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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-09-09
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-09-09
Death.

From The Daily Item. Sept. 6.
Mrs. Eliza Dees. wife Of screvcn
Dees. died ut her home on Hauser
street last night about o'clock,
having been taken III very suddenly
and dying within a few hours. The
funeral services and interment will
be held at the Sumter cemetery to-
morrow. Mrs. Dees before her mar
riage was Miss Tidewill Of Provi-
dence. She In survived by her hus-
band. FIVE daughters and six sons.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-09-09
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Wen Known CinAeh and Forme,
Z ssif Dies it'ASs of'se.enss Nv

from The DaIiy Itsfh. Sept. 6.
William II. Epperson; q former
sheriff OF Sumter county and FORMER
alderman Of the city 6f Sumter. died
It the home Of his son. J. A. Upper
con. IL Levi strsSt At sos O'Clock
last night. after an illnesa OF about
three years, :; He had been In i se-
rtoue condition fof about two months
ana sunday evening Ne suddenly took
Z turn f6r the WORSE ana 6aS unc0n-
bcioub from then up 70 the time of his
death. Ht Wa I v4ttrxn 81 the war
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Isille. Va. but m6vSd to Sumter ds3A
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ths states. Just prior Is the war Ia
was married to Mis6 susa n Brunson
Of summerton, by whom two children
survive. Msssrs ]. Epper,son a.
Sumter and Willie ]. Epparsor who.e
present res,dence I. urtrcwr Ax..r
wards Mr.. Epperson marr,ea Mr..
Mary Brennan. who preaecaa.aa h,yr
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-09-09
Danish Steamer Sunk.

London, Sept. 6.-Danish steamship
Jeanne was sunk, presumably by a
German submarine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-09-09
tlEsIEA rEallE Idlk HbiBs
GOOD ROADS DAY PROVES BIG
SUCCESS.
Relieved That 5000 Men and 500
Teams Have Put in Their Best En-
dxAvors.

Chester. Sept. 6.-The greatest sin.
sls day probably in Chester's long his.
tory successfully terminated late yes.
tsrday evening. It was good roads
day. which the Chester Chamber OF
Commerce had been busily engaged In
boosting for the past month. The en-
tire county worked in unison. For the
past few weeks each township had
been organized 50 that on the ap-
pointed day the work should 60 for
ward without any delay.
Reports coming In to the Chamber
Of Commerce today Indicated that
1000 mon and SOD teams worked the
roads yesterday. The city Of Chester
loaned many teams. Practically every
business and professional man in
Chester who was unable to use a pick
or shovel yesterday contributed a dol
lar. Needless to state this sum grew
to rather large proportions and It was
used to hire teams. etc.
In . number Of places stretches Of
new road were built and hundreds Of
holes In the rcads were covered. In
several townships the work IL being
prolonged into today and tomorrow.
30 snthusiastic we're the people over
me results achieved that the chamber
OF Commerce has decided 70 make
eeod roads day an annual event for
Chester. On one road I splendid cui-
vert was put Ii. Tfs'sl.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-09-09
In The Police Court.

Fielder Harris, disorderly conduct,
found guilty, $5 or 10 days.
El--ma Gardner and Anna johnson.
disorderly conduct, SIS or 10 days
EACH
Juanita DesChamps, Carrie Murray.
Ella Murray, disorderly conduct, sS
or 10 days each.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-09-09

From The Daily Item. Sept. s.
A number OF boys left here yester-
day morning for Davidson College
which they will attend this winter
Among thcse to go were Henry spann
Ralph Flowers. new students. and
Alva Solomons. William F. Shaw. Jr.
Alwyn Burns. Geo. Rowland ant
Charles Wilson.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-09-09

Berlin. Sept. s.-.-It is officially ad-
mitted that the allies captured Clery
on the Somme front. It is semi<of-
fician4 announced that frank dis
cussioh of Germany's peace terms
will be permitted at the November
sessiot Of the Reichstag.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-09-09

The county board had its regular
monthly meeting Tuesday. Only rou-
tine businsss ives transacted.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24

