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NAY TAKE CARGO or 0oLb.
Reported Deutschland VIII Garry ~,
{ Ooo,OOo worth OF Precious Mctaft,
Germany. >t

Baltimore. July 2S.-The only thing
that could be affirmed of the SUBJ
marine merchantmen Deutschland to-
night was that she was alongside a
pier In the Patapsco river where she
was berthed IA days ago when she
completed her voyage from Germany.
1t was officially stated tonight that
clearance papers had not been filed
and this strengthened the belief that
negotiations for insuring consign-
ment of gold alone were responsible
for delay In the submersible's depar-
ture. In this connection It was re-
ported today from what was consid-
cred q trustworthy source. that gold
was carried aboard the vessel last
Thursday by stevedores. It was re-
called that extra precautions in guard :
ing the submarine were taken that
day. Newspaper men were forbidden
to- climb 4 piledriver from which they
had been making observations. IL was
on Thursday. too. that 1t was reported
In New York that marine underwrit-
ers had been asked for rates on 34,-
100000 consignment Of gold to be dis
on the Deutschland.
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SUBMARINE NEARLY READY.
WILL START FOR HOME WITH
CARGO OF GOLD.
Doubtful Whether Deutschland Can
Escape Enemies Ships-No Signs of
Bremen, Sister Ship, and Second
German Merchant Submarine.

Baltimore, July 24.-Asked today
when the German merchant subma-
rine Deutschland would sail on her
return voyage to Germany, Paul g. L.
Hilken. member of Eastern Forward
ing Company. the boats American
agency. said she would start lust as
soon as we can get her ready, and
that will not be much longer"
From a source regarded as most re-
liable, it was ascertained today ths .
the Eastern Forwarding company has
successfully closed its negotiations for
a large consignment of gold to be TAX
en- back on the submersible. =.
1t was said the gold will be put
aboard today and that the boat will
then be ready to leave. Nothing could
be learned as to the amount or from
whom 1t was obtained except that 1,
was through negotiations with lone OF
the largest American banking institu.
tions."
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SEES ENTENTE VIC.
TORY oT

Openly Challenges King Constantine's
Opinion Of Draw to the War.
Athens, via London, July 24.-For-
mer Premier Venizelos openly chal-
lenged King Constantine's expressed
belief that Germany can not be de-
feated in an article which appears in
today's Herald. venizelos quotes an
interview given by the King to an As
sociated Press representative last Jam
uary, In which the monarch declar-
ed that the war would result in a
draw.
Who is now SO blinded by preju-
dice," asks the statesman, that he
Ptili believes in German victory? Who
today, after the reorganization of the
Russian army and the organization Of
kitchener's army. by which England
Is raised to the rank of a great mill
tary power, still imagines that the war
can be ended by bastard peace in
which there will be neither victor nor
vanquished?" s.,
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Looking for the Bremen.

Norfolk, Va, July 24.-Persons who
maintained atyigil for the Bremen,
sister ship Of the giant German SUBJ
marine Deutschland. for the past
;forty-eight hours. were keenly disap-
pointed at the failure of tho submer-
sible to put in an appearance at Cape
Henry. So far as could be learned
here today no authoritative informa-
ton as to her whereabouts has been
received.
Persons who accurately forecasted
the coming of the Deutschland almost
to. the, hour of its arrival. and who de-
clared Saturday that the Bremen
would put in probably off Cape Hen
ry not later than today, made no at
tempt to explain her failure to ap-
pear. They insisted that she probab-
ly had been slightly delayed. possibly
by the presence Of the allied warships
just outside the capes, and that she
might be expected to dash into safety
at any time, but simultaneously admit
ted their disappointment over the sit
uation.
Others, including seafaring men,
many of whom even scout the asser-
tion that the Bremen Is on it's way to
the United States. say she is nowhere
near the capes, else she would have
rushed to safety some time during the
last two days. During that periqd ID the
sea had been exceedingly rough, the
skies have been overcast almost con-
tinvously day and night. and heavy
rains have fallen. making conditions
ideal for dash into the capes, ne
The feeling that the Bremen Is not
near the capes appeared to have
spread today to the allied warships.
Only one Of them was in sight. and
she was cruising far off the coast
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AsHEvILLE NEARLY NoRstAn.
Gas and Electric Service Restored--
2 Reclamation Plans. .,S,,y4,,

