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HPV %KS TO SOI.DIFIlv Formet l'rrsicleut Taft iviu Men at (?ap Dodge What United stales ta nriuuic vor. Des alotnes. Jan. 1.?Speaking un? der tfce auspices of the Y. M. C. A. war council. Former President Taft today told 6.000 National Anny sol diets a ('amp Dodge, what the Unit? ed 'Hate* is lighting and why. In opsnlng his sddress Mr. Taft out.lned the series of outrages which Germany committed egalnat the Unit? ed States and showed that st all tlmss 1 he United SUtei acted within its rights under international law. The American people srs nat? urally peaceable." he said. ' It does not ca-e for war or the autocratic methods which must necessarily be udoptsrl during a war. The United States will never adopt a policy of permanent preparedness. It." people are not Inclined in that di? rection. It will always be found un? ready to meet an attack by an ag? gressive and prepared militaristic na? tion, such as Germany. It is for this reason that the Unit? ed St: tea must flght this war to a con? clusion snd demonstrate that no na-I ti>.n. peacefully Inclined, need fear a Oat dsn attack by derm.un NOT UF1.I. Till Ml l> Board of i harltles and Correction Males Charges. Columbia. Jan. 2.?"An outraging 1 Injustice." is the manner la \\ hi. j the State Hoard of I BSflttSi SI fl (?0 recUms, in Its annual repot t. char notarises the method pursued by tin State In using the profits from V.v 1.4 bor of the boys confined at Dp; ttoutn Carolina Industrial School m Florence In paying for a fOSfl whtcu cost In the neighborhood of SIM' 1 "We ca,n not recommend too earn? est > thut one serious injustice th > Htat* Is perpetrating against Isst I boys be immediately discontinued." says the board. "In 1914 the legis? lature passed sn net I No* 508) an thot Ising the board of trustees of this seh*;?ol to purchaj?e ? farm and to pa: for It oyt or aucb profits' as may ac erwtx This farm was to cost around Mo 000 . it Is worked mainly by the aeys. This year Superintendent Johns estimated the yield will be 80 to SO balsa of cotton. -1.000 bushels off corn. 300 gallon* of sorghum, an.', othar crops In proportion. In othex wortla. the State la getting rich through the labor of these boys. This ? offttet much of the character build ing value of the labor Itself. In fa< Superintendent Johns has told us th It several tlmss boys rsady for parol have had to remain days and week 1 unUI some relative or some other per? son would provide clothes and trans? portation. What should be done, In our Judgment. Is to compensate these boys for their labor and make It SCaV atbls for them to accumulate savings Such would be Just, it would furth . discipline, it would stimulate the boys, and If properly admin stered it would make It possible for them to start life over again with a better chance." The board says that while Increas? ing the dormitory facilities of the rho-l the pSSl year, the BSStSil IS* se.nhly did not Increase the fund fo? maintenance. and "Superintendent Johns states that he has been having Considerable difficulty In providing bli beys with the quantity and variety of food he feels they should have." The new dormitory, which |g \<\ \ < tlcslly completed, will provide for 84 hoys, contain shower bath roonn locker rooms and day rooms uil on one floor. Ths board] says that on one of Us full inspections It found th** boys poorly clsd. many of them barefooted, and many looking as though fhev were cold. "A shipment of shoes has since been received." says tha board, "but we feel that thewe boys srs not yet adequately clothed. A number of smnll repairs needed about the Institution had not been mude at the time of our November Inspection." Th* board repeats its recommenda? tion that the employment of one or r ore parole officers Is absolutely nec? essary, finch olhVeis would kvI Job* r the boys before thev are parole! v oukl seek