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atehman and v \ bllabed April, 1850. "Be tuet and Fear not?Dec all toe ends Thon Alma't at be my Country V Thy God'* aaut Tratte/ THJ? Tit UK -SOUTHRON, Ertebttanod Jana? : *oa ted Aug. 9,188L 8UMTER, 8. 0., WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1917 VoLXLlV. No. 24. FUNS AMNOUMCED OPnCKRS? RE. vrm omni made pubuc. MosUhs hi Camps Mem Will Get Hew Army. May 4.?A full outline fee training the first 10,000 fee the first S00.000 troops by selecttrs conscription was public today by ths war depart Mr three months* Instruction at /frtsjsliig earnps the 10,000 offi 14 Infantry and two cavalry Will be selected on merit the total of 40,000 and assigned lie which 'sill be called to Stiers a month or two later, eg the 10,e>0 men who ar*? Qualified will be commissioned lane officers* reserve corps and called far duty ae naedid. Meg Cor the mobilisation camps not been announced but they he In each case within the limits fame district prescribed for the offi treJntng camps. r the first of their training the esaeer candidates will be organised "Into II Infantry companies and drilled / fit such by regular and National Guard * sjsBoers and such of their own num ber as may be qualified for command. Tmen they will be organised by indl ?fafUsal fftnese Into nine infantry com nerd so, three batteries of artillery and tare troops of cavalry. Those designated for coast artil? lery wlB go either to Fort Monroe or Fort Winne Id Scott, California, for two months of special Instruction while those for signal corps, aviation er other special services will be aa atgned to special training unite. The department's statement lays ?feat stress on the fact that mature * men, schooled for responsible post. ' tfeM, wlU be eeught particularly in ' gfflrtlng the first 10,000. In later tin In, bag camps younger msn are ex * seated to predominate. If storm DAMAGING. Plant Struck by and Destroyed by Flames. - Jefferson. May 4. ?One ot the se? verest electrical storms In yearn via Red this town and vicinity Monday night between ? and 10 o'clock. It wee accompanied by torrential raJns and considerable wind. The electric? ity wss most spectacular. In the suburb* a negro church was hit by lightning and burned to the ground. * A few minutes afterward the main awl kling of the Jefferson Oil and Fer? tiliser company? plant waa struck and burned to the ground before aa sjletanee could be given. The male population of the town turned out ae quickly aa possible and saved from 1 the fertiliser department about 100 bags of cotton seed meal, some mixed fertiliser and 20 odd bags of nitrate of eoem. The lose Is tto.ooo to $12.000, par family covered by Insurance. TWO WAR COMMISSIONS. fee Ocisssnliinlnns to Sit In Lon asm and WaalMngton. ? Wtehlngton. May 7.?A plan Is be? sag worked out to hsvs two allied war oommlaslons sitting continuously, one In London end one here. The sprang from a general trade ting la Secretary Lansing's office last week Although not definitely decided upon It Is likely to be the ?ret step to coordinate the resource* the United State? will bring into the war. The commission In London With representatives ?! all the allies. Including the United SUtes will do upon the apportionment of set ?me traffic. The commission here would manege getting the supplies to the ?esboard. RAILROAD* NEED MONEY. 1st** increase Will Not Make up Deneeency. Washington. Msy 7 ? The eastern railroads at the hearing today told la* Interstate Commerce Commit that the fifteen per cent. Increase 'freight rates asked for would fab five million dollars short of iff up the two hundred and go v. ?Mlnun million Increase in 1917 op . Wittag expenses over ltlt statement. The eastern roads, who will be fol lewed by the southern and western said the cost of coal, wage* material had advanced so rsptd If that the Income* cannot keep parn. Shippers counsel are ready to go be? fore the conwnm-ooh tu ?i po?o the FRENCH NEAR UON. GERMAN STRONGHOLD UNDER GUN8 OF FRENCH ARMY. Steady and Determined Advance of French Troops Has Brought Them Within Striking Distance of Key of German Trench System?British Continue Advance West of Bullo court. The French are only six miles from Ls^on, the German stronghold on the Hlndenburg line. After yesterday's advance the only formidable barrier between them and goal Is the Ailette river valley, which lies in a deep gorge. But from the captured heights along the Chemln des Dames, the French guns overlook the stream. Since April 1 nth the French claim to have captured 29,000 prisoners. Heavy German counter-attacks In this re-j gion have been repulsed. London