Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IUIM HOT. kp^ggTK < OVNTRY WILL I I ^Hf#fX*TKJ> ON CKRTAIN OIIMHTIONS. N* med, llowvcr, an to (.ermnn Control ujm! >lo?ld be* tu Reality a Peuru cc of the Kaiser. i m yn,. timiV . ?Germany has ???nFeftw to evacuu te liclgluin on cer ,WJ? cjsnditlons. t k? declared In a official itotement, aceordi A f)l spate h fr. m Berne today giv eejt by the Wtieles* I'rcss. Qeftnaay. It hi stipulated, mu.it right to develop her ccnnom '*??> aftterprtaes freely in Belgium. e* Mnlell] la Antwerp. Yfcsf proposal wis made in a s ip Jsneeeatary note to the Vatican. r? BtyhMI Hi (ho pea<e Initiative of Top - It wai in the form of a communication made by For itary Kuehlmnmi 10 tit aunlco at Munich, wherein th Secretary speclllcd the < < under wh eh Qermuny w.i i to eoncludi peace on the i?? the evacuation of Belgium, ism must undertake to main jMmlnlatrathre separation of th and ' m districts, Intro by German/, the verbal not this separation corn .to tWs wish*if of a majority or people apd because Qer suoh reparation on a? >?* metal sympathy, verbal note to the papal nun Qsrmany w mid contribute > eompennation to be pa .1 ?W nftr dumagcn. i: be ree.uired. It is sain, a guarantee thut any su an that shich threatened in 1914 would in fuUre be the -official communication in ft press In explanation oC ?Oerniah pr? posal says the >tytfetstk wtb/ avoided elewrly- tho condition The conditions are compatible with the dig e> Belgium. avoided Mentioning th of the thron?, because this % Belgian dornest c matu r. , the eoramunlcs-ion says, v. ill to nay governm nt in ltelgiu r. I neeepta the condtion* set forth. gVfncipal questlo \ is how th enumerated can be for jp ftKVKJt RELATIONS. r SSB^BSSSBOWSBi?^ Vine^graei Ouwfliris caned to special Meaitevldeo. Sept. tt.-? Tho t ru congress has been called to In special session Saturday tc ' sjn the question o! severing re with Germany. This action uilon by the I'ruguayan intent as the result of the steps >by the Argentine congress. Th" minister will explain the go\ ? it's plans for a break with fliiineny at ths openlac of the spe. m. JAMAICA STORM SWFIT. Dal (.reut Damage Snmhi >. Destroying Fruit Crop. ,Waiblngton. Sept. IS.? Jamaica mi:' fer*1'severely from thi hurricane. struck the island Sunday, and sweeping across tlie gulf. The If) was almost totally destroy ed. #0 reports of life lost have Im reeeteed from the Amer.mn consul a1 Pert Antonio fruit fjroi neeewax Wanted. BeeMne before you sell your wax. 1 will hfty It for cash at ths best cur N O OSTFKN 4 V JIU UfttGRIH II Wl Orlnd Lenses, exam ne the eyla seientlfieally and lit eye mPmmm perfectly. Let un work fgejj you. tie havs all prescriptions on- Ole Broken lenses replac swj promptly. Graduate Opto Jsezrlst and Optician in charge. A. Thompson, [ffUU i OPTOHETSI >T. I IJ JOE JACKSON EXFJUTFI). Fumon* IlMlIpluvcr or QfWIBlflle 1.x cni|>t?d on 4; round of lk*|K?iul< in WUe. - ? (Jrecnvllle Piedmont. In the laat list of registrants dis? charged from military aervh e bv local hoard Number 2, the name Ol Joe Jackson, the noted centerdcldcr and slugger of the Chicago White ?Sox, appears In the columns of thOS4 cxemptet on the ground of depen? dency, ati the famous (.?reenvlllian i a married man. The prospective stellar 1 ght of the approaching world's series "has evinced a lively In? terest in the draft proceedings from the tirst. he being one of the" Ars! local r**r> strants to write Clerk of Court Dargan for his "number." It is highly probable, however, that Jot will not know whether or not his ex? emption claim has been austainc I by tho district board for some time. Tho district board places a very stric. interpretation on the rules of ex cmption on the grounds of depen? dency and it la yet possible that the famous sligger's work in the next world's series may bo eclipsed by e\ v?n more sensational series between Democracy and Imperialism is being staged. (lOVKKNMot denies false REPOItTS. I rumors That Preserved Foods Are to IVe Taken From Housewives Vigor? ously Branded us False. Clcmaon Colege, Sept. 2??.?What I* believed to ernannte from Herman ?QWM la a widely circulated state? ment that the government cxpect8 to take food si ppliea from the house? wife. Poth the food administrator and the depirtment of agriculture join in making an emphatic denial ol the report and urge that the infor? mation be diaseminated as widely a: possible. In addition to the rumor that tie. government intends to tak" fron every family all canned goods pu> up In excesa Qf one hundred iiuarts there are other rumors. Anolhe statement ia that the government has been urging the canning, drying and preaerving of fruits and vege tables so that they will be in con venfent form to handle and trans port when *.ho government take them