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OF !*?#<?** t?i ihm UnHcd Suite* *? fcotisysosnbed with and so are the cities of Boele*. Philadelphia, Bal efewiseh, Mew Oileeee, tlalves * lrVepc4#oo end other seaports. wj IVaahlnctoe Star. aas been a rather complete ?a ei espionage in Waabiagwon .the European war bajan. Here tofefe intelligence officers of the va'ri T$* ftVOPMA governments have been f^jw eWwnled In ascertaining the ssovce of ?acn ether than In ascertain **% mores of the United States gov it But It Is believed new that this expert attention has been Upon Washington activities, al? ee {|n Intelligence officer of a nation put It: line use? Any possible op of the United 8tatee knows all ?hie country's affairs that is de fm known anyhow!" remark recalls the fact that has been very little secrecy about States military affairs In years by, owing to the system of pub hca/lng* and the system of soaking fbhe the Information. In regard to en military affairs before eswsjrsasinnal committees which has eCj*m In vogue In the United, Slates. Several years ago, when Major Qen W. W. Wotherspoon, V. 8. A., re ^Bf Ob1?* of the war college, a ftimee vhwted the United, feegp and wss shewn through the war, fllef*. Just before, hfs arrival Gen HI Wotherspoon was showing a >hro\tgh the building and point some of the systems in use. ho said, he proposed showing ie. Qeneral Wotherspoon/s ecp'reeeed surprise that snch complete courtesies should led at the disposal of the dis vtaltor. Qeneral Wother led: *4m\j?m\l Ule prinoc wlU know all ?l? anyhow before he gets Japanese have a pretty :e system." however, have been Is) Washington the past few ltd looking llmouslnos of not used by ordinary aiea tyee* seep standing in before the doors of En re peon as early at I o'clock in tho when the ordinary worker In has hardly turned over reap. Queer things also happening In connection |fct sjsjf et the long distance tol? led. Thess hare come under th s 9i eboervtng persons, who have understood that the intelll of vertone natipns could explanation of them If they te de so It |s proper to add, that such explanation* might u lag frees the department | affon ef the department of W the United ?Utes too. British InUltigence system Is to be the fjnest thing of Its "ever pot into operation In the U is known to be In charge of ?wy Oannt, R. N., the young oafcUIn In the'British navy, an lied, who is as much it home the country houses of Long Island jK is in Washington. Captain It is described by those who know him as the ideal of the romantic type Of modem intelligence officer,'a ma a Of indomitable energy, te whom could possibly bo applied the old fashioned detective phrase, "He never sleeps." Great Hrltaln ie watching out for tpe Intelligence system for the allies en eastern coast" of the United Mates, end Japan Is watching out os the western coast. There Is now a new officer In charge of the German intelligence system la the United SUtes. He makes his head* <?uaf ters in the office of a big German steamship company, s fact wel known to the allied Intelligence offi? cers The German system, however Is said to have met with some reverses recently. Cogs in the machinsty have! slipped, and It is said that the Oer* man system Is net accomplishing as much as It did st the beginning ef! the wer. Whsn the epy Vpn der Goltz was arrested in Qrsat BrlUln while trying th make hU way beck to Germany ?Javier s false name and a false Amer? ican passport he was confronted in fJteat BrlUln with his real name, which ie WatehUrraann, a name, It wad mid. that has not up to this time been known even to the department of justice. He heard it pronounced for the first time since he left Germany yearp before. Von dar OolU, It will bs recalled, was known as Bridgman Taylor "Listening In" on Ulsphones. on wteelsse, the hunting for tips und slews U codes. Is going on atl over Washington and the big sesports of the country. Most people turn over a row leaf Mast U sag what's op, the ether sjde "You ean always know a bes-becn by the way he keeps en talking when neeedy pays atUertlen to him any JSjtJSH m ON WAX TO MJ?X|CO. Mpny C.eralan Reservists Arc Pass? ing Through This Section. The general southward movement of Oerman reservists has been noted on trains passing through Orenville, and local railway conductors report that there have been large numbers of Oerman men on nearly every train that has passed here recently. In no eases have those men been accompa? nied by women, according to reports, and