has officially announced that the British have pushed forward west of Bullecourt snd the reports say ths town was entered by hand to hand fighting. In Germany apparently the recent suggestions In the relchstag o:* reform proposals have checked the rining tide of popular discontent. However, the German government's measures to prevent the world from learning the true state of affairs have made ade? quate Judgment impossible. The pro? posed reforms are said to pre vide for a curtailment of the emperor's power and to make the ministry responsible to parliament. AIRPLANE RAIDS LONDON. Four Bombs Dropped In East London Sunday Night. London, May 7.? It Is officially an? nounced that a hostile airplane drop? ped four bombs in K?st London last night. One man was killed and a man and woman injured. The damage to buildings was slight. SHOWS HIS PATRIOTISM. Orangeburg Man Willing to Give Ten Dollars Each Month to Assist in W toning War. Washington, May 6.?Representa? tive Lever says patriotism In this country is not dead and will not die so long as there live in it men of the type from whom he has just received the following letter. It comes from Orangeburg county. "Dear 8lr: "I feel It ro. duty as all others to do my part In helping my country' while In war. and I am sending you money order for $10 to be placed to the credit of the war department, and will donate $10 each month during said war. I am ready to offer such sacrifices as I can and would do more but I am a poor man and have a family dependent upon me for sup? port. But If there is anything else 1 can do I will be pleased for you to let me know." Mr. Lever, of course, wrote him a letter of sincere appreciation and re? turned the money order, but added that It was this spirit that would win this war. MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES. To Be Held at Church of Holy Cross. State burg?H. C. Hayn* worth to Make Address. Stateburg. May 6.?The annual Me? morial exercises at Stateburg will be field on Thursday afternoon, May 10, at 4.30 o'clock at the Church of ths Holy Cross. | i Mr. Hugh C. Haynsworth of Sura ter will deliver the address. The pub? lic Is cordially Invited to these exer? cises. MONEY FOR ENGLAND. United States Will Make Second Loan of $100,000,000. Washington, May 7.?The govern? ment has decided to lend to Great Britain one hundred million dollars to meet her needs in the United States during May. The second in? stallment of twenty-five million was transferred to the British embassy today. This with the twenty-five mil? lion lent Saturday completes ht.lf of the May total. OFFER FROM ANDERSON. Manufacturer Tenders Use of Plant to Government, t Washington, May 6.?John G. An? derson of Rock Hill Is In Washington and has tendered the government the use of bis entire buggy, wagon and automobil? making establishment for its use on a 10 per cent, basis. FIGHT ON COTTON TO. SOUTHERNERS SAY SCHEME IS SECTION ALLY UNFAIR. Pennsylvania Congressman Calls for] $2.50 a Dale Tax on Fleecy Staple, Raising a Howl. Washington, May 5.?A proposal by Representative Moore of Pennsyl \ania to Include a tax of $2.50 a bale on cotton in the war revenue bill stirred up n sectional controversy to? day in the house ways and means coinmittco and resulted in the com? mittee's failure to complete the bill tonight as had been planned. When adjournment was taken the sugges? tion still was under discussion. Mr. Moore proposed the cotton tax while the committee was struggling with indifferent success to raise the total of the bill to $1,800,000,000 de? sired by Secretary McAdoo. City pioducts, Mr. Moore maintained, h?vd been heavily burdened with taxes and it was only fair that Southern plant? ers should bear their share. Approx? imately $30,000,000 could be raised during the coming year, he said, Vy the levy proposed. A storm of opposition ensued and tonight Southern members in and ? out of the committee were up in arms, predicting confidently that- the Moore proposal never would carry. They argued it would be just as fair to tax wheat, corn and oats. Argument on the proposal will be renewed in the committee Monday. Its injection has made the time of completion of the bill uncertain, but predictions tonight were It would be ready for submission to the house by Tuesday. Despite the fact that the house bill now totals much less*than the de? sired $1,800,000,000, the measure as finally enacted is expected by senate and house leaders to carry this amount Some senators Indicate a willingness even to raise the total looking with favor on applying a graduated scale to excess profits taxes, once suggested by Secretary McAdoo. Consideration