away frcm the people. Furthei rlaborution is that these goojs ar to be taken from the America' homes and shipped to England All these rum )rs are vigorously de nied. In one instance a motorist stopped at a farmhouse to fill the radiator o hia automobile.I In the courBO 0 converaation he casually imiuire whether the fanner's family was can ning all aurplu* fruits and vegetable in oilier to help conserve the foot supply. He was Informed that th farmer was nit doing this beoaui the government intended to take al the eanned goods away except small part of It actually needed bj the family itself. The authorities state srnphatlcaH) that no auch courae has ever beei contemplated ty the government On the contrary, it ia strongly urg ing houaewlvea lo can and preson especially at this tlue, all surplu fruits and vegetables in Of der tha the households themselves may hav< a cheap and plentiful supply of food M IN Fits DEM AND IXC !CI ASF. Indications Art? That the C oal (lcprai ors will lafusc Demand. Washington. Kept. ?Immediat? wage increases from U<> to 7" pi (cent, 'will be demanded by the coun try's coal miners, it was announcei here tonight after a preliminary meet mg of operators' and miners' n pre at Ursa of the osntral competitiv held in Washlngb n to dlacuas a gen eral wa*e readjustment. The demands were formulated b the miners* representatives t -nigb and will be pn -n at a Joint me t ing tomorrow. There is every indici-. tlon that the mine owners will refu ?< llatly to inert hem, Ural on th< grounds that they are too high am. aecond that the r< cent Ratal of coa prieoa by PffSaMsrst Wilson will no iwrmlt of any increases. The increases asked, while stlpu lated for the central field, comprising <>blo, Indiana, Illinois* and Westen Pennsylvania, will serve as a basi. for the entire country, ami if granted would have to b? mot by other dis trlcta. TadaV'i Joint conference was opened Wiih a apeech by I ?r. H. A. Gar field tie- fuel administrator, who ur e<! ??oth Hides t(i let no differences stain in the way of capacity production o coal. The miners' po .lion was prcsente by John P. WaitS? president of th I'nltcd Mine Workers Of America, wli ? illed the confcreiue. Liheral S/ai increases, he declare 1, w re neCSSBarv to prevent nun roni leaving I h im . to go into munitions and other ,\oik whlcb payj ln,rhvr Wage*. NO COMPROMISE WITH GERMANY CAM RE considered ry AMERICA. Former President Tuft Declares Peace, on lho IUiMs or Restoration of tho S.'alus Quo Would be a Victory for Germany and Im- (lie Beginning Ol Pre^airediioMH for Another World War Instead of a Permanent Peace. Montreal, Sept. -0.?"Those who favor permanent world peace must oppose with might and main the pro? posals for peace at this juncture In thev war whether made in socialistic councils', in pro-German conferences, or by Pope Benedict," declared Wil? liam H, Taft, president of the League to Knforce Peace, In an address hi delivered here tonight before the General Conference of I'nitarian and Other Christian Churches. "America and her allies cannot concede peace until they conquer it'." he said. "When they do ?o it will bi permanent. Otherwise they fail." "Peace now," continued Mr. Taft, "even though it be made on the ba? sis of the restoration of the status quo,' "without indemnities and with* out invasions,' would be a failure tc achieve the great purpose for which tho Allies have made heart-rend? ing sacrifices. Armaments would continue for the next war and this war would have been fought in vain. The millions of lives lost and the hundreds of billions worth of the product of men's labor would be wasted. He who proposes peace now, therefore, either docs not see th{ stake for which the Alnlies are light? ing, or wishes the German military autocracy still to control the desti? nies of all of us as to peace or war. "Tim Allies are fighting for a prin? ciple, the maintenance of which af? fects the future of civilization. Ii they do not achieve it, they have sacrificed the flower of their youth and mortgaged their future for a cen? tury, and all for nothing. "The vortex of death and destruc? tion for the peoples of the world, which the breaking out of tho war portended, roused these peace lovers and promoters to do\ lee a plan for ivoiding war after this should end.'" said Mr. Taft. He then described th< organization and purpose of th< League to Knforce Peace in the unit? ed States and of the League of Na? tions society in England, and added "Whatever the detailed stipule v NU of such a League, however, it operation und success must depend upon the obligations- of treaty stipu? lations. UnleM their binding effect is recognized by the nations us a Bac* red principle, the stipulations of the ?sague will l?o 'writ In water.' Th revelations and disclosures of ttllf