. He is also district
counsel for the Seaboard Air Lino
Railway company and was attorney
for the State commission of South
Carolina appointed in 1907 to wind
up the affairs of the State dispensarv.
Mr. Stevenson has been an elder in
the Presbyterian church since 1888
and was moderator of the synod of
South Carolina in 1900, the first lay
nioderator ever appointed.
South Carolina's latest representa?
tive is a native of North Carolina,
having been born in Iredell county cn
November 23, 1861. He was graduat?
ed at Davidson college and began the
practice of law at Chesterfield in Ju'y
IS 87. He married Miss Mary E.
Prince on November 13, 1888. He
has made his home at Cheraw for
many years.
Celebrates Seventy-Seventh Birth?
day.
Lost Wednesday evening being the
seventy-seventh birthday of Mrs. J.
D. Wilder, she was delightfully en
tertained at a surprise dinner party
by her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Arthur
11. Wilder.
All of Mrs. J. D. Wilaer's sons and
their wives were guests at the party.
A beautiful six course dinner was
served, the color scheme bcins pink
and green. Mrs. Wilder received
many pretty and useful presents and
the most Interesting feature of the
party was that she knew nothing of
the affair until she arrived in the
dining room and saw the lovely table
decorated with pink carnations and
haded candles in silver holelcrs.
News of Wisacky.
Wisaeky, Feb. 20.?There has been
little preparation made for planting,
as the weather continues unfavorable.
The oat crop has been very badly
damaged by the frecse. It Hj thought
thai at least one-half has been killed.
The W. C. T. IT. met on Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. p. p. Btuckep.
The meeting was led by the president.
M> . R. O. Dlxon. The subject for
the afternoon was work among the
Didiers and sailors. This organisa?
tion has a heart Interest in every sit?
uation and condition of humanity. Af
i' r discussing several important
questions a delightful sweet course
was served by the hostess, assisted by
Miss Lula Williams and Mrs. Dwight
Stuckev