Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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|?*Attlt N?rr Pimm l vh. IVoule of German* ami Austria Dis? appointed by Renewal of War o . Rasa**. _J j London* Fob. 2u Oermany'o now war againat Huasla im apparently no popular with Urn peopl< and Austria, according to common* i i *he pree* or those coimtucs \\ the Brest-Litov.sk negotiations clo all talk in Germany was of p Hchool children were given a holiday and Joy bells rung. The public ap? parently did not discriminate he twaan peace with the Ukraine general peace The Voeeiohe Zcltunf and Vorw?rts emphasise this po i ' und want an explanation of \vh < responsible for the disappointment. DRAFT HAILRt? \I? Ml V Railroad gehgliilstiulInn Asks I'm- pc fcrred liuHHiih ut Ion h> War De? partment. Washingt?)ri. Feh 20.? That 0 de? ferred draft classifi, ation for railroad amployeee is under consideration be tween the war department and the railroad administration, became ; i >.vn today. Tin- war ?h-pai tmcnt Objects to giving special consideration to railroad employees, insisting that the case of each man should bo con? sidered IndlvlduaPy as to whether he Is tndispensa 1 MMHIsI LLOYD ?MOlU.l English Newspapers I \press Opinion That Ills aipccch Yesterday Was Ns)tisfa< tor> Rxpea nation. London, fob. 20.?A majority or the morning papers accept tin state ment made in the houee of com? mons yesterday by Premier Lloj Oeerge as a aatlsfactorv uxplanati entirely approve the VoihMUm agree ment, and consider the who i ln< dent straightened out. Tb?s oplnl in hi expressed that no gJOVei?mm rt cri? sis is likely to arise at the present although hostile papers believe \\ir government has been weakened l>> Jfi cent events. NOT A CANDID ATI Go*. Manning Sets Humors at Host by Reiterating Previous State? ment. Columbia, Feb. 30.? In response to a query from the Bock Hill Record .Manning has made it plain that , i? iflll not he a candidate fur the ted States senate or any other of? fice this year. This statement on his part will set at rest rumors thut hi might be a candidate for the senate or th it he might run for congress from the Seventh district in the even that Congressman Lever should run for the senate. in his rcprj to the Record, Oov. Manning says: "In reply to your inquiry about my entering the race for Unit d Stute? eenator, I have not changed my de CiOton. I stated after 1 wa.i elected the second time. I would not be a candidate for any office this year, a< I desired to to entirely untrunnieieo and uninlluemcd by the political ef feet on me for any act, as I desire to give my v#ry best service and un biased Judgment for what was th good of the State. Peal des this, my whole time Is required in service of this office, the duties of which have been greatly Increased by the war conditions." THE OOST OP WAit. Great Britain Spending Six nml a Third Million Pounds a Buy. Londton. Feb. 20.?Chancellor of th< Exchequer Bonar I-aw said in th house of cotnmons today that th average dai'v expenditure for tin month ended February ICth, was six million, three hundred und eighty four thousand pounds. GERM \N s<?< I,-\LISTS PLAN si ItlKK. \ttciiipt Vtdl Im- Made to Shut DOWW Munition Factories l/omlon Feb. 20.? < let man Inde pendant Socialist-* uro arranging for ? demonstration and a stitke in mil r.itlons faeinvic- of the ciupn-i . com k.e m log Mai It 1st. it is i epoi te.i front Berlin. itn>> k-< genxan tl I ?iiph mt. Columbia, l ib. id?The appoint ment of Frank B. Broylea, for th past four years teucher of history it the Ogtnmbla High Bchool, at aaalal ant secretary of the State bond gl ? hnritles and corrections, to surrt e l AJhetl D Oflphant, who reatgnod to become.:ield agent for the State fo i ? dm inlst rat Ion. was announced the afternoon by Albert Sidney Johnstonc ?tary of 'he