was given a proposal today to strike out all ex? emptions and substitute for the sub? committee plan of doubling the pres? ent excess profits tax a scale of 10 per cent, on businesses paying from 8 to 15 per cent; 15 on those paying 15 to 25 per cent.; 20 on those pay? ing 25 to 50 per cent., and 25 on those paying 50 per cent, and up? wards. Transportation taxes on pipe lines* and taxes on jewelry and ad? vertising also were discussed. SPANNELL FOUND GUILTY. Convicted of Killing Col. Butler and Given Five Years. Coleman. Tex., May 6.?A verdict of guilty of murder was returned to? night by the jury in the case of Harry J. Spannen, charged with the killing of Lieut. Col. M. C. Bulter. Punish? ment was fixed at five years* im? prisonment. Spannen all but collapsed when the verdict was read. Counsel for the de? fense announced motion for a new trial would bo filed immediately and if it were not granted, an appeal would be taken. The plea for rever? sal, they said, would be based speci? fically upon the refusal of the court to sustain defense's plea of "former ac? quittal." Spannen was indicted at Alpine, Tex., for the alleged killing of his wife and Lltnl Col. Butler on the night of July 20. 1916. The charge of killing his wife. Mrs. Crystal Holland Span? nen, was tried at San Angelo last February on a change of venue. Span? neil was acquitted and the case against him for killing Col. Fuller was brought to Coleman county. The trial here began Monday. April 23. TIME EXTENDED. List of Candidates for Georgia Train? ing Camp Not Full. Atlanta, May 7.?The time limit for accepting candidates for the officers' training camp at Fort McPherson has been extended "one or two days." A total of twenty-three hundred had been accepted up to today. The full quota for the camp is twenty-five hundred. Tin-: IRISH QUESTION. l-aborites Will Make Representations to Cabinet. London. May 7.?The Pall Mall Gazette understands that powerful representations v^lll be made to Pre? mier Lloyd George and the cabinet Iby Lnboritles as their view of the u*g ency of a settlement of the Irish question. ? PEACE THROUGH SAGRED UNION VIVIANI SAYS IMPERIALISM MUST BE DESTROYED. French Mission Given Rousing Wel? come From Thousands in Kansas City. Kansas City, May 6.?"The sacred union' of the United States and the entente allies will not be dissolved until German imperialism has been destroyed and the peace of the world assured." In those words M. Vivlani, head of the French mission and former pre? mier of France, acknowledged today the proffered pledges of undivided co? operation of the Middle West in the war. The mission at the western end of tb.elr trip through America spent a. morning here filled with manifesta? tions of the spirit and patriotism of this section. Thousands of persons waving the French tri-color and the Stars and Stripes, lined the streets and crowded all available space at the religious-loyalty meeting at Conven? tion hall. M. Vivianl told the Convention hall audience that the United States had not entered the war alone to help France, but rather to uphold the torch of civilization and to obtain for the world ultimate peace. His words were greeted with an outburst of ap? plause that subsided only when Mar? shal Joffre spoke a few words in acknowledgement of the thunderous ovation. "You free Americans so well un? derstand why thousands and thous? ands of our children now are sleeping their last," M. Vivianl said. "You know it was not because there was In our hearts the desire to conquer. "You will come, not to help France but to aid the cause of civilization. France, bleeding and fighting, with many destroyed homes and tombs, has held the German flood that now is go? ing back. Come to France, you Amer? icans, and help civilization and lib? erty. It is the best way, the only way to insure the peace of the world." The former premier's speech came at the close of the meeting, after Govs. F. D. Gardner of Missouri and Arthur Capper of Kansas had promised their States would not fail to do their "bit." Thousands of persons had been unable to get within convention hall when Mayor Edwards called the meeting to order. For hours men. women and children had stood out? side the doors?as they had at the Union station and wherever else they might catch a glimpse of "Papa" Joffre, Viviani, Admiral Choche prot, Lieut. Col. Jean Fabrey and the others. Every aisle was packed and the roar of applause was tumul tous. Members of the commission expressed their especial pleasure at such a demonstration from this dis? trict because it would be from the surrounding States that much of the wheat, corn and foodstuffs must