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FEIEB BIS SttiPS SOMK. TWENTTj-FOtR HltlTlSli LOSSES REPORTED. Twni()-t?u) Crsft Cade* l.tM Tone end It Fishing Vessel* Vk'tlma of Submai im?. London May 9 Twenty-four I'rit ? tan merchant veaaelH of more than 1,100 tons each were sunk during the last week, it wai announced official? ly. Twenty-two vessels of less than 1*00 tone and 16 fishing vessels also were sunk The official statement says: '?Vessels of all nationalities: Ar? rivals 2.271; sail inns 2.499. "British merchantmen over 1,600 toes sunk, including five not report? ed previously. 24; under 1,600 tons 11. "British merchantmen unsuccess i fully attacked. Including six prevl oaaly not reported, 34. "BrltiHh fishers sunk, Including one ' not previously reporte<l und 13 sall? ein, 1?." A falling off in the loss of British shipping is shown in this report. Li\at week'i stater. ent gave the num? ber of lost ships of more than 1,600 tet?J as 38, under 1,600 tons as 13. and fishing vessels ns eight. THE BIN KINS' MILL PICNIC. OenmlttccM from Various Churches Appoint! <!! by Secretary Hcnrdon to .Talk up Gathering. Tbe directors of the Sumter Cham? ber of I'nmnii'ivn, :UI,i ,,f the I'.otail Dealers* Association of Sumter, are very anxlotM to have as many Sum tfg city poo de as po-siMt? accept th vary cordial Invitation of the hos pHable people of the rural districts of Bomter county who have Invited tee people it Sumter to . Join with them In a Mg pet-touoi h~r city and and country basket picnic at Dln'Ons' Mill pond on Wednesday, May 16<*.h. The directors of the Chamber of Commerce have instructed the secre? tary. E. I. I' ?ardon, to \ise every pos? sible means to have hundreds of Sumter men. women, boys and girls attend this picnic. Secretary Ueardon has appointed tee following Sumter Indies to serve as an auxiliary committee to talk up the picnic an 1 Induce a large crowd of Bumterltes to attend. The picnic si to be a very democratic affair and. all of the citixens of Sumter are in u**Ve>atten1 and to bring baskets. ComirfHt.ces from Churches. Trinity Methodist church?Mrs. II H. Wltherspom. Mrs. L. I. Parrott, Mrs. W .R. Phillips, Mrs. H. M Flaum. Broad Street Methodist church? Mrs. Joseph S. Rice, Mrs. Rowland A McCallum. Mrs. E. B. Waggoman. Congregation Slnat?Mrs. I. C Strauss. Mrs A. C. Phelps, Miss MM Oreen. First Boptlst Church?Mrs. J. P Commander. Mrs. R. K. Wilder, Mrs J. R. Ligon. Miss Jennie Walsh. 8t. Anne's Catholic Church?Mrs J J. Brennan. Mrs. Willie Bultman, Miss Pranceska Teicher. Presbyterian Church?Mrs.- Henr> Spann, Mrs. W. L. Rrunson, Mis: Mamie Edmunds. Grace Baptist Church?Mrs. Job? A. Brunson. Mrs. D. P. Kelly, Mrs Bertha 8. Haynsworth. Salem Baptist Church?Mrs. Job' D. Jennings. Mrs. C. M. Phlfer, Mis Lurllne ('riffln. Christian church?Mrs S. P. Mil ler. Mrs. Clwynno Pitts, Miss Allci Ttadale. Church of the Holy Comforter sfra R. D. Oraham. Mrs. T. II. Sid dell. Mrs. II. c,. (>stcon. Sumter Civic League?Mrs. Xm Solomons. Mm, K S. Mood. Mrs \V L. Brunson, Mrs. John R. RtlUltcr Miss Armida Moses. Mrs. Louis Wll lUimson, Mrs. E. Warren Molse. Sumter Chamber of Commerc Committee?A. c. Phelps, B. C. Wal I < e, R O, Osteen, H. R. VsnDevenlei II A. Moses. \V percj Smith. K. D Cole. J. /. Ifenron, It. E. Wilder. E. I Reardon, chairman. ? It has been suggested that even automobile owner who attends th? Dlnklna' Mill pond picnic decorate hi in the national colors so that tlr let gathering will savor of a pa triotlc demonstration, ns well as n as rial and preparedness acalnst a foo, famine meeting. Several tine addres c will l>e dell er.I dm in- tin- d i\. Tsea white man and the two negroe *ho were arresled near Wedgellebl oi Sunday night ns BUeplclous character have been released by the counts of flcials, as tb-'i e a i M., . ! them on which tlvy could be I ('? The men had a divining rod and v compass with them and alleged tin they were scSi chlng for lOfflt go' and elrVer which had heen hidden h the locolktv where they were found It la presumed that thoy were endcn\ oring to extract the bidden gold atv silver from the hiding places wher th.' colored owners were keeping it. II KT MM ANN-HOLLWEG TO AN SWKIt INTERPELLATION. Hinted That Ofluiul Declaration by Grcnmiiy Will Anticipate Chancellor ?Will hc Definite Step. Copenhagen, May 9 (via London). ?A special dispatch received here from Berlin says Dr. von Bethmann Hollwcg, the imperial Merman chan? cellor, will answer a peace interpella? tion in the reichstag Monday. The dispatch adds that the reich ItMl will adjourn in the middle of May but not