Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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3H0BT IRE SPIES. CiOV. M.\NMN<; VOR Es SKN'I I MKM OJ rKVU OF EAST? ERN AND MIDDLE WEN TERN STATES. People of South Carolina Urged to Government In Every Way Poswtbk* I Columbia. Marph 2:?That se? ditious persona shculd he interned and Teutonic spies shot is the prevailing opinion of many men in the East and the Middle West, according to a state? ment given out by Gov. Manning to? day. He contend* that these per? sons are of the opinion that the gov eremen is too lenient with the vicious propagandlat within the borders of the United States. The governor does not mince words? In speaking of thone persons in South Carolina who wou d lunder the prog? ress of the war by casting doubt upon the righteousness of the cause for which America ie battling. He says that any person contending that the tnlted States should not huve entered the wsr Is. "by Indirection, bolstering the blustering and embattled front of the Potsdam gang; indorsing the Prus kin attiude of rapine, murder and Uilees disregard of International atw; and rejecting tenets of democ? racy and Christianity." He pays his respects to the eremies of President VHson. by saying that their words re but "giving aid and comfort to the enemy." They are, he declares, "but a foe to those things for which America Is fighting." The governor calls on all South Carolinians to do their mightiest to uphold the government In the wai with Germany, In order that victory may perch on the arms of America and her allies, and concludes with this admonition: "Do not think or speak of peace until the vandalism and brute force of Oermany Im subdued. .We must destroy their attiude that might makes right. We must fight un? til a victorious peace is won and es? tablish freedom, justice and right for ogrselves and for the world." "On my recent trip to Washington," said Oovernor Manning today. "1 found that there is a much more close ly defined system of organization thai has existed at any time since the war began. Work In the various depart? ments Is going forward with greater dispatch, and the useless delay of mat tare la gradually being reduced to i minimum. There is a well-denned sentiment that the United States has just b gun to fight and that we have a hard war before us, so much no that meth? ods are being planned whereby each person will he p aced in a position where he is to render his services to the government. Officiate have come to the realization that victory to our urrns and our allies depends primarily on the work done and the sacrifices made by America. In all its actions How the government Is placing before the people the prime necessity of as? sisting the government first and of making their own business and profit second. In my recent trips, Including Chi cago. New York and Washington, also found a strong feeling that th government is dealing too leniently ?ekU^-rTiose disloyal persons who uttet seditious statement* in speech or in Writing. Thf men I talked with were Unanimous in advocating a stringent and unrelenting fight against the ene? mies within our herders. They desired to see seditious persons interned and splea shot; they wanted publicity giv? en to the methods used by such men ae that the public, acting as deputies und informants for the government, ild uaSiMt the officials in unearthing other plots and propaganda. The time baa passed when any such people have ?ny place in America. : MADOO IN COM Mill \ Hetretary of Treasury Will Sitcek c Liberty Irfuin. I! 'Jumble. March J7 William G. McAdoo. secretary of the treasury and director general of the railroads, will hpoek in Columbia on April 10 in be fcalf of the thud Liberty loan Ishuc. As he Is regarded as one of the real tig men of ?in? adm la 1st ration h'.s ep? perance here Is eagerly awaited and it 14 expected that he will be heard ?? ? eople from all over the State, South Carolina is going to do its . ?it in the Liberty loan drive and Ihoj state counrtr of De renal hi going to i eilst in putlng it over." Mr. McAdo'a t.peecb is eapseted to five Ihe ean psign a tremendous Impetus in tins Jtate. The Council of Defense is constant? ly sending Npetkers lo various pa its Of the State to patriot).- rallies. Among the cities in which gnthnjsjggtli ral l.es have been In Id |ft|#|) are Bdgf> i eld. Chester and Luke City. It takes all sort* of people to make t world; including, of course, the I oman who pays on? dollar to the r \ Cross and eighteen dollars for a /nit totting i h SENATE FIXES WHEAT PRICE. another ehhit KXnCTSD in con ekrence. l>cfcute Continues Five Days Before . .Gore Amendment Goes in Agrteul tnrul Bill. Washington, March 21.?The agri tun.l appropriation bill with the Gore amendment increasing the 1918 gov? ernment guaranteed wheat price to $2.SO was passed late today by the sem.te. it now goes to conference be? tween the two houses, where there will be another fight over the wheat price. Tie whe.it price was adopted, 49 to 18, ifter fi\e days' discussion in which its advocates urged the necessity of stimulating production and criticised government price fixing. The bill carrying appropriations of $28,000,000 was passed without a roll call. He sides increasing the federal guaran? tee ihe