The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 28, 1917, Image 2
MPIU?MCNT ATI V KS OP DEMO?
CRATIC FRANCE VISIT UNIT
SJD STATES.
to Conftr With American Ofll
etat* OMNcn?M Methods to Be Fol
?owe* in Uoaipping Army ?ad Na? i
tal Fosoas for War om Bammm|
O? las units Incident to Coaalnf of
Ottebraied Foreigners arc informal.
Fortress Monroe, Va.. April 14.?
France's war commissioners to the
United mates reached Hampton Roads
today, and tonight they ara bound
up Chesapeake bay for Washington
<>a beard ths presidential yacht May
The mission, of which Rene Vlvmai
vlos premier and minister of Justice,
Is the official head and Marshal Joffre
a metebsr, brings no written instruc?
tions from ths French government,
the ministry having decided to give
Ho gaembsrs unlimited powers to
negotiate with ths United States on
all subjects, military .naval and flnan
It Is proposed to discuss ths send?
ing of an American expeditionary
fame to France. Marshal Joffre and
eifisr military n tern bars will Indicate
Id the American officials with whom
Saoy are to confer several Important
reasons which they consider
Ths most Important of
na Is found In the moral
to bo had from the presence of
Ass Sties a troops and ths American
fggg? am the battlefields of France.
ThO French Idea of an American
expedition calls for a fighting force
fWpWOftod by auxiliary services, such
aw railway staff., railway material,
aase repair shops, telegraph and tele
fJslOfts lir.es. automobile transports
?fa* a strong aeiatlon section.
Mo French government Is ready
to slier whatever may bo considered
to assist In sea operations,
the ass for naval purposes
Of attr er aH ports In France. The
of marine has worked out
S/ to the American gov
i
fat a comprehensive plan for |{
Of si as as transport for both army
aAd wavy purposes and for the pro- ,
vtotoOIng of the etvll population. ,
Ffganclally Francs needs loans of |,
91 ??,900,040 monthly to be spent in
the United States. Detailed otTU 1 ?1
laformat on on this subject will be
go boa I. led to the American govern
moot at ths conferences to be held In
^Washington,
Mr. Vtvient, ss official head of the
com ml si on. during his stay hers gave
ths following statement to a staff cor
?dent of ths Associated Pros*
who accompanied ths mission from
Freses:
' Kvery American will understand
la deference to the Illustrious
president of ths Unltsd P'ates w mm
I am going to see very noon. I reserve
first word fer him. I will have occa?
sion to sea you again and tell the
American nation through you in a
complete manner ths emotions
with which the repreantatlves of
Franc? srset In ths name of their
country ths first democracy of the
world, with which France shares th?
en me Ideals.
(fiigned) "Vlvlanl."
The members of the commission got
their first glimpse of the shores of
America at daylight this morning
American naval officials aboard s
flotilla of destroyers met the former
ten passenger liner which brought
ths visitsrs over and their convoy at
11 o'clock last nlfcht about too miles
at
The French and the American ves
exchanKod signals and then all
continued toward the Virginia capes.
Not a light was showing at any time
during the movement and the vessels
knew of each other only by the ph >s
phorescsncs kicked up by the pro
pellars At dawn the flotilla and Its
guests fell In by rendezvous with an
American cruiser which led the wuy
Into the great harbor of Hampton
Roada
All the members of the commis?
sion were on the bridge of their boat
with the French admiral command?
ing shortly aftsr 6 Cclock to see the
entrance. The day was magnificent,
with hardly a ripple disturbing the
broad ex panes of water. As the
roads came Into view Marshal Joffre
turnsd to sn American naval oMlcor
ssrvtng as pilot and aald:
"What a wonderful scene, i love
this sunshine. It reminds me of my
own county?ths south of France.'
Ones Inside the harbor the Ameri?
can destroyers slipped away to their
anchorages. Meanwhile every Ameri?
ca . ship In the harbor holated to their
maatheada the French trie dor, and
ths band of warship played "The Ktar
Hpangled Banner." Murshal Joffre
and the military and naval members
alood st salute until the last note had
floated across the watsr while the
civilian members stood with bared
heads.
Immediately afterward came the
French national anthem which was
saluted In a similar manner.
The ship bearing ths mission drop
ped anchor off Fort rein Monroe,
while the convoy steamed several
miles further on.
Gen. Vlfflnsl. the military and na
val attache of the French embassy
at Washington. Stephans Lausanne,
confidential representatl v ?, and Col.
