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3 i ,I) i . r :. . r r I i' : f VOL. XXXVII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1917.. O4 CONGRESS CONYES IN SECOND PART Of SIXINFIfTH SESSION Enormous War Bills Face National Lawmakers. OVER $13,500,000,000 Little Time for Other Than War Problems, Says Senator Martin and Representative Kitchin Approves Idea. Washington, Dec. 3.-Congress is ready to, take up again its part in the prosecution of the war. The second - session of the Sixty fifth Congress began today at noon with- brief routing business sessions marked by the receipt of appropria tion estimates for, next year's war and ordinary expenses aggregating the vast sum of $1$,600,000,000. Tomorrow the Senate ane House will meet in joint session -at 12:30 p. m. to hep'r President Wils<.o deliver his annual address. Guidance by the President in the work ahead is awaited by tacit agree ment. Congressional leaders tonight admitted with profound interest by the world, virtually would outline the session's program. Speculation' as to the nature of the President's address centers largely upon the question whether he will recommend declaration of war by the ' United States against Germany's al lies. General belief is that he will not, at least for the present and that Congress will follow his desires. Sen timent for such actioni is widespread, however, and individual. members probably will introduce war resolu tions. One or two. Senators were pre pared today to offer such resolutions, but were prevailed upon to withhold them. A spirit of confidence apparently pervades Congress. Returning mem .bers exchanged views with declara tions of increased determination to lend every aid in the vigorous con duct of the war. The leaders predict ed that legislation. would be confined largely to war measures, as the Presi dent is understood to desire. Senator Martin, Democratic leader in the Sen ate, said there would be little time for other than war problems, and Representative Kitchin, the House floor leader, announced after informal conferences with colleagues, that he was disposed to favor the plan. The understanding, however, is that the few weeks of the session, until after the holiday recess at least, will be open to general legislation. The House judicial committee meets tomorrow and as consideration of national prohibition and woman suffrage measures was postponed at the last session on the basis of ac tion at this session the disposition of many of the committeemen is to vote on them now, one way or the other. A war time aspect was given to day's sessions by the presence of many uniformed men among spec tators in the crowdled galleries and of women busily plying knitting needles during the opening cere monies. 'Senate proceedings were unusually brief. After adoption of routine res olutions, the Senate adjourned out of respect to the late Senator Husting, of Wisconsin. The House remained in session until the joint committee appointed to notify President Wilson of the return of Congress reported and then passed the resolution for to morrow'r joint session. The usual crop of bills, resolutions and petitions was received in the House, Including a resolution by Rep resentative Martin, Louisiana, pro posing congressional investigation of the sugar shortage. Fitzgerald to Resign. Representative John J. Fitzgerald, of Brooklyn, N. Y., chairman of the Important 'House appropriations com mittee, prominent Democratic 'leader and a member of Congress of eigh teen years' service, announced late today his intentIon to resign, effective December 31, to resume the practice oif law. His successor to head the ap propriation committee probably will be Representaitive Swager Shirley, of Louisville, Ky., ranking Democratic committeeman. Little business this week Is planned '1y Senate and House leaders as the )eaders ans committee chairmen- want * i opportunity to confer and to dis cuss mnatters., BIG CYPRESS MANUFACTURING CENTER OF THIS STATE About 10 miles east of Manning the town of Gable was brought iito such prominence by the location of the big plant of the Black River Cy press company a few years ago that the large postal business from the place attracted the attention of the government officials to such 4n ex tent that about a year ago the postal authorities established a postoffice at this place. It is said the big plant of the com pany has a capacity or about 60,000 feet of manufactured lumber a day when running at full capaoity and that between 400 and 500 men are employed in all departments at the mill, yards and in the woods. Millons of feet of lumber are in stock. This great cypress ma'nufac turing center of the state of South Carolina has not escaped the handi cap of -a scarcity of labor in its busi ness which is being experienced in nearly all' lines of industry in this state. C. P. Gable, from- whom the town acquired its. name, is the head and efficient manager of this collosal en terprise. The company has a large reserve of timber from which to stock its mill for some years to come. The' place has all the appearances of a big sawmill town with its large boarding an4 company houses for the men employed in the ma ufacture of luniber.' Various lines of mercan tile businesses are carried on here and the place presents one of the busiest centers in this section of the state, an(l is rapidly growing into a larger commercial -and . residential town and new building operations are going rapidly forward to supply accommodations for the people locat ing here. 4 CARD OF THANKS. I wish to thank the friends who extended so much kindness and sym pathy during the illness and death of my husband, Edgar C. Dickson. Especially do I wish to thank them for-, their beautiful floral offerings. Only those who have had similar ex perience can fully appreciate what such sympathy means to a sorrow ing heart. Sincerely, Mamie - Dickson. --0 CANAL COMMISSION IN SESSION IN COLUMBIA Columbia, Dec. 4.