Asheville, N. c., July S24.-Cordi-
tions here today are nearer normal
than at any time since the flood. Gas
was turned on few minutes this
morning to test the retorts. Gas is
assured for the city by tomorrow. Ad-
ditional electric power is available and
all motion picture houses are expected
to open this afternoon. ,a
The proposed corporation with
$4,000 capital to help finance indus4
trial plants in plans for stablish,
ment has so far met a ready respopst.
1t is expected that the mass mesti6k
tonight. presided over by Gov. kiE,
will settle the details Of this prd}sct
for community aid to those industrtes
in need. a..
The Southern railway announced
that there probably will be no train
service from Ashevills to spartanPNFE
this week. Nl
The state department Of aErleul--
ture will send soil expert to the
western part Of the State to assist the
in soil reclamation.
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ORDERS For RECRUITING PLAN
NEED NEARLY 1900 MEN FOR
NATIONAL GUARD.
Assign Ohicers to Recruiting Stations |
at Greenville, spartanburg and
Florence !

Camp Moore. Styx, July 24.-It is
not believed that the First and Sec
ond regiments, National Guard of
South Carolina will be moved to the
Mexican border until every company
has been recruited to full war
strength-1so men and officers. It
Is pointed out that the regiments will
not be needed for many months and
that the men might as well be trained
at Styx as at concentration camp
In Texas.
General orders for the recruiting
campaign in South Carolina were re-
ceived at the camp today. A study Of
the needs of the regiments shows that
over 1900 men will be required be.
fore the companies are up to war
strength. Considering the number of
men to be thrown out on physical
examination it Is evident that more
than $500 recruits will have to be
secured by the details that are soon
to open stations in Greenvills. Spar
hamburg, Columbia and Florence.
The different units Of the National
Guard need the following number of
men: First regiment. SIS: Second
regiment. ss7; Troop A. cavalry, 10;
engineer company. "a and field hos
pitaa, 16. -
The following coast artillery Of
ficers were today assigned to their
stations: Spartanburg. Capt. ]. M.
Wallace OF Spartanburg and First
Lieut.. J.. Hertz Brown: Greenville,
lCApt. Henry C. Moore of Gafrney and
First Lieut.. Guy b. Foster Of Green
willie: Florence. First Lieut.. w.. e.
Bell Of Gaffney and Second Lieut.. w.
IW. Hames Of Jonesyille.
The officers for the Columbia re-
cruiting station have not yet been an
nounced. It is very probable that
First Lieut.. j.. X. burst. Jr., OF
Greenwood will be assigned to the
Columbia station. The officers will
select their own details.
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OUT OFF BY STORM.
q. n. Q. A. Summer School Colony at
Blue Ridge Escapes All Harm.

H NJ W a. summer SChOOl Colony at
Blue Ridge Escapes All Harm.
+ Blue Ridge. N. c.. July 22.-Cut off
from all communicated with the out
tide world since Saturday night, near
X a0e4nen and women from all parts
q the South attending the, Y. M. 6.
q, summer school now in session at
Blue Ridge. N. c.. have been eager, to
gSt word to thousands Of anxious rel
attves and friends that they were
perfectly safe. well fed. and comfort,
able In the heart of the storm swept
region near Asheville.
The Is buildings Of the Blue Ridge
association are located at an eleva-
tion OF 2,7O0 feet on a high vantage
point overlooking the flood region
below. DR.. w. d. weatherford, ex-
ecutive secretary. said today: mot
only was our commissary depart
ment stacked with over two weeks
full supply of staple groceries. but we
have given food to a number of
mountaineers in real distress. We
have everything for which to be
thankful. Our own power plant is
supplying to all our buildings light
and water. which were temporarily
cut of by an accumulation Of silt
and dirt in our reservoir.
II never saw a better exhibition Of
Y. M. c. A. spirit than when Is dele
gates worked voluntarily at hard
manual labor to make sure of light
and water for other conferences as
well as their own.
Those who have planned to attend
the city Y. w. C. A. and later con-
ferences need have no fear as to their
safety and comfort during their stay
in Blue Ridge.
&C. H. Hobbs. prominent lumber
merchant Of North Carolina, chair
man of the, Blue Ridge business COM
mittee. after a perilous trip to get to
Blue Ridge Sunday afternoon, hired
q gang of men on Monday and
restored the automobile
road to the town of Black Mountain,
two miles away.
LAS quickly as telegraph service
was resumed at Asheville, 20 miles
away. we sent SO kilograms by foot
to let the world know
that the Blue Ridge association was
untouched by the
storm.
H1 80
Our delegates are beginning to
leave by carriage for Asheville and by
raiiioad thence via Murphy and At
|nrta or Knoxville
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BIG MEETING Foa FARMERS
EVERY PLANTER IN SOUTH CAR.
OLINA INVITED TO CONE TO
FLORENCE.
To Hold All-day Session ON Tuesday,
August 1S--MOst Prominent Farm
Experts in State ON Program for Ap.
prOpriatc Talks.