Gore amendment also provides that the guaranteed prices for the 1911; crop shall be based upon No. I Nor .hern wheat or its equivalent in? stead of the No. 1 variety as under existing law, and shall be payable at local elevators or railway markets in steud of at the principal primary mar? ket? as is done now. The provisions are designed to further increase the farmers' returns. Another provision is that guaranty ?hall not be dependent upon action ot the president, but is thereby made ab soluie and binding until May 1, 1919. Acceptance of the amendment by the house is hoped by its champions. But despite tho overwhelming vote by which the senate wrote the price in? crease in the bill, administration lead? ers do not believe It could prevail finally If, as has been reported, the op? position of the food administration would cause a presidential veto. Un? der an appropriation by tho president acting under the food control law as it now .stands with the $2 guarantee, the basic price for 1918 wheat has been established at $2^0 a bushel. Senators favoring the increase argued that wheat at $2.50 would not increase the price of flour beyond $13 or $13.50^ per barrel. The price now Is around $11 a barrel. The senate struck out by a vote of 41 to 23 a provision in the bill as it passed tho house requiring depart? ment of agriculture employees in Washington to work eight insteud of seven hours daily. An appropriation of $240,000 for the congressional free seed distribu? tion which had been eliminated by the senate agriculture committee was restored by tlM senate. Appropriation:* of about $1,000,000 were added to the bill in the senate including $25D.O0O to be offered as prizes by the secretary of agriculture to stimulate agricultural production and $250,000 for extension of work in dehydrating vegetables and fruits. Other principal appropriations car? ried in the bill include: Meat inspec? tion service $4,000,000 (increased $300,000 by the senate), extermina? tion of Southern cattle ticks, $750,000; fiadlcation of Jive stock tuberculosis, $500,000 (doubled by the senate); plant industry. $2,744,000; forestry $5,731,000; bureau of markets $2, 000,000; combatting of live stock foot and mouth disease $1,000,000 and combatting the cotton boll weevil $700,000. TO REQUISITION WHEAT. Government Will Adopt Drastic Mens ures to Stop Hoarding. Washington, March 27.?State Pood Administrators will be encouruged by the Food Administration to requisi? tion summarily any stocks of wheat that are actually being hoarded. du |>a no no So bt si lute for Cotton. Tokio. March 27.?The discovery of ? practical substitute for cotton was announced today at the annual mtOt? :ng of the Federation of Marine Indus? tries. The announcement was made by K. Ilumada, vice president of the Lower Mouse of Parliament who said thai the discovery was made in l>e i ember In tho Tokio Fibre labora? tory in tin* course of experiments on s?m w eeds. Tin rgygfty of seaweed is known as "K?mo or goiiio guina. It abounds in Japanese waters and hitherto has been UOtd m ? fertlllner The method of sxtractlng the Ahr? Is simply to boll w< ,is |? lNr ,llul n, water ",,N,d Witt) nee bran after which the re lens til Store la bleached. The whole PrtllSi is so simple as to be easily pOtsJbl? fa lisM(1). n9n an(| farmeis bving near tl,,. N|' I lamad;. claims thai the fibre In "Wj rt?*e?i iH btUer llmn rMtton_ Don' be in a httiry to Ko to tin end of the rainbow for that bftg of Kold. Lot George do |t, You raise hogn and grow peanuts, corn, soy bran*, velvet bean*, churns, rape and the ltk.?. For every squeal there's n Mm Of rold. ?Wilmington Star. ALIEN ENEMY VOTE. congressman FLOOD of Vir? ginia PRESENTS issue to stir THE nation. Ten States Involved und German Bub jcrts In 1*. S. Now Able to Vote in bn esc Numl>ers. Washington, March 23.?Most peo? ple in the United States have been dissfully unaware of the fact that un? der the laws of vatious States hun? dreds of thousands of persons, if not millions, have been voting at federal md other elections who are not Amer can citizens. Still larger la the proportion of the public which has been uninformed of the fact that in States where aliens are permitted to vote, there is no law 10 prevent them from exercising the privilege even if they are alien enemies?that is, aliens from coun? tries with which the United States is at war. To the average American it seems inconceivable that this should he so, but it is the truth. The general lack of knowledge on this important subject has been con? vincingly demonstrated by the sur? prise, and in some cases incredulity, expressed In the comment here and elsewhere on bill recently introduc? ed by Representative H. D. Flood, of Virginia, chairman of the house com? mittee on foreign affairs, as follows: "To prevent alien enemies from voting for electors for president and vice president or United States sena? tors or members of the house of rep? resentatives. "Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the Unit? ed States of America in congress as? sembled, That no person not a citizen of the United States shall be permitted to vote at any election to be held for president and vice president, or sena? tors of the United States, or members of the house of representatives, who is a subject