to prepare the surround ngs to which they would go so that th#?y would start their new life und<-. the best possible conditions and wool', a ipervlse them while they wero 00 I? irole. BJOI i\ t \l 11 OHN1A, i >ur PersNvtiM Overcome h> Unit a) PumkIcim Pssadena. Cal. Jan. 1 Four pot *> ns were oven ome by heat todav 1 1 the crowd of 42,ool? which witness'-I the football team o* m irlms station el at the Mare 1*1,ind navy y.ird <\ fest the army team from Camp I?w Is, Washington, on) of the feetsM of the annual tour mtnent of fOOa ? bars. The score was 19 to 2. Profi ? f'?m the gerSSS will %n to th* R ? Croma PACKING COMPANY READY. Crungcburg I Enterprise Han Cupucity of Three Hundred Jlog* and Fifty Cuttle Dally. -Imgeburg, Jan. 1.?The Orange burg; Packing Company will bo ready for business January 14. The delay of several months was due to the fuel that tln? machinery was slow in com? ing. PTirylhlBg has come now and the 11l int will be ready soon. The packing company !ias a capac? ity for 300 hogs and 50 cattle daily. The plant Is modern and wall equip? ped In every particular, and is said to ? e one of the finest plants of Its kind not only in the Smith, but In the I'nit etl States. M. P. Durt, lont; asiocl ited with packing Interests in the West and Middle West, Is superintendent, hav? ing come to Orangcburg from Wilson A Company, Kansas City. FINE MILLS AT WORK. Fnthu^iastU- Response to Request From <.o\eminent That Little rime lie litwt. New Orleans. Jan. 1.?According to 1 an announcement made tonight by tbe Southern Pine Pmerfconey Bu n ,u gunthf a Pine Mills during the week of December It, slipped 7, tlt,0gtl feet of ship timber for gov ? ancient use. an average of 7:! cars a day. including December .'1 and 2* v ben the nulls were not operating The shipments the previous week av? erage d I ; CUgS a day with the milh Operating six days. The record of the pas' week nc to the bureau's announce m< nt. indicated the mills complied the governmeat'e request to lose as little time as possible during th" bedidays. \ III NS DRIVEN OVER ItlVKR. Italians Now In Possession of Bridge bead oil Fht VC. Roma, ,ian. l.? The Austriani laai night were cm;11>?d letl, in conse?|Ueae< ei Italian operations to abandon th< St-enaon bridgehead, where they had 8 lodgment on the western bank of th Pinve river, and pass to the caster: bank of the river, the war office re? lax ts. All the Seenson bend is now held by the Italians. many 1 fkule-mindkd Thirteen Out of Every Thousand so -.MJpdgcil "t Cuniji Jackson. Columbia, Jan. 1.?OutJ "5f fvery 1,000 men mustered into the sertic of the United States at Camp Jackson, thirteen were subsequently discharg? ed from the serv Ice because they were i.???hie hiimled. A thorough study o; the medical records of rejection at the cantonment, made for the State Council of Defense and the Stau Board of Charities and Corrections by Dr. Hastings H. Hart, of the Kussel: Sage Foundation, and Albert Sidn \ Johnstone, secretary of the Poard or. Charities and Corrections, ascertain. I this fact. Permission to study the records was granted by Major Qen. Charles J. Bailey, commander of Camp Jackson, at the request of Qov. Manning. A statement by the State Board o; Charities and Corrections shows that out of every 1,000 men mustered inta the service from the two Carolina* and Florida 14.5 were rejected be? cause of fseble-mindednesn. ."The re? jections per 1,000 on account oi i < eVde-mlndednes8 for the three State j separately," says the statement, "were: South Carolina, 13; North Carolina. 