almost Invariably they have been reticent, talking with no one except their companions and then always in the German tongue. While going; to Easley one day last week a prominent physician 0/ the city said he noticed about forty Ger? mans on the train, all of them grim faced and sullen, tajktng among them? selves In German. At the tlxrie, stated the physician, he Aid apt pay any at? tention to them nor think the fact of their being on the train was in any way unusual, but upon making the same trip the next day he ajpin no? ticed a number of German' men. Thi coincidence nude its impression upon his mind, and he asked the tongue to 1 what was the meaning of it: He we* told that this was on everyday occur? rence now, that practically every southbound train wee loaded With these lie) mans who were on their way to.Mexico. The conductor also stated that these German passenger* refused, as a rule, to talk, merely answering Questions put to them In monosyUuhlea One however, stated the conductor, was drawn into conversation and talked freely. Re stated that It was much against bis wishes thai he was on his way te Mexico, thai he didnr want to ,10 there at ail. hut he said he had been ordered by the Ger*W*l author? ities to report there and he had to do It. When asked what If he disregard ed the erder. he said that he would be considered a deserter by Germany and would never bo able to return, to the Fatherland. It wae also stated by the conductor that this reservist told him that they were anticipating some trouble in set tins; into Mexico from the United States, and they were anxious to learn whether thle government was taking any stops to preVent them from leav? ing the United State*. Rumore arf ahm current that tt?e main railway bridges in this section mo betof guarded by tov^rpment at' cret service men and many otjler pre? cautions have been taken' by the gov? ernment to prevent any damage to ruch Structures that would prevent or delay mobilisation of troops or pro? vision* Reports 1*^1 of the presence ej several suspicious characters in Greenville during the poet ten days tad many believe that spies have been active la this section, gathering such data as may be ef use in the event thai war is declared between the United States and Germany. Reports have been circulating about the city of instances where it la thought that spies have been at work. In one instance It is said that a man called at one of the loeal cotton mills, and asked to bs allowed to inspect the wiring of the mill. This was done, and he made a carefnl inspection in all parts of the mill building. UiU r it waa learaed that no wire inspector had been sent to the mill by the con? cern with whom the self-affirmed in? spector stated he was connected. Other stories have also been heard on the streets of "spy plots." Many axe quite skeptical ef these stories, contending that there hi absolutely nothing In the way of military infor? mation of use to Germany, in this section. A joker, however * in reply to such an argument, suggested that Germany was selecting the mills that would be converted into munition fac? tories nhon the German army reach? ed Greenville.?Greenville News. Syrian* Rioted at British Success, Mr. Thomas Nlmmcr of Manning and Mr. George Joseph of Summerton were greatly elated when they read of the capture of Hagdad by the Brlt l*h. Doth of these gentlemen carne from Syria and quite heartily hate the Turks. Mr. Joseph, who 1 was tor many years a sailor and* deep-sea s)'*er, declared that he would volun? teer er a seamen if the president should issue the call ?-Manning Her? ald. I V The bes has two distinct stomachs. In the first It stores away the honey It so industriously gathers from the Mow? ers until such time aa It la ready to yield It up, while the other stomach Is used Ismply and solely for diges? tion purposes. Thus the food and the honey are never mixed. When the bee returns to the hive and is ready to deposit ths honey It has gathered It contracts t*e muscles of the, stom? ach, In which act the honey Is ejected through the mouth. As to bee food, It Is various In kind, consisting largely ef the honey it so patiently makes for >thers. A smile may hide a man's thoughts. Just ss paint occasionally conceals a women's complexion. COTTON ?OLL WEEVIL CONFER. f, ENGE. To Be Held on Wednesday, March ?lei, at Noon?Experts to Speak, On Wednesday, March 21st, at 12 O'clock, noon tn the county court room, In this elty, there will be held an Important conference on the Cot? ton