to autumn as is cus? tomary. Parliamentary objections to leaving the government uncontrolled from May until autumn have resulted in plans for a short session in July. may PRECEDE STATEMENT? Amsterdam (via London), May 9.? The Tijd's correspondent in Germany reports that parliamentary circles there expect the chancellor's reply to interpellations with regard to Ger? many's peace aims will be rendmed unnecessary by a more official state nient on the subject. ANOTHER PEACE OFFER. London, May 9.?A dispatch to the Kv? hange Telegraph from Amsterdam dealing with The Tijd's statement concerning Germany's peace proposals, says it has been confirmed that Ger? many Is about to make another psSOS offer in conjunction with her allies. DESTRI'CTIVK IT RE IX XEW YORK. City Hall Building Damaged ami Many Relics and raintlugs Narrow? ly EbsjnjssjsI instruction. Now York, May 10.?Fire broke out in the New York e..y hall at one o'clock, but an hour later was got? ten under conti ol. it started on the upper Hoots of the bunding an<i threatened many historical relics and paintings of great value. A defective wire was believed to be the OSUSS, as the building bad l.een specially lllum inatf-d for the Kreuch commission re? ceptions. Only the shell of the cu? pola is left standing. The structure was a hundred years old. AN INVENTION FOR JOY RIDERS. Southern Employee Makes Device h> Warn Sliced Maniacs. Taylors, S. C. May 9.?(Irren D Poole, clerk in the Southern Railway System depot claims to have made a substantial contribution to the move? ment for the conservation of human bfe through the invention of a device Which will positively prevent ncci leats to autombilcs at grade cross ings. The working of the attachment is simple and is explained by inventor Poole as follows: "While the car is running 15 miles per hour a white bulb shows on th^ radiator, at 25 miles a green bulb ap? pears, at 40 a red bulb, and when the driver begins to *bat 'em out around f?0 per* a music box under the seat negins to play Nearer My (Jod to Thee!' " CONSCRIITION BOARDS AP? POINTED. iov. Maiming pots Machinery In xb? tiou for Enlistment <>r Every Man in State Between Aaes of 91 and :'.i Colombia, May 10.?Machinery for he issjfcnwatloti of nil' males In South Carolina between the noes of 81 nnd ?.l years was set in motion this nf n.ii v hen < lov, Manning on louneed the appointment of county rod ral hoards of registration nnd loancrlptlon The boards will bs In it rooted to begin work just as soon as ProoMonl Wilson signs the consetip (ion proclamation. The boards are nods op of the clerk of court and lodge of probate and one representa? tive ottloen from saeh county. ??* -1 * - >ifc instructions will be mailed Im? mediately to all counties and an ef? fort will be made to hOVC SVory on< liable for milit.tr.v se rvice listed. ARMY I 11 I AGREFI1 ON. noossnrrh and Llsjunr Prohibited an.' Auc l imit Win Be Prom 91 I? Tear*, inclusive. Washington, May 10.?conferecu a ?be war vrmy bill have leach. I nil ?j reemenL The mos i re will bs rs ported ba? k to tin- hi us?" For conflr nation as BOOR as posslhi9, The Ben its amendment, permitting lioooeveli *.. raise four divisions for service IP *ranoo, w.is eliminated from the bill while sonnte omondments prohibiting hj saht of Uqoor at army oantps an ?therwis?' safeguarding the morals ol lie troops was retained. COnfOVOOf niiide the age Ilm 11 Ol those subject to draft from 81 to 3" rs, inclusive. In place 81 to 27 "ears, uh advocated by the senfite, and i ly It, advocated by the house. LIBERIA BUKAKS W1TII GER MANY. Severs Relations With Teutonic Em ptre, Baltimore, May 9.?Announcement that Liberia has severed diplomatic re? lations with Germany was received hare today by Ernest Lyon, consul general of the negro republic, in a cablegram from C. D. B. King, sec? retary of State. No reasons were given. Consul General Lyons has notilled the state department at Washington. He said the break carries an advan? tage to the allies, because it will re? move from German control the cable and wireless stations in Liberia. VAWTER CLEARED OF KILLING. V. P. I. Professor Not Guilty Of Murder of Hctli. Christiansburg, Va., May 9.? Charles K. Vawter, former professor of physics at Virginia Polytechnic in? stitute was declared not guilty to? night Of the murder of Stockton Heth, Jr., whom he shot to death In 1 the VaWtor home early on the morn ling of March 13. The jury was out two and n half hours and, according lo one of its members, only one ballot wna taken. As Deputy Clerk Wallers read the Verdict Vawter sprang from his chair and