beard. Mr Bro\ dot rvlll comment e on his duties at on- < The f<.,,d adlniio-.tri tioti Inn rem ?txt#d the doughnut ns a war food in good st indlng. Doubtless the hole is the wheedles* part?News and Cotl sgge, KAlSplt'N BKNT1ST HFTFI.NS. Plo.ua Man Readies Atlantic Tort. I I t axing .Berlin on January 22? Rood in <.rrmany. An Atlantic Tort, Feb. It.?Dr, Ar I tliur M. Da\is Ol Piqna, Ohio, win v e mist for Km peror William oi 0< ninny, returned to America to<la> on a neutral stramshlp. He geld lie loft Qernaon] January li, havlns been allowed i?? orooi the border on, a nil! tOr) pass personally signed by the emperor. i in-. Porteo snorted that the Rm la situation was the foremost topic in Berlin when he left anil the develop ments at that time had ci used great rejoicing. Ho declared the food situ itlon in ?Jermany was not so bad as bod been reported. The fool that tin- i Hit d States \4 in the war ami sending troops te Prance, is, of course, generalp known among: the Qerman people,'* Dr, I 'avis continued, "hut they do no appear to take the I'nitod States se? riously. Rather they do ,?ot seem t ? believe America is serious. They still have faith in the submarine but they are not so enthusiastic over the u boats as they were a year a go." He added th:it there were about L"1 Americans still In Berlin. They were not Interned but were required to re? port to the police authorities dally. Neither are they permitted to leave the city and consequently know but little of what Is Koing on elsewhere PHOBATl. .1 tlx ?Ms OBJECT. r.i? (.(iv. .Maiming Signs LtOJUOff I'cr mlt Hill. Columbia. Tel?. 18, After listen-j ing to protests from judges- of probate1 from sixteen counties of the State this afternoon. P.ov. Manning approv? ed the hill throwing restriction* around the issaam e of liquor per? mits b) judges of probate, <jov. Man* Bing told the county olllcers that he did not see how he could do anything else than sign the measure. It will SQfnme effective on Mareh 10. Home of the judges of probate said that I hoy would not have minded "bOW dry" prohibition or the requiring of a physician's prescription, but they dn object to laying themselves liable to: an error of Judgment. One of tin probate Judges oharaetei a zed the lav. as a "cowardly piece of legislation1 in that the general assembly rejectee the 'bono dry" law and refused th measure re(|ulring a physic ian's cot tltlcate. He said the legislature evi? dently is trying to require the judge of probate to make absolute prohibi? tion a fact in South Carolina. Many d tho officers expressed the opinion j that the only safe course for them to | pursue will be to refuse all applica? tions for permits, otherwise they wll constantly face indictment for mal? feasance or misfeasance in office, "I venture to say," Stated one o' the Judges of probate, 'that If this piece of legislation is approved very few of the probate judj-'es will be re-1 ? Its ted next summer." REPORT ai.ifx PROPERTY. < iistmliun Palmer CfcQs on Banks and officials for Roganrt Washington, Feb. 20.?Allen prop erty Custodian Palmer today urged all banks, trust companies, surro gatSOi UnltOd states attorneys, and internal revenue colleotOTI to report ; once any enemy owned property known to them. POOR PRICE Hi m c TioNS. hleojpQ Board of Trade Forbids Send ing On! f.\|fert Opinn ns mi Price.', I hleOgO, i'eb. |0.~-i'be opinions o: ? ipertS on the piobabls course o. trices of corn, oats and provisions, must not I"- eent out by the board o! h ide to brokerage booses bofon tprll 1st, according to the ruling ol be direct ore of tin- board of tradt nnoun< i today. smr BUILDEHH Nl I 1)11?. nosrror Rays That sidp^ arc of Mori lm|h>rtaiiee than Pood ProdOOtiotl \\ ishington. Fob, 10, - Food admlm lotrator Hoover, in a statement toda) i ailed on all patriotic ship workers to enroll in Bio patriotic service re servo, Mo amount oi' Increased foot' p oduotlon? dot reaaed food tine, oi ? ? od subtaitwtlon will help unless hip fee sending the food to Europe art alia !?!??, he s i id. TREATY will nr. si(.