FIGURES on STATE ITEMS
Main Items For North Carolina In
cluded In Rivers and Harbors
Bill

Washington. The Committee on
Rivers and Harbors of the House has
drafted the river and harbor bill, and
there have been secured unofficially
certain items of appropriation which
are included in the bill. There is a
possibility that these items may be
changed, but it is not probably.
The items are:
Inland waterway from Norfolk, Va,
ment, $1,O00,OOO
Shallow Bag bay for maintenance,
$4,000.
Beaufort inlet for maintenance, $1O,-
600.
Harbor at Morehead City for main.
tenance, $4,000.
Meherrin river for maintenance
$2,5OG.
Fishing creek for maintenance,
1000.
Pamlico and Tar rivers for mainten.
ance, $4,000.
Bay river for maintenance, $1,000
Trent river for maintenance, $4,000
Swift creek for maintenance, $1,000
Waterway from Pamlico sound to
Beaufort inlet for maintenance, $500
Waterway connecting Core sound
and Beaufort harbor for maintenance
$4,000.
New river and waterways to Beau
tort for maintenance, $4,000.
Northeast and Black rivers and Cape
Fear river above Wilmington for main
tenance, $8,5OO
Cape Fear river above Wilmington
for continuing improvement on locks
and dams, $4,000.
Cape Fear river at and below Will
mington completing improvement and
for maintenance, $135,OOO.
Cape Lookout harbor of refuge $500,
600. This appropriation is to be made
In the sundry civil appropriation bill
under authorization heretofore made
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24
McNeely's Body May Be Found.

Washington. is believed that the
body of Robert Ney McNeely has
been washed ashore near Alexandria,
Egypt. Information to this effect was
telegraphed the state department by
American Consul Gerris The body
was so decomposed that it was diff
cult to distinguish the features.
The message follows:
Body very decomposed, washed
up on Egyptian coast. Marks on
clothes and watch indicate American
origin. Body possibly Consul Nc
Nicely
Description and marks on clothing
which follow may serve to identify
wearer: trousers and vest, black or
blue, made by Wright; no coat; yellow
striped Manhattan shirt; black tie,
green and pink design; black high
shoes, marked Royden; leather money
belt with "a sovereigns; Knicker-
booker watch, gold dial, works stamp
ed Knickerbocker Watch Company,
New York and F. Cornioely, who is
probably seller; case marked Illinois
Watch Company, Elgin, u S. A.; No.
2797860; photograph on paper in lid
of watch obliterated''
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24
Mayors to Talk Preparedness.

Durham.-When the mayors OF
North Carolina assemble in annual
convention in Einston early this
spring, the subject of national defense
will unquestionably force itself to the
front for debate. The National Sc
curity League will present the merits
OF preparedness and the powerful le-
YER of the mayors of North Carolina
and other states will be sought to
wietd a sure ana effective stroke for
the cause. The National Conference
of Mayors, called to meet in St. Louis
on March and 4, is forerunner of
the movement that will identify itself
ultimately with the local and state
municipal leaders. Mayor B. S. Skin
ner of Durham, has been flooded with
literature and special delivery mes
sages from the National Security
League to detail a representative for
the st. Louis conference, and, more
over, for local branch in Durham.
Mayor John Purroy Mitchell, of New
York City, heads the national confer
ence committee and North Carolina
mayors are being prevailed upon to
forward the names of the committees
appointed to New York's municipal
leader Concerted action will hasten
preparedness legislature" reads a
paragraph in the letter to North Car.
o1ina mayors.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24
SEND FACTS ON" MEXICO
PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO FALL
RESOLUTION AND SENDS HIS
REPORT.
Facts Leading Up to Recognition of
Carranza Government Sent to
Senate in Form Of Letter.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Wilson has
sent to the Senate his response to the
Fall resolution requesting him to re
port on facts leading up to recognition
by the United States of the Carranza
Government of Mexico 1t was In the
form of letter from Secretary Lans.
ing, summarizing the events which
preceded recognition and transmit
ting great volume of data.
The President through Mr.. Lansing
declined to comply with that part of
The Fall resolution asking for diplo-
matte and consular reports on politi-
cal conditions and events in Mexico
The senate was informed that it was
not compatible with public interests
to furnish this correspondence mas
much as it was OF highly confiden-
lar officers of the United States, by
: anna. ia4s
er governments which have gracious
ly consented that their officers might
supply this government with informa-
ton during the necessary absence of
American representatives and by 9th
er persons residing in Mexico
AS to the ability of Carranza to full
fill his promises to protect foreign
lives and property, Mr. Lansing said
that under all the circumstances, the
de factor government, which at the
time OF recognition controlled more
than Is per cent of Mexico's terri
tory, was affording reasonable ade-
quate protection to the lives and prop
erty of American citizens"
The data disclosed that 76 Ameri-
cans were killed in Mexico in the
years 1913, 1914, 1915 and compared
with AZ in the three years preceding,
and that 20 civilian Americans and
16 soldiers were killed on American
soil in the last three years as a re-
suit of Mexican troubles.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24
LEGISLATORS IN FIGHT.
Oklahoma Solons Throw Ink Bottles
and Paper Weights.