Spencer Cosby, U. 8. A., assigned as
Marshal J off re's aide, dime aboard
soon after with dispatches and to
greet the visitors. Admiral Mayo,
commander In chief of tho Atlantic
ueet. called later.
There was no saluting, the formal?
ity of firing salvos of guns having
been dispensed with by agreement.
"We are saving our powder for the
Germans." remarked the commander
of the French ship.
All of the commissioners returned
Admiral Mayo's call later In the
morning. They lunched on board
their own vessel, finishing Just In time
to receive Ambassador Jusserand.
Va>. Gen. Scott, chief of staff of
the army. Assistant Secretary Long.
Assistant Secretary Franklin Roose?
velt, and several other oUclals, who
arrived, from Washington on boari
ths Mayflower.
Upon his arrival Ambassador Jus
serasd went Into conference with Mr.
Vivian! and the leading members of
the mission. Two hours later M.
Vlvlanl, Marshal Joffre. Admiral
Cbocheprat, the naval representa?
tive, the Marquis de Chambrun,
(Lafayette's grandson), Mr. Hove
lauque councelor, and Joseph Simon
of the ministry of finance went on
board the American vessel with Am?
bassador Jusserand and the American
officials and remained until their de?
parture for Washington.
The mission will place Itself at the
disposal of the president during tho
entire period of its visit to this coun?
try.
FRENCH REACH WASHINGTON.
Commission Landed Safely at Navy
Yard and Proceeds to Quarters
Through Streets Lined with Cheer?
ing I*eoplOi
Washington, April 26.?The French
commission headed by Gen. Joffre,
tnd Former Premier VlvlanU landed
mfely from the Mayflower at the
Washington navy yard. Rousing
cheers and handclapping both from
officials and private citlssns greeted
the Frenchmen^ Secretary Lansing
headed the American welcoming com?
mittee. The route from the navy
yard to the commission's headqua rters
was lined with cheering people.
.I ?.!>? I I| I ? ?.
TURN TO WAR STUDIES.
Southern Colleges Devote Much Time
to Work.
Birmingham, April 24.?Practically
all universities, colleges, and prepara?
tory schools In the South, supported
by faculties and students are turn?
ing their attention to questions re
latin* to the support of the govern?
ment In Its war with Germany. Many
of them have canceled their athletic
schedules and are devoting liberal
periods of the dally programme to
military training. Others are falling
In line, with movements looking to
increased food crops.
Probably the most conspicuous
movement for national defense la in
progress at Washington and Lee uni?
versity, where 90 per cent, of the
student body la taking part In daily
military drills.
The Lexington students are being
trained through the assistance of
cadet officers from the Virginia Mili?
tary Institute.
At Vanderbilt university the stu?
dents are devoting a certain class
period to drill under the Instructions
of United States army officers. Sim?
ilar training \? being given to the
men at the University of Alabama,
the Univorsity of North Carolina, and
the University of Georgia.
At the Virginia Polytechnic nsti
tuto a civilian training camp has been
established.
At Auburn, Miss. A. & M. and
many other Southern institutions
where military training Is a part of
the curriculum, class room studies
practically have been superseded by
training in the field with arms.
SAY'S PEACE 18 NEAR.
Copenhagen, April 24 (vifii London).
?"My opinion Is that peace Is nearer
than many think," the Berlin Vossische
Zeltung's coi i espondent quotes the
Bulgarian minister of war as saying.
"The Russian revolution and American
Intervention," he added, "have
brought peace nearer."
"Prenldent Wilson through his dec
lation of war, has furthered the cause
of peace, for America will now require
ummunltion and food supplies and
must cease supplying the Mites. Amer?
ica, In reality, through her war decla?
ration ceased to wage war ngalns'. the
central countries.'
STAR AVIATOR KILLED.
Paris, April 24.?Corporal Ronald
Huskier, of South Orange, N. J.. one
of ths stsrs of the American flying
corps, was killed during the present
sffensivs*
Pedigreed!
Four
Light
Six
<850
?985
Price* Effective April
1st, 1917
Light Pouts
Touting. . . $6 os
Roadstsr . . %68o
Country CM . S/03
Big Fours
Touring.
? ? ? $i
*43Q
Light Sixes
Touring. .
?asjsse
Coup* . I
Man J .
Willys-Six
Touring .
loss
9tS*3
1*4*9
Willys-Knights
Font Touting . $i3oj
Four Coupi. . S/0C0
FourSidon . . $1930
Four Limousins $1030
Bight Tomring. $joso
nni?dsfcrrtd unfit that dots
atsount too lois to corral adver.
tusntfnts opfsnring in mogosiuss
circulating throughout tit month
ofApriU
AU priest f. o. 0. Tolsdo
Ssmjsct to ckongs without notier
"Mads in U. S. A."