-The canal com mission met in the office of Attorney General Peeples this afternoon and considered several propositions look ing towards the carrying out of the provisions of the act providing for the taking over of the property of the Columbia canal by the State. The sinking fund commission met this afternoon and tran'acted a deal of routine business. The board of trustees of the South Carolina Industrial School will meet at Florence on December 11, the Gov ernor's office announced tonight. ADMI.RAL ROGERS DEAD Constructed the Naval Station at Guantanamo. Washington, Dec. 4.--Rear Admiral Charles Custer Rogers, U. S. N., re-. tired, who constructed the naval sta tion at Guantanamo, Cuba, 1904-06, died at a hospital here tonight. He was 61 years old[~and a native of Virginia. He served as executive officer of the Resolutd in the Spanish-American war and recedved medals for conduct in actions off' Santiago. The funeral will be in Winchester, Va., Thursday. CARD OF THANKS. I want to thank my friends, one. and all, who fought the flames that dlestroyed my two barns and con tents on Sunday, Nov. 25, 1917. Kind friends worked 'till late that night and savedl some of my corn, for this, and all help rendered, my family and I are sinerely thankful. E. D. Hodge, Alcolu, S. C., Dec. 4, 1917. 0 Back from Islands ' , A Pacific Port, Dec. 4.-Thirty United States Senators and Repre sentatives, composing a special con pressional committee which Investi gated land questions* of the Hawaiian Islands, returned today and left for Washington... WILL GET NITRATE - BY FIRST OF YEAR In' Short Time Department of Agri culture Will Be Able to Give Price. BYRNES GETS INFORMATION South Carolina's Youngest Congress man Looking After the Farmers' Interest. Washington, Dec. 3.-According to information obtained from the De partment of Agriculture today by Representative James F. Byrnes, of Aiken, the government expects to be ready to furnish nitrate of soda to farmers by the first of the coming year, but it will be a week or so more before an announcement can be made of the, price at which the ni trate will be sold. All of the South Carolina delega tion are here for the opening of the session, except Representatives Rags dale and Nicholls, who accompanied a congressional party to Hawaiia after the special session adjourned. The schedule of this party puts it back in Washington December 10. o SENIOR SENATOR "PROUD OF NAVY" Washington, Dec. 3.-"I am proud of the navy," declared .Senator Till man today, adding an expression of emphasis which convinced the listen ers that the chairman of the Senate naval committee has returned to his work in Washington with a good sup ply of the old time "pep" for which he is so famous. "The destroyers we have over there are doing great work," continued the Senator. "Josephus Daniels is mak ing a fine Secretary of the Navy and confounding all his critics." McLAURIN' ANNOUN FIRS To the Anderson County Members of the Legislature, Grand Jury and others signing Petition. Gentlemen: Your request that I enter the cam paign for Governor of South Carolina, is valued by me more than any com pliment that I ever received. I think its true meaning lies in the fact that you feel the primary system in this state is not meeting the purpose for which it was devised by calling into public' service the men best qualified. [ts original purpose was to keep the white people united, not to divide them into two bitterly hostile fac tions, where the electorate is debauch ed by the use of money and the cir culation of slanders. The expense debars men of mod erate means, and men of refinement shrink from entering a scramble where the methods of political black guard and bully are at a premium. The instinct of the people often saves a democracy, and while your choice of me is open to doubt, the call itself is a wvise step. I believe that the conservative thought of this state should control its policies, and that extreme men in both factions are un safe leaders at this crisis. "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread." At my age I am not in elined to hunt new responsibilities, but I never wish to grow so old1 or become so selfish as to shirk them. I entered public life with certain ideals. I have often fallen short of them. I am very human, but thank G1od my capacity for following the deal Increases with time. The war will unsettle the political, social and Industrial status: 'First, We need to stren~gthen our primary system andl unite our' people to meet the situation at the close of :he war.* Second, We need a more modern mnd business like State and County ]overnment. There are too many of ieiers duplicating work and piling up iseless expense. Third, We need the Warehouse iystem developed to where it will be >repared to store, grade and sell our otton crop when normal conditions ~eturn. Its mission as a menas merc y. to finance cotton has been accog >lished. I do. not mind making the cam [8CAPED BALLOONS BROUGHT TO [ARTH Dragging 6,000 Feet of Steel Cable, Runaways Played Havoc with Property. NONE OF OCCUPANTS HURT Houses Unroofed, Telegraph and Telephone Wires Pulled Down in Their Flight. Kansas City, Dec. 3.