war satisfy the members of the League that as long as the present military caste controls the Gerinan military and foreign policy, th' League Is impracticable, and would rot be worth the parchment on which its obligations would be recorded. "Intrigue, dishonor, cruelty, have characterized the entire military pol? icy of Germany. And now her Mm peror, her present military caste and her wonderful but blinded people nave the blood of the millions wh' ?mve suffered in this world Cats* '.rophe on their hands. It is not that the nature of the Gorman people gen? erally is cruel?that is not the oase Lut the minds of the German peoph have been poisoned with this false philosophy. ? "President Wilson," the speaker continued, "says the Allies are light 'ng to make the world safe for de? mocracy. Some misconception has j sen Created on this head. The Allies are not struggling to force a particu? lar form of government on Germany, (f the German people continue to wish an emperor, it is not the pur DOSS of the Allies to require them to have a republic. Their purpose is to end the military policy and foreign policy of Germany that looks to the maintenance Of S military and naval machine With its hair trigger prep? aration for use agnlnsi her neighbors, "Men Who SSC cleai'y the kind of peace which we must have in order hi >e I real and lasting pence, can have no sympathy therefore, with a pStohed?Up peace, one made at a council table, the result of diplo? matic chaffering and bargaining. Men who look forward to a L-ague of the World to Enforce Peace in tin future can have no patience with n . ompromise thai loaves tho promot? ing cause of the present BWfUl war unaffected and unmoved. This war i-< now being fOUghl by the Allies as : League to Knforee Peace. Unlosi they compel it by victory, they do nod enforce It. "When the war Is won." said Mr Taft In conclusion, "the United St.iL will wish to he heard and will have light to be heard BS to the terms o peace. The United states will Insist on a .hist peace, not one of material conquest. It is a moral victory tho world should win. I think I do not m istake the current of public sent! meat throughout our entire country, in saying that our people will favor un international agreement by whicn the peace brought about through such blood and suffering and destruction and enormous sacrilice shall be pre? served by the joint power of the world. Whether the terms of the i League to Enforce Peace as they are < will be taken as a basis for agree? ment, or a modified form, something of the kind must be attempted. ".Meantime, J-jt us hope and pray that all the Allies will reject all pro? posals for settlement and compromise and adhere rigidly and religiously to the principal* that, until - a victor? ious result gives security that the world shall not be again drenched in blood through the insanely selfish policy of j?. military caste of a nation ruling a deluded people intoxicated with material success and power, there will be no peace."\ I This was Mr. Talfs first public appearance since a sudden illness last month forced him to abandon a .speaking tour in the central western States. The speech was the first of a scries Mr. Taft will make during the fall and winter in support of the ad? ministration's war policy and in ex? planation of the attitude of his or? ganization regarding the war. NEGROES FOR ARMY. South Carolina Draft to Re Mobilized at Camp Jack.-on. Columbia, Sept. 27.? Railroad schedules were framed yesterday for the mobilization of negro troops next Wednesday when 2,618 from South Carolina will begin their move ment upon Columbia. The mobiliza? tion is to continue through"live days. Should negro troops be brought to Columbia from North Carolina anil Florida on these dates, the 26 per cent, to bo mobilised at this time will approximate 8,000. North Carolina's apportionment would be 4,153 and Florida's 1,645. The quotas from Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties will move as fol? lows: Sumter. 69 men, leave Southern 3.25 p. m., October 5. Arrive Cam] Jackson 6 p. lit. Lee?Hishnpvllle, 5 2 men, leave At lantic Coast Line S.20 a. m., Octobe. 