of a State or nation with which the United States Is at War." This bill is one of the leading meas? ures in far reaching importance now before congress. More and more Is going to be heard about It. How the passage of some such bill can be pre? vented is hard to see; for the Ameri? can people cannot be disposed to tol? erate the control of the balance of power in any State (and therefore possibly in congress) by voters who are subjects of our deadly foes in this war. There are ten States in this Union wherein aliens who have formally de? clared their intention of becoming naturalized citizens are allowed to vote just as if they had actually be? come citizens. These States are Ala? bama, Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Ore? gon, South Dakota, and Texas. And in Pennsylvania, although an alien enemy is not allowed to vote, a person of alien origin may vote after he has resided in the State orie year and in the precinct two months, if he has been a citizen of the United State? one month! That is certainly an in? teresting anti-climax. Of course, th< Flood bill would not change the sit? uation in Pennsylvania. If the re? quirement of American citizenship la observed, it stands to reason that h should be left to the States individual? ly to decide the details; but surely it is right that in time of war, at least, subjects of enemy countries should DC kept from participating in our own elections. To protect the electorate permanently in this limited, but vital respect of the citizenship requirement, would seem reasonable. However, the Flood bill is by its stated terms o war measure. Why should not the ten States them? selves correct this glaring blunder of permitting alien enemies to vote ii they have been declarants of inten? tion? The ten States should do so, obviously; hut if they do not, or if any of them does not, should the country tolerate the participation of any alien enemies in the congressional elections next fall and the primaries preceding? A fact of decided pertinence to this phase of the problem is that in all of the ten States mentioned, and in Pennsylvania also, the legislatures do not meet in regular session until next year. In all the eleven States except Alabama the regular sessions are bien? nial, except In Alabama, where they art quadrennial?and this is an off year. So that unless the governor chose to call an extra session for the purpose of amending the law as to the franchise, whieh Is sometimes in the Constitution and not to be chang? ed without reference to popular vote, the matter cannot be taken up by the States. P.erlin < Iuirch Bells Rung. London. March H.? Berlin was decorated Monday and church hells were ringing in celebration of the success on the Western front, accord? ing to an Exchange Telegraph dis? patch from Copenhagen. The Catholic churches in P.erlin have arranged for a special day of prayer. ? ?? THIRD LIBERTY LOAN. SECRETARY ?TADOO ANNOUNt i:s ISSUE OF 11,000,000,000 IN APRIL. Tliis Issue Will DC Long Term Bonds Bearing I i-i For Cent. Interest? A Rally Call to Patriotic Americans. Washington, March 25.?The third Liberty loan, to open April 8 will be for $3,000,000,000, and all over-sub? scriptions at 4 1-4 per cent, interest. Bonds of the first loan, bearing 8 1-2 per cent, interest and of the second loan at 4 per cent, may be converted into the new bonds, but those of the third loan will not be convertible into any future issue. This announcement was made to? night by Secretary McAdoo with the comment that "lh? great events now happening in France must fire the soul of every American with a new de? termination to furnish all the dollars and all the material resources o. America that are needed to put an end to the execrable atrocities of Ger? man militarism." In connection with the loan, th?: secretary plans to establish a sink inn fund with which to purchase back any bonds of the third loan thrown upon the market. In order to aid in keep? ing the price up to par. The maturity of the bonds is yet to be determined but it was officially stated that they would be long term, probably between 20 and 30 years. Other features which will be settled as soon as congress passes tho neressary legislation an the length of campaign and the termr of payments on the bonds. Most financial observers were sur? prised at the comparatively small siz? of the loan, and at the interest rate both of which they had expected to be higher. Reduction of government ex? penses and allied loans below th* forme; estimates is responsible for the loans, Secretary McAdoo explain ed. He said the bonds were madt non-convertible to put an end to expec tation of higher interest rates in the future, indicating his purpose t< maintain the 4 1-4 rate for futur< loans. Legislation will be drafted tomor row by Chairman Kitchin of the house ways and means committee, tc provide for an additional bond au? thorization of $4,500,000,000 mom than the $3,066,000,000 sum alreadv authorized but unissued for the in creased interest rate for continuance of loans to the allies this summer am for issuance of more than the $4, 000,000,000 of certificate* of indebted ness now authorized. An effort wil be made to push this legislatior through both houses this week, s that final plans may be made for the third