-Two United States observation balloons that were unleashed by accident and shot un guided into the air were brought to the ground early tonight. One, a huge bag of the French type, escaped from students at Fort Omaha, Neb., late yesterday and trailing 6,QO0 feet of steel tethering cable, traveled a spectacular 'course throughNebraska, I Kansas, Oklahoma and thence back into Nebraska, where it was captured. The other, apparently a smaller type, carried two army officers when its anchor line was broken by an air plane. The balloon was brought down by the men about thirty miles from Fort Sill; Okla., where it had broken away. Officers Unhurt. The flight of the Fort Sill fugi tive while less spectacular than that of the Nebraska stray, caused the more apprehension among army of ficials .and others because two offi cers were carried aloft with it. The officers, however, brought the gas bag to the ground in safety. Neither man was injured and the balloon was not damaged, reports say. The officers would not comment on their flight. The airplane that crashed into the cable that controlled the Fort Sill balloon was slightly damaged, and fluttered one hundred feet to the ground. The pilot was not seriously injured. WILL CE PLANS T OF YEAR paign. I believe such speeches as I might be able to deliver would do good in an educational way. I con fess, however, that I do dread the crucifixion that would follow, if when elected I undertake to carry out the ideas herein expressed. I have only to revert to the storm of abuse and misrepresentation that poured like hot lava on my head, when I was es tablishing the State Warehouse and found it necessary to run counter to the selfish greed of the classes who were fattening upon extortionate in terest, insurance rates, etc. I could not do a thing of value without the confidence and support of right thinking men in both factions. I would not be worth any more than any other factional Governor, and I assure you that the empty honor does not appeal to me. I have held many' offices andl I knowv from experience that there is nothing in them unless you can use them in a Big Way for the public good. I am not afraid of my ene.nies, I have ever fought them. It is my friends that I fear, for I am very susceptible to influence from them. I cannot answer your request at this time. I have madle some con nections andl so many of our boys are called to war, that before I am free to incur other obligations, those al ready made must be considleredl. 'I am trying to leave my personal in terest and' ambitions out of the eBuation. I have always dleeply re sented the manner in which the rules of the Democratic Party' were chang ed to keep me from entering the pri mary. They were afraid to trust the people to defeat me. I intended at some time to fight it out before the people andl ask re-election to the Senate. Time has settled that. All1 desire for vindication or revenge has passed away, I am trying to follow4 the "straight and narrow path" as well as a man of my disposition can.. I cannot attain the glory "love them< that despitefully use you." I love my I friends with all my soul, and 1, (10 not hate a man on earth, and some- I times do an enemy a favor as a mat- t ter of soul discipline, whiich after all Is a species of selfishness. I will answer you fully about the first of January.' Respectfully, JOHN L. McLAUnIN. , GOVERNOR WANTS WHEATLESS AND MEATLESS DAYS To the People of South Carolina: I' desire to appeal to the people of South Carolina to lay down for them selves certain definite and specific days on which we will save flour, meat, sugar, and fats. Our National Government has come to us asking for the performance of a specific duty. We are asked to save meat, flour, sugar, and fats. I urge our people to adopt the fol lowing program: To use no beef, pork, or mutton on Tuesdays. On a basis of 7 ounces per person, this will save about 700, 000 pounds of beef, pork and mutton per week, or save enough meat to feed all of the South Carolina sol diers in the army. To use no wheat on Wednesdays. This will save about two million do lars a year, and would supply our South Carolina soldiers in the army. America uses now one hundred mil lion barrels of flour. This must be cut down to seventy-five million bar rels. To use no hog meat on Thursdays. This will save about 700,000 pounds, or enough bacon and ham to feed our South Carolina soldiers in the army. To use no cake or sweet desserts on at least two days in each week. We can use poultry, fish and vege tables. We can have them in abund ance if we raise them. We should save fats by broiling, boiling and baking instead of frying. No family is asked to stint, but to save and avoid extravagance and waste. Elaborate meals should not be permitted. Use no beef, pork, or mutton Tues days, no wheat on Wednesdays, and no hog meat on Thursdays. The saving of food is a war meas ure. If our army is to be fed we must meet the very reasonable demands of the Food Administration. The sacrifice asked at our tables is a small one compared to the price our. soldiers stand ready to pay in blood; Remember the women and children of France have not tasted sugar during the past seven months, and in many towns and provinces meat is allowed only twice a week. President Wilson and Mr. Hoover urge these requests upon our people as voluntary acts. I am confident that South Carolinians, red-blooded and patriotic, realizing that American freedom, liberty, jus tice, and honor are at stake, will re spond to this call and will do our part to win the war. RICHARD I. MANNING, Governor. 