Nine years of continuous, consist?
ent development, improvement,
refinement!
Each year a better car and a bet?
ter value!
Over three hundred thousand now
in use!
That is the history of the car that
built Overland because it repre?
sented integrity of value.
And as steadfastly as this car has
represented original integrity of
value, so also has The Willys
Overland Company sustained
that integrity of value through?
out its service in the hands of
those who purchased it.
The Overland Big Four of this
season and its twin?except for
the motor?the Overland Light
Six, are the direct outcome of
all this development.
More than three hundred thou?
sand owners and more than
four thousand dealer and fac?
tory-branch organizations have
assisted this development by
their experience with these cars
and their helpful suggestions of
improvements.
v.
In their new beauty, in their per?
fected easy riding qualities, in1
their proven sturdiness and
mechanical excellence, in their
admitted tire, fuel and oil
economy, these cars are worthy
of the confidence we have, that
they will further enhance Over?
land prestige.
The prices are $850 for the Big
Four, $985 for the Light Six,1
while we have them to deliver
until- May 1st?thereafter $895
and $1025.
OVERLAND SALES CO.
DEALERS
210 W. Liberty St; Phone 723
MORE CORN, LESS WATER.
Grow Variety That Will Produce
Gain Instead or Cornstalks, Say,
Department Speclallst.
It sometimes becomes necessary to
do heavy work, such as hauling; water
to put out fire, but what's the use of
hauling; water from the cornfields to
the feed lot and hauling; it back
again to the fields In the shape of un?
eaten constalks Very tall-growing
com when sappy ami Immature is al?
most all water, and so Is wet corn
stalk manure.
It used to be that many Growers
prided themselves on the great height
of their cornstalks. The more suc?
cessful farmers, however, have ceased
to haul water from the cornfields to
the feed lot In the form of coarse
stalks which remain uneaten and haul
It back to the fields In the shape of
wet cornstalk manure. They do not
grow such tall stalks and often profi?
tably allow animals to gather the
grain, leaving the stalks In the fields
to enrich the soil.
A few years ago silage was thought
to have a fixed food value. One can
not take out of the silo any more food
value .than is put in. Hauling and
siloing .; large sappy stalks Is heavy
work and not as profitable as putting
a good, almost mature corn crop into
the silo.. a somewhat larger and la?
ter maturing variety of corn that will
thoroughly mature for grain can be
used lit the northern States for en?
silage. Even silage corn should be
planted,early and given sufficient time
to make its best growth and reach the
stage of maturity at which husks turn
brown and the cars become glazed.
A co-operator in the departments
corn work grows a high-yielding va?
riety of corn the stalks of which
reach a height of about 6 feet, while
his neighbor grows a big, 12-foot va?
riety. In helping each other shred
their crops the neighbor's tall-grow?
ing corn was shredded first. The stalks
were bulky and high loads were haul?
ed from the fields to the shredder.
When beginning tbe shredding of the
competitor's corn, which that year
producer over 100 bushels of dry
shelled corn per acre, the neighbor
put on the acctustomed high load, and
his team could not pull it out el the
field. He got down off the load to
make an examination, thinking the
rack must be pressing against the
wheels. The competitor told him he
would have to take off a part of the
load, to which he replied that ho did
not have on a big load and was ao
cumstomed to hauling larger loads.
Afte. telng convinced that it was the
weight of the load that stalled his
team, they removed a portion and
hauled the balance to the sredder,
from which they obtained 40 bushels
of corn, or almost a ton and a half of
ears.
Wha: variety of corn .should you
plant? Since there are thousands of
so-called varieties, it is not possible to
deslginate by name the variety you
should plant. Furthermore. with
corn there is very little In a name.
Two lo's of seed of the learning va?
riety sometimes differ from each other
more than two varieties differ from
each 01 her. An accurate test of two
different lots of the Boone County
White variety resulted in one lot pro?
ducing 18 bushels more per acre than 1
the other lot. Quality is what counts
and the varietal name does not desig?
nate qi altly. Plant a variety that has
made good in your neighborhood.
Plant need which was grown in your
part of tho State and was properly
field selected and properly cared for
during the winter.
DOWN ON HOLLWEGG.
Movement to Overthrow German
Chancellor Gaining Strenglin
Copenhagen, April 25.?The move?
ment for the overthrow of Chancellor
von Bethmann HollWOgg, halted for a
time by the adoption of ruthless sub?
marine warfare, is again becoming
evident in Germany. The agitation is
encouraged by dissensions over inter?
nal reforms, possible peace terms and
food troubles.
