Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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AS A HIDE. T ? 1 AM AND ITH EXCTTK CANT GET AWAY FT. None of to Him Who Op Aug. t7.?Despite the In the preparation feuth Carolinians have Mention to the political lilt campaign at the fives premise ef being I ?ftrtftn*., Hewever, it is . JtfV'peeelble that d?velopmenta |a> %NMsea front may cause the jmttti Um tkate to forget entirely new** ef politic*. fssjt' pettycsi announcement of essay of interest wee made by c. governor, who has me oAce er anoth? er far neere than a score yearn. Mr. Sjaaeen sen in? i ill positively that he esnejM net be a candidate fee govern er next year. Of course this state? ness* hi subject to revision. The mi? nier lights hi the Blesse organisation have been clamoring for a chance at Hat sjs*jcrnce*s place, and It now seems the leader ef the faction wll* aatds and let some of hie lieu have a try at the pie. Among who wtll probably be In the Par .governor on the Blease tick? et erb: Thon? H. Peoples, now serv hng ae attorney general; W. A wetl known anl successful ef Btohopville In Lee county: a Rlshsrds, membor of the rail and possibly other* an etabvd that h< e a candle at* for an) urged or oalled upon b? Of hie faction. Ther< h a Hy that he will be In th? United SUttee senate tc tor B. R. Ttllman. Ben a made t o announce ae to whether he will ask re although It is thought the he will be in the race. If Mr. Blee? enteis the race for the senate then will be others. Among those men? tioned are K. B. Dial, of Laurcne: Jaeger W. TaJbert of ?dgonoid conn ty; W. P. Pollock ef Cheraw and t TnOis Is another asgli to the situs It la. enstrtly possible that Mr trill confine has efforts to be '? ^ sei at si to I cjsngrine from th< nseslonsl district. A. f. La vet , new servtag Item che dis AfUA had made n national repuutior by h? nerk in chairman of the heuet .enssgajfcift #n agriculture and asp* cjfci*j was he gained recognition foi tbPWnlmi: the food legislation In euch illke manner. He has oenal earing the matter of en Die race for the United State* grid make n formldabh for any man In South Car Mr. Lever has been too busy attendWg to the affairs of the natlo? In Weelitngtcn to give much though to politico Over In Lexington county much op Post ties has been created against M: Lerer sionust of his thorough going American stand on the war issue* There ere many who do nob bei lev t that he could carry hie own county It the eeegresntoaal race. However the other counties of the dlstrlc would re-elect him over Mr. Blease o any ether man who might offer. .Hebert A. Cooper of Laurens la con Just now the most formldabh ha the rues for governor. Who? le the neat governor of South Carolina will have to make a second race with Robert A. Cooper. Other dlcouscad candidates for governor art Andrew J. Bathe*, now serving a* lieutenant governor; Thoe. O. Mc Lend, ef Btshopvlllc and former lieu tenant governor. Then there la John T. Duncan of Columbia, who i? always in the race. Opposition may develop to aome o the members of eongrees because o their vete on the war Issues. It i not believed that a man will be hea because of hie position In favoring the defense of American honor. It m understood In Columbia that Wyatt Alken will enter the rue against Fred H. Dominic k In the Third dletrlet. Interest in South Carolina politics m dwindling. The facttonals lines are not so bitterly drawn as a few years ago. The war may be th< means of eliminating factional line* and cause ths men of the State la g|ve more attention to issues than to personalities RUSSIANS WON'T FIUHT. Infantry Leave Trenches Without Fir Ing a Shot, Petrograd. Aug. 2*.?The Ruaalan infantry left their trench^a before the enumy began attack in the region of Boyany. retiring eastward, it la of? ficially announced. The slogan of the Humttr County Council of I>efensc will be Whent on IXery Farm." mmm of democracy. PRESIDENT WILSON CHOSEN TO TELL THE WORLD THE VIEWS OF ALLIES. RcccgnUed as the World's Greatest Statesman In the Greatest Epoch of Tho Ages He Is Called Upon to Speak for Use People. Washington, Auf. 28.?President Wilson's rejection of the pope's peace proposals Is regarded here as I the high T,ater mark of the war. Fur-1 therm ore It Is Indicative of the virtual ?election Of the president by the al? lies as thslr spokesman before the world. The :uote comes as a climax to the remarkable series of state docu? ments In #hlch President Wilson has argued the cause of world democracy against autocracy In the high court of public opinion and accepted more and more by the people of all the al? lied countries as expressing their ideals. There appears to be no doubt that the United States was selected to make answer before the world. In a service of all the ethers . Whether the entente nations will send extensive replies si not known here. It Is re? garded as probabls that thsy will In large measure adopt the president's reasoning for their own and send notes of Indorsement. The general tenor of the president's reply has been anticipated every? where but there was no Inkling of the forceful terms he would employ to say that ths world can have no faith In the