\i:i>. Ibllslsf ilk I Made Abject Surrender t' Oci muny Petrograd, Fob, 10, -General Holt man. thi Oormoo military represents trrs it lbest-Litovsk. has telegrapher the Bolahevlkl government for writ tin gOthontlOOtlOn of the wireles I. rnoeoegs sent yeoterday to I ,?:? lin. The Russian olllclal statement ,i inoenongor i* on ><>nt?? t<> Inansk tOdas with the original peace ? sh.iko. signed by Lenlnt and Trot al^y. SPOILING W?H A IK. I IT. Amoi it an Troops Too Eager to Get at tiri|M with Germans, Says Noted French Ollleer. Grant] Headquarters of the Prench Arno i!1 Prance, Fob, it.?American and French troop* for tyvoral dayi boibk have boon holding in unison the) front line Ironchca on one of the most * famoui battleflolda ot the war, the name of which I? known throughout tiic world. The immediate Impreeeion gained in conversation with both French and Americana facing the en? emy side ?J ride is that the unison is hol oniy of lighting forces, but o. Rim purpoea to win victory by mu? tual aid. "There is only one criticiem to b< made in connection with the Ameri? cans," said a distinguished officer to the correspondent who spent a whole day among the Americans holding the line. "They are too anxious to get it grips with the enemy." American officers confirmed this, de? claring that their chief trouble was to reatraln their men. It la Inadvisable to designate the units confronting the Germane, but all tlm men are bending to their task and they are anxious to have the peo? ple at home know that they are well satisfied and determined to perform to their utmost the duties before them. "Tell the homefolks that we are happy to be In the lighting. The work is hard and trying, but that is whv WO an here. Nothing could induce ua to leavo it until the job is finished and the Germans are beaten." This In imbalance an the expressions of dozens of American troops in the ac? tual fighting line. As to health of the men, todayV record showed that there were on'y three sick among the entire force, comprising several thousands ami these are cases of minor Importance. ICvery care le taken to provide ampl) rations, hot Whop possible, which.! hOWOVOr, In not always possible owing to the exposed position. The men are fully content with this and certainly appear lit and well. They have taken to trench and dugout life as if bon to it. I t.OFTMALS' FLAN COMPLETED. Leoigaui/.ation of Oiinrtermustcr Gen? oral a Office, Washington, Feb. 18,?-Reorganisa? tion of the quartermaster general's de? partment along the line proposed by Maj. Gen, G, W, Qoethala soon after be tbok charge as acting quartermas? ter general, has been completed and some official statement soon will be laauod explaining the duties of the new hi: riches- created. General Qoethala has relieved Prig, leu. Chauncey B. l aker. chief of irmy embarkation, from that post and haa placed the entire embarkation ? i tarn under Joseph JO. Ully, a New Yon; ahipplng expert who recently be onme chief advlaer to the acting quartermaater general In ail matters pertaining to shipping. General Ba? ker will be placed in charge of a new j section, having supe rvision over man? ufacture of motor vehicles for the I a rmy. Tin* cantonment division formerly i ttached to the office of the Quarter? maater general of the army has been tranefered to the ofiice of the as iietant Secretary of war and its fu? ture status probably will be that of a separate division of the general staff. Acting Secretary CrOWOll said today Ihll division has no direct relation to my regularly constituted bureau of he war department since the head o: he cantonment diviaion