1G.5^ Florida, 11.4." One thing that the statement did not deal with, but which Is a fact, is that everyone of these men rejected for leehle-tnindedness must have been passed by the medical authorities o ?sehe local board as nt for military SerVlOOi otherwise th v would UOt hare reached Camp Jackson. The assertion that there Is so gran <>n.petition between laborers in Bum ter that many of them do not receive a living wage is preposterous. Then i Is so great earn petition aniOAg em? ployers for all olaasea of labor thai any person, old or young, male or f m;ile can obtain steady work ever day m the Weak at higher wages thun ever paid before. The Magnate fa , tory has between four and five hun 1 dred ncn. boys women and K.rl new on the payroll and one thousand re so urgently needed that the man* ? rer of the factory are pleading wltl those who aan work to enter the far lory, ah who sooepi employment k\ paid a living wage whilo they ar learning the work, nnd after they at tain proheiem y they are paid on piece-work hen s i.y win h their I 1 and Industry are the only limit t< their earnings. This Is only on< ?ample. Today in Munter then are hundreds of pood Jobs open to a I I ?r* and no one need be Idle save I prefaragge No man has to ben fc lob. tin- employsri gee begging to a de* and paging thorn \>?? i lo do so. What German Victory Would Mean to America (Contributed by MAHV At'S T1N to the National Security League's ranil?aii;n of Putrlo 11-in Through I id m a t ion.) I do not see how any stu? dent of human history can doitbt that German victory In this war would mean that most of our tour hundred yeai* tight for political liberty has- been In vain If you ask any number or American? of foreign extrac? tion, and we are all Of us that at some date, why they came to America, you will find that It was to escape one of the things that Germany stands for, or to seek one of the things that Germany denies, With what risks and pains our forefather! crept from un? der the shadow of autocracy and militarism, and with what horror of darkness we see it stretch across the seas to us again! And behind the shad? ow is another menace so far removed from American thought that even yet we scarcely appreciate what it means, the loss 01 all that high ground of spiritual and political co-operation on which men and women meet togeth? er Ifl America. No one can keep pace with the Gorman thought uncover* td In this wer and not real? IS ? that it thlOateni that nob? lest purchase of the centuries; the ri?ht of women to cxer a their sacred function of motherhood only at the dic? tate of their own highest im? pulses. The deliberate subornation of womanhood to mere breed? ing of military units, now ko Injg on In Germany, should bring every woman In the world up standing on the side of civilization. . MARY AUSTIN. V_???_' Mr. 0, a. ssvmmon narrowly escap ed serious injury if not death Tues? day afternoon when a big Hudson l^ffarinj|' frae. driven by Mr. H. C. 1 It nd, struck the rear wheel of hi? Pour Prosed car at the corner ol Church street and Hampton avenue. Mr. Lcmmon was driving at a mod? erate speed on Church street, goiny south, and Mr. Bland was going east on Hampton avenue. Mr. Bland was driving rapidly and when he saw Mr. Lcmmon's car he attempted to pn1 on brakes, but accidentally put h s foot on the accelerator, thus putting on extra speed. His car shot forwar striking the off rear wheel of Mr. Lemmon's car, breaking it off, turne the car completely around and cap sizing it on the fire hydrant at the corner. Mr. Bland's car left the ; street and struck the corner of th ISynagogue before it could be stop : pod, Mr. Lem hi On was shut up in his car, but luckily escaped with onl 0 few briusea. The damage to his ca in the Circumstances was remarkably ?mail, consisting of one broken whee and a smashed wind shield. Mr t Hand's ear was not damaged. There was another collision on th< corner of Liberty and Washington streets at almost the same time. A 1 oid driven by Mr.