autocratic government of qat many. Students of diplomacy aee In his denunciation of the military autocracy a fresh appeal to the war ridden Oer man people to throw off their military masters and join de? mocracy with a government fit to deal with the remainder of the world. Although this appeal probably will not bo permitted to become known In Gormsny until ths autocracy has sttsmptsd to mold the temper of the people for Its reception by a denun? ciation through a government-con? trolled press of what has been char? acterised as Interference In the in? ternal affairs of Germany, the hope is It wlU fall on fertile soil. Considering ths extraordinary Character of the presldsnt'a commu? nication. Its Immense Importance defi? nitely terminating for the present at least all efforts to reach a compromise peace, the time consumed In ths preparation of the reply was remark? ably short That the president's re? sponse would be a courteous but firm declination had been generally be? lieved, so that In thla respect at least his communication will cause no sur? prise, j Ths feature that Is certain to fix public attention la the cold determi? nation not even to permit the subject of peace negotiations to be broached so long as the evil and dominating forces of autocracy and militarism control the central powers. It Is not even necessary to read between the Unas of the president's response to ses clearly apparent the Inflexible pur? pose, v For this reason the president was not to be led into any discussion of the peace condition detailed by Pope Benedict, though that Meld was made alluring by the pontiff's adoption of some of the proposals laid down by President Wilson himself In early ut? terances. On the other hand there was? no effort to evade responsibility for an expression of view as to the bases of sound and enduring peace for the president's response In its concluding paragraphs restates the purposes for which America entered the great war. The radical differences that appear to exist between the pope and the president touch this very matter of a stable and enduring peace. The pontiff looks to the restoration of conditions as they existed beforo the wsr. Ths president turna his back upon theae, convinced that a return to the atatus quo ante bellum could never' bring permanent peace. As one official expressed It, the president's response, reflecting aa It does the vlewa of the entente allies, sound* the doom of Hohenzollernlsm and military domination of peoples. That thla can and should be accomplished without the destruction of the Ger? man people Is one of the striking ex preasiona noted when he expressly disclaims any Intent to seek punitive damages and the dismemberment of empires of even central powers af? ter the war by gigantic combinations agalnat them. Thla shaft Is aimed straight over the heads of the army-controlled Ger? man foreign office at the understand? ing and appreciation of the people, already manifesting many signs of a determination to assert their right to govern themselves by parliamen? tary methods. It Is assumed here that there will follow a Heren outburst of denuncia? tion against the attempt from the outside to dictate to the German pen pie their form of government. Rut it Is also believed that as the hardship of war and misgovernment bear will NEWS FROM THE FRONT. FIGHTING CONTINUES IN FLAN EHS AND AT VERDUN. Austrians Attack Italians at Gorizla But are Driven Hack?Russians Claim to (Have Rallied at Foksluuii. Operations on tho Franco-Belgium front continue to be of a minor na-, ture, only when contrasted with the stirring activities at Verdun and in Flanders last week. There is a tem? porary deadlock on the French front with nothing more than artillery duels, trench raids and local infan? try engagements. The Germans are active in these, tactics in the Cham? pagne and Verdun regions, but were everywhere repulsed, Paris reports. Petrograd reports that one regi? ment which left their trenches and retired in the Kokshani region yes? terday had been disposed of and measures begun to restore the lost positions in the battle that was in progress. Rome reports that the Austrians attacked In force on the front at Gorizla, where the Italians have been pressing forward. The Austrians were driven back at all points and in some places the Italians made gains. Races Separate in Army. Columbia, Aug. 29.?W. W. Moore, adjutant general, has received an or? der from Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder providing for the segrega? tion of races into regiments and other organizations and compliance with State laws requiring the races to travel in separate coaches. In order to do this, the message states, it will be necessary for the adjutant gener? al of each State to know tho number of white men and negroes certified from district to local boards and ad? jutants general. Hence hereafter the notations "white" or "colored" must be made opposite the name of any person certified from local to district boards or from district to local boards and adjutants general. Local boards throughout the State will be called upon for a statement of tho number of white and colored men contained on the lists already certified to