7. Arrive Camp Jackson 11.05 a. m Clnrendon?Manning, 78 men, leave Atlantic Coast Line 2.4 5 p. m., Oc? tober 7. Arrive Camp Jackson 5 p m. LAKERS BEING INVESTIGATED. Food Administration Planning to ltc Wnshington, Sept. 27.?The trade eommision is making an investigation of the cost of baking bread. Based on its reports the lood administration will soon recommend to bakers, re? tailers and consumers measures of cooperation to reduce prices. Columbia, Sept. 26.?Hon. Richard I. Manning, governor of South Caro? lina, has issued the following procla? mation calling upon the people ol South Carolina to bserve Sunday, No? vember 4, 1917, as "Go-to-Sunday School Day." To the People of South Carolina: The supreme need in our State to? day is thtit the forces Which make for character and Christianity shall con? trol the forces which make for intelli gence and patriotism. It is the duty of every commonwealth to encour? age and support in every possible way every institution that helps to meet this great need. The Sunday School is the Bible School of the Church, Which aims through the teaching of Clod's word, to produce intelligent and elllcient Christian citizens and to train them for the largest possible service. Tin Sunday school is our greatest agency for promoting religious education ampng all the people, and for pro* duclng Christian citizenship. The South Carolina Sunday School Association has appointed Sunday November 4, as "Go-to-Sunday Schoo' Day." This day will be observed not only In South Carolina l?ut through out North America as "International Go-to-Sunday Sc hool Day." and effort will be made to secure thousands o recrultl! for the Sunday schools. Believing implicitly In the great work being done in our Bundsj schools, and desirous of encouraging :hoso Who are contributing their time i nergyt and money to this great < ause, .1, Richard I. Manning, govern* i r <d* South Carolina, do hereby pro claim und set apart November I *M7, a^> "Go-to-Sunday School Day' for Booth Carolina. Oa that day. I ? irnestty urge all South Carolinians, welPas all visitors within her hor tfers? to attend the Sunday school of ihelr choice, and l trust that they will unite in tiie hearty support of into real agency which make s for charac? ter and good citizenship. In tSStlmO ynwhereof I have here? unto set my hand and caused the Real of the state to be affixed at Columbia on this twenty-second day of Septem ? r duec Price of Bread. Sunday School Day. "?' 1 CHARGED WITH SEDITION. Demand Made Thai Senate Expel I?i Eollettc. St. Paul, Sept. 25.?Expulsion of Senator Robert If. La Follette of Wis? consin from the United States senate is demanded in a petition addressed to that body today by the public safe? ty commission. Senator La Follette is accused in the commission's resolution of making an address of a disloyal and seditious nature at the Non-Par titan League convention here last Thursday night. The Commission also referred to the United States district attorney the matter of the conduct of Senator La Follette and others, at the same time making a request that the parties, if found to have violated any federal statutes, be vigorously prosecuted. The commission's action came at the close of an executive session giver: almost exclusively to consideration of the La Follette speech and examina I tion. PERU WILL DHEAK. Ultimatum Sent to Germany That Means Severance of Delations. Lima, Peru, Sept. 20.?The Peru? vian government has instructed its minister at Eerlin to demand of tier many satisfaction for sinking the Peruvian bark Ijorton wit inn eight days. If the demand Is not met re? lations will be severed with dermany. BfMlC Has Boen Expected. Washington, Sept. 26.?A break in the relations between Germany and Peru has veen considered probable since August, when the German prise court rendered an adverse decision In the Lorton case. BIG MERCHANT FLEET. United States Will Have Sixteen Hun drcd Ships Next Year. Washington, Sept. 20.?Within a lit? tle more than a year the United States will have a merchant licet of more than 1,600 ships of a tonnage of more than 9,000,000, the ?hipping board an? nounced today after a conference. AMERICAN AVIATOR KILLED. Douglas Macmonagle's Mother Ar? rived in Franco on Day Of His Death Paris, Sept. 26.?Almost at the mo? ment that Bergent Douglas Macmona gle was killed in a fight with two Ger? man airplanes, his mother arrived at the end of a six thousand mile journey from her home in San Francisco to see her only son. slam Calls for Volunteers. London, Sept. 25.?The Siamese gov? ernment, according to a dispatch from Bangkok to Iteuter's, has called for Volunteers*Who may be sent to the western front. The volunteers, the dispatch says, will be commanded by olllcers trained in Belgium. Jolly Gyms' Meeting. On Wednesday, September 19th, the first meeting of the Jolly Gyms for this year was held. The most import? ant part of the meeting was the election of officers, which resulted as follows: President, Miss Bailie Rcmbert. Vice President, Miss Lydia Richard son. Secretary, Miss Hannah Kristianson. Treasurer, Bliss Ruby Oliver. Reporter, Miss Elbe Rose. Our retiring president, Miss Lydia Richardson, in a short talk stated her appreciation of all assistance given her in the past year and suggested some things that might be helpful during the coming year. After our new president advised us what she wished we might do during the coming year we adjourned