Florence, July 22.-There is to be
a big agricultural meeting at the Pee
Dec fair grounds. at this place ON
Tuesday. August 16. 1915. to which
the agriculturists of South Carolina,
and especially the Pee Dee section are
Invited. notice of which is being sent
out by Mr.. T. b. Young in the fol-
lowing letter and programme:
!; This is under the direction Of the
Florence Agricultural Association and
will certainly be one Of the best agri-
cultural programmes that has ever
been pulled off In this section. We
have secured able experts to talk on
live subjects and will also have prac.
tical talks from many OF our progress.
sive farmers. The meeting will be all
day from 10 a. m. until s. p. M, ali
bringing lunch and have lunch on the
grounds. Everybody Is urged to come
The programme in part Is as follows
Programme:
"Beef Cattle and Pnsturage." by /.
l.. Guion. Of Lugoff. s. G. Discussed
|by John Wilcox. DR.. T. c. johnson
Moultfie Truluck. M. d. Huggins and
b. r. Taylor.
winter Cover Crops" by David r.
CokSr. Hartsville. 8. C. @
'sHok9ing on Glover In South Caro-
lima. by D. !. Simmons. ~
summer Lsgumes." by n. II. CurrlI
and ]. o. Finklea. 81.
sseed selsction.' I. by r. q, Tarbox
|Clsmson College. FIJI Young. sS
4 tDairyins.: sbyTJ. w. McLendon. ss'
''fIog Raising" by J. J. Eaddy, B. +
Ward, .. p. Pettigrew and w. T. Hud
|sol,. -
Care of Orchards, DEMONSTRATED
Sprays" ]. N. Napier. Darlington.
"Mule RAISING by H. 8. SaundefS
Florence, 8. G. e
"Dissase of Cotton and Relat6S
Plants H. w. Barr. Clemson ColleeS
"tArm Economics' by T. B. YoufS
All Of these talks will be reasonably
short practical and helpful. and -
fatihet can afford to miss this pro
Gramme. We hope that every onsf fI
the county and surrounding coGntis'
Will help to advertise and make tnl
ihSetihg great success. Yours vSts
tfuiy, J.. G. c. Brunson, president; !
10. Finklea. !. 8. McKepsis. I. y
Yoahs, COMMITTEES : IS I.
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READY TO FIGHT BLAekLIST,
MERCHANTS GATHER MATERIAL,
+ TO LAY BEFORE STATE
DEPARTMENT.
New York Business Concerns Had to
Get Letters Of Assurance" From
British Embassy Before They Were
Allowed to Proceed.

New York, July 24.-Merchants
whose foreign trade has been handi-
capped by Great Britain through the
circulation of blacklists, said TODAY
that they were collecting a mass of
material to lay before the State de-
partment to emphasize formal pro-
test, and that Communication to the.
federal government probably would be
ready by the end Of the week.
BY comparison Of experiences,
made now for the first time. local ex-
porters say they are able to define the
methods by which the British govern
ment seeks to prevent citizens of the
Teutonic empires from benefiting in
any way from neutral trade In their
protest they will describe how, In or
der to do any export business with
Great Britain or her colonies or allies,
1t was necessary to obtain: from the,
foreign trade department of the Brit
ish embassy at Washington. q letter.
Of assurance which states ''as far az
is at present known, there would APP
pear to be no objection on the part of
the British government to this con-.
signment" M ss<s
One exporter said that before he
could obtain such trade passport, lie
wrote twenty letters and sent numer-
GUS kilograms to the British, embassy.
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/, yg1a1ah OascAal Report Shows Extent
3 q. ~ victory ON sommc River.
/, London, July 2s.-During July the
British captured ss.323 Germans on
tA& Somme front. also one hundred
spd. forty big guns and several hum
drsd machine guns. Il Is ofIicislly an
nqpnced. The British repulsed Ger
man attack on the right flank and two
,ssapvits on the British center. Fur
shsr ground has been gained at
rohIeres. The Germans are bringing
Up .reinforcements.
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Streams Swell at Charlotte.