local boards and tho ad? jutant general. On Saturday of each week, begin? ning September, adjutants general are required to report by telegram to the provost marahal general the num? ber of white and the number of col? ored men in their States who have been certified to local boards but who have not yet been sent to mobiliza? tion cagnps. o Petrograd, Aug. 30.?Germany's In? tention to declare war in 1909 and again In 1913 was known to the Rus? sian war ministry, General Michalsson testified at the trial of Gen. Soukhom linlff, who is charged with high trea? son. ever-increasing severity upon the German people, they must in the end throw off their military masters and co. luct negotiations looking to a fair ana honorable peace. Active exchanges have been in pro? gress between the president and the entente powers, mainly through th' American diplomats abroad, regard? ing the answer to be made to the pope's proposals ever since these were delivered to the various foreign of? fices. It seemed by common consent that to America was confided the heavy responsibility of framing and delivering the first of the replies. The propriety of this course was appar? ent from the consideration of the fact that every one of tho entente premiers and foreign ministers who had spoken publicly on the subject Of peace had turned to tho language o President Wilson's historic address t< congress and his other public utter? ances on the subject as disclosing their own conceptions of tho proper bases of peaco negotiations. Every precaution was taken to pre? vent a premature disclosure of the. contents of the president's response. Few of the members of the cabinet were Informed on the subject before today's cabinet meeting. Last night the document was handed over to the trusted telegraphers of the state de? partment to be sent on Its way by cable to Ambassador Page in London, who was to deliver it to Foreign Min? ister Balfour for transmission to Rome. At the same time copies of the communication as a matter of courtesy were placed In the hands of the diplomatic representatives of the entente powers In Washington for their information. Although the pope's proposal! wer* addressed to the leaders of the na? tions at war. which of course Includ? ed President Wilson, and were signed by the pontiff himself, the response was signed by Secretary 1 ?ansing. As the latter expressly stated that he wa merely transmitting the president's reply, however. the method was strictly within the diplomatic proprie? ties, A high official is authority for the statement that the president's reply is "In line with tho allies' Viewa/1 E BILL TALKS. DENIES HE PLANNED TO OFFER PEACE RESOLUTION. Missouri Senator Resents Attacks Says He Worked to Prevent Unjust Tax on Press After Being Abased. Washington. Aug. 29.?Senator Stone of Missouri, chairman of the foreign relations committee, broke into the war tax debate today with a speech relating to the subject of peace. He denied that he had ever thought of introducing a peace resolution and criticised newspapers for imputing such a motive. Because he recently submitted a letter on peace from Amos Pinchot and others of alleged pacifist organi? zations, Senator Stone said, he had been violently attacked in newspapers and pictured as a "slacker, German sympathizer and even a German spy." 'These publications have hounded me," he said, "because I presented this communication and said I might have some remarks later." 'Is there not some sinister in? fluence behind this sort of thing?" he asked ? 'A senator Is now in danger of being pilloried when he says or does anything which gives offense to some one." The Missouri senator delivered his speech, carefully prepared, in vigor? ous fashion. He said the "storm" against him started merely from pre? sentation of a peace petition from "humble, representative Americans." "It is not incumbent on me to defend my Americanism or loyalty?"' he said. The charge that he is a German sympathizer was said by Senator Stone to be "too ludicrous for speci? fic denial." He said he had not j< diop of German blood and that hi* English ancestry Is clearer than th>' British king's. * I am willing to go to war to preserve the civilization of the Eng llsh speaking! people of the world if for one moment I believed theb civilization was In peril," continued Senator Stone. "I did oppose havlnr the United States enter the war as I belligerent and every day I live con? firms me in the wisdom of that ac tion." But now that this country Is a' war, he added, he would do everythin; within his power to aid it in carrying the struggle to a successful termma tion. He asserted that since war wa: declared he had supported every wai measure introduced in congress and yet editors had called him an ob structionist and an ally of Germany. "While this pitiless storm of edl torial criticism was beating upor me," said the senator. "I was usinr my influence on the finance commit tee to prevent what I considered un just taxation of publications. Of Missouri's foreign population Senator Stone declared his belief tha 65 'per cent, of the German voter had been loyal to the republic. CONDITION OF COTTON CROP. Texas Only State to Show Loss Dur