to meet again Wednesday, the 20th, r?t Which time we hope all Jolly Gyms will meet us. Dr. J. A. Mood narrowly escaped serious injury Monday night when he drove his car into a deep clay pit on the Manning road that bad been left unmarked when the ehatn gang quit work for the day. At the point where the accident occurred the chain gang It widening the roadway and digging (day to be used on other sections of the road. The clay pit is in a part of the wid med roadway and unless it is barricaded or marked with ? light there Is nothing to prevent anyone using the road from driving Into if Dr. Mood shut off his engine prompt- j ly as the car went into the pit and bj good fortune escaped injury. Public Notice. Notice is hereby given that tho regular fall examination tor teachers will be held in the court boose a* Sumter, Saturday, October 6th, begin? ning at 9 o'clock. The examination \. ill be taken from the books used In \ the public schools of the State. J. ii. iiaynsw? IRTH, County Superintendent of Education, Sumter County. Saves Doclcf ?s Bills Instead of calomel anJ other violent purga? Uvea, which are dangerous as well as nauaaatiu?. It is better to use a reliable medicine like Granger liver Regulator Under dato of Oct. 27.191C. J.W. Clar*, Lafayette. Ala.. R. F.D. No.4. writes: "I have been u?in x Granger Liver Regulator in my family for ycsjfl and find it to bo a fine f obi fly remedy which has caved numerous doctor*! bills. I always keep it in my house and would not be with? out it." ^ ' Sold by drug, gisf s, 2Sfc m bos. jtef umu all uub&ti tut CS. Granger Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tena RCGUIiAR MONTHLY MEETING. .Suinlcr County Council of Defense Will lire! Tuesday Next. Tile monthly meeting of the Sumter County Couneil of Defense Will occur on next Tuesday, October 2nd, at 10 o'clock, a. m. at Sumter Chamber of Commerce rooms, and a large attend? ance is expected. Several matters of country-wide importance will be up for considera? tion. The advisory committee of the I Council of Defense meets -tonight to map out in systematic manner the work of the general council next Tues? day. Chairman A. C. Phelps of the Sum tor County Council of Defense has been boon appointed County Chair? man for Stimter county, to handle the food cons-ervation campaign of the Xa tionaland State Councils of Defense. He will have something of importance to tell the local county council, and will request the hearty cooperation of the members of the county coun? cil of defense. ? \ The formation of the cooperative produce marketing association to sell grains, live stock, poultry, eggs, but? ter, vegetables, and tho canned goods of the farmers, the home demonstra? tion, girls' canning and tomato and boys* pig clubs will be up again for action under the resolutions adopted at the last meeting of the Sumter Council of Defense on September 10th in the county court room when Dr. Long, of Clemson Coilege, and Farm Demonstrator J. If. Napier, of Dar? lington county addressed the council. The completion of the plans of or? ganization of this important market? ing association, and of the Tri-County* Cotton Marketing Association, plans for patriotic meetings at every rural .school in Sumter county, and distri? bution of important war literature among the? teachers and pupils for re? distribution in the homes, will also bo discussed at next Tuesday's meeting. Other matters of importance will be presented. Tho County Council of Defense, to? gether with the advisory committee appointed, and the live new members from OawegO section of Sumter county now comprise about 120 leading farm? ers and other busisess men of Sumter County. FAMOUS FLY Fit DFAD. Captain (iuyncmcr Killed During Flight Over Flanders. Paris, Sept. 25.?Captain George Cuynemer, the famous French aviator, is believed to be dead. Captain C.uynemer is thought to have been killed during a reconnois sance flight over Flanders, on which he left Dunkirk September 11. Noth? ing has been heard of him since and it was assumed that he had been lost, but not until tonight did army head? quarters issue a confirmatory report. The cotton market shows indica? tions of weakness, but the reaction is believed to he only temporary after the rapid advance last week and the result largely of the taking of profits of speculators who were riding the advancing market. Wood's Seeds Rosen Rye The most vigorous crow? ing and productive of Seed Ryes. Stools out better, su? perior quality of grain, and destined, in our opinion, to take the place of all other Rye. Wood's Fall Catalog Gives full description and informa? tion, and also tells about the best SEED WHEAT, OATS. RYE, and Other Seeds for Fall Sowing. Write for Catalog and prices of any Seeds required. T. W WOOD & SONS. SEEDSMEN, - Rkhmoad, ft.