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The Indian Princess Wataliwaso, Who h Coming Here on the Big Redpath Ckdauqua __ _ ? I ? ? PWis by MatMne, Chicago. ''?/.* * I A B i messenger from a departing race?noble, picturesque, yet little opderirood?comes charming and beau? ty, Uful Wttabwaso ("Bright Star,") Frineess of the Pcnobseot tribeand flower of one of the last families of unmixed Indian blood. 'Longfellow's artful story of "Minnehnhn," with It* wondrous colorings and its tale of lore and sorrow, ? revealed much of the beauty of the aboriginal life and chari^ter, but it lias remained for " tmm modern singer of the songs of her fathers to bring, their message to this later generation. < Her Indian chieftain father, true to racial traditions, established and kept his .family intact at their tribal is-* land borne at Oldtown, near tbe coast of* Maine. Far from resisting thos,e?injiu.em es which, ho- know vrould", at"; tract bis people away from, the old,life, he welcomed them, ho himself, Jallorii^ iiu ess..:itl,v for that education and/ equipment which later brought him wide, prominence and ?membership !n tlio legltlatnre of the Pino Tree State. Then, one by oue, came pale faced "Itlawathas" and carried off AVutnhwaso's Bisten, and their children and their, children's children, Americans all, will gather to retell tbe fast fading stories of their fnthei In later years Invading hunters sought out the Penobseot tribesmen to ;;mde them through the Northern wilds, and paddle their canoes through the treacherous waters while the women remaining in the te ices wove the gor? geons baskets and beaded the buckskin garments. Watahwaso's father was now a recognize i aUtl orlty In Indian history and folk lore and a speaker of distinct charm and more ami more was < ailed to >; nk In italic. Often ad' eompanylng him was his little princess. rh.irmlnir and demure, who with remarkable skill Bang the tribal BOUgS aH4 ? chants and gracefully danced the ceremonial'Indian dances. ITp to this time her only tutors had been Bisten ol Mercy in their Indian school. A professor from Cambridge, Inquiring among the Penohscots for.information Col cernlug an ancestor whom that tribe had taken prisoner in the French and Indian war, discovered th.it WatftHwaso'fl ince tors had befriend ad his relative, the prisoner. In gratitude for this and In appreciation Of the remarkable I 1 I II played by the little princess ho arranged for her schooling at Cambridge, Including study with ma t< ra In musical art. Thus she has come to her own, an artist supreme In the portrayal of Indian lore und in the interpretation of Indian music. CllAMIUCK Ol' COMMI UCE NOTES. PrrMkk*nt Wilson Replies |q Commit? tee of Public Safety?(.arden Seed In Demand. President WoodrOW Wilson has acknowledged receipt of tho reso!" tlons of endorsement of hl? conduct In the complicated relatams between tbc Imperiiii atOVOOUOBOOtot (Jermany and the Putted Htat *? ad< \>U <\ ;it last Sat urday's meeting of the committoo ot Public gaiety and telegraphed to the president. The following was received at tie* Chamber of Commerce, by mail to? day from the White House, Washing? ton: Mr. EJ. I. Reunion. Secretary, Com? mittee on PttbltC Safety, Scmter, S C. Tho president than\s you cordial ly for the good will Which prompt 1 your kind message, which has helped to reassure b,m and Keep bint in heart. Many a happy Bumter city bone* diet who bus been heretofore potting in the early MMJMtter evenings attir? ed in low opened shirt, pure whits flannel or linen Im ? .-eh and socks and trying lo look III e "white winged angel of peace." which pose und effect < n only be ;i nin'?! by a pretty gii t. v, ill be fov id hondl Ing u hoo und Mil? this Spring and summer, with "mother*4 sitting on the buck steps, keeping "father*1 Of! tho Job in Ibe vegetable garden u .' the supper |,< II m ; h.