Streams Swell at Charlotte.
Charlotte. N. c., July 2i.-Continu-
Gus heavy rains in this section since
Saturday have caused smell creeks to
overflow and greatly damage crops lin
the lowlands. @.
Two small creeks coursing through
sections of this city this morning are
at flood, forcing numbers OF negro
families to leave their homes.
The Catawba river. twelve miles
away at Mount Holly. is reported fis-
ing again and giving trouble to rail-
road construction forces building tenn
porary bridges in place Of those wash
ed away in the food last week.
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VICTORY IN ARMENIA.
Russians Report ROut Of Turkish
Army Near Erzingan.

Petrograd, July 25.-The Turks in
Armenia have been routed by tho
Russians. it is officially announced.
Turks are retreating i'm disorder. rhs
Russians are now only ten miles
from Erzingan.
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New York. July 2s.-Detective John
Kennel. the oldest member Of the
police wire tapping squad. while be-
Ing sought as a witness In the investi-
sation of the scandal, shoots himself
near the heart.
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FRENCH GAIN ON SOMNfE.
Renew Powerful Attacks on German
Positions.

Paris. July 25.-Renewing the
pressure south Of the Somme the
French by violent bombardments and
powerful attacks throw the Germans
further back at some points. 1t is
officially announced that strong artil-
iery actions are being fought on the
right bank Of the Meuse in the Yer.
dun sector. The Germans were re-
pulsed when they attacked the French
In Alsace.
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49, ~ pal6 Item. July IS.
4so0e O. tAe Coast Lane was again
{ ~ - 'to6ay WHEN Z wreck occurred
- - osnsess-Augusea line two miles
v?oe - tnmtss and two hundrsd feet
- raek vae ttsh up and three box
(>c9 1ego>i1sd And overturned. The
Q1e( .Wxs an - b caussA BY the
I(g ~ ~ eas q the drawhsads
- 80 q ~ cara
- WFosk ocoufrsd this raornine q
c1oWe o;to s'cloek. A through freight
~ fFaa Aususta 70 Florence ~as
oa ecso41sa e ths wreck. - was 70
>lnt, tns wreck eoeurrsd. The draw
o4 - sae of the cars fourteen carl
- ~ eps14s pulled out and the
4nNk sssu1ts1 \ sang % men VA
q soee rsetsA out and ssnt to the
c>,c ~ gulsklH a pesabls and III
c(ct = - Nosa busy repaifing the
>Gnoo aha getting TIE track back IA
cAQD4 ios (sanAp. AZ two O'Clock today
y ~ eoatea that Il W. hoped "a
to ~ tsacks cleared By thrss
= -, - that trains might pan,
- : rtsnls q ~ wreek ali ttanlr
~ euptsr+ AnG6sta Ira was tisd
- nv tFaisa came - .tlis xsorn.
= go - n5rtS and xti sMssS Had
~ - knrn1~r vnrA "a nlwkskH <ssass
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nklqllj jIIulloI Improved
I1tA1lea O1PEFtATING OVER COAST
LINE AT Sr. STEPHENS
~ .S.lN AGAIN..


southern Railway HAS Repaired Tres
~ On Columbia. Charleston Main
llne ard h Again Operating
Trains Ovor IL and Also over King.
ville-Narton Branch-Hish Water
Htndoss. Work on Watercc-North-
wcstesn Suffers Washopts.
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Rome. July 26.-The Italians re-
pulsed Austrian attempts to recapture
monte Cimone. Austrian troops on
the march are shelled by Italian ar
t'i'ery In Iargine valley and Barcola
region.
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FLOOD KILLS A BLACK BEAR.

Body Seen Floating on Santee River
by A. @. l.. Engineer.
Charleston Post.
Engineer Meyers, of the Atlantic
Coast Line. who came across the San
tee river trestle yesterday, reports that
he saw large black bear floating in
the Santee river. The bear was dead,
having been drowned i'm the flood wa
ter. Bruin must have made an effort
to get out of the swamp, but the wa
ter was too fast and overlook it. rhe
engineer reports that the bear was
very large. 1t is believed others have
met the same fate. ..a.
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NEGRO SOLDIERS SHOT.
Race Riot Among Militia at Fort
sam Houston.

sam Houston.
Washington, July 25.-Gen. Fun
ston reports that three men Of the
eighth Illinois infantry, colored, we're
shot by the military patrol from Fcrt
Sam Houston last night, when tho H.
linOis men threatened to throw white
infantrymen out OF u saloon near the
fort. Military guard from fort went
to quiet the riot and the Illinois infan.
trymen, numbering forty, refused to
subside. The guard then fired into
the crowd dispensing the cOlorei
militiamcn. An investigation In bc'ug
made.
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U. s. GETS BUTTON TRADE.
American Manufacturers Taking Bust.
:, ness From Europe.