ONiaIloTnd oOlonS throw INK Bottles
and Paper Weights.
Oklahoma City, Okla.-Tumultuous
scenes occurred in the Oklahoma
House of Representatives while the
members were voting on a section of
an election law designed to take the
place of the famous grandfather law"
which recently was declared unconsti-
tutional by the United States Supreme
Court because in effect it disenfranch-
lsed the negro population of the state.
Partisan feeling over the new meas
ure eliminated in near riot precipi-
tated by charges of corruption and
the passing Of the lie between mem
bers, during which ink bottles and
paper-weights were used as weapons.
Arthur H. Geissler, chairman of the
Republican State Central Committee,
was knocked down and rendered un-
conscious by Representative Lorris E.
Bryant of Big Heart, Usage county.
The proposed law, the product of
a Democratic caucus, has passed the
senate and was up for final passage
in the house, with Republican and So
clallst members offering vigorous op-
position. Geissier was on the floor
through the courtesy of visitors per-
NIT issued him as Republican State
chairman.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24
NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS.

Austin Dunston, highly respected
co1ored man, aged 55 years, died q
few days ago from pneumonia after q
short illness. Austin was tanitor ir
the Governors office and was a thor
oughly reliable, trustworthy man. He
was made janitor by Governor Vance.
The Durham Hosiery Mills have in
creased their capital stock from 81,
100000 to $2,5OO,OOO.
Olin Ramsey, aged 20, of Hickory
was crushed to death recently under
the wheels of freight train.
committee of the Cotton Manufac.
turers' Association of North Carolina
met in Charlotte recently and award
ed the contract for 25O,000 tons of
coal.
Fire destroyed the Sandy Plains
Presbyterian church in Polk county,
l6 miles west of Rutherfordton a few
days ago.
the population Of Charlotte at the
census of 1910 was 1904, and it is
aatimated by the census bureau that
It w.s $1,000 on July 1, 1914.
More than 500 physicians sre ex-
pected to attend the state annual con-
vention in April at Durham.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24
new ORDERS ARE ISSUED
ANOTHER HITCH IN SUBMARINE
CONTROVERSY WITH GER
MANIC POWERS,
Must Not Alter Previous Assurances
Of Safety to Neu.rals and Nom
Contraband.