Bon Weevil between the farmers and buf.lneaa men of Sumter, Lee, and Clarendon counties, under the auspices pf the Sumte* Chamber of Commerce, J. ?ran? WflM*ms, Coun? ty Demonstration Agent, chairman of the commUtee of arrangements. ? Prof. H. ,E. ?avely, Field Agent of the United States Department of Ag? riculture, boll wevil expert, has ac? cepted an Invitatio tp address the conference. Mr. Sayeiy has been with Pr. Knapp quite a while lighting the boll weevil. Prof. A, R\ Chapman, county dem? onstration agent ef Qreepyilfe, for? merly with the experiment station of. the State of Mississippi, and for sev? eral years district agent pf the crop improvement department pf th* Sou thorn Railway, Profw W. W. Lppg, State agent In charge of the demon*, stration work, and director of exten? sion division of Clem son College, have been Invited also to* address the con? ference. A few five minute talks will also be made by farmers and, bua|nes men. The Sumter Chamber of Commerce expects a large gathering of farmers and business men pf the thrne coun? ties tn attend. Pr C O. Brown nt Florence. SSJSS mmm Florence, March lS.~r-Dr. C- M Brown, of Columbia treasurer pf the afed ministers' relief fund of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, wus In Florence Sunday, and preach? ed in thf? morning at the First Bap? tist church. At 2:30 o'clock. Dr. Brown spoke to men at the Y. M. C. A., ah4. hs was overcame by the large and Attentive audiences that greeted hin) at bfth tho morning ssrylps a,t 0>c First church and the afternoon men's meet'ng at the "Y,'' Dr. Brown is a * fctoetul speaker and always brings a message hill of love and God's power i to fete fearers. ? I !WS I I mm m..1 America's Greats** Foe. A saloon less nation by 19 JO is to day mors than a slogan?It 1? ana- ' tiorial imperative. *The necessities of war banished vodka from Russia and absinthe from France. {The j! immediate requirements of a. eon* } stwiotlVe peace demand the removal of John Barleycorn from the clvill satlon of the United States. Ars We concerned te see this' re? public prepares* against the possible aggressions ef a foreign foe? Then we must not forget that In a vary 1 vital way P-r-e-tul-b-t-t-l-o-.n spells preparedness. Before the recent ' disturbance which called large num? bers of our young men to the bor? d#r recruiting stations were turning back S*5 per cent, of all applicants as physically unfit, the vast majority of them as the result Of diseases for which alc?hol Is directly or indi? rectly responsible because it breaks down the will that controls pas? sion. Safety and efficiency have com? bined to force prohlbtlon upon an ever increasing number of indus? tries, great and small. Drink-Be? fogged brains are no longer intrust? ed with complicated maohlnery ??Rule G" has driven the casual drinker as well as the "boozez" out ef the engine cab and sway from the switches. Even the saloon ad? vertises for bartenders who are to? tal abstainers. And it is a stupen? dous tolly to intrust the priceless ship of State to less than steady hands and unclouded minds. America trembles today with the Impact of world forces from with? out, with the convulsions of socL unrest within. We are at peace, but It Is a momentous peace-?a peace for which we must pay the price. God Is teaching lessons to the races, lessons that no people may escape. Let us pray that we sn?ll learn this lesson without passing under the rod of war. But learn them w? must. And learn them we cannot until we purge bur salves of this drunkenness. , t do not greatly fear an enemy that,may embark from some distant shore to do us hurt. I do fear this liquor foe that burrows his insidious way deep Into the very vitals of our power, that not only smites the liv? ing but drives his poisons Into the loins of potential fathers and into wombs of potential mothers to pre damn the race with the e?genlc taint of alcohol. Give America clear minds, clean bodies, and unspoiled souls, and she will prove sufficient for her momentous present even es she has nhswercd every question that challenged her glorious past, and the conclusion Is Inevitable that any institution that robs the state of these?clear minds, cfSan bodies and unspoiled souls?is an unmiti? gated evil and must he destroyed. Daniel A. Poling?W. C. T. U. mmm pp. i ? "mrn'iir-i .11. i.ipimugg SNEW UNITED STATES LAW. Punishnient * for Persons Makaig Threats Against the President, To the Editor of The News and Courier: I enclose copy of a hill re? cently passed, which