Liberty loan and the engrav ing for the bond faces by the firs' of next week. No opposition to th< legislation is looked for in eithd house. BRITISH AIRMEN SLAUGHTER BOCHES. Put Out of Business Sixty-nine Encnv Machines and Bomb Various Cities. London, March 25.?The British aviators have bombarded the railwa> stations at Cologne, as well as va? rious other important cities in Ger? many, the official statement on aeria operations announces tonight. "Two tons of bombs were also drop ped on the Metz Railway station. ? "Altogether the fighting was tin most severe so far experienced. Oui airplanes shot down 4 5 enemy ma chines and drove down 22 out of con trol. Two other hostile machines wer? shot down by our anti-aircraft gum Ten of our machines are missing." "Over 1,700 bombs were droppe during the day on targets includim the Brouges dry docks, the Aulno station and a large camp southeast o Cam bra i. HUNS USING TANKS. British Weapons Turned Against Their Own Much. Berlin, Monday, March 85.?Gcr man tanks, reinforced by captured British tanks, took a leading part v breaking the enemy's drive reslstanc? says a semi-official Statement Th? mobility of the tanks were universal ly praised, and are all said to have returned undamaged. MUSTARD FOR AMERICANS. Let mans Deluge Trenches With Mustard Gas shells. American Army In France, Monday March 86.?American positions >n i certain part of the Toul sector w/en bombarded with mustard shells at tin r;ile of si\ per minute last night, bu Ineffectively. The American artlllerj replied with a heavy Urs molished segments or the enemy's I first lines and other points. Washington, March IT.?Negotii Hons for the transfer of one hundie and lifty thousand tons of Jf pan est Shipping to the Tinted States hnv? i l ecu completed. STORY OF SLAUGHTER. germans WADE THROUGH floods OF THEIR OWN BLOOD. British Kill With Cannon, Machine Ottn and Rifle as They Fall Bark Before Masses of Advancing Ger? mans. With British Army in France, March 25 (By the Associated Press). ?This has been another day of most desperate and sanguinary fighting along the whole front of the new bat? tle zone. In fact in the northern sec? tor there has been no cessation in the awful work since yesterday morning. The Germans have continued to hurl ?eat forces of infantry into the con? flict, depending largely on weight of numbers to overcome the increasing opposition offered by the heroically resisting British. On the northern wing of the offen? sive the enemy this morning brought up additional troops after an all night struggle of the fiercest nature and enewed his efforts to break the Brit? ish front In the region of Ervillers. To the south, near the center of the ne, an squally strong attack is being made by the invaders to extend their long narrow salient, which tney had pushed in south of Bapaume, neat -ongueval?famous in the annals of the battle of the Somme. These places were again the scene of shambles in which the British ma? chine gunners and riflemen exacted terrible toll of death from the close y pressing enemy. Still farther south the Germans were pounding the front hard in an endeavor to push on and get a firm grip on Nesle and swing the British right flank back, while the determined defenders were bat? tling doggedly to force the enemy back and reclaim the positions pre? viously held by them along the river The decision at all of the?e centers 1 still in abeyance, so far as is known at this time, and the struggle goes on with unabated fury. The resistance of .he British right wing has been par? ticularly spectacular. On Saturday the Germans essayed the crossing of the Somme on rafts in the Nesle sector, hut these expedi? tionary forces were caught in a hail of artillery, machine gun and rifle Ire and virtually wiped out. Yester? day, however, the Germans succeeded in getting troops across in this man? ner and followed these advanced guards up with strong forces which pushed on in the neighborhood of Morchain. The British were contestinj^ he enemy advance fiercely. The battle today on the historh ground about Longueval was perhaps 'he most spectacular of any along the front. It was a day for machine gun ters and infantry. The Germans were pursuing their tactics of working for? ward in massed formation and the British rapid firing squad and rifle? men were reaping a horrid harvest Crom their positions on the high ground./ Notwithstanding their terri? ble losses, the Germans kept coming on, filling in the places of those who had fallen and pressing their attack. The British artillery in the meantime poured in a perfect rain of shells on the enemy, carrying havoc into his ranks. In this section the Germans were operating without the full sup? port of their guns, because of their ?