come to insure final victory over Germany. "Papa" Joffre was touched by an incident that ocruretl at the break? fast at the Union station attended by a small number of representative men. A gray haired woman, whose name was unknown, sent to him by a National Guardsman a letter con? taining a $50 bill for the relief of wounded heroes of the Marne. The meeting at Convention hall was a religious service, partly as a memorial for the Lusitania. All creeds were represented and one of the most dramatic climaxes came when Rabbi Bernstein of St. Joseph, Mo., declared in his speech: "I am thankful that the time has come when I and my brothers, as Jews, may enter this war, even as an ally of Russia." The commission departed for St. Louis shortly after noon. DISMISSES SUIT OF NEGROES. Supreme Court Holds Tlmt Former Skives and Descendants Cannot Col? lect. Washington. May 7.?The Su? preme Court has dismissed the suit of former negro slaves and their heirs to collect more than sixty-eight mil? lion for labor on crops in the South from 1867 to 1868. The money was Collected) as internal revenue taxes on cotton. The negroes claim the work was performed while they were in a state of involuntary servitude. Christiansburg. Va., May 7.?After the renewal of the trial of C. E Vawter, charged with killing Stock? ton Heth, Jr., the court adjourned to a moving picture theatre because the large crowds proved a strain on the court house. . , PLAN RESERVE SERVICE RODY. COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE WOULD ORGANIZE FOR HOME WORK. Proposal is to Unite Men and Women to Carry on Work of Non-Comhat ants During- Present World War. Washington, May 3.?Plans for a great national service reserve made up of men not subject to draft into the army and of women, already ap? proved by the war department, were submitted to the council of national defense today at a conference of the council with State governors and rep? resentatives of State defense coun? cils. Members of the reserve would be available for any service they could perform for the government. The plans were presented by George Wharton Pepper, representative of the Pennsylvania State defense coun? cil and chairman of a rational com? mute of patriotic and defense socie? ties. The reserve would be headed by a board of nine nationally known men, who would operate through a national committee of members from all the States. Under the national commltee there would be State and district communities and in Washing? ton a permanent headquarters com? mittee would sit to carry on admin? istrative work. Membership on the board of nine has been tentatively accepted, it was stated, by Former President Taft. Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals and Henry L. Stinson, former secretary of war. The purposes of the organization, as outlined to the defense council, would be to furnish any military or civil service which could not be per? formed by enlisted men, to aid in re? cruiting, to work under any private employer engaged on government con? tracts, or on farms and to supply the army and navy. When not in active service reserve members could aid in home defense. They would be given compensation for the time spent in government service. The defense council today gave the governors and State representatives an outline of a programme for State assistance to the federal government in the conduct of the war. They were told that State defense councils could do these things: Promote patriotic spirit and edu ate the people to the magnitude of 'he task ahead; aid In rceruiting the National Guard: sissist in carrying out the enrollment for new army and in determining exemptions for draft; maintain labor standards; establish labor clearing houses; assist in get? ting workers to use their "broken time" on the farm; assist in getting idle men and boys to the farms; af? ford facilities in aiding the govern? ment to collect revenues; help float the Liberty loan; organize central food production committees to work with the State defense councils; sup? ply their own food requirements wherever possible and reduce waste in the home. The State councils wete asked to induce older and more responsible men to enter military training camps as men going to the first camps prob? ably will be advanced in grade in the near future. Members of the federc.l council's I organization outlined at length to the I governors steps the government is taking to put the country in a state of preparedness. DENIES BANKERS* CLAIMS. Supreme Court Holds That Banks Can? not Collect on German Steamship for Failure to Deliver Gold. Washington, May 7.?The Supreme Court has