0 ALLEGED FRAUD IN HATS Indictments Charge Conspiracy to Defraud Government. New York, Dec. 4.-Conspiracy to defraud the United States Govern ment out of hundreds of thousands' of dollars on contracts for more than 1,000,000 service hats is charged in an indictment returned today against William B. Thom, John J. Slattery, Joseph Ives and Edward Slattery, connected with the corporation of Thom & Bailey, the Peekskill Hat Manufacturing Company, and! the firm of HI. D. Parmeiee & Cove. 'The hats, under the contracts wvere to contain certain, materials, but the product turned out by the manufac turers, it is alleged, was not up to the specifications. The hats were for the army. Trhe indlictments followedl an inves tigation by the local grand jury and Department of Justice made (luring the last hree or four wveeks. ARM',ISTICE IS SPREADING P'rom Division to Division and Corps to Corps. Vienna, Dec. 3.-(Via Iondon.) lrhe followving officeial communication vas issued todlay: "During the last few (lays an Irmistice has been announcedl on nany sectors of the Russian front, 'rom division to division, and from orps to corps. In the Pripet region he Russian army concluded an ofi-. ial armistice with the opposing ommand of the allied (Teutonic) roops. "A Russian dleputation crossed our ines yesterday in order to prepare he way with the plenipotentiaries of he allied (Teutonic) armies for an .rmlstice on the~whole of the Rus Ian front. "In the italian theater andl in Al anta there is nothing new to re CONGRESS. MUCH IN FAVOR OF WAR ON AUSTRIAN [MPIR[ Practically Every Member Comments Favorably Upon Request Made by President. SOME WOULD GO FURHIIER Would Include Turkey and Bul ria When the War Declaration Is Framed. Washington, Dec. 4.-Approval of President Wilson's declaration of war on Austria-Hungary was voiced by practically every member of Con gress who commented upon it. Many of those who approved it regretted only that it did not recommend also declarations of war on Turkey find Bulgaria. Many pronounced the ad dress the greatest State paper ever prepared by the President, and de clared it sounded the keynote for the winning of the war. "It was the greatest the President has ever delivered," declared Chair man Chamberlain, Democrat, of the Senate military affairs committee. Representative Cannon declared it a great message, and thought the President might have some diplo matic reason for not including Tur key and Bulgaria. Stone Approves. Chairman Stone, of the Senate for eign relations committee, did not hear the address, being at the War De partment on business, but announced his approval. Senator Smoot, Republican, said he thought the President's discussion of relations with Germany wos "too idealistic," but added, "from the rec onmendation of a state of war against Austria-Hungary to the end it was an American message." "It was the ablest message Mr. Wilson has ever delivered," said Sen ator Underwood, Democrat. "It sounded the key note upon which we must win this war." Would Go Further. "I do not share the President's dis tinction between Austria and Turkey and Bulgaria," said Representative Longworth, Republican. "I think we ought to declare war against all three." Speaker Clark and Democratic Leader Kitchin said they would not discuss the message until they had time to read it carefully. The recommendation for a declara tion of wear against Austria," said Democratic Leader Martin, of the Senate, "is in sympathy with the wishes of a great majority of the American people as well as in Con gress." Senator La Follette declined to comment. "Any comment of mine will be given on the floor of the Senate," he said. Word reached some of the DIemo cratic leaders today that when the war resolution comes up in the Sen ate an effort will be made to amend it to include 'Turkey and Bulgaria. Vice President's Attitude. Vice President Marshall made this comiment: "I have slowly gravitated to the conclusion that whatever p)ower as sists our enemy is against us, and that fact justifies extreme measures upon Our part. I am willing to fol low our commander- in-chief when he says 'forward,' and if, for reasons which he may not safely make pub lic, he bids us stand still I anm will ing to standl so long as it may be' pos sible to (do so." Senator Harding, Republican, was enthusiastic in his praise of the ad dress, saying: "It is the greatest state paper we have had." "It is a great paper,'" sair Senator Simmons, Democrat. "War upon Aus tria is generally approved, and I fa vor immediate aiction." Senator G;ronna, Republican, who voted against the German war decla ration, dleclined to comment, a did Senator H~ardwvick, Democrat, who op posed the draft law. SAYS R(EDUC'E UREAD PR'l~ CE Washington, Dec. 4.-Immediate reduction in breadl prices wherever possible has been recommended to bakers throughout the country by the war emergeney council of the baking ndustry. Bakers will go under gov arnment license Deember 1O.