has come to me with a request that W he noted in the Charleston newspapers. Respectfully, Jas Ja. Sims, U. S. Marshal. An act to punish persons who make threats against the president of the United, States. ' . Be It enacted by the senate and house of' representatives of the Unit? ed States in congress assembled, that apy person, who knowingly and wil? fully deposits or causes to be deposit? ed for conveyance In the mall pr for delivery from any postomce or by any letter carrier any letter, paper, writ? ing, print, missive, or document con? taining any threat to take the life of or to ipflict bodily harm upon the president of the Unjted States, or who knowingly and wilfully etjierwl^ makes any such threat against the president, shall upon, convict jo p be fined not exceeding f 1,000 or impris? oned not exceeding five years, pr both. Approved February 14, 1917.? Newa and Courier? St Patricks Pay. From The Doily Item, March X7. ,1 Today is observed an the feast day Of St. Patrick, wherever you And a hatlye or descendant of Ireland- To every quarter of the earth, wherever the Irishman hag gone in search of liberty and happineee, he has car? ried the legends of St. Patrick, Ireland's debt to this holy map IS an enormous one. He found her, iii the year 432, a land pf barbarians and pagans. Patrick, ae a youthful cap? tive in slavery in Ireland, had learned the language and manners of the Boots, ae the Irish were then callo<f, and after escaping he received his preliminary education at the schools pf St. Martin at Tours and of berins In Gaul, after which he was sept to Rome for his higher studies in prep? aration far his ministry. He was consecrated Bishop at Romp and sent tyy Pope Ceiestlne |, to Ireland to gather the Irish race into the Chris? tian faith from Druldism. His suc? cess is unparalleled tn histO'T?4Pr.|? about fifty years the whole nation was won over to Christianity wltfcoyt the; shedding of a drop of biood. For sixty yea re he labored with'th>m, es? tablishing churches and schools, root? ing' out paganism and leading the peo? ple into the paths of civilisation un? til, at his death, on March 17. 493. he left Ireland the schoolroom of Eu h>pe. For three centuries' thereafter Ireland led the world in learning, the school at Armagh, which st, Patrick had established, alone having 7,000 Students. A popular legend has It that St. Patrick drove the venomous snakes from Ireland. Another is to the ef? fect that when preaching the doctrine of the Trinity to the pagans of Ire? land he use} the shamrock bearing three leaves upon one stem, as a symbol of the great mystery of three Divine Persons (Father, Son and Holy Ghost) in the one true God. "The wearing of the green," will be in evidence today wherever you find a true Irishman. ' 1 "i Hi "iii a^raSww* A Marriage Proposal. * One of our giddy youngsters of the male persuasion recently decided to make a formal offer of his heart an I hand to one of our representative ladles tq whom he had been pay in? some attention for a time. He cau? tiously prefaced his celebrations with a few questions: "Did she Jove him well enough to live in a cottage with him? Was she a good cook? Did she think it h wife's duty to make homo happy? Would she consult his tastes id wishes concerning her associates and pursuits of life? Could she make her own clothes?" The young lady said that before she answered his questions she would tell him of some negative virtues she possesed. She never drank, smoked or chewed; nev? er staid out all night playing bil? liards; never lounged on street cor? ners and ogled giddy girls; never /'stood in" with the boys for cigars and wine suppers. "Now,"* said ?*he, rising indignantly, "I am assured you do all these things, and yet expect *H The virtues In me, while you do not possess any yourself. I can never be your wife," and she bowed him out and left him on the door steps to silently meditate over his venture, a wiser man.?Ex. Real Estate Trans fore. Sareh G. Cummings to Mamie A. Drown, 80 acres in county, $.t,500. l<eroy Wells to H. D. Tindal, 10? 1-2 acres in county, $2,G?2.*0. Rosine M. Chandler, James J. Chan? dler. Teresa Chandler and W. Norman Chandler to A. S. Merrimon, lot on Church street, 11,160. C. R. McMillan to W. J. Boyle Co., let south of city of Sumter, $29. Mary J. Bailey to M. N. Baker, 7C 1-2 acres in county, $2,050. LINER ESCAPED SUBMARINE* Two Attempt* Made to Sink Lapland on Voyage to Liverpool. New York, March 17.?