< I atloil of "dad" will SO tlx- motto of 1 H >rs 8we?d Home" in ti e Game* K < this snnnn. t. I'ear *Md oad mm i .i l as mUOh I ho likes up town about "licking the Germans," but when he r< i< Ik home "Mother,the ggefowned American queen and rub > of guillter1 hoOM I will be wafting for "I of tu la t benevolent neutrality Crime of mind, interested more in sustaining than ex? terminating human 1 fe, and in'.crc.d-j <d In tho chickens and vegetable gar? den. Beorotary Heardon has had place 1 at the disposal frco of rent, to any worthy poor family, a good si/.ed lot for planting a garden or other food crops on. This lot is located on Broad ?trOOt, just outside of tho city limits, bei must bo allotted to 00810 wort;., poor people, and is not open to : ! com ere free of rent. The committee of Public Safety se< OUred yesterday ten bushels of earl} Com seed from Mr. J. II. Griffin, ol PlivateOr township, and the seed will be handled by 0*Donnell ?sc Company, alter today. A gfOgt many 'phone calls, and I |ren1 many persons, farmers and City people, are coming to the Bumte Chamber of Commerce for Informa? tion about where to OOCUre BC< d. and for other Information. Hundreds ol I farmers, white and colored, all over Bumtor county are assuring tho Chamber tinit they are heartily co? operating with the Commltti e ol Pub^ lie Safely t?> make Sumter city an I BUBVtOf county B0lf?0Uflt0lnlOg. Reports, and phono messages f<>. printed literature of the Commltt of Public Safety for dlOtrlbutlOII by the township eoramltteemen, Indicate, that the committee of fifty farmern and other bualnoes men are hard a* work organising white and ? ?'? ??? farmers and laborers t<> i?!. nl ilu l> ? ? food t rop over hoard ol In Suml i county. Secretary Ronrdon sold today thai lt? his opinion the way t<? mo rh H ' hieb coot of living in Kumter city un I count) Is for every city fum ly I i i l ud u vegetable garden, and sturi raising chickens and producing Ihclr Of N tra.cls, OggM, and poultry. Whenever Bfty per cent., <>r me. ? of Bumtor foflstllos, and umtei cowi ty families'produce more vegetable*,] chickens and eggs than they need fin* their own use, they will not only be Independent, of the meat trust, the track conspirators, and the "hen fruit" financiers, iait they will be able to furnish sufficient iiurpfus of these pro* duets itt profit Riaklng prfcjes to hun? dreds who huve not the time, the land, or the Inclination tu try "to live at homo." MKNOCAIj RKWAIXS PRESIDENT Cuban Administration Returned for Another Pour Years, Habana, April '?.?The administra? tion of Mario <;. Mono-president of Cuba, will remain in power for another four ye ns. This was decided today- ?nearly five and half months ait<?r the presidential elections whlchl were hold November 1 ?by reelection* at Vittorio do Ina Tunas, Orlenta province, which n suited in a deckled victory for Pro idem Menocal over Dr. Alfredo Zayas, Liberal prosldeh tial candidate. The ?-??1%;j 1 l gives Pres Idenl Menocal 86 electoral votes to'4-1 for i i: . 85aj ? I 'in - elctiona arc reported to hbvs I been conducted in an orderly man? n< r. . Toduy's' n mil gave the Con? servatives, !'".l by Dr, Menocal, the provinces "i Mattmsas, Plnar Pel Rio, Ffuntu Clara und Ol u nto, lea> Ing the provlncos ol IIa bann and Camagu&y in tho Libi ral column, IU iv r.\ i M < or.s HOME. ! ||(; pita . ,i [ IiioumIi St w York Toxlaj on Ills H'nj 1? ?JT? ?er ttttj', i Washington, April II.?Col, Kose veil returned lo Nuw v< r:. loday say ii] ? ) 11 ? ? ; poet cd to ? <? di rcctly t< i... I ?;? i !ay, l u fore dcpai ting he con I ferred with i e> oi friends, amoni I them being sonn senators) and retire uitatives, i 3 \\ "Tin: mikado/* Gilbert's and Sullivan's Classic to lie ' Presented by Chicago Light Opera Company. Definite information has been re? ceived regarding Gilbert A Sullivan's classic "The Mikado," which is to b presented by tbe Chicago Light Opera Company at the Redpath Chautauqua. A company of thirty, selected in part from tbe Chicago Grand Opera Co., will give this charming traverslty on old Japan. The Redpath Bureau has been doubly fortunate in seeming two emi? nent artists?Mr. Ed Andrews to take the part of Ko-Ko and Mr. Arthur Aldridge as Nanki-Pooh. Ed An? drews la conceded to be the greatest Ko-Ko of the generation. He has BUng the part 1,200 times. He is a small dark man, swarthy of skin with a beak like an eagle, lie possesses a thunderous bass voice all out of pro? portion in volume to his small body. He sings the part with SOBt and