Washington. July 24.-American
manufacturers are grasping the
worlds button trade, once held by
the warning European countries, the
department of commerce announced
today Exports from the United
States increased 80 per cent In 1915,
and continues to grow. Japan. Italy
and Spain are the only other coun-
tries now selling buttons abroad.
Formerly Great Britain. France, Ger
many and Austria supplied most OF
the world.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-07-29
GUARDSMEN RAIDED VILLAGE,
Mexican General Complains That Mas.
sachusctts Men Crossed Border.

sachusetts Men Crossed Border.
Ell Paso, Texas, July 24.-General
Francisco Gonzales, commandant at
Juarez. formally protested today 20
General George Bell here command
Ing the American forces here, against
the conduct Of the outpost guards of
the Ninth Massachusetts, infantry, who
he said. crossed into Mexican terri
tory yesterday morning 'in violation
OF Mexican rights" and last night shot
up without provOcation a number of
homes Of Mexicans south of the Dor.
der"
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xapag LAZY Fatally inferred % Ware
e1hoa1s when Brldee Collapsed.

shsaSs When Brsdge Collapsed.
Qrsenville. July 33.-A telephone
p>pAss from Ware Shoals tonight ad-
- anoshsr death to tho list Of mood
xqetms. 1iiss Navo Dallas. aged FL.
.tenIsht. with four companions. fell IS
'{sst when bridge. weakened by the
high waters Of ssluda river. gave way.
'sad' several hours after the accident.
sueepmbsr 20 injuries. Other members
~ the party were not seriously hurt.
'nlgs Lola Cobb was hurt In the side
snd head ty the fall. and Roy jackson
maairsd cuts and bruises.
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EASEMENTS FATE SEALED.
Irish COnspiratOr Sentenced to Be
Hanged August 3

London, July 25.-The execution of
Sir Rogers Easement by hanging has
been set for August 3. Hope of saw
ing his life has been practically aban-
doned.
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&DMo 49, - A80sm ORcEWOU8
Trains Ovor it aud Also over King.
ville-MarsSn Branch- High Water
Hindcss Work on watercc-North-
wcstesn Suffers washopts.
From The Daily Item, July 80.
. The reports from the A. @. l. and
southern Railroad ofices today indi-
cate = decided Improvement over con-
ditions since the food reached this Sec
ton Of the state. The main line OF
A. G. L. between Lanes and Charles
ton was opened for trafIic this morn
Ing and the Southern Railway has re-
paired its trestlos over the Congarse
between Kinsville and Fort Motto on
the Columbla- Charlsston road. and
trains arc again operating over the
Kingvills-M Marion branch Of the
Southern between Columbia and Lam
nnulsr. ~
J The only unsatisfactory reports
were that the water at conearee was
still rtAng slowly and was too high for
any eatisfaetory progress TO be made
towards repaising the damage done to
the tysstle thsre.b by the recent food.
and the fsct that Il was feared that
the rise might again affsct the bridge
and trsstls q hlmini and that It
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commonwealth, only the men Of means
will be trained as officers at these
camps. At present this is the only way
to provide that in the event of war We
shall have officers worth having. But
such a system is fundamentally IN
democratic II is our own fault. the
fault of our people. that we do not es-
tabish the really democratic system,
for the only way to establish the demo.
cratic system is through universal
service.
Napoleon drew his msrshals from
the humblest ranks simply because they
were the best men for the job and IN
democratic army promotion should go
by merit. Here at present. the son OF
the farmer and the son of the wage
worker know that they have little
chance TO become officers in the event
Of war because they cannot afford the
time and the money to get themselves
trained in advance.
II ask the plain people OF the United
States, / ask the farmers. the wage
workers, the ordinary men, 70 give
their sons the same chance that the
sons Of Weather men have. Make the
opportunity open TO all to your sons.
to my sons. 70 all on an even basis. A
system Of universal training for uni