denied the claims of New York banks for $2,240,000 damages against the German steamer Kron? prinzessin Cecilie for failure to de? liver twelve million gold from Eng? land and France at the outbreak of the war. FRATERNIZING TO BE STOPPED. Russian Troops Ordered to Have No Friendly Relations With Germans. Petrograd. May 7.?General Gurko, the commander of the western front, has ordered fraternizing of Russians with enemy troops stopped. He dc cleares the practice enables the en? emy to learn Russia's military dispo? sitions and by causing a lull in light? ing on the Russian front, permits the Germans to concentrate troops on the French front. The order concludes with an appeal to the troops to do their duty toward Hussln and her al? lies SERVICE FOB NATIONAL IUI WAR DEPARTMENT CONSIDERS SENDING THEM TO FRANCE. Regulars Will be Kept to Train Now Army. While Guardsmen Carry llag Across Sea. Washington, May 4.?Plans are rapidly being perfected by the war department to dispatch America's first contingent of troops, members of the National Guard, to the fighting lines in France. For two reasons it is said the gov? ernment desires to send the State troops abroad in small contingents. The authorities, while anxious, after having conferred with the high French and British officers, now !n the United States, to get the men across as soon as possible, realise that there is the big question of trans? portation of both iood supplies and munitions to the allies. In addition to this it is believed that by distrib-. uting the troops in small numbers among the ships of commerce the danger of elimination by submarine attack would be reduced to the mini? mum. By sending the National Guardsmen abroad at this time it is believed that as they are already hardened by many months of service on the Mexican border, they could be learning the methods of modern warfare at the front, while the regular forces could be kept here to train the selective conscripts. The United States could profit better, it is pointed out, by reversing the operations of the British forces at the beginning of the war. The British, realizing that they blun? dered at the commencement of hos tilities, have since bitterly deplored the fact that they sent all their train? ed regulars in the first expedition, lea.ing no training units behind to handle the raw recruits. It is further said that along with the units of the National Guard will probably go regular army officers who will act In the capacity of general of? ficers in command at the front. ?If the ideas of the French military experts are carried out, the National Guardsmen, before being sent actually into the fighting lines, would be given a few weeks intensive training close to the front and close enough to the real fighting to proft by what they would see and hear. Under the French plan of training infantry com? panies would be divided into several groups, each of which would be given special training, some in rifle firing, some in bombing, some in the use of asphyxiating gases and others such training as the situation might de i rnand. PRESIDENT SITS IN GALLERT. Chief Executive Views Presence of British Commission on Floor of House. Washington, May 5.?President Wilson occupied a seat in the execu? tive gallery of the house while the British foreign minster Balfour and other members of the British commis? sion were received on the floor of the house. Capitol historians said it was the first time the president had ever apeared in the galleries. Both the president and Lord Bal? four received ovations. Balfour in his speech predicted the triumph of democracy over militarism. STAND BEinND GOVERNMENT. People of Petrograd Gather in Streets and Outshout Demonstrators Who Seek Peace. Petrograd, May 4.?Friends of the provisional government out-demon? strated the demonstrators tonight. They are seemingly stirred into a realization of the catastrophe over? shadowing the country through the menaced fall of the government. Well groomed, gray headed men, women, expensively clad, stunts of soldiers, business men, children, seemingly a quarter of the population, packed the immense area before the government headquarters and cheered and shout? ed for the government. WAR STRENGTH PASSED. Many Recruits ,Ioln Ga Tncy Artillery Company. Gaffney, May 4.?Gs.pt Henry C. Moore of the Third company of coast artillery said today that his company now exceeds war strength, but that it is his intention to recruit a number of additional men for the reason that it is likely some of them may bo rejected on final examination. The company recently lost a number of men when those who arc married were elimi? nated.