a de? lightful enthusiasm. Many famous comedians have played Ko-Ko, but few have been able to obtain an in tc ligent conception and interpret Gilbert's fine humor and brilliant satire as Ed Andrews has. . Mr. Arthur Alridge is like Mr. An? drews, one of the great interpreters of his role?Nanki-Pooh. In the recent revival of he Gilbert & Sullivan operas he scored a tremendous succes with De Wolfe Hopper. He has ap? peared recently in the mammoth Xew York Hippodrome production and is now recognized as New York's lead? ing light opera tenor. Indeed some critics have been so kind as to claim that he has few equals amht: the world famous grand opera tenors. 7 he leading femine role in the com? pany will be taken by Bertha Janes Gilbert. Beautiful and unique effects have been secured in the scenery built es? pecially for the Iledpath Chautauquaa by Sosman & Landifl of Chicago. These scenic artists have just com? pleted tbe effects for a spectacular Madison Square Gardens production. The company will have its own or? chestra directed by Miss May Valen? tino, one of the few successful direc? tors in the country. ? j STUDENTS' TICKETS COMING. Mr. Harrison Sending TUcm for School Children?Not to jBe Trans? ferred. " .V,. ? Pfirqnts And their ohildr.eu will be glad \o) Aejjrr^lflpit'M^HVxrVs^n?'. pre a idenr of ?the.lte^pat^'.Cn?utauqAia, has 1 consented to Tufnisli - foeltets "for/ stu? dents, which he lias soil tarn} which I will be here in a. few days. There will. J be a sufficient t number to Supply all of the pupils at the public1 Schools and at St. Joseph's. However,'it is distinctly understood that these tickets are not to* be trans? ferred. If anyone other than the per? son purchasing the ticket presents it at the door, it will be forfeited with? out farther notice. Parents and chil? dren are warned of this fact. Th3 sale of tickets has been batter than during any previous year up to this time and is going on steadily. HoWOJVOr, there are still quite a large number of tickets on sale and Chau auqua patrons are urged to get their's at once. '??*?? i JAHNS l'ILI.S PAPERS*. German Consular Representative in Charleston to Become American. Charleston, April 9.?Emil H. .Jahn/, for many years German con? sular representative here, and a part? ner in a large wholesale business, to day filed bis intention papers, lead? ing to citizenship in the United States. < >n the break of diplomatic relations with Germany, Mr. Jan/, promptly closed his consular ollice, and turned over its affairs to a Xew Orleans agency, lie is a veteran of the Franco-Prussian war, and an ex pre8ldent of the National Sehuotzeu. Mr. Jl luv/, was born in the province or Posen, Germany( in is>in, and pame to this pountry '-'>'> years ago. cotton sales at manning. Maniing, April ?S.?Between 500 to 600 I'.iit s of Clarendon County cotton were put on the market within the last two or three days at prices based on -(| cents per pound tor middling. The m<'.~t of the offerings were i" small lots, but P. C, Tlnmias sold one lot o( 100 bales thai had been stored it Ms Bloomvlllo place. The buying was principally done bj the local rep? resentative of W. Gordon McCabo & Co., of Charleston. There is probably nol .* great deal of cotton held in the county now, bo nol many will g< t the 1 encfit of t ho adva need pi Ice. Amsterdam, April ii. The military < ",p' ?t of Iho Merlin VoHslsche Zeitung iys the battle ol Arms will prove to be Iho decisive battle of, the war. li fvyn tho Germans have done every? thing possible to strength) n Ihelr lino then ??t:. i burpri e was Impossible, DANGER ON RAILROADS. Tbc imbue warned to Ifeop off Track? ?Those Who Do Net II<hnI Chal? lenge, of Guan|s May be shot. Washington, April 0.?Trespass/ on railway 'property, at ail* times perilous, practice, involves an even greater hazard for the trespasser now that it lias become necessary to p] armed guards at. strategic points to prevent possible interference with th< country's transportation facilities, through the depredations of enemy agents, said Palrfar Harrison, prei dent of the Southern Railway sy tern and c'iairnian of the American Railway Association's special com? mittee on national defense today, call? ing