has the right to apjcal directly to the secretary o war over the head Of any bureau biet It therefore seems likely, Mr. 2rOWell said, thVt a new construction livlalon of the general start* to absorl he duties of the cantonment division WOUld prove the best solution of th' llflleulties, Toe entire direction under the as i'.stant secretary of construction work now In the hands of Lieut. Col. it. V, .Mai shall. Jr. Brig. Gel? F. \V. Lit ?II having been relieved. Genera' Idttol] has applied for retirement. Maj. Gen, <*. \v. Cc?tha!a, recom mended some weeka ago that th< cantonment division be tranaferre from the quartermaater corps to th? ongineer corps because be was no ?atlanod to have under his Bupervlaloi a function the chief of which COUl< rarry over ins head to the aecrotar any point on Which they did no agree. Assistant Secretary uro well said the department w..s now engaged on doubling the capacity of the ba? hospitals at all the camps and can lonments, which in Itself is a big con atruetlon work, studies are being made also ot the needs tor addltiona cantonments. Mr. Crowell Indicated that hospiti construction at ail camps, even thoi which might be abandoned uefor< next winter, wouhl be permanent. Mayor tfyinn of Mew fork, must i>< ma King good. The new papers hav< begun hammering him.?Anderson stall. i:i:\JTi;i> mf.n classified. Local Exemption Board PasseslJputil Questionnaires, I Class One Single man without.j dependent relatives. Class Two?Married man with children or father of motherless children, where such wife or chil? dren or such motherless children are not mainly dependent upon his labor; for support. Class Three?Man with depend? ent children (not his own), but te Ward Whom he stands In relation cl ; Parent. Man With dependent aged, or infirm parents. Class Four -Man whose wife or children are mainly dependent on his labor for support. Class Five?Officers', legislative, executive, or judicial of the United States or Of State, Territory, or Dis? trict of Columbia, (tegular or duly ordained minister of religion. Stu? dent who cm May 18, 1917, was pre? paring for ministry in recognized school. The following men were classified by the local board for the county of Sumter, In the following classes, on tin- DSth of February, 11? IS: Class 1. A. M. Wright, Sumter. Dnwson Andrews, Sumter. Frank Hostie, Sumter. Arthur Burns, Sumter. Benjantin T. Brown, Dalsell. Mi lard Workman. Hagood. William A. Phillips, Lynchburg. Robert w. Ilngram, Tlndal, Thomas A. Boone, Sumter. BeeCher B. Jac kson, Sumter. Johnson Smith, Mayesville. Harry F. Jackson, Sumter. Ben Shaw, Sumter. Nichlous singleton, Dalsell. Benjamin Jackson, Sumter. .lames Taylor. Aleolu, A. Y. Wilson, Camden. John Peterson, Mayesville. James MeKmght, Shiloh. HoWard D. Gregg, Sumter. Munnagan Hunt, Oswego. i Ransom McClary, sumter. Stephen Pea, Hagood. Charles W. Moore, Oswego. Timothy Woods, Mayesville. ISdward w. Holleman, Rembert. Richard Welle, Borden. Class 1?. Robert James, Mayesville. Henry Spann, Mayesville. Freeman Crown, Sumter. James Shannon, Hagood. Harry Nelson, Oswego. Sylvester Worthley, Tlndal. Silas Burgess, Jr., Sumter. Cleveland Johnson, Sumter. Richard c. Dlxon, Brogdon. William Thomas, Sumter. Mat Hannibal. Mayesville. Alex Robinson, Sumter. Charlie Rhame, Cheraw. Monday DuBOSO, Wedgeliehl. John Willi?, Sumter. Ed McCants, Sumter. James L. Hill, Sumter. Henry McDaniel, Dalzell. Xamon McFlveen, Shiloh. Class :i. Bartow a. Btunson, Sumter. Horace Billup, Sumter. Robert I'rown, Sumter. Barney B. Rivers, Tindal. Ben R. Brunson, Sumter. McDonald Hudson, Tlndal. James W. Kinard, Sumter. Alfred R. Bradford, Sumter. Class 4. Arthur Harvln, Sumter. Benjamin T. Kolb, Plnewood. Caesar Richbow. Horatio. Bradwell Holiday, Sumter Julius Qary, Sumter. Archie C. Wells, Rumter. John F. Moore. Oswego. Wisdom Du