Washington.-The submarine con-
troversy with Germany cannot be
closed until the United States has
fully considered the possible effect OF
the declared intention of the Ger
manic Powers to sink all armed mer.
chant ships OF their enemies withouf
warning .afthr Febra<z- u sa-.1 40 xl4s
nouncement was made by Secretary
Lansing instead Of the long expected
announcement of a satisfactory settle
ment of the Lusitania negotiations.
Perfected by months of patient and
at times perilious negotiation, the
Lusitania agreement was presented
by Count Won Bernstorff, the German
Ambassador in a form which would
have been acceptable to the United
States had not the Germanic Powers
had not the Germanic Powers an
nounced their determination to re-
gard armed merchant ships of their
enemies as warships. The Lusitania
agreement will not be accepted as
finally satisfactory to the United
States until President Wilson and
Secretary Lansing have decided
whether any OF it's terms would be
nullified by the principles of the new
submarine campaign
1t is practically certain that the
United States will ask to be specifi-
ca11y informed that the assurances
previously given for the safety of
neutfals and non-combatants at sea
have not been and will not be altered
by the latest declarations of the Ber-
lin and Vienna admiralties.
American officials fear that the
United States and Germany may find
themselves at the same point they
stood in the first days of the subma-
rine crisis with the United States con-
tending unreserved'y for the princi-
pies of law and humanity in naval
warfare and confronted with a long
series of diplomatic exchanges, the
result of which they cannot foresee.
Count Won Bernstorff, told Secre-
tary Lansing it was his personal opin-
ion, that, in the new submarine cam
paign, his Government intended to
abide by it's promise not to sink un-
resisting liners without warning.
given in the Arabic case and referred
to in the Lusitania agreement. Mr..
Lansing informed the Ambassador
that such declaration from his gov
ernment would be highly desirable.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24
DANIELS ASKS FOR MONEY,
Emergency Appropriation Of $2,757, ,O0C
For Needed Repairs

Emergency Appropriation Of $2,757 ,0oC
For Needed Repairs.
Washington-A$2,757, 900 emergen.
cy appropriation for repairs of machin
cry in battleships, torpedo destroyers
and submarines, to increase the sup
ply OF mines and, for the first time, to
equip battleships with anti-aircraft
guns was asked of Congress by Secre
tary Daniels
Many of our destroyers have
reached an age where renewals of ex
tensive portions of their machinery
equipment is necessary" Secretary
Daniels said. "The same is true OF
submarines, both classes of vessels
making a big drain on this years an
propriation"
The boilers of the battleships Geor.
gia and Virginia, both of which have
been in almost constant service for
ten years, have shown such weakness,
Mr.. Daniels said, as to require that
these vessels be withdrawn from &C.
tive service to have their boilers re.
placed. In addition, the Virginia has
recently broken an important part of
her machinery, which must be re.
newed, and the long stay of the fleet
In Mexican waters last year also caus.
ed an unusually repair bill.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24
Change Plans at Radin

Charlotte.-Rivaling in interest the
recent announcement that a portion of
the Badin or Yadkin Narrows develop
ment would be put in operation this
summer is that which now comes from
Albemarle to the effect that the entire
hydro-electric outlay and plan has
been radically changed. that the pow
er house is to be placed on the
Montgomery side Of the river, that
the two big wells in the dam for
the handling of the surplus water
have been filled in, that a spillway is
being built to take their place and
that the complete equipment of elec-
trical machinery has been altered and
that instead of using direct current as
originally contemplated that alternat-
ing current would be generated in
stead.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24
RUSSIAN PRESS
PURSUIT OF TURKS
CAPTURE REMAINDER OF DiVIS-
ION AND LARGE QUANTITIES
OF SUPPLIES.
LITTLE FIGHTING IN WEST
Some Important Troop Movements
Austrians Bring Down One Italian
Machine Durino Air Raid
LITTLE FIGHTING IN WEST