*apid advance. In the north, in the region of Er fillers, the British last night were forced once more to abandon Mory which had changed hands several im CS in the last few days. They fell >ack for a short distance and the bat* le this morning was staged largel> Jong the Bapaume-Arras Road. Tht lermans employed a large number o Uvlslona In this asault which In tin ?ally hours was held off by the Brit? ish gunners. For the last four days French rcf jgeee have been streaming back from he evacuated towns in large numbers (everywhere along the roads leading o the front were to be met old men S/omen and children, all trudging itoleally behind their horse-drawn Arts of household furniture or even nicking a few belongings in a bug ot ?heir backs. It is possible today to give details of that most important phase of tin battle fought in the sector between Gouzeaucourt and St. Quentin. The country here was shrouded in mist Thursday morning and the dormant idvanced without being seen. Strong forces of infantry Hung themselves mahist the British front line and af? ter a fierce struggle broke through ii it several places. They then continue, driving hard for Templeux, near liar ^ieourt. Just In front of the former village were quarries in which the British hat taken up positions and here a battle of great ferocity was waged. The Germans repeal cd ly tried to take the quarries by storm, but so gallant was the defense of the com? paratively small forces that the at? tacking troops were unable to push their way through. While this struggle was in prog ess the enemy flung live division? OLD ER MEN GALLED. CITIZENS VP TO rORTY-FIVH j YEARS TO RE TRAINER. Ropartmor.: l*1ans Numerous Canton? ments as Result of Operations in War Theaters. Washington, March 25.?It became known here today that because of the war situation, the war department, acting wlV the senate committee on military s (fairs, will immediately take steps to prepare several training camps capable of accommodating about 25,000 men between the ages of 31 and 45. It will be noted that these camps will take In men above the present draft age, yet young enough to be ac? tive in the field. Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia is taking the initiative in this matter and today introduced a resolution '-ailing upon war depart? ment to rive the senate in executive session si. ivailable information relat? ing to present training camps. This is tie forerumor, it is said, of the next step which will be the au? thorization of the camps, which has not yet been determined, and is con? sidered Otis of the most important s^teps which has been taken since the war began WAR OF OPEN MOVEMENT. Daily Mai! Correspondent Comments on (banged Condition. London, May 2G.?The Daily Mail correspondent on the British front de? scribes the altered conditions of war? fare in France, pointing out that in less than three days the operations have changed from a war of fixed po? sitions back to a war of movement, as was the case in the first month of the struggle. "As I reached the hill for observa? tion," he writes, "I came suddenly upon a moving and magnificent sight in the val ty. "I could not have seen these sights in position warfare. I should not have been able to distinguish bodies of the enemy's Infantry moving down a slope from a shattered wood whose trees were blackened skeletons. Nor could I have been gladdened by seeing our men go fc ward with cherful, confi? dent swinging." UPHOLDS PROHIBITION. Massachusetts House Votes for Feder? al Amendment; Boston. .March ^6.?The house lute today ratified the prohibition amend? ment to the federal constitution by a vote of 14 5 to 91. The resolution now goes to the senate. The vote against submitting the amendment to popular vote was 122 to 96. In opposing a referendum, Representative Underhill of Somer ville took the stand that the ques? tion would overshadow all other is? sues at the State election. The - galleries were crowded during the debate, most of the spectators be? ing women. against the line in front of Hargi court and compelled the British to tall back from that place. This auto? matically ended the struggle in the Templeux quarries and the defenders fell back a little. On Friday a fierce engagement was waged about Le Verguier, which the iermans captured, but not until the British Infantry holding the place had fought te the last man and inflict? ed extremely heavy losses on the ene? my. The British again fell back, this time to a line through Hervilly, Just east of Roisel and Verman. The Germans captured Hervilly but the British AtttS back with the help of tanks in dashing counterattacks, which forced the enemy to withdraw. The Germans, however, in an attack further down the line had forced the British line to swing back and the whole front of this sector was com? pelled to give way, falling back to the line of the Somme. Every inch of ground was contested ts the British withdrew and some o? the most magnificent work of the war was done by the hardy troops who fought the rear guard action and al? lowed the main force to retire in an orderly and jderate manner. The lighting southwest cf Roisel was especially severe. On Saturday the Germans? were tired and there was nS" very hea y lighting in this sec? tion. The enemy forces pushed for? ward to Occupy the evacuated terri? tory and as rhey came they were de? luged with shells by the British ar? tillery. No finer t. rgets could have been Offered to UK defending artillerymen. Who shot all lay with open sights end eovered the ground In front of them with dead at d dying. On Sur day the (Iermans advanced ,t gainst the S< mme defenses and hav? ing pierced s rne of these, are seem? ingly pushing their advantages to the fullest in the hope- of overcoming all opposition to the objectives which they haw pi. med