-Two at? tempts were made to sink the White Star liner Lapland on the voyage from New York to Liverpool, according to officers of the Vessel, which arrived today on the return trip. The first attempt was made off the Irish coast. Where the submarine was sunk by a patrol boat, the second when a tor? pedo was seen to pass the ship's bow at the mouth of the Mersey river. .Conflicting dispatches have been received ffrom Petrograd. Those of March 16th say both the emperor and regent have abdicated. Those today say thgt Grand puke Michael will ac? cept the regency, if the people will consent. "Hoid tjto line a Minute." We have been young, and now we are eld, yet never have we been call? ed to the telephone except to ait and wait for some gentleman or lady to come and notice us. When we use the telephone we call a hurnber. and sit like gray-haired Saturn, silent as a stone, waiting for the individual to come to the wire. But when we are called, . It does not work in that way. The individual who ?11110 us |s always in the hext room, or on the next bock?apparent This is how it works with us: The telephone belk rings, ami, like a startled fawn, we dash to it and he^r th|s: "Is this air. So and So? Well, hold the telephone." We hold the telephone, sometimes only two or three minutes, sometimes longer. Then the voice says again: "Is this Mr. So and So Well, hold the telephone, Mr. - will be here right away." Gradually Mr. -?- comes, and says what he hag te say, (fever has ho explained why, In the name of com? mon sense and Impertinence, he makes us Walt While his bulky form moves through Space. Sometimes there is an Improvement on the above program. We hear one voice, rather feeble, perhaps that of a female stenograph? er, saying, "IS this Mr. So and So " We say, "Yes," and lean on our el? bow. * Then she says: "I will call the pri? vate secretary/' The private secretary is called, and! after a reasonable time he asks If we are Mr. So and So. We say "Yes," lean on our other elbow, and he says,, "Hold the telephone/* Then he calls the real effulgent be 1 ing that has deigned to call us up. Little by 1 ittle it might be possible to teach the other man to use his tel? ephone the way you use yours, e*4 avoid the modern, up-to-date lm*> - tlnence which takes it for granted that your time is worth nothing, that all you have to do is wait while hie office boy,1 his secretary and assistants move him gradually to the telephone. ?Atlanta, Ga., Georgian. Respectable Vultures. We w?ht to pay our respects to that class of social vampires which infest every city we have ever known, Who ply their trade without compro? mising their respectability in the eyes oi the community and of which vile pests Greenville has her full share. We refer to the man who Is always seeking to entice some more ,or less Innocent youth to a drinking feast or a gambling party or a combination of the two. The ; ruining of the man? hood of young men seems te be a monomania with them; it'Is certain? ly an art. If the truth were known, an appalling list of failures in busi? ness and social life would be laid at the "doers of these character pirates, some as the Immediate results of [ thetr influence, some ss the more re? mote result. I They usually have prominent social position which they use ss a bait to lure their Victims; they are ordinarily ht that flashy type which daMles the eyes'of the'youth who has but recent? ly been released from the Spron ?ring*. We have known men whose greatest dettght it was to Sir around their rltih and see hew many men, young and old. they cckild make drunk tn the course of an evening. It is a hobby with others te give "parties" in their homes. Young men consider an invitation to such events an honor: they dare hot offend* by refusing to go, and thus the seed Is sown. In bur humble opinion, such men are as much murderers as the m?st red-handed villain ever caught in the art. Any punishment we can think of is too good for them. If we had a eon and these harpies get thetr hands on him wo would go before the judge with a perfectly clear conscience with a plea of justifiable homicide.?Green? ville News. Aim high?unless you are aiming at a cuspidor. It's no credit to a mm to keep his work because no one will take It. Vast Extent of Our Cool Resources. H is not generally known, but it ifl none the lees true, that coal is our most abundant natural resource. Our supply will outlive even the ntftUrpl fertility of the soil. (1 distinguish here between natural fertility and a fertilised soil.) Our forests even now. are