ing Past Month. New York, Aug. 29.?August is generally a month of deterioration fo cotton and the 2,040 reports recelvec from special correspondents of thl paper of an average date August 23 shows a decline of 3.7 points, com pared with a loss of 10.1 points i year ago and 6.6 points in 1915. Th? severe decline in Texas of 14.4 point: is wholly responsible for the loss since all other States show gains with the exception of Florida am South Carolina, which remained un changed. Percentage condition for the whoh belt Is found to be 69.6 per cent, against 73.3, or a decline for th month of 3.7 points. A year ago a this time It was 64.3 per cent.; li 1915 it was 70.7 per cent., and it 1914 it was 77.6, while the ten ycai average is 71.6 per cent. Importan states showing advances were Nortl Carolina, 1.2 points; Georgia. 0. point; Alabama, l.J points; Mississi ppi, 1 point; Louisiana, 2.5 points Arkansas l.fi points; Tennessee, 7. points, and Oklahoma 5.2 points. Percentage condition by States with comparisons, follows: 1917 Bept Sept. Aug. 191 r North Carolina .71.2 70.0 70.: South Carolina . 73.f? 73.5 59.' Georgia.7it.2 7 2 4 65.9 Florida.70.0 7??. n <?7." Alabama. 72.7 71.5 5 3.:: Mississippi .. . .74.1 73.1 58.7 Louisiana.7?,.*; 74.1 t;7.? Texas.58.8 7:5,2 65.S Arkansas.77.?; 75,0 73.4 Tennessee . . . .79.7 72.3 79.7 Missouri.81.4 80.5 7.r>.7 Oklahoma . . .si.7 76.B 82.8 Average.69.6 7:*.. S 64.3 Journal of Commerce. London. Aug. SO. The American four masted schooner. Laura C, An? derson, was sunk by 'bombs from ;i submarine Thursday. The crew was picked up and landed at an Rngllsh port. TEACH HOME ECONOMICS. WOMEN WILL BE EMPLOYER FOR FIRST TIME IN EXTENSION WORK. Government Plans Formulated Will Embrace All Rural Counties ami Many Large Towns. Washington, Aug. 29.?Plans have been made to expand immediately the cooperative extension work of the United States department of agricul? ture and the State agricultural col? leges by a large increase in the num? ber of county agricultural agents and home demonstration agents. This ex? tension is made possible by funds ap? propriated in the recently enacted food production bill. Women agents will be placed for the lirst time in the larger towns and cities. More or less technical train? ing in agriculture and home econom? ics will be required in this service. The appointments are to be made on the recommendation of the director of extension work at tho State col? lege. Approximately 1,4 00 men agents and BOO women agents are at pres? ent employed. The plans formulat? ed contemplate the extension of the men county agent work to all rural counties of the Union in which there is need for the work and the placing of an additional agent in some of the larger counties already organiz? ed. They also contemplate a consid earble increase in the number of wo? men agents engaged in extension ac? tivities. The number to be employ? ed will depend upon the number of trained men and women available. Proved ability in leadership as well as technical training will be required. I The use of city agents in the con? duct of extension work of the de? partment is a new departure made desirable by the Importance attached In the present food crisis of the I world to the conservation and efficient j utilization of foods. The city dem I onstration work will be carried on by J women agents who will work in co I operation with the existing organlza I tions of women. j The aim of the extension work is to carry directly to as many people as J possible Information in regard to j proved methods of agricultural pro I duction and home economics. Econ I omy in the purchase and use of food j and methods of food conservation by I canning and drying, etc., will be em J phasized. The men county agents are I concerned chiefly with agricuijural j production, while the women are em I ployed in demonstration work in J home economics. With funds fur I nished in the food production act the I State's relation service also seeks to I enlarge the enrollment of young peo I pie in the boys* and girls* clubs which I are devoted to increasing agricultural I production and conserving the food I supply through canning, drying and I other means. The service also will work out I problems In the efficient utilization of J various foods and will aid institu I tions devoted to agricultural educa I tlon to plan courses of instruction esr I pecially suited to the present einer I gency. WEEK'S SUBMARINE RETORT. Submarines Take Increased Toll of British Vessels. London, Aug. 29.?An increase in the numbe of British vessels sunk last week by mines or submarines Is shown by the weekly admiralty state? ment issued today. Eighteen vessels of more than 1, j 600 tons were sent to the bottom, a> compared with 15 the previous week, and live vessels of less than 1,600 tons, as against three the previous week. No fishing vessels were sunk. The summary of the statement fol? lows: Arrivals, 2.629; sailings. 