-Barber col? lided with a truck owned by tht Shaw Motor Co.. both car and trucl Ibeing damaged but the ooeupantses Doping without injury. The collision was due to Mr. Barber being on th wrong side of the street, close to th( curb where the Shaw truck turned Into South Washington from Liberty street* ah of the merchants of Bumter with one exception, have agreed t< olosc al 8 p< m.. Saturdays' excepted ? ?nd i greed to ?lose at .30 P. M. on Saturday except two who are wlllln; to close at 10 P. m. Saturdays, if thi: Dement is strictly observed th saving in fuel effected will be constd < cable nd ihould help to relieve th fuel famine, The early closing will hurl no one--there is, ;is a matter 0 fact, sufficient time for all neoeesarj business between S A. M. and a P. M during the week and I to B.SO P. M I nturday, When folks wont to bod Tuesdo: plghi it w.is with the hopeful expec i ition that the worst of the blisaarc1 had paesed and that With morntn would come warmer temperatun '?d letter weather, Therefore gros 'VMS their surprise and disappoint ? "nt when early rlpi rs saw heavj now fail begin about ?> o'clock, Po spproximatoly an hour the snow fei ihlokly ami by 7 o'clock the ground was covered with ;i thick mantle o v. hi It-. ._. ...... - ? ??? , : v ? . 'it :. iiettiin from france. tens. Mann, Siliert and Blatchford Will Assist in Training American Forces at Home. An Atlantic Port, Jan. 1.?Maj. On. William A. Mann, Maj. Gen.' William U Sibert, and Maj. Gen ! Richard M. Rlatchford, who have been with the American expedition? ary forces in France, arrived here to? day on a French steamship. It 11 BhdtrttOOQ1 the officers have been or 1 dered home to ass-ist in the training ' of the American forces for overseas duty. General Mann, who left here In] command of the "Rainbow" Division made up of troops from practically every State in the Union, said tho ineii are now comfortably billeted and ?ra making satisfactory progress in the intensive training. They are in excellent health, he said, adding that through him the entire command sent home "a hearty New Year's greeting to their home I lain! and the American people." NO ADVANCE INFORMATION. Washington, Jan. 1.?Tncre hud been no advance information of the return of Generals Sibert and Blatch ford. but it was announced recently by the war department tha; General Mann had been relieved Pea a use of physical inability to stand field so-*, vice. ' Secretary Raker tonight declined to comment on the return of the gen? erals and asked that there be no spec? ulation on the subject. General Sibert command the find division of expeditionary forces sent ! to France and the understanding1 has been that he would be the active field commander of all troops under Perill? ing' He has been mentioned frequent ly' as one of the probable selections for the rank of lieutenant general when army corps are formed in t ' expeditionary forces. x Our Patriotic Duty. \_ This being our voluntary agree? ment to help forward the cause of the government, duo, to the shortage of fuel, we, the undersigned agree to I close our stores beginning Tuesday, I January 1st at six o'clock during week ! days and at S.P.O o'clock Saturday I night. The Ladles* Shop, Schwartz Bros. Devi Dros. McCollum Bros. Levy & Moses, ^ Cuttlno & McKnight, W. H. Shelly & Son, The Misses Wilkes, Wreck Store, Ralph Hill, E. W. Bloede, . Harper's Grocery, Bumter Motor Co. Carolina Grocery Co. Moran & Co. Jenkins Auto Specialty Co. People's Garage, H. L. Tisdale, H. A. Hoyt. Singer Sewing Machine Co. Krystal Optical Co. / The Sumter Hat Shop, J. Dcnemark. Alex Averbuck, H. Weeks, The Battery, The O'Donnell Dry Goods Co. Cash Dry Goods Co. The Sumter Clothing Co M. Green, L. Alpert, Du Rant Hardware Co. \ The D. J. Chandler Clo. Co\ ' V. H. Phelps, Ducker & Rultman, D. beGrand. ' W. B. Burns & Son, U. S. Woolen Mills Co. Ii. W. Folsom, Mclnvail & Zeagler Pur. Co. Ceo. I*. Hp person, J.\K. King & Co. Ceo. H, Hurst, Shaw & McCollum Mer. Co. G uie il Sept. 10 o'clock ?