attention to tho importance ol i .1 loyal citizens keeping off railway premises, unless they have business thereon. In addition to the ever present danger of being killed by a train, Mr. Harrison continued, "the man who now trespasses on railway prop? erty subjects himself to the peril of being shot, should he fail to heed the challenge of the military guard charg? ed with the duty of protecting railway structures, whose destruction would interfere seriously with transportation The guards can not afford to take any chances. Unfortunate occurrences can be avoided if citizens who have no business on railway property will keep off. It is especially important that pedestrians who have been ac? customed to walking tracks, rather than public highways, should under? stand the added danger and recognize that they can perform a patriotic ser? vice by avoiding it." COLUMBIA LAND RANK OFFICES. lias Headunrters in l'nlmctto Nation? al Bank Building. Columbia, April 10.?The Columbia federal farm loan bank has leased the loth floor of the Palmetto National bank building. The new offices have been occupied by the bank. F. J. H. von Engelken, president, is spending several days at his home in Florida. He returns to Columbia this week and will probably have something inti r esting to say concerning the develop? ment of the bank. The farm loan bank will prove a great boon to agri? cultural preparedness. , Silly and Cruel Reports. The excitement incident to the en? try of the United States into the great war appears fo unbalanced the judg? ment of some of the people of Sumter, and the city has been filled with fool? ish and idle rumors that, it seems, not a few have been credulous enough to believe* Instead of accepting idlq rumors as true and becoming alarmofl thereby every person of ordinary * intelligence should use a little common sense, give the matter calm consideration, and it will at once become apparent that the reports arc not only ridiculous, but impossible?those who circulate cr believe such reports convict them? selves of lack of sense. For instance, the report has been circulated that an attempt had been made, would l>c made or might be made, to poison the water supply. Bome wildly imaginary persons have gone so far as to circulate the rc port that a man had been detected trying to climb the standpipe for the purpope of placing poison In the wa? ter, a bigger lie was never manu? factured, nor a more silly and Utterlj ridiculous story circulated to deceive the foolish. Another rumor that ha& been circu? lated that is fully as silly, but more harmful than the stand -pipe poison yarn, is the report that the proprie? tors of the New York Bakery would poison their I read for the purpose of killing all of their customers. This report is a criminal libel, and those who originated this report and those who clrcualted it are doing a ma? licious injury to a long established and reputable business establishment of Sumter. Tho proprietors of the New York bakery arc being injured and slandered and their business dam? aged without reason or cm u. e and without fault on their part, such I slanderous reports are not fair, and tare as foolish as they arc mean and cowardly. Even though Felix Btled? and Richard Btelsner were the ene? mies of all the people ef Sumte?-. which they are not, even though they were so wicked and cruel as to wish to kill their friends and customers, who have patronized them for years and helped them to build up a profi? table business, they have too much s< nse to go about it in the manner that their slanderers have attributed to them. It is a fooll 1?. OS wall as i cruel slander thai has I ecu circu? lated concerning these men. The . onslble people of Sumter should mal o ,t their business to centradlct and dls , ountenanco the ellc.ulatlon of any stories ot this sort about any pet son or any establishment. The New York I'.iKery has been ? ondttcted bj I ?lias Stlede and "Rich ard Stolzner for eight years. They have conducted themselves during their residence in Su niter in a manner ?o recommend themselves to the bus? iness men of the city and to all oth? ers who have had dealing! with t>em. % They have invested their earnings