2,680. Krit ish merchant vessels sunk by mine or submarine over 1,600 tons, IS; under 1.600 tons, including one pre? viously, five. British merchant vessels unsuccess? fully attacked, including two pre? viously, six. British tishing vessels sunk, none. Most of the sinkings reported in today's total occurred during the lat? ter part of the week. The first part I of the week was very favorable but later British shipping had a streak of bad luck. GERM Alf IIKLR; SO HAIL Columbia. *Aug. 19.?P. William Kruger, a German of Charleston, was arrested at Camp Jackeon at noon to? day by Jas. L. Sims. United States marshal, and placed in the Rtctllaitd county jail. Kruger is held without bond. No ?pacific charge baa been placed agalnal the prisoner, but he was arrested under the president's proclamation forbidding an alien ene? my working In a government plant, it Is understood that Kruger held ? position at or near the Navy Yard in Charleston and that the depart? ment of justice agents of Charleston warned him that he would have to leave and that he eventually did so. Tie was next found working as a pipe fitter at Camp Jackson. WILL OSE CHARLESTON, i (jOVKKNMKNT SHIPPING BOARD WILL DIVERT FOODSTUFFS FOR EUROPE TO SOUTH ATLANTIC and GULF PORTS. Chief Advantages of Plan Will Re Shorter Haul and Avoidance of Congestion of Railroad Facilities. Washington, Aug. 29.?Diversion to gulf and South Atlantic porui of virtually all movement of food stuffs destined for export to Europe is planned as a government war meas? ure to relieve congestion of railroads and ports in the East. New Ois?ans, Savannah, Charles? ton and Port Arthur are the ports which will be made the chief load? ing points. The plan will be worked out by the shipping board in cooperation with shippers, ship owners and port authorities. The shipping board will appoint soon a general traffic direc? tor, who will be put in charge of the program. It was said tonight the place probably would go to Benjamin L. Winchell, of Chicago, now trafflo director of the Union Pacific railroad. The shipping board hopes to have I the plan working1 by winter, before snow and bad weather has made i trans-continental freight traffic still harder to move. Officials who have given the subject thought declare the proposal will add 25 to 30 per cent to the efficiency of American railway systems and will do away with the present congestion of freight in northeastern ports. The chief advantage claimed for the arrangement suggested is that export food, largely a Western and Middle Western product, will get a shorter haul and that munition and other manufactured products turned out largely in the East, will not be delayed In shipment while awaiting their tu, a with raw products. Under the traffic director the ship? ping board will name three ship? ping directors, one for trans-atlantio trade, another for South American trade and a third for the Pacific. These men will be chosen on the recommendation of the traffic direc? tor himself and no names at present are under consideration, it was said tonight. In all the Important ports, it is planned to appoint voluntary termi? nal committees to assist the traffic director In expediting the loading and sailing of vessels These com? mittees will be chosen and will be called to Washington for consultation with the shipping board as to the facilities at their several ports. SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS. Columbia, Aug. 29.?The general crop sit'aation in portions of the western and northwestern counties is very good and, in some sections, ex? cellent; elsewhere, general deteriora? tion is much more marked than last week. Cotton is shedding material? ly in extensive areas of the eastern contra land southern counties; the hot, dry weather has caused bolls to open rapidly, and, in some localities, prematurely, and picking has become general in these districts; the first bales of the season were marketed in several counties during the week. Late corn, forage, sweet potatoes and other field truck, gardens, cane and pasture* are suffering from drought, and much corn is firing; fodder pull? ing has extended to the mountains, and haying progressed favorably. New sweet potatoes are on market. General rains arc imperative. The hard ground is retarding fall plow? ing. Richard II. Sullivan. Meteorologist. BLOW CAUSED RIOT. I Houston, Texas. Aug. 29.?Mounted Policeman Leg Sparks, who testified that he struck two of the negro sol? diers?one of them Corporal Balti? more? with his pistol last Thursday afternoon* a few hours before the Hot, was one of the principal wit? nesses to take the stand today In the Inquiry being conducted by a board of citizens as representatives of the municipality into the riots which cost 17 lives. It was this clash between the police and negro soldiers that caused a rumor to roach the negro camp that Corporal Baltimore had been killed by a policeman. The rumor spread among the negro soldiers and I brought to a climax a smouldering feeling against policemen negro aol tlit rr had been harboring for nearly two weeks, it was stated. Sparks told the board of inquiry he Struck the 'first negro four times with his revolver and that Corporal Baltimore was struck once by him. When Baltimore started to run a shot was tired into the ground to halt him. Sparks also told the board that for striking the soldier he drew a aus penslon from the police force at the hards of Superintendent o* Polle? Brock. j