>n Saturday. The Sumter Dry Goods Co. G o'clock i nt i 1 September. B, J. Barnet, The Cherry Co. Spann's cash Grocery, 8f. H. Flaum, Sumter Real Estate & Ins. Co. jo. r, Taylor, sh.iw Motor Company, Bradford Bros. W. (). Cain. Jr. v. Baula, McLellan stores Co. \v. 14, bester, c. W. Kingman, The Boston Store, J, B. Stoudenmlre, it. w. Bradham, E. \V. Vogel, A. J. Ard, w A. Thompson, * ' ! mnnell ?\ Co. V\. M. Folsom Co. Bultman shoe Co? The merchants of Sumter. with three exceptions. have signed th ? grcemenl to close their places of business it o'clock, Saturdays ex 'IcopletL g lUssiAN TEA< HERS m STRIKE. Educational Walkout in Petrograd and Moscow-?Former Army Office is "Working us Laborers. Petrograd, Jan. 2.?The teachers .n the Petrograd primary and secondary schools have gone on strike as a pro? test against the failure to call to? gether the constituent assembly. The Moscow teachers have also gone on strike for the same reason. Only 31 of the 4,000 working in universities are unaffected. Former army officers in Petrograd have organized a union and are ac? cepting work as baggage handlers and street cleaners. Unemployed educated men, especially lawyers, clerks and former officials, are also organizing a union and will offer their services as laborers. NEW REPUBLIC SET CP. Novorobsysk Capital of Black Sea Ttritory. Petrograd, Jan. 1.?A new republic has I teen set up in the Black sea ter? ritory with Novorossysk as the capi? tal. A coalition cabinet, including Constitutional Democrats, has been formed. Delegates from Ukraine to the con? stituent assembly will arrive in Petro? grad tomorrow. No effort was made i to open the assembly today. Tchernomorsk, or the Black sea territory, is a district of transcaucaa ia, consisting of a long, narrow strip on the coast of the Black sea und on the west slope of the Caucasus. MANV PASSENGERS KILLED. Va'itii Indians Held up Southern Pa? cific Train. Tucson. Ariz.. Jan. 2??A train on the Southern Pacific Railroad was at? tacked this morning thirty-two miles south of Empalme, Bonora, and from twenty to thirty passengers were kill? ed, according to advices received to? day. The conductor and an express messenger were among those killed Some of the passengers were from Tucson, but their names have not been ; learned. The attack was by Yaqui Indians The train was the continuation of the one which left Nogales yesterday, morning and was made up at Em? palme for the trip south. Advices said the attack occurred a la point known as Pitahaya. A mill I tary escort of about seventy-rive fed ] eral soldiers on board was greatlj outnumbered. The Indians tore up the tracks, de railing the train. They then attacke< the rear car in which the passengers mostly Mexicans, were massacred The Indians then looted the baggag< and express cars and rode away. MADE BIG SALE OF COTTON. _ I \V. T. Lescsnc, of Manning, Sells 1,< 700 Bales. Manning, Jan. 2.?The biggest cot? ton deal ever made In this part of th< State was consummated here Tues? day when Mr. W. T. Lesesne sold 1, 700 bales for thirty cents, basis mid? dling. Allowing for some variation? in weight and grade the amount pai? will be In excess of $250,000. Mr I Lesesne had been trying for severa , days to sell, but found it hard to get la purchaser for this size lot. The cot I ton was- bought by Messrs. W. Gor don McCabe & Co., of Charleston through S. J. Smith, their agent here As another item of interest, Mr j Lesesne recently sold his farm oi something over 2,000 acres to J. A Weinberg, for $100,000. The farm Ii (situated between three and five mile? j northwest of Manning. Mr. Lesesne has been an extensive stock raiser as well as- corn and cotton farmer. ICE STOPS TRAFFIC. I Ferry Orer Watoree Bests in Bed of Snow. Camden, Jan. 2.?Traffic over the Wateree River here today was su? pended owing to ice In the river. Th< j large Rat used as a ferry is fastened BO securely in ice that it will probab !