vanishing. Our Iron ore is ap proaching the exhaustion peiat. We have gone through the rich lenses and are beginning on the complex ores in the precious metal mines. But tn coal we have, since 184?, worked ppt only one-fourth of one per sent. That part of coal which is gone is nothing when compared wiiji that which re? mains. That is, this is true if you as? sume that all our coal reserve, regard less of where It lies, pan be made available by some scheme of trans portation to all the people, no matte? where they live. The United States Geological Sur? vey has measured our reserve at some? thing like 4188 billion tons in the United States and Alaska. This figure, of course, conveys no impression to anyone except of his inability to ooh ceive of It. TO speak of even a then sand million of anything is to get be? yond human comprehension. To speak of four thousand thousand million Is merely to multiply an inconceivable numeral by 4000. Perhaps it is more nearly understandable to sky that more than 4 5 per cent, of all the coal Upon which the world must depend forever?so far as is know* newels, piled up in the United States and Alaska. To bring these titanic figures to j a piano whore wo can begin to com? prehend thom. I divide * our territory Into two coal zones?one east of and the other including and wast of the Rocky Mountains. The area princi? pally under development is the east? ern one and contains about half of this coal reeervs. This, we will say. contains 200 billion tons. From this-, area we produced in 1916 about 600, 000,000 tons of oca). If production should bo held steadily at that point in future, it would take 33 25 years to exhaust our eastern deposit alone, if we should get all coal or 2000 years If wS should Continus tp reclaim but B0 per cent, of it. And when that was gone we would still have an equal amount in and west of the Rockies, Therein lies the coal-mine owner s problem. AH of that coal is potential* ly available for production within si few months. With pew and vigorous competition likely to spring from the ground anywhere at any time, how Is he ever tp proceed In a business sense with any assurance? The American nation might do well to realize that If it does not adopt this change voluntarily, it will bo forced to do so, and that before 'a long while. This' is so for the reason that while we are only beginning to "scratch the surface" of our national coal deposit, we are exhausting some "elds rapidly. It requires 100,We acres of coal land every year to keep America In fuel. The eastern coal fields, which yield ?0 per cent, of ?fts coal, cannot continue to endure this drain without showing exhaustion, ft deed, the east Is beginning to take alarm, and the owners of some of the Tieheet areas are already talking of: husbanding their supplies that their own future needs may be cared for. * \ r And such careful husbanding of coal will alone postpone the inevitable day when the east must haul its coal from west of the Mississippi.* The mere suggestion' of such a probability, at onee rivets attention upon the rh tu re coal transportation problem. "Tlfcat is to say, m me, the thimy popu lift? ed West, with coal under Its back? yard, felt the pinch of a real shortage because it was depending on long haul coal and the transportation lines ware broken. What must happen to the dsnssly populated Bast when Its coal measures ars exhausted and when Its sources of coal supply are more than two thousand mHeS away? ?From "The Coal Problem Empha? sised." by George H. Gushing, In the American Review of Reviews for Feb? ruary, 1917. Death. Mis. Beulah Irene Shorter, wife of J. H. Shorter, died at her home near Manning last Wednesday mornlpgat 10"a. m. anH was buried at Oak Grove church Thursday. Mrs. Shorter la survived by her husband, father and several brothers and sisters. She also leaves one little baby girl.-r-Man ning Herald. All that now stands in the way of the sanitary survey of Sumter county under the direction of the State Board of Health and the International Health Service is the action of the legislative delegation guaranteeing to the County Board of Commissioners that the appropriation of $2,000 by the board for this purpose will be validated at the next session of the legislature. The matter Is now up to the legislative delegation?and to the County Board of Commissioners. Four thousand dollars assured for ttttg work if the county will appropriate the additional two thousand to make up the six thousand that the survey will cost.