Rant, Oswego, Class .">. Ca i cy Covin^ton. Sumter. James Bradley. (Oswego. Ritas Dee, Motts Bridge. JuniUS Plowden. Sumter. Robert Glenn Camp, Sumter. preparation's SOW complete. ecretary Baker says Tliat sm^e is all Set tor Big Fight. Washington, Feb. 20.?After exten ive preparations silently ami system* ?tically carried on, it is apparent that both Germany and the allies are ready or tin- long expected offensive in the West, says Secretory Baker in hin weekly review of military operations ')<? says the bulk of the Cermat forces are now assembled in th West. more SHIPS available. I OW Polnl in Shipping lias Been Passed. Washington, Feb 2<L?The low ?uni ei available allied shipping ha? I ten passed two or three weeks carl lor thin Officials expected ami conti - denee was expressed today that the ; nimmt of shipping available for fu? ture use would Increase steadily. Helens, Feb. BO.?The Montana legislature today ratified the federal prohibition amendments. IDENTICAL \\ IT!i WILSON' War Alms 0* Socialist Party In France. Paris, Fob. 19 (By the Associated Press).- "The war aims oi! the So? cialist party o; Prance art Identical with those of President Wilson," said Albert Thomas, former 1 linistor oi munitions, to the Associated Prbss to? day just before leaving for the inter? allied Socialist conference <> be hold in London. "ft has been one of my dreams," M. Thomas continued, "that s del gatioh of French and Brll sh Social? ists should visit Washington if the president would receive to explain to him that his purposes In the war arc our purposes." "The American army Is entering into action in France and iti part will he a growing one. Nevertheless, America has a neater role than that of its army. The spirit of the En? tente Allied peoples must be contin? ually supported and refresl ed by the daily consciousness of the justice of our aims. The minds of our people must be tilled with ideals. 1 "President Wilson's part can be much greater Ihati the military actlni ol* LUC Amone. D army. By Iron inter I Dlial diplomatic action in support <>i Iiis ideals?that is the supreme ? art which At lerieu has. President Wilson becai o not only the lead er Of America i democracy hut the leader of a w nld democracy and I can assure yoi his influence already is VCt*y consu! rabie with the peo? ples of Germany and Austria." FOOD I >ll THE 111 \s. Grcal Surplus f rom Vkraine Placed at Disposal of Central Powers. Amsterdam, Feh. 20.?Addressing the lower hou-'? of the Reichstag at Vienna, Ausir ut Premier von Seyd ler declared tuet under the peace treaty with tire Ukraine there would be placed at tl e disposal of the cen tral Powers tliq Ukraine'a surplus of agricultural products. This surplus, he asserted, is greater than the ?""en? tlad Powers, at the most favorable es? timate, could ti ursport. An exchange says Billy Sunday has been an "eye-opener" to Washington. Thought she at nld get that from Bal? timore ??Atlanta Constitution. Everything in the Buildinc line All Kinds of Feed ? I I ? ???? II II ?? Bill I-1 BOOTH & McLEOD, Inc. EVERYTHING AT ONE PLACE PHONES: 10 and 631 ID!11 IBS All Bearer Bonds subscribed th vjugh us are here except those of denominations of $50.00. The $50.00 Bonds will prob? ably be hero within the next 30 days. Those subscribing Bonds of $100.00 or more, will please call for them as soon as possible. We will keep these Bonds in our vaults for safe-keeping for anyone tKt may desire us to. J. P. Booth, W. J. Crowson, Jr., President. Cashier. The National Bank of South Carolina OF SUMTER IF CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS OF YOUR BUSINESS APPEALS TO YOU, THIS BANK IS THE PLACE FOR YOUR ACCOUNT. Capital Stock Surplus Profits .^200,000.00 150,000.00 :*o,ooo.oo CG. ROWLAND. President. F. E. HINNAMT. 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