LOndOn-The latest official state
ment by the Russian War Office re-
ports the capture of: the towns of
Mush, in Asiatic Turkey, lying 83
miles southeast of Erzerum, and Ahlat
The pursuit of the Turkish forces who
retreated from Erzerum is being con-
tinued and the Russians have taken
prisoner what remained of the thirty
fourth Turkish division, with large
quantity of war supplies.
An air raid by squadron of Ital-
liam machines against Laibach, Capt.
tai of Carniola, Austria Hungary, is
officially reported from Rome. Bombs
were dropped on the town, and they
are thought to have done consider
able damage. Austrian aeroplanes
ascended for the purpose of driving
off the raiders, and six of them sur
rounded one of the Italians and
brought him to earth
Asia and Africa figure more prom
lnently than Europe in the current
war news. The Russians are follow
ing up with vigor their recent sue
cess in Turkish Armenia; Constanti-
nople reports reverse for the Brit
ish In Mesopotamia. while London
announces the completion of the con-
Ques of the Kamerun, the important
German colony in western equatorial
Africa. The immense forces massed
in the European war areas are just
now comparatively inactive
The Russians meanwhile are active
along the Black Sea coast and have
recently reported a landing on the
Armenian littoral Is miles east of
Trebizond, which city is considered
one Of the next detectives of Russian
land forces by a march Of about one
ss
zerum
Along the Black Sea coast. Rus
sian warships are pounding at the
Aurkish batteries and harassing the
retreating troops. The northern wing
OF the Russian army has captured
the town of Wide and is driving the
Turks back in the direction of Gumish
Khaneh, which is on the road to Treb-
lzond, while large Russian forces are
moving westward from Erzerum with
the object of cutting off these Turkish
troops before the ycan reach a new
line of Defense
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24
FRENCH BAG BIG ZEPPELIN.
lncendiary She'll of Anti-Aircraft Gun
Reaches Its Mark.

London.-Another of Germany's big
zeppelin airships has come to grief,
and it is probable that some, if not all,
OF its crew perished, as it was engulf-
ed in flames as it fell to earth a vic
tim OF an incendiary shell fired from
French anti-aircEaft gun
The Paris official communication
reports that the airship was south
ward bound from the region of st.
Menehould when the French guns at
Rexigny began shelling it, At least
one of the missiles found it's mark
and the huge aircraft took fire and
fell in the vicinity of Brabant-le-Roi.
The Germans near Iihons, to the
south Of the Somme River have met
with repulses at the hands of the
French in an intended attack extend
ing over about four and one-third
miles The offensive movement was
preceded by a heavy bombardment
and clouds of asphyxiating gases.
When the German infantry endeav-
ored to come out of their trenches
for the attack, however, the barriers
flre and the fire of the French rifle.
men stopped them everywhere, ac-
cording to Paris
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24
BECKETT JOINS
IN FILING BRIEF
FIFTEEN ATTORNEYS GENERAL
REPRESENTS STATES IN
LIQUOR CASE.
FIGHT FOR THE QUART LAW
Brief Covers Sixty-Three Pinted
Pages and is Dedicated to Two
Principle Propositions.

Raleigh.-Attorney General T. w.
3ickett has joined with the Attorneys
General of the state of Arizona Geor.
gla. Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi,
North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia,
Washington and Alabama, in filing
brief before the Supreme Court of
the United States in the celebrated
case of Clark Distilling Company,
which case brings before the Supreme
Court the constitutionality of the
Webb-Kenyon act, and involves also
the validity of the North Carolina
quart law.
The brief covers 63 printed pages
and is dedicated to two propositions:
THAT the Webb-Kenyon act is a
~alid exercise Of the power of Con-
gress to regulate commerce between
the states
its reserve police power may prohibit
or regulate the receipt and possession
OF intoxicating liquors within it's bor-
| ders and that since the enactment of
| the Webb-Kenyon act such legislation
Is not In violation Of the commerce
clause of the Federal Constitution.
| One of the authorities emphasized
in the brief is Glenn VS. Southern Ex-
press Company decided at the Fall
term, 1915, in which Associate Jus
tice Allen, speaking for unanimous
court, ably reviews the law of the
| subject and sustains both the Webb
Kenyon act and the North Carolina
| quart law
The granting of writ of error by
the State Supreme Court in the Glenn
case going up from Wake is interest
ing as showing the desire of the North
Carolina Supreme Court to have the
case settled as soon as possible.
George M. Glenn was a Raleigh
policeman until the Summer of 1914.
That does not account for his thirst.
if he had one, but he tested the Grier
| act last year and the Southern Ex-
press Company refused to forget that
he had received his legislative allot-
ment earlier in the month. The COM
| pany wanted the collection, but fear
ed to take the chances and declined to
leliver the goods.