in their business and havo purchased real estate. They are and have been rood citizens, industrious, honest and courteous. They came to Pointer with the intention of making it their home and to become American citi? zens. Before there was any hint of the outbreak of war in Europe, and not the least probability that there ever n aid be a war between the Unit? ed States and Germany, they had de? clared their intention of renouncing their German citizenship and beeom Ing loyal citizens of the United States. At the outbreak of the war in 1914 they had already obtained their first papers. When the war broke out Riehard Stelzner was in Germany on B visit to his parents and relatives. He claimed exemption from military sen ieo in Germany on the ground that lie had filed official declaration of his intention to become a naturalized citizen of the United States, aiyi the German government admitted the validity of his claim and permitted htm to return to this country, which he did at the first opportunity. This is the best evidence that he consMers himself an American and that his in? terests and his loyalty is due to this country first of all. Feliz Ftiedc has also declared his intention to become an American citizen and he is to all intents and purposes an American citizen, and Is entitled to the same consideration and treatment that any other citizen receives. The fact that they are of German birth and thr.t their sympathies have been with their native land in the war between Ger? many and the allies does not UAuiaht the circulation of harmful reports concerning them; nor does it furnish ground for suspicion that they are disloyal to their adopted country and that they could be guilty of crimes against the people of their home town?the people who have been their friends and customers. Stiede and Stelzner are Germans, but they are good citizens and good bakers?they make good bread and those who do not eat their bread are doing them? selves an injustice. Our advice to the people who have given credence to the loolish reports is to quit being silly and save their fears for a time when there shall be some excuse for terror. In the mean? time, exercise some common sense and a reasonable decree pf charity in considering the motives of others. CRIMINAL FOLLY, SAYS MC LAUR1X. Tor Farmers to Raise All Cotton and l)e|>eii(l on Others for Food?Says Each Man Should Itaiso More Tlian Knough Cef Himself. The following letter has been re? ceived by Mr. C. K. Stubbs from John L. McLattrin, who is to speak hero on April 21st: Dcnnettsville, April 9, 1917. Dear Elvin: I havo yours of 8th instant with message from Mr. Wil? liams about urging farmers to plant a full crop of foodstuff. I am re? quested to discuss the cotton situation and will consider it in its relation to a world at war. This will embrace the food problem, which will be very serious in South Carolina. I know some people who have gone crazy over 20 cent cotton, and are putting every acre in "otton. There ought to lie some lav/ to prevent such, wicked Oily, If something is not done, and ihe war continues, we will face a famine in this Stnte by this time next year. The armies of the allies are depend? ing on us for food and our govern? ment will see that they get it even if you and I go hungry. These armies and navies are standing between tho Germans and the bombardment of our ? oust cities. Our navy cannot protect a coast line from Portland to Galves ton. Every man should raise twice what he m ods, so as to help feed others. It is the part of patriotism, as much *o as shouldering a musket. Yours truly, Jno. [* McLaurln. A REMARKABLE PROPHECT. Mother Shlpton's Words arc Quote*! in Evidence. In a letter to her brother In Char leston, an English lady cites the fol? lowing prophecy made in the sixteenth century by the famous Mother Ship ton : When pictures look alive with move? ments free, When ships like fishes swim below the sea. Win a men outstripping birds can M our tho sky. Then half tk. world deep drenched III blood shall die. Paris \prl| II.?it has been deeld .d thai the taPayetti flying aquadrooj rem posed 4>f Americans; hereafta will wear American uniforms and car Ii y the American flag.