REICHSTAG HAS ADJOURNED.
German Parliament Refused to Dis?
cuss the Pood Problem.
London, April 26.?Despite the ef?
forts Of social Democrats to have it
discuss the food problem, the Reich
tag adjourned, after a brief session
yesterday, until May 2nd, according to
Lftfn Am its roam dispatch.
WARNING TO AUTO DRIVERS.
Chiel* or Police of Somter Will Accept
No Excuse for Violation of Traffic
Ordinance.
Editor Daily Item:
I wish once more to impose upon
your good nature.
In view of the fact that past warn?
ings seem to have been speedily for?
gotten and the number of accidents
have increased, owing to the violation
of the traffic ordinances to which I
formerly called special attention, and
which 1 now Wish to again and for the
last time call the attention of the driv?
ing and riding public.
Do not exceed the speed limits.
Keep to the right.
Indicate at all corners which way
you are going to turn.
Watch out for all stop and other
signs and obey them.
Stop means what It reads??STOP!
No cut-outs must be used within
the city limits. They will not be long?
er tolerated. They are inexcusable
with our present streets.
I have a small force, but am going
to use every means to enforce these
necessary precautions and to detect
the violators of traffic and other or?
dinances, j. R. Sumter.
Chief of Police.
Autos Must Stop at Corners.
Quite a number of citizens who
own or drive automobiles were in the
recorder's court this morning on the
charge of violation of traffic ordinance
by failing to bring their cars to a slop
I at the Sumtcr-Oaklund avenue street
corner. They werp let off with lines
of $3.00 each and warned by the
chief and recorder that all cars must
he brottfnt to a stop?and stop means
what the word Implies?before they
can proceed across the street or turn
from one street Into the other. Po
licemun DuHant was placed at this
corner yesterday to see that the '*>!^
ulatlon was enforce?I there and it Will
be enforced also at other corner
where the stop signs are put up.
J. Denemark was tried on the
charge of reckless driving of an auto
mobile and was lined $2f?. It was al?
leged that he was exceeding the
speed limit when he and Mr. C. W.
Kingman had their collision of auto
and Bicycle Saturday night.
T. P. A. ELECT OI VICERS.
Abe Ryttenberg Chosen President?
To Hold Annual Fish Fry Soon.
At a recent meeting Post O., T. P?
A. elected officers for the ensuln?
year as follows:
President. Abe Ryttenberg; 1st vice
president, H. L. Scarborough; 2nd vica
president, H. R. Witherspoon; 3rd
vice president. W. R. Phillips; 4th
vice president, H. A. Moses; 5th vice
president, W. P. Smith; secretary and
treasurer, Louis Lyon; board of di?
rectors, A. C. Phelps, chairman; T. H.
Siddall, J. M. Brogdon, J. W. Jackaon,
U B. Phillips, C. S. Anderson; chair?
man Railroad Committee, J. W. Mc
Keiver; chairman Press Committee,
H. A. Moses; chairman Hotel Commit?
tee, C. A. Bruner; chairman Legisla?
tive Committee, W. P. Smith; chair?
man Employment Committee. T. H.
Siddall; chairman Good Roads and
Public Utilities Committee, W. R.
Phillips, chairman Membership Com?
mittee, H. J. Harby; chaplain, R. S.
Truesdale; surgeon, Archie Chinj; del?
egates to attend annual State conven?
tion, H. L. Scarborough, W. Percy
Smith, Xelll O'Donnell. H. R. Wither?
spoon, L. I. Parrott, W. L. Boylef, J.
M. Brogdon, and President Abe ftp
tenberg and Secretary Louis Lyon.
The post decided to hold the annual
fish fry on Wednesday. May 2.! A
committee consisting of Messrs. W. R.
Phillips H. R. Witherspoon and Louis
Lyon was appointed to make all of the
necessary arrangements for this an?
nual event which is always largely
participated in by the members of
Post <: and anticipated and shared in
with a great degree of pleasure.
It was decided to hold monthly
meetings of the post, the next meeting
and meetings thereafter to be held on
the second Saturday night of each
month.
The meeting was enlivened by' In?
teresting remarks made by Messrs. H.
U Scarborough. T. H. Siddall and H
A. Moses.
-1_1 1 "_Ii*?
S. M. WITHERSPOON,
Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist
Otflce: Wand's Stable, Mayetvllle, H. C.
Office Telephone 12
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