\ be a couple of days before it can b? operated, [ce cakes three Inches thick have massed on the upper side and '. the river is fronen on each side ex lecpt for a narrow stream in the m?d ' die. The large mill pond of the Watdrec Cotton Mills, situated on the edge of Camden. has been fronen for several days. Many sightseers hi ve been out. and a few have ventured to walk across. Ice two inches thick covets the pond and snow has fallen on to.> of it. making a beautiful picture to witness. Bridgeport, Conn.. Jan. 2.?The col lapse of the former Russian govern men! and its failure to keep its part Of contracts for war supplies, work on which has been in progress her?' for a long time, will cause the dis? charge tonight of 2."),000 men by the Remington Arms and Ammunition Company, the company announced to? day, i COAL FOR StTTTHTHtS OStS. SuniK r Brick Works Will IMvldc Ooal With Families in Need Butt No Business l inns Can Get A?! Editor Daily Item. From the many requests from bus? iness firms, there must be some mis? understanding as to whom we oCered to sell eoal. We only promised amall quantities to those Actually Buffering from cold and unable to provi for themselves. This does not apj. * to office*,, stores or families able U. buy wcod. We reserve the right fflfl our Secretary, Mr. John P. Maurer, or the writer to pass upon applications for coal. Yours truly, SUMTER BRICK WORKS) I. A. Ryttenbcrg, I'rts. HOOVER AND REIB CLASH. Senator Charges Food Administrator With Usurpation of Author!? y. Washington, Jan. C.?Food Admin? istrator Hoover and Senator Reed had the long expected clash today before the senate committee investigating1 the BUgar and fuel shortage. The verbal duel ranged from sugar to wheat. Senator Reed charged Mr. Hoover with "usurpation of author? ity" In handling the wheat situation "that would he criminal in normal times," Mr. Hoover warmly ler.ied the charge. Re said the situation hftd b< en handled with the approval of i resld< nt Wilson. "One thing is oer taln, the farmers are now jetting more for their wheat and Sota? is selling for less," declared Mr. Hoover. SUBMARINES SINK EIG?PPEEN SHIPS. Increase In British Isiskcs for Week. London. Jan. 2.?ftighteen British merchant men of 1,6 a o tons or over have been sunk by n.ine or subma? rine during the past week, accord? ing to the admiralty statement to? night. Three merchantmen r ider 1, 600 tons were also sunk, Tiis is a material increase over the previous week WtNSI the sinkings numl ered 12, of which 11 were more than 1,600 tons. Arrivals, 1,111; sailings, ".),07i. British merchantmen 1,600 tons or over sunk, 18; including iwo pre? viously; under 1,600 ton?? three; fishing vessels, none. Vessels unsuccessfully ittx.ckcd, eight. 20,000 MORE MEN Force at Camp Wadsworth. Spartan* hung, to Be Increase ;? Camp Wadsworth, Sp. rtanburg, Jan. 1.?That the soldiers at Camp Wadsworth are to be increased by 20,000 or more within the aext few weeks, when draft men will come down from New York State to All the depleted New York National Guard regiments up to war strength, is what Major Gen. John F. O'Ry in, com? mander of the Twenty-seventh di? vision, told members of tbe Spartan burg Rotary Club at luncheon today. BIG OOTTON DEAD. Selma, Ala., Jan. 1,?Wh t was said to be one of the most important cot* ton deals in point of price over trans? acted in Selma, was concluded today when the Yaretzky Cotton Company sold to M. Hohenberg & Company 500 bales at 31 cents. Chicago, Jan. 3.?Approximately fifty per cent of the pass'Mger trains operating west, northwest and south? west from Chicago will be eliminated if the tentative plans- macle by rail? road committees are put into effect, it was announced today. {t^^t ii it ii rtrff i We Grind Lenses, c imine the eyes scientifically an ' fit eye? glasses perfectly. L. t us work for you. Wo have all P > scriptlons on nie. Bicken lonissg replac? ed promptly. Grad ate Opto? metrist and Optician in charge. W. A. Thompson, 11 JEWELER & OPTOMETRIST. ;utmum^iw?;iugnumjwrrn??i;iiru