clasped his aged mother in his arms. U. L. Jordan, the only mem? ber of VaWter'S counsel In the court room, sank Into his chair and sobbed. Mrs. Vawter broke down when a newspaper man telephoned her the news. Prof. Vawter issued the following statement: "1 thank the Jury for their verdict, of which I have felt sure from the first, I greatly regret the whole sad affair and sorrow caused. The injus? tice done Ms. Vawter by the prose? cution and press is the greatest blot on the whqlc sad affair. While I am blameless as to Stockton's death I realise that I have been guilty of Weakness when I should have been Strong", The future start's me darkly in the face, but with God's help I shall endeavor to build somewhere a happy home for my children and wife. My immodiutc plans are to rest." The verdict brought to a close one of the most sensational cases in the annals of Virginia criminal history. Big Business Flourishing. New York, May 10.? Unfilled or? ders of the United States Steel corpor? ation up to April 80th amounted to ; 18,183,093 tons. Thll increase is about 170.000 tons over previous months. The Leader. < Robert Underwood Johnson, in the New York Times.) This is the man they deemed of lan? guid blood, A schoolman versed in books, who, Hamlet-like, Rh owed but heat-Hashes powerless to strike? !lis resolution blighted in the bud. They knew him not?nor we, who trusted him. See! how his brooding purpose, taking form. Falls like swift lightning from long-gathered storm. While fateful thunder shakes the round world's rim. His country, stirred by him to lofty strife, Sharing his vision, with high pas? sion thrills; it climbs, renouncing minor goods and ills, And stands beside him at the crown Of life. To a new knighthood he ordains the bra ve. Td be soul-worthy of a freeman's' birth ? Not (for our wrongs alone, but that cm earth None shall be master, none shall be a slave. I'ut yesterday a secret of his heart. Mis welcome message floods the globe like light; it cheers the farthest darkness by its might; Its boldness makes the undlssceptor ? d st a rt. Where it has spread, by sea or moun? tain side Or by the bivouac of the caravan, The lowliest feels a part of Heav? en's plan \nd stands erect with newly awaken? ed pride. 1 < league red Liberty takes henrt again. Hearing a rar the rescuing buglci blow; And even in the strongholds of the foo Mis name becomes the whispered hope of men. PATRIOTIC REMONSTR ATIONS PLANNED. Questions the Registration Oflicc Will Washington, May 10,?A war de? partment statement says that many States plan to make registration day foe new army conscription the occa? sion for a patriotic demonstration. The statement says questions to be answered are: "Name, age, place of birth, home address, quality of citi? zenship, occupation, married or sin? gle, dependents, if any, former mili? tary service and lastly claims of ex? emption from draft." SEYMOUR CARROLL FREED. Jury Finds Young Negro Not Guilty of Arson. Orangeburg, May 9.?Seymour Car? roll, son of the Rev. Richard Carroll, I Hie well-known negro leader, of Co { lumbia, was acquitted of a charge of I rtrson in general sessions court, Judge I r. W. Bowman, presiding, here late { this afternhoon. The jury deliberated about an hour. Carroll was accused of attempting to burn Morrill Hall, one of the buildings at the State Col? ored College here, in January, I9i">. He was a student at the institution at the time. The case was begun yes? terday. Arthur Burgess was acquitted of a charge of housebreaking and lar? ceny, Mackey Palmer, the yoong ne? gro who killed Police Sergeant Frank? lin .some time ago. testified against Burgess, Palmer has been kept in the penitentiary pending his trial on the I i barge of murder. Pa.vvillo School Commencement. Manning Times. Paxvllle school commencement will be held in the school auditorium Monday and Tuesday evenings, May 14th and 16th. Monday evening will he the exercises of the primary and grammar grades. Tuesday evening, the. graduating exercises, the delivery of medals, and the literary address by Mr. J. W. Wtdeman of Manning, beginning at S::i0 o'clock. I Real Estate Transfers. 11. A. Brunson, Judge of Probate, to Evelyn, Julia Clark, Tomlinson, et nL, -12 acres in S.hiloh township, $r? H. A. Brunson, Judge of Probate. to S. J. Tomlinson, 170 acres in Shi loh township, $5. Dcrry Vaughn and Horton Vaughn to L. D. Jennings, ct al., lot on Green Swamp, $13.21. Want Answered. and other considerations. DETERMINED ON ENLISTMENT. Henry WadswOTUl Longfellow Persc vers in Efforts to Get into Murine Corps. Washington, May 10.?Longfellow's "Kvangeline" still wanders. From coast .to coast, lingering hero and there to grasp of the forbidden fruit. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow also wanders in a vain attempt to enlist in the United States Marine Corps an 1 be "flret to tight." Longfellow lias been rejected for enlistment on account of physical dis? ability in six widely separated cities during the past month. The Marine Corps issued a bulletin today to all its recruiting stations to be on the I lookout for the modern "Gabriel" and J not accept him lor enlistment. BATTLING FOB BIG PRIZE. Germany Using Many Fresh Divis? ions in Effort to Hold Fresnoy. I The great battle for the possession j of the German positions in and around the village of Freanoy contin? ues with a fury that recalls the bloody struggle at Verdun. The great Im , portauco of the position is due to the fact that it forms the last Important ! defense on the northern end of the Drocourt-Queant line and also covers the only remaining railroad to Lens, which connects this important coal city with the mahi German line In the south. The enormous concentre* lion of fresh German divisions on the j Hritish front adds significance to the report that Von Binden burg is with? drawing men from the Russian front. The disorganisation of the Russian army at this time is. therefore, ap? parently adding burdens to the French and British. London reports that the Britten ad? vanced last night In the regions about Bullecourt, east of Gr icon rt and south of Bonchese. The French war otfice claims the capture of a German position on the Vane) ere plateau. While little has come through about the fighting around Fresnoy. the British advance south of the Sou ches river means the pressing back of the German lines to the south of Lens. Ballecourt is reported as near? ly surrouned, but the Germans are clinging stubbornly to the town. Two miles north of St. Quentin the British are pushing eastward to Gri court and are right atop the St. Quen tin-Cambral road at this point. STORM DOES DAMAGE. Tears Top from Car, Mows Down Ti-ees, and Capsizes Boat and Oocu pant Ulas Hard Time Reaching Laad? Manning Times. This community was visited by a very heavy wind and rain storm last Friday afternoon. Several trees were blown down in the town, and consid? erable dasiage done throughout the county. W. T. Lesesne, Jr., and his little sister, Sarah, had started to Manning, and when within about two miles of town the storm struck them. The top of the car was blown off, and a large tree fell in a few feet of them, but fortunately they were not hurt. A house on Mr. Allen McFaddhVs farm near town was blown away. It was a severe storm, and our people thought it a repeti? tion of May 7. 1915. Messrs. Dr. G. U, Dickson, Wilson Dickson and W. M. Plowden were fishing at Martin's Lake, and when the storm came up ihe Messrs. Dickson got to the bai;k and anchored, but Mr. Plowden 0 as ' aught out in the middle of the lake. The wind capsized the boat and Mr. Plowden had u very narrow escape. After a hard scuffle he managed to kick t!i. - of Ihm from his leg, caught tlx onset boat, then drift? ed to a tree and held to that until the storm had passed. He suffered no Injury, but lost his fish, hat and had a gem r 11 good m are. BROTHER VICTIM OF U-BOAT. Spai tanhurg Man Also Loot His Fath? er Recently in Fighting in Europe. Sparta] burg, May 0.?J. E. Jones, of this received word that his brother, Rdward Jones, who was ehief ? ng n< i r on a cargo steamer, whi. j, w. i;:ck April 22 by a tor? pedo from a ?;erman submarine, is dead. Mr. Jones was killed by the explosion of the boiler. He was a native of England and had been an engineer of the Lamport and Holt lines for a long time. A few months ago he was in port at Charleston and Savannah. In addition Mr. Jones lost his father in the war a few months ago. Puts Road in Good Condition. Manning Times. Supervisor Kelly is putting the road from Manning to the Sumter line in first class condition. Now if the Sumter supervisor will work his end, we will have a boulevard from Man? ning to Sumter?the two best towns in the State. New Shipment of Slippers Just Arrived offer them to you at much less than they would be if they were bought today. Utz & Dunn Slippers for Ladies, in the Newest Styles $3.50, $4.00, $5.00 and $6.00. Thompson-Crooker Slippers for Ladies, in the Newest Styles, at $2.75, $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00. Walkim Slippers for Children $1.25,1.50, 1.75, 2.00 and $2.50. McCOLLUM BROTHERS But they were bought last Sep? tember, so we